most single season points by a defenseman from 1917-18 to 1968-69

Between the 1917-18 and 1968-69 seasons, Bobby Orr collected the most points by a defenseman in a season, with 64 points in 1968-69.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Bobby Orr B. Orr	64	1968-69	BOS	67	21	43	+55	133	4	14	0	2	2	285	7.4
2	Doug Mohns D. Mohns	60	1966-67	CHI	62	25	35	+33	58	4	11	2	0	5	151	16.6
3	Pierre Pilote P. Pilote	59	1964-65	CHI	68	14	45	+25	162	7	15	1	2	2	109	12.8
4	Babe Pratt B. Pratt	58	1943-44	TOR	50	17	41		48	2	9	0	0	2
5	Pat Stapleton P. Stapleton	56	1968-69	CHI	75	6	50	+19	44	0	18	0	2	0	112	5.4
6	Red Kelly R. Kelly	54	1950-51	DET	70	17	37		24	4	10	0	0	3
7	Pierre Pilote P. Pilote	53	1963-64	CHI	70	7	46	+31	84	0	15	0	1	2	104	6.7
8	Pierre Pilote P. Pilote	52	1966-67	CHI	70	6	46	+54	90	4	13	0	3	2	70	8.6
9	Bill Gadsby B. Gadsby	51	1958-59	NYR	70	5	46		56	1	20	1	3	0
10	Bill Gadsby B. Gadsby	51	1955-56	NYR	70	9	42		84	3	20	0	0	2
11	Doug Harvey D. Harvey	50	1956-57	MTL	70	6	44		100	2	24	0	1	2
12	Red Kelly R. Kelly	50	1955-56	DET	70	16	34		39	9	18	0	0	3
13	Doug Harvey D. Harvey	49	1954-55	MTL	70	6	43		58	3	25	0	0	1
14	Red Kelly R. Kelly	49	1953-54	DET	62	16	33		18	6	10	1	0	2
15	Mike McMahon Jr. M. McMahon Jr.	47	1967-68	MNS	74	14	33	-14	71	4	18	0	0	1	151	9.3
16	Jean-Guy Talbot J. Talbot	47	1961-62	MTL	70	5	42	+30	90	2	14	0	2	1	130	3.8
17	Red Kelly R. Kelly	47	1951-52	DET	67	16	31		16	2	10	2	2	3
18	Ted Green T. Green	46	1968-69	BOS	65	8	38	+11	99	3	11	0	1	0	131	6.1
19	Bill Gadsby B. Gadsby	46	1957-58	NYR	65	14	32		48	8	14	1	1	1
20	Red Kelly R. Kelly	46	1952-53	DET	70	19	27		8	4	11	0	0	1
21	Doug Mohns D. Mohns	45	1961-62	BOS	69	16	29	-62	74	7	14	0	0	1	166	9.6
22	Pierre Pilote P. Pilote	45	1959-60	CHI	70	7	38	+20	100	5	11	0	0	1	89	7.9
23	Red Kelly R. Kelly	45	1954-55	DET	70	15	30		28	6	7	3	2	3
24	Jim Neilson J. Neilson	44	1968-69	NYR	76	10	34	+8	95	3	11	0	1	2	274	3.6
25	Doug Harvey D. Harvey	44	1955-56	MTL	62	5	39		60	2	26	0	1	1