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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Defensemen

2024-25All 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 2024-25: Ryan McDonagh (TBL), 43 +/-.

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

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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Defensemen, 2024-25, All situations
#	Player	Team	+/-	GP	Per game	PTS	G
1	Ryan McDonaghDTBL	TBL	43	82	0.52	31	4	20:22	87th	89th	7.3%▲6.8
2	Brayden McNabbDVGK	VGK	42	82	0.51	20	5	20:07	90th	38th	24%▲21
3	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	34	80	0.42	26	5	22:11	55th	66th	37%▼31
4	Dylan SambergDWPG	WPG	34	60	0.57	20	6	21:08	77th	90th	4.0%▲3.9
5	Gustav ForslingDFLA	FLA	33	80	0.41	31	11	22:57	95th	87th	42%▲18
6	Thomas HarleyDDAL	DAL	32	78	0.41	50	16	23:23	57th	63rd	88%▲8.6
7	Dylan DeMeloDWPG	WPG	31	82	0.38	19	3	21:32	84th	56th	5.7%▲5.5
8	Chris TanevDTOR	TOR	31	75	0.41	18	3	19:45	71st	85th	6.0%▲5
9	Devon ToewsDCOL	COL	30	76	0.39	44	10	24:35	95th	82nd	62%▼1
10	Erik CernakDTBL	TBL	29	76	0.38	21	3	18:16	89th	97th	4.1%▲3.7
11	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	28	80	0.35	92	30	25:43	96th	77th	100%▲1
12	Vladislav GavrikovDLAK	LAK	26	82	0.32	30	5	23:05	94th	54th	41%▼5.9
13	Nikita ZadorovDBOS	BOS	25	81	0.31	22	4	20:37	34th	92nd	39%▲21
14	Joel EdmundsonDLAK	LAK	25	73	0.34	20	6	20:35	92nd	28th	4.0%▲3.9
15	Jordan SpenceDLAK	LAK	23	79	0.29	28	4	16:47	91st	8th	21%▲17
16	Jake McCabeDTOR	TOR	23	66	0.35	23	2	21:31	71st	68th	34%▼15
17	Adam LarssonDSEA	SEA	22	82	0.27	28	7	21:11	32nd	56th	23%▼19
18	Jalen ChatfieldDCAR	CAR	22	79	0.28	18	7	18:53	98th	51st	4.1%▲3.4
19	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	21	69	0.30	39	10	22:04	80th	43rd	32%▲31
20	Philip BrobergDSTL	STL	21	68	0.31	29	8	20:30	60th	74th	66%▲50
21	Trevor van RiemsdykDWSH	WSH	20	82	0.24	21	1	17:40	59th	43rd	0.8%
22	Dante FabbroDCBJ/NSH	CBJ/NSH	20	68	0.29	26	9	20:54	39th	80th	3.2%▲3.1
23	J.J. MoserDTBL	TBL	20	54	0.37	14	2	18:51	82nd	87th	22%▲19
24	MacKenzie WeegarDCGY	CGY	18	81	0.22	47	8	24:10	36th	49th	93%▼7.2
25	Martin FehérváryDWSH	WSH	18	81	0.22	25	5	19:00	61st	74th	27%▼7.7
26	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	18	79	0.23	66	15	23:05	84th	57th	93%▲11
27	Nick JensenDOTT	OTT	18	71	0.25	21	3	20:13	55th	49th	0.1%
28	Matt RoyDWSH	WSH	18	69	0.26	24	3	19:53	64th	57th	9.0%▲8.3
29	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	18	67	0.27	57	7	22:00	91st	51st	91%▲28
