Pierre Pilote recorded the most points by a defenseman in 1965-66, with 36 points.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Pierre Pilote P. Pilote	36	1965-66	CHI	51	2	34	+23	60	1	14	0	1	0	47	4.3
2	J.C. Tremblay	35	1965-66	MTL	60	6	29	+16	10	2	9	0	0	1	125	4.8
3	Pat Stapleton P. Stapleton	34	1965-66	CHI	55	4	30	+16	52	0	11	0	0	1	98	4.1
4	Harry Howell H. Howell	33	1965-66	NYR	70	4	29	-20	92	1	14	0	1	0	181	2.2
5	Jacques Laperriere J. Laperriere	31	1965-66	MTL	57	6	25	+14	85	2	13	1	0	2	116	5.2
6	Larry Hillman L. Hillman	28	1965-66	TOR	48	3	25	+8	34	3	12	0	0	0	126	2.4
7	Tim Horton T. Horton	28	1965-66	TOR	70	6	22	+30	76	2	1	0	1	1	138	4.3
8	Jim Neilson J. Neilson	23	1965-66	NYR	65	4	19	-15	84	1	3	0	0	1	157	2.5
9	Doug Barkley D. Barkley	20	1965-66	DET	43	5	15	+26	65	1	3	0	1	0	133	3.8
10	Kent Douglas K. Douglas	20	1965-66	TOR	64	6	14	-9	97	5	12	0	0	0	121	5.0
11	Wayne Hillman W. Hillman	20	1965-66	NYR	68	3	17	-20	70	0	2	0	1	1	61	4.9
12	Gilles Marotte G. Marotte	20	1965-66	BOS	51	3	17	-25	54	2	7	0	0	0	137	2.2
13	Gary Bergman G. Bergman	19	1965-66	DET	61	3	16	+17	96	1	0	0	2	0	66	4.5
14	Bert Marshall B. Marshall	19	1965-66	DET	61	0	19	+25	45	0	2	0	1	0	68	0.0
15	Bob Woytowich B. Woytowich	19	1965-66	BOS	68	2	17	-45	75	0	2	0	1	1	71	2.8
16	Ted Green T. Green	18	1965-66	BOS	27	5	13	-3	113	2	5	0	0	0	59	8.5
17	Allan Stanley A. Stanley	18	1965-66	TOR	59	4	14	+30	35	1	1	0	0	0	86	4.7
18	Bill Gadsby B. Gadsby	17	1965-66	DET	58	5	12	+12	72	0	0	0	0	0	64	7.8
19	Doug Jarrett D. Jarrett	16	1965-66	CHI	66	4	12	-3	71	1	0	0	0	3	78	5.1
20	Matt Ravlich M. Ravlich	16	1965-66	CHI	62	0	16	-3	78	0	1	0	2	0	66	0.0
21	Rod Seiling R. Seiling	15	1965-66	NYR	52	5	10	-7	24	0	3	0	0	0	48	10.4
22	Jean-Guy Talbot J. Talbot	15	1965-66	MTL	59	1	14	+9	50	0	2	0	1	0	46	2.2
23	Al Langlois A. Langlois	14	1965-66	BOS	65	4	10	-5	54	0	1	0	0	0	65	6.2
24	Ted Harris T. Harris	13	1965-66	MTL	53	0	13	+34	87	0	2	0	0	0	40	0.0
25	Terry Harper T. Harper	12	1965-66	MTL	69	1	11	+27	91	0	0	0	0	0	47	2.1