Top NHL Defensemen by Points per 60

2025-26·Regular Season·20+ GP

Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR) leads NHL defensemen with 2.84 points per 60 across 55 games, 0.02 ahead of Evan Bouchard. Cale Makar rounds out the top three at 2.54. Rankings cover the 2025-26 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
Shayne Gostisbehere DCAR#4	CAR	D	33	55	13	37	17	50	2.84	11.2%	59.2	59.9	+11	19.2	$3.20M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	82	21	74	33	95	2.82	9.5%	58.5	55.3	+25	24.7	$10.50M
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	75	20	59	33	79	2.54	10.1%	57.0	54.3	+32	24.8	$9.00M
Darren Raddysh DTBL#43	TBL	D	30	73	22	48	24	70	2.54	10.4%	56.1	57.2	+21	22.7	$975,000
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	55	9	44	17	53	2.45	9.9%	55.4	55.9	+5	23.6	$9.50M
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	75	22	59	28	81	2.43	8.5%	55.3	53.8	+7	26.6	$9.58M
Lane Hutson DMTL#48	MTL	D	22	82	12	66	31	78	2.40	9.7%	55.0	52.4	+36	23.8	$950,000
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	77	19	55	26	74	2.38	9.7%	53.3	51.5	+18	24.2	$11.00M
Erik Karlsson DPIT#65	PIT	D	36	75	15	51	23	66	2.24	8.5%	50.8	53.8	+8	23.6	$11.50M
Quinn Hughes DMIN#43	MIN	D	26	74	7	69	33	76	2.22	3.7%	54.1	53.1	−4	27.7	$7.85M
John Carlson DANA#74	ANA	D	36	71	14	46	23	60	2.19	9.1%	54.2	54.5	+9	23.2	$8.00M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	69	11	50	30	61	2.17	9.9%	49.6	48.8	+13	24.4	$9.50M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	68	13	42	19	55	1.95	7.2%	48.4	50.7	−15	24.9	$9.06M
Jake Sanderson DOTT#85	OTT	D	24	67	14	40	17	54	1.95	9.5%	56.3	56.0	+16	24.8	$8.05M
Jakob Chychrun DWSH#6	WSH	D	28	80	26	34	13	60	1.93	11.8%	50.2	51.4	+20	23.3	$9.00M
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	77	9	54	21	63	1.93	6.1%	54.7	49.3	+9	25.5	$8.45M
Mikhail Sergachev DUTA#98	UTA	D	28	78	10	49	16	59	1.87	6.3%	50.0	52.8	+2	24.3	$8.50M
Jackson LaCombe DANA#2	ANA	D	25	82	10	48	29	58	1.75	6.4%	52.0	53.9	−2	24.2	$925,000
Matthew Schaefer DNYI#48	NYI	D	19	82	23	36	17	59	1.75	10.4%	50.0	49.9	+13	24.7	$975,000
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	77	14	41	22	55	1.73	9.6%	50.0	49.2	+6	24.7	$6.25M
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	10	50	26	60	1.71	5.3%	55.1	53.0	+15	25.7	$8.55M
Sam Malinski DCOL#70	COL	D	28	82	8	32	19	40	1.66	4.9%	62.0	58.7	+43	17.6	$1.40M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	33	1	16	9	17	1.64	2.0%	48.8	51.2	−1	18.9	$8.00M
Noah Dobson DMTL#8	MTL	D	26	80	12	35	18	47	1.57	7.6%	48.4	47.3	+5	22.5	$9.50M
Seth Jones DFLA#3	FLA	D	32	52	7	25	11	32	1.56	8.0%	49.0	51.3	−3	23.7	$9.50M
Brock Faber DMIN#7	MIN	D	24	80	15	36	19	51	1.55	8.7%	54.1	50.0	+18	24.7	$8.50M
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	81	11	33	18	44	1.50	6.1%	43.7	45.7	−24	21.7	$7.35M
Rasmus Andersson DVGK#4	VGK	D	29	81	17	30	22	47	1.50	9.6%	50.1	50.3	+4	23.2	$4.55M
Brandt Clarke DLAK#92	LAK	D	23	82	8	32	24	40	1.48	5.0%	53.4	54.1	+11	19.8	$863,334
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	70	10	29	14	39	1.46	7.7%	57.0	54.3	+19	22.8	$7.43M
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	82	6	35	14	41	1.46	4.6%	58.6	56.1	+32	20.6	$6.25M
Oliver Ekman-Larsson DTOR#95	TOR	D	35	78	8	31	11	39	1.46	7.4%	47.3	46.7	−6	20.6	$3.50M
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	57	7	24	14	31	1.45	7.1%	55.8	52.3	+6	22.6	$8.00M
Tony DeAngelo DNYI#4	NYI	D	30	76	5	30	18	35	1.44	3.4%	47.7	52.5	−5	19.1	$1.75M
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	82	8	41	22	49	1.43	5.8%	44.0	49.7	−23	25.0	$7.25M
John Klingberg DSJS#36	SJS	D	34	56	10	17	4	27	1.41	12.7%	48.0	49.0	−13	20.5	$4.00M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	77	12	27	10	39	1.41	5.9%	51.3	54.6	−2	21.5	$9.00M
Nick Blankenburg DCOL#3	COL	D	28	61	8	16	10	24	1.41	11.1%	50.6	53.9	−10	16.8	$775,000
Sean Durzi DUTA#50	UTA	D	27	60	5	22	10	27	1.40	6.0%	51.4	54.5	−12	19.3	$6.00M
Justin Faulk DDET#72	DET	D	34	78	16	24	13	40	1.40	10.8%	44.6	46.5	−8	22.0	$6.50M
Ryan Shea DPIT#5	PIT	D	29	80	6	29	20	35	1.39	8.3%	52.6	48.3	+30	18.9	$900,000
Mattias Samuelsson DBUF#23	BUF	D	26	78	13	28	12	41	1.38	11.9%	50.2	46.9	+41	22.8	$4.29M
K'Andre Miller DCAR#79	CAR	D	26	72	8	29	13	37	1.38	6.5%	56.9	62.3	+7	22.4	$7.50M
Bowen Byram DBUF#4	BUF	D	25	82	11	31	15	42	1.38	10.1%	48.7	48.9	+15	22.3	$6.25M
Ryan McDonagh DTBL#27	TBL	D	37	48	6	15	9	21	1.36	15.4%	55.6	50.0	+14	19.3	$6.75M
Jordan Spence DOTT#21	OTT	D	25	73	7	24	8	31	1.36	6.5%	60.5	60.3	+15	18.7	$1.50M
Brent Burns DCOL#8	COL	D	41	82	12	23	13	35	1.36	7.0%	56.3	55.3	+33	18.9	$1.00M
Alexander Nikishin DCAR#21	CAR	D	25	81	11	22	12	33	1.34	9.0%	54.4	58.6	+18	18.2	$925,000
Luke Hughes DNJD#43	NJD	D	23	68	6	29	12	35	1.34	4.0%	50.2	54.2	−4	23.0	$9.00M
Thomas Harley DDAL#55	DAL	D	25	70	6	30	16	36	1.34	5.3%	49.0	47.2	+3	23.1	$4.00M

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