30	Scott MayfieldDNYI	NYI	18	66	0.27	9	3	17:00	51st	22nd	0.1%
31	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	17	80	0.21	62	14	24:23	83rd	49th	99%▲3.2
32	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	17	80	0.21	45	9	23:01	49th	56th	83%▼12
33	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	17	79	0.22	51	5	23:34	61st	78th	99%▲2.4
34	Mikey AndersonDLAK	LAK	17	77	0.22	24	6	22:41	93rd	72nd	7.3%▲6.9
35	Jakob ChychrunDWSH	WSH	17	74	0.23	47	20	21:04	62nd	51st	99%
36	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	16	80	0.20	27	6	21:34	97th	83rd	16%▲4.6
37	Dmitry OrlovDCAR	CAR	16	76	0.21	28	6	20:00	98th	40th	35%▲21
38	Kaedan KorczakDVGK	VGK	15	40	0.38	10	0	15:04	83rd	27th	7.5%▲7.3
39	Evan BouchardDEDM	EDM	14	82	0.17	67	14	23:28	99th	48th	100%
40	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDTOR	TOR	14	77	0.18	29	4	21:04	69th	63rd	43%▲32
41	Rasmus SandinDWSH	WSH	13	82	0.16	30	4	19:11	64th	65th	14%▲11
42	Brandt ClarkeDLAK	LAK	13	78	0.17	33	5	16:17	89th	9th	96%▲10
43	Henri JokiharjuDBUF/BOS	BUF/BOS	13	60	0.22	10	3	17:50	30th	41st	0.1%
44	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	12	81	0.15	82	23	26:45	34th	89th	100%
45	Simon BenoitDTOR	TOR	12	78	0.15	10	1	16:33	63rd	33rd	4.9%▲4.4
46	Simon EdvinssonDDET	DET	12	78	0.15	31	7	21:07	25th	89th	42%▲33
47	Niko MikkolaDFLA	FLA	12	76	0.16	22	6	20:12	92nd	45th	4.9%▲4.4
48	Dmitry KulikovDFLA	FLA	12	70	0.17	13	4	19:16	96th	56th	3.2%▲3.1
49	Cam FowlerDSTL/ANA	STL/ANA	12	68	0.18	40	9	21:33	46th	44th	14%▲1.8
50	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	12	64	0.19	36	16	23:45	68th	91st	37%▼42
51	Joel HanleyDCGY	CGY	12	53	0.23	9	2	18:35	39th	35th	0.0%
52	Ivan ProvorovDCBJ	CBJ	11	82	0.13	33	7	23:21	21st	68th	36%▼27
53	Bowen ByramDBUF	BUF	11	82	0.13	38	7	22:42	37th	61st	96%▲6.5
54	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	11	76	0.14	33	5	22:22	87th	24th	69%▼13
55	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	11	73	0.15	68	17	24:14	33rd	56th	100%▲1
56	Alex PietrangeloDVGK	VGK	11	71	0.15	33	4	22:24	88th	47th	4.0%▲3.7
57	Conor TimminsDTOR/PIT	TOR/PIT	11	68	0.16	15	3	16:55	45th	28th	3.2%▲3.1
58	Jake MiddletonDMIN	MIN	11	67	0.16	21	8	21:52	37th	72nd	5.7%▲5.3
59	Mattias EkholmDEDM	EDM	11	65	0.17	33	9	22:12	99th	68th	77%▲9.5
60	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	11	56	0.20	33	3	23:31	99th	97th	50%▲34
61	Johnathan KovacevicDNJD	NJD	10	81	0.12	17	1	19:49	77th	71st	0.1%
62	Nick SeelerDPHI	PHI	10	77	0.13	20	3	17:17	68th	45th	8.1%▲7.6
63	Colin MillerDWPG	WPG	10	60	0.17	15	4	14:31	74th	38th	0.0%
