most points in a season nhl defenceman since 1980

Since 1979-80, Paul Coffey has recorded the most points by a defenseman in a season, with 138 points in 1985-86.

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most points by a player in a season NHL defenceman since 1980

	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	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	138	1985-86	EDM	79	48	90	+61	120	9	25	9	5	2	0	308	15.6
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	126	1983-84	EDM	80	40	86	+52	104	14	27	1	8	4	1	259	15.4
3	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	121	1984-85	EDM	80	37	84	+57	97	12	27	2	4	6	0	285	13.0
4	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	113	1988-89	PIT	75	30	83	-10	195	11	53	0	0	2	0	342	8.8
5	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	103	1990-91	CGY	78	28	75	+42	90	17	46	0	3	1	0	305	9.2
6	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	103	1989-90	PIT	80	29	74	-25	95	10	38	0	1	3	0	324	9.0
7	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	102	1991-92	NYR	80	22	80	+25	26	10	36	1	0	3	1	245	9.0
8	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	101	2022-23	SJS	82	25	76	-26	36	5	22	0	0	4	2	209	12.0	0	1	0.0	33	90	81	101	25:37
9	Phil Housley P. Housley	97	1992-93	WIN	80	18	79	-14	52	6	50	0	0	2	0	249	7.2
10	Roman Josi R. Josi	96	2021-22	NSH	80	23	73	+13	46	11	26	0	0	2	0	281	8.2	0	0		66	133	48	71	25:33
11	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	96	1983-84	BOS	78	31	65	+51	57	12	27	1	1	5	0	343	9.0
12	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	96	1982-83	EDM	80	29	67	+52	87	9	27	1	2	2		260	11.2
13	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	95	1986-87	BOS	78	23	72	+44	36	6	27	1	2	3	0	334	6.9
14	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	94	1990-91	BOS	76	21	73	+33	75	7	38	0	0	3	0	323	6.5
15	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	93	1990-91	PIT	76	24	69	-18	128	8	34	0	0	3	0	240	10.0
16	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	92	2023-24	VAN	82	17	75	+38	38	5	33	0	0	2	1	199	8.5	0	0		29	55	43	52	24:41
17	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	91	1993-94	BOS	72	20	71	+26	58	10	42	3	2	1	0	386	5.2
18	Gary Suter G. Suter	91	1987-88	CGY	75	21	70	+39	124	6	37	1	2	3	0	204	10.3
19	Cale Makar C. Makar	90	2023-24	COL	77	21	69	+15	16	7	32	1	3	1	0	231	9.1	0	0		36	148	70	42	24:46
20	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	90	1989-90	CGY	79	28	62	+20	82	14	40	1	1	3	0	304	9.2
21	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	89	1993-94	NYR	78	12	77	+20	39	9	40	0	1	1	0	222	5.4
22	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	89	1981-82	EDM	80	29	60	+35	106	13	23	0	3	1		234	12.4
23	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	88	1990-91	NYR	80	16	72	+2	42	6	45	0	1	4	0	206	7.8
24	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	87	1992-93	TOT	80	12	75	+16	77	5	46	0	0	0	0	254	4.7
25	Cale Makar C. Makar	86	2021-22	COL	77	28	58	+48	26	9	25	0	0	6	3	240	11.7	0	0		95	110	49	40	25:40