NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Shot Percentage Leaders

Minimum requirement for inclusion in the “Shot Percentage” record list:
-At least 100 career goals

NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Shot Percentage Leaders.
		Overall								Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			per Game			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Rk	Name	Born	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
1	Paul Reinhart	1960	D	648	133	426	559	277	26					65	65	3	14	1	210	213	3	51	1	275	278	6	65	2	49.7%										0.205	0.657	0.863	1257	10.6%
2	Cale Makar	1998	D	381	110	301	411	110	130	24:44	19:06	3:54	1:43	68	39	3	23	5	162	135	4	51	10	230	174	7	74	15	42.3%	0.700	1.916	2.616	0.560	1.335	1.896	1.569	5.431	7.000	0.289	0.790	1.079	1075	10.2%	334	518	0	0	0.00%
3	Denis Potvin	1953	D	1060	310	742	1052	1356	456					173	127	10	44	0	388	332	22	88	4	561	459	32	132	4	43.6%										0.292	0.700	0.992	3050	10.2%
4	Ron Greschner	1954	D	981	179	431	610	1226	-84					122	51	6	18	0	255	171	5	48	1	377	222	11	66	1	36.4%										0.182	0.439	0.622	1877	9.5%
5	Sandis Ozolinsh	1972	D	875	167	397	564	638	-44					96	67	4	26	3	190	204	3	53	6	286	271	7	79	9	48.0%										0.191	0.454	0.645	1771	9.4%	61	103	0	0	0.00%
6	Mark Howe	1955	D	929	197	545	742	455	400					111	58	28	23	0	318	204	23	66	2	429	262	51	89	2	35.3%										0.212	0.587	0.799	2132	9.2%
7	Paul Coffey	1961	D	1409	396	1135	1531	1802	298					241	135	20	43	1	575	529	31	140	11	816	664	51	183	12	43.4%										0.281	0.806	1.087	4389	9.0%			0	0	0.00%
8	Steve Duchesne	1965	D	1113	227	525	752	824	89					133	84	10	30	2	285	231	9	81	9	418	315	19	111	11	41.9%										0.204	0.472	0.676	2542	8.9%			2	5	28.57%
9	Larry Robinson	1951	D	1384	208	750	958	793	722					139	66	3	29	0	500	243	7	97	2	639	309	10	126	2	32.3%										0.150	0.542	0.692	2332	8.9%
10	Phil Housley	1964	D	1495	338	894	1232	822	-53					202	129	7	49	5	408	483	3	107	8	610	612	10	156	13	49.7%										0.226	0.598	0.824	3808	8.9%			2	1	66.67%
11	Al Iafrate	1966	D	799	152	311	463	1301	-72					98	46	8	22	0	180	122	9	28	3	278	168	17	50	3	36.3%										0.190	0.389	0.579	1718	8.9%			0	0	0.00%
12	Bobby Orr	1948	D	657	270	645	915	953	582					178	76	16	26	0	366	248	31	96	0	544	324	47	122	0	35.4%										0.411	0.982	1.393	3058	8.8%
13	Lubomir Visnovsky	1976	D	883	128	367	495	373	40	21:26	16:29	4:10	0:45	76	52	0	20	4	177	189	1	57	8	253	241	1	77	12	48.7%	0.406	1.163	1.569	0.313	0.729	1.042	0.845	3.072	3.917	0.145	0.416	0.561	1532	8.4%	407	862	5	12	29.41%
14	Shea Weber	1985	D	1038	224	365	589	714	79	24:02	18:40	3:10	2:11	113	106	5	35	7	226	133	6	66	11	339	239	11	101	18	40.6%	0.538	0.877	1.416	0.350	0.699	1.049	1.925	2.416	4.341	0.216	0.352	0.567	2765	8.1%	2212	1691	0	0	0.00%
15	James Patrick	1963	D	1280	149	490	639	759	100					84	62	3	16	0	242	233	15	77	4	326	295	18	93	4	46.2%										0.116	0.383	0.499	1847	8.1%			2	0	100.00%
16	Larry Murphy	1961	D	1615	288	929	1217	1084	197					165	114	9	36	4	478	433	18	118	6	643	547	27	154	10	44.9%										0.178	0.575	0.754	3604	8.0%			2	0	100.00%
