most points per game by defenseman nhl 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, John English recorded the most points per game by a defenseman in a decade, with 1.33 per game in the 1980s.

	NAME	P/GP	DECADE	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	John English J. English	1.33	1980s	3	1	3	4	+2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	20.0
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1.30	1980s	653	254	595	849	+264	981	86	247	17	26	22	1	2,159	11.8
3	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1.05	1980s	718	211	545	756	+347	578	75	243	7	13	31	3	2,694	7.8
4	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	1.00	1980s	85	25	60	85	+13	50	9	30	3	1	2	0	308	8.1
5	Howard Scruton H. Scruton	1.00	1980s	4	0	4	4	-4	9	0	0	0	0	0		4	0.0
6	Gary Suter G. Suter	0.94	1980s	286	61	208	269	+66	413	27	121	1	4	8	0	767	8.0
7	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	0.93	1980s	449	98	318	416	+114	549	41	195	2	3	9	0	1,453	6.7
8	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0.93	1980s	593	155	394	549	+264	734	70	173	4	13	21	0	1,612	9.6
9	Phil Housley P. Housley	0.90	1980s	528	157	320	477	-8	354	53	160	3	2	21	2	1,396	11.2
10	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	0.89	1980s	684	172	434	606	+67	583	54	219	6	5	17	1	2,320	7.4
11	Paul Reinhart P. Reinhart	0.86	1980s	581	116	386	502	+24	247	56	191	2	3	13	1	1,118	10.4
12	Mark Howe M. Howe	0.86	1980s	643	156	394	550	+307	311	38	142	25	19	18	0	1,636	9.5
13	Reijo Ruotsalainen R. Ruotsalainen	0.81	1980s	405	104	225	329	+70	160	36	87	0	1	16	2	1,302	8.0
14	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	0.80	1980s	349	63	215	278	+55	647	28	106	2	7	13	0	870	7.2
15	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0.79	1980s	708	142	420	562	+61	599	56	195	3	11	14	1	1,583	9.0
16	Dave Babych D. Babych	0.78	1980s	659	111	401	512	-169	580	67	216	1	7	15	0	1,963	5.7
17	Zarley Zalapski Z. Zalapski	0.77	1980s	73	15	41	56	+19	64	5	27	1	1	2	0	126	11.9
18	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0.77	1980s	704	117	422	539	+307	368	52	168	1	4	15	0	1,275	9.2
19	Reed Larson R. Larson	0.76	1980s	735	185	372	557	-97	1,101	75	137	5	6	13	0	2,391	7.7
20	Randy Carlyle R. Carlyle	0.75	1980s	698	119	405	524	-137	1,078	48	212	3	10	14	2	1,598	7.4
21	Jean-Marc Richard J. Richard	0.75	1980s	4	2	1	3	-3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	40.0
22	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	0.75	1980s	225	54	114	168	+40	275	18	37	5	2	8	1	518	10.4
23	Jeff Brown J. Brown	0.74	1980s	208	47	107	154	-31	148	25	72	1	2	5	0	599	7.8
24	Craig Hartsburg C. Hartsburg	0.72	1980s	570	98	315	413	-6	815	40	180	2	2	11	1	1,494	6.6
25	Craig Norwich C. Norwich	0.72	1980s	104	17	58	75	-5	60	11	30	0	0	1		305	5.6