nhl defensemen points per game leaders last 10 year cumulative minimum 250 games played

Between December 5, 2015 and December 5, 2025, Cale Makar has recorded the most points per game by a defenseman when playing 250+ games, with 1.09 per game.

	NAME	P/GP	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Cale Makar C. Makar	1.09	422	125	336	461	+163	122	41	146	3	4	27	6	1,196	10.5	0	0		355	594	311	329	24:49
2	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	0.95	455	61	370	431	+25	185	16	173	0	3	8	3	985	6.2	0	0		117	366	245	388	24:31
3	Adam Fox A. Fox	0.86	458	66	329	395	+121	184	12	145	4	9	20	3	867	7.6	0	1	0.0	214	719	366	369	23:08
4	Roman Josi R. Josi	0.84	699	149	440	589	+48	329	56	162	0	6	27	7	2,292	6.5	0	1	0.0	520	1,236	279	549	25:05
5	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	0.84	729	130	481	611	+179	424	29	224	1	6	25	7	1,757	7.4	1	3	33.3	762	1,136	368	634	24:14
6	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	0.81	688	112	444	556	-105	276	22	153	1	4	22	11	1,783	6.3	0	3	0.0	403	1,010	548	861	25:12
7	John Carlson J. Carlson	0.78	692	113	429	542	+75	216	32	172	1	4	25	2	1,710	6.6	0	2	0.0	532	1,245	421	718	24:10
8	Kris Letang K. Letang	0.72	672	110	375	485	+55	461	33	135	3	8	21	10	1,752	6.3	0	2	0.0	1,212	1,024	425	748	25:06
9	Brent Burns B. Burns	0.71	784	141	414	555	+27	367	44	145	2	10	24	9	2,431	5.8	1	3	33.3	558	1,142	536	923	24:09
10	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	0.71	533	84	293	377	-66	409	29	121	0	2	13	3	1,253	6.7	0	0		791	665	233	465	23:19
11	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	0.70	375	59	204	263	+58	134	18	72	0	3	13	5	936	6.3	0	0		303	457	242	414	20:59
12	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	0.70	594	122	291	413	+15	148	26	99	2	4	17	7	1,687	7.2	0	0		320	787	293	440	24:00
13	Torey Krug T. Krug	0.65	594	61	327	388	-32	314	24	154	2	0	16	3	1,389	4.4	1	2	50.0	480	640	198	407	20:59
14	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	0.65	719	78	387	465	+13	226	12	140	1	5	16	6	1,617	4.8	0	4	0.0	593	997	307	758	22:47
15	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	0.64	590	81	298	379	+89	183	17	96	1	2	19	8	1,449	5.6	1	1	100.0	187	709	353	480	21:29
16	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	0.64	654	130	289	419	+57	431	39	101	1	2	31	8	2,009	6.5	1	4	25.0	733	775	205	592	20:58
17	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	0.63	613	81	307	388	-92	201	25	149	1	3	14	0	1,415	5.7	0	0		329	671	177	393	21:12
18	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	0.62	571	69	287	356	-59	229	20	122	0	0	19	5	1,143	6.0	1	1	100.0	376	681	208	628	22:35
19	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	0.61	694	103	321	424	-65	259	39	156	2	0	15	5	1,482	7.0	0	0		385	807	242	530	20:05
20	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	0.61	503	62	245	307	+26	150	13	96	0	2	12	2	1,162	5.3	0	0		303	621	272	506	24:35
21	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	0.61	679	93	321	414	+31	370	47	132	3	6	17	6	1,369	6.8	1	2	50.0	1,025	974	161	664	26:19
22	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	0.60	675	102	306	408	+83	218	22	91	1	13	23	5	1,692	6.0	1	3	33.3	474	1,363	476	461	24:24
23	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	0.60	523	60	254	314	+142	445	14	67	2	3	18	7	876	6.8	0	0		937	915	228	470	23:26
24	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	0.59	414	53	193	246	-5	128	10	75	0	2	12	2	916	5.8	0	0		356	714	165	383	20:59
25	Thomas Chabot T. Chabot	0.59	530	73	241	314	-54	258	11	83	1	1	5	2	1,243	5.9	0	0		530	818	228	559	23:46