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NHL Goals Leaders: Defensemen

2023-24All situationsThrough 83 team games

This board ranks defensemen only by goals.

Goals scored this season, every situation including the power play and empty nets. The goal race swings more than the points race, because shooting percentage runs hot and cold. In leagues that split positions, use it to fill your defense slots, and check the per-60 board for defensemen getting more out of fewer minutes.

Leader in 2023-24: Roman Josi (NSH), 23 G.

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

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NHL Goals Leaders: Defensemen, 2023-24, All situations
#	Player	Team	G	GP	Per game	SOG	SH%
1	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	23	82	0.28	268	8.6%	24:38	98%▼0.5
2	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	21	77	0.27	231	9.1%	24:46	100%▲1
3	MacKenzie WeegarDCGY	CGY	20	82	0.24	208	9.6%	22:56	93%▼7.2
4	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	20	81	0.25	235	8.5%	25:25	100%▲1
5	Evan BouchardDEDM	EDM	18	81	0.22	220	8.2%	23:00	100%
6	Quinn HughesDVAN	VAN	17	82	0.21	199	8.5%	24:41	100%
7	Adam FoxDNYR	NYR	17	72	0.24	137	12.4%	23:27	99%▲6.8
8	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	15	82	0.18	135	11.1%	25:48	22%▲12
9	Thomas HarleyDDAL	DAL	15	79	0.19	144	10.4%	21:01	88%▲8.6
10	Jakob ChychrunDOTT	OTT	14	82	0.17	204	6.9%	22:23	99%
11	Brady SkjeiDCAR	CAR	13	80	0.16	185	7.0%	21:17	18%▼31
12	Noah HanifinDVGK	VGK	13	80	0.16	164	7.9%	23:37	53%▼22
13	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	13	78	0.17	168	7.7%	24:48	93%▲11
14	Devon ToewsDCOL	COL	12	82	0.15	159	7.5%	23:26	62%▼1
15	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	12	74	0.16	133	9.0%	24:51	97%▲6.2
16	Jake WalmanDDET	DET	12	63	0.19	108	11.1%	19:46	33%▲30
17	Erik KarlssonDPIT	PIT	11	82	0.13	213	5.2%	24:16	95%
18	Mike MathesonDMTL	MTL	11	82	0.13	187	5.9%	25:33	85%▼7.8
19	Mattias EkholmDEDM	EDM	11	79	0.14	177	6.2%	21:03	77%▲9.5
20	Bowen ByramDBUF	BUF	11	73	0.15	84	13.1%	20:21	96%▲6.5
21	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	11	70	0.16	202	5.4%	24:27	100%
22	Vince DunnDSEA	SEA	11	59	0.19	120	9.2%	23:05	89%▲12
23	Brent BurnsDCAR	CAR	10	82	0.12	185	5.4%	21:30	50%▼14
24	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	10	82	0.12	164	6.1%	24:41	47%▼16
25	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	10	82	0.12	176	5.7%	25:54	99%▲2.4
26	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	10	82	0.12	154	6.5%	23:52	37%▼42
27	Cam YorkDPHI	PHI	10	82	0.12	134	7.5%	22:37	20%▲18
28	Shayne GostisbehereDDET	DET	10	81	0.12	139	7.2%	19:05	96%▲16
29	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	10	81	0.12	181	5.5%	21:54	69%▼13
30	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	10	81	0.12	196	5.1%	24:11	99%▲3.2
31	Travis SanheimDPHI	PHI	10	81	0.12	146	6.8%	23:48	67%▼7.1
32	Sean WalkerDCOL	COL	10	81	0.12	150	6.7%	19:14	61%▼11
33	Gustav ForslingDFLA	FLA	10	79	0.13	160	6.3%	22:09	42%▲18
34	Noah DobsonDNYI	NYI	10	79	0.13	174	5.7%	24:31	98%▼1.2
35	Jake SandersonDOTT	OTT	10	79	0.13	158	6.3%	23:13	99%▲2.9
36	Moritz SeiderDDET	DET	9	82	0.11	135	6.7%	22:22	100%▲0.6
37	Luke HughesDNJD	NJD	9	82	0.11	135	6.7%	21:28	84%▲40
38	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDFLA	FLA	9	80	0.11	123	7.3%	18:24	43%▲32
39	Rasmus AnderssonDCGY	CGY	9	78	0.12	159	5.7%	23:50	94%▼3.9
40	Sean DurziDARI	ARI	9	76	0.12	142	6.3%	22:43	38%▲36
41	Miro HeiskanenDDAL	DAL	9	71	0.13	162	5.6%	24:32	99%▲4.3
42	Damon SeversonDCBJ	CBJ	9	67	0.13	88	10.2%	21:09	9.4%▲6.2
