Defensemen took their most shots per game in a season in 1969-70, with 1.62 taken.

Interpreted as:

defensemen shots per game in a regular season rankings

	POSITION	S/GP	SEASON	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Defenseman	1.62	1969-70	4,714	306	1,128	1,434	+37	5,491	82	300	18	28	36		7,645	4.0
2	Defenseman	1.58	2017-18	15,371	1,158	3,864	5,022	+156	7,647	219	972	16	74	218	42	24,225	4.8	15	55	27.3	20,894	22,541	4,905	10,141	19:25
3	Defenseman	1.57	1971-72	5,717	408	1,510	1,918	+133	6,282	99	350	18	43	52		8,983	4.5
4	Defenseman	1.56	1968-69	4,614	283	1,143	1,426	+28	4,924	47	250	11	30	35		7,204	3.9
5	Defenseman	1.54	2019-20	13,150	986	3,368	4,354	+168	6,358	172	773	19	74	159	36	20,288	4.9	4	12	33.3	17,106	17,594	4,363	8,948	19:20
6	Defenseman	1.54	1970-71	5,863	368	1,532	1,900	+102	6,853	71	353	15	61	55	0	9,015	4.1
7	Defenseman	1.53	2018-19	15,368	1,125	3,926	5,051	+212	7,658	215	838	30	99	203	43	23,471	4.8	14	42	33.3	21,493	21,784	5,416	10,920	19:23
8	Defenseman	1.53	1981-82	9,808	904	3,204	4,108	+9	14,297	263	962	17	71	89		14,964	6.0
9	Defenseman	1.51	1980-81	9,667	894	3,075	3,969	+79	14,607	283	1,027	28	64	88		14,587	6.1
10	Defenseman	1.50	1987-88	10,282	964	3,127	4,091	+54	16,642	330	1,311	32	96	127	8	15,397	6.3
11	Defenseman	1.50	1963-64	2,128	121	467	588	+15	2,325	18	98	5	9	22		3,186	3.8
12	Defenseman	1.50	1978-79	7,615	647	2,323	2,970	+1	8,399	186	643	28	34	54		11,400	5.7
13	Defenseman	1.50	1993-94	13,526	1,080	3,663	4,743	+62	17,193	389	1,420	45	117	155	5	20,232	5.3
14	Defenseman	1.50	1977-78	8,103	655	2,276	2,931	+22	8,125	167	574	21	41	93		12,119	5.4
15	Defenseman	1.49	1973-74	6,693	486	1,755	2,241	+102	7,000	125	390	11	56	59		9,961	4.9
16	Defenseman	1.48	2021-22	15,903	1,169	4,363	5,532	+279	8,006	165	912	21	90	186	47	23,614	5.0	0	6	0.0	22,232	21,476	5,148	9,340	19:18
17	Defenseman	1.48	1974-75	7,901	628	2,205	2,833	+113	9,144	185	624	26	56	67		11,711	5.4
18	Defenseman	1.48	1992-93	12,371	1,134	3,648	4,782	+82	17,014	409	1,420	41	109	131	7	18,306	6.2
19	Defenseman	1.48	1983-84	10,399	1,016	3,232	4,248	-3	13,191	307	988	29	91	118	10	15,386	6.6
20	Defenseman	1.48	1976-77	7,836	587	2,222	2,809	+134	8,298	112	519	19	44	76		11,566	5.1
21	Defenseman	1.47	1984-85	10,342	928	3,266	4,194	+40	12,670	294	1,027	28	80	109	9	15,215	6.1
22	Defenseman	1.47	2020-21	10,529	715	2,647	3,362	+104	4,992	115	610	8	47	101	23	15,478	4.6	2	7	28.6	13,808	13,395	2,746	6,361	19:19
23	Defenseman	1.46	1982-83	10,210	874	3,149	4,023	+60	11,528	257	945	30	78	97		14,895	5.9
24	Defenseman	1.45	1966-67	2,255	154	534	688	+44	2,306	31	97	6	18	22		3,281	4.7
25	Defenseman	1.45	1975-76	8,000	623	2,141	2,764	+75	9,428	222	607	16	44	71		11,636	5.4