most points in a playoff by a defenseman since 2000

Since 1999-00, Evan Bouchard has collected the most points by a defenseman in a single NHL playoff run, with 32 points in 2023-24.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	32	2023-24	EDM	25	6	26	+14	22	1	13	0	0	3	1	74	8.1	0	0		28	45	18	22	25:01
2	Cale Makar C. Makar	29	2021-22	COL	20	8	21	+7	10	2	10	1	0	1	1	71	11.3	0	0		28	43	24	13	27:04
3	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	26	2019-20	DAL	27	6	20	+8	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	59	10.2	0	0		50	34	21	58	25:58
4	Brent Burns B. Burns	24	2015-16	SJS	24	7	17	+11	12	4	6	0	0	0	0	77	9.1	0	0		49	42	10	35	25:07
5	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	23	2024-25	EDM	22	7	16	+6	8	2	4	0	0	1	0	70	10.0	0	0		10	33	18	41	26:12
6	Adam Fox A. Fox	23	2021-22	NYR	20	5	18	0	2	2	10	0	0	1	0	42	11.9	0	0		17	39	25	26	26:38
7	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	22	2019-20	TBL	25	10	12	+13	24	3	7	0	0	3	1	82	12.2	0	0		36	45	12	38	26:28
8	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	21	2019-20	DAL	26	4	17	-5	14	0	7	0	0	2	0	50	8.0	0	0		59	30	17	36	23:20
9	Duncan Keith D. Keith	21	2014-15	CHI	23	3	18	+16	4	0	5	0	0	3	1	59	5.1	0	0		17	48	9	29	31:07
10	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	21	2005-06	EDM	24	5	16	+10	26	3	8	0	0	0	0	61	8.2	0	0		35	66	28	44	30:57
11	John Carlson J. Carlson	20	2017-18	WSH	24	5	15	+11	8	4	8	0	0	0	0	80	6.3	0	0		36	42	24	30	25:38
12	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	19	2021-22	TBL	23	3	16	+2	10	2	7	0	0	0	0	77	3.9	0	0		36	42	6	23	24:40
13	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	19	2019-20	VGK	20	7	12	+7	8	3	5	0	0	1	0	80	8.8	0	0		8	31	13	25	22:24
14	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	19	2018-19	STL	26	3	16	+5	12	0	4	0	0	1	0	77	3.9	0	0		24	48	21	20	25:45
15	Rob Blake R. Blake	19	2000-01	COL	23	6	13	+6	16	3	8	0	0	0	0	83	7.2	0	1	0.0	93	45	26	23	29:26
16	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	18	2020-21	TBL	23	2	16	+1	8	2	11	0	0	0	0	55	3.6	0	0		21	48	11	27	24:42
17	Torey Krug T. Krug	18	2018-19	BOS	24	2	16	+4	10	2	10	0	0	0	0	55	3.6	0	0		37	31	6	19	22:21
18	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	18	2016-17	OTT	19	2	16	+13	10	0	3	0	0	2	0	53	3.8	0	0		21	35	16	25	28:08
19	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	18	2013-14	LAK	26	5	13	+2	30	1	9	0	0	1	0	60	8.3	0	0		43	52	6	42	28:45
20	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	18	2009-10	PHI	23	4	14	+5	36	3	5	0	0	0	0	41	9.8	0	0		48	71	10	18	29:03
21	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	18	2006-07	DET	18	4	14	0	6	4	8	0	2	2	0	39	10.3	0	0		11	22	15	25	30:37
22	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	18	2002-03	NJD	24	2	16	+11	16	1	6	0	0	0	0	40	5.0	0	1	0.0	26	35	26	17	26:07
23	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	18	2000-01	NJD	25	7	11	+10	7	1	4	0	0	3	1	47	14.9	0	1	0.0	34	19	23	14	22:08
24	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	17	2022-23	EDM	12	4	13	-4	4	4	11	0	0	2	0	29	13.8	0	0		24	14	11	12	23:00
25	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	17	2013-14	NYR	25	4	13	-1	8	2	5	0	2	0	0	46	8.7	0	0		52	48	20	35	26:49