NHL Defensemen - Highest Even Strength Goals per 60 in a Single Season

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Minimum requirement for inclusion in the “Even Strength Goals per 60” record list:
  -At least 20 games played

NHL Defensemen - Highest Even Strength Goals per 60 in a Single Season.

			Overall										Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			per Game			SOG		Defensive		Faceoffs
Rk		Name	Team	Age	Pos	Season	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
1		Brent Burns	SJS	28	D	2013‑14	69	22	26	48	34	26	16:48	14:32	2:12	0:03	20	2	0	3	0	17	9	0	4	0	37	11	0	7	0	22.9%	1.138	1.345	2.482	1.196	1.016	2.212	0.785	3.533	4.318	0.319	0.377	0.696	245	9.0%	145	24	61	70	46.56%
2		Cale Makar	COL	27	D	2025‑26	27	9	24	33	12	27	25:10	18:29	4:33	2:07	9	0	0	3	0	16	8	0	3	1	25	8	0	6	1	24.2%	0.794	2.118	2.913	1.082	1.923	3.005	0.000	3.897	3.897	0.333	0.889	1.222	78	11.5%	14	47	0	0	0.00%
3		Brent Burns	SJS	27	D	2012‑13	30	9	11	20	20	0	16:16	14:21	1:54	0:01	7	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	3	0	17	3	0	3	0	15.0%	1.106	1.351	2.457	0.975	1.393	2.369	2.095	1.048	3.143	0.300	0.367	0.667	81	11.1%	54	13	4	9	30.77%
4		Ben Clymer	WSH	27	D	2005‑06	77	16	17	33	72	-7	14:09	11:24	2:23	0:22	13	3	0	3	0	11	6	0	1	0	24	9	0	4	0	27.3%	0.880	0.935	1.815	0.888	0.751	1.639	0.979	1.957	2.936	0.208	0.221	0.429	149	10.7%	67	27	5	6	45.45%
5		Dougie Hamilton	CAR	26	D	2019‑20	47	14	26	40	32	30	23:17	17:47	3:09	2:19	12	2	0	3	2	15	10	1	6	1	27	12	1	9	3	30.0%	0.768	1.426	2.193	0.861	1.076	1.937	0.807	4.036	4.844	0.298	0.553	0.851	170	8.2%	52	63	0	0	0.00%
6		Dustin Byfuglien	CHI	22	D	2007‑08	67	19	17	36	59	-7	17:01	12:56	3:54	0:11	12	7	0	4	0	7	10	0	2	0	19	17	0	6	0	47.2%	0.999	0.894	1.893	0.830	0.484	1.315	1.606	2.294	3.900	0.284	0.254	0.537	163	11.7%	137	30	0	1	0.00%
7		Sergei Gonchar	WSH	27	D	2001‑02	76	26	33	59	58	-1	23:38	18:15	4:58	0:24	19	7	0	2	0	19	14	0	4	0	38	21	0	6	0	35.6%	0.868	1.102	1.970	0.821	0.821	1.642	1.112	2.224	3.336	0.342	0.434	0.776	216	12.0%			1	0	100.00%
8		John Carlson	WSH	35	D	2025‑26	26	6	17	23	6	10	22:51	17:18	3:07	2:25	6	0	0	0	0	12	5	0	1	0	18	5	0	1	0	21.7%	0.606	1.716	2.321	0.800	1.600	2.400	0.000	3.685	3.685	0.231	0.654	0.885	59	10.2%	9	38	0	0	0.00%
9		Zachary Werenski	CBJ	28	D	2025‑26	27	9	20	29	2	11	26:35	22:16	3:05	1:13	8	1	0	0	0	12	7	1	6	2	20	8	1	6	2	27.6%	0.752	1.671	2.423	0.798	1.197	1.995	0.717	5.022	5.739	0.333	0.741	1.074	100	9.0%	17	39	0	0	0.00%
10		Brent Burns	SJS	31	D	2016‑17	82	29	47	76	40	19	24:51	19:24	3:34	1:42	21	8	0	6	3	29	17	1	11	1	50	25	1	17	4	32.9%	0.853	1.383	2.237	0.792	1.094	1.885	1.639	3.483	5.123	0.354	0.573	0.927	320	9.1%	69	142	0	0	0.00%
11		Mathieu Dandenault	MTL	31	D	2007‑08	61	9	5	14	34	-11	11:08	10:00	0:03	1:03	8	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	13	0	1	1	0	0.0%	0.795	0.442	1.237	0.786	0.491	1.278	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.148	0.082	0.230	69	13.0%	70	26	0	1	0.00%
12		Dustin Byfuglien	CHI	23	D	2008‑09	77	15	16	31	81	7	14:52	12:05	2:45	0:01	12	3	0	4	0	12	4	0	5	0	24	7	0	9	0	22.6%	0.786	0.838	1.624	0.774	0.774	1.548	0.846	1.129	1.975	0.195	0.208	0.403	202	7.4%	169	23	2	9	18.18%
