nhl left defense most points per game 1986-87 to 2001-02 include playoffs over 500 games played

Between the 1986-87 and 2001-02 seasons, Paul Coffey had the most points per game by a defenseman in the regular-season and playoffs when playing >500 games, with 0.98 per game.

	NAME	P/GP	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0.98	1,053	230	803	1,033	+31	1,285	87	440	10	9	31	0	3,303	7.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
2	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0.94	1,274	287	907	1,194	+285	835	130	483	11	19	39	4	5,052	5.7	1	2	50.0	349	262	188	171	27:03
3	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0.91	1,103	243	761	1,004	+33	511	109	416	8	14	40	6	3,483	7.0	0	0		298	426	223	295	27:27
4	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	0.91	1,260	319	825	1,144	+310	1,446	159	489	9	24	44	4	4,710	6.8	0	1	0.0	195	281	127	239	27:01
5	Phil Housley P. Housley	0.81	1,197	258	715	973	-76	668	98	404	5	3	33	3	3,043	8.5	0	1	0.0	93	145	85	198	21:11
6	Jeff Brown J. Brown	0.78	825	171	473	644	-49	551	87	288	5	7	20	1	2,361	7.2
7	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0.73	1,323	217	751	968	+194	853	94	349	9	12	35	4	3,016	7.2	3	3	100.0	76	169	47	148	20:45
8	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	0.73	1,005	177	556	733	+246	258	85	290	10	19	21	1	2,529	7.0	0	0		199	355	196	261	28:57
9	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	0.72	822	122	473	595	+138	253	57	244	5	12	17	2	1,850	6.6	0	0		170	232	178	497	27:27
10	Gary Suter G. Suter	0.72	1,163	200	639	839	+111	1,320	88	386	10	16	16	1	3,147	6.4	1	2	50.0	397	256	43	178	21:16
11	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	0.71	774	162	385	547	-25	613	67	195	4	4	23	3	1,714	9.5	0	0		309	232	175	329	22:45
12	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	0.68	1,299	182	697	879	+312	2,694	74	321	12	34	35	3	3,287	5.5	0	0		317	297	164	280	24:57
13	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	0.67	1,234	243	586	829	+75	920	93	268	10	9	31	2	2,798	8.7	1	2	50.0	164	280	87	182	18:16
14	Tom Kurvers T. Kurvers	0.65	567	84	286	370	-58	346	39	162	1	6	7	0	1,167	7.2
15	Rob Blake R. Blake	0.65	850	176	374	550	-14	1,247	94	164	2	10	29	2	2,675	6.6	0	1	0.0	750	644	246	324	28:01
16	Al Iafrate A. Iafrate	0.61	727	158	283	441	-48	1,283	50	108	8	10	23	0	1,705	9.3
17	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0.60	1,184	238	476	714	-47	1,506	98	227	9	18	38	2	3,136	7.6	0	0		203	238	61	105	22:01
18	Zarley Zalapski Z. Zalapski	0.60	685	103	308	411	-26	731	40	155	4	7	13	0	1,359	7.6	0	0		10	7	5	10	14:12
19	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	0.58	561	132	194	326	+64	465	47	89	2	2	20	0	1,369	9.6	2	2	100.0	266	161	108	281	22:34
20	Fredrik Olausson F. Olausson	0.57	1,048	151	451	602	-44	458	73	250	2	8	20	2	1,943	7.8	0	0		100	96	48	84	18:51
21	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0.56	1,391	149	626	775	+342	2,249	56	213	5	18	27	1	2,881	5.2	0	0		703	555	365	291	23:46
22	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	0.55	710	88	300	388	+139	1,180	40	142	2	11	12	1	1,566	5.6	0	1	0.0	377	506	145	264	29:36
23	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	0.54	906	143	348	491	-22	941	63	199	2	2	21	1	2,210	6.5	0	1	0.0	528	444	121	231	22:52
24	Norm MacIver N. MacIver	0.54	557	58	241	299	-58	382	21	126	2	3	9	0	794	7.3
25	Steve Chiasson S. Chiasson	0.53	814	109	324	433	+49	1,226	51	145	5	12	13	0	2,034	5.4