which nhl defensemen has the most points in their first 166 games

Cale Makar has collected the most points by a defenseman in his first 166 games, with 160 points.

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Cale Makar C. Makar	160	166	43	117	+62	32	15	50	0	0	14	1	385	11.2	0	0		170	158	103	100	22:44
2	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	154	166	40	114	-10	78	16	65	3	1	5	1	575	7.0
3	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	153	166	27	126	+30	53	16	63	0	1	1	0	415	6.5
4	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	151	166	32	119	+12	171	19	72	0	0	3	0	529	6.0
5	Phil Housley P. Housley	150	166	53	97	-9	82	25	51	2	0	8	1	463	11.4
6	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	148	166	41	107	+4	180	14	47	2	4	2	0	362	11.3
7	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	147	166	18	129	+25	68	3	45	0	0	3	1	220	8.2	0	0		70	255	101	211	23:12
8	Mark Howe M. Howe	146	166	35	111	+14	40	8	35	3	5	4	0	450	7.8
9	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	141	166	47	94	+93	204	12	44	3	1	7	0	460	10.2
10	Reijo Ruotsalainen R. Ruotsalainen	135	166	38	97	+43	51	14	36	0	0	8	0	516	7.4
11	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	135	166	40	95	+2	292	12	40	3	3	7	0	457	8.8
12	George Boucher G. Boucher	134	166	78	56		320					11	0
13	Stefan Persson S. Persson	131	166	16	115	+54	129	9	71	0	1	1	0	225	7.1
14	Bobby Orr B. Orr	130	166	41	89	+80	264	9	34	1	4	2	0	689	6.0
15	Gary Suter G. Suter	129	166	29	100	-2	233	13	56	0	1	5	0	376	7.7
16	Sprague Cleghorn S. Cleghorn	129	166	74	55		444					11	1
17	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	128	166	15	113	-34	62	4	57	0	1	2	1	302	5.0	0	0		31	124	95	160	22:31
18	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	128	166	42	86	+42	262	16	31	0	4	1	0	378	11.1
19	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	127	166	21	106	+15	230	8	58	1	5	0	0	414	5.1
20	Adam Fox A. Fox	126	166	18	108	+54	62	3	49	2	2	6	0	303	5.9	0	1	0.0	81	275	131	126	22:11
21	Dave Babych D. Babych	126	166	29	97	-69	221	17	51	0	2	2	0	528	5.5
22	Paul Reinhart P. Reinhart	126	166	28	98	+19	93	15	36	0	0	1	0	284	9.9
23	Reed Larson R. Larson	123	166	36	87	-31	280	13	47	3	3	4	0	516	7.0
24	Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	121	166	28	93	+33	164	13	44	0	0	2	1	486	5.8
25	Barry Beck B. Beck	121	166	38	83	-51	219	11	34	0	1	5	0	552	6.9

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More Avalanche Stats

Team Leaders

53

MacKinnon

74

MacKinnon

+/-

+57

MacKinnon

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.63

1st

GA/GP

2.40

1st

PP%

17.1

27th

PK%

84.6

1st

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	55	16	11	121	99
Stars	50	20	12	112	53
Wild	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth	43	33	6	92	28
Blues	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks	29	39	14	72	-62

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 9/30	LAK	@	COL	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	STL	@	COL	9:00 PM
Wed 10/7	COL	@	WPG	7:30 PM
Thu 10/8	COL	@	CGY	9:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TOR	@	COL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Avalanche

0 - 4

Final

Golden Knights

4 - 0

Tue 26 May 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

43-58

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