NHL Defensemen Scoring Leaders 2025‑2026

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NHL defenseman scoring leaders in the 2025-2026 season.
		Overall NHL Stats									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	Team	Age	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	Cale Makar	COL	27	D	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%
2	Zachary Werenski	CBJ	28	D	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%
3	Adam Fox	NYR	27	D	27	3	23	26	10	4	23:50	20:03	3:06	0:41	2	1	0	1	0	15	7	1	4	1	17	8	1	5	1	30.8%	0.280	2.144	2.423	0.222	1.662	1.884	0.717	5.016	5.732	0.111	0.852	0.963	51	5.9%	15	41	0	0	0.00%
4	Evan Bouchard	EDM	26	D	28	4	21	25	10	1	23:44	18:45	3:04	1:54	3	1	0	1	1	14	6	1	3	1	17	7	1	4	2	28.0%	0.361	1.896	2.257	0.343	1.599	1.942	0.698	4.185	4.883	0.143	0.750	0.893	72	5.6%	9	36	0	0	0.00%
5	Jakob Chychrun	WSH	27	D	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%
6	Josh Morrissey	WPG	30	D	26	5	19	24	6	10	24:36	20:02	3:08	1:25	4	1	0	0	0	13	6	0	5	1	17	7	0	5	1	29.2%	0.469	1.782	2.250	0.460	1.496	1.957	0.735	4.413	5.148	0.192	0.731	0.923	41	12.2%	16	51	0	0	0.00%
7	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	26	D	28	4	20	24	8	5	25:56	19:20	3:33	3:02	3	1	0	2	0	11	9	0	4	1	14	10	0	6	1	41.7%	0.330	1.652	1.982	0.332	1.219	1.551	0.602	5.415	6.017	0.143	0.714	0.857	64	6.3%	5	44	0	0	0.00%
8	John Carlson	WSH	35	D	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	Jake Sanderson	OTT	23	D	27	6	17	23	2	0	24:41	18:41	3:05	2:55	4	2	0	1	0	9	8	0	1	0	13	10	0	2	0	43.5%	0.540	1.530	2.069	0.476	1.070	1.546	1.441	5.762	7.203	0.222	0.630	0.852	58	10.3%	10	50	0	0	0.00%
10	Quinn Hughes	VAN	26	D	22	2	20	22	10	-5	27:24	22:17	4:58	0:08	0	2	0	0	0	11	9	0	0	0	11	11	0	0	0	50.0%	0.199	1.990	2.189	0.000	1.346	1.346	1.098	4.940	6.038	0.091	0.909	1.000	60	3.3%	1	27	0	0	0.00%
11	Morgan Rielly	TOR	31	D	26	4	17	21	6	-2	22:07	19:14	2:27	0:25	4	0	0	1	0	14	3	0	5	2	18	3	0	6	2	14.3%	0.417	1.773	2.191	0.480	1.679	2.159	0.000	2.819	2.819	0.154	0.654	0.808	51	7.8%	12	34	0	0	0.00%
12	Lane Hutson	MTL	21	D	26	4	17	21	0	-2	23:01	19:52	2:58	0:10	3	1	0	1	0	12	5	0	3	2	15	6	0	4	2	28.6%	0.401	1.704	2.105	0.348	1.394	1.742	0.775	3.873	4.647	0.154	0.654	0.808	42	9.5%	16	42	0	0	0.00%
13	Moritz Seider	DET	24	D	28	4	17	21	29	7	25:05	20:08	3:22	1:34	3	1	0	0	0	8	9	0	4	0	11	10	0	4	0	47.6%	0.342	1.452	1.794	0.319	0.851	1.170	0.635	5.714	6.349	0.143	0.607	0.750	68	5.9%	49	58	0	0	0.00%
14	Matthew Schaefer	NYI	18	D	28	8	12	20	12	9	23:26	18:26	3:43	1:16	4	4	0	2	1	7	5	0	1	0	11	9	0	3	1	45.0%	0.731	1.097	1.828	0.465	0.814	1.278	2.299	2.874	5.172	0.286	0.429	0.714	77	10.4%	12	35	0	0	0.00%
