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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Defensemen

2018-19All situationsThrough 82 team games

This board ranks defensemen only by takeaways.

A takeaway is a puck won from an opponent by a skater's own effort, as judged by the off-ice scorer. Smart two-way forwards with active sticks lead the league. For leagues that split positions: which defensemen add takeaways.

Leader in 2018-19: Brent Burns (SJS), 88 TK.

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2018-19

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Legacy recording: before 2024-25 turnovers and hits were recorded arena by arena with large scorer bias. Compare players within this season only.

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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Defensemen, 2018-19, All situations
#	Player	Team	TK	GP	Per game	GV
1	Brent BurnsDSJS	SJS	88	82	1.07	118	25:06	50%▼14
2	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	86	82	1.05	60	23:02	16%▲4.6
3	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	82	79	1.04	59	20:06	91%▲28
4	Mark GiordanoDCGY	CGY	73	78	0.94	65	24:14	—
5	TJ BrodieDCGY	CGY	68	79	0.86	100	21:28	—
6	Mike MathesonDFLA	FLA	64	75	0.85	135	22:19	85%▼7.8
7	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	63	65	0.97	76	25:58	47%▼16
8	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	60	82	0.73	94	23:07	76%▼5.1
9	Seth JonesDCBJ	CBJ	59	75	0.79	69	25:49	80%▲32
10	Calvin de HaanDCAR	CAR	59	74	0.80	55	18:31	—
11	Erik KarlssonDSJS	SJS	59	53	1.11	63	24:29	95%
12	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	55	80	0.69	87	25:04	99%▲2.4
13	Alex PietrangeloDSTL	STL	55	71	0.77	50	24:05	4.0%▲3.7
14	Ryan EllisDNSH	NSH	54	82	0.66	61	24:01	—
15	Brett PesceDCAR	CAR	54	73	0.74	30	20:29	0.3%
16	Dmitry OrlovDWSH	WSH	53	82	0.65	80	21:38	35%▲21
17	Noah HanifinDCGY	CGY	50	80	0.63	87	20:46	53%▼22
18	Jacob TroubaDWPG	WPG	48	82	0.59	86	22:53	76%▼11
19	Justin FaulkDCAR	CAR	47	82	0.57	66	22:25	55%▼22
20	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	47	82	0.57	122	23:39	50%▲34
21	Ryan McDonaghDTBL	TBL	46	82	0.56	66	22:05	7.3%▲6.8
22	Nate SchmidtDVGK	VGK	45	61	0.74	39	21:57	4.9%▲4.5
23	Brandon CarloDBOS	BOS	43	72	0.60	42	20:55	0.3%
24	Troy StecherDVAN	VAN	42	78	0.54	32	19:55	0.2%
25	Andy GreeneDNJD	NJD	40	82	0.49	45	20:50	—
26	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	40	82	0.49	46	22:54	100%
27	Matt NiskanenDWSH	WSH	40	80	0.50	73	21:56	—
28	Jeff PetryDMTL	MTL	39	82	0.48	129	23:07	0.1%
29	Brian DumoulinDPIT	PIT	39	76	0.51	51	21:02	0.4%
30	Kevin ShattenkirkDNYR	NYR	39	73	0.53	55	18:56	—
31	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	38	82	0.46	79	21:09	100%▲1
32	Neal PionkDNYR	NYR	38	73	0.52	60	21:10	32%▲31
33	Brayden McNabbDVGK	VGK	37	81	0.46	38	19:29	24%▲21
34	Adam PelechDNYI	NYI	37	78	0.47	41	18:38	3.2%▲3
35	Travis HamonicDCGY	CGY	37	69	0.54	62	20:52	0.1%
36	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	36	82	0.44	65	25:10	98%▼0.5
37	Josh MansonDANA	ANA	36	74	0.49	77	22:18	32%▲16
38	Dougie HamiltonDCAR	CAR	35	82	0.43	66	19:40	84%▲12
39	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	35	82	0.43	68	22:22	10%▼1.4
40	Miro HeiskanenDDAL	DAL	35	82	0.43	96	23:07	99%▲4.3
41	Mark PysykDFLA	FLA	35	70	0.50	72	18:16	—
42	Erik GustafssonDCHI	CHI	34	79	0.43	77	22:35	3.2%▲3.2
