most career nhl points by a defenceman from the

Ray Bourque has recorded the most career points by a defenseman, with 1,579 points.

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	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
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	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	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	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
4	Phil Housley P. Housley	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
5	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	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
6	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	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
7	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	1,052	1,060	310	742	+456	1,356	127	332	10	22	44	0	3,050	10.2
8	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	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
9	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	958	1,384	208	750	+722	793	66	243	3	7	29	0	2,332	8.9
10	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	948	1,651	185	763	+351	2,891	69	338	13	39	31	1	3,627	5.1	1	5	20.0	569	615	286	550	20:55
11	Bobby Orr B. Orr	915	657	270	645	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
12	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	908	1,635	196	712	+395	2,785	75	230	5	18	34	3	3,238	6.1	0	0		612	570	313	296	23:39
13	Brad Park B. Park	896	1,113	213	683	+363	1,429	92	285	5	8	28	0	2,827	7.5
14	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	888	1,110	201	687	-118	496	44	267	2	5	38	12	3,026	6.6	0	4	0.0	782	1,453	865	1,325	25:11
15	Brent Burns B. Burns	853	1,347	237	616	+12	789	85	221	3	13	41	16	3,757	6.3	12	29	41.4	1,337	1,799	837	1,418	23:17
16	Gary Suter G. Suter	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
17	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	827	1,024	237	590	+55	830	85	295	9	7	22	2	3,297	7.2
18	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	811	1,301	220	591	+33	981	102	325	2	9	35	4	2,866	7.7	3	3	100.0	821	1,159	332	788	23:39
19	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	806	1,146	171	635	+194	776	35	256	1	13	29	8	2,445	7.0	1	3	33.3	1,178	1,774	559	950	23:25
20	Borje Salming B. Salming	787	1,148	150	637	+170	1,344	47	260	6	11	13	0	2,539	5.9
21	Kris Letang K. Letang	784	1,187	177	607	+87	817	57	234	6	10	35	12	2,989	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,033	1,789	640	1,131	24:08
22	Rob Blake R. Blake	777	1,270	240	537	-4	1,679	136	243	4	15	41	2	3,896	6.2	5	14	35.7	1,229	1,382	452	653	24:54
23	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	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
24	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	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	749	1,114	162	587	+113	370	47	222	2	7	32	2	2,579	6.3	1	5	20.0	933	2,135	647	1,118	23:36