Brent Burns collected the most points by a defenseman in 2016-17, with 76 points.

	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	Brent Burns B. Burns	76	2016-17	SJS	82	29	47	+19	40	8	17	0	1	6	3	320	9.1	0	0		69	142	53	153	24:52
2	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	72	2016-17	TBL	79	16	56	+3	47	4	29	0	0	5	2	166	9.6	0	0		93	132	39	73	24:31
3	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	71	2016-17	OTT	77	17	54	+10	28	4	23	0	2	5	1	218	7.8	0	0		67	201	59	106	26:50
4	Kevin Shattenkirk K. Shattenkirk	56	2016-17	TOT	80	13	43	-7	47	8	19	0	0	2	0	161	8.1	0	0		88	95	36	40	19:56
5	Duncan Keith D. Keith	53	2016-17	CHI	80	6	47	+22	16	2	13	0	0	2	1	183	3.3	0	0		24	107	32	73	25:37
6	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	52	2016-17	WPG	80	13	39	+10	117	1	13	0	2	1	0	241	5.4	0	0		183	124	65	85	27:27
7	Torey Krug T. Krug	51	2016-17	BOS	81	8	43	-10	37	6	19	0	0	1	0	208	3.8	0	1	0.0	59	82	22	60	21:36
8	Justin Schultz J. Schultz	51	2016-17	PIT	78	12	39	+27	34	3	17	0	0	1	0	154	7.8	0	0		67	116	22	37	20:27
9	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	50	2016-17	CGY	81	13	37	+12	64	2	12	0	1	5	1	222	5.9	0	0		68	94	17	52	19:41
10	Roman Josi R. Josi	49	2016-17	NSH	72	12	37	+7	18	7	11	0	1	1	0	217	5.5	0	0		54	119	16	41	25:04
11	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	49	2016-17	DAL	80	13	36	+2	34	4	13	0	0	3	0	124	10.5	1	1	100.0	42	117	40	99	23:21
12	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	48	2016-17	STL	80	14	34	+3	24	6	13	0	0	4	0	181	7.7	0	1	0.0	38	158	53	27	25:17
13	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	47	2016-17	CBJ	78	11	36	+17	14	4	17	0	0	1	1	188	5.9	0	0		41	90	27	40	20:55
14	Nick Leddy N. Leddy	46	2016-17	NYI	81	11	35	-3	12	3	12	0	0	1	0	137	8.0	0	0		77	109	26	48	22:43
15	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	45	2016-17	BUF	79	6	39	-9	58	1	24	0	1	2	2	186	3.2	0	0		195	161	25	59	26:28
16	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	44	2016-17	LAK	82	12	32	+8	46	5	14	0	1	1	1	181	6.6	1	1	100.0	129	109	24	86	27:09
17	Jake Gardiner J. Gardiner	43	2016-17	TOR	82	9	34	+24	34	2	11	0	0	2	2	127	7.1	0	0		69	83	44	79	21:32
18	Seth Jones S. Jones	42	2016-17	CBJ	75	12	30	+6	24	1	6	0	0	3	3	152	7.9	0	0		61	118	32	44	23:24
19	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	42	2016-17	NYR	77	6	36	+20	37	1	14	1	0	1	0	153	3.9	0	0		80	160	45	60	24:21
20	Shea Weber S. Weber	42	2016-17	MTL	78	17	25	+20	38	12	10	0	2	4	0	183	9.3	0	0		140	157	11	80	25:04
21	Keith Yandle K. Yandle	41	2016-17	FLA	82	5	36	-6	39	2	16	0	1	0	0	178	2.8	0	0		28	76	24	76	22:02
22	P.K. Subban	40	2016-17	NSH	66	10	30	-8	44	3	13	0	1	2	0	142	7.0	0	0		78	104	30	58	24:24
23	Ryan Suter R. Suter	40	2016-17	MIN	82	9	31	+34	36	4	8	1	1	1	0	164	5.5	0	0		72	105	41	38	26:55
24	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	39	2016-17	ARI	79	12	27	-25	48	8	11	0	0	1	1	145	8.3	0	0		112	85	18	48	24:37
25	Cam Fowler C. Fowler	39	2016-17	ANA	80	11	28	+7	20	5	10	1	1	3	0	186	5.9	0	0		29	134	30	68	24:51