Top NHL Defensemen by Points per 60

2024-25·Regular Season·20+ GP

Cale Makar (COL) leads NHL defensemen with 2.68 points per 60 across 80 games, 0.08 ahead of Quinn Hughes. Shea Theodore rounds out the top three at 2.32. Rankings cover the 2024-25 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	80	30	62	34	92	2.68	12.2%	57.8	56.2	+28	25.7	$9.00M
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	68	16	60	34	76	2.61	8.3%	54.7	56.0	+2	25.7	$7.85M
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	67	7	50	28	57	2.32	5.5%	54.2	52.2	+18	22.0	$5.20M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	73	17	51	27	68	2.31	8.5%	52.1	55.0	+11	24.2	$11.00M
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	81	23	59	32	82	2.27	7.7%	52.3	52.3	+12	26.7	$9.58M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	79	15	51	26	66	2.17	8.3%	54.2	52.0	+18	23.1	$7.88M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	74	10	51	30	61	2.13	7.4%	52.7	56.0	+9	23.2	$9.50M
Lane Hutson DMTL#48	MTL	D	22	82	6	60	25	66	2.12	6.6%	51.2	50.8	−2	22.7	$950,000
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	82	14	53	14	67	2.09	6.0%	57.8	59.6	+14	23.5	$3.90M
Shayne Gostisbehere DCAR#4	CAR	D	33	70	7	38	12	45	2.08	5.7%	59.9	62.7	+1	18.5	$3.20M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	80	14	48	19	62	1.91	8.1%	54.8	51.1	+17	24.4	$6.25M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	64	9	31	14	40	1.89	4.8%	51.7	52.1	+8	19.9	$9.00M
Jakob Chychrun DWSH#6	WSH	D	28	74	20	27	15	47	1.81	11.2%	47.8	52.0	+17	21.1	$4.60M
Darren Raddysh DTBL#43	TBL	D	30	73	6	31	12	37	1.76	5.6%	52.7	50.8	+9	17.3	$975,000
Luke Hughes DNJD#43	NJD	D	23	71	7	37	21	44	1.76	5.8%	51.3	53.2	−9	21.2	$925,000
Jake Sanderson DOTT#85	OTT	D	24	80	11	46	20	57	1.75	5.6%	50.5	50.8	−14	24.4	$8.05M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	53	9	29	19	38	1.72	6.0%	51.9	55.8	−26	25.0	$9.06M
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	62	11	28	12	39	1.71	8.0%	50.2	51.0	−3	22.1	$7.35M
Adam Boqvist DNYI#34	NYI	D	26	35	4	10	5	14	1.71	10.0%	50.4	50.3	−9	14.1	$775,000
Erik Karlsson DPIT#65	PIT	D	36	82	11	42	17	53	1.67	5.8%	48.2	51.8	−24	23.2	$11.50M
Thomas Harley DDAL#55	DAL	D	25	78	16	34	14	50	1.64	9.4%	53.2	52.1	+32	23.4	$4.00M
Mikhail Sergachev DUTA#98	UTA	D	28	77	15	38	22	53	1.64	11.4%	53.8	54.1	−8	25.1	$8.50M
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	79	5	46	24	51	1.64	3.0%	53.5	53.8	+17	23.6	$8.00M
Cam Fowler DSTL#17	STL	D	34	68	9	31	17	40	1.64	10.2%	52.0	50.1	+12	21.5	$6.50M
Jake Walman DEDM#96	EDM	D	30	65	7	33	16	40	1.62	4.3%	48.1	50.5	+4	22.8	$3.40M
Brandt Clarke DLAK#92	LAK	D	23	78	5	28	15	33	1.56	3.8%	54.2	53.5	+13	16.3	$863,334
Jackson LaCombe DANA#2	ANA	D	25	75	14	29	18	43	1.54	10.4%	48.5	49.2	0	22.3	$925,000
Neal Pionk DWPG#4	WPG	D	31	69	10	29	17	39	1.54	8.1%	51.6	50.8	+21	22.1	$5.88M
Aaron Ekblad DFLA#5	FLA	D	30	56	3	30	14	33	1.50	2.8%	52.5	55.5	+11	23.5	$7.50M
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	80	9	36	18	45	1.47	5.0%	52.0	52.7	+17	23.0	$8.00M
MacKenzie Weegar DCGY#52	CGY	D	32	81	8	39	15	47	1.44	4.3%	52.2	54.8	+18	24.2	$6.25M
Owen Power DBUF#25	BUF	D	23	79	7	33	16	40	1.43	5.0%	48.6	51.7	−13	21.3	$8.35M
Jared Spurgeon DMIN#46	MIN	D	36	66	7	25	11	32	1.42	6.5%	52.5	51.2	+8	20.5	$7.58M
Colton Parayko DSTL#55	STL	D	33	64	16	20	10	36	1.42	12.8%	51.8	47.3	+12	23.8	$6.50M
Matt Grzelcyk DPIT#24	PIT	D	32	82	1	39	19	40	1.42	1.1%	46.5	49.9	−6	20.6	$2.75M
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	71	10	29	16	39	1.42	5.1%	54.9	53.0	−16	23.3	$4.00M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	76	10	34	14	44	1.41	7.2%	56.3	56.3	+30	24.6	$7.25M
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	30	4	13	3	17	1.41	8.7%	52.0	49.9	+9	24.1	$11.00M
Morgan Rielly DTOR#44	TOR	D	32	82	7	34	17	41	1.40	5.6%	50.3	47.8	−8	21.4	$7.50M
Tony DeAngelo DNYI#4	NYI	D	30	35	4	15	8	19	1.40	5.3%	49.6	51.7	−11	23.3	$775,000
Seth Jones DFLA#3	FLA	D	32	63	9	27	17	36	1.39	7.0%	44.9	48.8	−24	24.6	$9.50M
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	65	9	24	9	33	1.37	6.3%	59.2	60.2	+11	22.2	$6.25M
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	61	5	28	12	33	1.36	6.0%	53.9	52.9	0	23.9	$7.25M
Noah Hanifin DVGK#15	VGK	D	29	80	10	29	17	39	1.36	6.9%	54.6	52.9	+8	21.6	$7.35M
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	8	38	14	46	1.34	4.9%	49.6	49.9	−5	25.1	$8.55M
Brandon Montour DSEA#62	SEA	D	32	81	18	23	10	41	1.32	7.8%	47.4	48.5	−22	23.0	$7.14M
Mason Lohrei DBOS#6	BOS	D	25	77	5	28	9	33	1.32	5.4%	47.5	47.9	−43	19.5	$925,000
Jordan Spence DLAK#21	LAK	D	25	79	4	24	11	28	1.27	4.7%	57.1	56.5	+23	16.8	$1.50M
Philip Broberg DSTL#6	STL	D	25	68	8	21	10	29	1.25	8.2%	54.4	47.5	+21	20.5	$4.58M
Alex Pietrangelo DVGK#7	VGK	D	36	71	4	29	14	33	1.24	3.3%	53.0	51.5	+11	22.4	$8.80M

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