nhl defensemen points leaders year by year in 2010s

Between the 2009-10 and 2018-19 seasons, Brent Burns collected the most points by a defenseman in a season, with 83 points in 2018-19.

	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	83	2018-19	SJS	82	16	67	+13	34	7	21	1	4	6	2	300	5.3	0	1	0.0	90	105	88	118	25:06
2	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	82	2015-16	OTT	82	16	66	-2	50	1	25	0	0	3	2	248	6.5	0	1	0.0	84	175	61	96	28:58
3	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	78	2011-12	OTT	81	19	59	+16	42	3	25	0	0	5	0	261	7.3	0	1	0.0	60	65	67	84	25:19
4	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
5	Mike Green M. Green	76	2009-10	WSH	75	19	57	+39	54	10	25	0	1	4	1	205	9.3	0	0		133	105	44	73	25:29
6	Brent Burns B. Burns	75	2015-16	SJS	82	27	48	-5	53	7	23	1	1	4	1	354	7.6	1	1	100.0	101	145	53	102	25:52
7	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	74	2018-19	CGY	78	17	57	+39	69	3	18	4	2	2	0	221	7.7	0	0		58	144	73	65	24:14
8	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	74	2013-14	OTT	82	20	54	-15	36	5	26	0	0	1	0	257	7.8	0	0		122	101	68	115	27:04
9	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	72	2018-19	TOR	82	20	52	+24	14	3	18	0	0	5	2	223	9.0	0	1	0.0	61	114	60	94	23:07
10	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
11	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
12	John Carlson J. Carlson	70	2018-19	WSH	80	13	57	+21	34	3	30	0	0	1	0	185	7.0	0	0		54	164	55	87	25:04
13	Duncan Keith D. Keith	69	2009-10	CHI	82	14	55	+21	51	3	13	1	4	1	0	213	6.6	0	0		46	143	45	59	26:36
14	John Carlson J. Carlson	68	2017-18	WSH	82	15	53	0	32	4	28	0	0	4	1	237	6.3	0	1	0.0	47	146	58	97	24:47
15	Lubomir Visnovsky L. Visnovsky	68	2010-11	ANA	81	18	50	+18	24	5	26	0	0	4	2	152	11.8	0	0		52	116	30	45	24:18
16	Brent Burns B. Burns	67	2017-18	SJS	82	12	55	-16	46	5	22	0	1	2	1	332	3.6	0	0		79	136	75	124	25:15
17	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	67	2017-18	DAL	82	8	59	+10	26	1	22	0	0	3	0	204	3.9	0	0		44	109	31	93	24:04
18	Kris Letang K. Letang	67	2015-16	PIT	71	16	51	+9	66	5	22	0	3	2	1	218	7.3	0	0		135	122	47	69	26:57
19	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	66	2014-15	OTT	82	21	45	+7	42	6	24	0	0	3	1	292	7.2	0	0		93	89	59	99	27:15
20	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	65	2017-18	PHI	78	13	52	+10	25	7	26	0	0	2	1	221	5.9	0	0		53	116	23	52	21:27
21	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	63	2017-18	TBL	77	17	46	+32	54	2	24	0	2	1	0	216	7.9	1	2	50.0	139	110	46	67	25:51
22	Keith Yandle K. Yandle	62	2018-19	FLA	82	9	53	-17	50	7	32	0	0	2	0	199	4.5	0	0		47	76	27	110	22:27
23	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	62	2017-18	OTT	71	9	53	-25	36	3	15	0	1	2	2	196	4.6	0	0		58	120	55	86	26:44
24	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	62	2010-11	DET	82	16	46	-2	20	7	32	0	1	1	1	175	9.1	0	0		49	92	33	33	23:28
25	Roman Josi R. Josi	61	2015-16	NSH	81	14	47	-3	43	6	18	1	1	3	1	198	7.1	0	0		59	185	21	43	25:29

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45

Celebrini

70

Celebrini

+/-

+8

Celebrini

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.04

17th

GA/GP

3.54

30th

PP%

21.2

16th

PK%

76.4

26th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks	25	49	8	58	-100

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	FLA	@	SJS	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	LAK	@	SJS	10:00 PM
Mon 10/5	SJS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	SJS	@	STL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/10	EDM	@	SJS	4:00 PM

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Final

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Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

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Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

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Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

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32-50

34-48

43-58

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Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12