Top NHL Defensemen by Shooting %

2021-22·Regular Season·20+ GP

Adam Boqvist (CBJ) leads NHL defensemen with 17.2% shooting % across 52 games, 5.5 percentage points ahead of Cale Makar. Gabriel Carlsson rounds out the top three at 11.1%. Rankings cover the 2021-22 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
Adam Boqvist DCBJ#34	CBJ	D	26	52	11	11	4	22	1.49	17.2%	44.2	48.0	−11	17.0	$894,167
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	77	28	58	29	86	2.61	11.7%	58.0	55.3	+48	25.7	$9.00M
Gabriel Carlsson DCBJ#18	CBJ	D	29	38	2	7	3	9	1.16	11.1%	46.2	47.5	+6	12.3	$725,000
Joel Hanley DDAL#44	DAL	D	35	44	2	4	3	6	0.69	11.1%	51.7	48.5	−13	11.9	$750,000
Rasmus Sandin DTOR#38	TOR	D	26	51	5	11	5	16	1.11	10.9%	59.5	54.8	+9	17.0	$894,167
Carson Soucy DSEA#4	SEA	D	32	64	10	11	7	21	1.11	10.3%	51.6	50.7	+7	17.7	$2.75M
Bowen Byram DCOL#4	COL	D	25	30	5	12	6	17	1.81	10.2%	52.7	53.2	+7	18.8	$894,167
J.J. Moser DARI#90	ARI	D	26	43	4	11	6	15	1.12	10.0%	40.8	41.1	−10	18.7	$886,667
Justin Faulk DSTL#72	STL	D	34	76	16	31	8	47	1.60	9.6%	50.1	48.2	+41	23.2	$6.50M
Dmitry Kulikov DMIN#7	MIN	D	35	80	7	17	11	24	0.99	9.5%	52.2	49.6	+23	18.2	$2.25M
Dmitry Orlov DWSH#7	WSH	D	35	76	12	23	14	35	1.32	9.4%	52.8	52.0	+25	21.0	$5.10M
Alec Martinez DVGK#25	VGK	D	39	26	3	5	1	8	0.94	9.4%	53.5	51.5	+6	19.5	$5.25M
Joel Edmundson DMTL#6	MTL	D	33	24	3	3	2	6	0.77	9.4%	42.4	43.9	−1	19.6	$3.50M
Shayne Gostisbehere DARI#4	ARI	D	33	82	14	37	16	51	1.68	9.3%	42.0	43.8	−23	22.2	$4.50M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	82	20	65	34	85	2.48	9.1%	53.8	53.3	+26	25.1	$7.88M
Cam York DPHI#8	PHI	D	25	30	3	7	5	10	1.05	9.1%	46.2	47.5	−14	19.1	$880,833
Caleb Jones DCHI#82	CHI	D	29	51	5	10	3	15	1.06	8.8%	46.2	45.8	−3	16.7	$850,000
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	78	17	54	25	71	2.29	8.7%	50.3	50.7	+13	23.8	$8.00M
Jared Spurgeon DMIN#46	MIN	D	36	65	10	30	16	40	1.75	8.6%	57.6	55.0	+32	21.2	$7.58M
Michael Del Zotto DOTT#4	OTT	D	36	26	3	10	4	13	1.64	8.6%	46.6	47.5	−4	18.3	$2.00M
Erik Karlsson DSJS#65	SJS	D	36	50	10	25	13	35	1.79	8.5%	50.1	49.8	−14	23.5	$11.50M
Zach Whitecloud DVGK#28	VGK	D	29	59	8	11	8	19	1.03	8.5%	54.0	52.5	+21	18.8	$725,000
Anton Stralman DARI#86	ARI	D	40	74	8	15	7	23	0.87	8.4%	42.8	44.2	−16	21.3	$5.50M
Aaron Ekblad DFLA#5	FLA	D	30	61	15	42	13	57	2.25	8.3%	61.8	58.1	+38	24.9	$7.50M
Martin Fehérváry DWSH#42	WSH	D	27	79	8	9	6	17	0.66	8.3%	48.9	48.8	+15	19.7	$791,667
Joshua Mahura DANA#28	ANA	D	28	38	3	4	2	7	0.79	8.3%	46.0	45.3	−14	14.1	$750,000
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	66	13	44	11	57	2.04	8.2%	56.8	56.1	+52	25.4	$4.10M
Justin Braun DNYR#61	NYR	D	39	69	6	12	5	18	0.80	8.2%	44.1	46.0	+2	19.5	$1.80M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	80	23	73	36	96	2.82	8.2%	50.4	51.3	+13	25.6	$9.06M
Braden Schneider DNYR#4	NYR	D	25	43	2	9	3	11	0.99	8.0%	41.6	42.1	+5	15.5	$925,000
Mike Matheson DPIT#8	PIT	D	32	74	11	20	11	31	1.34	7.9%	56.4	53.6	+12	18.8	$4.88M
Jake Bean DCBJ#24	CBJ	D	28	67	7	18	6	25	1.09	7.8%	42.4	48.4	−5	20.6	$2.33M
Kale Clague DMTL#38	MTL	D	28	36	2	8	5	10	1.00	7.7%	41.2	45.4	−10	16.7	$761,250
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	80	13	40	21	53	1.66	7.6%	45.3	50.3	−22	24.0	$6.00M
Torey Krug DSTL#47	STL	D	35	64	9	34	14	43	1.96	7.6%	47.9	48.2	+23	20.6	$6.50M
Dean Kukan DCBJ#46	CBJ	D	33	41	3	8	1	11	0.99	7.3%	42.3	47.3	−2	16.3	-
Lucas Carlsson DFLA#36	FLA	D	29	40	3	6	3	9	1.06	7.3%	58.2	56.1	+3	12.7	$750,000
Cam Fowler DANA#17	ANA	D	34	76	9	33	16	42	1.36	7.3%	50.5	50.7	−9	24.4	$6.50M
Brandon Montour DFLA#62	FLA	D	32	81	11	26	10	37	1.53	7.2%	56.1	56.2	+15	17.9	$3.50M
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	39	7	24	10	31	1.85	7.1%	55.6	59.1	+4	25.7	$11.00M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	78	11	63	33	74	2.38	7.0%	51.1	49.6	+18	23.9	$925,000
Damon Severson DNJD#78	NJD	D	32	80	11	35	18	46	1.46	7.0%	50.8	51.6	−14	23.6	$4.17M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	79	12	25	14	37	1.19	6.9%	54.2	52.4	−3	23.7	$6.25M
Gustav Forsling DFLA#42	FLA	D	30	71	10	27	13	37	1.47	6.9%	57.4	55.4	+41	21.2	$2.67M
K'Andre Miller DNYR#79	NYR	D	26	82	7	13	7	20	0.71	6.9%	48.7	50.0	+23	20.6	$925,000
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	80	13	38	21	51	1.78	6.8%	46.6	45.4	−3	21.5	$894,167
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	78	14	38	22	52	1.73	6.8%	52.0	53.2	+6	23.1	$5.20M
Chris Tanev DCGY#8	CGY	D	36	82	6	22	11	28	1.00	6.8%	55.9	53.5	+35	20.5	$4.50M
Jon Merrill DMIN#4	MIN	D	34	69	4	16	7	20	1.02	6.8%	49.7	48.0	+15	17.1	$850,000
Adam Larsson DSEA#6	SEA	D	33	82	8	17	10	25	0.82	6.7%	46.4	51.0	−23	22.3	$4.00M

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