nhl player most points by a defenseman 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Nicklas Lidstrom collected the most points by a defenseman in a decade, with 574 points in the 2000s.

	NAME	P	DECADE	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	574	2000s	718	127	447	+232	278	68	237	6	10	21	3	1,909	6.7	0	0		331	737	366	529	27:49
2	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	504	2000s	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
3	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	425	2000s	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
4	Rob Blake R. Blake	424	2000s	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
5	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	420	2000s	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
6	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	415	2000s	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
7	Tomas Kaberle T. Kaberle	411	2000s	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
8	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	398	2000s	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
9	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	389	2000s	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
10	Kimmo Timonen K. Timonen	376	2000s	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
11	Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	361	2000s	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
12	Wade Redden W. Redden	355	2000s	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
13	Dan Boyle D. Boyle	341	2000s	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
14	Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	339	2000s	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
15	Andrei Markov A. Markov	329	2000s	571	74	255	+18	325	37	140	2	8	11	1	945	7.8	2	7	28.6	309	698	400	615	22:23
16	Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	321	2000s	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
17	Lubomir Visnovsky L. Visnovsky	310	2000s	549	78	232	+17	244	36	121	0	1	11	1	949	8.2	4	15	26.7	413	663	217	521	21:11
18	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	310	2000s	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
19	Jaroslav Spacek J. Spacek	288	2000s	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
20	Pavel Kubina P. Kubina	286	2000s	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
21	Derek Morris D. Morris	277	2000s	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
22	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	273	2000s	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
23	Tom Poti T. Poti	273	2000s	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
24	Kim Johnsson K. Johnsson	267	2000s	679	60	207	+17	376	28	87	0	4	7	0	1,078	5.6	0	0		426	986	311	443	22:53
25	Mattias Ohlund M. Ohlund	260	2000s	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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Team Leaders

41

DeBrincat

51

Raymond

+/-

+15

Seider

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.91

22nd

GA/GP

3.10

19th

PP%

22.6

12th

PK%

77.1

23rd

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	50	23	9	109	47
Canadiens	48	24	10	106	27
Lightning	50	26	6	106	59
Bruins	45	27	10	100	22
Senators	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs	32	36	14	78	-46

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Red Wings

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40 - 38 - 4

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs Goals Leaders

6

Hagel

6

Boldy

6

Stankoven

Playoffs Assists Leaders

9

LaCombe

8

Hughes

8

Kaprizov

Playoffs Points Leaders

11

Hughes

10

LaCombe

10

Boldy

Playoffs Hits Leaders

42

Carrier

40

Barbashev

38

Crouse

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

22

Theodore

21

Matheson

20

Carrier

Playoffs Wins Leaders

6

Andersen

5

Wedgewood

4

Vladar

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

1.02

Andersen

1.14

Lyon

1.27

Husso

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Korpisalo

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Andersen

.955

Lyon

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs Goals Rankings

4.40

4.14

3.86

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

1.17

2.00

2.13

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

40.0

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

95.8

95.0

93.8

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

57-33

49-33

48-34

52-37

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

37-52

NHL 2025-26 Standings

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