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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Defensemen

2023-24All 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 2023-24: Colton Parayko (STL), 73 TK.

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

Older seasons

2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18

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, 2023-24, All situations
#	Player	Team	TK	GP	Per game	GV
1	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	73	82	0.89	48	23:52	37%▼42
2	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	71	81	0.88	32	20:56	16%▲4.6
3	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	70	77	0.91	42	24:46	100%▲1
4	Alex VlasicDCHI	CHI	60	76	0.79	47	21:29	9.0%▲7.7
5	Evan BouchardDEDM	EDM	59	81	0.73	82	23:00	100%
6	Noah HanifinDCGY/VGK	CGY/VGK	59	80	0.74	67	23:37	53%▼22
7	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	58	82	0.71	82	25:54	99%▲2.4
8	Devon ToewsDCOL	COL	57	82	0.70	46	23:26	62%▼1
9	K'Andre MillerDNYR	NYR	57	80	0.71	34	21:34	64%▲26
10	Erik KarlssonDPIT	PIT	50	82	0.61	71	24:16	95%
11	Alex PietrangeloDVGK	VGK	50	64	0.78	40	23:34	4.0%▲3.7
12	Mike MathesonDMTL	MTL	49	82	0.60	76	25:33	85%▼7.8
13	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	47	82	0.57	64	24:41	47%▼16
14	Adam FoxDNYR	NYR	47	72	0.65	33	23:27	99%▲6.8
15	MacKenzie WeegarDCGY	CGY	46	82	0.56	75	22:56	93%▼7.2
16	Josh MansonDCOL	COL	46	76	0.61	43	17:47	32%▲16
17	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	45	81	0.56	42	24:11	99%▲3.2
18	Brady SkjeiDCAR	CAR	44	80	0.55	36	21:17	18%▼31
19	Quinn HughesDVAN	VAN	43	82	0.52	52	24:41	100%
20	Luke HughesDNJD	NJD	42	82	0.51	69	21:28	84%▲40
21	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	42	81	0.52	44	25:25	100%▲1
22	Moritz SeiderDDET	DET	41	82	0.50	39	22:22	100%▲0.6
23	Sean WalkerDPHI/COL	PHI/COL	41	81	0.51	25	19:14	61%▼11
24	Gustav ForslingDFLA	FLA	41	79	0.52	48	22:09	42%▲18
25	John MarinoDNJD	NJD	41	75	0.55	33	20:57	18%▲13
26	Mattias EkholmDEDM	EDM	40	79	0.51	58	21:03	77%▲9.5
27	Seth JonesDCHI	CHI	40	67	0.60	60	25:29	80%▲32
28	Torey KrugDSTL	STL	38	77	0.49	45	21:58	0.0%
29	Travis SanheimDPHI	PHI	37	81	0.46	47	23:48	67%▼7.1
30	Thomas HarleyDDAL	DAL	37	79	0.47	61	21:01	88%▲8.6
31	Damon SeversonDCBJ	CBJ	36	67	0.54	33	21:09	9.4%▲6.2
32	Brent BurnsDCAR	CAR	35	82	0.43	56	21:30	50%▼14
33	Ryan McDonaghDNSH	NSH	35	74	0.47	56	21:47	7.3%▲6.8
34	Brett PesceDCAR	CAR	35	70	0.50	18	20:17	0.3%
35	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	35	70	0.50	26	24:27	100%
36	Justin FaulkDSTL	STL	35	60	0.58	35	21:58	55%▼22
37	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	34	82	0.41	55	20:50	32%▲31
38	Jake SandersonDOTT	OTT	34	79	0.43	82	23:13	99%▲2.9
39	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	33	82	0.40	60	24:38	98%▼0.5
40	Jamie OleksiakDSEA	SEA	33	82	0.40	29	19:39	7.1%▲6.9
41	Miro HeiskanenDDAL	DAL	33	71	0.46	36	24:32	99%▲4.3
42	Nick LeddyDSTL	STL	32	82	0.39	38	22:22	0.0%
43	Noah DobsonDNYI	NYI	32	79	0.41	62	24:31	98%▼1.2
44	Brayden McNabbDVGK	VGK	31	82	0.38	24	19:21	24%▲21
45	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	31	82	0.38	34	20:28	37%▼31
46	Rasmus AnderssonDCGY	CGY	31	78	0.40	60	23:50	94%▼3.9
