NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Game-Winning Goals Leaders

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NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Game-Winning Goals Leaders.

			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	Born	Pos	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		Ray Bourque	TOT	1960	D	1612	410	1169	1579	1141	527					221	173	16	60	5	553	588	28	166	13	774	761	44	226	18	48.2%										0.254	0.725	0.980	6209	6.6%			0	3	0.00%
2		Phil Housley	TOT	1964	D	1495	338	894	1232	822	-53					202	129	7	49	5	408	483	3	107	8	610	612	10	156	13	49.7%										0.226	0.598	0.824	3808	8.9%			2	1	66.67%
3		Brent Burns	TOT	1985	D	1546	269	666	935	873	37	22:16	17:37	2:44	1:53	178	88	3	46	16	417	235	14	111	16	595	323	17	157	32	34.5%	0.469	1.160	1.629	0.392	0.918	1.310	1.245	3.324	4.569	0.174	0.431	0.605	4162	6.5%	1534	1884	81	97	45.51%
4		Denis Potvin	NYI	1953	D	1060	310	742	1052	1356	456					173	127	10	44	0	388	332	22	88	4	561	459	32	132	4	43.6%										0.292	0.700	0.992	3050	10.2%
5		Al MacInnis	TOT	1963	D	1416	340	934	1274	1511	371					164	166	10	44	3	355	556	23	105	6	519	722	33	149	9	56.7%										0.240	0.660	0.900	5157	6.6%			2	0	100.00%
6		Paul Coffey	TOT	1961	D	1409	396	1135	1531	1802	298					241	135	20	43	1	575	529	31	140	11	816	664	51	183	12	43.4%										0.281	0.806	1.087	4389	9.0%			0	0	0.00%
7		Rob Blake	TOT	1969	D	1270	240	537	777	1679	-4					100	136	4	41	2	279	243	15	68	9	379	379	19	109	11	48.8%										0.189	0.423	0.612	3896	6.2%	430	673	5	9	35.71%
8		Doug Mohns	TOT	1933	D	1391	248	462	710	1261	-96					172	70	6	40	0	281	176	5	54	0	453	246	11	94	0	34.6%										0.178	0.332	0.510
9		Scott Niedermayer	TOT	1973	D	1263	172	568	740	784	167					81	90	1	39	13	307	245	16	97	8	388	335	17	136	21	45.3%										0.136	0.450	0.586	2436	7.1%	284	343	9	30	23.08%
10		Erik Karlsson	TOT	1990	D	1129	204	699	903	500	-123	25:09	20:25	3:34	1:10	156	46	2	38	12	422	272	5	115	30	578	318	7	153	42	35.2%	0.431	1.476	1.907	0.406	1.098	1.504	0.685	4.050	4.735	0.181	0.619	0.800	3068	6.6%	790	1467	1	4	20.00%
11		Brian Leetch	TOT	1968	D	1205	247	781	1028	571	25					128	111	8	38	7	336	431	14	91	8	464	542	22	129	15	52.7%										0.205	0.648	0.853	3640	6.8%	28	91	0	1	0.00%
12		Roman Josi	NSH	1990	D	1000	198	555	753	419	54	24:49	19:59	3:05	1:44	129	68	1	37	10	341	205	9	96	17	470	273	10	133	27	36.3%	0.479	1.342	1.820	0.387	1.024	1.411	1.317	3.971	5.288	0.198	0.555	0.753	2941	6.7%	689	1870	0	2	0.00%
