Doug Harvey recorded the most points by a defenseman in 1960-61, with 39 points.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Doug Harvey D. Harvey	39	1960-61	MTL	58	6	33	+16	48	1	16	0	1	0	63	9.5
2	Bill Gadsby B. Gadsby	35	1960-61	NYR	65	9	26	-20	49	1	14	0	0	1	96	9.4
3	Pierre Pilote P. Pilote	35	1960-61	CHI	70	6	29	+29	169	3	8	0	0	2	68	8.8
4	Pete Goegan P. Goegan	34	1960-61	DET	67	5	29	-9	78	1	14	0	0	1	174	2.9
5	Allan Stanley A. Stanley	34	1960-61	TOR	68	9	25	+24	42	2	7	0	0	2	101	8.9
6	Doug Mohns D. Mohns	33	1960-61	BOS	66	12	21	-28	63	5	8	0	1	0	152	7.9
7	Jean-Guy Talbot J. Talbot	31	1960-61	MTL	70	5	26	+19	143	0	3	0	0	1	80	6.3
8	Leo Boivin L. Boivin	23	1960-61	BOS	57	6	17	-18	50	0	1	0	1	1	110	5.5
9	Moose Vasko M. Vasko	22	1960-61	CHI	63	4	18	+29	42	0	5	1	0	0	68	5.9
10	Tim Horton T. Horton	21	1960-61	TOR	57	6	15	+31	73	1	2	0	0	1	89	6.7
11	Warren Godfrey W. Godfrey	19	1960-61	DET	63	3	16	+4	62	0	1	0	0	0	114	2.6
12	Dollard St. Laurent D. St. Laurent	19	1960-61	CHI	67	2	17	+2	58	0	0	0	1	1	107	1.9
13	Harry Howell H. Howell	17	1960-61	NYR	70	7	10	-8	62	0	1	0	1	1	150	4.7
14	Marcel Pronovost M. Pronovost	17	1960-61	DET	70	6	11	-15	44	1	1	1	0	0	110	5.5
15	Tom Johnson T. Johnson	16	1960-61	MTL	70	1	15	+17	54	0	5	1	1	0	83	1.2
16	Bob Baun B. Baun	15	1960-61	TOR	70	1	14	+19	70	0	2	0	0	0	84	1.2
17	Carl Brewer C. Brewer	15	1960-61	TOR	51	1	14	+21	90	0	1	1	1	0	71	1.4
18	Larry Hillman L. Hillman	13	1960-61	TOR	62	3	10	+3	59	1	1	0	0	1	102	2.9
19	Al Langlois A. Langlois	13	1960-61	MTL	61	1	12	+24	56	0	0	0	0	0	57	1.8
20	Fern Flaman F. Flaman	11	1960-61	BOS	62	2	9	-12	59	0	2	0	0	0	50	4.0
21	Bob Armstrong B. Armstrong	10	1960-61	BOS	54	0	10	-22	72	0	3	0	1	0	71	0.0
22	Dallas Smith D. Smith	10	1960-61	BOS	70	1	9	-25	77	0	1	0	0	0	43	2.3
23	John Hanna J. Hanna	9	1960-61	NYR	46	1	8	-2	34	0	0	0	1	0	49	2.0
24	Irv Spencer I. Spencer	9	1960-61	NYR	56	1	8	-5	30	0	0	0	0	0	49	2.0
25	Aut Erickson A. Erickson	8	1960-61	BOS	68	2	6	-10	65	1	0	0	0	0	68	2.9