nhl defenseman points leaders 1979-80 to 1988-89

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Paul Coffey collected the most points by a defenseman, with 849 points.

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	849	653	254	595	+264	981	86	247	17	26	22	1	2,159	11.8
2	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	756	718	211	545	+347	578	75	243	7	13	31	3	2,694	7.8
3	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	606	684	172	434	+67	583	54	219	6	5	17	1	2,320	7.4
4	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	562	708	142	420	+61	599	56	195	3	11	14	1	1,583	9.0
5	Reed Larson R. Larson	557	735	185	372	-97	1,101	75	137	5	6	13	0	2,391	7.7
6	Mark Howe M. Howe	550	643	156	394	+307	311	38	142	25	19	18	0	1,636	9.5
7	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	549	593	155	394	+264	734	70	173	4	13	21	0	1,612	9.6
8	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	539	704	117	422	+307	368	52	168	1	4	15	0	1,275	9.2
9	Randy Carlyle R. Carlyle	524	698	119	405	-137	1,078	48	212	3	10	14	2	1,598	7.4
10	Dave Babych D. Babych	512	659	111	401	-169	580	67	216	1	7	15	0	1,963	5.7
11	Paul Reinhart P. Reinhart	502	581	116	386	+24	247	56	191	2	3	13	1	1,118	10.4
12	Phil Housley P. Housley	477	528	157	320	-8	354	53	160	3	2	21	2	1,396	11.2
13	Rob Ramage R. Ramage	451	755	112	339	-139	1,620	61	162	1	7	17	2	2,301	4.9
14	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	416	449	98	318	+114	549	41	195	2	3	9	0	1,453	6.7
15	Craig Hartsburg C. Hartsburg	413	570	98	315	-6	815	40	180	2	2	11	1	1,494	6.6
16	Borje Salming B. Salming	408	651	70	338	-29	948	19	144	5	4	4	0	1,355	5.2
17	Mike O'Connell M. O'Connell	394	740	96	298	+53	561	37	125	6	9	10	0	1,584	6.1
18	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	389	545	87	302	+89	1,474	39	123	1	2	14	1	1,156	7.5
19	Bob Murray B. Murray	384	669	83	301	+18	634	39	145	2	6	8	1	1,507	5.5
20	Mario Marois M. Marois	361	695	64	297	+31	1,321	16	91	0	8	3	1	1,417	4.5
21	Ron Greschner R. Greschner	356	561	112	244	-38	732	33	111	3	3	9	0	1,033	10.8
22	Risto Siltanen R. Siltanen	355	562	90	265	-79	266	54	159	1	1	8	1	1,269	7.1
23	Tomas Jonsson T. Jonsson	344	552	85	259	+64	482	23	134	3	8	12	0	926	9.2
24	Gordie Roberts G. Roberts	339	761	47	292	+22	1,132	9	68	1	9	3	0	940	5.0
25	Reijo Ruotsalainen R. Ruotsalainen	329	405	104	225	+70	160	36	87	0	1	16	2	1,302	8.0