Top NHL Defensemen by Time on Ice per Game

2021-22·Regular Season·20+ GP

Seth Jones (CHI) leads NHL defensemen with 26:13 time on ice per game across 78 games, narrowly ahead of Thomas Chabot. Brent Burns rounds out the top three at 26:09. 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
Seth Jones DCHI#3	CHI	D	32	78	5	46	18	51	1.50	2.6%	47.8	49.3	−37	26.2	$5.40M
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	59	7	31	14	38	1.48	4.0%	49.0	49.9	−3	26.2	$8.00M
Brent Burns DSJS#8	SJS	D	41	82	10	44	25	54	1.51	4.9%	46.4	44.9	−15	26.1	$8.00M
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	78	10	58	34	68	2.03	4.7%	51.8	50.8	+20	25.8	$7.25M
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
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
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	68	11	37	22	48	1.65	5.1%	47.2	50.5	−15	25.7	$5.00M
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
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
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	76	8	60	31	68	2.13	5.3%	49.9	52.6	+10	25.2	$7.85M
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
Darnell Nurse DEDM#25	EDM	D	31	71	9	26	12	35	1.18	4.4%	53.4	53.7	+18	25.0	$5.60M
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
Ivan Provorov DPHI#9	PHI	D	29	79	9	22	8	31	0.95	5.3%	46.8	47.7	−20	24.9	$6.75M
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	70	5	31	18	36	1.24	3.2%	54.2	51.9	+3	24.9	$8.45M
Alex Pietrangelo DVGK#7	VGK	D	36	80	13	31	17	44	1.34	5.7%	51.6	54.1	+7	24.6	$8.80M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	78	10	46	16	56	1.75	6.0%	61.4	57.6	+31	24.6	$4.90M
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
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
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
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
Morgan Rielly DTOR#44	TOR	D	32	82	10	58	32	68	2.10	4.5%	54.1	53.5	+16	23.7	$5.00M
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
Ryan Suter DDAL#22	DAL	D	41	82	7	25	6	32	0.99	5.9%	52.1	51.2	+1	23.7	-
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
Colton Parayko DSTL#55	STL	D	33	80	6	29	10	35	1.11	4.4%	47.3	43.8	+16	23.6	$5.50M
Jaccob Slavin DCAR#74	CAR	D	32	79	4	38	14	42	1.36	2.4%	56.7	55.5	+35	23.5	$5.30M
Mattias Ekholm DNSH#14	NSH	D	36	76	6	25	12	31	1.04	4.1%	47.1	48.5	+14	23.5	$3.75M
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
Jonas Brodin DMIN#25	MIN	D	33	73	5	25	9	30	1.05	4.0%	55.0	52.4	+9	23.4	$6.00M
MacKenzie Weegar DFLA#52	FLA	D	32	80	8	36	17	44	1.41	3.9%	60.0	57.8	+40	23.4	$3.25M
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
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
Mathew Dumba DMIN#3	MIN	D	32	57	7	20	12	27	1.23	6.0%	52.1	49.6	+9	23.1	$6.00M
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	7	43	20	50	1.59	3.7%	46.4	46.8	−9	23.0	$863,334
Mario Ferraro DSJS#38	SJS	D	28	63	2	12	3	14	0.58	4.1%	46.6	45.0	−5	23.0	$925,000
Jakob Chychrun DARI#6	ARI	D	28	47	7	14	7	21	1.17	5.0%	44.8	47.5	−20	23.0	$4.60M
Travis Sanheim DPHI#6	PHI	D	30	80	7	24	11	31	1.01	5.7%	47.9	47.1	+9	23.0	$4.68M
Ben Chiarot DFLA#8	FLA	D	35	74	9	17	11	26	0.92	6.3%	48.2	49.4	−14	22.9	$3.50M
Rasmus Andersson DCGY#4	CGY	D	29	82	4	46	21	50	1.61	2.6%	56.4	54.9	+30	22.7	$4.55M
Hampus Lindholm DBOS#27	BOS	D	32	71	5	22	11	27	1.01	3.5%	49.2	49.6	+10	22.5	$5.21M
Mikhail Sergachev DTBL#98	TBL	D	28	78	7	31	16	38	1.30	4.7%	52.8	50.5	+6	22.5	$4.80M
Ryan McDonagh DTBL#27	TBL	D	37	71	4	22	9	26	0.98	4.7%	50.2	47.2	+15	22.4	$6.75M
Jacob Trouba DNYR#65	NYR	D	32	81	11	28	14	39	1.29	5.4%	47.7	48.5	+25	22.4	$8.00M
Oliver Ekman-Larsson DVAN#95	VAN	D	35	79	5	24	14	29	0.99	3.0%	50.5	49.3	+5	22.3	$8.25M
Vladislav Gavrikov DCBJ#84	CBJ	D	30	80	5	28	13	33	1.11	4.6%	45.6	47.4	−3	22.3	$2.80M
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
John Klingberg DDAL#36	DAL	D	34	74	6	41	24	47	1.72	4.3%	50.9	49.3	−28	22.2	$4.25M
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
Jeff Petry DMTL#2	MTL	D	38	68	6	21	9	27	1.08	4.8%	47.9	49.7	−11	22.1	$6.25M

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