Top NHL Defensemen by Expected Goals For %

2023-24·Regular Season·20+ GP

Evan Bouchard (EDM) leads NHL defensemen with 64.0% expected goals for % across 81 games, 0.5 percentage points ahead of Mattias Ekholm. Conor Timmins rounds out the top three at 61.2%. Rankings cover the 2023-24 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
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	81	18	64	25	82	2.64	8.2%	64.0	60.0	+34	23.0	$3.90M
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	79	11	34	23	45	1.62	6.2%	63.5	59.9	+44	21.0	$6.25M
Conor Timmins DTOR#20	TOR	D	28	25	1	9	5	10	1.50	4.0%	61.2	56.1	+9	16.0	$1.10M
Jalen Chatfield DCAR#5	CAR	D	30	72	8	14	4	22	1.21	8.9%	59.6	61.1	+15	15.2	$762,500
Aaron Ekblad DFLA#5	FLA	D	30	51	4	14	6	18	1.02	4.1%	58.7	58.0	+27	20.9	$7.50M
Rasmus Ristolainen DPHI#55	PHI	D	31	31	1	3	1	4	0.46	2.2%	58.5	52.0	−6	16.7	$5.10M
Jaccob Slavin DCAR#74	CAR	D	32	81	6	31	11	37	1.31	4.0%	58.3	60.8	+21	20.9	$5.30M
Mark Friedman DVAN#51	VAN	D	30	23	0	1	0	1	0.21	0.0%	58.3	50.1	+4	12.2	$775,000
Gustav Forsling DFLA#42	FLA	D	30	79	10	29	17	39	1.34	6.2%	58.1	58.1	+56	22.1	$2.67M
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	71	9	45	22	54	1.86	5.6%	57.5	57.2	+8	24.5	$8.45M
Ryan McDonagh DNSH#27	NSH	D	37	74	3	29	13	32	1.19	3.3%	57.4	53.1	+19	21.8	$6.75M
Esa Lindell DDAL#23	DAL	D	32	82	5	21	8	26	0.93	4.4%	57.4	50.2	+17	20.5	$5.80M
Brent Burns DCAR#8	CAR	D	41	82	10	33	14	43	1.46	5.4%	57.0	60.5	+19	21.5	$8.00M
Dmitry Orlov DCAR#7	CAR	D	35	82	6	20	6	26	1.10	4.7%	56.9	60.3	+4	17.3	$7.75M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	81	10	59	28	69	2.11	5.1%	56.8	52.4	+34	24.2	$6.25M
Spencer Stastney DNSH#24	NSH	D	26	20	2	2	1	4	0.75	18.2%	56.8	51.4	+9	16.0	$925,000
Ben Hutton DVGK#17	VGK	D	33	41	2	8	4	10	0.90	3.0%	56.4	50.8	+12	16.3	$850,000
Brett Kulak DEDM#27	EDM	D	32	82	3	13	4	16	0.76	3.2%	56.0	53.2	0	15.4	$2.75M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	82	12	38	16	50	1.56	7.5%	55.7	53.7	+28	23.4	$4.10M
Calvin de Haan DTBL#44	TBL	D	35	59	3	7	3	10	0.61	5.4%	55.6	51.9	−9	16.6	$775,000
Mark Giordano DTOR#55	TOR	D	43	46	3	6	2	9	0.71	5.1%	55.6	54.4	+10	16.6	$800,000
Caleb Jones DCOL#82	COL	D	29	25	0	5	3	5	0.98	0.0%	55.5	47.6	+4	12.2	$775,000
Derek Forbort DBOS#27	BOS	D	34	35	0	4	1	4	0.39	0.0%	55.5	44.8	+8	17.8	$3.00M