17	Fredrik Olausson	1966	D	1022	147	434	581	452	-29					73	72	2	20	1	186	240	8	67	3	259	312	10	87	4	53.7%										0.144	0.425	0.568	1869	7.9%			0	0	0.00%
18	Mike Green	1985	D	880	150	351	501	592	-17	21:58	17:47	3:21	0:49	87	62	1	23	9	198	151	2	45	11	285	213	3	68	20	42.5%	0.466	1.089	1.555	0.333	0.759	1.092	1.260	3.070	4.330	0.170	0.399	0.569	1918	7.8%	1099	1115	0	3	0.00%
19	Reijo Ruotsalainen	1960	D	446	107	237	344	180	65					70	37	0	16	2	140	96	1	31	0	210	133	1	47	2	38.7%										0.240	0.531	0.771	1382	7.7%
20	Jared Spurgeon	1989	D	917	117	291	408	158	126	22:07	17:50	2:15	2:01	83	34	0	23	5	190	95	6	42	4	273	129	6	65	9	31.6%	0.346	0.860	1.206	0.304	0.697	1.001	0.982	2.744	3.726	0.128	0.317	0.445	1518	7.7%	778	1580	1	2	33.33%
21	Kevin Hatcher	1966	D	1157	227	450	677	1392	-26					128	91	8	37	2	226	208	16	46	4	354	299	24	83	6	44.2%										0.196	0.389	0.585	2947	7.7%			1	1	50.00%
22	Sergei Gonchar	1974	D	1301	220	591	811	981	33					116	102	2	35	4	257	325	9	95	13	373	427	11	130	17	52.7%										0.169	0.454	0.623	2866	7.7%	511	908	3	0	100.00%
23	Serge Savard	1946	D	1040	106	333	439	590	462					74	23	9	14	0	254	67	12	50	0	328	90	21	64	0	20.5%										0.102	0.320	0.422	1390	7.6%
24	Reed Larson	1956	D	904	222	463	685	1388	-128					126	88	8	17	0	269	185	9	46	1	395	273	17	63	1	39.9%										0.246	0.512	0.758	2926	7.6%
25	Marty McSorley	1963	D	961	108	251	359	3381	-14					87	13	8	8	1	181	58	12	31	2	268	71	20	39	3	19.8%										0.112	0.261	0.374	1425	7.6%			0	1	0.00%
26	Brad Park	1948	D	1113	213	683	896	1429	363					116	92	5	28	0	390	285	8	107	1	506	377	13	135	1	42.1%										0.191	0.614	0.805	2827	7.5%
27	Dan Boyle	1976	D	1093	163	442	605	693	-5	22:56	17:31	4:19	1:05	90	72	1	29	6	213	227	2	65	7	303	299	3	94	13	49.4%	0.390	1.058	1.448	0.282	0.667	0.949	0.915	2.884	3.799	0.149	0.404	0.554	2231	7.3%	620	1127	2	11	15.38%
28	Andrei Markov	1978	D	990	119	453	572	505	64	23:00	16:35	4:04	2:20	56	60	3	20	3	208	234	11	81	14	264	294	14	101	17	51.4%	0.313	1.193	1.507	0.205	0.760	0.964	0.892	3.479	4.371	0.120	0.458	0.578	1627	7.3%	476	1166	2	5	28.57%
29	Zachary Werenski	1997	D	549	110	261	371	144	5	23:48	19:46	2:41	1:20	83	25	2	16	7	170	88	3	41	10	253	113	5	57	17	30.5%	0.505	1.198	1.703	0.459	0.939	1.398	1.016	3.577	4.593	0.200	0.475	0.676	1511	7.3%	299	729	0	0	0.00%
30	Jeff Brown	1966	D	747	154	430	584	498	-51					69	80	5	16	0	163	260	7	55	1	232	340	12	71	1	58.2%										0.206	0.576	0.782	2120	7.3%			0	0	0.00%
31	Mathieu Schneider	1969	D	1289	223	520	743	1245	66					119	100	4	36	4	223	293	4	84	11	342	393	8	120	15	52.9%										0.173	0.403	0.576	3092	7.2%	344	408	1	7	12.50%
32	Doug Wilson	1957	D	1024	237	590	827	830	55					143	85	9	22	2	288	295	7	75	2	431	380	16	97	4	45.9%										0.231	0.576	0.808	3297	7.2%
33	Shayne Gostisbehere	1993	D	676	104	298	402	229	-78	20:04	16:30	3:18	0:16	62	40	2	17	7	148	150	0	39	14	210	190	2	56	21	47.3%	0.460	1.318	1.778	0.333	0.796	1.130	1.074	4.029	5.104	0.154	0.441	0.595	1457	7.1%	374	784	1	0	100.00%