15	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	29	D	29	6	14	20	34	0	24:12	18:46	2:33	2:53	5	1	0	0	0	9	5	0	2	0	14	6	0	2	0	30.0%	0.513	1.196	1.709	0.551	0.992	1.543	0.809	4.044	4.853	0.207	0.483	0.690	66	9.1%	16	57	0	0	0.00%
16	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	TOR	34	D	27	4	16	20	22	6	20:48	18:15	1:53	0:39	4	0	0	0	0	13	3	0	2	1	17	3	0	2	1	15.0%	0.427	1.709	2.136	0.487	1.582	2.069	0.000	3.523	3.523	0.148	0.593	0.741	42	9.5%	37	26	0	0	0.00%
17	Shayne Gostisbehere	CAR	32	D	17	3	16	19	4	8	19:20	16:03	3:11	0:05	1	2	0	0	0	14	2	0	5	2	15	4	0	5	2	21.1%	0.547	2.919	3.466	0.220	3.077	3.296	2.209	2.209	4.417	0.176	0.941	1.118	31	9.7%	8	16	0	0	0.00%
18	Darren Raddysh	TBL	29	D	21	3	15	18	13	2	19:35	15:45	3:03	0:45	2	1	0	0	0	11	4	0	2	1	13	5	0	2	1	27.8%	0.438	2.188	2.625	0.362	1.993	2.356	0.932	3.728	4.660	0.143	0.714	0.857	45	6.7%	14	19	0	0	0.00%
19	Erik Karlsson	PIT	35	D	26	1	17	18	10	5	23:28	18:28	2:42	2:17	1	0	0	0	0	11	6	0	5	0	12	6	0	5	0	33.3%	0.098	1.671	1.769	0.125	1.374	1.499	0.000	5.098	5.098	0.038	0.654	0.692	52	1.9%	2	26	0	0	0.00%
20	Mikhail Sergachev	UTA	27	D	28	3	14	17	18	-5	24:38	18:42	3:10	2:45	2	1	0	0	0	7	6	1	2	2	9	7	1	2	2	41.2%	0.261	1.218	1.479	0.229	0.802	1.031	0.674	4.045	4.719	0.107	0.500	0.607	61	4.9%	10	46	0	0	0.00%
21	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	25	D	24	1	16	17	31	-8	24:14	20:01	3:26	0:46	0	1	0	0	0	11	5	0	3	1	11	6	0	3	1	35.3%	0.103	1.650	1.753	0.000	1.374	1.374	0.727	3.633	4.359	0.042	0.667	0.708	62	1.6%	21	28	0	0	0.00%
22	Shea Theodore	VGK	30	D	26	3	13	16	6	3	24:05	20:24	1:54	1:46	2	1	0	1	0	10	3	0	1	1	12	4	0	2	1	25.0%	0.287	1.245	1.532	0.226	1.130	1.356	1.215	3.644	4.858	0.115	0.500	0.615	61	4.9%	1	41	0	0	0.00%
23	Noah Dobson	MTL	25	D	26	3	13	16	10	-2	22:39	18:55	1:26	2:17	3	0	0	1	0	11	2	0	1	0	14	2	0	2	0	12.5%	0.306	1.324	1.630	0.366	1.341	1.707	0.000	3.210	3.210	0.115	0.500	0.615	44	6.8%	12	60	0	0	0.00%
24	Filip Hronek	VAN	28	D	27	2	14	16	8	5	24:28	20:04	1:46	2:37	1	1	0	0	0	10	4	0	0	0	11	5	0	0	0	31.3%	0.182	1.271	1.452	0.111	1.107	1.217	1.256	5.023	6.278	0.074	0.519	0.593	37	5.4%	50	41	0	0	0.00%
25	Dmitry Orlov	SJS	34	D	28	0	16	16	18	-5	21:57	17:38	2:48	1:30	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	0	2	0	9	7	0	2	0	43.8%	0.000	1.561	1.561	0.000	1.093	1.093	0.000	5.338	5.338	0.000	0.571	0.571	36	0.0%	38	33	0	0	0.00%
26	Simon Nemec	NJD	21	D	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%
27	Brock Faber	MIN	23	D	28	6	9	15	4	-3	24:17	20:53	1:10	2:13	5	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	2	1	10	4	1	3	1	26.7%	0.529	0.794	1.323	0.513	0.513	1.025	0.000	7.295	7.295	0.214	0.321	0.536	65	9.2%	12	54	0	0	0.00%
