Nicklas Lidstrom collected the most points by a defenseman in 2005-06, with 80 points.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	80	2005-06	DET	80	16	64	+21	50	9	41	0	0	2	0	243	6.6	0	0		28	82	54	61	28:07
2	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	71	2005-06	DAL	78	13	58	+20	46	9	30	0	0	0	0	141	9.2	0	0		29	67	61	103	26:27
3	Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	68	2005-06	TOR	73	19	49	-1	116	13	32	0	4	6	1	207	9.2	0	1	0.0	109	139	29	82	28:18
4	Tomas Kaberle T. Kaberle	67	2005-06	TOR	82	9	58	-1	46	6	45	0	0	2	2	163	5.5	0	0		55	143	45	72	28:10
5	Lubomir Visnovsky L. Visnovsky	67	2005-06	LAK	80	17	50	+7	50	10	31	0	0	3	1	152	11.2	1	1	100.0	49	116	39	73	23:16
6	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	63	2005-06	ANA	82	13	50	+8	96	9	27	0	2	3	1	181	7.2	2	7	28.6	41	71	50	47	25:30
7	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	59	2005-06	DET	72	21	38	+33	86	11	18	0	0	4	0	188	11.2	1	4	25.0	90	119	44	64	24:31
8	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	58	2005-06	PIT	75	12	46	-13	100	8	30	0	2	2	1	192	6.3	0	0		58	88	14	54	24:40
9	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	56	2005-06	EDM	80	12	44	+2	74	10	32	0	0	3	1	155	7.7	0	1	0.0	65	163	51	110	27:59
10	Dan Boyle D. Boyle	53	2005-06	TBL	79	15	38	-8	38	6	19	0	0	4	1	153	9.8	0	1	0.0	63	83	49	65	23:26
11	Rob Blake R. Blake	51	2005-06	COL	81	14	37	+2	94	7	17	1	1	1	0	264	5.3	0	2	0.0	108	175	89	74	24:22
12	Wade Redden W. Redden	50	2005-06	OTT	65	10	40	+35	63	8	22	0	2	4	0	153	6.5	1	1	100.0	72	72	22	62	23:28
13	Kimmo Timonen K. Timonen	50	2005-06	NSH	79	11	39	-3	74	8	30	0	1	1	0	156	7.1	4	5	80.0	37	102	32	27	22:26
14	John-Michael Liles J. Liles	49	2005-06	COL	82	14	35	+5	44	6	22	0	0	1	0	154	9.1	1	1	100.0	41	100	50	52	18:31
15	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	49	2005-06	CGY	82	20	29	+5	93	16	17	0	1	7	1	242	8.3	0	0		203	97	35	51	21:44
16	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	49	2005-06	NJD	82	6	43	0	36	3	24	0	1	2	1	126	4.8	0	1	0.0	56	120	40	97	25:32
17	Marek Zidlicky M. Zidlicky	49	2005-06	NSH	67	12	37	+8	82	10	19	0	0	1	0	113	10.6	0	0		76	67	37	56	20:04
18	Paul Mara P. Mara	47	2005-06	PHX	78	15	32	-12	70	8	21	0	0	0	0	157	9.6	0	1	0.0	52	80	17	24	21:29
19	Jay Bouwmeester J. Bouwmeester	46	2005-06	FLA	82	5	41	+1	79	0	16	0	0	0	0	189	2.6	0	1	0.0	77	105	26	48	25:29
20	Andrei Markov A. Markov	46	2005-06	MTL	67	10	36	+13	74	6	18	1	2	1	0	88	11.4	0	1	0.0	42	108	81	82	23:33
21	Joni Pitkanen J. Pitkanen	46	2005-06	PHI	58	13	33	+22	78	5	14	0	1	3	3	118	11.0	0	0		52	81	13	52	23:43
22	Brian Campbell B. Campbell	44	2005-06	BUF	79	12	32	-14	16	5	22	0	0	5	1	105	11.4	0	0		38	51	16	42	17:43
23	Frantisek Kaberle F. Kaberle	44	2005-06	CAR	77	6	38	+8	46	1	16	0	1	3	2	126	4.8	0	0		30	104	23	30	19:37
24	Philippe Boucher P. Boucher	43	2005-06	DAL	66	16	27	+28	77	8	11	0	2	3	1	174	9.2	1	1	100.0	132	145	27	66	23:25
25	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	43	2005-06	OTT	71	16	27	+17	135	10	12	1	2	3	1	212	7.5	10	24	41.7	224	121	59	82	27:11