Defenseman Spending
A real-time look at how NHL teams are spending their 2023 cap dollars on Defensemans.
Cap Allocation: Active Roster
Rank | Team | Players | 2023 Cap Dollars | Avg Cap Dollars | % of 2023 Cap |
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1 | NSHNashville Predators | 8 | $30,339,894 | $3,792,487 | 36.58% |
2 | CARCarolina Hurricanes | 7 | $30,042,500 | $4,291,786 | 35.27% |
3 | VANVancouver Canucks | 8 | $29,767,614 | $3,720,952 | 34.95% |
4 | CBJColumbus Blue Jackets | 7 | $29,653,986 | $4,236,284 | 44.14% |
5 | VGKVegas Golden Knights | 8 | $29,231,650 | $3,653,956 | 28.94% |
6 | WPGWinnipeg Jets | 8 | $29,225,000 | $3,653,125 | 33.45% |
7 | STLSt Louis Blues | 8 | $28,803,446 | $3,600,431 | 34.85% |
8 | BOSBoston Bruins | 8 | $28,706,538 | $3,588,317 | 34.28% |
9 | EDMEdmonton Oilers | 7 | $27,012,500 | $3,858,929 | 31.84% |
10 | NYRNew York Rangers | 7 | $26,934,500 | $3,847,786 | 30.67% |
11 | COLColorado Avalanche | 7 | $26,678,338 | $3,811,191 | 29.60% |
12 | LAKLos Angeles Kings | 7 | $26,498,792 | $3,785,542 | 30.69% |
13 | PITPittsburgh Penguins | 6 | $26,225,175 | $4,370,863 | 30.61% |
14 | SEASeattle Kraken | 7 | $25,349,783 | $3,621,398 | 31.46% |
15 | NYINew York Islanders | 9 | $22,775,000 | $2,530,556 | 26.37% |
16 | DALDallas Stars | 7 | $22,313,333 | $3,187,619 | 26.62% |
17 | WASWashington Capitals | 7 | $22,012,500 | $3,144,643 | 26.95% |
18 | DETDetroit Red Wings | 7 | $21,882,083 | $3,126,012 | 27.51% |
19 | OTTOttawa Senators | 6 | $20,883,700 | $3,480,617 | 24.99% |
20 | TBLTampa Bay Lightning | 8 | $20,837,280 | $2,604,660 | 20.84% |
21 | FLAFlorida Panthers | 8 | $20,508,045 | $2,563,506 | 23.60% |
22 | TORToronto Maple Leafs | 8 | $19,252,360 | $2,406,545 | 18.69% |
23 | BUFBuffalo Sabres | 7 | $18,661,016 | $2,665,859 | 25.60% |
24 | CHIChicago Blackhawks | 6 | $17,515,148 | $2,919,191 | 24.84% |
25 | SJSSan Jose Sharks | 7 | $16,278,834 | $2,325,548 | 22.18% |
26 | CGYCalgary Flames | 8 | $15,514,577 | $1,939,322 | 19.95% |
27 | MINMinnesota Wild | 8 | $14,463,848 | $1,807,981 | 17.34% |
28 | ANAAnaheim Ducks | 8 | $13,672,640 | $1,709,080 | 19.66% |
29 | NJDNew Jersey Devils | 10 | $13,279,503 | $1,327,950 | 16.13% |
30 | PHIPhiladelphia Flyers | 6 | $13,193,050 | $2,198,842 | 15.58% |
31 | MTLMontreal Canadiens | 7 | $12,454,739 | $1,779,248 | 14.66% |
32 | ARIArizona Coyotes | 6 | $6,446,233 | $1,074,372 | 9.16% |
Total | 236 | $706,413,605 | $96,624,595 | 26.55% | |
Average | 7 | $22,075,425 | $2,993,278 | 26.5% |
