Mike Green recorded the most points by a defenseman in 2008-09, with 73 points.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Mike Green M. Green	73	2008-09	WSH	68	31	42	+24	68	18	20	1	0	4	0	243	12.8	0	0		86	110	49	95	25:46
2	Andrei Markov A. Markov	64	2008-09	MTL	78	12	52	-2	36	7	32	0	1	3	0	165	7.3	0	0		61	111	60	103	24:38
3	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	59	2008-09	DET	78	16	43	+31	30	10	23	0	1	4	1	180	8.9	0	0		43	67	26	46	24:49
4	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	59	2008-09	ANA	82	14	45	-8	70	9	23	0	4	2	2	178	7.9	0	1	0.0	68	77	75	73	26:55
5	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	59	2008-09	DET	78	10	49	+17	20	5	23	0	0	1	0	141	7.1	0	0		33	64	17	51	23:10
6	Dan Boyle D. Boyle	57	2008-09	SJS	77	16	41	+6	52	8	24	0	1	4	1	213	7.5	0	1	0.0	51	95	36	63	24:46
7	Mark Streit M. Streit	56	2008-09	NYI	74	16	40	+5	62	10	19	1	1	1	0	150	10.7	0	0		114	113	51	68	25:13
8	Sheldon Souray S. Souray	53	2008-09	EDM	81	23	30	+1	98	12	11	1	0	5	0	268	8.6	0	0		82	69	45	92	24:51
9	Shea Weber S. Weber	53	2008-09	NSH	81	23	30	+1	80	10	9	1	1	4	1	251	9.2	0	0		192	95	19	33	23:58
10	Brian Campbell B. Campbell	52	2008-09	CHI	82	7	45	+5	22	4	20	0	0	1	0	108	6.5	0	0		34	72	15	33	22:34
11	Niklas Kronwall N. Kronwall	51	2008-09	DET	80	6	45	+2	50	4	18	0	1	1	0	121	5.0	1	1	100.0	96	109	19	42	22:54
12	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	50	2008-09	BOS	80	19	31	+23	95	11	17	0	2	3	0	216	8.8	1	4	25.0	169	123	28	54	26:04
13	Dennis Wideman D. Wideman	50	2008-09	BOS	79	13	37	+32	34	6	19	1	0	2	1	169	7.7	0	0		67	135	23	63	24:39
14	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	48	2008-09	ANA	82	11	37	0	88	4	24	0	1	2	1	196	5.6	2	7	28.6	78	122	36	44	26:56
15	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	47	2008-09	CGY	80	11	36	-11	100	4	17	0	0	4	0	277	4.0	0	0		159	86	23	64	26:32
16	Rob Blake R. Blake	45	2008-09	SJS	73	10	35	+15	110	6	16	0	0	1	0	198	5.1	0	0		66	114	23	37	21:16
17	Tom Gilbert T. Gilbert	45	2008-09	EDM	82	5	40	+6	26	2	14	0	1	1	0	107	4.7	0	0		47	136	40	70	21:58
18	Jaroslav Spacek J. Spacek	45	2008-09	BUF	80	8	37	+2	38	4	18	0	0	0	0	130	6.2	0	0		78	126	25	70	22:17
19	Ryan Suter R. Suter	45	2008-09	NSH	82	7	38	-16	73	3	15	0	0	3	1	143	4.9	0	0		87	93	45	46	24:16
20	Duncan Keith D. Keith	44	2008-09	CHI	77	8	36	+33	60	2	9	1	0	1	1	173	4.6	0	0		40	93	50	40	25:34
21	Kevin Bieksa K. Bieksa	43	2008-09	VAN	72	11	32	-4	97	5	20	0	2	2	0	153	7.2	0	0		119	60	29	55	23:29
22	Kimmo Timonen K. Timonen	43	2008-09	PHI	77	3	40	+19	54	2	26	0	1	0	0	104	2.9	0	2	0.0	65	164	30	48	24:31
23	Jay Bouwmeester J. Bouwmeester	42	2008-09	FLA	82	15	27	-2	68	9	11	0	1	2	0	182	8.2	0	0		115	128	27	51	26:59
24	Christian Ehrhoff C. Ehrhoff	42	2008-09	SJS	77	8	34	-12	63	5	20	0	0	2	1	165	4.8	0	0		79	90	33	49	21:14
25	Marek Zidlicky M. Zidlicky	42	2008-09	MIN	76	12	30	-12	76	10	15	0	0	3	0	147	8.2	0	0		74	95	12	47	22:07