Cale Makar has recorded the most points by a defenseman this season, with 36 points.

Interpreted as:

top NHL defensemen in points this regular season

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Cale Makar C. Makar	36	2025-26	COL	30	10	26	+27	16	1	9	0	0	3	0	92	10.9	0	0	14	54	21	26	25:27
2	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	30	2025-26	CBJ	30	9	21	+7	4	1	7	0	1	0	0	112	8.0	0	0	17	44	17	54	26:38
3	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	28	2025-26	EDM	30	5	23	0	10	2	6	0	1	1	1	75	6.7	0	0	10	38	18	43	23:48
4	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	27	2025-26	DAL	31	6	21	+5	10	1	10	0	0	2	0	71	8.5	0	0	5	51	21	35	26:08
5	Adam Fox A. Fox	26	2025-26	NYR	27	3	23	+4	10	1	7	0	1	1	0	51	5.9	0	0	15	41	18	31	23:50
6	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	25	2025-26	WSH	30	11	14	+24	31	3	2	0	0	3	1	102	10.8	0	0	29	34	14	37	23:22
7	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	25	2025-26	WPG	29	5	20	+10	8	1	6	0	0	0	0	49	10.2	0	0	19	56	9	34	24:35
8	Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	24	2025-26	OTT	29	6	18	-2	2	2	9	0	0	1	0	68	8.8	0	0	10	55	20	32	25:04
9	John Carlson J. Carlson	23	2025-26	WSH	26	6	17	+10	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	59	10.2	0	0	9	38	21	43	22:52
10	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	23	2025-26	BUF	27	2	21	-12	33	1	9	0	0	0	0	72	2.8	0	0	23	31	13	50	24:14
11	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	22	2025-26	CAR	20	3	19	+10	4	2	5	0	0	0	0	35	8.6	0	0	9	20	6	24	19:40
12	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	22	2025-26	TOR	28	5	17	0	6	0	3	0	0	2	0	56	8.9	0	0	12	36	9	45	22:00
13	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	22	2025-26	VAN	25	2	20	-9	12	2	9	0	0	0	0	71	2.8	0	0	1	32	10	37	27:19
14	Moritz Seider M. Seider	22	2025-26	DET	30	4	18	+11	31	1	9	0	0	0	0	71	5.6	0	0	56	59	13	40	25:07
15	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	22	2025-26	MTL	29	5	17	-3	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	51	9.8	0	0	16	45	12	38	23:04
16	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	22	2025-26	NYI	31	8	14	+8	14	4	5	0	0	2	1	87	9.2	0	0	13	40	16	41	23:36
17	Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	21	2025-26	CGY	31	7	14	+3	36	2	5	0	0	0	0	74	9.5	0	0	17	62	7	47	24:14
18	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	20	2025-26	TOR	29	4	16	+7	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	46	8.7	0	0	40	26	8	45	20:57
19	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	20	2025-26	PIT	28	1	19	+4	10	0	7	0	0	0	0	59	1.7	0	0	2	27	14	48	23:45
20	Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	20	2025-26	TBL	24	5	15	+3	13	2	4	0	0	0	0	51	9.8	0	0	18	20	3	24	20:07
21	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	20	2025-26	UTA	31	4	16	-8	20	2	7	0	1	0	0	69	5.8	0	0	14	51	12	50	24:31
22	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	19	2025-26	VGK	29	4	15	+6	6	1	3	0	0	2	0	68	5.9	0	0	1	46	12	36	24:06
23	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	18	2025-26	MTL	29	4	14	-4	14	0	2	0	0	1	0	55	7.3	0	0	13	64	11	42	22:33
24	Jackson LaCombe J. LaCombe	17	2025-26	ANA	30	4	13	+1	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	67	6.0	0	0	24	56	21	45	24:57
25	Seth Jones S. Jones	16	2025-26	FLA	28	5	11	-2	10	4	5	0	0	0	0	52	9.6	0	0	29	32	8	34	23:47