Since 1989-90, Nicklas Lidstrom has recorded the most points by a defenseman, with 1,142 points.

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	1,142	1,564	264	878	+450	514	132	458	10	30	35	4	3,875	6.8	0	0		477	990	462	638	26:56
2	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	943	1,120	222	721	+12	521	102	401	5	13	36	7	3,332	6.7	0	1	0.0	410	653	306	420	26:28
3	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	870	1,084	200	670	-123	486	44	261	2	5	38	12	2,974	6.7	0	4	0.0	780	1,427	851	1,283	25:14
4	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	858	967	242	616	+257	962	125	361	8	20	35	3	3,704	6.5	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
5	Brent Burns B. Burns	840	1,320	234	606	+1	777	85	220	3	13	38	16	3,699	6.3	12	29	41.4	1,332	1,761	831	1,389	23:21
6	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	823	894	199	624	+180	563	98	345	9	15	29	2	3,515	5.7	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
7	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	811	1,301	220	591	+33	981	102	325	2	9	35	4	2,866	7.7	3	3	100.0	821	1,159	332	788	23:39
8	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	794	1,131	171	623	+193	772	35	250	1	13	29	8	2,422	7.1	1	3	33.3	1,171	1,746	554	925	23:26
9	Rob Blake R. Blake	777	1,270	240	537	-4	1,679	136	243	4	15	41	2	3,896	6.2	5	14	35.7	1,229	1,382	452	653	24:54
10	Kris Letang K. Letang	772	1,161	175	597	+85	805	56	229	6	10	34	11	2,946	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,001	1,755	633	1,102	24:12
11	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	771	1,068	152	619	+148	337	81	327	5	13	22	3	2,266	6.7	1	1	100.0	298	467	344	835	26:30
12	Phil Housley P. Housley	755	967	181	574	-45	468	76	323	4	1	28	3	2,412	7.5	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
13	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	743	1,285	223	520	+67	1,243	100	293	4	4	36	4	3,090	7.2	1	8	12.5	1,003	975	319	475	22:44
14	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	740	1,263	172	568	+167	784	90	245	1	16	39	13	2,436	7.1	7	26	26.9	565	674	566	617	25:25
15	John Carlson J. Carlson	726	1,088	156	570	+103	364	47	217	2	7	32	2	2,520	6.2	1	5	20.0	924	2,097	626	1,075	23:38
16	Roman Josi R. Josi	724	962	190	534	+59	399	65	196	1	9	35	9	2,840	6.7	0	2	0.0	679	1,814	359	656	24:52
17	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	698	1,167	157	541	+183	1,590	83	291	2	16	27	5	2,610	6.0	7	23	30.4	807	1,385	397	637	27:11
18	Ryan Suter R. Suter	696	1,526	107	589	+127	785	36	218	5	12	20	2	2,425	4.4	2	5	40.0	1,201	2,043	548	754	24:05
19	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	686	1,207	160	526	+69	789	80	223	3	7	34	8	2,489	6.4	1	3	33.3	2,025	1,618	296	1,153	26:10
20	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	682	756	142	540	+34	821	49	282	3	5	21	0	2,230	6.4	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
21	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	680	1,680	209	471	+301	2,085	93	133	8	27	35	3	3,419	6.1	13	36	36.1	3,749	2,164	610	1,342	23:55
22	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	670	1,302	122	548	+296	2,244	41	232	11	32	18	1	2,757	4.4	1	5	20.0	569	615	286	550	20:55
23	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	655	907	146	509	+136	485	58	238	6	7	22	3	2,021	7.2	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40
24	Duncan Keith D. Keith	646	1,256	106	540	+159	675	30	156	5	15	19	3	2,526	4.2	0	1	0.0	684	2,010	650	1,002	24:41
25	Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	638	1,395	155	483	-49	1,408	62	233	5	18	23	4	2,988	5.2	1	2	50.0	1,105	1,648	413	699	23:30