NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Playoff Plus-Minus Leaders

NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Playoff Plus-Minus Leaders.
		Overall								Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			per Game			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Rk	Name	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	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
1	Larry Robinson	1951	D	227	28	116	144	211	100					21	7	0	3	2	68	45	3	24	1	89	52	3	27	3	36.1%										0.123	0.511	0.634	417	6.7%
2	Charlie Huddy	1959	D	183	19	66	85	134	98					13	5	1	1	0	49	13	4	10	2	62	18	5	11	2	21.2%										0.104	0.361	0.464	356	5.3%
3	Randy Gregg	1956	D	137	13	40	53	136	81					10	2	1	4	1	28	10	2	6	0	38	12	3	10	1	22.6%										0.095	0.292	0.387	155	8.4%
4	Denis Potvin	1953	D	185	56	109	165	253	64					26	28	2	7	2	51	53	5	17	1	77	81	7	24	3	49.1%										0.303	0.589	0.892	578	9.7%
5	Nicklas Lidström	1970	D	263	54	129	183	76	61					21	30	3	11	1	45	81	3	26	2	66	111	6	37	3	60.7%										0.205	0.490	0.696	656	8.2%	61	117	0	0	0.00%
6	Bobby Orr	1948	D	74	26	66	92	107	60					15	8	3	7	1	35	24	7	13	0	50	32	10	20	1	34.8%										0.351	0.892	1.243	358	7.3%
7	Paul Coffey	1961	D	194	59	137	196	264	53					32	21	6	8	0	69	66	2	24	2	101	87	8	32	2	44.4%										0.304	0.706	1.010	616	9.6%			0	0	0.00%
8	Zdeno Chara	1977	D	200	18	52	70	218	49	25:24	19:49	2:06	3:28	12	6	0	4	0	37	15	0	11	3	49	21	0	15	3	30.0%	0.213	0.614	0.827	0.182	0.560	0.742	0.853	2.132	2.985	0.090	0.260	0.350	387	4.7%	493	268	2	0	100.00%
9	Steve Smith	1963	D	134	11	41	52	288	49					7	3	1	2	0	23	17	1	8	2	30	20	2	10	2	38.5%										0.082	0.306	0.388	182	6.0%
10	Chris Chelios	1962	D	266	31	113	144	423	48					14	14	3	6	2	62	46	5	19	3	76	60	8	25	5	41.7%										0.117	0.425	0.541	587	5.3%	49	55	0	0	0.00%
11	Kevin Lowe	1959	D	214	10	48	58	192	48					8	0	2	1	0	39	5	4	6	1	47	5	6	7	1	8.6%										0.047	0.224	0.271	186	5.4%			0	0	0.00%
12	Jim Watson	1952	D	101	5	34	39	89	48					4	1	0	1	0	32	2	0	8	3	36	3	0	9	3	7.7%										0.050	0.337	0.386	121	4.1%
13	Serge Savard	1946	D	130	19	49	68	90	47					12	4	3	6	1	33	15	1	11	3	45	19	4	17	4	27.9%										0.146	0.377	0.523	198	9.6%
14	Scott Stevens	1964	D	233	26	92	118	402	44					14	12	0	8	0	57	31	4	21	2	71	43	4	29	2	36.4%										0.112	0.395	0.506	481	5.4%			0	0	0.00%
15	Jaccob Slavin	1994	D	86	9	31	40	10	44	24:03	20:08	0:49	3:05	9	0	0	1	1	27	3	1	6	2	36	3	1	7	3	7.5%	0.261	0.899	1.160	0.312	0.935	1.247	0.000	2.517	2.517	0.105	0.360	0.465	159	5.7%	89	170	0	0	0.00%
16	Carol Vadnais	1945	D	106	10	40	50	187	43					6	4	0	0	0	24	15	1	3	1	30	19	1	3	1	38.0%										0.094	0.377	0.472	206	4.9%
