Reposting my comment from rcalgaryflamesGio is a top 5 dman by both traditional and advanced stats , as well as the eye test . There ' s a reason the Bobfather voted him 1 st in 1415 despite his injury . You want proof ? According to hockeyanalysis . com and nhl . com , with a minumum of 3000 minutes played from 1314 to 1516 , out of 118 top dmen , Gio is 4 th in ptsgame , 10 th in TOIgame , 1 st in CF % rel , 3 rd in CA 60 rel , 14 th in CF 60 rel , despite having the 5 th highest defensive zone starts and hardest opposition CF % AKA Quality of Competition . All at a sustainable 99 . 7 PDO . In terms of goal stats , he ' s 19 th in GF 60 rel , despite having one of the lower third PDOs on the list AKA goaltending sank his stats compared to other top dmen . He ' s the only dman in the league in the top 5 for points production while also posting great possession and defensive stats , with Hedman being the only other one who is even close in a two way sense . He ' s up there with Karlsson , Letang , Burns and Subban offensively but he ' s also up there with Stralman , Hedman , Doughty , OEL and Vlasic defensively . He plays top 15 PP and PK time per game and does amazing on both , being top 5 in SH pointsGP , 11 th in CF % SH 7 th rel to team , despite playing the toughest CF % opposition on the PK . On the PP he ' s top 10 in PP ptsGP , 17 th in CF % 10 th rel to team , while also playing some of the toughest match ups . He ' s the only player who consistently over the past 3 years has been a top 5 offensive and defensive player in the league . Over the past 3 years , no dman has been better at both ends of the rink than Giordano . He has been at least a top 5 dman . Imo , it goes KArlsson , Doughty , Hedman , Keith , Gio . Letang , Subban , Burns , Vlasic and Weber are the next 5 .