Top NHL Defensemen by Points per 60

2023-24·Regular Season·20+ GP

Cale Makar (COL) leads NHL defensemen with 2.83 points per 60 across 77 games, 0.10 ahead of Quinn Hughes. Evan Bouchard rounds out the top three at 2.64. Rankings cover the 2023-24 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
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	77	21	69	28	90	2.83	9.1%	55.5	53.2	+15	24.8	$9.00M
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	82	17	75	35	92	2.73	8.5%	54.6	56.9	+38	24.7	$7.85M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	81	18	64	25	82	2.64	8.2%	64.0	60.0	+34	23.0	$3.90M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	72	17	56	25	73	2.59	12.4%	53.3	53.5	+21	23.4	$9.50M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	82	23	62	38	85	2.53	8.6%	53.0	53.8	+12	24.6	$9.06M
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	47	5	37	19	42	2.43	4.8%	53.2	51.4	+4	22.1	$5.20M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	78	13	63	32	76	2.36	7.7%	51.6	51.6	+18	24.8	$7.88M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	20	5	11	4	16	2.29	8.2%	54.0	59.9	−8	21.0	$9.00M
Shayne Gostisbehere DDET#4	DET	D	33	81	10	46	18	56	2.17	7.2%	46.9	49.4	−16	19.1	$4.13M
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	79	10	60	35	70	2.17	5.7%	48.2	48.9	+12	24.5	$4.00M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	81	10	59	28	69	2.11	5.1%	56.8	52.4	+34	24.2	$6.25M
Morgan Rielly DTOR#44	TOR	D	32	72	7	51	29	58	2.04	4.0%	51.1	50.2	+7	23.7	$7.50M
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	59	11	35	19	46	2.03	9.2%	50.9	52.0	+8	23.1	$7.35M
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	70	11	46	19	57	2.00	5.4%	49.0	48.5	0	24.5	$9.58M
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	71	9	45	22	54	1.86	5.6%	57.5	57.2	+8	24.5	$8.45M
Sam Malinski DCOL#70	COL	D	28	23	3	7	1	10	1.83	9.7%	47.1	47.7	+3	14.2	$850,000
Mike Matheson DMTL#8	MTL	D	32	82	11	51	24	62	1.78	5.9%	45.3	43.1	−24	25.6	$4.88M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	81	20	39	24	59	1.72	8.5%	52.8	54.0	−3	25.4	$6.00M
Thomas Harley DDAL#55	DAL	D	25	79	15	32	14	47	1.70	10.4%	54.9	55.7	+28	21.0	$863,334
Erik Karlsson DPIT#65	PIT	D	36	82	11	45	24	56	1.69	5.2%	54.3	54.6	+4	24.3	$11.50M
MacKenzie Weegar DCGY#52	CGY	D	32	82	20	32	14	52	1.66	9.6%	49.0	53.8	+2	22.9	$6.25M
Brady Skjei DCAR#76	CAR	D	32	80	13	34	16	47	1.66	7.0%	53.2	58.5	+15	21.3	$5.25M
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	79	11	34	23	45	1.62	6.2%	63.5	59.9	+44	21.0	$6.25M
Luke Hughes DNJD#43	NJD	D	23	82	9	38	16	47	1.60	6.7%	50.6	54.8	−25	21.5	$925,000
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	82	12	38	16	50	1.56	7.5%	55.7	53.7	+28	23.4	$4.10M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	74	12	35	16	47	1.53	9.0%	51.6	48.2	+4	24.8	$9.50M
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	51	9	21	9	30	1.53	7.6%	53.3	52.9	−3	23.0	$8.00M
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	81	5	43	14	48	1.52	3.4%	52.3	53.4	+33	23.4	$4.40M
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	82	10	41	18	51	1.51	6.1%	50.0	50.8	+13	24.7	$6.10M
Conor Timmins DTOR#20	TOR	D	28	25	1	9	5	10	1.50	4.0%	61.2	56.1	+9	16.0	$1.10M
Kevin Shattenkirk DBOS#12	BOS	D	37	61	6	18	14	24	1.50	7.7%	53.4	49.0	−2	15.8	$1.05M
Noah Hanifin DVGK#15	VGK	D	29	80	13	34	19	47	1.49	7.9%	50.7	51.1	+19	23.6	$4.95M
Mikhail Sergachev DTBL#98	TBL	D	28	34	2	17	9	19	1.49	3.8%	48.7	50.6	−16	22.6	$8.50M
Tony DeAngelo DCAR#4	CAR	D	30	31	3	8	4	11	1.48	6.8%	46.7	56.1	−7	14.3	$1.68M
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	82	10	42	16	52	1.47	5.7%	47.6	47.7	−7	25.9	$8.00M
Brent Burns DCAR#8	CAR	D	41	82	10	33	14	43	1.46	5.4%	57.0	60.5	+19	21.5	$8.00M
Joshua Mahura DFLA#28	FLA	D	28	30	0	9	3	9	1.43	0.0%	48.8	48.2	−2	12.6	$925,000
Sean Durzi DARI#50	ARI	D	27	76	9	32	11	41	1.42	6.3%	50.1	51.4	−1	22.7	$1.70M
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	82	15	35	14	50	1.42	11.1%	55.1	54.5	+15	25.8	$11.00M
Pavel Mintyukov DANA#34	ANA	D	22	63	4	24	10	28	1.42	4.5%	46.0	46.9	−20	18.8	$918,333
Erik Gustafsson DNYR#56	NYR	D	34	76	6	25	15	31	1.41	6.5%	52.9	54.2	+3	17.4	$825,000
Jordan Spence DLAK#21	LAK	D	25	71	2	22	13	24	1.41	2.5%	54.3	55.8	+5	14.4	$820,000
Torey Krug DSTL#47	STL	D	35	77	4	35	16	39	1.38	2.5%	44.4	46.8	−31	22.0	$6.50M
Brock Faber DMIN#7	MIN	D	24	82	8	39	18	47	1.38	5.9%	50.5	47.9	−1	25.0	$925,000
Mike Reilly DNYI#2	NYI	D	33	61	6	18	9	24	1.38	4.8%	52.2	51.0	−1	17.2	$1.00M
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	9	33	17	42	1.37	6.7%	44.6	45.8	−7	22.4	$863,334
Nils Lundkvist DDAL#5	DAL	D	26	59	2	17	11	19	1.37	2.7%	51.9	53.1	+13	14.1	$925,000
Travis Sanheim DPHI#6	PHI	D	30	81	10	34	17	44	1.37	6.8%	53.4	51.0	−20	23.8	$6.25M
Justin Faulk DSTL#72	STL	D	34	60	2	28	16	30	1.37	1.5%	47.2	46.8	−2	22.0	$6.50M
Justin Schultz DSEA#4	SEA	D	36	70	7	19	8	26	1.35	7.0%	51.9	53.6	−23	16.5	$3.00M

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