Bobby Orr has scored the most career goals per game by a defenseman, with 0.41 per game.

Interpreted as:

most goals per game with a minimum of 200 goals defenseman all-time

	NAME	G/GP	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Bobby Orr B. Orr	0.41	270	657	645	915	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
2	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0.29	310	1,060	742	1,052	+456	1,356	127	332	10	22	44	0	3,050	10.2
3	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0.28	396	1,409	1,135	1,531	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
4	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0.25	410	1,612	1,169	1,579	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
5	Reed Larson R. Larson	0.25	222	904	463	685	-128	1,388	88	185	8	9	17	0	2,926	7.6
6	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	0.24	340	1,416	934	1,274	+371	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	5,157	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
7	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	0.23	237	1,024	590	827	+55	830	85	295	9	7	22	2	3,297	7.2
8	Phil Housley P. Housley	0.23	338	1,495	894	1,232	-53	822	129	483	7	3	49	5	3,808	8.9	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
9	Shea Weber S. Weber	0.22	224	1,038	365	589	+79	714	106	133	5	6	35	7	2,765	8.1	0	0		2,212	1,691	372	737	24:03
10	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0.20	247	1,205	781	1,028	+25	571	111	431	8	14	38	7	3,640	6.8	0	1	0.0	410	653	306	420	26:28
11	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	0.20	227	1,113	525	752	+89	824	84	231	10	9	30	2	2,542	8.9	1	2	50.0	113	241	68	154	18:42
12	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0.20	227	1,157	450	677	-26	1,392	91	208	8	16	37	2	2,947	7.7	0	0		195	222	59	103	22:09
13	Brad Park B. Park	0.19	213	1,113	683	896	+363	1,429	92	285	5	8	28	0	2,827	7.5
14	Rob Blake R. Blake	0.19	240	1,270	537	777	-4	1,679	136	243	4	15	41	2	3,896	6.2	5	14	35.7	1,229	1,382	452	653	24:54
15	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	0.18	200	1,085	670	870	-122	486	44	261	2	5	38	12	2,976	6.7	0	4	0.0	780	1,429	851	1,285	25:13
16	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0.18	288	1,615	929	1,217	+197	1,084	114	433	9	18	36	4	3,604	8.0	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40
17	Gary Suter G. Suter	0.18	203	1,145	641	844	+126	1,349	90	388	8	15	18	1	3,091	6.6	1	2	50.0	343	239	42	169	21:39
18	Brent Burns B. Burns	0.18	234	1,321	606	840	+2	779	85	220	3	13	38	16	3,703	6.3	12	29	41.4	1,332	1,764	832	1,390	23:21
19	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	0.17	223	1,289	520	743	+66	1,245	100	293	4	4	36	4	3,092	7.2	1	8	12.5	1,003	975	319	475	22:44
20	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0.17	220	1,301	591	811	+33	981	102	325	2	9	35	4	2,866	7.7	3	3	100.0	821	1,159	332	788	23:39
21	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	0.17	264	1,564	878	1,142	+450	514	132	458	10	30	35	4	3,875	6.8	0	0		477	990	462	638	26:56
22	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0.15	208	1,384	750	958	+722	793	66	243	3	7	29	0	2,332	8.9
23	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	0.12	209	1,680	471	680	+301	2,085	93	133	8	27	35	3	3,419	6.1	13	36	36.1	3,749	2,164	610	1,342	23:55