defencemen most points per game between 1997-98 to 2002-03, minimum 250 games

Between the 1997-98 and 2002-03 seasons, Nicklas Lidstrom recorded the most points per game by a defenseman when playing 250+ games, with 0.79 per game.

	NAME	P/GP	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	0.79	484	93	288	381	+117	126	44	152	8	7	11	1	1,290	7.2	0	0		184	318	175	244	28:50
2	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	0.75	424	89	229	318	+107	349	47	129	4	7	20	2	1,534	5.8	2	2	100.0	151	260	127	242	26:39
3	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0.70	423	80	215	295	-66	176	34	119	1	6	13	5	1,131	7.1	0	0		313	465	237	314	27:12
4	Rob Blake R. Blake	0.68	441	105	197	302	+39	526	56	80	3	6	18	1	1,569	6.7	0	0		663	559	214	300	27:32
5	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0.67	322	48	168	216	+18	188	32	107	2	3	6	0	1,002	4.8	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
6	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	0.67	361	52	190	242	+144	590	25	90	1	8	8	1	845	6.2	0	2	0.0	280	429	131	239	29:10
7	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0.67	432	107	182	289	+53	355	42	88	1	2	12	0	1,176	9.1	2	2	100.0	276	179	116	318	23:44
8	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	0.65	424	74	201	275	-23	318	32	102	2	1	12	2	880	8.4	0	0		334	234	177	342	23:53
9	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	0.64	472	62	238	300	+62	126	35	128	2	5	13	3	1,011	6.1	0	0		156	234	174	456	26:59
10	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	0.57	438	60	188	248	+89	215	19	71	1	0	18	6	825	7.3	4	15	26.7	253	238	245	228	24:10
11	Phil Housley P. Housley	0.57	428	53	189	242	-20	184	23	103	1	0	11	2	955	5.5	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
12	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	0.56	308	24	147	171	+90	86	11	53	0	0	6	1	573	4.2	2	4	50.0	264	225	197	219	21:29
13	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0.55	300	33	132	165	+54	136	14	49	2	3	5	1	524	6.3	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40
14	Eric Desjardins E. Desjardins	0.54	449	64	180	244	+75	215	25	72	3	4	12	2	1,048	6.1	3	6	50.0	91	383	162	290	24:46
15	Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	0.54	452	61	181	242	+3	465	25	101	3	8	10	3	1,102	5.5	1	2	50.0	424	415	142	230	25:38
16	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	0.53	437	70	162	232	-32	390	34	96	2	2	7	1	1,073	6.5	0	0		517	441	112	232	22:36
17	Darryl Sydor D. Sydor	0.52	467	52	192	244	+52	257	30	117	1	1	6	1	916	5.7	0	2	0.0	265	273	101	233	20:57
18	Tomas Kaberle T. Kaberle	0.52	372	38	155	193	+41	92	11	65	1	6	8	2	453	8.4	4	7	57.1	237	362	84	314	23:49
19	Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	0.52	469	53	189	242	+71	162	16	97	0	10	13	1	742	7.1	0	1	0.0	193	342	213	235	23:56
20	Derek Morris D. Morris	0.50	418	45	166	211	+4	453	25	77	2	4	17	2	962	4.7	1	1	100.0	295	313	82	190	24:42
21	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	0.49	348	39	131	170	+27	174	11	65	1	1	6	1	571	6.8	1	2	50.0	113	241	68	154	18:42
22	Janne Niinimaa J. Niinimaa	0.48	478	38	190	228	+44	489	19	88	2	7	5	0	751	5.1	0	1	0.0	430	403	170	323	25:29
23	Gary Suter G. Suter	0.48	300	36	107	143	+29	267	14	70	3	5	2	1	706	5.1	1	2	50.0	343	239	42	169	21:39
24	Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0.48	456	54	163	217	-13	654	17	71	2	7	11	3	900	6.0	0	0		529	360	185	332	24:38
25	Robert Svehla R. Svehla	0.47	487	46	185	231	-7	469	15	82	0	6	2	0	794	5.8	0	3	0.0	925	484	164	254	24:57