highest shooting percentage by a defenceman nhl career

Paul Reinhart has the highest career shot percentage by a defenseman, at 10.6 percent.

Interpreted as:

highest shooting percentage with a minimum of 800 shots by a defenceman NHL career

	NAME	S%	S	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Paul Reinhart P. Reinhart	10.6	1,257	648	133	426	559	+26	277	65	213	3	3	14	1
2	Cale Makar C. Makar	10.3	1,317	470	136	371	507	+168	134	45	163	3	4	28	6	0	0		376	665	335	390	24:48
3	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	10.2	3,050	1,060	310	742	1,052	+456	1,356	127	332	10	22	44	0
4	Ron Greschner R. Greschner	9.5	1,877	981	179	431	610	-84	1,226	51	171	6	5	18	0
5	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	9.4	1,771	875	167	397	564	-44	638	67	204	4	3	26	3	0	0		425	367	219	469	22:30
6	Tomas Jonsson T. Jonsson	9.2	926	552	85	259	344	+64	482	23	134	3	8	12	0
7	Mark Howe M. Howe	9.1	1,960	866	178	499	677	+391	401	51	187	26	22	20	0
8	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	9.0	4,389	1,409	396	1,135	1,531	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
9	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	8.9	2,542	1,113	227	525	752	+89	824	84	231	10	9	30	2	1	2	50.0	113	241	68	154	18:42
10	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	8.9	2,332	1,384	208	750	958	+722	793	66	243	3	7	29	0
11	Phil Housley P. Housley	8.9	3,808	1,495	338	894	1,232	-53	822	129	483	7	3	49	5	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
12	Al Iafrate A. Iafrate	8.8	1,718	799	152	311	463	-72	1,301	46	122	8	9	22	0
13	Bobby Orr B. Orr	8.8	3,058	657	270	645	915	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26
14	Marc-Andre Bergeron M. Bergeron	8.6	951	490	82	153	235	-12	214	44	80	0	1	14	3	0	0		290	471	175	351	17:46
15	Lubomir Visnovsky L. Visnovsky	8.4	1,532	883	128	367	495	+40	373	52	189	0	1	20	4	5	17	29.4	637	1,102	383	768	21:26
16	Shea Weber S. Weber	8.1	2,765	1,038	224	365	589	+79	714	106	133	5	6	35	7	0	0		2,212	1,691	372	737	24:03
17	James Patrick J. Patrick	8.1	1,848	1,280	149	490	639	+100	759	62	233	3	15	16	0	2	2	100.0	140	306	48	124	17:31
18	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	8.0	1,519	621	122	201	323	-32	422	41	53	0	0	24	5	0	0		686	936	232	539	21:32
19	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	8.0	3,604	1,615	288	929	1,217	+197	1,084	114	433	9	18	36	4	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40
20	Adam Fox A. Fox	7.9	907	486	72	350	422	+122	194	16	157	4	9	20	3	0	1	0.0	223	752	384	403	23:09
21	Zarley Zalapski Z. Zalapski	7.9	1,252	637	99	285	384	-28	684	39	143	4	7	12	0	0	0		10	7	5	10	14:12
22	Behn Wilson B. Wilson	7.9	1,240	601	98	261	359	+57	1,480	38	85	2	5	18	1
23	Fredrik Olausson F. Olausson	7.9	1,869	1,022	147	434	581	-29	452	72	240	2	8	20	1	0	0		88	84	43	80	17:30
24	Jimmy Roberts J. Roberts	7.8	843	664	66	112	178	+62	395	5	11	13	9	9
25	Mike Green M. Green	7.8	1,918	880	150	351	501	-17	592	62	151	1	2	23	9	0	3	0.0	1,099	1,115	403	808	21:59

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22

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29

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+/-

+12

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Team Rankings

G/GP

2.54

32nd

GA/GP

3.12

21st

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PK%

80.4

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2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks	25	49	8	58	-100

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	SEA	@	CGY	9:00 PM
Sat 10/3	CGY	@	VAN	10:00 PM
Sun 10/4	CGY	@	SEA	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	COL	@	CGY	9:00 PM
Sat 10/10	ANA	@	CGY	10:00 PM

Last Game

Kings

35 - 27 - 20

Final

Flames

34 - 39 - 9

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

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Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

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Wallstedt

.912

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NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

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Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

43-58

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12