13		Mark Pysyk	FLA	27	D	2019‑20	58	9	9	18	20	4	12:45	12:07	0:00	0:36	9	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	1	0	18	0	0	2	0	0.0%	0.730	0.730	1.460	0.767	0.767	1.535	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.155	0.155	0.310	64	14.1%	47	38	3	3	50.00%
14		Wyatt Kalynuk	CHI	23	D	2020‑21	21	4	5	9	4	-6	16:16	14:55	1:05	0:15	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	2	9	0	0	2	2	0.0%	0.702	0.878	1.580	0.766	0.957	1.723	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.190	0.238	0.429	26	15.4%	25	21	0	0	0.00%
15		Jakob Chychrun	WSH	27	D	2025‑26	28	10	14	24	25	22	23:13	19:50	2:59	0:24	7	3	0	2	1	12	2	0	4	0	19	5	0	6	1	20.8%	0.922	1.291	2.214	0.756	1.296	2.052	2.154	1.436	3.589	0.357	0.500	0.857	95	10.5%	29	30	0	0	0.00%
16		Paul Bissonnette	PHX	24	D	2009‑10	41	3	2	5	117	-2	5:51	5:50	0:01	0:00	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0.0%	0.749	0.499	1.249	0.752	0.502	1.254	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.073	0.049	0.122	25	12.0%	78	3	0	0	0.00%
17		Darnell Nurse	EDM	25	D	2020‑21	56	16	20	36	57	27	25:37	21:50	1:22	2:24	15	1	0	2	1	14	6	0	4	0	29	7	0	6	1	19.4%	0.669	0.836	1.505	0.736	0.687	1.423	0.778	4.668	5.446	0.286	0.357	0.643	154	10.4%	117	100	0	0	0.00%
18		Cale Makar	COL	23	D	2021‑22	77	28	58	86	26	48	25:40	20:25	3:50	1:24	19	9	0	6	3	33	25	0	12	1	52	34	0	18	4	39.5%	0.850	1.761	2.611	0.725	1.259	1.984	1.827	5.074	6.901	0.364	0.753	1.117	240	11.7%	95	110	0	0	0.00%
19		Jay Rosehill	PHI	28	D	2013‑14	34	2	0	2	90	-8	4:56	4:53	0:02	0:00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.714	0.000	0.714	0.722	0.000	0.722	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.059	0.000	0.059	14	14.3%	48	4	0	1	0.00%
20		Simon Nemec	NJD	21	D	2025‑26	27	6	9	15	14	4	20:04	18:28	1:00	0:34	6	0	0	2	2	9	0	0	3	1	15	0	0	5	3	0.0%	0.664	0.996	1.661	0.721	1.082	1.804	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.222	0.333	0.556	40	15.0%	7	41	0	0	0.00%
21		Jakob Chychrun	ARI	22	D	2020‑21	56	18	23	41	42	-6	23:23	19:39	2:44	0:59	13	5	0	3	1	14	9	0	2	0	27	14	0	5	1	34.1%	0.825	1.054	1.878	0.709	0.763	1.472	1.958	3.524	5.481	0.321	0.411	0.732	176	10.2%	59	89	0	0	0.00%
22		Brent Burns	SJS	30	D	2015‑16	82	27	48	75	53	-5	25:51	19:38	4:05	2:08	19	7	1	4	1	24	23	1	10	1	43	30	2	14	2	40.0%	0.764	1.358	2.122	0.708	0.894	1.602	1.251	4.110	5.361	0.329	0.585	0.915	353	7.6%	101	145	1	0	100.00%
23		Ryan Graves	COL	23	D	2018‑19	26	3	2	5	2	4	11:06	9:53	0:00	1:12	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.623	0.416	1.039	0.700	0.467	1.167	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.115	0.077	0.192	26	11.5%	32	51	0	0	0.00%
24		Mike Green	WSH	27	D	2012‑13	35	12	14	26	20	-3	24:51	19:46	4:02	1:02	8	4	0	2	1	4	10	0	2	1	12	14	0	4	2	53.8%	0.828	0.966	1.793	0.694	0.347	1.040	1.698	4.244	5.941	0.343	0.400	0.743	96	12.5%	36	61	0	0	0.00%
25		Zachary Werenski	CBJ	22	D	2019‑20	63	20	21	41	10	9	23:59	19:16	2:43	1:58	14	5	1	4	2	13	8	0	5	1	27	13	1	9	3	31.7%	0.794	0.834	1.628	0.692	0.642	1.334	1.745	2.792	4.538	0.317	0.333	0.651	187	10.7%	36	58	0	0	0.00%
