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NHL Power-Play Points Leaders: Defensemen
2025-26All situations
Quinn Hughes (MIN) leads NHL defensemen with 34 points in 2025-26, ahead of 
Evan Bouchard (EDM) (33).
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Leaders: PP Points: defense, 2025-26
- 1stQuinn HughesMIN · 74 GP34
- 2ndEvan BouchardEDM · 82 GP33
3rdCale MakarCOL · 75 GP29
4thMoritz SeiderDET · 82 GP28
5thMiro HeiskanenDAL · 77 GP28
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What PP Points: defense measures
This board ranks NHL defensemen by total points, power play, this season. Players under the minimum sample are hidden, and every row shows the games or minutes behind the number. Total points, power play, this season.
Special-teams scoring follows special-teams ice time: a player's share of his team's PP minutes repeats much better than his PP points do.
The power-play split shows who scores with the man advantage. Defensemen only. Points are goals plus assists, the classic scoring race. Top-line centres and power-play quarterbacks lead it most years. In 2025-26, 116 defensemen qualify for this board; the median is 5 and Quinn Hughes leads at 34.
PP Points: defense leaderboard
- Strength comes from the play-by-play skater counts; a few players differ from NHL.com by one goal or point where a penalty expired at the moment of the goal.
| # | Player | Team | PP PTS | GP | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quinn HughesDMIN | MIN | 34 | 74 | 100 | 100% |
| 2 | Evan BouchardDEDM | EDM | 33 | 82 | 99 | 100% |
| 3 | Cale MakarDCOL | COL | 29 | 75 | 98 | 100% |
| 4 | Moritz SeiderDDET | DET | 28 | 82 | 97 | 99% |
| 5 | Miro HeiskanenDDAL | DAL | 28 | 77 | 97 | 100%▲1.5 |
| 6 |  Mikhail SergachevDUTA | UTA | 26 | 78 | 95 | 100%▲1.4 |
| 7 |  Erik KarlssonDPIT | PIT | 26 | 75 | 95 | 95% |
| 8 |  Darren RaddyshDTBL | TBL | 26 | 73 | 95 | 98%▲0.5 |
| 9 |  Roman JosiDNSH | NSH | 24 | 68 | 93 | 98% |
| 10 |  Adam FoxDNYR | NYR | 24 | 55 | 93 | 99% |
| 11 |  Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 22 | 77 | 90 | 99%▼0.5 |
| 12 |  Charlie McAvoyDBOS | BOS | 22 | 69 | 90 | 97%▲1.3 |
| 13 |  Jake SandersonDOTT | OTT | 22 | 67 | 90 | 96%▼0.7 |
| 14 |  Filip HronekDVAN | VAN | 21 | 82 | 88 | 94% |
| 15 |  Vince DunnDSEA | SEA | 21 | 81 | 88 | 93%▲1.5 |
| 16 |  Zach WerenskiDCBJ | CBJ | 21 | 75 | 88 | 100% |
| 17 |  Lane HutsonDMTL | MTL | 20 | 82 | 86 | 100%▲0.6 |
| 18 |  Dmitry OrlovDSJS | SJS | 18 | 82 | 84 | 33%▲7.5 |
| 19 |  Matthew SchaeferDNYI | NYI | 18 | 82 | 84 | 100% |
| 20 |  Jakob ChychrunDWSH | WSH | 18 | 80 | 84 | 99% |
| 21 |  Shayne GostisbehereDCAR | CAR | 18 | 55 | 84 | 96%▲0.6 |
| 22 |  Jackson LaCombeDANA | ANA | 17 | 82 | 82 | 97% |
| 23 |  Josh MorrisseyDWPG | WPG | 16 | 77 | 80 | 96%▼2.5 |
| 24 |  Seth JonesDFLA | FLA | 16 | 52 | 80 | 90%▲15 |
| 25 |  Dougie HamiltonDNJD | NJD | 14 | 77 | 79 | 82%▼0.9 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in PP Points: defense in 2025-26?
Quinn Hughes leads with 34. The median of the 116 qualified defensemen is 5.
How is PP Points: defense calculated?
Total points, power play, this season. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is PP Points: defense?
Special-teams scoring follows special-teams ice time: a player's share of his team's PP minutes repeats much better than his PP points do.