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NHL Points Leaders: Defensemen

2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games

This board ranks defensemen only by points.

Points are goals plus assists, the classic scoring race. Top-line centres and power-play quarterbacks lead it most years. In leagues that split positions, use it to fill your defense slots, and check the per-60 board for defensemen getting more out of fewer minutes.

Leader in 2017-18: John Carlson (WSH), 68 PTS.

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NHL Points Leaders: Defensemen, 2017-18, All situations
#	Player	Team	PTS	GP	Per game	G	A
1	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	68	82	0.83	15	53	24:47	99%▲2.4
2	Brent BurnsDSJS	SJS	67	82	0.82	12	55	25:15	50%▼14
3	John KlingbergDDAL	DAL	67	82	0.82	8	59	24:04	0.2%
4	Shayne GostisbehereDPHI	PHI	65	78	0.83	13	52	21:27	96%▲16
5	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	63	77	0.82	17	46	25:51	93%▲11
6	Erik KarlssonDOTT	OTT	62	71	0.87	9	53	26:44	95%
7	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	60	82	0.73	10	50	26:50	22%▲12
8	P.K. SubbanDNSH	NSH	59	82	0.72	16	43	24:07	—
9	Torey KrugDBOS	BOS	59	76	0.78	14	45	20:24	0.0%
10	Seth JonesDCBJ	CBJ	57	78	0.73	16	41	24:36	80%▲32
11	Tyson BarrieDCOL	COL	57	68	0.84	14	43	22:42	—
12	Keith YandleDFLA	FLA	56	82	0.68	8	48	24:29	—
13	Alex PietrangeloDSTL	STL	54	78	0.69	15	39	25:44	4.0%▲3.7
14	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	53	75	0.71	14	39	24:28	98%▼0.5
15	Jake GardinerDTOR	TOR	52	82	0.63	5	47	22:32	—
16	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	52	76	0.68	6	46	21:36	76%▼5.1
17	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	51	79	0.65	9	42	25:20	47%▼16
18	Ryan SuterDMIN	MIN	51	78	0.65	6	45	26:47	—
19	Mathew DumbaDMIN	MIN	50	82	0.61	14	36	23:49	0.1%
20	Dustin ByfuglienDWPG	WPG	45	69	0.65	8	37	24:20	—
21	Dougie HamiltonDCGY	CGY	44	82	0.54	17	27	21:32	84%▲12
22	Will ButcherDNJD	NJD	44	81	0.54	5	39	16:04	—
23	Jeff PetryDMTL	MTL	42	82	0.51	12	30	23:30	0.1%
24	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDARI	ARI	42	82	0.51	14	28	23:41	43%▲32
25	Nick LeddyDNYI	NYI	42	80	0.53	10	32	22:25	0.0%
26	Jake MuzzinDLAK	LAK	42	74	0.57	8	34	21:39	—
27	Colin MillerDVGK	VGK	41	82	0.50	10	31	19:21	0.0%
28	Ivan ProvorovDPHI	PHI	41	82	0.50	17	24	24:09	36%▼27
29	Rasmus RistolainenDBUF	BUF	41	73	0.56	6	35	26:30	8.3%▲7.7
30	Mikhail SergachevDTBL	TBL	40	79	0.51	9	31	15:22	98%▲5.2
31	Mark GiordanoDCGY	CGY	38	82	0.46	13	25	24:47	—
32	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	38	82	0.46	16	22	23:23	50%▲34
33	Josh MansonDANA	ANA	37	80	0.46	7	30	20:21	32%▲16
34	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	37	77	0.48	16	21	22:35	100%
35	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	37	61	0.61	9	28	24:33	10%▲8.2
36	Tyler MyersDWPG	WPG	36	82	0.44	6	30	21:26	4.1%▲3.7
37	Nate SchmidtDVGK	VGK	36	76	0.47	5	31	22:14	4.9%▲4.5
38	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	35	82	0.43	6	29	22:37	37%▼42
39	Alex GoligoskiDARI	ARI	35	78	0.45	12	23	23:17	—
40	Mattias EkholmDNSH	NSH	34	81	0.42	10	24	23:35	77%▲9.5
41	Alexander EdlerDVAN	VAN	34	70	0.49	6	28	24:17	—
42	Justin BraunDSJS	SJS	33	81	0.41	5	28	21:20	—
43	Mike GreenDDET	DET	33	66	0.50	8	25	22:05	—