Rank | Player | 2023 Cap Dollars | % of 2023 Cap | |
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1 | Erik Karlsson | $11,500,000 | 13.77% | |
2 | Drew Doughty | $11,000,000 | 13.17% | |
3 | Zachary Werenski | $9,583,333 | 11.48% | |
4 | Charles Mcavoy | $9,500,000 | 12.03% | |
Seth Jones | $9,500,000 | 11.38% | ||
Adam Fox | $9,500,000 | 11.46% | ||
7 | Darnell Nurse | $9,250,000 | 11.19% | |
8 | Roman Josi | $9,059,000 | 10.85% | |
9 | Cale Makar | $9,000,000 | 10.86% | |
10 | Alex Pietrangelo | $8,800,000 | 10.54% | |
11 | Miro Heiskanen | $8,450,000 | 10.17% | |
12 | Brent Burns | $8,000,000 | 9.63% | |
Jacob Trouba | $8,000,000 | 9.65% | ||
Thomas Chabot | $8,000,000 | 9.58% | ||
John Carlson | $8,000,000 | 9.58% | ||
16 | Victor Hedman | $7,875,000 | 9.43% | |
17 | Quinn Hughes | $7,850,000 | 9.50% | |
18 | Dmitry Orlov | $7,750,000 | 9.33% | |
19 | Aaron Ekblad | $7,500,000 | 9.01% | |
Morgan Rielly | $7,500,000 | 8.98% | ||
21 | Vince Dunn | $7,350,000 | 8.82% | |
22 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | $7,000,000 | 8.39% | |
23 | Ivan Provorov | $6,750,000 | 8.08% | |
Ryan McDonagh | $6,750,000 | 8.08% | ||
25 | Cam Fowler | $6,500,000 | 7.78% | |
Hampus Lindholm | $6,500,000 | 8.23% | ||
Torey Krug | $6,500,000 | 7.79% | ||
Colton Parayko | $6,500,000 | 7.79% | ||
Justin Faulk | $6,500,000 | 7.79% | ||
30 | MacKenzie Weegar | $6,250,000 | 7.49% | |
Damon Severson | $6,250,000 | 7.49% | ||
Jeff Petry | $6,250,000 | 7.49% | ||
Mattias Ekholm | $6,250,000 | 7.56% | ||
Travis Sanheim | $6,250,000 | 7.59% | ||
Joshua Morrissey | $6,250,000 | 7.49% | ||
36 | Ryan Pulock | $6,150,000 | 7.37% | |
37 | Kris Letang | $6,100,000 | 7.31% | |
38 | Rasmus Dahlin | $6,000,000 | 7.19% | |
Jonas Brodin | $6,000,000 | 7.19% | ||
Tyler Myers | $6,000,000 | 7.26% | ||
41 | Nate Schmidt | $5,950,000 | 7.13% | |
42 | Vladislav Gavrikov | $5,875,000 | 7.04% | |
Neal Pionk | $5,875,000 | 7.04% | ||
44 | Esa Lindell | $5,800,000 | 6.98% | |
45 | Adam Pelech | $5,750,000 | 6.89% | |
46 | Jaccob Slavin | $5,300,000 | 6.38% | |
47 | Brady Skjei | $5,250,000 | 6.32% | |
Alec Martinez | $5,250,000 | 6.29% | ||
49 | Erik Cernak | $5,200,000 | 6.23% | |
Shea Theodore | $5,200,000 | 6.23% | ||
51 | Samuel Girard | $5,000,000 | 6.03% | |
T.J. Brodie | $5,000,000 | 5.99% | ||
53 | Noah Hanifin | $4,950,000 | 5.93% | |
54 | Michael Matheson | $4,875,000 | 5.92% | |
55 | Ben Chiarot | $4,750,000 | 5.69% | |
56 | Jakob Chychrun | $4,600,000 | 5.51% | |
