Mario Lemieux recorded the most goals in 1987-88, with 70 scored.

Interpreted as:

most goals by a player by a defensman 1988

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	70	1987-88	PIT	77	98	168	+23	92	22	58	10	4	7	2	382	18.3
2	Craig Simpson C. Simpson	56	1987-88	TOT	80	34	90	+20	77	22	10	0	1	8	1	177	31.6
3	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	55	1987-88	LAK	80	52	107	-19	45	22	26	0	0	7	0	264	20.8
4	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	53	1987-88	LAK	80	58	111	-9	82	17	25	0	0	6	0	220	24.1
5	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	51	1987-88	CGY	75	41	92	+20	23	31	14	3	2	8	0	212	24.1
6	Hakan Loob H. Loob	50	1987-88	CGY	80	56	106	+41	47	9	26	8	5	4	1	198	25.3
7	Stephane Richer S. Richer	50	1987-88	MTL	72	28	78	+12	72	16	13	0	0	11	1	263	19.0
8	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	50	1987-88	DET	64	52	102	+30	44	10	24	6	1	6	0	242	20.7
9	Mike Bullard M. Bullard	48	1987-88	CGY	79	55	103	+25	68	21	26	0	0	3	0	230	20.9
10	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	48	1987-88	WSH	80	33	81	+20	73	19	13	0	2	7	1	316	15.2
11	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	48	1987-88	QUE	80	58	106	-31	56	29	25	1	0	4	0	284	16.9
12	Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	47	1987-88	NYI	75	45	92	+12	52	15	16	0	0	7	1	242	19.4
13	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	46	1987-88	QUE	76	65	111	+2	69	20	37	0	2	2	0	199	23.1
14	Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	46	1987-88	NJD	73	31	77	+29	227	13	14	0	2	8	0	179	25.7
15	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	44	1987-88	WIN	80	77	121	-9	59	20	39	3	2	4	2	292	15.1
16	Denis Savard D. Savard	44	1987-88	CHI	80	87	131	+4	95	14	48	7	6	6	1	270	16.3
17	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	43	1987-88	EDM	80	53	96	+25	30	10	19	3	3	5	1	207	20.8
18	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	43	1987-88	CHI	76	26	69	-20	108	19	11	0	0	6	1	229	18.8
19	Cam Neely C. Neely	42	1987-88	BOS	69	27	69	+30	175	11	10	0	0	3	1	207	20.3
20	Eddie Olczyk E. Olczyk	42	1987-88	TOR	80	33	75	-22	55	14	10	4	3	3	0	243	17.3
21	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	41	1987-88	MNS	67	45	86	-29	79	13	21	1	1	2	0	262	15.6
22	Steve Larmer S. Larmer	41	1987-88	CHI	80	48	89	-5	42	21	19	7	4	0	0	245	16.7
23	Brian Bellows B. Bellows	40	1987-88	MNS	77	41	81	-8	81	21	16	1	1	4	1	283	14.1
24	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	40	1987-88	EDM	64	109	149	+39	24	9	40	5	4	3	0	211	19.0
25	Paul MacLean P. MacLean	40	1987-88	WIN	77	39	79	-17	76	22	21	0	0	2	0	176	22.7