Morgan Rielly got the most goals by a defenseman in 2018-19, with 20 scored.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	20	2018-19	TOR	82	52	72	+24	14	3	18	0	0	5	2	223	9.0	0	1	0.0	61	114	60	94	23:07
2	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	18	2018-19	CAR	82	21	39	0	54	2	5	0	0	2	0	259	6.9	0	1	0.0	160	91	35	66	19:40
3	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	17	2018-19	CGY	78	57	74	+39	69	3	18	4	2	2	0	221	7.7	0	0		58	144	73	65	24:14
4	Erik Gustafsson E. Gustafsson	17	2018-19	CHI	79	43	60	-6	34	4	14	0	0	3	2	160	10.6	0	0		100	115	34	77	22:35
5	Brent Burns B. Burns	16	2018-19	SJS	82	67	83	+13	34	7	21	1	4	6	2	300	5.3	0	1	0.0	90	105	88	118	25:06
6	Kris Letang K. Letang	16	2018-19	PIT	65	40	56	+13	48	2	17	1	1	3	1	206	7.8	0	0		116	111	63	76	25:58
7	Roman Josi R. Josi	15	2018-19	NSH	82	41	56	+9	42	2	10	0	1	4	0	274	5.5	0	1	0.0	53	144	36	65	25:10
8	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	14	2018-19	COL	78	45	59	-3	36	2	23	0	0	2	0	218	6.4	0	0		48	93	28	41	21:47
9	Thomas Chabot T. Chabot	14	2018-19	OTT	70	41	55	-12	32	1	15	1	0	2	1	185	7.6	0	0		71	112	31	72	24:17
10	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	14	2018-19	ARI	81	30	44	-16	52	5	14	1	2	2	0	176	8.0	0	0		162	52	32	65	23:38
11	Jared Spurgeon J. Spurgeon	14	2018-19	MIN	82	29	43	-1	20	4	7	0	1	0	0	152	9.2	1	1	100.0	91	145	30	23	24:09
12	Shea Weber S. Weber	14	2018-19	MTL	58	19	33	+15	28	5	1	0	0	3	0	166	8.4	0	0		129	110	17	67	23:29
13	John Carlson J. Carlson	13	2018-19	WSH	80	57	70	+21	34	3	30	0	0	1	0	185	7.0	0	0		54	164	55	87	25:04
14	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	13	2018-19	FLA	82	24	37	+1	47	5	5	0	0	1	1	180	7.2	0	0		114	88	47	122	23:39
15	Jeff Petry J. Petry	13	2018-19	MTL	82	33	46	-5	28	3	8	0	1	4	2	172	7.6	0	1	0.0	190	123	39	129	23:07
16	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	13	2018-19	STL	71	28	41	+2	22	3	12	0	1	2	0	168	7.7	0	1	0.0	62	139	55	50	24:05
17	Mathew Dumba M. Dumba	12	2018-19	MIN	32	10	22	-5	21	6	6	0	0	1	0	93	12.9	0	0		60	43	10	17	23:23
18	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	12	2018-19	TBL	70	42	54	+24	44	2	23	0	1	4	2	182	6.6	0	1	0.0	59	97	32	50	22:46
19	Vince Dunn V. Dunn	12	2018-19	STL	78	23	35	+14	45	3	5	0	0	4	1	150	8.0	0	1	0.0	48	68	18	49	17:32
20	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	12	2018-19	VGK	79	25	37	-4	20	4	5	0	1	1	1	202	5.9	1	1	100.0	27	91	82	59	20:06
21	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	12	2018-19	DAL	82	21	33	-14	16	2	6	0	1	4	0	182	6.6	0	0		34	71	35	96	23:07
22	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	11	2018-19	CAR	82	24	35	+9	47	6	4	0	0	3	0	217	5.1	0	0		156	121	47	66	22:25
23	Damon Severson D. Severson	11	2018-19	NJD	82	28	39	-27	58	3	9	0	1	0	0	146	7.5	0	0		83	87	25	61	22:03
24	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	11	2018-19	CBJ	82	33	44	-12	18	2	13	0	0	1	0	168	6.5	0	0		67	89	40	46	22:54
25	Esa Lindell E. Lindell	11	2018-19	DAL	82	21	32	+14	33	4	3	2	0	1	0	132	8.3	0	0		143	161	30	92	24:20