who scored the most points by a defenseman in the nhl in the 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Nicklas Lidstrom collected the most points by a defenseman, with 574 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	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	574	718	127	447	+232	278	68	237	6	10	21	3	1,909	6.7	0	0		331	737	366	529	27:49
2	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	504	638	135	369	+37	552	64	219	1	5	17	3	1,650	8.2	2	2	100.0	513	641	244	559	24:57
3	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	425	692	67	358	+144	234	34	164	1	2	15	2	1,293	5.2	2	5	40.0	479	656	353	576	23:02
4	Rob Blake R. Blake	424	669	130	294	+27	749	77	139	3	7	20	1	2,148	6.1	5	14	35.7	1,161	1,268	433	602	25:16
5	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	420	593	92	328	+121	744	53	195	1	10	20	5	1,430	6.4	7	23	30.4	647	1,055	331	546	27:51
6	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	415	657	99	316	+92	474	50	133	0	10	28	11	1,272	7.8	7	25	28.0	507	594	520	567	25:17
7	Tomas Kaberle T. Kaberle	411	681	69	342	+40	194	28	183	1	8	12	6	1,009	6.8	5	11	45.5	458	844	241	659	24:36
8	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	398	607	78	320	+59	194	49	176	2	6	12	2	1,258	6.2	1	1	100.0	298	467	344	835	26:30
9	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	389	636	116	273	+76	597	53	154	3	3	18	3	1,537	7.5	1	8	12.5	976	942	311	461	22:57
10	Kimmo Timonen K. Timonen	376	680	86	290	+17	422	50	183	2	6	11	1	1,232	7.0	5	11	45.5	517	840	216	389	23:06
11	Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	361	671	104	257	+54	965	60	136	0	7	20	5	1,426	7.3	1	6	16.7	1,335	953	104	655	25:00
12	Wade Redden W. Redden	355	685	82	273	+129	505	45	124	1	5	17	2	1,379	5.9	1	2	50.0	885	854	230	636	23:57
13	Dan Boyle D. Boyle	341	578	89	252	-36	384	41	133	1	1	17	4	1,107	8.0	1	7	14.3	543	571	291	424	23:04
14	Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	339	619	87	252	-32	734	42	116	1	8	16	3	1,448	6.0	0	1	0.0	954	718	296	585	23:46
15	Andrei Markov A. Markov	329	571	74	255	+18	325	37	140	2	8	11	1	945	7.8	2	7	28.6	309	698	400	615	22:23
16	Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	321	664	76	245	+52	637	24	116	3	14	13	3	1,400	5.4	1	2	50.0	903	1,136	327	514	24:23
17	Lubomir Visnovsky L. Visnovsky	310	549	78	232	+17	244	36	121	0	1	11	1	949	8.2	4	15	26.7	413	663	217	521	21:11
18	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	310	683	102	208	+71	1,077	53	84	4	16	17	3	1,427	7.1	11	29	37.9	2,113	868	295	600	25:02
19	Jaroslav Spacek J. Spacek	288	638	70	218	+10	487	31	110	2	6	10	5	1,037	6.8	0	1	0.0	723	761	193	423	22:03
20	Pavel Kubina P. Kubina	286	668	87	199	-68	819	48	92	4	4	23	6	1,309	6.6	1	8	12.5	843	1,018	277	439	22:28
21	Derek Morris D. Morris	277	640	60	217	-29	633	27	111	3	4	18	4	1,334	4.5	2	4	50.0	725	804	215	348	22:37
22	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	273	398	70	203	-27	172	28	109	2	7	12	5	1,053	6.6	0	1	0.0	410	653	306	420	26:28
23	Tom Poti T. Poti	273	644	58	215	+14	492	25	103	1	6	16	4	1,070	5.4	1	4	25.0	350	941	352	529	23:21
24	Kim Johnsson K. Johnsson	267	679	60	207	+17	376	28	87	0	4	7	0	1,078	5.6	0	0		426	986	311	443	22:53
25	Mattias Ohlund M. Ohlund	260	619	77	183	+25	597	33	80	4	7	18	6	1,233	6.2	0	2	0.0	940	1,002	269	469	24:52