Cale Makar has recorded the most points by a defenseman this season, with 35 points.

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NHL defense points leaders this regular season

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Cale Makar C. Makar	35	2025-26	COL	29	9	26	+27	14	0	9	0	0	3	0	86	10.5	0	0	14	52	18	25	25:17
2	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	30	2025-26	CBJ	29	9	21	+9	4	1	7	0	1	0	0	107	8.4	0	0	17	41	16	53	26:44
3	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	27	2025-26	EDM	29	5	22	0	10	2	6	0	1	1	1	73	6.8	0	0	9	38	18	41	23:38
4	Adam Fox A. Fox	26	2025-26	NYR	27	3	23	+4	10	1	7	0	1	1	0	51	5.9	0	0	15	41	18	31	23:50
5	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	26	2025-26	DAL	30	6	20	+5	10	1	9	0	0	2	0	70	8.6	0	0	5	49	21	34	25:58
6	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	25	2025-26	WSH	30	11	14	+24	31	3	2	0	0	3	1	102	10.8	0	0	29	34	14	37	23:22
7	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	24	2025-26	WPG	28	5	19	+10	8	1	6	0	0	0	0	44	11.4	0	0	17	53	8	32	24:31
8	John Carlson J. Carlson	23	2025-26	WSH	26	6	17	+10	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	59	10.2	0	0	9	38	21	43	22:52
9	Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	23	2025-26	OTT	28	6	17	-1	2	2	8	0	0	1	0	64	9.4	0	0	10	52	20	31	24:56
10	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	22	2025-26	TOR	28	5	17	0	6	0	3	0	0	2	0	56	8.9	0	0	12	36	9	45	22:00
11	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	22	2025-26	VAN	25	2	20	-9	12	2	9	0	0	0	0	71	2.8	0	0	1	32	10	37	27:19
12	Moritz Seider M. Seider	22	2025-26	DET	30	4	18	+11	31	1	9	0	0	0	0	71	5.6	0	0	56	59	13	40	25:07
13	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	22	2025-26	MTL	28	5	17	-2	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	48	10.4	0	0	16	44	12	38	23:10
14	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	21	2025-26	CAR	19	3	18	+8	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	34	8.8	0	0	9	18	6	22	19:36
15	Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	21	2025-26	CGY	31	7	14	+3	36	2	5	0	0	0	0	73	9.6	0	0	17	62	7	47	24:14
16	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	21	2025-26	NYI	30	8	13	+9	14	4	5	0	0	2	1	83	9.6	0	0	13	40	12	41	23:27
17	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	20	2025-26	TOR	29	4	16	+7	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	46	8.7	0	0	40	26	8	45	20:57
18	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	20	2025-26	UTA	31	4	16	-8	20	2	7	0	1	0	0	69	5.8	0	0	14	51	12	50	24:31
19	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	20	2025-26	BUF	26	2	18	-12	31	1	7	0	0	0	0	68	2.9	0	0	23	31	13	49	24:17
20	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	18	2025-26	PIT	27	1	17	+6	10	0	6	0	0	0	0	54	1.9	0	0	2	26	14	47	23:36
21	Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	18	2025-26	TBL	23	3	15	0	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	48	6.3	0	0	15	19	3	23	19:56
22	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	18	2025-26	VGK	28	4	14	+4	6	1	3	0	0	2	0	67	6.0	0	0	1	44	11	35	24:06
23	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	18	2025-26	MTL	28	4	14	-2	14	0	2	0	0	1	0	52	7.7	0	0	13	61	11	40	22:40
24	Seth Jones S. Jones	16	2025-26	FLA	28	5	11	-2	10	4	5	0	0	0	0	52	9.6	0	0	29	32	8	34	23:47
25	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	16	2025-26	MTL	28	4	12	+10	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	35	11.4	0	0	22	60	13	28	24:50