Artem Zub | $4,600,000 | 5.51% | ||
Jamie Oleksiak | $4,600,000 | 5.52% | ||
59 | Rasmus Andersson | $4,550,000 | 5.45% | |
60 | Nikita Zaitsev | $4,500,000 | 5.39% | |
Josh Manson | $4,500,000 | 5.43% | ||
Chris Tanev | $4,500,000 | 5.41% | ||
Tyson Barrie | $4,500,000 | 5.39% | ||
Ryan Graves | $4,500,000 | 5.39% | ||
65 | John Marino | $4,400,000 | 5.30% | |
Filip Hronek | $4,400,000 | 5.32% | ||
67 | Shayne Gostisbehere | $4,125,000 | 4.94% | |
Michael Anderson | $4,125,000 | 4.94% | ||
69 | Brandon Carlo | $4,100,000 | 5.19% | |
Devon Toews | $4,100,000 | 4.95% | ||
71 | Nick Jensen | $4,050,000 | 4.85% | |
72 | Marcus Pettersson | $4,025,175 | 4.82% | |
73 | Brett Pesce | $4,025,000 | 4.85% | |
74 | Radko Gudas | $4,000,000 | 4.79% | |
Erik Gudbranson | $4,000,000 | 4.79% | ||
Noah Dobson | $4,000,000 | 4.79% | ||
Adam Larsson | $4,000,000 | 4.80% | ||
Nick Leddy | $4,000,000 | 4.79% | ||
Jake McCabe | $4,000,000 | 4.79% | ||
80 | Evan Bouchard | $3,900,000 | 4.72% | |
Mathew Dumba | $3,900,000 | 4.67% | ||
Brenden Dillon | $3,900,000 | 4.67% | ||
83 | K'Andre Miller | $3,872,000 | 4.67% | |
84 | Bowen Byram | $3,850,000 | 4.61% | |
85 | Nikita Zadorov | $3,750,000 | 4.54% | |
86 | Matthew Grzelcyk | $3,687,500 | 4.67% | |
87 | Ryan Suter | $3,650,000 | 4.39% | |
88 | Brandon Montour | $3,500,000 | 4.20% | |
David Savard | $3,500,000 | 4.25% | ||
Joel Edmundson | $3,500,000 | 4.19% | ||
91 | Jake Walman | $3,400,000 | 4.07% | |
Justin Holl | $3,400,000 | 4.07% | ||
Jonas Siegenthaler | $3,400,000 | 4.09% | ||
94 | Connor Clifton | $3,333,333 | 3.99% | |
95 | Marco Scandella | $3,275,000 | 3.92% | |
96 | Cody Ceci | $3,250,000 | 3.93% | |
Erik Johnson | $3,250,000 | 3.95% | ||
Mario Ferraro | $3,250,000 | 3.89% | ||
Carson Soucy | $3,250,000 | 3.93% | ||
100 | Matt Roy | $3,150,000 | 3.77% | |
Brian Dumoulin | $3,150,000 | 3.78% | ||
102 | Olli Maatta | $3,000,000 | 3.59% | |
Ryan Lindgren | $3,000,000 | 3.62% | ||
Justin Schultz | $3,000,000 | 3.60% | ||
Ian Cole | $3,000,000 | 3.63% | ||
Trevor Van Riemsdyk | $3,000,000 | 3.59% | ||
Dylan Demelo | $3,000,000 | 3.59% | ||
108 | Brayden McNabb | $2,850,000 | 3.41% | |
109 | Andrew Peeke | $2,750,000 | 3.48% | |
Brett Kulak | $2,750,000 | 3.33% | ||
Luke Schenn | $2,750,000 | 3.29% | ||
Jan Rutta | $2,750,000 | 3.29% | ||
Ilya Lyubushkin | $2,750,000 | 3.29% | ||
Zach Whitecloud | $2,750,000 | 3.29% | ||
115 | William Borgen | $2,700,000 | 3.24% | |
116 | Martin Fehervary | $2,675,000 | 3.20% | |
