who scored the most points by a defenseman in 1996

Brian Leetch recorded the most points by a defenseman in 1995-96, with 85 points.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	85	1995-96	NYR	82	15	70	+12	30	7	37	0	0	3	0	276	5.4
2	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	82	1995-96	BOS	82	20	62	+31	58	9	29	2	0	2	0	390	5.1
3	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	74	1995-96	DET	76	14	60	+19	90	3	30	1	0	3	0	234	6.0
4	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	72	1995-96	CHI	81	14	58	+25	140	7	24	0	6	3	0	219	6.4
5	Phil Housley P. Housley	68	1995-96	TOT	81	17	51	-6	30	6	29	0	0	1	0	205	8.3
6	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	67	1995-96	DET	81	17	50	+29	20	8	29	1	4	1	0	211	8.1
7	Gary Suter G. Suter	67	1995-96	CHI	82	20	47	+3	80	12	29	2	3	4	0	242	8.3
8	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	66	1995-96	PIT	64	11	55	+28	22	3	29	2	2	1	0	141	7.8
9	Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	65	1995-96	TBL	82	16	49	-24	103	12	30	0	1	2	0	281	5.7
10	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	61	1995-96	STL	82	17	44	+5	88	9	25	1	1	1	0	317	5.4
11	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	61	1995-96	TOR	82	12	49	-2	34	8	31	0	0	1	0	182	6.6
12	Robert Svehla R. Svehla	57	1995-96	FLA	81	8	49	-3	94	7	27	0	2	0	0	146	5.5
13	Jeff Brown J. Brown	55	1995-96	TOT	76	8	47	+8	56	5	26	0	0	0	0	177	4.5
14	Garry Galley G. Galley	54	1995-96	BUF	78	10	44	-2	81	7	28	1	2	2	0	175	5.7
15	Jyrki Lumme J. Lumme	54	1995-96	VAN	80	17	37	-9	50	8	17	0	2	2	0	192	8.9
16	Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	54	1995-96	WIN	74	11	43	-4	22	6	22	0	1	3	0	165	6.7
17	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	54	1995-96	TOT	73	14	40	+2	54	8	24	1	0	1	0	166	8.4
18	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	54	1995-96	TOT	78	13	41	-20	103	7	33	0	0	1	1	191	6.8
19	Norm MacIver N. MacIver	53	1995-96	TOT	71	7	46	+6	58	3	25	0	2	0	0	79	8.9
20	Eric Desjardins E. Desjardins	47	1995-96	PHI	80	7	40	+19	45	5	25	0	2	2	1	184	3.8
21	Viacheslav Fetisov V. Fetisov	42	1995-96	DET	69	7	35	+37	96	1	12	1	1	1	0	127	5.5
22	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	41	1995-96	WSH	78	15	26	+25	60	4	10	0	0	4	0	139	10.8
23	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	41	1995-96	DAL	74	15	26	-24	58	7	15	0	0	3	0	237	6.3
24	Marcus Ragnarsson M. Ragnarsson	39	1995-96	SJS	71	8	31	-24	42	4	13	0	0	0	0	94	8.5
25	Sylvain Cote S. Cote	38	1995-96	WSH	81	5	33	+5	40	3	12	0	2	2	0	212	2.4