most points from a defenseman in the 1980

Mark Howe recorded the most points by a defenseman in 1979-80, with 80 points.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Mark Howe M. Howe	80	1979-80	HFD	74	24	56	+14	20	5	14	2	2	3	178	13.5
2	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	75	1979-80	MTL	72	14	61	+38	39	6	28	0	0	3	133	10.5
3	Borje Salming B. Salming	71	1979-80	TOR	74	19	52	+3	94	4	26	0	0	1	222	8.6
4	Reed Larson R. Larson	66	1979-80	DET	80	22	44	-7	101	7	18	0	1	2	293	7.5
5	Barry Beck B. Beck	65	1979-80	TOT	71	15	50	+13	106	5	21	0	1	4	170	8.8
6	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	65	1979-80	BOS	80	17	48	+52	73	3	24	2	0	1	185	9.2
7	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	61	1979-80	CHI	73	12	49	-4	70	3	26	1	1	1	225	5.3
8	Mike McEwen M. McEwen	59	1979-80	TOT	76	12	47	-9	41	6	20	1	0	1	193	6.2
9	Ron Greschner R. Greschner	58	1979-80	NYR	76	21	37	-12	103	6	20	1	1	3	187	11.2
10	Doug Halward D. Halward	56	1979-80	LAK	63	11	45	+13	52	8	25	0	1	0	165	6.7
11	Robert Picard R. Picard	54	1979-80	WSH	78	11	43	-18	122	5	22	0	0	1	212	5.2
12	John Van Boxmeer J. Van Boxmeer	51	1979-80	BUF	80	11	40	+40	55	4	18	0	0	1	198	5.6
13	Bob Murray B. Murray	50	1979-80	CHI	74	16	34	-16	60	8	22	0	1	1	224	7.1
14	Dick Redmond D. Redmond	47	1979-80	BOS	76	14	33	+37	39	6	16	0	1	5	166	8.4
15	Paul Reinhart P. Reinhart	47	1979-80	AFM	79	9	38	+11	31	4	14	0	0	1	130	6.9
16	Kevin McCarthy K. McCarthy	45	1979-80	VAN	79	15	30	-4	70	4	14	0	1	3	161	9.3
17	Craig Norwich C. Norwich	45	1979-80	WIN	70	10	35	-10	36	7	20	0	0	0	218	4.6
18	Jack Brownschidle J. Brownschidle	44	1979-80	STL	77	12	32	+16	8	3	13	0	2	2	130	9.2
19	Craig Hartsburg C. Hartsburg	44	1979-80	MNS	79	14	30	-1	81	7	15	0	0	1	202	6.9
20	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	41	1979-80	NYI	31	8	33	+13	44	4	10	0	2	0	98	8.2
21	Al Sims A. Sims	41	1979-80	HFD	76	10	31	+10	30	2	6	0	1	1	141	7.1
22	Doug Hicks D. Hicks	40	1979-80	EDM	78	9	31	+18	52	5	10	2	3	1	122	7.4
23	Dale Hoganson D. Hoganson	40	1979-80	QUE	77	4	36	-44	31	0	18	0	0	0	99	4.0
24	Willie Huber W. Huber	40	1979-80	DET	76	17	23	-26	164	4	7	2	0	2	197	8.6
25	Rob Palmer R. Palmer	40	1979-80	LAK	78	4	36	+28	18	1	4	0	0	0	110	3.6