nhl defensemen with the most points in a season, in regular season, in 1997-98

Nicklas Lidstrom recorded the most points by a defenseman in 1997-98, with 59 points.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	59	1997-98	DET	80	17	42	+22	18	7	26	1	2	1	0	205	8.3
2	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	57	1997-98	NJD	81	14	43	+5	27	11	18	0	0	1	0	175	8.0
3	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	57	1997-98	DAL	73	10	47	+16	16	5	29	1	1	2	1	148	6.8
4	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	56	1997-98	STL	80	14	42	+9	32	5	24	1	1	1	0	153	9.2
5	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	52	1997-98	DET	82	11	41	+35	37	2	12	1	2	2	0	129	8.5
6	Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	51	1997-98	PHX	82	11	40	+25	30	6	16	0	2	2	0	126	8.7
7	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	51	1997-98	COL	66	13	38	-12	65	9	26	0	0	2	0	135	9.6
8	Rob Blake R. Blake	50	1997-98	LAK	81	23	27	-3	94	11	11	0	1	4	0	261	8.8
9	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	50	1997-98	NYR	76	17	33	-36	32	11	23	0	0	2	0	230	7.4
10	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	49	1997-98	STL	71	19	30	+6	80	9	17	1	1	2	0	227	8.4
11	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	48	1997-98	BOS	82	13	35	+2	80	9	21	0	2	3	0	264	4.9
12	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	48	1997-98	PIT	74	19	29	-3	66	13	12	1	2	3	1	169	11.2
13	Bryan Berard B. Berard	46	1997-98	NYI	75	14	32	-32	59	8	21	1	0	2	0	192	7.3
14	Boris Mironov B. Mironov	46	1997-98	EDM	81	16	30	-8	100	10	19	1	0	1	0	203	7.9
15	Darryl Sydor D. Sydor	46	1997-98	DAL	79	11	35	+17	51	4	24	1	0	1	0	166	6.6
16	Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	45	1997-98	BUF	78	15	30	+19	102	2	15	3	2	3	0	191	7.9
17	Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	44	1997-98	MTL	74	13	31	+16	70	8	17	0	1	2	0	166	7.8
18	Dmitri Mironov D. Mironov	43	1997-98	TOT	77	8	35	-7	119	3	19	0	1	1	0	170	4.7
19	Janne Niinimaa J. Niinimaa	43	1997-98	TOT	77	4	39	+13	62	3	21	0	1	1	0	134	3.0
20	Robert Svehla R. Svehla	43	1997-98	FLA	79	9	34	-3	113	3	23	0	1	0	0	144	6.3
21	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	42	1997-98	CHI	81	3	39	-7	151	1	22	0	0	0	0	205	1.5
22	Gary Suter G. Suter	42	1997-98	CHI	73	14	28	+1	74	5	18	2	0	0	0	199	7.0
23	Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	41	1997-98	TOT	78	9	32	-15	70	5	23	1	0	3	0	198	4.5
24	Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	40	1997-98	NYI	81	14	26	-2	58	6	12	0	2	2	0	108	13.0
25	Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	37	1997-98	MTL	79	10	27	+16	67	5	12	0	1	1	1	125	8.0