17	Dallas Smith	1941	D	86	3	29	32	128	43					3	0	0	1	0	27	0	2	4	0	30	0	2	5	0	0.0%										0.035	0.337	0.372	115	2.6%
18	Brian Rafalski	1973	D	165	29	71	100	66	42	23:20	18:18	4:00	1:01	12	17	0	6	1	38	31	2	13	1	50	48	2	19	2	48.0%	0.452	1.106	1.558	0.238	0.755	0.993	1.545	2.818	4.363	0.176	0.430	0.606	290	10.0%	69	105	0	1	0.00%
19	Mark Howe	1955	D	101	10	51	61	34	42					9	1	0	1	1	27	19	5	3	0	36	20	5	4	1	32.8%										0.099	0.505	0.604	212	4.7%
20	Chris Pronger	1974	D	173	26	95	121	326	40					13	13	0	3	0	42	49	4	18	1	55	62	4	21	1	51.2%										0.150	0.549	0.699	405	6.4%	142	225	0	0	0.00%
21	Guy Lapointe	1948	D	123	26	44	70	138	39					14	11	1	5	0	21	23	0	9	1	35	34	1	14	1	48.6%										0.211	0.358	0.569	342	7.6%
22	Ken Morrow	1956	D	127	11	22	33	97	37					11	0	0	3	3	21	0	1	5	1	32	0	1	8	4	0.0%										0.087	0.173	0.260	165	6.7%
23	J.C. Tremblay	1939	D	108	14	51	65	58	37					9	3	2	5	0	28	23	0	9	1	37	26	2	14	1	40.0%										0.130	0.472	0.602	197	7.1%
24	Brad McCrimmon	1959	D	116	11	18	29	176	35					8	3	0	2	0	14	3	1	4	0	22	6	1	6	0	20.7%										0.095	0.155	0.250	157	7.0%
25	Larry Murphy	1961	D	215	37	115	152	201	32					14	20	3	7	0	64	47	4	20	4	78	67	7	27	4	44.1%										0.172	0.535	0.707	504	7.3%			1	0	100.00%
26	Gustav Forsling	1996	D	81	8	23	31	34	32	23:42	20:08	0:21	3:12	7	0	1	3	0	18	4	1	4	1	25	4	2	7	1	12.9%	0.250	0.719	0.969	0.257	0.662	0.920	0.000	8.262	8.262	0.099	0.284	0.383	153	5.2%	117	106	0	0	0.00%
27	Craig Ludwig	1961	D	177	4	25	29	244	31					4	0	0	1	0	24	0	1	7	1	28	0	1	8	1	0.0%										0.023	0.141	0.164	134	3.0%			0	0	0.00%
28	Sergei Zubov	1970	D	164	24	93	117	62	28					10	13	1	1	0	43	48	2	22	4	53	61	3	23	4	52.1%										0.146	0.567	0.713	382	6.3%	22	27	0	0	0.00%
29	Olli Määttä	1994	D	85	5	22	27	24	28	18:55	16:39	0:51	1:24	5	0	0	1	0	21	1	0	2	0	26	1	0	3	0	3.7%	0.186	0.820	1.007	0.212	0.890	1.102	0.000	0.815	0.815	0.059	0.259	0.318	98	5.1%	121	121	0	0	0.00%
30	Gord Lane	1953	D	75	3	14	17	214	28					3	0	0	1	0	13	1	0	2	1	16	1	0	3	1	5.9%										0.040	0.187	0.227	80	3.8%
31	Bob Lorimer	1953	D	49	3	10	13	83	28					3	0	0	1	0	7	0	3	2	1	10	0	3	3	1	0.0%										0.061	0.204	0.265	57	5.3%
32	Ray Bourque	1960	D	214	41	139	180	171	27					26	15	0	4	0	62	74	3	20	1	88	89	3	24	1	49.4%										0.192	0.650	0.841	814	5.0%			1	0	100.00%
33	Kjell Samuelsson	1958	D	123	4	20	24	178	27					4	0	0	1	0	17	2	1	2	2	21	2	1	3	2	8.3%										0.033	0.163	0.195	104	3.9%			0	0	0.00%
34	Devon Toews	1994	D	84	12	43	55	20	27	23:24	19:38	2:00	1:45	10	1	1	1	0	32	11	0	5	1	42	12	1	6	1	21.8%	0.366	1.312	1.679	0.364	1.164	1.527	0.355	3.908	4.264	0.143	0.512	0.655	135	8.9%	106	119	0	0	0.00%
