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NHL Points Leaders: Defensemen

2024-25All situationsThrough 85 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 2024-25: Cale Makar (COL), 92 PTS.

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

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NHL Points Leaders: Defensemen, 2024-25, All situations
#	Player	Team	PTS	GP	Per game	G	A
1	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	92	80	1.15	30	62	25:43	96th	77th	100%▲1
2	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	82	81	1.01	23	59	26:45	34th	89th	100%
3	Quinn HughesDVAN	VAN	76	68	1.12	16	60	25:44	54th	53rd	100%
4	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	68	73	0.93	17	51	24:14	33rd	56th	100%▲1
5	Evan BouchardDEDM	EDM	67	82	0.82	14	53	23:28	99th	48th	100%
6	Lane HutsonDMTL	MTL	66	82	0.80	6	60	22:44	24th	63rd	99%▲3.1
7	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	66	79	0.84	15	51	23:05	84th	57th	93%▲11
8	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	62	80	0.78	14	48	24:23	83rd	49th	99%▲3.2
9	Adam FoxDNYR	NYR	61	74	0.82	10	51	23:15	16th	79th	99%▲6.8
10	Jake SandersonDOTT	OTT	57	80	0.71	11	46	24:27	56th	92nd	99%▲2.9
11	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	57	67	0.85	7	50	22:00	91st	51st	91%▲28
12	Erik KarlssonDPIT	PIT	53	82	0.65	11	42	23:14	36th	82nd	95%
13	Mikhail SergachevDUTA	UTA	53	77	0.69	15	38	25:07	84th	54th	98%▲5.2
14	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	51	79	0.65	5	46	23:34	61st	78th	99%▲2.4
15	Thomas HarleyDDAL	DAL	50	78	0.64	16	34	23:23	57th	63rd	88%▲8.6
16	MacKenzie WeegarDCGY	CGY	47	81	0.58	8	39	24:10	36th	49th	93%▼7.2
17	Jakob ChychrunDWSH	WSH	47	74	0.64	20	27	21:04	62nd	51st	99%
18	Moritz SeiderDDET	DET	46	82	0.56	8	38	25:04	20th	94th	100%▲0.6
19	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	45	80	0.56	9	36	23:01	49th	56th	83%▼12
20	Shayne GostisbehereDCAR	CAR	45	70	0.64	7	38	18:31	97th	5th	96%▲16
21	Devon ToewsDCOL	COL	44	76	0.58	10	34	24:35	95th	82nd	62%▼1
22	Luke HughesDNJD	NJD	44	71	0.62	7	37	21:09	81st	38th	84%▲40
23	Jackson LaCombeDANA	ANA	43	75	0.57	14	29	22:18	8th	87th	98%▲9.6
24	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	41	82	0.50	7	34	21:23	65th	51st	76%▼5.1
25	Brandon MontourDSEA	SEA	41	81	0.51	18	23	22:59	15th	72nd	83%▲10
26	Matt GrzelcykDPIT	PIT	40	82	0.49	1	39	20:37	34th	85th	0.1%
27	Owen PowerDBUF	BUF	40	79	0.51	7	33	21:19	32nd	53rd	53%▲30
28	Cam FowlerDSTL	STL	40	68	0.59	9	31	21:33	46th	44th	14%▲1.8
29	Jake WalmanDEDM	EDM	40	65	0.62	7	33	22:46	10th	70th	33%▲30