43	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	9	51	0.18	118	7.6%	23:03	83%▼12
44	Brock FaberDMIN	MIN	8	82	0.10	136	5.9%	24:58	94%▼4.2
45	K'Andre MillerDNYR	NYR	8	80	0.10	96	8.3%	21:34	64%▲26
46	Brenden DillonDWPG	WPG	8	77	0.10	79	10.1%	18:44	9.7%▲9.1
47	Josh MansonDCOL	COL	8	76	0.11	123	6.5%	17:47	32%▲16
48	Jake McCabeDTOR	TOR	8	73	0.11	73	11.0%	20:39	34%▼15
49	Jalen ChatfieldDCAR	CAR	8	72	0.11	90	8.9%	15:12	4.1%▲3.4
50	Seth JonesDCHI	CHI	8	67	0.12	172	4.7%	25:29	80%▲32
51	Brandon MontourDFLA	FLA	8	66	0.12	168	4.8%	23:27	83%▲10
52	Alexander RomanovDNYI	NYI	7	81	0.09	117	6.0%	20:50	15%▲15
53	Jake MiddletonDMIN	MIN	7	80	0.09	85	8.2%	19:49	5.7%▲5.3
54	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	7	72	0.10	173	4.0%	23:44	76%▼5.1
55	Justin SchultzDSEA	SEA	7	70	0.10	100	7.0%	16:28	—
56	Jonas BrodinDMIN	MIN	7	62	0.11	117	6.0%	23:22	5.0%▲4.3
57	Justin BarronDMTL	MTL	7	48	0.15	60	11.7%	18:38	0.1%
58	Jacob MacDonaldDSJS	SJS	7	34	0.21	49	14.3%	12:01	—
59	Dmitry OrlovDCAR	CAR	6	82	0.07	129	4.7%	17:19	35%▲21
60	Darren RaddyshDTBL	TBL	6	82	0.07	101	5.9%	19:06	99%▲3.2
61	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	6	81	0.07	151	4.0%	20:56	16%▲4.6
62	Brian DumoulinDSEA	SEA	6	80	0.07	69	8.7%	17:01	0.4%
63	Jeremy LauzonDNSH	NSH	6	79	0.08	103	5.8%	18:37	24%▲22
64	Erik GudbransonDCBJ	CBJ	6	78	0.08	91	6.6%	19:40	0.1%
65	Vladislav GavrikovDLAK	LAK	6	77	0.08	114	5.3%	20:37	41%▼5.9
66	Erik GustafssonDNYR	NYR	6	76	0.08	93	6.5%	17:24	3.2%▲3.2
67	Owen PowerDBUF	BUF	6	76	0.08	108	5.6%	22:55	53%▲30
68	Nikita ZadorovDVAN	VAN	6	75	0.08	90	6.7%	17:26	39%▲21
69	Kaiden GuhleDMTL	MTL	6	70	0.09	95	6.3%	20:51	19%▲18
70	Radko GudasDANA	ANA	6	66	0.09	88	6.8%	19:30	25%▲22
71	Johnathan KovacevicDMTL	MTL	6	62	0.10	46	13.0%	16:31	0.1%
72	Kevin ShattenkirkDBOS	BOS	6	61	0.10	78	7.7%	15:47	—
73	Mike ReillyDNYI	NYI	6	61	0.10	126	4.8%	17:09	0.1%
74	David SavardDMTL	MTL	6	60	0.10	54	11.1%	20:14	—
75	Marc-Edouard VlasicDSJS	SJS	6	57	0.11	72	8.3%	16:17	—
76	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	5	82	0.06	114	4.4%	20:28	37%▼31
77	Ivan ProvorovDCBJ	CBJ	5	82	0.06	107	4.7%	22:10	36%▼27
78	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	5	82	0.06	146	3.4%	20:50	32%▲31
79	Braden SchneiderDNYR	NYR	5	82	0.06	95	5.3%	15:54	20%▲18
80	Cam FowlerDANA	ANA	5	81	0.06	109	4.6%	24:25	14%▲1.8
81	Matt RoyDLAK	LAK	5	81	0.06	135	3.7%	20:54	9.0%▲8.3
82	Filip HronekDVAN	VAN	5	81	0.06	148	3.4%	23:26	91%▲14
83	J.J. MoserDARI	ARI	5	80	0.06	77	6.5%	20:34	22%▲19
84	Cody CeciDEDM	EDM	5	79	0.06	97	5.2%	20:01	0.3%
85	Tyler MyersDVAN	VAN	5	77	0.06	93	5.4%	18:57	4.1%▲3.7
86	Ben ChiarotDDET	DET	5	77	0.06	107	4.7%	19:47	13%▲11
87	Kevin KorchinskiDCHI	CHI	5	76	0.07	93	5.4%	19:37	16%▲16
88	Jan RuttaDSJS	SJS	5	69	0.07	69	7.2%	19:43	—
89	Artem ZubDOTT	OTT	5	69	0.07	85	5.9%	21:01	10%▲6.1
90	Erik JohnsonDPHI	PHI	5	67	0.07	60	8.3%	14:28	—
91	Egor ZamulaDPHI	PHI	5	66	0.08	61	8.2%	16:03	0.1%
92	Michael KesselringDARI	ARI	5	65	0.08	76	6.6%	15:48	8.9%▲8.3
93	Brendan SmithDNJD	NJD	5	63	0.08	60	8.3%	16:06	—
94	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	5	58	0.09	90	5.6%	22:33	10%▼1.4
95	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	5	47	0.11	105	4.8%	22:05	91%▲28
96	Dougie HamiltonDNJD	NJD	5	20	0.25	61	8.2%	20:59	84%▲12
97	Brayden McNabbDVGK	VGK	4	82	0.05	86	4.7%	19:21	24%▲21
98	Marcus PetterssonDPIT	PIT	4	82	0.05	106	3.8%	22:40	6.6%▲6.2
99	Adam LarssonDSEA	SEA	4	81	0.05	130	3.1%	22:57	23%▼19
100	Connor CliftonDBUF	BUF	4	79	0.05	77	5.2%	16:33	7.4%▲6.7

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