most nhl rookie defenseman points in a season

Defensemen collected their most points in their rookie season in 1979-80, with 824 points.

	POSITION	P	SEASON	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Defenseman	824	1979-80	2,558	183	641	-156	2,834	55	164	4	4	25		3,475	5.3
2	Defenseman	689	1984-85	2,026	141	548	-218	2,195	41	181	6	13	15	1	2,725	5.2
3	Defenseman	667	2005-06	2,313	166	501	-87	2,039	75	204	7	14	30	6	2,938	5.7	4	31	12.9	2,378	2,605	709	1,264	17:22
4	Defenseman	617	1981-82	1,940	134	483	-143	2,341	35	138	0	5	15		2,341	5.7
5	Defenseman	593	1992-93	1,811	137	456	-106	2,251	38	128	2	8	14	2	2,373	5.8
6	Defenseman	588	1980-81	1,811	112	476	-180	2,556	34	137	1	9	8		2,294	4.9
7	Defenseman	517	2013-14	2,017	117	400	-49	1,019	30	85	3	7	18	8	2,495	4.7	3	6	50.0	2,422	2,471	554	1,079	17:33
8	Defenseman	489	1977-78	1,314	129	360	-150	1,383	46	127	4	6	17		2,161	6.0
9	Defenseman	478	2017-18	1,907	96	382	+19	750	20	91	1	2	15	3	2,259	4.2	2	3	66.7	2,176	1,961	436	1,056	15:47
10	Defenseman	476	2016-17	1,878	105	371	-61	877	14	73	1	6	11	4	2,555	4.1	2	6	33.3	2,599	2,332	424	1,105	17:52
11	Defenseman	475	1987-88	1,416	110	365	-51	1,942	41	159	2	6	11	0	1,653	6.7
12	Defenseman	472	2010-11	1,748	116	356	+16	1,180	32	97	0	5	22	5	2,024	5.7	1	2	50.0	1,943	2,124	523	787	17:08
13	Defenseman	458	2021-22	1,827	90	368	-217	771	13	73	1	7	14	4	2,155	4.2	0	1	0.0	2,573	2,109	497	973	17:06
14	Defenseman	451	1982-83	1,634	90	361	-87	1,898	24	85	5	5	8		1,839	4.9
15	Defenseman	438	1988-89	1,423	93	345	-61	2,238	32	140	9	5	5	0	1,701	5.5
16	Defenseman	424	1972-73	1,852	82	342	-322	2,101	17	69	1	0	7		2,156	3.8
17	Defenseman	411	2023-24	1,539	75	336	-244	717	14	80	0	4	15	3	1,608	4.7	0	0		1,775	1,925	403	741	17:08
18	Defenseman	408	1974-75	1,624	86	322	-286	1,636	26	75	3	6	6		1,810	4.8
19	Defenseman	402	2019-20	1,412	89	313	+31	618	12	66	1	1	17	1	1,691	5.3	0	0		1,768	1,547	471	833	16:56
20	Defenseman	402	1976-77	1,393	92	310	-76	1,449	21	64	2	5	12		1,809	5.1
21	Defenseman	400	1996-97	1,764	82	318	-85	1,927	18	92	4	6	13	1	1,802	4.6
22	Defenseman	389	2015-16	1,766	89	300	-48	838	21	59	0	6	14	4	2,110	4.2	1	4	25.0	2,203	2,184	485	852	16:52
23	Defenseman	386	2009-10	1,477	81	305	-17	810	14	90	0	6	10	2	1,460	5.5	3	9	33.3	1,686	1,718	353	732	16:13
24	Defenseman	384	2018-19	1,648	97	287	-101	682	23	57	0	4	20	1	2,070	4.7	2	4	50.0	2,039	1,812	459	1,082	16:35
25	Defenseman	383	1991-92	1,327	92	291	-104	1,994	25	90	0	7	14	0	1,573	5.8