30	Dougie HamiltonDNJD	NJD	40	64	0.63	9	31	19:51	76th	83rd	84%▲12
31	Noah HanifinDVGK	VGK	39	80	0.49	10	29	21:33	88th	38th	53%▼22
32	Noah DobsonDNYI	NYI	39	71	0.55	10	29	23:16	50th	31st	98%▼1.2
33	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	39	69	0.57	10	29	22:04	80th	43rd	32%▲31
34	Vince DunnDSEA	SEA	39	62	0.63	11	28	22:05	26th	80th	89%▲12
35	Bowen ByramDBUF	BUF	38	82	0.46	7	31	22:42	37th	61st	96%▲6.5
36	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	38	53	0.72	9	29	25:02	46th	63rd	98%▼0.5
37	Darren RaddyshDTBL	TBL	37	73	0.51	6	31	17:18	78th	20th	99%▲3.2
38	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	36	64	0.56	16	20	23:45	68th	91st	37%▼42
39	Seth JonesDFLA	FLA	36	63	0.57	9	27	24:38	13th	85th	80%▲32
40	Brady SkjeiDNSH	NSH	33	82	0.40	10	23	21:53	47th	72nd	18%▼31
41	Ivan ProvorovDCBJ	CBJ	33	82	0.40	7	26	23:21	21st	68th	36%▼27
42	Brandt ClarkeDLAK	LAK	33	78	0.42	5	28	16:17	89th	9th	96%▲10
43	Mason LohreiDBOS	BOS	33	77	0.43	5	28	19:32	35th	59th	22%▲21
44	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	33	76	0.43	5	28	22:22	87th	24th	69%▼13
45	Alex PietrangeloDVGK	VGK	33	71	0.46	4	29	22:24	88th	47th	4.0%▲3.7
46	Mattias EkholmDEDM	EDM	33	65	0.51	9	24	22:12	99th	68th	77%▲9.5
47	Filip HronekDVAN	VAN	33	61	0.54	5	28	23:54	56th	36th	91%▲14
48	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	33	56	0.59	3	30	23:31	99th	97th	50%▲34
49	Justin FaulkDSTL	STL	32	78	0.41	4	28	22:27	69th	77th	55%▼22
50	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	32	66	0.48	7	25	20:27	42nd	35th	10%▲8.2
51	Ryan McDonaghDTBL	TBL	31	82	0.38	4	27	20:22	87th	89th	7.3%▲6.8
52	Rasmus AnderssonDCGY	CGY	31	81	0.38	11	20	23:59	32nd	61st	94%▼3.9
53	Mike MathesonDMTL	MTL	31	80	0.39	6	25	25:05	27th	92nd	85%▼7.8
54	Gustav ForslingDFLA	FLA	31	80	0.39	11	20	22:57	95th	87th	42%▲18
55	Simon EdvinssonDDET	DET	31	78	0.40	7	24	21:07	25th	89th	42%▲33
56	Travis SanheimDPHI	PHI	30	82	0.37	8	22	24:30	70th	61st	67%▼7.1
57	Vladislav GavrikovDLAK	LAK	30	82	0.37	5	25	23:05	94th	54th	41%▼5.9
58	Rasmus SandinDWSH	WSH	30	82	0.37	4	26	19:11	64th	65th	14%▲11
59	Alex VlasicDCHI	CHI	30	82	0.37	4	26	23:16	3rd	98th	9.0%▲7.7
60	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	30	74	0.41	9	21	23:32	33rd	94th	47%▼16
61	Brent BurnsDCAR	CAR	29	82	0.35	6	23	20:57	98th	80th	50%▼14
62	Michael KesselringDUTA	UTA	29	82	0.35	7	22	17:41	80th	38th	8.9%▲8.3
63	Marcus PetterssonDVAN	VAN	29	78	0.37	4	25	21:41	43rd	63rd	6.6%▲6.2
64	Brock FaberDMIN	MIN	29	78	0.37	10	19	25:32	39th	82nd	94%▼4.2
