nhl defensemen highest points leaders in the 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Nicklas Lidstrom recorded the most points by a defenseman, with 574 points.

NAMEPGPGA+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Nicklas Lidstrom
N. Lidstrom
574
718
127
447
+232
278
68
237
6
10
21
3
1,909
6.7
0
0
331
737
366
529
27:49
2Sergei Gonchar
S. Gonchar
504
638
135
369
+37
552
64
219
1
5
17
3
1,650
8.2
2
2
100.0
513
641
244
559
24:57
3Brian Rafalski
B. Rafalski
425
692
67
358
+144
234
34
164
1
2
15
2
1,293
5.2
2
5
40.0
479
656
353
576
23:02
4Rob Blake
R. Blake
424
669
130
294
+27
749
77
139
3
7
20
1
2,148
6.1
5
14
35.7
1,161
1,268
433
602
25:16
5Chris Pronger
C. Pronger
420
593
92
328
+121
744
53
195
1
10
20
5
1,430
6.4
7
23
30.4
647
1,055
331
546
27:51
6Scott Niedermayer
S. Niedermayer
415
657
99
316
+92
474
50
133
0
10
28
11
1,272
7.8
7
25
28.0
507
594
520
567
25:17
7Tomas Kaberle
T. Kaberle
411
681
69
342
+40
194
28
183
1
8
12
6
1,009
6.8
5
11
45.5
458
844
241
659
24:36
8Sergei Zubov
S. Zubov
398
607
78
320
+59
194
49
176
2
6
12
2
1,258
6.2
1
1
100.0
298
467
344
835
26:30
9Mathieu Schneider
M. Schneider
389
636
116
273
+76
597
53
154
3
3
18
3
1,537
7.5
1
8
12.5
976
942
311
461
22:57
10Kimmo Timonen
K. Timonen
376
680
86
290
+17
422
50
183
2
6
11
1
1,232
7.0
5
11
45.5
517
840
216
389
23:06
11Bryan McCabe
B. McCabe
361
671
104
257
+54
965
60
136
0
7
20
5
1,426
7.3
1
6
16.7
1,335
953
104
655
25:00
12Wade Redden
W. Redden
355
685
82
273
+129
505
45
124
1
5
17
2
1,379
5.9
1
2
50.0
885
854
230
636
23:57
13Dan Boyle
D. Boyle
341
578
89
252
-36
384
41
133
1
1
17
4
1,107
8.0
1
7
14.3
543
571
291
424
23:04
14Ed Jovanovski
E. Jovanovski
339
619
87
252
-32
734
42
116
1
8
16
3
1,448
6.0
0
1
0.0
954
718
296
585
23:46
15Andrei Markov
A. Markov
329
571
74
255
+18
325
37
140
2
8
11
1
945
7.8
2
7
28.6
309
698
400
615
22:23
16Roman Hamrlik
R. Hamrlik
321
664
76
245
+52
637
24
116
3
14
13
3
1,400
5.4
1
2
50.0
903
1,136
327
514
24:23
17Lubomir Visnovsky
L. Visnovsky
310
549
78
232
+17
244
36
121
0
1
11
1
949
8.2
4
15
26.7
413
663
217
521
21:11
18Zdeno Chara
Z. Chara
310
683
102
208
+71
1,077
53
84
4
16
17
3
1,427
7.1
11
29
37.9
2,113
868
295
600
25:02
19Jaroslav Spacek
J. Spacek
288
638
70
218
+10
487
31
110
2
6
10
5
1,037
6.8
0
1
0.0
723
761
193
423
22:03
20Pavel Kubina
P. Kubina
286
668
87
199
-68
819
48
92
4
4
23
6
1,309
6.6
1
8
12.5
843
1,018
277
439
22:28
21Derek Morris
D. Morris
277
640
60
217
-29
633
27
111
3
4
18
4
1,334
4.5
2
4
50.0
725
804
215
348
22:37
22Brian Leetch
B. Leetch
273
398
70
203
-27
172
28
109
2
7
12
5
1,053
6.6
0
1
0.0
410
653
306
420
26:28
23Tom Poti
T. Poti
273
644
58
215
+14
492
25
103
1
6
16
4
1,070
5.4
1
4
25.0
350
941
352
529
23:21
24Kim Johnsson
K. Johnsson
267
679
60
207
+17
376
28
87
0
4
7
0
1,078
5.6
0
0
426
986
311
443
22:53
25Mattias Ohlund
M. Ohlund
260
619
77
183
+25
597
33
80
4
7
18
6
1,233
6.2
0
2
0.0
940
1,002
269
469
24:52
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24
6
102
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26
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96
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92
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31
14
78
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10
112
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20
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104
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45
21
12
102
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41
30
6
88
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Predators Predators
37
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84
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34
31
12
80
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Blues Blues
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32
12
78
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36
14
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39
29
10
88
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26
16
88
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41
32
5
87
-19
Kings Kings
32
26
19
83
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Sharks Sharks
37
32
7
81
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Kraken Kraken
32
34
11
75
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Flames Flames - e
32
36
9
73
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Canucks Canucks - e
22
47
8
52
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48
24
6
102
60
Sabres Sabres - x
47
23
8
102
37
Canadiens Canadiens - x
46
22
10
102
28
Bruins Bruins
43
26
10
96
18
Senators Senators
41
27
10
92
24
Red Wings Red Wings
40
29
9
89
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32
31
14
78
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37
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4
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50
22
6
106
48
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40
22
16
96
30
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40
26
12
92
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39
27
12
90
4
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42
31
5
89
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30
9
87
8
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40
35
3
83
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33
36
9
75
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TOR TOR
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