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NHL Takeaways Leaders: San Jose Sharks
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by takeaways, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
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. Takeaways are a category in some deep leagues. Recording changed in 2024-25 (about a third fewer takeaways league-wide), so compare players within a season.
Leader for the San Jose Sharks in 2020-21: Erik Karlsson (SJS), 39 TK.
- Legacy recording: before 2024-25 turnovers and hits were recorded arena by arena with large scorer bias. Compare players within this season only.
Takeaways leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | TK | GP | Per game | GV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik KarlssonDSJS | SJS | 39 | 52 | 0.75 | 47 | 95% |
| 2 | Brent BurnsDSJS | SJS | 36 | 56 | 0.64 | 47 | 50%▼14 |
| 3 | Tomas HertlFSJS | SJS | 35 | 50 | 0.70 | 24 | 84%▲3.2 |
| 4 | Rudolfs BalcersFSJS | SJS | 31 | 41 | 0.76 | 15 | — |
| 5 | Evander KaneFSJS | SJS | 30 | 56 | 0.54 | 33 | 5.7%▲0.8 |
| 6 | Mario FerraroDSJS | SJS | 30 | 56 | 0.54 | 20 | 15%▼2.1 |
| 7 | Logan CoutureFSJS | SJS | 27 | 53 | 0.51 | 16 | — |
| 8 | Ryan DonatoFSJS | SJS | 27 | 50 | 0.54 | 11 | 9.9%▲4.3 |
| 9 | Patrick MarleauFSJS | SJS | 22 | 56 | 0.39 | 8 | — |
| 10 | Timo MeierFSJS | SJS | 22 | 54 | 0.41 | 25 | 82%▼8 |
| 11 | Nikolai KnyzhovDSJS | SJS | 18 | 56 | 0.32 | 13 | — |
| 12 | Kevin LabancFSJS | SJS | 17 | 55 | 0.31 | 24 | — |
| 13 | John LeonardFSJS | SJS | 13 | 44 | 0.30 | 11 | 0.0% |
| 14 | Noah GregorFSJS | SJS | 11 | 30 | 0.37 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 15 | Marcus SorensenFSJS | SJS | 11 | 29 | 0.38 | 9 | — |
| 16 | Marc-Edouard VlasicDSJS | SJS | 10 | 51 | 0.20 | 15 | — |
| 17 | Dylan GambrellFSJS | SJS | 9 | 49 | 0.18 | 13 | — |
| 18 | Alexander BarabanovFTOR/SJS | TOR/SJS | 9 | 22 | 0.41 | 9 | — |
| 19 | Radim SimekDSJS | SJS | 7 | 40 | 0.17 | 13 | — |
| 20 | Matt NietoFSJS | SJS | 7 | 28 | 0.25 | 5 | — |
| 21 | Greg PaterynDCOL/MIN/SJS | COL/MIN/SJS | 3 | 13 | 0.23 | 5 | — |
| 22 | Christian JarosDSJS | SJS | 3 | 7 | 0.43 | 2 | — |
| 23 | Joel KellmanFSJS | SJS | 3 | 7 | 0.43 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Fredrik HandemarkFSJS | SJS | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | 3 | — |
| 25 | Alexander TrueFSJS | SJS | 2 | 7 | 0.29 | 1 | — |
| 26 | Sasha ChmelevskiFSJS | SJS | 2 | 5 | 0.40 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Antti SuomelaFSJS | SJS | 2 | 4 | 0.50 | 1 | — |
| 28 | Kurtis GabrielFSJS | SJS | 1 | 11 | 0.09 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Stefan NoesenFSJS/TOR | SJS/TOR | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 30 | Ivan ChekhovichFSJS | SJS | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 2 | — |
| 31 | Brinson PasichnukDSJS | SJS | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 2 | — |
| 32 | Lean BergmannFSJS | SJS | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | — |
| 33 | Jeffrey VielFSJS | SJS | 0 | 11 | 0.00 | 1 | 4.0%▲3.9 |
| 34 | Nicolas MelocheDSJS | SJS | 0 | 7 | 0.00 | 2 | — |
| 35 | Fredrik ClaessonDSJS/TBL | SJS/TBL | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 7 | — |
| 36 | Joachim BlichfeldFSJS | SJS | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 1 | — |
| 37 | Jake MiddletonDSJS | SJS | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 5.7%▲5.3 |
How to read it
Pucks won from an opponent, as credited by the scorer.
How reliable is it?
Scorer judgment drives the totals: arena bias was large before 2024-25, when recording was centralised.
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