43	Justin BraunDSJS	SJS	34	78	0.44	51	20:18	—
44	MacKenzie WeegarDFLA	FLA	34	64	0.53	59	16:58	93%▼7.2
45	Duncan KeithDCHI	CHI	33	82	0.40	73	23:01	—
46	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	33	80	0.41	43	22:47	37%▼42
47	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	33	59	0.56	32	22:24	99%▲3.2
48	Niklas HjalmarssonDARI	ARI	32	82	0.39	46	19:42	—
49	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDARI	ARI	32	81	0.40	65	23:38	43%▲32
50	Tyler MyersDWPG	WPG	32	80	0.40	63	20:21	4.1%▲3.7
51	Mattias EkholmDNSH	NSH	32	80	0.40	69	23:22	77%▲9.5
52	Brady SkjeiDNYR	NYR	32	78	0.41	69	21:14	18%▼31
53	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	32	70	0.46	50	22:46	93%▲11
54	Brendan SmithDNYR	NYR	32	63	0.51	50	15:18	—
55	Brandon MontourDANA/BUF	ANA/BUF	31	82	0.38	74	22:27	83%▲10
56	Ron HainseyDTOR	TOR	31	81	0.38	74	20:15	—
57	Erik JohnsonDCOL	COL	31	80	0.39	41	21:49	—
58	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	31	70	0.44	72	24:17	83%▼12
59	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	30	82	0.37	23	24:09	10%▲8.2
60	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	30	82	0.37	92	24:20	37%▼31
61	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	30	82	0.37	73	23:49	69%▼13
62	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	30	54	0.56	54	22:10	97%▲6.2
63	Jonas BrodinDMIN	MIN	29	82	0.35	20	20:33	5.0%▲4.3
64	Marc StaalDNYR	NYR	28	79	0.35	68	19:25	—
65	Tyson BarrieDCOL	COL	28	78	0.36	41	21:47	—
66	Trevor van RiemsdykDCAR	CAR	28	78	0.36	35	15:04	0.8%
67	Matt GrzelcykDBOS	BOS	28	66	0.42	39	19:08	0.1%
68	Zdeno CharaDBOS	BOS	28	62	0.45	44	21:05	—
69	Keith YandleDFLA	FLA	27	82	0.33	110	22:27	—
70	Nick JensenDDET/WSH	DET/WSH	27	80	0.34	61	19:51	0.1%
71	Ian ColeDCOL	COL	27	71	0.38	46	19:45	4.9%▲4.3
72	Ben HuttonDVAN	VAN	27	69	0.39	30	22:21	—
73	Deryk EngellandDVGK	VGK	26	74	0.35	24	19:53	—
74	John KlingbergDDAL	DAL	26	64	0.41	79	24:32	0.2%
75	Travis DermottDTOR	TOR	26	64	0.41	55	17:18	—
76	Nick HoldenDVGK	VGK	26	61	0.43	30	18:18	—
77	Oscar KlefbomDEDM	EDM	26	61	0.43	51	23:59	—
78	Ryan SuterDMIN	MIN	25	82	0.30	30	26:42	—
79	Adam LarssonDEDM	EDM	25	82	0.30	68	21:37	23%▼19
80	Damon SeversonDNJD	NJD	25	82	0.30	61	22:03	9.4%▲6.2
81	Samuel GirardDCOL	COL	25	82	0.30	44	19:54	9.0%▲8.6
82	Markus NutivaaraDCBJ	CBJ	25	80	0.31	23	17:41	—
83	Jay BouwmeesterDSTL	STL	25	78	0.32	42	20:44	—
84	Jake GardinerDTOR	TOR	25	62	0.40	53	21:13	—
85	Anton StralmanDTBL	TBL	25	47	0.53	16	20:31	—
86	Marcus PetterssonDPIT/ANA	PIT/ANA	24	84	0.29	43	16:41	6.6%▲6.2
87	Rasmus AnderssonDCGY	CGY	24	79	0.30	45	16:02	94%▼3.9
88	Marc-Edouard VlasicDSJS	SJS	24	72	0.33	51	21:03	—
89	Cam FowlerDANA	ANA	24	59	0.41	43	23:22	14%▲1.8
90	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	23	82	0.28	105	26:36	22%▲12
91	Rasmus RistolainenDBUF	BUF	23	78	0.29	44	24:38	8.3%▲7.7
92	Radko GudasDPHI	PHI	23	77	0.30	59	17:53	25%▲22
93	Hampus LindholmDANA	ANA	23	76	0.30	85	24:00	17%▲15
94	Ben LovejoyDNJD/DAL	NJD/DAL	23	71	0.32	38	17:05	—
95	Jordan OesterleDARI	ARI	23	71	0.32	50	18:54	—
96	Colin MillerDVGK	VGK	22	65	0.34	46	19:39	0.0%
97	P.K. SubbanDNSH	NSH	22	63	0.35	57	22:40	—
98	Ryan MurrayDCBJ	CBJ	22	56	0.39	30	21:26	—
99	Mirco MuellerDNJD	NJD	22	53	0.42	35	18:04	—
100	Brad HuntDMIN/VGK	MIN/VGK	22	42	0.52	14	14:53	—

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