Dustin Byfuglien got the most takeaways by a defenseman in 2015-16, with 73 taken.

	NAME	TKA	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	73	2015-16	WPG	81	19	34	53	+4	119	3	14	1	1	6	0	247	7.7	0	0		222	105	92	25:12
2	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	61	2015-16	OTT	82	16	66	82	-2	50	1	25	0	0	3	2	248	6.5	0	1	0.0	84	175	96	28:58
3	Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	54	2015-16	CAR	63	2	18	20	+1	8	0	4	0	1	0	0	84	2.4	0	0		41	119	25	20:59
4	Brent Burns B. Burns	53	2015-16	SJS	82	27	48	75	-5	53	7	23	1	1	4	1	353	7.6	1	1	100.0	101	145	102	25:52
5	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	48	2015-16	TBL	78	10	37	47	+21	46	1	10	0	1	0	0	180	5.6	0	0		62	132	62	23:04
6	TJ Brodie	47	2015-16	CGY	70	6	39	45	+4	18	2	7	0	2	1	1	79	7.6	0	0		15	104	91	25:16
7	Kris Letang K. Letang	47	2015-16	PIT	71	16	51	67	+9	66	5	22	0	3	2	1	218	7.3	0	0		135	122	69	26:57
8	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	45	2015-16	CAR	64	16	21	37	-22	27	12	5	0	0	4	0	184	8.7	0	1	0.0	109	65	42	24:03
9	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	45	2015-16	CGY	82	21	35	56	-5	54	9	10	1	2	2	1	212	9.9	0	0		65	193	68	24:48
10	Tyler Myers T. Myers	45	2015-16	WPG	73	9	18	27	+6	72	0	2	0	1	0	0	140	6.4	0	1	0.0	54	95	47	22:37
11	Travis Hamonic T. Hamonic	44	2015-16	NYI	72	5	16	21	-5	35	0	0	1	0	1	0	147	3.4	0	0		148	128	61	23:49
12	Brett Pesce B. Pesce	43	2015-16	CAR	69	4	12	16	-7	16	1	4	0	0	1	0	85	4.7	0	1	0.0	30	83	22	18:46
13	Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	42	2015-16	CAR	79	4	18	22	-14	22	1	6	0	0	0	0	122	3.3	0	0		67	78	49	17:54
14	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	41	2015-16	STL	73	7	30	37	+10	20	1	4	0	1	1	1	182	3.8	0	0		48	136	39	26:18
15	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	40	2015-16	ARI	75	21	34	55	-6	96	12	15	0	0	8	2	228	9.2	0	0		154	67	39	24:46
16	Nick Leddy N. Leddy	40	2015-16	NYI	81	5	35	40	-9	25	3	16	0	0	1	0	121	4.1	0	0		83	87	52	22:37
17	Andrei Markov A. Markov	38	2015-16	MTL	82	5	39	44	-6	38	4	13	0	0	0	0	117	4.3	0	0		57	142	93	23:50
18	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	37	2015-16	WSH	82	8	21	29	+8	26	0	2	0	0	3	0	90	8.9	0	0		121	61	41	16:02
19	Andrej Sekera A. Sekera	37	2015-16	EDM	81	6	24	30	-15	12	2	12	0	1	2	2	155	3.9	0	0		60	156	82	21:50
20	Kevin Shattenkirk K. Shattenkirk	37	2015-16	STL	72	14	30	44	-14	51	6	20	0	1	1	1	180	7.8	0	0		82	113	39	22:25
21	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	36	2015-16	DAL	76	10	48	58	+22	30	2	20	0	0	4	3	171	5.8	0	0		44	68	78	22:41
22	Ryan Suter R. Suter	36	2015-16	MIN	82	8	43	51	+10	30	3	18	1	1	2	0	188	4.3	0	0		69	142	41	28:36
23	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	35	2015-16	TOR	82	9	27	36	-17	28	2	6	1	0	0	0	167	5.4	0	0		58	122	72	23:14
24	Ron Hainsey R. Hainsey	34	2015-16	CAR	81	5	14	19	-13	37	0	0	0	0	2	1	131	3.8	0	0		85	126	48	22:19
25	Matt Niskanen M. Niskanen	34	2015-16	WSH	82	5	27	32	+10	38	2	14	0	0	3	1	150	3.3	0	0		157	145	62	24:40