34	Scott Niedermayer	1973	D	1263	172	568	740	784	167					81	90	1	39	13	307	245	16	97	8	388	335	17	136	21	45.3%										0.136	0.450	0.586	2436	7.1%	284	343	9	30	23.08%
35	Barry Beck	1957	D	615	104	251	355	1016	31					62	38	4	10	0	149	93	9	34	3	211	131	13	44	3	36.9%										0.169	0.408	0.577	1478	7.0%
36	Doug Crossman	1960	D	914	105	359	464	534	31					54	50	1	9	2	194	159	6	37	0	248	209	7	46	2	45.0%										0.115	0.393	0.508	1493	7.0%
37	Victor Hedman	1990	D	1113	167	611	778	768	187	23:26	18:32	2:39	2:13	132	34	1	29	8	352	246	13	107	16	484	280	14	136	24	36.0%	0.384	1.405	1.789	0.384	1.023	1.407	0.688	4.976	5.664	0.150	0.549	0.699	2386	7.0%	1162	1719	1	2	33.33%
38	Guy Lapointe	1948	D	884	171	451	622	893	329					108	59	4	22	0	241	199	11	81	0	349	258	15	103	0	41.5%										0.193	0.510	0.704	2479	6.9%
39	Jyrki Lumme	1966	D	985	114	354	468	620	76					70	36	8	23	4	200	139	15	46	4	270	175	23	69	8	37.4%										0.116	0.359	0.475	1653	6.9%			2	0	100.00%
40	Carol Vadnais	1945	D	1087	169	418	587	1811	-63					111	54	4	19	0	240	166	12	43	0	351	220	16	62	0	37.5%										0.155	0.385	0.540	2459	6.9%
41	Nicklas Lidström	1970	D	1564	264	878	1142	514	450					122	132	10	35	4	390	458	30	166	22	512	590	40	201	26	51.7%										0.169	0.561	0.730	3875	6.8%	264	567	0	0	0.00%
42	Randy Carlyle	1956	D	1055	148	499	647	1400	-137					89	55	4	18	2	245	240	14	60	2	334	295	18	78	4	45.6%										0.140	0.473	0.613	2177	6.8%
43	Brian Leetch	1968	D	1205	247	781	1028	571	25					128	111	8	38	7	336	431	14	91	8	464	542	22	129	15	52.7%										0.205	0.648	0.853	3640	6.8%	28	91	0	1	0.00%
44	Dustin Byfuglien	1985	D	869	177	348	525	1094	-8	21:55	17:36	3:21	0:57	122	54	1	36	8	194	148	6	59	12	316	202	7	95	20	38.5%	0.557	1.096	1.653	0.478	0.760	1.239	1.112	3.047	4.159	0.204	0.400	0.604	2612	6.8%	1951	807	3	16	15.79%
45	Mark Giordano	1983	D	1148	158	419	577	918	129	22:02	17:06	2:40	2:15	93	52	13	26	8	266	141	12	75	15	359	193	25	101	23	33.4%	0.375	0.993	1.368	0.284	0.812	1.096	1.019	2.763	3.782	0.138	0.365	0.503	2346	6.7%	1243	2164	0	0	0.00%
46	Erik Karlsson	1990	D	1069	198	666	864	484	-119	25:15	20:30	3:37	1:07	153	43	2	38	12	402	259	5	108	28	555	302	7	146	40	35.0%	0.440	1.480	1.920	0.419	1.100	1.519	0.666	4.014	4.681	0.185	0.623	0.808	2946	6.7%	772	1414	1	4	20.00%
47	Sergei Zubov	1970	D	1068	152	619	771	337	148					66	81	5	22	3	279	327	13	123	13	345	408	18	145	16	52.9%										0.142	0.580	0.722	2266	6.7%	88	178	1	0	100.00%
48	Roman Josi	1990	D	962	190	534	724	399	59	24:52	20:00	3:05	1:46	124	65	1	35	9	328	197	9	93	16	452	262	10	128	25	36.2%	0.476	1.339	1.816	0.386	1.022	1.409	1.313	3.980	5.294	0.198	0.555	0.753	2840	6.7%	679	1814	0	2	0.00%
49	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	1991	D	1045	148	348	496	678	-106	22:38	18:02	2:53	1:42	83	61	4	36	8	216	129	3	49	4	299	190	7	85	12	38.3%	0.375	0.882	1.257	0.264	0.687	0.951	1.211	2.562	3.773	0.142	0.333	0.475	2214	6.7%	1695	946	0	2	0.00%
50	Bryan McCabe	1975	D	1135	145	383	528	1732	34					67	74	4	24	7	187	187	9	59	8	254	261	13	83	15	49.4%										0.128	0.337	0.465	2185	6.6%	630	645	1	8	11.11%

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