Top NHL Defensemen by Expected Goals For %

2022-23·Regular Season·20+ GP

Chris Tanev (CGY) leads NHL defensemen with 61.0% expected goals for % across 65 games, 1.3 percentage points ahead of TJ Brodie. Matt Kiersted rounds out the top three at 59.6%. Rankings cover the 2022-23 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
Chris Tanev DCGY#8	CGY	D	36	65	1	12	5	13	0.60	1.3%	61.0	60.5	+7	20.1	$4.50M
TJ Brodie DTOR#78	TOR	D	36	58	2	12	3	14	0.68	3.4%	59.7	51.8	+10	21.2	$5.00M
Matt Kiersted DFLA#4	FLA	D	28	20	1	3	2	4	1.22	7.1%	59.6	56.8	+4	9.8	-
Calvin de Haan DCAR#44	CAR	D	35	53	2	10	4	12	1.00	3.9%	59.4	60.3	+7	13.5	$850,000
Jaccob Slavin DCAR#74	CAR	D	32	76	7	20	10	27	0.97	5.3%	59.3	61.2	+18	22.0	$5.30M
Jalen Chatfield DCAR#5	CAR	D	30	78	6	8	5	14	0.76	6.5%	58.9	60.0	+23	14.1	$762,500
Brent Burns DCAR#8	CAR	D	41	82	18	43	25	61	1.92	7.1%	58.6	61.5	+19	23.2	$8.00M
Philip Broberg DEDM#6	EDM	D	25	46	1	7	2	8	0.83	3.1%	58.6	57.4	+6	12.6	$863,334
Mark Giordano DTOR#55	TOR	D	43	78	4	20	8	24	0.97	3.7%	58.6	51.3	+27	19.0	$800,000
Damon Severson DNJD#78	NJD	D	32	81	7	26	12	33	1.22	6.9%	58.0	56.6	+9	20.0	$4.17M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	82	8	32	11	40	1.58	5.1%	57.7	57.1	+6	18.5	$863,334
Radko Gudas DFLA#7	FLA	D	36	72	2	15	7	17	0.82	1.8%	57.7	55.6	+14	17.4	$2.50M
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	60	17	49	29	66	2.50	9.7%	57.6	56.9	+16	26.4	$9.00M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	80	7	43	16	50	1.49	4.2%	57.6	54.4	+39	25.1	$4.10M
Joshua Mahura DFLA#28	FLA	D	28	82	4	12	8	16	0.83	5.1%	57.4	56.1	+17	14.0	$750,000
Hampus Lindholm DBOS#27	BOS	D	32	80	10	43	24	53	1.71	6.3%	57.4	52.7	+49	23.2	$6.50M
Conor Timmins DTOR#20	TOR	D	28	27	2	12	7	14	2.06	10.5%	57.3	54.3	−1	15.1	$850,000
MacKenzie Weegar DCGY#52	CGY	D	32	81	4	27	9	31	1.09	2.5%	56.9	61.7	+15	21.1	$3.25M
Kevin Bahl DNJD#7	NJD	D	26	42	2	6	2	8	0.82	7.4%	56.5	55.0	+4	14.0	$795,000
Brandon Carlo DBOS#25	BOS	D	29	75	3	13	6	16	0.68	3.2%	56.2	49.6	+44	18.8	$4.10M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	82	12	60	28	72	2.16	7.5%	56.0	54.3	+28	24.4	$9.50M
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	78	9	23	16	32	1.15	6.7%	55.9	54.1	+28	21.5	$6.25M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	67	7	45	20	52	2.09	6.7%	55.9	52.5	+29	22.3	$9.50M
Mark Friedman DPIT#51	PIT	D	30	23	1	2	1	3	0.54	2.8%	55.9	53.9	+2	14.4	$775,000
Dennis Gilbert DCGY#6	CGY	D	29	23	1	3	1	4	0.89	7.7%	55.9	56.5	0	11.7	$762,500
Jonas Siegenthaler DNJD#71	NJD	D	29	80	4	17	7	21	0.78	4.8%	55.8	52.9	+27	20.2	$1.13M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	82	22	52	27	74	2.49	8.0%	55.8	54.9	+23	21.8	$9.00M
Timothy Liljegren DTOR#27	TOR	D	27	67	6	12	6	18	0.90	7.1%	55.8	50.3	+24	17.9	$1.40M
Marcus Pettersson DPIT#29	PIT	D	30	68	1	23	14	24	1.03	1.0%	55.6	51.9	+4	20.6	$4.03M
Brady Skjei DCAR#76	CAR	D	32	81	18	20	8	38	1.29	9.6%	55.5	58.9	+7	21.8	$5.25M
Vincent Desharnais DEDM#5	EDM	D	30	36	0	5	3	5	0.62	0.0%	55.5	49.3	+15	13.5	$762,500
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	81	14	50	24	64	2.00	9.3%	55.3	54.4	+28	23.7	$4.00M
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	79	11	62	34	73	2.17	5.3%	55.2	54.3	+12	25.5	$8.45M
Erik Brannstrom DOTT#26	OTT	D	27	74	2	16	6	18	0.91	2.7%	55.2	55.6	+5	16.1	$900,000
Matt Roy DLAK#3	LAK	D	31	82	9	17	7	26	1.01	6.7%	55.1	52.4	+8	18.8	$3.15M
Brett Pesce DCAR#22	CAR	D	31	82	5	25	15	30	1.00	3.5%	55.1	58.3	+11	22.0	$4.03M
Dylan Samberg DWPG#54	WPG	D	27	63	2	6	2	8	0.51	4.1%	54.8	54.1	+10	14.9	$925,000
Ryan Lindgren DNYR#55	NYR	D	28	63	1	17	10	18	0.91	1.3%	54.8	53.8	+29	18.8	$3.00M
Ian Cole DTBL#28	TBL	D	37	78	3	14	7	17	0.67	2.8%	54.4	51.3	+13	19.4	$3.00M
Brendan Smith DNJD#2	NJD	D	37	60	0	5	1	5	0.32	0.0%	54.2	54.6	+3	15.6	$1.10M
Mikey Anderson DLAK#44	LAK	D	27	77	5	15	4	20	0.72	5.6%	54.2	51.7	+20	21.7	$1.00M
Nikita Zadorov DCGY#91	CGY	D	31	82	14	7	4	21	0.82	10.8%	54.1	60.3	+10	18.7	$3.75M
Mikhail Sergachev DTBL#98	TBL	D	28	79	10	54	28	64	2.04	6.4%	54.1	52.3	+13	23.8	$4.80M
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	81	9	43	14	52	1.47	6.2%	54.0	52.6	+12	26.2	$11.00M
Noah Hanifin DCGY#15	CGY	D	29	81	7	31	17	38	1.24	4.0%	54.0	53.7	+2	22.6	$4.95M
Joel Hanley DDAL#44	DAL	D	35	26	0	2	1	2	0.40	0.0%	54.0	51.8	+5	11.6	$750,000
Sebastian Aho DNYI#25	NYI	D	30	71	5	18	7	23	1.16	5.6%	53.9	52.6	+9	16.8	-
John Marino DNJD#6	NJD	D	29	64	4	14	11	18	0.80	6.0%	53.8	52.7	+21	21.1	$4.40M
Ben Hutton DVGK#17	VGK	D	33	31	3	5	2	8	0.97	5.8%	53.8	49.6	+1	16.0	$850,000
Erik Cernak DTBL#81	TBL	D	29	70	2	14	5	16	0.71	2.3%	53.8	51.5	+8	19.2	$2.95M

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