Matthew Schaefer has collected the most points by a rookie defenseman this season, with 21 points.

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NHL rookie defence point leaders this regular season

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	21	2025-26	NYI	30	8	13	+9	14	4	5	0	2	1	83	9.6	13	40	12	41	23:27
2	Artyom Levshunov A. Levshunov	14	2025-26	CHI	28	1	13	-5	20	0	8	0	0	0	36	2.8	26	26	6	34	16:39
3	Zeev Buium Z. Buium	13	2025-26	MIN	29	3	10	-11	8	2	6	0	0	0	30	10.0	8	14	3	31	18:40
4	Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	9	2025-26	CAR	27	3	6	+10	12	0	0	0	0	0	50	6.0	57	36	8	31	19:25
5	Sam Rinzel S. Rinzel	8	2025-26	CHI	28	1	7	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	39	2.6	26	29	4	37	16:32
6	Tom Willander T. Willander	8	2025-26	VAN	19	1	7	+3	2	0	1	0	0	0	14	7.1	3	18	3	11	13:43
7	Axel Sandin-Pellikka A. Sandin-Pellikka	8	2025-26	DET	29	2	6	-17	10	0	4	0	0	0	31	6.5	8	31	3	27	18:36
8	Ian Moore I. Moore	4	2025-26	ANA	17	2	2	+2	12	0	0	0	1	0	15	13.3	8	28	4	15	13:43
9	Matthew Robertson M. Robertson	3	2025-26	NYR	22	1	2	-4	12	0	0	0	0	0	23	4.3	33	33	0	13	16:05
10	Yan Kuznetsov Y. Kuznetsov	3	2025-26	CGY	16	1	2	-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	6.7	28	29	2	11	20:05
11	Adam Wilsby A. Wilsby	3	2025-26	NSH	18	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	9	12	4	16	16:54
12	Joel Nystrom J. Nystrom	3	2025-26	CAR	21	0	3	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	28	0.0	4	12	3	18	16:26
13	Max Crozier M. Crozier	3	2025-26	TBL	10	0	3	+3	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	0.0	13	6	3	5	14:13
14	Marshall Warren M. Warren	2	2025-26	NYI	2	0	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1	2	12:08
15	Donovan Sebrango D. Sebrango	2	2025-26	TOT	12	0	2	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	18	11	2	11	13:28
16	Charles Alexis Legault C. Alexis Legault	2	2025-26	CAR	8	1	1	+4	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	9	6	4	8	13:16
17	Sam Dickinson S. Dickinson	2	2025-26	SJS	23	1	1	-4	6	0	0	0	0	0	23	4.3	18	18	6	19	14:42
18	Daemon Hunt D. Hunt	1	2025-26	MIN	7	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	6	12	1	3	11:53
19	Logan Mailloux L. Mailloux	1	2025-26	STL	17	0	1	-15	8	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	23	14	1	13	13:27
20	Scott Morrow S. Morrow	1	2025-26	NYR	8	0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	1	8	0	7	14:10
21	Maveric Lamoureux M. Lamoureux	1	2025-26	UTA	3	0	1	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	6	4	2	4	14:59
22	Dmitri Simashev D. Simashev	1	2025-26	UTA	24	0	1	-9	18	0	0	0	0	0	23	0.0	8	26	1	26	15:28
23	Declan Carlile D. Carlile	1	2025-26	TBL	9	1	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	9	8	0	5	12:53
24	Zayne Parekh Z. Parekh	1	2025-26	CGY	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0.0	5	5	3	17	14:46
25	Harrison Brunicke H. Brunicke	1	2025-26	PIT	9	1	0	-4	6	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	4	13	1	14	15:43