117 | Gustav Forsling | $2,666,667 | 3.20% | |
118 | Sean Walker | $2,650,000 | 3.20% | |
119 | Adam Boqvist | $2,600,000 | 3.11% | |
120 | Henri Jokiharju | $2,500,000 | 2.99% | |
Oliver Kylington | $2,500,000 | 2.99% | ||
Niko Mikkola | $2,500,000 | 3.00% | ||
Alex Carrier | $2,500,000 | 2.99% | ||
Dante Fabbro | $2,500,000 | 2.99% | ||
Alexander Romanov | $2,500,000 | 2.99% | ||
126 | Jacob Middleton | $2,450,000 | 2.93% | |
127 | Jake Bean | $2,333,333 | 2.79% | |
128 | Nicolas Hague | $2,294,150 | 2.75% | |
129 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | $2,250,000 | 2.70% | |
130 | Ethan Bear | $2,062,500 | 2.47% | |
131 | Alex Goligoski | $2,000,000 | 2.40% | |
Jeremy Lauzon | $2,000,000 | 2.40% | ||
Erik Brannstrom | $2,000,000 | 2.40% | ||
134 | Jacob Bryson | $1,850,000 | 2.22% | |
Colin Miller | $1,850,000 | 2.22% | ||
136 | Sean Durzi | $1,700,000 | 2.04% | |
137 | Anthony DeAngelo | $1,675,000 | 2.02% | |
138 | Cameron York | $1,600,000 | 1.94% | |
139 | Jani Hakanpaa | $1,500,000 | 1.80% | |
140 | Jordan Harris | $1,400,000 | 1.70% | |
Timothy Liljegren | $1,400,000 | 1.68% | ||
Rasmus Sandin | $1,400,000 | 1.68% | ||
Dylan Samberg | $1,400,000 | 1.68% | ||
144 | Joshua Brown | $1,275,000 | 1.53% | |
145 | Jarred Tinordi | $1,250,000 | 1.50% | |
146 | Jon Merrill | $1,200,000 | 1.44% | |
147 | Nick Perbix | $1,125,000 | 1.35% | |
148 | Troy Stecher | $1,100,000 | 1.33% | |
Brendan Smith | $1,100,000 | 1.32% | ||
Marc Staal | $1,100,000 | 1.34% | ||
Kyle Burroughs | $1,100,000 | 1.32% | ||
Conor Timmins | $1,100,000 | 1.32% | ||
153 | Kevin Shattenkirk | $1,050,000 | 1.33% | |
Kevin Bahl | $1,050,000 | 1.26% | ||
155 | Juuso Valimaki | $1,000,000 | 1.20% | |
Dmitry Kulikov | $1,000,000 | 1.20% | ||
Andreas Englund | $1,000,000 | 1.20% | ||
Mike Reilly | $1,000,000 | 1.20% | ||
Logan Stanley | $1,000,000 | 1.20% | ||
160 | Kurtis Macdermid | $987,500 | 1.19% | |
161 | Gustav Lindstrom | $950,000 | 1.14% | |
Robert Bortuzzo | $950,000 | 1.14% | ||
163 | Jackson Lacombe | $925,000 | 1.11% | |
Michael Kesselring | $925,000 | 1.11% | ||
Mason Lohrei | $925,000 | 1.17% | ||
Nils Lundkvist | $925,000 | 1.11% | ||
Joshua Mahura | $925,000 | 1.11% | ||
Brock Faber | $925,000 | 1.11% | ||
Spencer Stastney | $925,000 | 1.11% | ||
Luke Hughes | $925,000 | 1.11% | ||
Braden Schneider | $925,000 | 1.12% | ||
Jake Sanderson | $925,000 | 1.11% | ||
173 | Pavel Mintyukov | $918,333 | 1.10% | |
Kevin Korchinski | $918,333 | 1.10% | ||
