Matthew Schaefer has recorded the most points by a rookie defenseman this season, with 19 points.

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NHL rookie points leaders defensemen 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	19	2025-26	NYI	27	8	11	+7	10	4	5	0	2	1	74	10.8	12	33	10	36	23:22
2	Artyom Levshunov A. Levshunov	13	2025-26	CHI	25	1	12	-2	16	0	7	0	0	0	30	3.3	23	23	6	33	16:42
3	Zeev Buium Z. Buium	12	2025-26	MIN	27	3	9	-9	8	2	6	0	0	0	29	10.3	8	14	3	30	18:37
4	Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	9	2025-26	CAR	24	3	6	+15	12	0	0	0	0	0	45	6.7	56	33	7	26	19:17
5	Sam Rinzel S. Rinzel	8	2025-26	CHI	25	1	7	+4	28	0	0	0	0	0	34	2.9	22	28	4	33	16:53
6	Tom Willander T. Willander	6	2025-26	VAN	17	0	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	0.0	3	17	3	10	13:44
7	Axel Sandin-Pellikka A. Sandin-Pellikka	6	2025-26	DET	27	2	4	-13	8	0	2	0	0	0	30	6.7	8	24	3	26	18:53
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	Yan Kuznetsov Y. Kuznetsov	3	2025-26	CGY	14	1	2	-4	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	6.7	22	24	2	11	19:41
10	Adam Wilsby A. Wilsby	3	2025-26	NSH	16	0	3	-1	12	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	7	11	3	14	16:44
11	Joel Nystrom J. Nystrom	3	2025-26	CAR	19	0	3	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	0.0	3	12	2	18	16:51
12	Max Crozier M. Crozier	3	2025-26	TBL	8	0	3	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	10	5	2	5	14:25
13	Matthew Robertson M. Robertson	2	2025-26	NYR	19	1	1	-4	10	0	0	0	0	0	17	5.9	29	28	0	12	15:53
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	10	0	2	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	15	11	1	9	14:00
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	21	1	1	-5	6	0	0	0	0	0	22	4.5	17	15	5	19	14:27
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	14	0	1	-14	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	20	12	1	10	13:01
20	Scott Morrow S. Morrow	1	2025-26	NYR	5	0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	5	0	2	13:47
21	Maveric Lamoureux M. Lamoureux	1	2025-26	UTA	1	0	1	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	3	0	1	16:51
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	8	1	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	8	7	0	5	13:07
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