nhl points leaders 2022-2023 calendar year for defence, include playoffs

Erik Karlsson collected the most points by a defenseman in the 2023 regular-season and playoffs, with 101 points in 2022-23.

	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	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	101	2022-23	SJS	82	25	76	-26	36	5	22	0	0	4	2	209	12.0	0	1	0.0	33	90	81	101	25:37
2	Brandon Montour B. Montour	86	2022-23	FLA	101	24	62	+11	146	5	31	0	0	5	2	314	7.6	0	1	0.0	121	121	50	68	24:43
3	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	85	2022-23	DAL	98	12	73	+6	40	2	41	0	1	2	1	241	5.0	0	0		74	127	63	85	25:56
4	Adam Fox A. Fox	80	2022-23	NYR	89	12	68	+28	50	1	32	0	3	5	1	169	7.1	0	0		34	142	99	80	24:17
5	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	78	2022-23	NJD	94	23	55	+12	52	8	22	0	0	8	3	298	7.7	0	0		80	96	25	86	21:40
6	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	77	2022-23	WPG	81	16	61	+3	41	2	26	0	0	6	2	177	9.0	0	0		97	122	37	60	23:57
7	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	76	2022-23	VAN	78	7	69	+15	34	2	32	0	1	0	0	154	4.5	0	0		29	71	56	45	25:40
8	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	73	2022-23	BUF	78	15	58	+12	92	6	26	0	0	2	0	204	7.4	0	0		105	132	45	61	25:48
9	Vince Dunn V. Dunn	71	2022-23	SEA	95	15	56	+30	77	0	15	0	0	2	1	176	8.5	0	0		139	99	55	63	23:36
10	Cale Makar C. Makar	71	2022-23	COL	66	18	53	+21	36	5	25	0	1	6	2	196	9.2	0	0		76	88	61	50	26:19
11	Brent Burns B. Burns	70	2022-23	CAR	97	20	50	+25	64	4	23	0	0	2	1	311	6.4	1	1	100.0	64	114	66	65	23:39
12	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	67	2022-23	TBL	85	11	56	+9	69	3	25	0	1	2	0	167	6.6	0	0		144	171	55	49	24:02
13	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	64	2022-23	VGK	94	12	52	+22	45	1	16	0	2	3	1	214	5.6	1	1	100.0	89	232	79	73	23:51
14	Roman Josi R. Josi	59	2022-23	NSH	67	18	41	+5	36	8	16	0	0	5	1	269	6.7	0	0		51	146	24	29	25:10
15	Devon Toews D. Toews	59	2022-23	COL	87	8	51	+44	26	1	7	0	0	1	0	177	4.5	0	0		106	146	48	45	25:00
16	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	57	2022-23	BOS	74	7	50	+26	62	2	21	0	0	2	1	120	5.8	0	0		113	146	26	53	22:36
17	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	57	2022-23	EDM	94	12	45	+2	32	6	22	0	1	4	1	185	6.5	0	0		119	91	77	85	19:05
18	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	55	2022-23	TOT	85	13	42	-7	36	4	27	0	1	1	0	163	8.0	0	0		55	90	32	48	19:47
19	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	55	2022-23	LAK	87	9	46	+7	38	4	25	0	0	2	0	151	6.0	0	0		133	119	24	65	26:22
20	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	54	2022-23	VGK	76	9	45	+24	28	2	9	0	0	2	1	177	5.1	0	0		25	120	38	37	21:05
21	Hampus Lindholm H. Lindholm	53	2022-23	BOS	80	10	43	+49	56	1	16	0	0	2	1	158	6.3	0	0		78	100	31	65	23:11
22	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	53	2022-23	TOR	76	8	45	+2	27	1	17	0	0	2	1	150	5.3	0	0		91	109	29	84	22:04
23	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	52	2022-23	TBL	81	9	43	+14	44	1	14	1	2	1	0	193	4.7	0	0		107	147	49	88	23:43
24	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	51	2022-23	NYI	84	13	38	+6	22	5	14	0	0	2	1	218	6.0	0	0		62	111	42	56	20:22
25	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	50	2022-23	STL	82	11	39	-4	34	2	8	0	0	3	1	196	5.6	0	0		112	140	51	58	23:23