26		Dana Murzyn	VAN	31	D	1997‑98	31	5	2	7	42	-3	16:58	14:19	0:13	2:25	5	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	0	0.0%	0.570	0.228	0.798	0.675	0.270	0.945	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.161	0.065	0.226	29	17.2%			0	0	0.00%
27		Calle Rosén	STL	28	D	2022‑23	49	8	10	18	8	19	15:36	14:32	0:16	0:47	8	0	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	2	0	0.0%	0.628	0.785	1.413	0.673	0.842	1.515	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.163	0.204	0.367	62	12.9%	16	51	0	0	0.00%
28		Francois Beauchemin	ANA	28	D	2008‑09	20	4	1	5	12	-3	24:54	17:49	2:14	4:50	4	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	3	1	20.0%	0.482	0.120	0.602	0.673	0.000	0.673	0.000	1.339	1.339	0.200	0.050	0.250	45	8.9%	26	25	0	0	0.00%
29		Erik Karlsson	SJS	32	D	2022‑23	82	25	76	101	36	-26	25:36	21:50	3:23	0:22	20	5	0	4	2	54	22	0	6	2	74	27	0	10	4	26.7%	0.714	2.171	2.885	0.670	1.809	2.478	1.078	4.741	5.819	0.305	0.927	1.232	209	12.0%	33	90	0	1	0.00%
30		Jacob MacDonald	SJS	30	D	2023‑24	34	7	2	9	23	-14	12:01	10:33	1:26	0:01	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	44.4%	1.028	0.294	1.321	0.669	0.167	0.836	3.675	1.225	4.900	0.206	0.059	0.265	49	14.3%	40	17	1	3	25.00%
31		Dougie Hamilton	CAR	25	D	2018‑19	82	18	21	39	54	0	19:40	17:33	1:51	0:15	16	2	0	2	0	16	5	0	4	0	32	7	0	6	0	17.9%	0.669	0.781	1.451	0.667	0.667	1.334	0.786	1.965	2.750	0.220	0.256	0.476	259	6.9%	160	91	0	1	0.00%
32		John Moore	NJD	26	D	2016‑17	63	12	10	22	39	-7	18:58	15:46	1:11	1:48	11	1	0	1	1	8	2	0	0	0	19	3	0	1	1	13.6%	0.602	0.502	1.104	0.664	0.483	1.147	0.801	1.602	2.404	0.190	0.159	0.349	102	11.8%	68	61	0	0	0.00%
33		Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	29	D	2023‑24	82	20	32	52	51	2	22:55	18:49	1:55	2:11	17	3	0	2	1	18	12	2	2	0	35	15	2	4	1	28.8%	0.638	1.021	1.659	0.661	0.700	1.361	1.141	4.563	5.704	0.244	0.390	0.634	208	9.6%	194	200	0	0	0.00%
34		Joel Kwiatkowski	TOT	29	D	2006‑07	42	5	5	10	20	-6	9:48	8:38	0:55	0:15	4	1	0	2	0	3	2	0	1	0	7	3	0	3	0	30.0%	0.728	0.728	1.456	0.661	0.496	1.157	1.555	3.110	4.665	0.119	0.119	0.238	46	10.9%	30	12	1	0	100.00%
35		Anthony DeAngelo	NYR	24	D	2019‑20	68	15	38	53	47	12	19:17	16:09	3:04	0:02	12	3	0	3	2	22	16	0	8	1	34	19	0	11	3	35.8%	0.686	1.738	2.425	0.655	1.201	1.856	0.860	4.588	5.448	0.221	0.559	0.779	149	10.1%	48	57	0	0	0.00%
36		Carlo Colaiacovo	TOR	23	D	2006‑07	48	8	9	17	22	5	17:56	15:18	1:33	1:05	8	0	0	1	0	4	5	0	2	0	12	5	0	3	0	29.4%	0.557	0.627	1.184	0.653	0.327	0.980	0.000	4.026	4.026	0.167	0.188	0.354	60	13.3%	96	61	0	0	0.00%
37		Jakob Chychrun	WSH	26	D	2024‑25	74	20	27	47	52	17	21:03	18:42	2:14	0:07	15	5	0	6	1	17	10	0	8	2	32	15	0	14	3	31.9%	0.770	1.039	1.809	0.650	0.737	1.387	1.804	3.608	5.412	0.270	0.365	0.635	179	11.2%	59	87	0	0	0.00%
38		Paul Bissonnette	PHX	28	D	2013‑14	39	2	6	8	53	6	4:44	4:44	0:00	0:00	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	1	0	0.0%	0.648	1.945	2.593	0.648	1.945	2.593	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.051	0.154	0.205	25	8.0%	51	4	1	2	33.33%
