which nhl player scored the most nhl goals all-time nhl by a defenseman active

Brent Burns has recorded the most career goals by an active defenseman, with 234 scored.

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Brent Burns B. Burns	234	1,320	606	840	+1	777	85	220	3	13	38	16	3,700	6.3	12	29	41.4	1,332	1,761	831	1,389	23:21
2	Shea Weber S. Weber	224	1,038	365	589	+79	714	106	133	5	6	35	7	2,765	8.1	0	0		2,212	1,691	372	737	24:03
3	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	200	1,084	670	870	-123	486	44	261	2	5	38	12	2,974	6.7	0	4	0.0	780	1,427	851	1,283	25:14
4	Roman Josi R. Josi	190	962	534	724	+59	399	65	196	1	9	35	9	2,840	6.7	0	2	0.0	679	1,814	359	656	24:52
5	Kris Letang K. Letang	175	1,161	597	772	+85	805	56	229	6	10	34	11	2,946	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,001	1,755	633	1,102	24:12
6	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	171	1,131	623	794	+193	772	35	250	1	13	29	8	2,422	7.1	1	3	33.3	1,171	1,746	554	925	23:26
7	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	160	1,207	526	686	+69	789	80	223	3	7	34	8	2,488	6.4	1	3	33.3	2,025	1,618	296	1,153	26:10
8	John Carlson J. Carlson	156	1,088	570	726	+103	364	47	217	2	7	32	2	2,520	6.2	1	5	20.0	924	2,097	626	1,075	23:38
9	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	151	835	350	501	+76	524	47	116	1	2	33	9	2,395	6.3	1	4	25.0	974	924	255	676	20:36
10	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	148	1,059	352	500	-104	684	61	129	4	3	36	8	2,229	6.6	0	2	0.0	1,721	969	340	628	22:38
11	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	148	1,087	489	637	+123	355	38	154	1	17	33	6	2,588	5.7	1	3	33.3	761	2,095	685	654	24:22
12	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	130	980	328	458	-66	478	47	99	3	5	33	4	2,287	5.7	0	1	0.0	1,572	1,324	574	669	23:00
13	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	118	732	262	380	+97	505	41	81	2	6	26	7	1,794	6.6	0	0		839	793	319	678	22:53
14	Jared Spurgeon J. Spurgeon	117	933	299	416	+125	160	34	98	0	6	23	5	1,542	7.6	1	3	33.3	792	1,609	264	311	22:06
15	Cale Makar C. Makar	116	395	312	428	+136	110	41	138	3	4	24	6	1,118	10.4	0	0		341	547	295	304	24:47
16	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	113	567	271	384	+4	146	25	92	2	3	17	7	1,586	7.1	0	0		303	748	278	388	23:53
17	Ryan Suter R. Suter	107	1,526	589	696	+127	785	36	218	5	12	20	2	2,426	4.4	2	5	40.0	1,201	2,043	548	754	24:05
18	Cam Fowler C. Fowler	105	1,042	388	493	-110	269	40	142	4	5	19	5	1,635	6.4	2	3	66.7	481	1,422	346	651	23:08
19	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	104	689	308	412	-74	255	40	156	2	0	17	7	1,478	7.0	1	1	100.0	377	801	242	522	20:03
20	Seth Jones S. Jones	99	860	342	441	-139	308	27	123	1	7	21	12	1,905	5.2	0	0		1,014	1,426	444	699	23:46
21	Tyler Myers T. Myers	99	1,066	296	395	+11	851	19	74	7	9	19	4	1,694	5.8	0	1	0.0	1,332	1,643	450	812	21:48
22	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	96	541	167	263	-52	360	33	43	0	0	16	3	1,298	7.4	0	0		628	822	192	434	21:16
23	Jeff Petry J. Petry	90	825	253	343	-110	339	23	69	1	8	17	4	1,482	6.1	1	3	33.3	1,745	1,298	288	959	21:54
24	Torey Krug T. Krug	89	778	394	483	0	374	32	187	2	0	18	4	1,852	4.8	3	5	60.0	621	832	238	486	20:30
25	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	87	873	426	513	-23	250	15	158	1	5	15	6	1,857	4.7	0	4	0.0	789	1,203	385	873	22:08