28	Mike Matheson	MTL	31	D	26	4	11	15	18	9	24:46	20:28	0:15	4:01	4	0	0	1	1	11	0	0	1	1	15	0	0	2	2	0.0%	0.373	1.025	1.398	0.451	1.239	1.690	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.154	0.423	0.577	31	12.9%	21	58	0	0	0.00%
29	Brandon Montour	SEA	31	D	21	5	9	14	17	4	22:06	19:50	2:08	0:06	4	1	0	1	1	7	2	0	2	0	11	3	0	3	1	21.4%	0.646	1.163	1.810	0.576	1.008	1.583	1.336	2.672	4.007	0.238	0.429	0.667	55	9.1%	25	32	0	0	0.00%
30	Jackson LaCombe	ANA	24	D	27	3	11	14	4	-2	24:46	18:06	3:36	3:04	2	1	0	0	0	7	4	0	1	0	9	5	0	1	0	35.7%	0.269	0.986	1.255	0.245	0.859	1.105	0.616	2.465	3.081	0.111	0.407	0.519	55	5.5%	22	47	0	0	0.00%
31	Sam Malinski	COL	27	D	27	2	12	14	4	15	15:38	14:53	0:08	0:36	2	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	3	0	13	1	0	4	0	7.1%	0.284	1.704	1.988	0.298	1.641	1.939	0.000	15.929	15.929	0.074	0.444	0.519	49	4.1%	11	27	0	0	0.00%
32	Luke Hughes	NJD	22	D	27	1	13	14	22	-5	23:09	19:41	1:54	1:33	1	0	0	0	0	9	4	0	1	1	10	4	0	1	1	28.6%	0.096	1.247	1.343	0.113	1.016	1.128	0.000	4.666	4.666	0.037	0.481	0.519	60	1.7%	9	24	0	0	0.00%
33	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	28	D	19	0	14	14	26	-2	23:46	17:15	3:29	3:01	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	0	5	1	9	5	0	5	1	35.7%	0.000	1.860	1.860	0.000	1.648	1.648	0.000	4.517	4.517	0.000	0.737	0.737	25	0.0%	26	32	0	0	0.00%
34	Bowen Byram	BUF	24	D	27	6	7	13	10	-6	21:33	18:23	1:56	1:13	5	1	0	2	0	5	2	0	1	0	10	3	0	3	0	23.1%	0.618	0.721	1.340	0.604	0.604	1.209	1.142	2.284	3.426	0.222	0.259	0.481	40	15.0%	14	34	0	0	0.00%
35	Justin Faulk	STL	33	D	28	6	7	13	14	-4	22:55	19:27	2:06	1:22	4	2	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	7	6	0	0	0	46.2%	0.561	0.654	1.215	0.441	0.330	0.771	2.038	4.076	6.114	0.214	0.250	0.464	56	10.7%	27	57	0	0	0.00%
36	Vladislav Gavrikov	NYR	30	D	29	6	7	13	16	10	23:14	20:37	0:04	2:32	6	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	2	0	13	0	0	3	1	0.0%	0.534	0.623	1.158	0.602	0.702	1.304	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.207	0.241	0.448	38	15.8%	10	45	0	0	0.00%
37	Vince Dunn	SEA	29	D	25	4	9	13	18	-4	22:53	19:34	3:08	0:10	4	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	1	1	8	5	0	1	1	38.5%	0.419	0.944	1.363	0.490	0.490	0.981	0.000	3.829	3.829	0.160	0.360	0.520	57	7.0%	8	22	0	0	0.00%
38	Jacob Trouba	ANA	31	D	27	4	9	13	4	10	21:58	18:19	0:30	3:08	4	0	0	1	1	9	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	2	1	0.0%	0.404	0.910	1.314	0.485	1.092	1.577	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.148	0.333	0.481	44	9.1%	58	48	0	0	0.00%