13		Kevin Hatcher	TOT	1966	D	1157	227	450	677	1392	-26					128	91	8	37	2	226	208	16	46	4	354	299	24	83	6	44.2%										0.196	0.389	0.585	2947	7.7%			1	1	50.00%
14		Dustin Byfuglien	TOT	1985	D	869	177	348	525	1094	-8	21:55	17:36	3:21	0:57	122	54	1	36	8	194	148	6	59	12	316	202	7	95	20	38.5%	0.557	1.096	1.653	0.478	0.760	1.239	1.112	3.047	4.159	0.204	0.400	0.604	2612	6.8%	1951	807	3	16	15.79%
15		Justin Faulk	TOT	1992	D	1031	141	340	481	508	-72	22:58	19:00	2:17	1:40	89	49	3	36	4	229	105	6	49	11	318	154	9	85	15	32.0%	0.357	0.861	1.219	0.273	0.701	0.974	1.241	2.658	3.899	0.137	0.330	0.467	2383	5.9%	1611	1415	0	1	0.00%
16		Oliver Ekman-Larsson	TOT	1991	D	1110	156	375	531	716	-96	22:32	18:05	2:48	1:38	91	61	4	36	8	240	132	3	55	7	331	193	7	91	15	36.3%	0.374	0.899	1.274	0.272	0.717	0.989	1.174	2.540	3.714	0.141	0.338	0.478	2303	6.8%	1784	1011	0	2	0.00%
17		Kristopher Letang	PIT	1987	D	1209	178	619	797	827	90	24:06	18:57	3:16	1:52	115	57	6	36	13	373	236	10	107	25	488	293	16	143	38	36.8%	0.366	1.274	1.640	0.301	0.976	1.277	0.866	3.584	4.450	0.147	0.512	0.659	3023	5.9%	2061	1815	1	4	20.00%
18		Mathieu Schneider	TOT	1969	D	1289	223	520	743	1245	66					119	100	4	36	4	223	293	4	84	11	342	393	8	120	15	52.9%										0.173	0.403	0.576	3092	7.2%	344	408	1	7	12.50%
19		Larry Murphy	TOT	1961	D	1615	288	929	1217	1084	197					165	114	9	36	4	478	433	18	118	6	643	547	27	154	10	44.9%										0.178	0.575	0.754	3604	8.0%			2	0	100.00%
20		Shea Weber	TOT	1985	D	1038	224	365	589	714	79	24:02	18:40	3:10	2:11	113	106	5	35	7	226	133	6	66	11	339	239	11	101	18	40.6%	0.538	0.877	1.416	0.350	0.699	1.049	1.925	2.416	4.341	0.216	0.352	0.567	2765	8.1%	2212	1691	0	0	0.00%
21		Sergei Gonchar	TOT	1974	D	1301	220	591	811	981	33					116	102	2	35	4	257	325	9	95	13	373	427	11	130	17	52.7%										0.169	0.454	0.623	2866	7.7%	511	908	3	0	100.00%
22		Nicklas Lidström	DET	1970	D	1564	264	878	1142	514	450					122	132	10	35	4	390	458	30	166	22	512	590	40	201	26	51.7%										0.169	0.561	0.730	3875	6.8%	264	567	0	0	0.00%
23		Zdeno Chara	TOT	1977	D	1680	209	471	680	2085	301	23:30	18:05	1:58	3:25	108	93	8	35	3	311	133	27	68	12	419	226	35	103	15	33.2%	0.318	0.716	1.033	0.213	0.614	0.827	1.682	2.406	4.088	0.124	0.280	0.405	3419	6.1%	2455	1752	13	23	36.11%
24		Dougie Hamilton	TOT	1993	D	881	156	362	518	558	72	20:39	17:28	2:27	0:43	106	49	1	34	9	239	121	2	71	15	345	170	3	105	24	32.8%	0.514	1.194	1.708	0.413	0.931	1.344	1.359	3.356	4.714	0.177	0.411	0.588	2513	6.2%	1023	970	1	3	25.00%
25		Drew Doughty	LAK	1989	D	1248	163	536	699	813	70	26:02	20:19	3:22	2:21	80	80	3	34	8	304	224	8	94	17	384	304	11	128	25	43.5%	0.301	0.989	1.290	0.189	0.719	0.908	1.142	3.198	4.341	0.131	0.429	0.560	2553	6.4%	2046	1664	1	2	33.33%