65	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDTOR	TOR	29	77	0.38	4	25	21:04	69th	63rd	43%▲32
66	Philip BrobergDSTL	STL	29	68	0.43	8	21	20:30	60th	74th	66%▲50
67	Adam LarssonDSEA	SEA	28	82	0.34	7	21	21:11	32nd	56th	23%▼19
68	Jordan SpenceDLAK	LAK	28	79	0.35	4	24	16:47	91st	8th	21%▲17
69	Dmitry OrlovDCAR	CAR	28	76	0.37	6	22	20:00	98th	40th	35%▲21
70	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	27	80	0.34	6	21	21:34	97th	83rd	16%▲4.6
71	K'Andre MillerDNYR	NYR	27	74	0.36	7	20	21:57	19th	72nd	64%▲26
72	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	26	80	0.33	5	21	22:11	55th	66th	37%▼31
73	Dante FabbroDCBJ	CBJ	26	68	0.38	9	17	20:54	39th	80th	3.2%▲3.1
74	Brett KulakDEDM	EDM	25	82	0.30	7	18	20:32	86th	26th	0.3%
75	Martin FehérváryDWSH	WSH	25	81	0.31	5	20	19:00	61st	74th	27%▼7.7
76	Alexandre CarrierDMTL	MTL	25	79	0.32	3	22	20:35	31st	98th	14%▲12
77	Ryker EvansDSEA	SEA	25	73	0.34	5	20	19:29	22nd	52nd	14%▲13
78	Damon SeversonDCBJ	CBJ	25	70	0.36	6	19	19:03	12th	57th	9.4%▲6.2
79	Miro HeiskanenDDAL	DAL	25	50	0.50	5	20	25:10	64th	77th	99%▲4.3
80	Cody CeciDDAL	DAL	24	85	0.28	4	20	21:13	10th	95th	0.3%
81	Mikey AndersonDLAK	LAK	24	77	0.31	6	18	22:41	93rd	72nd	7.3%▲6.9
82	Samuel GirardDCOL	COL	24	73	0.33	3	21	20:51	76th	44th	9.0%▲8.6
83	Tyler MyersDVAN	VAN	24	71	0.34	6	18	20:48	53rd	71st	4.1%▲3.7
84	Matt RoyDWSH	WSH	24	69	0.35	3	21	19:53	64th	57th	9.0%▲8.3
85	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	23	74	0.31	5	18	21:05	59th	40th	10%▼1.4
86	Jake McCabeDTOR	TOR	23	66	0.35	2	21	21:31	71st	68th	34%▼15
87	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	23	50	0.46	7	16	23:40	40th	93rd	97%▲6.2
88	Nikita ZadorovDBOS	BOS	22	81	0.27	4	18	20:37	34th	92nd	39%▲21
89	Brian DumoulinDNJD	NJD	22	80	0.28	3	19	19:33	10th	67th	0.4%
90	Niko MikkolaDFLA	FLA	22	76	0.29	6	16	20:12	92nd	45th	4.9%▲4.4
91	Ryan LindgrenDCOL	COL	22	72	0.31	4	18	19:42	49th	35th	0.1%
92	Trevor van RiemsdykDWSH	WSH	21	82	0.26	1	20	17:40	59th	43rd	0.8%
93	Braden SchneiderDNYR	NYR	21	80	0.26	6	15	17:52	16th	41st	20%▲18
94	Erik CernakDTBL	TBL	21	76	0.28	3	18	18:16	89th	97th	4.1%▲3.7
95	Nick JensenDOTT	OTT	21	71	0.30	3	18	20:13	55th	49th	0.1%
96	Jake MiddletonDMIN	MIN	21	67	0.31	8	13	21:52	37th	72nd	5.7%▲5.3
97	Adam PelechDNYI	NYI	21	60	0.35	0	21	21:07	51st	82nd	3.2%▲3
98	Brayden McNabbDVGK	VGK	20	82	0.24	5	15	20:07	90th	38th	24%▲21
99	Nick SeelerDPHI	PHI	20	77	0.26	3	17	17:17	68th	45th	8.1%▲7.6
100	Joel EdmundsonDLAK	LAK	20	73	0.27	6	14	20:35	92nd	28th	4.0%▲3.9

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