Jaccob Slavin had the most takeaways by a defenseman in 2019-20, with 81 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	Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	81	2019-20	CAR	68	6	30	36	+30	10	0	3	0	1	3	1	145	4.1	0	0		43	107	49	23:24
2	Adam Fox A. Fox	57	2019-20	NYR	70	8	34	42	+22	32	1	12	0	0	4	0	125	6.4	0	0		35	92	61	18:54
3	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	55	2019-20	VGK	71	13	33	46	+12	25	1	15	1	0	4	2	219	5.9	0	0		20	69	54	22:14
4	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	52	2019-20	SJS	56	6	34	40	-15	16	1	12	1	0	0	0	120	5.0	0	0		26	74	68	24:32
5	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	51	2019-20	NSH	68	8	25	33	-1	32	0	5	1	1	2	0	154	5.2	0	0		49	100	50	23:23
6	Brent Burns B. Burns	49	2019-20	SJS	70	12	33	45	-22	34	5	12	0	1	1	1	225	5.3	0	0		72	115	76	25:25
7	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	49	2019-20	WSH	69	4	23	27	+5	36	1	4	0	1	2	1	105	3.8	0	0		106	82	65	22:10
8	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	47	2019-20	TBL	66	11	44	55	+27	31	4	18	0	0	3	0	155	7.1	0	0		73	98	40	24:03
9	Ethan Bear E. Bear	44	2019-20	EDM	71	5	16	21	-5	33	1	1	0	0	1	0	99	5.1	0	0		59	106	84	21:59
10	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	43	2019-20	STL	70	16	36	52	+11	20	6	16	0	1	3	0	225	7.1	0	0		47	89	45	24:11
11	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	43	2019-20	NYR	70	7	20	27	-12	61	4	4	0	2	1	0	168	4.2	0	0		173	128	69	22:34
12	John Carlson J. Carlson	42	2019-20	WSH	69	15	60	75	+12	26	2	24	0	0	6	0	189	7.9	0	1	0.0	55	108	80	24:38
13	Thomas Chabot T. Chabot	42	2019-20	OTT	71	6	33	39	-18	42	0	11	0	0	0	0	186	3.2	0	0		79	85	87	26:00
14	Duncan Keith D. Keith	42	2019-20	CHI	61	3	24	27	+1	18	2	9	0	0	0	0	111	2.7	0	0		26	117	74	24:23
15	Tyler Myers T. Myers	42	2019-20	VAN	68	6	15	21	-7	49	1	6	1	0	1	0	134	4.5	0	0		99	108	41	21:30
16	Brett Pesce B. Pesce	42	2019-20	CAR	61	4	14	18	+7	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	104	3.8	0	0		22	91	39	21:53
17	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	42	2019-20	DAL	68	8	27	35	+14	12	0	7	0	0	0	0	163	4.9	0	0		40	84	79	23:46
18	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	41	2019-20	FLA	59	8	12	20	-1	14	1	1	0	0	1	0	104	7.7	0	0		44	53	54	18:02
19	Anton Stralman A. Stralman	40	2019-20	FLA	69	5	14	19	-6	14	0	0	0	1	3	0	89	5.6	0	0		68	96	48	21:04
20	Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	38	2019-20	CGY	70	5	17	22	-12	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	132	3.8	0	0		82	89	63	21:10
21	Samuel Girard S. Girard	38	2019-20	COL	70	4	30	34	+3	17	1	12	0	0	1	0	96	4.2	0	0		46	92	39	21:18
22	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	37	2019-20	FLA	67	5	36	41	+13	26	0	6	0	1	1	1	147	3.4	0	0		34	84	74	22:59
23	John Marino J. Marino	37	2019-20	PIT	56	6	20	26	+17	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	61	9.8	0	0		72	77	42	20:15
24	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	37	2019-20	BOS	67	5	27	32	+24	41	1	1	0	1	1	1	101	5.0	0	0		131	131	68	23:10
25	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	36	2019-20	CGY	60	5	26	31	+2	34	2	9	0	2	0	0	157	3.2	0	0		42	148	51	23:53