nhl defense point leaders from january 1, 2023 to december 7, 2023

Between January 1, 2023 and December 7, 2023, Quinn Hughes collected the most points by a defenseman, with 82 points.

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	82	73	15	67	+31	38	3	31	0	1	2	1	171	8.8	0	0		34	60	46	47	25:40
2	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	69	69	18	51	-5	42	5	12	0	0	2	0	159	11.3	0	1	0.0	28	79	65	61	25:22
3	Cale Makar C. Makar	66	49	15	51	+29	18	4	21	0	3	4	2	121	12.4	0	0		30	70	38	32	24:54
4	Vince Dunn V. Dunn	66	74	14	52	+12	65	2	15	0	1	2	1	151	9.3	0	0		88	65	35	45	23:36
5	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	60	69	7	53	+1	22	1	24	0	0	3	1	166	4.2	0	0		48	96	46	57	25:32
6	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	60	66	19	41	+5	48	10	12	0	0	4	2	210	9.0	0	0		54	76	18	59	21:22
7	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	56	66	15	41	-2	38	2	18	0	0	3	0	173	8.7	0	0		74	102	32	47	24:50
8	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	56	71	11	45	-15	68	4	15	0	0	0	0	164	6.7	0	0		115	118	39	54	25:20
9	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	53	71	13	40	-1	50	3	14	1	2	2	0	170	7.6	0	0		59	109	35	64	23:36
10	Adam Fox A. Fox	53	59	8	45	+16	28	3	25	0	2	3	1	109	7.3	0	0		19	96	58	48	23:16
11	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	52	74	6	46	-3	41	1	19	0	0	1	0	146	4.1	0	0		110	141	30	41	23:37
12	Roman Josi R. Josi	51	58	16	35	+9	34	6	13	0	1	3	1	217	7.4	0	0		43	110	15	34	24:53
13	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	50	67	10	40	+13	26	4	18	0	0	3	1	150	6.7	0	0		53	72	50	59	19:49
14	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	50	65	8	42	+15	57	2	14	0	0	2	1	103	7.8	0	0		77	138	18	43	22:39
15	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	48	66	8	40	+9	24	3	18	0	0	1	0	165	4.8	0	0		52	116	29	47	22:00
16	Moritz Seider M. Seider	47	72	7	40	+7	48	4	18	1	0	0	0	135	5.2	0	0		186	164	27	39	23:05
17	Brent Burns B. Burns	47	72	19	28	+20	24	3	12	1	0	1	0	205	9.3	1	1	100.0	29	71	35	45	22:22
18	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	46	64	12	34	+1	43	3	14	0	2	2	1	163	7.4	0	0		65	124	42	88	24:38
19	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	45	65	14	31	+22	24	3	16	0	0	5	1	110	12.7	0	0		98	81	22	42	25:50
20	Brandon Montour B. Montour	45	54	10	35	+16	54	0	22	0	0	2	2	168	6.0	0	0		63	54	18	41	23:33
21	Devon Toews D. Toews	44	73	8	36	+39	26	1	6	0	1	0	0	149	5.4	0	0		91	115	43	41	24:40
22	Cam Fowler C. Fowler	43	71	8	35	-26	14	1	12	0	0	1	0	106	7.5	0	0		28	106	27	37	24:08
23	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	41	70	5	36	+3	32	0	4	0	1	1	0	146	3.4	0	0		79	139	44	41	23:04
24	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	41	66	7	34	-2	14	2	12	0	0	1	0	139	5.0	0	0		75	103	21	65	22:33
25	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	39	65	8	31	+19	12	0	7	0	3	3	1	155	5.2	1	1	100.0	45	162	50	46	23:44