26		Scott Stevens	TOT	1964	D	1635	196	712	908	2785	395					116	75	5	34	3	464	230	18	116	14	580	305	23	150	17	33.6%										0.120	0.435	0.555	3238	6.1%			0	1	0.00%
27		Alex Pietrangelo	TOT	1990	D	1087	148	489	637	355	123	24:22	19:15	2:32	2:34	109	38	1	33	6	318	154	17	92	19	427	192	18	125	25	30.1%	0.335	1.108	1.443	0.312	0.911	1.224	0.824	3.341	4.165	0.136	0.450	0.586	2588	5.7%	761	2095	1	2	33.33%
28		John Carlson	WSH	1990	D	1136	165	601	766	388	115	23:35	18:09	2:57	2:28	116	47	2	32	2	369	225	7	106	24	485	272	9	138	26	35.5%	0.369	1.345	1.715	0.337	1.073	1.411	0.838	4.011	4.849	0.145	0.529	0.674	2622	6.3%	943	2165	1	5	16.67%
29		Chris Chelios	TOT	1962	D	1651	185	763	948	2891	351					103	69	13	31	1	386	338	39	109	11	489	407	52	140	12	42.9%										0.112	0.462	0.574	3627	5.1%	214	257	2	8	20.00%
30		Steve Duchesne	TOT	1965	D	1113	227	525	752	824	89					133	84	10	30	2	285	231	9	81	9	418	315	19	111	11	41.9%										0.204	0.472	0.676	2542	8.9%			2	5	28.57%
31		Aaron Ekblad	FLA	1996	D	780	121	279	400	538	87	22:52	18:22	2:31	1:58	77	42	2	29	7	189	83	7	55	5	266	125	9	84	12	31.3%	0.407	0.939	1.346	0.322	0.791	1.114	1.280	2.530	3.810	0.155	0.358	0.513	1861	6.5%	897	871	0	1	0.00%
32		Dan Boyle	TOT	1976	D	1093	163	442	605	693	-5	22:56	17:31	4:19	1:05	90	72	1	29	6	213	227	2	65	7	303	299	3	94	13	49.4%	0.390	1.058	1.448	0.282	0.667	0.949	0.915	2.884	3.799	0.149	0.404	0.554	2231	7.3%	620	1127	2	11	15.38%
33		Victor Hedman	TBL	1990	D	1149	171	635	806	778	193	23:23	18:30	2:40	2:12	135	35	1	29	8	366	256	13	110	16	501	291	14	139	24	36.1%	0.382	1.417	1.799	0.381	1.033	1.414	0.682	4.985	5.666	0.149	0.553	0.701	2447	7.0%	1179	1774	1	2	33.33%
34		Larry Robinson	TOT	1951	D	1384	208	750	958	793	722					139	66	3	29	0	500	243	7	97	2	639	309	10	126	2	32.3%										0.150	0.542	0.692	2332	8.9%
35		Cale Makar	COL	1998	D	444	131	352	483	130	164	24:49	19:06	3:57	1:45	85	43	3	28	6	193	155	4	59	12	278	198	7	87	18	41.0%	0.713	1.917	2.630	0.601	1.365	1.966	1.470	5.300	6.770	0.295	0.793	1.088	1250	10.5%	367	630	0	0	0.00%
36		Pavel Kubina	TOT	1977	D	970	110	276	386	1123	-102	21:54	16:23	3:11	2:19	51	54	5	28	6	164	107	5	38	11	215	161	10	66	17	41.7%	0.311	0.779	1.090	0.192	0.619	0.811	1.047	2.074	3.121	0.113	0.285	0.398	1748	6.3%	700	889	1	9	10.00%
37		Dion Phaneuf	TOT	1985	D	1048	137	357	494	1345	-57	23:26	17:29	3:42	2:13	62	73	2	28	5	177	173	7	52	9	239	246	9	80	14	49.8%	0.335	0.872	1.207	0.203	0.579	0.782	1.126	2.670	3.796	0.131	0.341	0.471	2514	5.4%	2460	1550	0	1	0.00%
