Top NHL Defensemen by Shooting %

2023-24·Regular Season·20+ GP

Spencer Stastney (NSH) leads NHL defensemen with 18.2% shooting % across 20 games, 3.9 percentage points ahead of Jacob MacDonald. Bowen Byram rounds out the top three at 13.1%. 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
Spencer Stastney DNSH#24	NSH	D	26	20	2	2	1	4	0.75	18.2%	56.8	51.4	+9	16.0	$925,000
Jacob MacDonald DSJS#4	SJS	D	33	34	7	2	1	9	1.32	14.3%	38.3	48.5	−14	12.0	-
Bowen Byram DBUF#4	BUF	D	25	73	11	18	6	29	1.17	13.1%	47.4	49.1	0	20.3	$3.85M
Johnathan Kovacevic DMTL#8	MTL	D	29	62	6	7	4	13	0.76	13.0%	45.6	47.2	+11	16.5	$766,667
John Ludvig DPIT#3	PIT	D	26	33	3	2	1	5	0.77	12.5%	46.9	52.1	−12	11.8	$775,000
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
Justin Barron DMTL#20	MTL	D	24	48	7	6	2	13	0.87	11.7%	48.2	46.5	−3	18.6	$925,000
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
David Savard DMTL#58	MTL	D	35	60	6	18	6	24	1.19	11.1%	44.1	42.7	−1	20.2	$3.50M
Jake Walman DDET#96	DET	D	30	63	12	9	2	21	1.01	11.1%	41.8	45.3	−2	19.8	$3.40M
Jake McCabe DTOR#22	TOR	D	32	73	8	20	9	28	1.11	11.0%	54.0	50.9	+20	20.7	$4.00M
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
Gustav Lindstrom DANA#27	ANA	D	27	46	3	7	5	10	0.85	10.3%	45.4	43.3	+12	15.4	$950,000
Declan Chisholm DMIN#47	MIN	D	26	31	3	6	4	9	1.05	10.3%	53.5	51.6	−7	16.5	$775,000
Damon Severson DCBJ#78	CBJ	D	32	67	9	19	9	28	1.19	10.2%	48.7	51.2	−10	21.1	$6.25M
Brenden Dillon DWPG#5	WPG	D	35	77	8	12	4	20	0.83	10.1%	51.7	48.9	+20	18.7	$3.90M
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
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
Jon Merrill DMIN#4	MIN	D	34	65	4	7	4	11	0.79	9.5%	48.2	49.6	0	12.8	$1.20M
Mason Lohrei DBOS#6	BOS	D	25	41	4	9	3	13	1.12	9.3%	46.3	45.7	−2	17.0	$925,000
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
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
Jacob Moverare DLAK#43	LAK	D	28	24	1	0	0	1	0.24	9.1%	52.1	48.5	0	10.4	$762,500
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
Jalen Chatfield DCAR#5	CAR	D	30	72	8	14	4	22	1.21	8.9%	59.6	61.1	+15	15.2	$762,500
Brian Dumoulin DSEA#2	SEA	D	35	80	6	10	4	16	0.71	8.7%	54.7	53.9	+3	17.0	$3.15M
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
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
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
K'Andre Miller DNYR#79	NYR	D	26	80	8	22	5	30	1.04	8.3%	47.1	48.5	+5	21.6	$3.87M
Olli Maatta DDET#3	DET	D	32	72	4	14	4	18	0.93	8.3%	51.3	47.4	+14	16.1	$3.00M
Brendan Smith DNJD#2	NJD	D	37	63	5	10	3	15	0.89	8.3%	45.0	48.3	−3	16.1	$1.10M
Marc-Edouard Vlasic DSJS#44	SJS	D	39	57	6	6	2	12	0.78	8.3%	37.0	42.6	−27	16.3	$7.00M
Erik Johnson DPHI#6	PHI	D	38	67	5	1	0	6	0.37	8.3%	46.9	48.8	−14	14.5	$3.25M
Jake Middleton DMIN#5	MIN	D	30	80	7	18	9	25	0.95	8.2%	48.5	47.0	−15	19.8	$2.45M
Egor Zamula DPHI#6	PHI	D	26	66	5	16	7	21	1.19	8.2%	49.3	53.1	+3	16.1	$775,000
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
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
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
Jacob Bernard-Docker DOTT#24	OTT	D	26	72	4	10	7	14	0.74	7.8%	45.1	47.7	−7	15.7	$805,000
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
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
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
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
Cam York DPHI#8	PHI	D	25	82	10	20	5	30	0.97	7.5%	52.8	50.7	−13	22.6	$1.60M
Oliver Ekman-Larsson DFLA#95	FLA	D	35	80	9	23	10	32	1.30	7.3%	55.3	56.3	+10	18.4	$2.25M
Jan Rutta DSJS#84	SJS	D	36	69	5	14	6	19	0.84	7.2%	36.4	42.4	−21	19.7	$2.75M
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
Oliver Kylington DCGY#58	CGY	D	29	33	3	5	1	8	0.84	7.1%	47.2	48.5	−6	17.2	$2.50M
Dakota Mermis DMIN#36	MIN	D	32	47	3	5	2	8	0.72	7.1%	48.9	49.9	−2	14.1	$775,000

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