64	Jonas BrodinDMIN	MIN	10	50	0.20	20	4	22:57	41st	90th	5.0%▲4.3
65	Braden SchneiderDNYR	NYR	9	80	0.11	21	6	17:52	16th	41st	20%▲18
66	Adam FoxDNYR	NYR	9	74	0.12	61	10	23:15	16th	79th	99%▲6.8
67	Darren RaddyshDTBL	TBL	9	73	0.12	37	6	17:18	78th	20th	99%▲3.2
68	Logan StanleyDWPG	WPG	9	63	0.14	14	1	15:35	79th	27th	6.6%▲5.9
69	Jonas SiegenthalerDNJD	NJD	9	55	0.16	9	2	19:36	83rd	87th	3.3%▲2.9
70	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	9	30	0.30	17	4	24:08	94th	92nd	22%▲12
71	Brenden DillonDNJD	NJD	8	82	0.10	16	2	18:35	74th	48th	9.7%▲9.1
72	Noah HanifinDVGK	VGK	8	80	0.10	39	10	21:33	88th	38th	53%▼22
73	Sam MalinskiDCOL	COL	8	76	0.11	15	5	15:57	73rd	26th	55%▲32
74	Nick PerbixDTBL	TBL	8	74	0.11	19	6	14:41	66th	13th	0.1%
75	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	8	66	0.12	32	7	20:27	42nd	35th	10%▲8.2
76	Dougie HamiltonDNJD	NJD	8	64	0.13	40	9	19:51	76th	83rd	84%▲12
77	Urho VaakanainenDNYR/ANA	NYR/ANA	8	51	0.16	16	2	16:25	13th	74th	0.1%
78	Ryan SuterDSTL	STL	7	82	0.09	15	2	19:28	66th	43rd	—
79	Brent BurnsDCAR	CAR	7	82	0.09	29	6	20:57	98th	80th	50%▼14
80	Olli MaattaDUTA/DET	UTA/DET	7	77	0.09	18	2	19:33	78th	64th	0.2%
81	Zach WhitecloudDVGK	VGK	7	74	0.09	13	4	17:31	85th	18th	7.3%▲6.7
82	Samuel GirardDCOL	COL	7	73	0.10	24	3	20:51	76th	44th	9.0%▲8.6
83	Miro HeiskanenDDAL	DAL	7	50	0.14	25	5	25:10	64th	77th	99%▲4.3
84	Cody CeciDSJS/DAL	SJS/DAL	6	85	0.07	24	4	21:13	10th	95th	0.3%
85	Brandon CarloDBOS/TOR	BOS/TOR	6	83	0.07	12	1	18:54	45th	85th	0.3%
86	Marcus PetterssonDPIT/VAN	PIT/VAN	6	78	0.08	29	4	21:41	43rd	63rd	6.6%▲6.2
87	Jake ChristiansenDCBJ	CBJ	6	68	0.09	8	1	12:32	13th	54th	0.1%
88	Drew HellesonDANA	ANA	6	56	0.11	13	4	16:21	4th	53rd	9.6%▲9.5
89	Kaiden GuhleDMTL	MTL	6	55	0.11	18	6	21:11	23rd	98th	19%▲18
90	Nick LeddyDSTL	STL	6	31	0.19	5	2	18:40	66th	16th	0.0%
91	Ville HeinolaDWPG	WPG	6	18	0.33	1	0	14:11	79th	1st	4.0%▲4
92	Ilya LyubushkinDDAL	DAL	5	80	0.06	14	1	17:23	65th	75th	0.1%
93	Brayden PachalDCGY	CGY	5	76	0.07	12	3	14:14	24th	22nd	0.0%
94	Damon SeversonDCBJ	CBJ	5	70	0.07	25	6	19:03	12th	57th	9.4%▲6.2
95	Josh MahuraDSEA	SEA	5	64	0.08	9	0	13:45	19th	23rd	0.1%
96	Alexander RomanovDNYI	NYI	5	64	0.08	20	4	22:18	56th	75th	15%▲15
97	Jacob Bernard-DockerDOTT/BUF	OTT/BUF	5	40	0.13	8	2	13:37	30th	41st	0.1%
98	Michael KesselringDUTA	UTA	4	82	0.05	29	7	17:41	80th	38th	8.9%▲8.3
99	Radko GudasDANA	ANA	4	81	0.05	16	1	19:52	9th	85th	25%▲22
100	Nate SchmidtDFLA	FLA	4	80	0.05	19	5	16:32	91st	11th	4.9%▲4.5

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