39		Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	21	D	2025‑26	26	6	5	11	2	1	19:44	17:50	0:07	1:46	5	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	9.1%	0.701	0.584	1.286	0.647	0.647	1.293	17.391	0.000	17.391	0.231	0.192	0.423	26	23.1%	15	42	0	0	0.00%
40		Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	29	D	2014‑15	69	18	27	45	124	5	22:41	17:38	3:50	1:12	13	5	0	3	1	14	12	1	5	1	27	17	1	8	2	37.8%	0.690	1.035	1.725	0.641	0.690	1.331	1.131	2.713	3.844	0.261	0.391	0.652	209	8.6%	203	59	0	3	0.00%
41		Morgan Rielly	TOR	24	D	2018‑19	82	20	52	72	14	24	23:07	19:26	2:36	1:04	17	3	0	5	2	34	18	0	9	1	51	21	0	14	3	29.2%	0.633	1.646	2.278	0.640	1.280	1.919	0.843	5.057	5.899	0.244	0.634	0.878	223	9.0%	61	114	0	1	0.00%
42		Slater Koekkoek	TBL	23	D	2017‑18	35	4	4	8	18	4	11:14	10:43	0:03	0:27	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0.0%	0.610	0.610	1.221	0.640	0.640	1.279	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.114	0.114	0.229	43	9.3%	36	24	0	0	0.00%
43		John Scott	SJS	32	D	2014‑15	38	3	1	4	87	0	7:27	7:27	0:00	0:00	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.636	0.212	0.848	0.636	0.212	0.848	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.079	0.026	0.105	19	15.8%	94	14	0	0	0.00%
44		Aaron Ekblad	FLA	25	D	2021‑22	61	15	42	57	26	38	24:54	18:36	3:30	2:47	12	3	0	2	2	22	17	3	9	0	34	20	3	11	2	35.1%	0.592	1.658	2.250	0.634	1.163	1.797	0.840	4.760	5.600	0.246	0.689	0.934	180	8.3%	62	69	0	0	0.00%
45		Mattias Samuelsson	BUF	25	D	2025‑26	25	5	7	12	6	6	21:48	18:55	0:02	2:50	5	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	2	1	0.0%	0.550	0.770	1.321	0.634	0.888	1.521	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.200	0.280	0.480	41	12.2%	35	56	0	0	0.00%
46		Sergei Gonchar	WSH	25	D	1999‑00	73	18	36	54	52	26	21:46	16:55	4:04	0:46	13	5	0	3	0	22	14	0	8	2	35	19	0	11	2	35.2%	0.680	1.359	2.039	0.631	1.069	1.700	1.010	2.829	3.839	0.247	0.493	0.740	181	9.9%			0	0	0.00%
47		Jake Walman	DET	27	D	2023‑24	63	12	9	21	44	-2	19:46	16:38	0:40	2:26	11	1	0	3	2	5	3	1	2	1	16	4	1	5	3	19.0%	0.578	0.434	1.012	0.629	0.286	0.915	1.417	4.250	5.667	0.190	0.143	0.333	108	11.1%	42	151	0	0	0.00%
48		Bryan Muir	WSH	33	D	2006‑07	26	3	4	7	42	3	14:37	11:00	2:51	0:45	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	28.6%	0.474	0.631	1.105	0.629	0.419	1.048	0.000	1.619	1.619	0.115	0.154	0.269	28	10.7%	24	20	0	0	0.00%
49		Nikita Zadorov	CGY	27	D	2022‑23	82	14	7	21	80	10	18:41	16:18	0:11	2:10	14	0	0	2	0	6	1	0	1	0	20	1	0	3	0	4.8%	0.548	0.274	0.822	0.628	0.269	0.897	0.000	3.715	3.715	0.171	0.085	0.256	130	10.8%	174	75	0	0	0.00%
50		Kevin Connauton	ARI	27	D	2017‑18	73	11	10	21	20	3	15:10	14:24	0:11	0:34	11	0	0	3	0	10	0	0	2	1	21	0	0	5	1	0.0%	0.596	0.542	1.137	0.627	0.570	1.198	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.151	0.137	0.288	102	10.8%	116	72	0	0	0.00%

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Current season NHL stats last updated: December 5, 2025
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