most goals per game by defenseman in season since 1970

Since 1969-70, Paul Coffey has scored the most goals per game by a defenseman in a season, with 0.61 per game in 1985-86.

Interpreted as:

most goals per game with a minimum of 0.25 goals per team game by defenseman in season since 1970

	NAME	G/GP	SEASON	TM	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0.61	1985-86	EDM	48	79	90	138	+61	120	9	25	9	5	2	0	308	15.6
2	Bobby Orr B. Orr	0.57	1974-75	BOS	46	80	89	135	+80	101	16	36	2	2	4		384	12.0
3	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	0.51	1981-82	CHI	39	76	46	85	+1	54	14	18	1	1	3		326	12.0
4	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0.50	1983-84	EDM	40	80	86	126	+52	104	14	27	1	8	4	1	259	15.4
5	Bobby Orr B. Orr	0.49	1971-72	BOS	37	76	80	117	+83	106	11	24	4	5	4		353	10.5
6	Bobby Orr B. Orr	0.47	1970-71	BOS	37	78	102	139	+124	91	5	44	3	10	5		392	9.4
7	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0.46	1984-85	EDM	37	80	84	121	+57	97	12	27	2	4	6	0	285	13.0
8	Bobby Orr B. Orr	0.46	1972-73	BOS	29	63	72	101	+55	99	7	28	1	4	3		282	10.3
9	Mike Green M. Green	0.46	2008-09	WSH	31	68	42	73	+24	68	18	20	1	0	4	0	243	12.8	0	0	86	110	49	95	25:46
10	Bobby Orr B. Orr	0.43	1969-70	BOS	33	76	87	120	+54	125	11	40	4	1	3		413	8.0
11	Bobby Orr B. Orr	0.43	1973-74	BOS	32	74	90	122	+84	82	11	24	0	4	4		384	8.3
12	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0.42	1978-79	NYI	31	73	70	101	+71	58	12	30	3	1	2		237	13.1
13	Phil Housley P. Housley	0.41	1983-84	BUF	31	75	46	77	+1	33	13	25	2	0	6	1	235	13.2
14	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0.41	1992-93	WSH	34	83	45	79	-7	114	13	20	1	0	6	0	329	10.3
15	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0.40	1980-81	BOS	27	67	29	56	+29	96	9	15	1	0	6		207	13.0
16	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0.40	1988-89	PIT	30	75	83	113	-10	195	11	53	0	0	2	0	342	8.8
17	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0.40	1981-82	NYI	24	60	37	61	+39	83	11	18	1	1	4		169	14.2
18	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0.40	1983-84	BOS	31	78	65	96	+51	57	12	27	1	1	5	0	343	9.0
19	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0.40	1975-76	NYI	31	78	67	98	+12	100	18	36	0	2	4		256	12.1
20	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0.40	1998-99	WSH	21	53	10	31	+1	57	13	4	1	1	3	0	180	11.7
21	Phil Housley P. Housley	0.39	1987-88	BUF	29	74	37	66	-17	96	6	22	0	0	1	0	231	12.6
22	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0.38	1977-78	NYI	30	80	64	94	+57	81	9	33	0	2	6		287	10.5
23	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	0.37	1993-94	CGY	28	75	54	82	+35	95	12	34	1	2	5	1	324	8.6
24	Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0.36	1980-81	NYR	27	74	41	68	-2	112	6	20	0	1	1		193	14.0
25	Cale Makar C. Makar	0.36	2021-22	COL	28	77	58	86	+48	26	9	25	0	0	6	3	240	11.7	0	0	95	110	49	40	25:40