defencemen most minutes played between 1997-98 to 2002-03

Between the 1997-98 and 2002-03 seasons, Nicklas Lidstrom played the most minutes by a defenseman, with 9314 minutes.

	NAME	MIN	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	9314	323	62	203	265	+81	94	31	103	5	3	7	1	880	7.0	0	0		184	318	175	244	28:50
2	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	8583	318	42	150	192	+37	90	25	77	1	4	8	2	708	5.9	0	0		156	234	174	456	26:59
3	Rob Blake R. Blake	8204	298	70	147	217	+49	304	40	63	2	4	12	1	1,092	6.4	0	0		663	559	214	300	27:32
4	Robert Svehla R. Svehla	8181	328	29	122	151	+9	273	8	47	0	2	2	0	493	5.9	0	3	0.0	925	484	164	254	24:57
5	Janne Niinimaa J. Niinimaa	8155	320	30	127	157	+24	339	14	59	2	5	3	0	475	6.3	0	1	0.0	430	403	170	323	25:29
6	Derian Hatcher D. Hatcher	7894	299	16	86	102	+60	338	3	19	1	5	4	1	457	3.5	0	0		861	347	95	370	26:24
7	Wade Redden W. Redden	7807	314	39	123	162	+66	216	15	59	1	1	6	1	632	6.2	0	1	0.0	435	356	104	316	24:52
8	Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	7684	304	14	91	105	-15	335	7	46	0	3	2	0	576	2.4	0	1	0.0	523	282	70	249	25:17
9	Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	7666	299	44	125	169	+9	325	17	64	2	8	7	3	732	6.0	1	2	50.0	424	415	142	230	25:38
10	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	7617	319	54	138	192	-21	231	19	59	2	1	7	1	664	8.1	0	0		334	234	177	342	23:53
11	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	7599	322	22	75	97	+103	259	3	10	1	6	6	1	538	4.1	0	0		570	505	289	258	23:36
12	Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	7589	318	34	87	121	+33	526	16	40	0	3	6	2	584	5.8	0	3	0.0	731	372	35	296	23:52
13	Eric Desjardins E. Desjardins	7531	304	43	117	160	+46	141	17	40	2	3	10	2	708	6.1	3	6	50.0	91	383	162	290	24:46
14	Tomas Kaberle T. Kaberle	7500	315	34	137	171	+38	80	11	60	1	5	6	1	382	8.9	4	7	57.1	237	362	84	314	23:49
15	Eric Weinrich E. Weinrich	7472	320	17	87	104	+38	149	6	32	1	2	4	0	434	3.9	1	2	50.0	320	449	183	376	23:21
16	Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	7464	303	40	127	167	+8	370	14	60	1	6	7	2	649	6.2	0	0		529	360	185	332	24:38
17	Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	7301	305	32	119	151	+43	102	9	66	0	6	11	1	460	7.0	0	1	0.0	193	342	213	235	23:56
18	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	7286	307	81	156	237	+50	232	27	77	0	1	9	0	862	9.4	2	2	100.0	276	179	116	318	23:44
19	Adrian Aucoin A. Aucoin	7250	284	34	87	121	+30	207	18	47	0	3	3	1	692	4.9	0	0		468	190	140	142	25:32
20	Tom Poti T. Poti	7244	303	34	106	140	-12	227	13	51	1	4	7	1	543	6.3	0	0		126	345	170	285	23:54
21	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	7224	271	50	157	207	+68	199	27	86	2	4	16	2	993	5.0	2	2	100.0	151	260	127	242	26:39
22	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	7206	265	50	140	190	-23	102	19	71	1	6	10	5	717	7.0	0	0		313	465	237	314	27:12
23	Mattias Norstrom M. Norstrom	7161	325	3	46	49	+30	213	0	0	0	1	0	0	226	1.3	1	3	33.3	735	439	116	221	22:02
24	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	6888	285	35	110	145	+68	162	7	33	0	0	14	6	489	7.2	4	15	26.7	253	238	245	228	24:10
25	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	6835	296	23	59	82	+5	486	7	15	2	7	5	1	403	5.7	0	0		1,055	316	113	226	23:05