35	Alex Pietrangelo	1990	D	149	15	65	80	95	26	25:50	21:00	2:25	2:25	14	1	0	2	0	47	18	0	10	2	61	19	0	12	2	23.8%	0.234	1.013	1.246	0.268	0.901	1.170	0.166	2.997	3.163	0.101	0.436	0.537	388	3.9%	155	367	0	0	0.00%
36	Tomas Jonsson	1960	D	80	11	26	37	97	26					4	7	0	0	0	14	12	0	5	0	18	19	0	5	0	51.4%										0.138	0.325	0.463	137	8.0%
37	Rick Smith	1948	D	78	3	23	26	73	26					3	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	6	5	26	0	0	6	5	0.0%										0.038	0.295	0.333	79	3.8%
38	Niklas Kronwall	1981	D	109	5	42	47	89	25	23:33	17:40	3:06	2:46	1	4	0	0	0	21	21	0	9	2	22	25	0	9	2	53.2%	0.117	0.981	1.098	0.031	0.654	0.685	0.708	3.718	4.426	0.046	0.385	0.431	134	3.7%	201	181	0	0	0.00%
39	Jacques Laperriere	1941	D	88	9	22	31	101	25					6	3	0	1	0	15	7	0	0	0	21	10	0	1	0	32.3%										0.102	0.250	0.352	188	4.8%
40	Dave Langevin	1954	D	86	2	17	19	106	25					2	0	0	1	0	17	0	0	3	1	19	0	0	4	1	0.0%										0.023	0.198	0.221	75	2.7%
41	Carl Brewer	1938	D	72	3	17	20	144	25					3	0	0	0	0	13	4	0	3	1	16	4	0	3	1	20.0%										0.042	0.236	0.278
42	Don Awrey	1943	D	71	0	18	18	150	25					0	0	0	0	0	16	0	2	2	0	16	0	2	2	0	0.0%										0.000	0.254	0.254	58	0.0%
43	Bob Boughner	1971	D	65	0	12	12	67	25					0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	4	1	12	0	0	4	1	0.0%										0.000	0.185	0.185	37	0.0%			0	0	0.00%
44	Don Jackson	1956	D	53	4	5	9	152	25					4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0.0%										0.075	0.094	0.170	45	8.9%
45	Brad Park	1948	D	161	35	90	125	217	24					21	13	1	6	1	52	36	2	11	1	73	49	3	17	2	39.2%										0.217	0.559	0.776	383	9.1%
46	Mattias Ekholm	1990	D	116	13	42	55	100	24	23:38	20:04	1:14	2:19	11	2	0	1	0	34	8	0	10	3	45	10	0	11	3	18.2%	0.284	0.919	1.203	0.283	0.876	1.159	0.835	3.341	4.176	0.112	0.362	0.474	201	6.5%	142	168	0	0	0.00%
47	Lee Fogolin	1955	D	108	5	19	24	176	24					4	0	1	1	1	19	0	0	0	0	23	0	1	1	1	0.0%										0.046	0.176	0.222	84	6.0%
48	Pierre Bouchard	1948	D	76	3	10	13	58	24					2	1	0	1	0	10	0	0	3	0	12	1	0	4	0	7.7%										0.039	0.132	0.171	52	5.8%
49	Danil Markov	1976	D	81	2	12	14	84	23	21:57	17:47	0:42	3:27	2	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	3	0	14	0	0	4	0	0.0%	0.067	0.405	0.472	0.083	0.500	0.583	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.025	0.148	0.173	77	2.6%	45	29	0	0	0.00%
50	Cale Makar	1998	D	79	22	63	85	20	23	24:42	19:41	3:33	1:27	12	9	1	5	1	37	25	1	12	3	49	34	2	17	4	40.0%	0.676	1.936	2.612	0.463	1.427	1.890	1.921	5.337	7.259	0.278	0.797	1.076	226	9.7%	100	122	0	0	0.00%

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