44	Duncan KeithDCHI	CHI	32	82	0.39	2	30	23:50	—
45	Marc-Edouard VlasicDSJS	SJS	32	81	0.40	11	21	22:33	—
46	Brandon MontourDANA	ANA	32	80	0.40	9	23	20:28	83%▲10
47	Noah HanifinDCAR	CAR	32	79	0.41	10	22	18:52	53%▼22
48	TJ BrodieDCGY	CGY	32	73	0.44	4	28	23:41	—
49	Sami VatanenDNJD	NJD	32	72	0.44	4	28	22:24	—
50	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	32	68	0.47	10	22	18:24	10%▼1.4
51	Cam FowlerDANA	ANA	32	67	0.48	8	24	24:51	14%▲1.8
52	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	32	63	0.51	7	25	22:09	97%▲6.2
53	Ryan EllisDNSH	NSH	32	44	0.73	9	23	23:21	—
54	Dmitry OrlovDWSH	WSH	31	82	0.38	10	21	23:08	35%▲21
55	Justin FaulkDCAR	CAR	31	76	0.41	8	23	22:16	55%▼22
56	Hampus LindholmDANA	ANA	31	69	0.45	13	18	22:44	17%▲15
57	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	30	82	0.37	8	22	22:35	16%▲4.6
58	Olli MaattaDPIT	PIT	29	82	0.35	7	22	18:45	0.2%
59	Matt NiskanenDWSH	WSH	29	68	0.43	7	22	22:36	—
60	Ryan McDonaghDTBL	TBL	29	63	0.46	4	25	23:20	7.3%▲6.8
61	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	29	61	0.48	6	23	20:21	91%▲28
62	Mike MathesonDFLA	FLA	27	81	0.33	10	17	21:20	85%▼7.8
63	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	27	80	0.34	7	20	22:05	37%▼31
64	Niklas KronwallDDET	DET	27	79	0.34	4	23	18:31	—
65	Justin SchultzDPIT	PIT	27	63	0.43	4	23	19:31	—
66	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	26	82	0.32	6	20	22:15	69%▼13
67	Brent SeabrookDCHI	CHI	26	81	0.32	7	19	20:12	—
68	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	26	81	0.32	7	19	20:27	99%▲3.2
69	Dion PhaneufDLAK	LAK	26	79	0.33	6	20	20:00	—
70	Brady SkjeiDNYR	NYR	25	82	0.30	4	21	21:02	18%▼31
71	Alec MartinezDLAK	LAK	25	77	0.32	9	16	22:52	—
72	Thomas HickeyDNYI	NYI	25	69	0.36	5	20	18:04	—
73	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	25	63	0.40	9	16	17:31	83%▼12
74	Erik JohnsonDCOL	COL	25	62	0.40	9	16	25:26	—
75	Dan HamhuisDDAL	DAL	24	80	0.30	3	21	20:11	—
76	Damon SeversonDNJD	NJD	24	76	0.32	9	15	19:41	9.4%▲6.2
77	Vince DunnDSTL	STL	24	75	0.32	5	19	17:14	89%▲12
78	Zdeno CharaDBOS	BOS	24	73	0.33	7	17	22:54	—
79	Jacob TroubaDWPG	WPG	24	55	0.44	3	21	21:54	76%▼11
80	Ron HainseyDTOR	TOR	23	80	0.29	4	19	21:52	—
81	Deryk EngellandDVGK	VGK	23	79	0.29	5	18	20:17	—
82	Samuel GirardDCOL	COL	23	73	0.32	4	19	17:39	9.0%▲8.6
83	Markus NutivaaraDCBJ	CBJ	23	61	0.38	7	16	16:02	—
84	Kevin ShattenkirkDNYR	NYR	23	46	0.50	5	18	20:16	—
85	Michael Del ZottoDVAN	VAN	22	82	0.27	6	16	20:48	—
86	Marco ScandellaDBUF	BUF	22	82	0.27	5	17	23:19	—
87	Brenden DillonDSJS	SJS	22	81	0.27	5	17	17:19	9.7%▲9.1
88	Derrick PouliotDVAN	VAN	22	71	0.31	3	19	17:51	0.0%
89	Kris RussellDEDM	EDM	21	78	0.27	4	17	19:04	—
90	Kevin ConnautonDARI	ARI	21	73	0.29	11	10	15:11	—
91	Jonas BrodinDMIN	MIN	21	73	0.29	6	15	21:36	5.0%▲4.3
92	Matt BenningDEDM	EDM	21	73	0.29	6	15	17:17	—
93	Andrew MacDonaldDPHI	PHI	21	66	0.32	6	15	19:51	—
94	Oscar KlefbomDEDM	EDM	21	66	0.32	5	16	22:51	—
95	Nikita ZadorovDCOL	COL	20	77	0.26	7	13	19:28	39%▲21
96	Jason DemersDARI	ARI	20	69	0.29	6	14	21:08	—
97	Ian ColeDCBJ	CBJ	20	67	0.30	5	15	17:47	4.9%▲4.3
98	Dylan DeMeloDSJS	SJS	20	63	0.32	0	20	14:12	5.7%▲5.5
99	Jan RuttaDCHI	CHI	20	57	0.35	6	14	19:15	—
100	Cody CeciDOTT	OTT	19	82	0.23	5	14	23:20	0.3%

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