who has the most points in a season by a defencman

Wayne Gretzky has recorded the most points in a season, with 215 points in 1985-86.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	215	1985-86	EDM	80	52	163	+71	46	11	43	3	15	6	1	350	14.9
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	212	1981-82	EDM	80	92	120	+80	26	18	39	6	2	12		370	24.9
3	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	208	1984-85	EDM	80	73	135	+100	52	8	36	11	7	7	0	354	20.6
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	205	1983-84	EDM	74	87	118	+78	39	20	27	12	11	11	0	326	26.7
5	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	199	1988-89	PIT	76	85	114	+41	100	31	48	13	5	8	1	313	27.2
6	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	196	1982-83	EDM	80	71	125	+61	59	18	36	6	4	9		348	20.4
7	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	183	1986-87	EDM	79	62	121	+69	28	13	33	7	6	4	0	288	21.5
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	168	1988-89	LAK	78	54	114	+15	26	11	42	5	10	5	0	303	17.8
9	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	168	1987-88	PIT	77	70	98	+23	92	22	58	10	4	7	2	382	18.3
10	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	164	1980-81	EDM	80	55	109	+41	28	15	38	4	3	3		261	21.1
11	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	163	1990-91	LAK	78	41	122	+30	16	8	51	0	1	5	0	212	19.3
12	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	161	1995-96	PIT	70	69	92	+10	54	31	48	8	1	8	2	338	20.4
13	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	160	1992-93	PIT	60	69	91	+55	38	16	39	6	3	10	0	286	24.1
14	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	155	1988-89	DET	80	65	90	+17	61	17	29	3	5	7	2	388	16.8
15	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	153	2022-23	EDM	82	64	89	+22	36	21	50	4	3	11	2	352	18.2	525	1,011	51.9	89	40	82	77	22:23
16	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	152	1970-71	BOS	78	76	76	+69	71	24	27	1	1	16		550	13.8
17	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	150	1988-89	LAK	79	70	80	+30	96	21	28	8	6	6	0	385	18.2
18	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	149	1995-96	PIT	82	62	87	+31	96	20	31	1	2	12	1	403	15.4
19	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	149	1987-88	EDM	64	40	109	+39	24	9	40	5	4	3	0	211	19.0
20	Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	148	1992-93	BUF	84	53	95	+11	63	20	43	2	0	7	0	306	17.3
21	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	147	1981-82	NYI	80	64	83	+69	22	17	30	0	0	10		301	21.3
22	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	145	1973-74	BOS	78	68	77	+51	58	14	26	4	2	9		393	17.3
23	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	144	2023-24	TBL	81	44	100	+8	22	13	40	0	0	6	1	306	14.4	2	4	50.0	47	35	62	96	21:40
24	Adam Oates A. Oates	142	1992-93	BOS	84	45	97	+15	32	24	38	1	1	11	0	254	17.7
25	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	142	1989-90	LAK	73	40	102	+8	42	10	30	4	2	4	1	236	16.9