Top NHL Defensemen by Shooting %

2022-23·Regular Season·20+ GP

Bowen Byram (COL) leads NHL defensemen with 15.4% shooting % across 42 games, 2.2 percentage points ahead of Derek Forbort. Calle Rosen rounds out the top three at 12.9%. 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
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
Derek Forbort DBOS#27	BOS	D	34	54	5	7	5	12	0.75	13.2%	46.0	44.5	+12	17.7	$3.00M
Calle Rosen DSTL#43	STL	D	32	49	8	10	4	18	1.41	12.9%	49.4	46.5	+19	15.6	-
Scott Harrington DANA#17	ANA	D	33	45	4	7	3	11	0.89	12.1%	46.0	43.5	−6	16.4	$750,000
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
Jamie Oleksiak DSEA#24	SEA	D	33	75	9	16	6	25	1.04	11.8%	51.7	51.9	+13	19.3	$4.60M
Nikita Zadorov DCGY#91	CGY	D	31	82	14	7	4	21	0.82	10.8%	54.1	60.3	+10	18.7	$3.75M
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
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
Olli Maatta DDET#3	DET	D	32	78	6	17	8	23	0.95	9.7%	46.3	46.6	−9	18.7	$2.25M
Connor Mackey DARI#14	ARI	D	30	30	3	4	1	7	1.00	9.7%	44.0	48.6	−4	14.0	-
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
Brady Skjei DCAR#76	CAR	D	32	81	18	20	8	38	1.29	9.6%	55.5	58.9	+7	21.8	$5.25M
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
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
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
Marcus Bjork DCBJ#47	CBJ	D	28	33	3	8	5	11	1.10	8.8%	44.3	44.4	−9	18.2	-
Brad Hunt DCOL#17	COL	D	38	47	4	6	3	10	1.14	8.7%	48.7	53.4	+4	11.2	-
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
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
Kaiden Guhle DMTL#21	MTL	D	24	44	4	14	9	18	1.20	8.3%	40.9	43.8	−19	20.5	$863,334
Connor Murphy DCHI#5	CHI	D	33	80	7	6	3	13	0.50	8.2%	42.9	42.4	−10	19.4	$4.40M
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
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
Nick Blankenburg DCBJ#3	CBJ	D	28	36	4	10	5	14	1.22	8.0%	45.6	47.1	−16	19.2	$825,000
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
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
Zach Whitecloud DVGK#28	VGK	D	29	59	5	7	4	12	0.71	7.8%	46.7	44.2	+10	17.1	$2.75M
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
Dennis Gilbert DCGY#6	CGY	D	29	23	1	3	1	4	0.89	7.7%	55.9	56.5	0	11.7	$762,500
Jakub Zboril DBOS#33	BOS	D	29	22	1	3	1	4	0.82	7.7%	51.3	47.9	−1	13.3	$1.14M
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
J.J. Moser DARI#90	ARI	D	26	82	7	24	8	31	1.08	7.5%	43.9	43.6	−12	21.1	$886,667
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
Kevin Bahl DNJD#7	NJD	D	26	42	2	6	2	8	0.82	7.4%	56.5	55.0	+4	14.0	$795,000
Jared Spurgeon DMIN#46	MIN	D	36	79	11	23	11	34	1.18	7.4%	52.2	49.8	+32	21.8	$7.58M
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
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
Artem Zub DOTT#2	OTT	D	31	53	3	7	1	10	0.56	7.3%	50.9	50.1	+2	20.3	$2.50M
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
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
Trevor van Riemsdyk DWSH#57	WSH	D	35	75	7	16	7	23	0.97	7.2%	51.0	50.7	+10	19.1	$950,000
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
Timothy Liljegren DTOR#27	TOR	D	27	67	6	12	6	18	0.90	7.1%	55.8	50.3	+24	17.9	$1.40M
Matt Kiersted DFLA#4	FLA	D	28	20	1	3	2	4	1.22	7.1%	59.6	56.8	+4	9.8	-
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
Neal Pionk DWPG#4	WPG	D	31	82	10	23	7	33	1.10	7.0%	50.0	49.2	−12	21.9	$5.88M
Jani Hakanpää DDAL#28	DAL	D	34	82	6	10	5	16	0.61	7.0%	49.5	47.3	+18	19.3	$1.50M
Nate Schmidt DWPG#88	WPG	D	35	71	7	12	5	19	0.87	6.9%	52.2	51.8	+15	18.5	-
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

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