Wayne Gretzky scored the most goals in 1986-87, with 62 scored.

Interpreted as:

most goals by a player by a defensman 1987

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	62	1986-87	EDM	79	121	183	+69	28	13	33	7	6	4	0	288	21.5
2	Tim Kerr T. Kerr	58	1986-87	PHI	75	37	95	+37	57	26	10	0	0	10	0	261	22.2
3	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	54	1986-87	EDM	79	54	108	+35	41	12	13	5	2	10	1	211	25.6
4	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	54	1986-87	PIT	63	53	107	+12	57	19	19	0	0	4	2	267	20.2
5	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	52	1986-87	MNS	80	51	103	+11	88	22	13	0	0	5	0	255	20.4
6	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	49	1986-87	QUE	75	47	96	-10	61	17	21	0	0	6	0	276	17.8
7	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	47	1986-87	WIN	80	53	100	+2	52	10	18	0	0	4	0	267	17.6
8	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	47	1986-87	CGY	79	40	87	+19	14	15	15	0	0	12	0	206	22.8
9	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	45	1986-87	LAK	79	39	84	-19	28	18	16	0	0	3	0	199	22.6
10	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	42	1986-87	STL	80	63	105	-4	58	17	25	1	1	2	0	208	20.2
11	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	41	1986-87	WSH	78	32	73	+2	61	5	12	7	1	10	2	317	12.9
12	Tony Tanti T. Tanti	41	1986-87	VAN	77	38	79	+4	84	15	10	0	0	7	1	242	16.9
13	Brent Ashton B. Ashton	40	1986-87	TOT	81	35	75	-15	39	15	17	3	1	4	0	185	21.6
14	Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	40	1986-87	HFD	78	39	79	+8	110	11	15	0	0	7	1	234	17.1
15	Walt Poddubny W. Poddubny	40	1986-87	NYR	75	47	87	+15	49	11	18	0	0	5	1	253	15.8
16	Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	40	1986-87	NYR	64	34	74	+6	60	13	13	0	0	5	3	241	16.6
17	Denis Savard D. Savard	40	1986-87	CHI	70	50	90	+17	108	7	18	0	0	7	0	235	17.0
18	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	38	1986-87	NYI	63	37	75	-8	33	8	23	1	0	5	2	226	16.8
19	Gerard Gallant G. Gallant	38	1986-87	DET	80	34	72	-4	216	17	11	0	0	4	0	191	19.9
20	Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	38	1986-87	NYI	80	32	70	-9	70	19	12	1	0	6	1	219	17.4
21	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	37	1986-87	LAK	80	42	79	-5	22	18	17	0	0	2	0	215	17.2
22	Wendel Clark W. Clark	37	1986-87	TOR	80	23	60	-24	271	15	7	0	0	1	0	246	15.0
23	Mark Messier M. Messier	37	1986-87	EDM	77	70	107	+22	73	7	21	4	7	5	0	210	17.6
24	Mark Hunter M. Hunter	36	1986-87	STL	74	33	69	-22	167	12	16	0	0	4	1	178	20.2
25	Cam Neely C. Neely	36	1986-87	BOS	75	36	72	+22	143	7	10	0	0	3	0	206	17.5