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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Defensemen

2021-22All situationsThrough 82 team games

This board ranks defensemen only by plus/minus.

Plus/minus adds one for every even-strength or shorthanded goal the team scores with the player on the ice and subtracts one for every one allowed. Power-play goals for do not count; empty-net goals do. For leagues that split positions: which defensemen add plus/minus.

Leader in 2021-22: Devon Toews (COL), 52 +/-.

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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Defensemen, 2021-22, All situations
#	Player	Team	+/-	GP	Per game	PTS	G
1	Devon ToewsDCOL	COL	52	66	0.79	57	13	25:22	62%▼1
2	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	48	77	0.62	86	28	25:40	100%▲1
3	Justin FaulkDSTL	STL	41	76	0.54	47	16	23:12	55%▼22
4	Alex GoligoskiDMIN	MIN	41	72	0.57	30	2	18:56	—
5	Gustav ForslingDFLA	FLA	41	72	0.57	37	10	20:56	42%▲18
6	MacKenzie WeegarDFLA	FLA	40	80	0.50	44	8	23:22	93%▼7.2
7	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	38	61	0.62	57	15	24:55	50%▲34
8	Chris TanevDCGY	CGY	35	82	0.43	28	6	20:28	6.0%▲5
9	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	35	79	0.44	42	4	23:32	16%▲4.6
10	Oliver KylingtonDCGY	CGY	34	73	0.47	31	9	18:10	—
11	Nick JensenDWSH	WSH	32	76	0.42	21	5	19:21	0.1%
12	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	32	65	0.49	40	10	21:09	10%▲8.2
13	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	31	78	0.40	56	10	24:38	97%▲6.2
14	Rasmus AnderssonDCGY	CGY	30	82	0.37	50	4	22:40	94%▼3.9
15	Tony DeAngeloDCAR	CAR	30	64	0.47	51	10	19:49	24%▲18
16	Noah HanifinDCGY	CGY	27	81	0.33	48	10	21:18	53%▼22
17	Radko GudasDFLA	FLA	27	77	0.35	16	3	18:01	25%▲22
18	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	26	82	0.32	85	20	25:05	93%▲11
19	Alexandre CarrierDNSH	NSH	26	77	0.34	30	3	20:59	14%▲12
20	Jacob TroubaDNYR	NYR	25	81	0.31	39	11	22:26	76%▼11
21	Dmitry OrlovDWSH	WSH	25	76	0.33	35	12	20:58	35%▲21
22	Jan RuttaDTBL	TBL	25	76	0.33	18	3	16:23	—
23	Brian DumoulinDPIT	PIT	24	76	0.32	18	3	21:49	0.4%
24	K'Andre MillerDNYR	NYR	23	82	0.28	20	7	20:36	64%▲26
25	Dmitry KulikovDMIN	MIN	23	80	0.29	24	7	18:12	3.2%▲3.1
26	Matt RoyDLAK	LAK	23	67	0.34	21	2	20:59	9.0%▲8.3
27	Torey KrugDSTL	STL	23	64	0.36	43	9	20:34	0.0%
28	Brady SkjeiDCAR	CAR	22	82	0.27	39	9	21:09	18%▼31
29	Erik JohnsonDCOL	COL	22	77	0.29	25	8	17:17	—
30	Matt GrzelcykDBOS	BOS	22	73	0.30	24	4	18:44	0.1%
31	Zach WhitecloudDVGK	VGK	21	59	0.36	19	8	18:48	7.3%▲6.7
32	TJ BrodieDTOR	TOR	20	82	0.24	28	4	21:19	—
33	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	20	78	0.26	68	10	25:47	47%▼16
34	Adam PelechDNYI	NYI	20	78	0.26	28	3	21:17	3.2%▲3
35	Adam FoxDNYR	NYR	18	78	0.23	74	11	23:54	99%▲6.8
36	Ryan LindgrenDNYR	NYR	18	78	0.23	15	4	20:06	0.1%
37	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	18	71	0.25	35	9	25:03	69%▼13
38	Alexander EdlerDLAK	LAK	18	41	0.44	19	3	18:28	—
39	Marco ScandellaDSTL	STL	17	70	0.24	14	3	18:08	—
40	Olli MaattaDLAK	LAK	17	66	0.26	8	1	18:17	0.2%
41	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	16	82	0.20	68	10	23:44	76%▼5.1
42	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	16	80	0.20	35	6	23:34	37%▼42
43	Brenden DillonDWPG	WPG	16	79	0.20	20	3	18:50	9.7%▲9.1
