John Carlson, Miro Heiskanen and Jackson LaCombe are tied for the most takeaways by a defenseman this season, with 21 taken.

Interpreted as:

NHL defensemen takeaway leaders this regular season

	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	John Carlson J. Carlson	21	2025-26	WSH	26	6	17	23	+10	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	59	10.2	0	0		9	38	43	22:52
2	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	21	2025-26	DAL	30	6	20	26	+5	10	1	9	0	0	2	0	70	8.6	0	0		5	49	34	25:58
3	Jackson LaCombe J. LaCombe	21	2025-26	ANA	29	3	13	16	0	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	63	4.8	0	0		24	53	43	24:48
4	Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	20	2025-26	OTT	28	6	17	23	-1	2	2	8	0	0	1	0	64	9.4	0	0		10	52	31	24:56
5	Kevin Bahl K. Bahl	19	2025-26	CGY	30	3	3	6	+14	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	25	12.0	0	0		32	43	38	21:19
6	Brock Faber B. Faber	19	2025-26	MIN	30	6	9	15	-1	6	0	4	1	0	1	0	68	8.8	0	0		12	60	33	24:14
7	Adam Fox A. Fox	18	2025-26	NYR	27	3	23	26	+4	10	1	7	0	1	1	0	51	5.9	0	0		15	41	31	23:50
8	Cale Makar C. Makar	18	2025-26	COL	29	9	26	35	+27	14	0	9	0	0	3	0	86	10.5	0	0		14	52	25	25:17
9	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	18	2025-26	EDM	29	5	22	27	0	10	2	6	0	1	1	1	73	6.8	0	0		9	38	41	23:38
10	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	16	2025-26	CBJ	29	9	21	30	+9	4	1	7	0	1	0	0	107	8.4	0	0		17	41	53	26:44
11	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	16	2025-26	BOS	30	1	8	9	+5	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	2.6	0	0		87	39	34	21:56
12	K'Andre Miller K. Miller	16	2025-26	CAR	21	2	10	12	+3	22	1	2	0	1	0	0	43	4.7	0	1	0.0	32	21	35	22:52
13	Adam Pelech A. Pelech	15	2025-26	NYI	30	1	2	3	+9	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	45	2.2	0	0		15	45	25	20:10
14	Wyatt Kaiser W. Kaiser	15	2025-26	CHI	29	1	4	5	+2	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	3.7	0	0		19	28	36	19:20
15	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	14	2025-26	WSH	30	11	14	25	+24	31	3	2	0	0	3	1	102	10.8	0	0		29	34	37	23:22
16	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	14	2025-26	PIT	27	1	17	18	+6	10	0	6	0	0	0	0	54	1.9	0	0		2	26	47	23:36
17	Esa Lindell E. Lindell	14	2025-26	DAL	30	3	7	10	+16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	9.7	0	0		18	64	48	23:54
18	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	13	2025-26	MTL	28	4	12	16	+10	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	35	11.4	0	0		22	60	28	24:50
19	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	13	2025-26	CGY	31	1	5	6	-20	35	0	2	0	0	0	0	65	1.5	0	0		81	63	53	23:41
20	Mario Ferraro M. Ferraro	13	2025-26	SJS	30	1	6	7	+2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	0	0		59	65	35	20:54
21	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	13	2025-26	BUF	26	2	18	20	-12	31	1	7	0	0	0	0	68	2.9	0	0		23	31	49	24:17
22	Moritz Seider M. Seider	13	2025-26	DET	30	4	18	22	+11	31	1	9	0	0	0	0	71	5.6	0	0		56	59	40	25:07
23	Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	12	2025-26	MTL	28	1	7	8	-11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	0	0		13	67	26	18:42
24	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	12	2025-26	EDM	29	2	12	14	+1	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	58	3.4	0	0		22	50	39	20:29
25	Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	12	2025-26	FLA	28	1	13	14	+3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	2.8	0	0		22	33	15	22:11