39	Seth Jones	FLA	31	D	26	3	10	13	10	-6	23:42	17:54	3:56	1:51	0	3	0	0	0	5	5	0	2	0	5	8	0	2	0	61.5%	0.292	0.973	1.265	0.000	0.644	0.644	1.757	2.928	4.684	0.115	0.385	0.500	45	6.7%	26	31	0	0	0.00%
40	Brent Burns	COL	40	D	27	3	10	13	12	11	19:53	16:32	0:52	2:29	3	0	0	3	0	9	1	0	4	0	12	1	0	7	0	7.7%	0.335	1.117	1.452	0.403	1.209	1.612	0.000	2.551	2.551	0.111	0.370	0.481	57	5.3%	5	38	0	0	0.00%
41	Zeev Buium	MIN	20	D	28	3	10	13	8	-9	18:38	15:23	3:13	0:00	1	2	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	61.5%	0.345	1.150	1.495	0.139	0.557	0.696	1.329	3.988	5.318	0.107	0.357	0.464	29	10.3%	8	14	0	0	0.00%
42	Mattias Ekholm	EDM	35	D	28	2	11	13	8	0	20:31	18:07	0:28	1:55	2	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	2	1	11	2	0	2	1	15.4%	0.209	1.148	1.357	0.236	1.064	1.300	0.000	9.000	9.000	0.071	0.393	0.464	56	3.6%	22	49	0	0	0.00%
43	Artyom Levshunov	CHI	20	D	26	1	12	13	16	-2	16:40	13:57	2:31	0:12	1	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	2	0	6	7	0	2	0	53.8%	0.138	1.660	1.798	0.165	0.827	0.992	0.000	6.393	6.393	0.038	0.462	0.500	32	3.1%	23	24	0	0	0.00%
44	John Marino	UTA	28	D	28	1	12	13	6	12	20:20	18:14	0:06	1:59	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	1	0	0.0%	0.105	1.264	1.369	0.117	1.409	1.527	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.036	0.429	0.464	27	3.7%	7	27	0	0	0.00%
45	Ryan Pulock	NYI	31	D	28	0	13	13	2	7	20:32	17:38	0:07	2:45	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	2	1	11	1	1	2	1	7.7%	0.000	1.357	1.357	0.000	1.336	1.336	0.000	17.225	17.225	0.000	0.464	0.464	34	0.0%	24	48	0	0	0.00%
46	Mattias Samuelsson	BUF	25	D	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%
47	Brandt Clarke	LAK	22	D	27	3	9	12	14	5	18:44	16:45	1:58	0:00	2	1	0	2	0	9	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	3	0	8.3%	0.356	1.067	1.423	0.265	1.194	1.459	1.126	0.000	1.126	0.111	0.333	0.444	53	5.7%	15	34	0	0	0.00%
48	Mason Lohrei	BOS	24	D	24	2	10	12	4	3	17:01	15:30	1:26	0:04	1	1	0	0	0	8	2	0	2	0	9	3	0	2	0	25.0%	0.294	1.469	1.762	0.161	1.290	1.452	1.727	3.455	5.182	0.083	0.417	0.500	16	12.5%	11	25	0	0	0.00%
49	Kristopher Letang	PIT	38	D	26	2	10	12	12	2	21:36	18:29	1:10	1:56	1	1	0	1	1	5	5	0	3	0	6	6	0	4	1	50.0%	0.214	1.068	1.281	0.125	0.624	0.749	1.955	9.777	11.733	0.077	0.385	0.462	43	4.7%	32	33	0	0	0.00%
50	Cam York	PHI	24	D	23	1	11	12	10	-4	23:31	18:47	1:46	2:57	0	1	0	0	0	6	5	0	1	0	6	6	0	1	0	50.0%	0.111	1.220	1.331	0.000	0.833	0.833	1.465	7.326	8.791	0.043	0.478	0.522	19	5.3%	2	46	0	0	0.00%

2025-2026 NHL Demographics

NHL nationality split - All defensemen ‑ 2025‑2026 season

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