Mike Green had the most goals by a defenseman in 2008-09, with 31 scored.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Mike Green M. Green	31	2008-09	WSH	68	42	73	+24	68	18	20	1	0	4	0	243	12.8	0	0		86	110	49	95	25:46
2	Sheldon Souray S. Souray	23	2008-09	EDM	81	30	53	+1	98	12	11	1	0	5	0	268	8.6	0	0		82	69	45	92	24:51
3	Shea Weber S. Weber	23	2008-09	NSH	81	30	53	+1	80	10	9	1	1	4	1	251	9.2	0	0		192	95	19	33	23:58
4	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	19	2008-09	BOS	80	31	50	+23	95	11	17	0	2	3	0	216	8.8	1	4	25.0	169	123	28	54	26:04
5	Anton Babchuk A. Babchuk	16	2008-09	CAR	72	19	35	+13	16	9	6	0	0	4	1	127	12.6	0	0		22	115	22	20	18:04
6	Dan Boyle D. Boyle	16	2008-09	SJS	77	41	57	+6	52	8	24	0	1	4	1	213	7.5	0	1	0.0	51	95	36	63	24:46
7	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	16	2008-09	DET	78	43	59	+31	30	10	23	0	1	4	1	180	8.9	0	0		43	67	26	46	24:49
8	Mark Streit M. Streit	16	2008-09	NYI	74	40	56	+5	62	10	19	1	1	1	0	150	10.7	0	0		114	113	51	68	25:13
9	Jay Bouwmeester J. Bouwmeester	15	2008-09	FLA	82	27	42	-2	68	9	11	0	1	2	0	182	8.2	0	0		115	128	27	51	26:59
10	Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	15	2008-09	FLA	69	24	39	-1	41	8	11	0	0	3	1	153	9.8	0	0		72	92	6	40	23:08
11	Marc-Andre Bergeron M. Bergeron	14	2008-09	MIN	72	18	32	+5	30	7	11	0	0	3	1	140	10.0	0	0		30	68	11	21	16:54
12	Joe Corvo J. Corvo	14	2008-09	CAR	81	24	38	-1	18	8	14	1	0	6	1	213	6.6	0	0		41	89	43	36	24:19
13	Pavel Kubina P. Kubina	14	2008-09	TOR	82	26	40	-15	94	9	13	0	0	4	2	184	7.6	0	0		91	133	24	51	22:03
14	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	14	2008-09	ANA	82	45	59	-8	70	9	23	0	4	2	2	178	7.9	0	1	0.0	68	77	75	73	26:55
15	Dennis Wideman D. Wideman	13	2008-09	BOS	79	37	50	+32	34	6	19	1	0	2	1	169	7.7	0	0		67	135	23	63	24:39
16	John-Michael Liles J. Liles	12	2008-09	COL	75	27	39	-19	31	6	15	0	0	1	1	146	8.2	0	0		58	106	22	53	21:33
17	Andrei Markov A. Markov	12	2008-09	MTL	78	52	64	-2	36	7	32	0	1	3	0	165	7.3	0	0		61	111	60	103	24:38
18	Marek Zidlicky M. Zidlicky	12	2008-09	MIN	76	30	42	-12	76	10	15	0	0	3	0	147	8.2	0	0		74	95	12	47	22:07
19	Kevin Bieksa K. Bieksa	11	2008-09	VAN	72	32	43	-4	97	5	20	0	2	2	0	153	7.2	0	0		119	60	29	55	23:29
20	Chris Campoli C. Campoli	11	2008-09	TOT	76	19	30	-16	55	2	9	1	1	4	1	91	12.1	0	0		81	86	42	29	19:32
21	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	11	2008-09	CGY	80	36	47	-11	100	4	17	0	0	4	0	277	4.0	0	0		159	86	23	64	26:32
22	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	11	2008-09	ANA	82	37	48	0	88	4	24	0	1	2	1	196	5.6	2	7	28.6	78	122	36	44	26:56
23	Adrian Aucoin A. Aucoin	10	2008-09	CGY	81	24	34	-8	46	3	9	0	1	3	1	126	7.9	0	0		62	55	28	29	22:18
24	Rob Blake R. Blake	10	2008-09	SJS	73	35	45	+15	110	6	16	0	0	1	0	198	5.1	0	0		66	114	23	37	21:16
25	Alexander Edler A. Edler	10	2008-09	VAN	80	27	37	+11	54	5	16	0	0	1	0	145	6.9	1	1	100.0	102	93	29	65	21:08