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

Brent Burns has collected 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	1,324	608	842	+2	781	85	221	3	13	38	16	3,710	6.3	12	29	41.4	1,333	1,767	832	1,393	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	1,087	670	870	-126	488	44	261	2	5	38	12	2,979	6.7	0	4	0.0	780	1,430	853	1,289	25:13
4	Roman Josi R. Josi	190	965	536	726	+60	401	65	197	1	9	35	9	2,846	6.7	0	2	0.0	680	1,822	361	662	24:52
5	Kris Letang K. Letang	175	1,164	597	772	+88	807	56	229	6	10	34	11	2,951	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,007	1,758	635	1,110	24:11
6	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	171	1,134	625	796	+193	772	35	251	1	13	29	8	2,426	7.0	1	3	33.3	1,173	1,753	555	931	23:26
7	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	160	1,211	529	689	+72	791	80	223	3	8	34	8	2,494	6.4	1	3	33.3	2,030	1,625	298	1,161	26:09
8	John Carlson J. Carlson	156	1,091	571	727	+103	366	47	217	2	7	32	2	2,525	6.2	1	5	20.0	924	2,107	626	1,077	23:38
9	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	152	838	350	502	+77	528	47	116	1	2	33	9	2,400	6.3	1	4	25.0	978	926	256	681	20:36
10	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	148	1,062	352	500	-107	688	61	129	4	3	36	8	2,233	6.6	0	2	0.0	1,728	970	340	631	22:37
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	983	329	459	-64	480	47	100	3	5	33	4	2,292	5.7	0	1	0.0	1,579	1,333	575	670	23:00
13	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	119	736	263	382	+98	507	42	81	2	6	27	7	1,802	6.6	0	0		844	799	319	681	22:53
14	Jared Spurgeon J. Spurgeon	118	936	299	417	+121	160	35	98	0	6	23	5	1,546	7.6	1	3	33.3	795	1,616	265	312	22:06
15	Cale Makar C. Makar	117	399	316	433	+140	116	41	140	3	4	25	6	1,130	10.4	0	0		348	554	298	310	24:47
16	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	114	570	273	387	+8	146	25	93	2	3	17	7	1,605	7.1	0	0		306	751	279	396	23:54
17	Cam Fowler C. Fowler	105	1,045	389	494	-110	269	40	142	4	5	19	5	1,641	6.4	2	3	66.7	482	1,424	347	653	23:08
18	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	104	691	311	415	-69	255	40	156	2	0	17	7	1,480	7.0	1	1	100.0	379	804	243	522	20:03
19	Seth Jones S. Jones	99	864	344	443	-141	312	27	124	1	7	21	12	1,912	5.2	0	0		1,016	1,428	445	702	23:45
20	Tyler Myers T. Myers	99	1,069	296	395	+12	853	19	74	7	9	19	4	1,697	5.8	0	1	0.0	1,338	1,652	450	815	21:48
21	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	96	544	170	266	-48	362	33	43	0	0	16	3	1,302	7.4	0	0		630	823	195	440	21:17
22	Jeff Petry J. Petry	90	829	255	345	-114	339	23	71	1	8	17	4	1,485	6.1	1	3	33.3	1,748	1,303	288	968	21:52
23	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
24	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	88	876	429	517	-24	252	15	158	1	5	16	6	1,868	4.7	0	4	0.0	792	1,206	386	876	22:08
25	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	86	886	274	360	+188	428	14	41	4	9	18	4	1,526	5.6	0	1	0.0	792	1,135	385	673	21:44