Top NHL Defensemen by Time on Ice per Game

2024-25·Regular Season·20+ GP

Zach Werenski (CBJ) leads NHL defensemen with 26:45 time on ice per game across 81 games, 1:00 ahead of Quinn Hughes. Cale Makar rounds out the top three at 25:43. Rankings cover the 2024-25 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
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	81	23	59	32	82	2.27	7.7%	52.3	52.3	+12	26.7	$9.58M
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	68	16	60	34	76	2.61	8.3%	54.7	56.0	+2	25.7	$7.85M
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	80	30	62	34	92	2.68	12.2%	57.8	56.2	+28	25.7	$9.00M
Brock Faber DMIN#7	MIN	D	24	78	10	19	6	29	0.87	8.1%	45.7	46.6	−2	25.5	$925,000
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	50	5	20	5	25	1.19	4.6%	53.1	53.4	+7	25.2	$8.45M
Mikhail Sergachev DUTA#98	UTA	D	28	77	15	38	22	53	1.64	11.4%	53.8	54.1	−8	25.1	$8.50M
Mike Matheson DMTL#8	MTL	D	32	80	6	25	16	31	0.93	4.0%	46.7	47.3	−6	25.1	$4.88M
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	8	38	14	46	1.34	4.9%	49.6	49.9	−5	25.1	$8.55M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	53	9	29	19	38	1.72	6.0%	51.9	55.8	−26	25.0	$9.06M
Seth Jones DFLA#3	FLA	D	32	63	9	27	17	36	1.39	7.0%	44.9	48.8	−24	24.6	$9.50M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	76	10	34	14	44	1.41	7.2%	56.3	56.3	+30	24.6	$7.25M
Travis Sanheim DPHI#6	PHI	D	30	82	8	22	9	30	0.90	5.8%	54.7	49.0	−6	24.5	$6.25M
Jake Sanderson DOTT#85	OTT	D	24	80	11	46	20	57	1.75	5.6%	50.5	50.8	−14	24.4	$8.05M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	80	14	48	19	62	1.91	8.1%	54.8	51.1	+17	24.4	$6.25M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	73	17	51	27	68	2.31	8.5%	52.1	55.0	+11	24.2	$11.00M
MacKenzie Weegar DCGY#52	CGY	D	32	81	8	39	15	47	1.44	4.3%	52.2	54.8	+18	24.2	$6.25M
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	30	4	13	3	17	1.41	8.7%	52.0	49.9	+9	24.1	$11.00M
Rasmus Andersson DCGY#4	CGY	D	29	81	11	20	7	31	0.96	6.7%	45.8	49.9	−38	24.0	$4.55M
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	61	5	28	12	33	1.36	6.0%	53.9	52.9	0	23.9	$7.25M
Colton Parayko DSTL#55	STL	D	33	64	16	20	10	36	1.42	12.8%	51.8	47.3	+12	23.8	$6.50M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	50	7	16	7	23	1.17	7.1%	51.7	50.5	0	23.7	$9.50M
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	79	5	46	24	51	1.64	3.0%	53.5	53.8	+17	23.6	$8.00M
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	74	9	21	8	30	1.03	5.5%	47.6	49.4	−15	23.5	$6.10M
Aaron Ekblad DFLA#5	FLA	D	30	56	3	30	14	33	1.50	2.8%	52.5	55.5	+11	23.5	$7.50M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	82	14	53	14	67	2.09	6.0%	57.8	59.6	+14	23.5	$3.90M
Thomas Harley DDAL#55	DAL	D	25	78	16	34	14	50	1.64	9.4%	53.2	52.1	+32	23.4	$4.00M
Ivan Provorov DCBJ#9	CBJ	D	29	82	7	26	12	33	1.03	7.0%	47.0	47.8	+11	23.4	$6.75M
Tony DeAngelo DNYI#4	NYI	D	30	35	4	15	8	19	1.40	5.3%	49.6	51.7	−11	23.3	$775,000
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	71	10	29	16	39	1.42	5.1%	54.9	53.0	−16	23.3	$4.00M
Alex Vlasic DCHI#72	CHI	D	25	82	4	26	12	30	0.94	3.9%	43.5	42.5	−23	23.3	$4.60M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	74	10	51	30	61	2.13	7.4%	52.7	56.0	+9	23.2	$9.50M
Erik Karlsson DPIT#65	PIT	D	36	82	11	42	17	53	1.67	5.8%	48.2	51.8	−24	23.2	$11.50M
Vladislav Gavrikov DLAK#84	LAK	D	30	82	5	25	9	30	0.95	4.5%	57.4	54.6	+26	23.1	$5.88M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	79	15	51	26	66	2.17	8.3%	54.2	52.0	+18	23.1	$7.88M
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	80	9	36	18	45	1.47	5.0%	52.0	52.7	+17	23.0	$8.00M
Brandon Montour DSEA#62	SEA	D	32	81	18	23	10	41	1.32	7.8%	47.4	48.5	−22	23.0	$7.14M
Jonas Brodin DMIN#25	MIN	D	33	50	4	16	3	20	1.05	5.6%	49.3	48.6	+10	22.9	$6.00M
Gustav Forsling DFLA#42	FLA	D	30	80	11	20	10	31	1.01	5.6%	54.2	56.3	+33	22.9	$5.75M
Jake Walman DEDM#96	EDM	D	30	65	7	33	16	40	1.62	4.3%	48.1	50.5	+4	22.8	$3.40M
Lane Hutson DMTL#48	MTL	D	22	82	6	60	25	66	2.12	6.6%	51.2	50.8	−2	22.7	$950,000
Bowen Byram DBUF#4	BUF	D	25	82	7	31	14	38	1.23	7.4%	48.0	48.8	+11	22.7	$3.85M
Mikey Anderson DLAK#44	LAK	D	27	77	6	18	6	24	0.82	7.1%	56.7	51.2	+17	22.7	$4.13M
Justin Faulk DSTL#72	STL	D	34	78	4	28	13	32	1.10	3.2%	48.3	46.3	−9	22.5	$6.50M
Alex Pietrangelo DVGK#7	VGK	D	36	71	4	29	14	33	1.24	3.3%	53.0	51.5	+11	22.4	$8.80M
Darnell Nurse DEDM#25	EDM	D	31	76	5	28	16	33	1.16	2.7%	55.2	52.1	+11	22.4	$9.25M
Alexander Romanov DNYI#28	NYI	D	26	64	4	16	8	20	0.84	4.0%	49.4	49.2	+5	22.3	$2.50M
Jackson LaCombe DANA#2	ANA	D	25	75	14	29	18	43	1.54	10.4%	48.5	49.2	0	22.3	$925,000
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	65	9	24	9	33	1.37	6.3%	59.2	60.2	+11	22.2	$6.25M
Esa Lindell DDAL#23	DAL	D	32	80	5	21	12	26	0.88	5.1%	51.2	45.7	+34	22.2	$5.80M
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	62	11	28	12	39	1.71	8.0%	50.2	51.0	−3	22.1	$7.35M

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Green: Above 50% (league avg)

Red: Below 50%