Top NHL Defensemen by Shooting %

2025-26·Regular Season·20+ GP

Ryker Evans (SEA) leads NHL defensemen with 17.4% shooting % across 67 games, 2.0 percentage points ahead of Ryan McDonagh. Lian Bichsel rounds out the top three at 14.8%. 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
Ryker Evans DSEA#41	SEA	D	24	67	8	9	5	17	0.86	17.4%	49.9	44.9	+5	17.8	$2.05M
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
Lian Bichsel DDAL#6	DAL	D	22	50	4	4	2	8	0.61	14.8%	49.5	45.8	+6	15.7	$918,333
Denton Mateychuk DCBJ#5	CBJ	D	22	75	13	18	11	31	1.29	14.8%	51.3	51.2	+12	19.2	$886,666
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
Alexandre Carrier DMTL#45	MTL	D	30	73	7	15	8	22	0.95	12.5%	50.1	47.8	+2	19.1	$3.75M
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
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
Vladislav Gavrikov DNYR#84	NYR	D	30	82	14	21	9	35	1.08	11.8%	48.5	50.8	−8	23.7	$7.00M
Travis Sanheim DPHI#6	PHI	D	30	81	11	26	13	37	1.13	11.6%	53.1	48.0	+12	24.2	$6.25M
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
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
Nick Jensen DOTT#3	OTT	D	36	61	4	13	5	17	0.98	11.1%	52.4	48.3	−2	17.0	$4.05M
Kyle Capobianco DDAL#20	DAL	D	29	33	2	3	1	5	0.75	11.1%	51.6	49.0	+1	12.1	$775,000
Simon Nemec DNJD#17	NJD	D	22	68	11	15	9	26	1.17	10.9%	47.8	50.1	−11	19.7	$918,333
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
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
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
Axel Sandin-Pellikka DDET#-	DET	D	21	68	7	14	7	21	1.14	10.3%	44.6	50.5	−20	16.2	$918,333
Simon Edvinsson DDET#77	DET	D	23	72	9	16	9	25	0.93	10.2%	52.1	51.8	+12	22.4	$894,167
Shakir Mukhamadullin DSJS#85	SJS	D	24	50	5	7	3	12	0.84	10.2%	44.8	44.5	−3	17.1	$1.00M
Pavel Mintyukov DANA#34	ANA	D	22	73	8	14	4	22	0.98	10.1%	49.8	50.0	−3	18.4	$918,333
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
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
Matthew Kessel DSTL#51	STL	D	26	29	2	1	1	3	0.50	10.0%	45.3	45.8	+1	12.5	$800,000
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
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
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
Mason Lohrei DBOS#6	BOS	D	25	73	7	19	10	26	1.26	9.7%	47.0	47.1	+17	16.9	$3.20M
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
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
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
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
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
Logan Stanley DBUF#8	BUF	D	28	76	9	17	7	26	1.23	9.4%	46.1	47.6	+3	16.7	$1.25M
Emil Lilleberg DTBL#78	TBL	D	25	50	4	8	3	12	0.83	9.3%	54.5	51.2	+15	17.3	$800,000
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
Jacob Bryson DWPG#78	WPG	D	28	50	2	6	4	8	0.88	9.1%	53.4	47.6	−9	10.9	$900,000
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
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
Damon Severson DCBJ#78	CBJ	D	32	71	8	24	12	32	1.28	8.6%	56.9	54.4	+18	21.1	$6.25M
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
Tom Willander DVAN#-	VAN	D	21	70	5	16	5	21	1.06	8.5%	40.4	43.1	−23	17.0	$950,000
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
Ben Hutton DVGK#17	VGK	D	33	55	6	9	3	15	1.12	8.5%	53.9	50.2	+2	14.6	$975,000
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
Jake Walman DEDM#96	EDM	D	30	53	8	12	7	20	1.21	8.3%	43.3	48.5	−17	18.8	$3.40M
Zach Metsa DBUF#-	BUF	D	27	43	2	4	0	6	0.76	8.3%	50.7	45.1	+16	11.0	-
Zeev Buium DVAN#8	VAN	D	20	76	6	20	11	26	1.05	8.2%	43.5	48.1	−33	19.6	$966,667
Zayne Parekh DCGY#89	CGY	D	20	37	4	5	3	9	0.85	8.2%	40.6	49.4	−9	17.1	$942,500

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