Brian Leetch has put up the most goals by a rookie defenseman, with 23 scored in 1988-89.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	23	1988-89	NYR	68	48	71	+8	50	8	23	3	1	1	0	268	8.6
2	Barry Beck B. Beck	22	1977-78	CLR	75	38	60	-14	89	6	18	0	1	4		271	8.1
3	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	20	2005-06	CGY	82	29	49	+5	93	16	17	0	1	7	1	242	8.3	0	0		203	97	35	51	21:44
4	Phil Housley P. Housley	19	1982-83	BUF	77	47	66	-4	39	11	23	0	0	2		183	10.4
5	Reed Larson R. Larson	19	1977-78	DET	75	41	60	-8	95	7	23	1	2	4		240	7.9
6	Gary Suter G. Suter	18	1985-86	CGY	80	50	68	+11	141	9	30	0	1	4	0	195	9.2
7	Reijo Ruotsalainen R. Ruotsalainen	18	1981-82	NYR	78	38	56	+18	27	7	14	0	0	3		247	7.3
8	Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	18	1977-78	MNS	75	29	47	-56	100	12	13	0	0	0		207	8.7
9	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	17	2015-16	PHI	64	29	46	+8	24	8	14	0	0	5	4	152	11.2	1	1	100.0	27	59	28	51	20:05
10	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	17	1979-80	BOS	80	48	65	+52	73	3	24	2	0	1		185	9.2
11	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	17	1973-74	NYI	77	37	54	-17	175	6	13	0	1	3		209	8.1
12	Harry Cameron H. Cameron	17	1917-18	TAN	21	10	27		28					1	0
13	Greg Hawgood G. Hawgood	16	1988-89	BOS	56	24	40	+4	84	5	12	0	1	0	0	132	12.1
14	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	16	1980-81	LAK	80	60	76	+16	79	5	27	1	3	0		153	10.5
15	Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	15	1970-71	MTL	78	29	44	+27	107	5	9	0	0	1		228	6.6
16	Torey Krug T. Krug	14	2013-14	BOS	79	26	40	+18	28	6	13	0	0	2	1	183	7.7	1	2	50.0	50	77	24	35	17:31
17	P.K. Subban	14	2010-11	MTL	77	24	38	-8	124	9	9	0	0	3	2	197	7.1	0	0		110	106	37	56	22:16
18	Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	14	1992-93	NYI	64	38	52	+14	59	7	15	0	0	0	0	178	7.9
19	Craig Hartsburg C. Hartsburg	14	1979-80	MNS	79	30	44	-1	81	7	15	0	0	1		202	6.9
20	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	14	1977-78	CHI	77	20	34	+12	72	5	7	0	1	2		204	6.9
21	Mike McEwen M. McEwen	14	1976-77	NYR	80	29	43	-24	38	5	15	0	0	0		203	6.9
22	Dale Tallon D. Tallon	14	1970-71	VAN	78	42	56	-25	58	5	12	0	0	1		232	6.0
23	Gord Fraser G. Fraser	14	1926-27	CHI	44	6	20		93					5	1
24	Tom Gilbert T. Gilbert	13	2007-08	EDM	82	20	33	-6	20	3	6	0	2	1	0	98	13.3	0	0		27	159	33	74	22:12
25	Brian Benning B. Benning	13	1986-87	STL	78	36	49	0	110	7	16	0	1	2	0	144	9.0