nhl player most minutes per game for defensemen

Quinn Hughes has played the most minutes per game by a defenseman this season, with 27.74 per game.

Interpreted as:

NHL player most minutes per game with a minimum of 25.625 games played per 82 team games for defensemen this regular season

	NAME	MIN/GP	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	27.74	2025-26	TOT	74	7	69	76	-4	32	2	32	0	0	1	0	187	3.7	0	0	7	87	34	116	27:44
2	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	26.61	2025-26	CBJ	75	22	59	81	+7	18	4	17	0	1	2	0	260	8.5	0	0	30	94	35	125	26:37
3	Moritz Seider M. Seider	25.78	2025-26	DET	81	10	50	60	+19	57	3	25	0	0	2	1	184	5.4	0	0	128	179	29	98	25:47
4	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	25.47	2025-26	DAL	77	9	54	63	+9	30	2	26	1	0	3	1	148	6.1	0	0	21	132	39	93	25:28
5	Filip Hronek F. Hronek	24.99	2025-26	VAN	80	8	40	48	-24	24	4	16	0	2	1	0	135	5.9	0	0	131	99	34	105	24:59
6	Cale Makar C. Makar	24.89	2025-26	COL	74	20	58	78	+31	24	4	25	0	0	4	0	196	10.2	0	0	35	118	39	83	24:54
7	Roman Josi R. Josi	24.88	2025-26	NSH	68	13	42	55	-15	30	4	20	0	0	3	1	181	7.2	0	0	24	101	23	77	24:53
8	Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	24.84	2025-26	OTT	67	14	40	54	+16	8	5	17	0	0	3	0	147	9.5	0	0	29	129	31	81	24:50
9	Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	24.81	2025-26	CBJ	82	9	22	31	+14	32	1	4	0	0	0	0	158	5.7	0	0	28	134	29	112	24:49
10	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	24.76	2025-26	WPG	76	14	41	55	+7	28	2	14	0	0	2	1	145	9.7	0	0	36	117	16	97	24:46
11	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	24.71	2025-26	EDM	81	21	71	92	+22	30	7	26	0	2	5	3	219	9.6	0	0	29	100	33	122	24:43
12	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	24.68	2025-26	NYI	82	23	36	59	+13	38	8	10	0	0	4	2	221	10.4	0	0	40	111	38	90	24:41
13	Brock Faber B. Faber	24.68	2025-26	MIN	80	15	36	51	+18	39	1	10	1	1	1	0	173	8.7	0	0	33	148	36	92	24:41
14	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	24.39	2025-26	BOS	69	11	50	61	+13	62	2	21	0	0	1	1	111	9.9	0	0	79	129	29	88	24:23
15	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	24.35	2025-26	UTA	77	10	49	59	+3	44	5	21	0	2	1	0	158	6.3	0	0	37	125	32	107	24:21
16	Travis Sanheim T. Sanheim	24.22	2025-26	PHI	81	11	26	37	+12	20	1	2	1	2	1	1	95	11.6	0	0	46	152	26	105	24:13
17	Jackson LaCombe J. LaCombe	24.22	2025-26	ANA	81	9	48	57	-2	19	3	14	1	1	0	0	151	6.0	0	0	74	128	51	108	24:13
18	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	24.19	2025-26	BUF	77	19	55	74	+18	76	6	16	0	0	0	0	194	9.8	0	0	67	79	32	115	24:11
19	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	24.16	2025-26	MTL	78	7	30	37	+9	34	0	1	1	1	3	1	114	6.1	0	0	59	150	24	94	24:10
20	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	23.77	2025-26	MTL	82	12	66	78	+36	34	2	18	0	0	3	1	124	9.7	0	0	31	137	43	93	23:46
21	Seth Jones S. Jones	23.70	2025-26	FLA	52	7	25	32	-3	18	5	11	0	0	0	0	88	8.0	0	0	47	61	13	66	23:42
22	Vladislav Gavrikov V. Gavrikov	23.69	2025-26	NYR	81	14	20	34	-8	50	3	3	0	1	1	1	118	11.9	0	0	50	102	22	103	23:42
23	Adam Fox A. Fox	23.67	2025-26	NYR	54	9	44	53	+5	20	5	19	0	1	1	0	90	10.0	0	0	24	73	36	65	23:40
24	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	23.60	2025-26	PIT	75	15	51	66	+8	22	4	22	0	0	0	0	176	8.5	0	0	20	64	37	102	23:36
25	Philip Broberg P. Broberg	23.39	2025-26	STL	79	6	26	32	+8	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	93	6.5	0	0	35	97	25	108	23:24

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

86

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

134

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

332

Sherwood

297

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

188

Dobson

188

McCabe

180

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

34

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.07

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.920

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.65

3.55

3.52

Goals Against Rankings

2.43

2.70

2.78

Power Play Rankings

30.1

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.5

83.8

82.7

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

54-28

52-30

48-32

47-33

47-34

Worst Record ATS

29-52

30-50

31-50

32-50

33-49

33-48

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	54	16	11	119	97
Stars - x	49	20	12	110	52
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	32	6	92	30
Predators - e	38	33	10	86	-21
Blues - e	35	33	12	82	-31
Jets - e	35	34	12	82	-24
Blackhawks - e	28	39	14	70	-65
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - x	38	26	17	93	12
Oilers - x	40	30	11	91	8
Ducks - x	42	33	6	90	-16
Kings - x	35	26	19	89	-19
Sharks - e	38	34	8	84	-43
Kraken - e	34	35	11	79	-32
Flames - e	33	39	9	75	-49
Canucks - e	24	48	8	56	-96

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	8	108	48
Lightning - x	50	25	6	106	61
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	43	27	11	97	30
Red Wings - e	41	30	10	92	-10
Panthers - e	39	38	4	82	-32
Maple Leafs - e	32	35	14	78	-44
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	24	16	98	27
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	33	39	9	75	-14