nhl defenseman scoring leaders 2016-2017

Brent Burns collected the most goals by a defenseman in 2016-17, with 29 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	Brent Burns B. Burns	29	2016-17	SJS	82	47	76	+19	40	8	17	0	1	6	3	320	9.1	0	0		69	142	53	153	24:52
2	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	17	2016-17	CAR	75	20	37	-18	32	4	9	0	0	2	0	225	7.6	0	0		117	84	53	45	23:08
3	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	17	2016-17	OTT	77	54	71	+10	28	4	23	0	2	5	1	218	7.8	0	0		67	201	59	106	26:50
4	Shea Weber S. Weber	17	2016-17	MTL	78	25	42	+20	38	12	10	0	2	4	0	183	9.3	0	0		140	157	11	80	25:04
5	Ryan Ellis R. Ellis	16	2016-17	NSH	71	22	38	+17	29	4	7	1	2	3	0	140	11.4	0	0		64	137	37	41	23:57
6	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	16	2016-17	TBL	79	56	72	+3	47	4	29	0	0	5	2	166	9.6	0	0		93	132	39	73	24:31
7	Mike Green M. Green	14	2016-17	DET	72	22	36	-20	40	3	7	0	0	2	1	125	11.2	0	0		67	92	24	52	23:33
8	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	14	2016-17	STL	80	34	48	+3	24	6	13	0	0	4	0	181	7.7	0	1	0.0	38	158	53	27	25:17
9	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	13	2016-17	WPG	80	39	52	+10	117	1	13	0	2	1	0	241	5.4	0	0		183	124	65	85	27:27
10	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	13	2016-17	CGY	81	37	50	+12	64	2	12	0	1	5	1	222	5.9	0	0		68	94	17	52	19:41
11	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	13	2016-17	DAL	80	36	49	+2	34	4	13	0	0	3	0	124	10.5	1	1	100.0	42	117	40	99	23:21
12	Kevin Shattenkirk K. Shattenkirk	13	2016-17	TOT	80	43	56	-7	47	8	19	0	0	2	0	161	8.1	0	0		88	95	36	40	19:56
13	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	12	2016-17	LAK	82	32	44	+8	46	5	14	0	1	1	1	181	6.6	1	1	100.0	129	109	24	86	27:09
14	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	12	2016-17	ARI	79	27	39	-25	48	8	11	0	0	1	1	145	8.3	0	0		112	85	18	48	24:37
15	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	12	2016-17	CGY	81	27	39	+22	59	3	11	2	1	4	1	151	7.9	0	0		78	184	45	43	23:35
16	Seth Jones S. Jones	12	2016-17	CBJ	75	30	42	+6	24	1	6	0	0	3	3	152	7.9	0	0		61	118	32	44	23:24
17	Roman Josi R. Josi	12	2016-17	NSH	72	37	49	+7	18	7	11	0	1	1	0	217	5.5	0	0		54	119	16	41	25:04
18	Oscar Klefbom O. Klefbom	12	2016-17	EDM	82	26	38	+7	6	3	13	0	1	3	0	201	6.0	0	0		43	146	29	67	22:22
19	John Moore J. Moore	12	2016-17	NJD	63	10	22	-7	39	1	2	0	0	1	1	102	11.8	0	0		68	61	7	41	18:59
20	Justin Schultz J. Schultz	12	2016-17	PIT	78	39	51	+27	34	3	17	0	0	1	0	154	7.8	0	0		67	116	22	37	20:27
21	Matt Dumba M. Dumba	11	2016-17	MIN	76	23	34	+15	59	6	6	0	1	1	1	131	8.4	0	0		96	71	18	43	20:20
22	Cam Fowler C. Fowler	11	2016-17	ANA	80	28	39	+7	20	5	10	1	1	3	0	186	5.9	0	0		29	134	30	68	24:51
23	Nick Holden N. Holden	11	2016-17	NYR	80	23	34	+13	35	3	1	0	1	2	1	84	13.1	0	1	0.0	164	88	23	61	20:37
24	Nick Leddy N. Leddy	11	2016-17	NYI	81	35	46	-3	12	3	12	0	0	1	0	137	8.0	0	0		77	109	26	48	22:43
25	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	11	2016-17	CBJ	78	36	47	+17	14	4	17	0	0	1	1	188	5.9	0	0		41	90	27	40	20:55