highest career point per game by a defenceman in nhl history

Bobby Orr has recorded the most career points per game by a defenseman, with 1.39 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest career point per game with a minimum of 500 points by a defenceman in NHL history

	NAME	P/GP	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Bobby Orr B. Orr	1.39	915	657	270	645	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1.09	1,531	1,409	396	1,135	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
3	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0.99	1,052	1,060	310	742	+456	1,356	127	332	10	22	44	0	3,050	10.2
4	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0.98	1,579	1,612	410	1,169	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
5	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	0.90	1,274	1,416	340	934	+371	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	5,157	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
6	Paul Reinhart P. Reinhart	0.86	559	648	133	426	+26	277	65	213	3	3	14	1	1,257	10.6
7	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0.85	1,028	1,205	247	781	+25	571	111	431	8	14	38	7	3,640	6.8	0	1	0.0	410	653	306	420	26:28
8	Phil Housley P. Housley	0.82	1,232	1,495	338	894	-53	822	129	483	7	3	49	5	3,808	8.9	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
9	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	0.81	827	1,024	237	590	+55	830	85	295	9	7	22	2	3,297	7.2
10	Brad Park B. Park	0.81	896	1,113	213	683	+363	1,429	92	285	5	8	28	0	2,827	7.5
11	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	0.80	893	1,115	202	691	-120	498	45	269	2	5	38	12	3,044	6.6	0	4	0.0	783	1,460	867	1,333	25:12
12	Jeff Brown J. Brown	0.78	584	747	154	430	-51	498	80	260	5	7	16	0	2,120	7.3
13	Mark Howe M. Howe	0.78	677	866	178	499	+391	401	51	187	26	22	20	0	1,960	9.1
14	Reed Larson R. Larson	0.76	685	904	222	463	-128	1,388	88	185	8	9	17	0	2,926	7.6
15	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0.75	1,217	1,615	288	929	+197	1,084	114	433	9	18	36	4	3,604	8.0	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40
16	Roman Josi R. Josi	0.75	736	981	192	544	+53	415	65	198	1	9	35	9	2,891	6.6	0	2	0.0	686	1,842	365	681	24:51
17	Gary Suter G. Suter	0.74	844	1,145	203	641	+126	1,349	90	388	8	15	18	1	3,091	6.6	1	2	50.0	343	239	42	169	21:39
18	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	0.73	1,142	1,564	264	878	+450	514	132	458	10	30	35	4	3,875	6.8	0	0		477	990	462	638	26:56
19	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	0.72	771	1,068	152	619	+148	337	81	327	5	13	22	3	2,266	6.7	1	1	100.0	298	467	344	835	26:30
20	Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0.70	622	884	171	451	+329	893	59	199	4	11	22	0	2,479	6.9
21	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	0.70	806	1,149	171	635	+193	778	35	256	1	13	29	8	2,447	7.0	1	3	33.3	1,179	1,775	559	953	23:24
22	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0.69	958	1,384	208	750	+722	793	66	243	3	7	29	0	2,332	8.9
23	Borje Salming B. Salming	0.69	787	1,148	150	637	+170	1,344	47	260	6	11	13	0	2,539	5.9
24	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	0.68	752	1,113	227	525	+89	824	84	231	10	9	30	2	2,542	8.9	1	2	50.0	113	241	68	154	18:42
25	John Carlson J. Carlson	0.67	750	1,116	162	588	+110	374	47	223	2	7	32	2	2,582	6.3	1	5	20.0	935	2,137	647	1,119	23:36