44	Tyler MyersDVAN	VAN	15	82	0.18	18	1	21:59	4.1%▲3.7
45	Brandon MontourDFLA	FLA	15	81	0.19	37	11	17:54	83%▲10
46	Martin FehérváryDWSH	WSH	15	79	0.19	17	8	19:39	27%▼7.7
47	Erik GudbransonDCGY	CGY	15	78	0.19	17	6	18:08	0.1%
48	Ian ColeDCAR	CAR	15	75	0.20	19	2	17:09	4.9%▲4.3
49	Ryan McDonaghDTBL	TBL	15	71	0.21	26	4	22:27	7.3%▲6.8
50	Jon MerrillDMIN	MIN	15	69	0.22	20	4	17:07	—
51	Luke SchennDVAN	VAN	15	66	0.23	17	5	17:13	7.3%▲6.9
52	Duncan KeithDEDM	EDM	15	64	0.23	21	1	19:44	—
53	Timothy LiljegrenDTOR	TOR	15	61	0.25	23	5	16:24	4.8%▲4.7
54	Mattias EkholmDNSH	NSH	14	76	0.18	31	6	23:29	77%▲9.5
55	Justin HollDTOR	TOR	14	69	0.20	23	3	20:12	—
56	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	13	80	0.16	96	23	25:33	98%▼0.5
57	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	13	78	0.17	71	17	23:49	99%▲2.4
58	Dante FabbroDNSH	NSH	13	66	0.20	24	3	19:03	3.2%▲3.1
59	Mike MathesonDPIT	PIT	12	74	0.16	31	11	18:48	85%▼7.8
60	Nikita ZadorovDCGY	CGY	11	74	0.15	22	4	16:55	39%▲21
61	Evan BouchardDEDM	EDM	10	81	0.12	43	12	19:48	100%
62	Dylan DeMeloDWPG	WPG	10	76	0.13	13	1	18:30	5.7%▲5.5
63	Quinn HughesDVAN	VAN	10	76	0.13	68	8	25:15	100%
64	Hampus LindholmDANA/BOS	ANA/BOS	10	71	0.14	27	5	22:30	17%▲15
65	Brayden McNabbDVGK	VGK	10	69	0.14	18	3	19:42	24%▲21
66	Jake MiddletonDSJS/MIN	SJS/MIN	10	66	0.15	14	4	18:41	5.7%▲5.3
67	Travis SanheimDPHI	PHI	9	80	0.11	31	7	22:58	67%▼7.1
68	Jonas BrodinDMIN	MIN	9	73	0.12	30	5	23:26	5.0%▲4.3
69	Travis DermottDTOR/VAN	TOR/VAN	9	60	0.15	7	2	15:20	—
70	Mathew DumbaDMIN	MIN	9	57	0.16	27	7	23:06	0.1%
71	Rasmus SandinDTOR	TOR	9	51	0.18	16	5	16:58	14%▲11
72	Cody CeciDEDM	EDM	8	78	0.10	28	5	20:54	0.3%
73	Zdeno CharaDNYI	NYI	8	72	0.11	14	2	18:44	—
74	Marcus PetterssonDPIT	PIT	8	72	0.11	19	2	15:39	6.6%▲6.2
75	Alex PietrangeloDVGK	VGK	7	80	0.09	44	13	24:39	4.0%▲3.7
76	Carson SoucyDSEA	SEA	7	64	0.11	21	10	17:40	0.1%
77	Ben HuttonDVGK	VGK	7	58	0.12	13	3	15:28	—
78	Erik CernakDTBL	TBL	7	55	0.13	13	1	19:09	4.1%▲3.7
79	Kris RussellDEDM	EDM	7	31	0.23	9	2	15:26	—
80	Bowen ByramDCOL	COL	7	30	0.23	17	5	18:48	96%▲6.5
81	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	6	78	0.08	52	14	23:08	91%▲28
82	Mikhail SergachevDTBL	TBL	6	78	0.08	38	7	22:28	98%▲5.2
83	Mikey AndersonDLAK	LAK	6	57	0.11	8	2	20:07	7.3%▲6.9
84	Cal FooteDTBL	TBL	6	56	0.11	9	2	13:08	—
85	Nicolas HagueDVGK	VGK	6	52	0.12	14	4	18:40	0.1%
86	Brendan SmithDCAR	CAR	6	45	0.13	8	4	13:55	—
87	Travis HamonicDVAN/OTT	VAN/OTT	6	43	0.14	10	4	18:51	0.1%
88	Gabriel CarlssonDCBJ	CBJ	6	38	0.16	9	2	12:16	—
89	Alec MartinezDVGK	VGK	6	26	0.23	8	3	19:32	—
90	Derrick PouliotDSEA/VGK	SEA/VGK	6	11	0.55	4	0	15:30	0.0%
91	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDVAN	VAN	5	79	0.06	29	5	22:19	43%▲32
92	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	5	77	0.06	34	3	21:08	32%▲31
93	Jack JohnsonDCOL	COL	5	74	0.07	9	1	16:45	—
94	Brett PesceDCAR	CAR	5	70	0.07	28	7	21:42	0.3%
95	Braden SchneiderDNYR	NYR	5	43	0.12	11	2	15:29	20%▲18
96	Philippe MyersDNSH	NSH	5	27	0.19	4	1	14:53	0.1%
97	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	4	76	0.05	25	4	22:03	37%▼31
98	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	4	39	0.10	31	7	25:44	22%▲12
99	Nils LundkvistDNYR	NYR	4	25	0.16	4	1	13:56	5.6%▲5.5
100	Tyson BarrieDEDM	EDM	3	73	0.04	41	7	18:58	—

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