47	Jackson LaCombeDANA	ANA	31	71	0.44	35	19:23	98%▲9.6
48	Vince DunnDSEA	SEA	30	59	0.51	34	23:05	89%▲12
49	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	29	78	0.37	54	24:48	93%▲11
50	Nick PerbixDTBL	TBL	29	77	0.38	26	17:05	0.1%
51	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	29	74	0.39	57	24:51	97%▲6.2
52	Hampus LindholmDBOS	BOS	29	73	0.40	47	23:17	17%▲15
53	Kyle BurroughsDSJS	SJS	29	73	0.40	20	19:09	0.0%
54	Cam FowlerDANA	ANA	27	81	0.33	44	24:25	14%▲1.8
55	Connor CliftonDBUF	BUF	27	79	0.34	24	16:33	7.4%▲6.7
56	Dylan SambergDWPG	WPG	27	78	0.35	36	15:38	4.0%▲3.9
57	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	27	72	0.38	61	23:44	76%▼5.1
58	Trevor van RiemsdykDWSH	WSH	27	70	0.39	25	18:40	0.8%
59	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	27	47	0.57	22	22:05	91%▲28
60	Dmitry OrlovDCAR	CAR	26	82	0.32	36	17:19	35%▲21
61	Marcus PetterssonDPIT	PIT	26	82	0.32	32	22:40	6.6%▲6.2
62	Erik GustafssonDNYR	NYR	26	76	0.34	39	17:24	3.2%▲3.2
63	Jonas BrodinDMIN	MIN	26	62	0.42	21	23:22	5.0%▲4.3
64	Braden SchneiderDNYR	NYR	25	82	0.30	39	15:54	20%▲18
65	Alexander RomanovDNYI	NYI	25	81	0.31	53	20:50	15%▲15
66	Cody CeciDEDM	EDM	25	79	0.32	20	20:01	0.3%
67	Chris TanevDCGY/DAL	CGY/DAL	25	75	0.33	38	19:41	6.0%▲5
68	Jake BeanDCBJ	CBJ	25	72	0.35	15	16:20	0.1%
69	Kaiden GuhleDMTL	MTL	25	70	0.36	43	20:51	19%▲18
70	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	25	51	0.49	36	23:03	83%▼12
71	Filip HronekDVAN	VAN	24	81	0.30	50	23:26	91%▲14
72	Mario FerraroDSJS	SJS	24	78	0.31	30	22:52	15%▼2.1
73	Vladislav GavrikovDLAK	LAK	23	77	0.30	42	20:37	41%▼5.9
74	Brandon CarloDBOS	BOS	23	76	0.30	35	19:54	0.3%
75	Kevin KorchinskiDCHI	CHI	23	76	0.30	72	19:37	16%▲16
76	Ilya LyubushkinDANA/TOR	ANA/TOR	23	74	0.31	40	17:07	0.1%
77	Jalen ChatfieldDCAR	CAR	23	72	0.32	30	15:12	4.1%▲3.4
78	Rasmus SandinDWSH	WSH	23	68	0.34	31	21:07	14%▲11
79	Samuel GirardDCOL	COL	23	59	0.39	32	19:23	9.0%▲8.6
80	Ivan ProvorovDCBJ	CBJ	22	82	0.27	40	22:10	36%▼27
81	Jakob ChychrunDOTT	OTT	22	82	0.27	73	22:23	99%
82	Adam LarssonDSEA	SEA	22	81	0.27	18	22:57	23%▼19
83	Nick JensenDWSH	WSH	22	78	0.28	55	19:38	0.1%
84	Dmitry KulikovDFLA	FLA	22	76	0.29	47	16:31	3.2%▲3.1
85	Erik BrannstromDOTT	OTT	22	76	0.29	52	16:35	—
86	Sean DurziDARI	ARI	22	76	0.29	67	22:43	38%▲36
87	Marco ScandellaDSTL	STL	22	65	0.34	16	12:28	—
88	Jayden StrubleDMTL	MTL	22	56	0.39	34	16:07	3.3%▲2.9
89	Pierre-Olivier JosephDPIT	PIT	22	52	0.42	20	15:05	0.1%
90	Shayne GostisbehereDDET	DET	21	81	0.26	33	19:05	96%▲16
91	Jake MiddletonDMIN	MIN	21	80	0.26	22	19:49	5.7%▲5.3
92	J.J. MoserDARI	ARI	21	80	0.26	35	20:34	22%▲19
93	Erik GudbransonDCBJ	CBJ	21	78	0.27	26	19:40	0.1%
94	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	20	82	0.24	45	25:48	22%▲12
95	TJ BrodieDTOR	TOR	20	78	0.26	53	21:43	—
96	Owen PowerDBUF	BUF	20	76	0.26	36	22:55	53%▲30
97	Bowen ByramDCOL/BUF	COL/BUF	20	73	0.27	33	20:21	96%▲6.5
98	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	20	58	0.34	29	22:33	10%▼1.4
99	Kevin BahlDNJD	NJD	19	82	0.23	24	17:24	4.8%▲4.6
100	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	19	81	0.23	57	21:54	69%▼13

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