38		Brad Park	TOT	1948	D	1113	213	683	896	1429	363					116	92	5	28	0	390	285	8	107	1	506	377	13	135	1	42.1%										0.191	0.614	0.805	2827	7.5%
39		Chris Pronger	TOT	1974	D	1167	157	541	698	1590	183					72	83	2	27	5	234	291	16	95	10	306	374	18	122	15	53.6%										0.135	0.464	0.598	2610	6.0%	454	818	8	16	33.33%
40		King Clancy	TOT	1903	D	592	137	150	287	914						133	0	4	26	2	146	4	0	25	8	279	4	4	51	10	1.4%										0.231	0.253	0.485
41		Bobby Orr	TOT	1948	D	657	270	645	915	953	582					178	76	16	26	0	366	248	31	96	0	544	324	47	122	0	35.4%										0.411	0.982	1.393	3058	8.8%
42		John Klingberg	TOT	1992	D	681	91	342	433	279	-44	22:31	19:12	2:59	0:20	66	25	0	26	8	200	142	0	60	18	266	167	0	86	26	38.6%	0.356	1.338	1.693	0.303	0.918	1.221	0.736	4.180	4.916	0.134	0.502	0.636	1321	6.9%	463	813	1	0	100.00%
43		Sandis Ozolinsh	TOT	1972	D	875	167	397	564	638	-44					96	67	4	26	3	190	204	3	53	6	286	271	7	79	9	48.0%										0.191	0.454	0.645	1771	9.4%	61	103	0	0	0.00%
44		Ed Jovanovski	TOT	1976	D	1128	137	363	500	1491	-86					78	57	2	26	5	201	149	13	56	4	279	206	15	82	9	41.2%										0.121	0.322	0.443	2193	6.2%	656	624	1	2	33.33%
45		Mark Giordano	TOT	1983	D	1148	158	419	577	918	129	22:02	17:06	2:40	2:15	93	52	13	26	8	266	141	12	75	15	359	193	25	101	23	33.4%	0.375	0.993	1.368	0.284	0.812	1.096	1.019	2.763	3.782	0.138	0.365	0.503	2346	6.7%	1243	2164	0	0	0.00%
46		Christian Ehrhoff	TOT	1982	D	789	74	265	339	517	48	21:11	16:22	3:09	1:40	44	29	1	24	7	130	129	6	43	3	174	158	7	67	10	46.6%	0.265	0.951	1.216	0.204	0.604	0.808	0.700	3.114	3.814	0.094	0.336	0.430	1587	4.7%	603	845	0	1	0.00%
47		Sami Salo	TOT	1974	D	878	99	240	339	286	130	20:51	14:55	2:57	2:58	42	56	1	24	7	120	111	9	37	10	162	167	10	61	17	49.3%	0.324	0.786	1.110	0.192	0.549	0.742	1.290	2.558	3.848	0.113	0.273	0.386	1581	6.3%	355	599	1	0	100.00%
48		Jared Spurgeon	MIN	1989	D	985	121	309	430	172	122	21:59	17:47	2:13	1:58	85	36	0	24	5	202	101	6	43	5	287	137	6	67	10	31.9%	0.335	0.856	1.191	0.291	0.692	0.983	0.986	2.767	3.753	0.123	0.314	0.437	1605	7.5%	855	1709	1	2	33.33%
49		Bryan McCabe	TOT	1975	D	1135	145	383	528	1732	34					67	74	4	24	7	187	187	9	59	8	254	261	13	83	15	49.4%										0.128	0.337	0.465	2185	6.6%	630	645	1	8	11.11%
50		Eric Desjardins	TOT	1969	D	1143	136	439	575	757	198					73	58	5	24	4	250	176	13	76	8	323	234	18	100	12	40.7%										0.119	0.384	0.503	2386	5.7%	10	76	4	4	50.00%

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Current season NHL stats last updated: January 24, 2026
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