nhl defenseman g/ gp leaders minimum 15gp 2025-2026

11 players are tied for the most games by a defenseman this season, with 24 games. The first three are Mattias Ekholm, Brett Kulak and Darnell Nurse.

	NAME	GP	SEASON	TM	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	24	2025-26	EDM	2	8	10	-1	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	49	4.1	0	0	19	48	11	33	20:32
2	Brett Kulak B. Kulak	24	2025-26	EDM	0	2	2	-12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0.0	0	0	3	26	3	13	17:48
3	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	24	2025-26	EDM	5	5	10	-8	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	54	9.3	0	0	35	59	4	20	20:38
4	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	24	2025-26	CGY	0	4	4	-19	31	0	2	0	0	0	0	50	0.0	0	0	59	46	9	38	23:56
5	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	24	2025-26	BOS	1	7	8	+2	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	3.2	0	0	75	34	13	28	21:34
6	Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	24	2025-26	CGY	5	11	16	+4	20	1	4	0	0	0	0	54	9.3	0	0	12	42	4	40	24:25
7	Adam Fox A. Fox	24	2025-26	NYR	3	18	21	+1	10	1	5	0	1	1	0	49	6.1	0	0	14	40	17	29	24:14
8	Vladislav Gavrikov V. Gavrikov	24	2025-26	NYR	3	7	10	+7	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	8.8	0	0	7	38	5	26	22:58
9	Andrew Peeke A. Peeke	24	2025-26	BOS	0	4	4	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0.0	0	0	33	54	6	25	19:52
10	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	24	2025-26	EDM	3	17	20	0	10	1	4	0	0	1	1	66	4.5	0	0	9	31	17	37	23:51
11	Braden Schneider B. Schneider	24	2025-26	NYR	1	4	5	-2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	3.6	0	0	55	40	8	26	18:27
12	Cody Ceci C. Ceci	23	2025-26	LAK	1	5	6	-5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	4.3	0	0	12	26	5	20	17:34
13	Ben Chiarot B. Chiarot	23	2025-26	DET	2	4	6	+3	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	8.7	0	0	51	47	6	28	20:57
14	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	23	2025-26	WSH	8	13	21	+13	23	3	1	0	0	1	1	75	10.7	0	0	22	24	10	29	23:27
15	Ian Cole I. Cole	23	2025-26	UTA	1	8	9	+6	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0	0	0	26	46	4	24	18:56
16	Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	23	2025-26	NYI	1	7	8	-3	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	2.4	0	0	12	19	2	30	17:21
17	Brian Dumoulin B. Dumoulin	23	2025-26	LAK	0	3	3	-4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	0.0	0	0	16	32	7	32	19:26
18	Joel Edmundson J. Edmundson	23	2025-26	LAK	1	9	10	+3	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	32	3.1	0	0	27	27	4	19	17:45
19	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	23	2025-26	STL	6	7	13	-1	10	2	4	0	0	0	0	44	13.6	0	0	19	49	6	16	23:23
20	Cam Fowler C. Fowler	23	2025-26	STL	0	9	9	-10	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	34	0.0	0	0	2	25	6	15	22:33
21	Tyler Myers T. Myers	23	2025-26	VAN	1	5	6	-7	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	3.7	0	0	31	49	6	25	20:46
22	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	23	2025-26	SJS	0	13	13	+1	14	0	5	0	0	0	0	30	0.0	0	0	32	31	6	34	22:03
23	Colton Parayko C. Parayko	23	2025-26	STL	0	7	7	-4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0.0	0	0	19	56	9	26	23:21
24	Adam Pelech A. Pelech	23	2025-26	NYI	0	2	2	+9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0.0	0	0	10	36	12	21	19:36
25	Marcus Pettersson M. Pettersson	23	2025-26	VAN	1	3	4	+3	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	0	0	13	38	5	24	20:47