nhl player most goal per game by defense with a minimum 750 games in career

Denis Potvin has scored the most career goals per game by a defenseman with 750 or more games played, with 0.29 per game.

	NAME	G/GP	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0.29	1,060	310	742	1,052	+456	1,356	127	332	10	22	44	0	3,050	10.2
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0.28	1,409	396	1,135	1,531	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
3	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0.25	1,612	410	1,169	1,579	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
4	Reed Larson R. Larson	0.25	904	222	463	685	-128	1,388	88	185	8	9	17	0	2,926	7.6
5	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	0.24	1,416	340	934	1,274	+371	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	5,157	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
6	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	0.23	1,024	237	590	827	+55	830	85	295	9	7	22	2	3,297	7.2
7	Phil Housley P. Housley	0.23	1,495	338	894	1,232	-53	822	129	483	7	3	49	5	3,808	8.9	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
8	Shea Weber S. Weber	0.22	1,038	224	365	589	+79	714	106	133	5	6	35	7	2,765	8.1	0	0		2,212	1,691	372	737	24:03
9	Mark Howe M. Howe	0.21	866	178	499	677	+391	401	51	187	26	22	20	0	1,960	9.1
10	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0.20	1,205	247	781	1,028	+25	571	111	431	8	14	38	7	3,640	6.8	0	1	0.0	410	653	306	420	26:28
11	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	0.20	792	162	332	494	-15	1,013	51	144	1	6	32	8	2,410	6.7	1	8	12.5	1,782	784	556	653	22:37
12	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	0.20	1,113	227	525	752	+89	824	84	231	10	9	30	2	2,542	8.9	1	2	50.0	113	241	68	154	18:42
13	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0.20	1,157	227	450	677	-26	1,392	91	208	8	16	37	2	2,947	7.7	0	0		195	222	59	103	22:09
14	Red Kelly R. Kelly	0.20	796	156	298	454		243	48	99	11	10	26
15	Roman Josi R. Josi	0.20	1,042	204	587	791	+47	441	69	224	1	10	38	10	3,050	6.7	0	2	0.0	709	1,934	386	747	24:53
16	Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0.19	884	171	451	622	+329	893	59	199	4	11	22	0	2,479	6.9
17	Brad Park B. Park	0.19	1,113	213	683	896	+363	1,429	92	285	5	8	28	0	2,827	7.5
18	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	0.19	875	167	397	564	-44	638	67	204	4	3	26	3	1,771	9.4	0	0		425	367	219	469	22:30
19	Al Iafrate A. Iafrate	0.19	799	152	311	463	-72	1,301	46	122	8	9	22	0	1,718	8.8
20	Rob Blake R. Blake	0.19	1,270	240	537	777	-4	1,679	136	243	4	15	41	2	3,896	6.2	5	14	35.7	1,229	1,382	452	653	24:54
21	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	0.18	1,171	216	732	948	-116	508	49	287	2	5	38	12	3,170	6.8	0	4	0.0	802	1,498	890	1,406	25:06
22	Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0.18	981	179	431	610	-84	1,226	51	171	6	5	18	0	1,877	9.5
23	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0.18	1,615	288	929	1,217	+197	1,084	114	433	9	18	36	4	3,604	8.0	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40
24	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	0.18	925	164	382	546	+76	574	51	126	1	3	36	9	2,631	6.2	1	4	25.0	1,073	1,019	271	815	20:41
25	Gary Suter G. Suter	0.18	1,145	203	641	844	+126	1,349	90	388	8	15	18	1	3,091	6.6	1	2	50.0	343	239	42	169	21:39

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