Jakob Chychrun had the most goals by a defenseman in 2020-21, with 18 scored.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	18	2020-21	ARI	56	23	41	-6	42	5	9	0	0	3	1	176	10.2	0	0		59	89	20	36	23:23
2	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	16	2020-21	EDM	56	20	36	+27	57	1	6	0	0	2	1	154	10.4	0	0		117	100	24	61	25:38
3	Jeff Petry J. Petry	12	2020-21	MTL	55	30	42	+6	20	4	11	0	1	2	0	128	9.4	0	0		97	60	10	75	22:44
4	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	11	2020-21	FLA	35	11	22	+5	33	6	5	0	0	3	1	101	10.9	0	0		24	27	11	22	25:05
5	John Carlson J. Carlson	10	2020-21	WSH	52	34	44	-5	12	3	12	0	0	1	0	128	7.8	0	0		52	69	24	21	23:47
6	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	10	2020-21	CAR	55	32	42	+20	35	2	16	1	0	2	1	180	5.6	0	0		52	64	19	44	22:43
7	Jonas Brodin J. Brodin	9	2020-21	MIN	53	14	23	+2	18	1	1	0	0	2	1	79	11.4	0	0		35	99	14	19	22:26
8	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	9	2020-21	CGY	56	17	26	+5	14	4	4	0	0	2	0	142	6.3	0	0		51	110	21	41	22:57
9	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	9	2020-21	PHI	41	11	20	-2	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	85	10.6	0	0		18	47	10	24	19:56
10	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	9	2020-21	TBL	54	36	45	+5	28	1	23	0	0	2	2	136	6.6	0	0		51	73	12	28	25:03
11	Alec Martinez A. Martinez	9	2020-21	VGK	53	23	32	+26	12	3	6	0	0	2	0	85	10.6	0	0		44	168	12	26	22:34
12	Devon Toews D. Toews	9	2020-21	COL	53	22	31	+29	16	2	4	0	0	2	0	121	7.4	0	0		44	87	32	19	24:46
13	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	8	2020-21	EDM	56	40	48	+5	10	4	19	0	0	2	0	146	5.5	0	0		26	59	16	43	21:24
14	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	8	2020-21	LAK	56	26	34	-14	26	6	12	0	1	0	0	101	7.9	0	0		91	83	8	40	26:23
15	Roman Josi R. Josi	8	2020-21	NSH	48	25	33	-11	20	1	13	0	1	3	2	141	5.7	0	0		27	83	15	30	24:21
16	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	8	2020-21	SJS	52	14	22	-18	18	3	5	0	1	1	0	110	7.3	0	0		20	69	39	47	23:36
17	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	8	2020-21	WSH	51	14	22	+16	20	0	2	0	0	2	1	83	9.6	0	0		87	50	30	25	19:49
18	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	8	2020-21	VGK	53	34	42	+28	14	0	15	0	0	0	0	161	5.0	0	0		22	43	25	35	22:33
19	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	8	2020-21	DAL	55	19	27	-9	12	3	8	0	0	1	0	121	6.6	0	0		47	52	16	48	24:58
20	Cale Makar C. Makar	8	2020-21	COL	44	36	44	+17	12	4	18	0	0	3	0	104	7.7	0	0		49	36	32	21	24:19
21	Brent Burns B. Burns	7	2020-21	SJS	56	22	29	-13	36	2	4	0	1	1	0	138	5.1	0	0		31	94	36	47	26:09
22	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	7	2020-21	STL	56	18	25	+11	35	1	4	0	2	2	1	117	6.0	0	0		127	87	24	35	24:16
23	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	7	2020-21	DAL	53	29	36	-15	23	2	15	0	0	1	0	108	6.5	0	0		49	52	17	51	22:42
24	Kris Letang K. Letang	7	2020-21	PIT	55	38	45	+19	32	1	14	0	1	2	1	132	5.3	0	1	0.0	92	65	23	55	24:39
25	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	7	2020-21	VGK	41	16	23	+20	16	0	4	0	1	2	1	126	5.6	0	0		28	80	23	22	24:26