defense ppg rankings by year 1995-96 to 2020-21

Between the 1995-96 and 2020-21 seasons, defensemen scored their most power-play goals in a season in 2005-06, with 494 scored.

	POSITION	PPG	SEASON	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Defenseman	494	2005-06	15,127	1,098	3,819	4,917	+74	15,050	1,589	39	128	179	47	19,075	5.8	63	187	33.7	15,886	20,902	5,622	9,362	19:16
2	Defenseman	394	2008-09	14,905	1,020	3,672	4,692	+37	11,353	1,241	21	98	180	38	19,048	5.4	27	90	30.0	18,611	20,883	4,633	8,087	19:43
3	Defenseman	393	2006-07	15,182	1,018	3,670	4,688	+54	12,579	1,336	23	116	165	30	18,529	5.5	40	145	27.6	17,820	21,726	5,035	9,612	19:23
4	Defenseman	385	2007-08	15,149	975	3,368	4,343	+80	11,951	1,170	23	97	155	24	18,416	5.3	42	106	39.6	18,002	19,183	4,736	7,931	19:29
5	Defenseman	358	2000-01	15,167	990	3,222	4,212	+65	13,551	1,182	27	109	170	33	19,028	5.2	54	138	39.1	25,717	18,602	5,940	12,089	19:24
6	Defenseman	342	2003-04	14,854	997	3,071	4,068	+87	12,447	1,082	28	100	181	36	19,515	5.1	34	109	31.2	15,786	17,716	4,513	10,008	19:41
7	Defenseman	336	1997-98	13,009	891	2,784	3,675	+47	14,460	1,047	41	98	128	7	16,375	5.4
8	Defenseman	329	1995-96	13,068	905	3,190	4,095	+53	15,553	1,254	32	101	115	6	18,126	5.0
9	Defenseman	310	1999-00	14,303	938	3,057	3,995	+11	12,158	971	23	86	170	34	17,849	5.3	131	374	35.0	23,829	16,969	6,168	11,679	19:22
10	Defenseman	303	2001-02	15,203	937	2,982	3,919	+57	13,415	984	28	92	182	32	19,002	4.9	47	132	35.6	24,232	18,500	5,530	10,958	19:22
11	Defenseman	302	2002-03	15,112	929	3,068	3,997	+63	12,912	1,064	28	87	162	42	19,110	4.9	51	138	37.0	7,495	5,640	1,453	3,641	19:32
12	Defenseman	298	2009-10	15,198	987	3,625	4,612	+20	10,455	1,078	16	88	162	36	19,200	5.1	26	82	31.7	19,918	21,490	4,566	8,215	19:34
13	Defenseman	293	1998-99	13,469	825	2,692	3,517	+55	13,384	960	29	84	136	7	16,956	4.9
14	Defenseman	287	2013-14	14,967	1,045	3,531	4,576	+65	8,807	968	22	87	175	40	20,871	5.0	23	52	44.2	20,976	21,925	4,277	8,256	19:45
15	Defenseman	284	2010-11	14,996	940	3,485	4,425	+103	9,940	1,009	14	75	165	42	19,399	4.8	18	43	41.9	20,075	22,522	4,854	7,945	19:37
16	Defenseman	272	2011-12	14,847	922	3,430	4,352	+70	8,460	896	11	76	162	25	19,728	4.7	18	50	36.0	20,105	21,842	4,310	7,708	19:43
17	Defenseman	268	2014-15	14,845	1,063	3,531	4,594	+60	8,131	928	18	74	181	36	20,786	5.1	21	51	41.2	21,801	22,155	4,306	8,648	19:52
18	Defenseman	264	2015-16	14,834	1,041	3,452	4,493	+100	8,228	932	19	79	192	40	20,896	5.0	14	44	31.8	20,237	21,428	4,031	8,681	19:37
19	Defenseman	253	1996-97	12,856	854	2,914	3,768	+114	13,872	925	32	89	117	10	17,382	4.9
20	Defenseman	224	2016-17	14,836	1,033	3,542	4,575	+122	7,817	859	25	75	181	46	21,567	4.8	16	36	44.4	19,916	21,506	4,256	9,295	19:35
21	Defenseman	219	2017-18	15,371	1,158	3,864	5,022	+156	7,647	972	16	74	218	42	24,225	4.8	15	55	27.3	20,894	22,541	4,905	10,141	19:25
22	Defenseman	215	2018-19	15,368	1,125	3,926	5,051	+212	7,658	838	30	99	203	43	23,471	4.8	14	42	33.3	21,493	21,784	5,416	10,920	19:23
23	Defenseman	180	2012-13	8,690	593	1,955	2,548	+57	5,409	540	10	28	97	18	11,316	5.2	12	37	32.4	12,014	12,833	2,312	4,658	19:41
24	Defenseman	172	2019-20	13,150	986	3,368	4,354	+168	6,358	773	19	74	159	36	20,288	4.9	4	12	33.3	17,106	17,594	4,363	8,948	19:20
25	Defenseman	115	2020-21	10,529	715	2,647	3,362	+104	4,992	610	8	47	101	23	15,478	4.6	2	7	28.6	13,808	13,395	2,746	6,361	19:19