Simon Nemec | $918,333 | 1.11% | ||
176 | Owen Power | $916,667 | 1.10% | |
Alex Vlasic | $916,667 | 1.10% | ||
178 | Henry Thrun | $912,500 | 1.09% | |
179 | Ryker Evans | $897,500 | 1.08% | |
180 | Janis Moser | $886,667 | 1.06% | |
181 | Matthew Kessel | $883,750 | 1.06% | |
182 | Emil Martinsen-Lilleberg | $870,000 | 1.04% | |
183 | Jayden Struble | $867,500 | 1.05% | |
184 | Thomas Harley | $863,333 | 1.04% | |
Moritz Seider | $863,333 | 1.03% | ||
Kaiden Guhle | $863,333 | 1.05% | ||
187 | Santeri Hatakka | $850,833 | 1.02% | |
188 | Urho Vaakanainen | $850,000 | 1.02% | |
Zach Bogosian | $850,000 | 1.02% | ||
Ronald Attard | $850,000 | 1.03% | ||
Ben Hutton | $850,000 | 1.02% | ||
192 | Olen Zellweger | $844,167 | 1.01% | |
193 | Arber Xhekaj | $828,333 | 1.01% | |
194 | Sebastian Aho | $825,000 | 0.99% | |
Erik Gustafsson | $825,000 | 1.00% | ||
Pierre-Olivier Joseph | $825,000 | 0.99% | ||
Calen Addison | $825,000 | 0.99% | ||
Alexander Alexeyev | $825,000 | 0.99% | ||
199 | Jordan Spence | $820,000 | 0.98% | |
200 | Zachary Jones | $812,500 | 0.98% | |
201 | Jacob Bernard-Docker | $805,000 | 0.96% | |
202 | Travis Dermott | $800,000 | 0.96% | |
Samuel Bolduc | $800,000 | 0.96% | ||
Chad Ruhwedel | $800,000 | 0.96% | ||
Tyler Tucker | $800,000 | 0.96% | ||
206 | Nikita Okhotyuk | $789,167 | 0.95% | |
207 | Joel Hanley | $787,500 | 0.94% | |
208 | William Lagesson | $775,000 | 0.93% | |
Parker Wotherspoon | $775,000 | 0.98% | ||
Kale Clague | $775,000 | 0.93% | ||
Brayden Pachal | $775,000 | 0.93% | ||
Jack Johnson | $775,000 | 0.94% | ||
Caleb Jones | $775,000 | 0.94% | ||
Jacob Christiansen | $775,000 | 0.93% | ||
Tobias Bjornfot | $775,000 | 0.93% | ||
Declan Chisholm | $775,000 | 0.93% | ||
Dakota Mermis | $775,000 | 0.93% | ||
Yegor Zamula | $775,000 | 0.94% | ||
John Ludvig | $775,000 | 0.93% | ||
Scott Perunovich | $775,000 | 0.93% | ||
Calvin de Haan | $775,000 | 0.93% | ||
Simon Benoit | $775,000 | 0.93% | ||
Mark Friedman | $775,000 | 0.94% | ||
Noah Juulsen | $775,000 | 0.94% | ||
225 | Johnathan Kovacevic | $766,666 | 0.93% | |
226 | Dennis Gilbert | $762,500 | 0.91% | |
Daniil Miromanov | $762,500 | 0.91% | ||
Jalen Chatfield | $762,500 | 0.92% | ||
Jaycob Megna | $762,500 | 0.91% | ||
Vincent Desharnais | $762,500 | 0.92% | ||
Jacob Moverare | $762,500 | 0.91% | ||
Nick DeSimone | $762,500 | 0.92% | ||
Tyler Wotherspoon | $762,500 | 0.92% | ||
Jacob MacDonald | $762,500 | 0.91% | ||
Haydn Fleury | $762,500 | 0.91% | ||
Darren Raddysh | $762,500 | 0.91% |