Top NHL Defensemen by Points per 60

2022-23·Regular Season·20+ GP

Erik Karlsson (SJS) leads NHL defensemen with 2.89 points per 60 across 82 games, 0.38 ahead of Cale Makar. Dougie Hamilton rounds out the top three at 2.49. Rankings cover the 2022-23 NHL season among qualifying defensemen.

Position: DefenseMin GP: 20+

Player	Team	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	A1	P	P/60	S%	xGF%	CF%	+/-	TOI	Cap Hit
Erik Karlsson DSJS#65	SJS	D	36	82	25	76	42	101	2.89	12.0%	51.4	53.7	−26	25.6	$11.50M
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	60	17	49	29	66	2.50	9.7%	57.6	56.9	+16	26.4	$9.00M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	82	22	52	27	74	2.49	8.0%	55.8	54.9	+23	21.8	$9.00M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	78	16	60	35	76	2.41	9.3%	52.1	51.2	+2	24.2	$6.25M
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	78	7	69	35	76	2.28	4.5%	50.4	51.8	+15	25.7	$7.85M
Brandon Montour DFLA#62	FLA	D	32	80	16	57	26	73	2.27	6.6%	53.5	52.5	+9	24.1	$3.50M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	78	15	58	35	73	2.18	7.4%	52.7	53.5	+12	25.8	$6.00M
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	79	11	62	34	73	2.17	5.3%	55.2	54.3	+12	25.5	$8.45M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	82	12	60	28	72	2.16	7.5%	56.0	54.3	+28	24.4	$9.50M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	67	18	41	21	59	2.10	6.7%	49.1	50.9	+5	25.2	$9.06M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	67	7	45	20	52	2.09	6.7%	55.9	52.5	+29	22.3	$9.50M
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	55	8	33	15	41	2.09	5.9%	52.9	50.4	+16	21.4	$5.20M
Conor Timmins DTOR#20	TOR	D	28	27	2	12	7	14	2.06	10.5%	57.3	54.3	−1	15.1	$850,000
Mikhail Sergachev DTBL#98	TBL	D	28	79	10	54	28	64	2.04	6.4%	54.1	52.3	+13	23.8	$4.80M
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	81	14	50	24	64	2.00	9.3%	55.3	54.4	+28	23.7	$4.00M
Tyson Barrie DNSH#8	NSH	D	35	85	13	42	22	55	1.96	8.0%	50.4	47.7	−7	19.8	$4.50M
Brent Burns DCAR#8	CAR	D	41	82	18	43	25	61	1.92	7.1%	58.6	61.5	+19	23.2	$8.00M
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	40	9	20	9	29	1.86	7.3%	49.5	51.1	−7	23.4	$8.00M
Alex Pietrangelo DVGK#7	VGK	D	36	73	11	43	19	54	1.85	6.5%	52.8	48.0	+13	24.0	$8.80M
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	78	13	36	22	49	1.85	6.3%	51.5	51.3	+4	20.4	$4.00M
Erik Gustafsson DTOR#56	TOR	D	34	70	7	35	18	42	1.82	5.7%	52.8	53.8	+9	19.8	$800,000
Jakob Chychrun DOTT#6	OTT	D	28	48	9	24	7	33	1.82	6.2%	48.3	50.6	+7	22.7	$4.60M
Morgan Rielly DTOR#44	TOR	D	32	65	4	37	20	41	1.74	3.2%	52.9	50.8	−9	21.7	$7.50M
Calen Addison DMIN#33	MIN	D	26	62	3	26	13	29	1.74	3.9%	47.6	51.2	−17	16.1	$795,000
Mike Matheson DMTL#8	MTL	D	32	48	8	26	18	34	1.74	6.3%	44.2	46.6	+7	24.5	$4.88M
Hampus Lindholm DBOS#27	BOS	D	32	80	10	43	24	53	1.71	6.3%	57.4	52.7	+49	23.2	$6.50M
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	64	9	30	13	39	1.68	7.3%	47.9	45.3	+7	21.7	$4.40M
Adam Boqvist DCBJ#34	CBJ	D	26	46	5	19	11	24	1.68	7.4%	47.5	48.3	−12	18.6	$2.60M
Torey Krug DSTL#47	STL	D	35	63	7	25	13	32	1.64	5.6%	44.7	49.1	−26	18.6	$6.50M
Tony DeAngelo DPHI#4	PHI	D	30	70	11	31	16	42	1.63	6.3%	45.6	49.0	−27	22.1	-
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	76	9	40	23	49	1.63	4.9%	50.8	50.3	+10	23.7	$7.88M
Sean Durzi DLAK#50	LAK	D	27	72	9	29	11	38	1.60	8.2%	51.1	51.6	−12	19.8	$1.70M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	82	8	32	11	40	1.58	5.1%	57.7	57.1	+6	18.5	$863,334
Shayne Gostisbehere DCAR#4	CAR	D	33	75	13	28	15	41	1.58	8.4%	48.3	51.8	−5	20.8	$4.50M
Justin Schultz DSEA#4	SEA	D	36	73	7	27	12	34	1.57	7.1%	49.3	50.4	+4	17.8	$3.00M
Bowen Byram DCOL#4	COL	D	25	42	10	14	8	24	1.57	15.4%	51.8	50.6	+7	21.9	$894,167
Justin Faulk DSTL#72	STL	D	34	82	11	39	20	50	1.56	5.6%	43.4	45.2	−4	23.4	$6.50M
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	64	12	29	10	41	1.55	7.5%	52.6	52.0	−13	24.9	$6.10M
Rasmus Andersson DCGY#4	CGY	D	29	79	11	38	23	49	1.55	6.9%	51.9	53.1	+5	24.1	$4.55M
Rasmus Sandin DWSH#38	WSH	D	26	71	7	28	10	35	1.53	8.6%	52.4	51.4	+3	19.3	$1.40M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	80	7	43	16	50	1.49	4.2%	57.6	54.4	+39	25.1	$4.10M
K'Andre Miller DNYR#79	NYR	D	26	79	9	34	14	43	1.49	8.0%	51.0	51.7	+12	22.0	$925,000
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	81	9	43	14	52	1.47	6.2%	54.0	52.6	+12	26.2	$11.00M
Cam Fowler DANA#17	ANA	D	34	82	10	38	21	48	1.45	7.7%	42.3	43.8	−23	24.2	$6.50M
Dmitry Orlov DBOS#7	BOS	D	35	66	7	29	13	36	1.45	5.6%	53.3	52.9	+12	22.5	$5.10M
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	68	11	30	12	41	1.45	6.7%	52.3	51.5	−11	25.0	$8.00M
Juuso Välimäki DARI#4	ARI	D	28	78	4	30	11	34	1.44	4.3%	50.0	50.1	−10	18.2	$1.55M
John Klingberg DMIN#36	MIN	D	34	67	10	23	15	33	1.43	8.9%	39.3	43.1	−25	20.6	$7.00M
Justin Barron DMTL#20	MTL	D	24	39	4	11	5	15	1.42	10.0%	43.1	44.9	−2	16.3	$925,000
Calle Rosen DSTL#43	STL	D	32	49	8	10	4	18	1.41	12.9%	49.4	46.5	+19	15.6	-

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