fewest games to reach 60 points in an nhl season for defenseman

Paul Coffey has the fewest games by a defenseman with more than 0 games played and 60+ points in a season, with 46 games in 1987-88.

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fewest games to reach 60 or more points in an NHL season for defenseman

	NAME	GP	P	SEASON	TM	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	46	67	1987-88	PIT	15	52	-1	93	6	36	2	2	2	0	193	7.8
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	59	67	1986-87	EDM	17	50	+13	49	10	22	2	1	3	0	165	10.3
3	Cale Makar C. Makar	60	66	2022-23	COL	17	49	+16	30	5	25	0	0	6	2	176	9.7	0	0		65	78	50	48	26:23
4	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	60	61	1988-89	BOS	18	43	+20	52	6	21	0	0	0	0	243	7.4
5	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	60	61	1981-82	NYI	24	37	+39	83	11	18	1	1	4	0	169	14.2
6	Paul Reinhart P. Reinhart	62	61	1981-82	CGY	13	48	+1	17	8	26	0	1	0	0	116	11.2
7	Doug Mohns D. Mohns	62	60	1966-67	CHI	25	35	+33	58	4	11	2	0	5	0	151	16.6
8	Gary Suter G. Suter	63	62	1988-89	CGY	13	49	+26	78	8	33	0	1	1	0	216	6.0
9	Risto Siltanen R. Siltanen	63	63	1981-82	EDM	15	48	+13	26	7	26	0	0	1	0	143	10.5
10	Bobby Orr B. Orr	63	101	1972-73	BOS	29	72	+55	99	7	28	1	4	3	0	282	10.3
11	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	64	66	1995-96	PIT	11	55	+28	22	3	29	2	2	1	0	141	7.8
12	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	64	69	1991-92	TOT	11	58	+1	87	5	26	0	2	1	0	232	4.7
13	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	65	73	1982-83	BOS	22	51	+49	20	7	22	0	2	5	0	205	10.7
14	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	65	66	1981-82	BOS	17	49	+21	51	4	21	0	3	2	0	211	8.1
15	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	66	62	1988-89	CHI	15	47	+8	69	4	31	1	0	3	0	248	6.0
16	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	67	66	1984-85	CGY	14	52	+7	75	8	33	0	0	0	0	259	5.4
17	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	67	61	1978-79	MTL	16	45	+49	33	4	12	0	1	1	0	146	11.0
18	Bobby Orr B. Orr	67	64	1968-69	BOS	21	43	+55	133	4	14	0	2	2	0	285	7.4
19	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	68	76	2024-25	VAN	16	60	+2	29	4	25	0	0	3	0	192	8.3	0	0		13	67	25	97	25:44
20	Mike Green M. Green	68	73	2008-09	WSH	31	42	+24	68	18	20	1	0	4	0	243	12.8	0	0		86	110	49	95	25:46
21	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	68	71	1988-89	NYR	23	48	+8	50	8	23	3	1	1	0	268	8.6
22	Roman Josi R. Josi	69	65	2019-20	NSH	16	49	+22	41	4	19	0	0	1	0	260	6.2	0	0		52	108	34	68	25:47
23	John Carlson J. Carlson	69	75	2019-20	WSH	15	60	+12	26	2	24	0	0	6	0	189	7.9	0	1	0.0	55	108	42	80	24:38
24	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	69	66	1982-83	NYI	12	54	+33	60	4	26	1	2	1	0	190	6.3
25	John Van Boxmeer J. Van Boxmeer	69	68	1981-82	BUF	14	54	+23	62	7	26	0	0	1	0	196	7.1