Defensemen posted their most hat tricks in a season in 1974-75, with 9 hat tricks.

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NHL defenseman hat trick in a regular season record

	POSITION	HT	SEASON	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Defenseman	9	1974-75	7,901	628	2,205	2,833	+113	9,144	185	624	26	56	67		11,711	5.4
2	Defenseman	6	2025-26	15,861	1,226	4,270	5,496	+346	8,506	185	770	19	82	209	41	20,185	6.1	2	12	16.7	15,462	21,493	4,419	15,930	19:18
3	Defenseman	6	1981-82	9,808	904	3,204	4,108	+9	14,297	263	962	17	71	89		14,964	6.0
4	Defenseman	6	1919-20	288	99	54	153		464					8	0
5	Defenseman	5	2010-11	14,996	940	3,485	4,425	+103	9,940	284	1,009	14	75	165	42	19,399	4.8	18	43	41.9	20,075	22,522	4,854	7,945	19:37
6	Defenseman	5	1982-83	10,210	874	3,149	4,023	+60	11,528	257	945	30	78	97		14,895	5.9
7	Defenseman	5	1917-18	181	71	48	119		373					6	0
8	Defenseman	4	2019-20	13,150	986	3,368	4,354	+168	6,358	172	773	19	74	159	36	20,288	4.9	4	12	33.3	17,106	17,594	4,363	8,948	19:20
9	Defenseman	4	2006-07	15,182	1,018	3,670	4,688	+54	12,579	393	1,336	23	116	165	30	18,529	5.5	40	145	27.6	17,820	21,726	5,035	9,612	19:23
10	Defenseman	4	2005-06	15,127	1,098	3,819	4,917	+74	15,050	494	1,589	39	128	179	47	19,075	5.8	63	187	33.7	15,886	20,902	5,622	9,362	19:16
11	Defenseman	4	1993-94	13,526	1,080	3,663	4,743	+62	17,193	389	1,420	45	117	155	5	20,232	5.3
12	Defenseman	4	1984-85	10,342	928	3,266	4,194	+40	12,670	294	1,027	28	80	109	9	15,215	6.1
13	Defenseman	4	1978-79	7,615	647	2,323	2,970	+1	8,399	186	643	28	34	54		11,400	5.7
14	Defenseman	4	1977-78	8,103	655	2,276	2,931	+22	8,125	167	574	21	41	93		12,119	5.4
15	Defenseman	4	1971-72	5,717	408	1,510	1,918	+133	6,282	99	350	18	43	52		8,983	4.5
16	Defenseman	3	2022-23	15,972	1,209	4,293	5,502	+326	8,627	172	939	33	99	221	54	22,783	5.3	3	9	33.3	22,001	23,333	5,496	8,802	19:10
17	Defenseman	3	2017-18	15,371	1,158	3,864	5,022	+156	7,647	219	972	16	74	218	42	24,225	4.8	15	55	27.3	20,894	22,541	4,905	10,141	19:25
18	Defenseman	3	2000-01	15,167	990	3,222	4,212	+65	13,551	358	1,182	27	109	170	33	19,028	5.2	54	138	39.1	25,717	18,602	5,940	12,089	19:24
19	Defenseman	3	1991-92	10,781	919	3,055	3,974	+24	16,105	318	1,147	35	96	114	8	15,664	5.9
20	Defenseman	3	1980-81	9,667	894	3,075	3,969	+79	14,607	283	1,027	28	64	88		14,587	6.1
21	Defenseman	3	1975-76	8,000	623	2,141	2,764	+75	9,428	222	607	16	44	71		11,636	5.4
22	Defenseman	3	1921-22	347	114	105	219		296					12	0
23	Defenseman	2	2023-24	15,976	1,159	4,331	5,490	+339	8,798	167	908	26	86	193	44	21,413	5.4	4	9	44.4	21,453	24,966	4,951	7,807	19:10
24	Defenseman	2	2020-21	10,529	715	2,647	3,362	+104	4,992	115	610	8	47	101	23	15,477	4.6	2	7	28.6	13,808	13,395	2,746	6,361	19:19
25	Defenseman	2	2016-17	14,836	1,033	3,542	4,575	+122	7,817	224	859	25	75	181	46	21,567	4.8	16	36	44.4	19,916	21,506	4,256	9,295	19:35

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