Mathieu Schneider recorded the most goals by a defenseman in 2005-06, with 21 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	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	21	2005-06	DET	72	38	59	+33	86	11	18	0	0	4	0	188	11.2	1	4	25.0	90	119	44	64	24:31
2	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	20	2005-06	CGY	82	29	49	+5	93	16	17	0	1	7	1	242	8.3	0	0		203	97	35	51	21:44
3	Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	19	2005-06	TOR	73	49	68	-1	116	13	32	0	4	6	1	207	9.2	0	1	0.0	109	139	29	82	28:18
4	Lubomir Visnovsky L. Visnovsky	17	2005-06	LAK	80	50	67	+7	50	10	31	0	0	3	1	152	11.2	1	1	100.0	49	116	39	73	23:16
5	Philippe Boucher P. Boucher	16	2005-06	DAL	66	27	43	+28	77	8	11	0	2	3	1	174	9.2	1	1	100.0	132	145	27	66	23:25
6	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	16	2005-06	OTT	71	27	43	+17	135	10	12	1	2	3	1	212	7.5	10	24	41.7	224	121	59	82	27:11
7	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	16	2005-06	DET	80	64	80	+21	50	9	41	0	0	2	0	243	6.6	0	0		28	82	54	61	28:07
8	Marc-Andre Bergeron M. Bergeron	15	2005-06	EDM	75	20	35	+3	38	8	8	0	1	1	0	144	10.4	0	0		44	97	26	76	21:14
9	Dan Boyle D. Boyle	15	2005-06	TBL	79	38	53	-8	38	6	19	0	0	4	1	153	9.8	0	1	0.0	63	83	49	65	23:26
10	Paul Mara P. Mara	15	2005-06	PHX	78	32	47	-12	70	8	21	0	0	0	0	157	9.6	0	1	0.0	52	80	17	24	21:29
11	Rob Blake R. Blake	14	2005-06	COL	81	37	51	+2	94	7	17	1	1	1	0	264	5.3	0	2	0.0	108	175	89	74	24:22
12	Joe Corvo J. Corvo	14	2005-06	LAK	81	26	40	+16	38	7	14	0	0	3	1	190	7.4	0	0		36	66	17	54	19:59
13	John-Michael Liles J. Liles	14	2005-06	COL	82	35	49	+5	44	6	22	0	0	1	0	154	9.1	1	1	100.0	41	100	50	52	18:31
14	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	13	2005-06	ANA	82	50	63	+8	96	9	27	0	2	3	1	181	7.2	2	7	28.6	41	71	50	47	25:30
15	Mattias Ohlund M. Ohlund	13	2005-06	VAN	78	20	33	-6	92	8	7	1	2	2	0	183	7.1	0	1	0.0	114	170	32	36	25:40
16	Joni Pitkanen J. Pitkanen	13	2005-06	PHI	58	33	46	+22	78	5	14	0	1	3	3	118	11.0	0	0		52	81	13	52	23:43
17	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	13	2005-06	DAL	78	58	71	+20	46	9	30	0	0	0	0	141	9.2	0	0		29	67	61	103	26:27
18	Bryan Berard B. Berard	12	2005-06	CBJ	44	20	32	-29	32	11	11	0	0	2	1	126	9.5	0	0		20	43	16	28	22:40
19	Brian Campbell B. Campbell	12	2005-06	BUF	79	32	44	-14	16	5	22	0	0	5	1	105	11.4	0	0		38	51	16	42	17:43
20	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	12	2005-06	PIT	75	46	58	-13	100	8	30	0	2	2	1	192	6.3	0	0		58	88	14	54	24:40
21	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	12	2005-06	EDM	80	44	56	+2	74	10	32	0	0	3	1	155	7.7	0	1	0.0	65	163	51	110	27:59
22	Sheldon Souray S. Souray	12	2005-06	MTL	75	27	39	-11	116	7	14	1	1	0	0	202	5.9	0	0		105	109	83	85	22:15
23	Jaroslav Spacek J. Spacek	12	2005-06	TOT	76	31	43	+11	96	4	17	0	1	0	0	150	8.0	0	0		88	99	27	54	23:39
24	Brad Stuart B. Stuart	12	2005-06	TOT	78	31	43	-8	52	7	14	0	3	2	1	163	7.4	0	0		105	125	23	47	24:58
25	Marek Zidlicky M. Zidlicky	12	2005-06	NSH	67	37	49	+8	82	10	19	0	0	1	0	113	10.6	0	0		76	67	37	56	20:04