Top NHL Defensemen by Time on Ice per Game

2025-26·Regular Season·20+ GP

Quinn Hughes (MIN) leads NHL defensemen with 27:44 time on ice per game across 74 games, 1:07 ahead of Zach Werenski. Moritz Seider rounds out the top three at 25:40. 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
Quinn Hughes DMIN#43	MIN	D	26	74	7	69	33	76	2.22	3.7%	54.1	53.1	−4	27.7	$7.85M
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
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	10	50	26	60	1.71	5.3%	55.1	53.0	+15	25.7	$8.55M
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	77	9	54	21	63	1.93	6.1%	54.7	49.3	+9	25.5	$8.45M
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	82	8	41	22	49	1.43	5.8%	44.0	49.7	−23	25.0	$7.25M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	68	13	42	19	55	1.95	7.2%	48.4	50.7	−15	24.9	$9.06M
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
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
Ivan Provorov DCBJ#9	CBJ	D	29	82	9	22	13	31	0.91	5.7%	51.0	50.0	+14	24.8	$8.50M
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
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
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
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
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
Mikhail Sergachev DUTA#98	UTA	D	28	78	10	49	16	59	1.87	6.3%	50.0	52.8	+2	24.3	$8.50M
Jackson LaCombe DANA#2	ANA	D	25	82	10	48	29	58	1.75	6.4%	52.0	53.9	−2	24.2	$925,000
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
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
Mike Matheson DMTL#8	MTL	D	32	78	7	30	13	37	1.18	6.1%	47.8	46.1	+9	24.2	$4.88M
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
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
Seth Jones DFLA#3	FLA	D	32	52	7	25	11	32	1.56	8.0%	49.0	51.3	−3	23.7	$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
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
Philip Broberg DSTL#6	STL	D	25	81	6	28	14	34	1.08	6.1%	51.5	46.3	+14	23.4	$4.58M
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
Esa Lindell DDAL#23	DAL	D	32	82	6	26	11	32	1.01	7.2%	54.9	47.8	+30	23.2	$5.25M
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
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
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	72	5	18	7	23	0.83	5.0%	54.7	54.0	+4	23.1	$11.00M
Thomas Harley DDAL#55	DAL	D	25	70	6	30	16	36	1.34	5.3%	49.0	47.2	+3	23.1	$4.00M
Luke Hughes DNJD#43	NJD	D	23	68	6	29	12	35	1.34	4.0%	50.2	54.2	−4	23.0	$9.00M
Jacob Trouba DANA#65	ANA	D	32	81	10	25	14	35	1.13	6.0%	49.2	52.4	−1	22.9	$8.00M
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	70	10	29	14	39	1.46	7.7%	57.0	54.3	+19	22.8	$7.43M
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
Neal Pionk DWPG#4	WPG	D	31	51	3	9	4	12	0.62	3.1%	47.0	48.6	+1	22.7	$7.00M
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
Gustav Forsling DFLA#42	FLA	D	30	80	2	26	12	28	0.93	1.8%	51.8	53.7	−5	22.6	$5.75M
Brady Skjei DNSH#76	NSH	D	32	82	3	23	13	26	0.84	2.7%	47.1	48.0	−7	22.6	$7.00M
Noah Hanifin DVGK#15	VGK	D	29	71	3	25	9	28	1.05	2.2%	57.1	54.1	0	22.6	$7.35M
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	57	7	24	14	31	1.45	7.1%	55.8	52.3	+6	22.6	$8.00M
Brandon Montour DSEA#62	SEA	D	32	64	11	21	12	32	1.33	6.3%	46.4	48.2	−21	22.6	$7.14M
Cam York DPHI#8	PHI	D	25	74	4	22	11	26	0.94	4.5%	51.5	46.3	+5	22.5	$5.15M
Noah Dobson DMTL#8	MTL	D	26	80	12	35	18	47	1.57	7.6%	48.4	47.3	+5	22.5	$9.50M
Aaron Ekblad DFLA#5	FLA	D	30	72	4	22	13	26	0.96	4.1%	49.7	52.4	−5	22.5	$6.10M
MacKenzie Weegar DUTA#52	UTA	D	32	79	4	24	13	28	0.95	2.6%	48.6	52.6	−33	22.5	$6.25M
Jake McCabe DTOR#22	TOR	D	32	80	5	20	10	25	0.84	6.5%	46.3	43.8	+3	22.4	$4.51M
K'Andre Miller DCAR#79	CAR	D	26	72	8	29	13	37	1.38	6.5%	56.9	62.3	+7	22.4	$7.50M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	68	3	21	9	24	0.95	2.6%	60.2	57.2	+37	22.4	$7.25M
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

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Red: Below 50%