Cale Makar recorded the most point per game by a defenseman in 2020-21, with 1.00 per game.

NHL defensemen points per game with a minimum of 0.625 points per team game leader 2020-21

	NAME	P/GP	SEASON	TM	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Cale Makar C. Makar	1.00	2020-21	COL	44	44	8	36	+17	12	4	18	0	0	3	0	104	7.7	0		49	36	32	21	24:19
2	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	0.86	2020-21	EDM	48	56	8	40	+5	10	4	19	0	0	2	0	146	5.5	0		26	59	16	43	21:24
3	Adam Fox A. Fox	0.85	2020-21	NYR	47	55	5	42	+19	14	2	21	1	1	1	0	102	4.9	1	0.0	23	102	38	36	24:42
4	John Carlson J. Carlson	0.85	2020-21	WSH	44	52	10	34	-5	12	3	12	0	0	1	0	128	7.8	0		52	69	24	21	23:47
5	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	0.83	2020-21	TBL	45	54	9	36	+5	28	1	23	0	0	2	2	136	6.6	0		51	73	12	28	25:03
6	Kris Letang K. Letang	0.82	2020-21	PIT	45	55	7	38	+19	32	1	14	0	1	2	1	132	5.3	1	0.0	92	65	23	55	24:39
7	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	0.79	2020-21	VGK	42	53	8	34	+28	14	0	15	0	0	0	0	161	5.0	0		22	43	25	35	22:33
8	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	0.76	2020-21	CAR	42	55	10	32	+20	35	2	16	1	0	2	1	180	5.6	0		52	64	19	44	22:43
9	Jeff Petry J. Petry	0.76	2020-21	MTL	42	55	12	30	+6	20	4	11	0	1	2	0	128	9.4	0		97	60	10	75	22:44
10	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	0.73	2020-21	ARI	41	56	18	23	-6	42	5	9	0	0	3	1	176	10.2	0		59	89	20	36	23:23
11	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	0.73	2020-21	VAN	41	56	3	38	-24	22	0	19	0	0	0	0	98	3.1	0		18	43	34	60	22:48
12	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	0.68	2020-21	DAL	36	53	7	29	-15	23	2	15	0	0	1	0	108	6.5	0		49	52	17	51	22:42
13	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	0.67	2020-21	FLA	36	54	6	30	+29	45	0	3	0	2	1	0	101	5.9	0		118	83	44	52	22:07
14	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	0.64	2020-21	EDM	36	56	16	20	+27	57	1	6	0	0	2	1	154	10.4	0		117	100	24	61	25:38
15	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	0.64	2020-21	TOR	35	55	5	30	+11	14	1	11	0	1	1	1	101	5.0	0		63	61	19	75	23:37