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	77	21	69	28	90	2.83	9.1%	55.5	53.2	+15	24.8	$9.00M
Dylan DeMelo DWPG#2	WPG	D	33	82	3	28	12	31	1.04	3.6%	55.4	50.3	+46	21.7	$3.00M
Oliver Ekman-Larsson DFLA#95	FLA	D	35	80	9	23	10	32	1.30	7.3%	55.3	56.3	+10	18.4	$2.25M
Ian Cole DVAN#28	VAN	D	37	78	2	9	3	11	0.45	3.3%	55.2	48.5	+10	18.7	$3.00M
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	82	15	35	14	50	1.42	11.1%	55.1	54.5	+15	25.8	$11.00M
Nate Schmidt DWPG#88	WPG	D	35	63	2	12	4	14	0.79	2.7%	55.1	52.3	+10	16.8	-
Kaedan Korczak DVGK#6	VGK	D	25	26	1	8	3	9	1.26	3.1%	55.1	49.1	+12	16.5	$789,167
Zach Whitecloud DVGK#28	VGK	D	29	61	2	12	5	14	0.78	3.9%	54.9	47.9	−3	17.6	$2.75M
Dmitry Kulikov DFLA#7	FLA	D	35	76	1	19	12	20	0.96	1.4%	54.9	54.6	+15	16.5	$1.00M
Thomas Harley DDAL#55	DAL	D	25	79	15	32	14	47	1.70	10.4%	54.9	55.7	+28	21.0	$863,334
Zach Bogosian DMIN#24	MIN	D	36	65	3	11	6	14	0.72	3.6%	54.8	51.5	+11	17.9	$850,000
Brian Dumoulin DSEA#2	SEA	D	35	80	6	10	4	16	0.71	8.7%	54.7	53.9	+3	17.0	$3.15M
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	82	17	75	35	92	2.73	8.5%	54.6	56.9	+38	24.7	$7.85M
Jonas Brodin DMIN#25	MIN	D	33	62	7	20	7	27	1.12	6.0%	54.5	51.1	+22	23.4	$6.00M
Chris Tanev DDAL#8	DAL	D	36	75	2	17	8	19	0.77	3.6%	54.3	51.4	+22	19.7	$4.50M
Erik Karlsson DPIT#65	PIT	D	36	82	11	45	24	56	1.69	5.2%	54.3	54.6	+4	24.3	$11.50M
Tyler Myers DVAN#57	VAN	D	36	77	5	24	12	29	1.19	5.4%	54.3	48.8	+16	18.9	$6.00M
Jordan Spence DLAK#21	LAK	D	25	71	2	22	13	24	1.41	2.5%	54.3	55.8	+5	14.4	$820,000
Nick Seeler DPHI#24	PHI	D	33	71	1	12	7	13	0.65	1.0%	54.2	51.7	+9	16.9	$775,000
Brayden McNabb DVGK#3	VGK	D	35	82	4	22	9	26	0.98	4.7%	54.1	49.5	+18	19.4	$2.85M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	20	5	11	4	16	2.29	8.2%	54.0	59.9	−8	21.0	$9.00M
Jake McCabe DTOR#22	TOR	D	32	73	8	20	9	28	1.11	11.0%	54.0	50.9	+20	20.7	$4.00M
Brett Pesce DCAR#22	CAR	D	31	70	3	10	3	13	0.55	2.8%	53.8	58.9	+10	20.3	$4.03M
Mikey Anderson DLAK#44	LAK	D	27	74	2	16	8	18	0.71	2.2%	53.8	54.1	+22	20.6	$4.13M
Daniil Miromanov DCGY#62	CGY	D	29	24	3	4	2	7	0.84	6.5%	53.8	57.0	−2	20.7	-
Parker Wotherspoon DBOS#29	BOS	D	29	41	0	8	1	8	0.66	0.0%	53.6	46.7	+6	17.7	$775,000
Declan Chisholm DMIN#47	MIN	D	26	31	3	6	4	9	1.05	10.3%	53.5	51.6	−7	16.5	$775,000

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