NHL Scoring - Points
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| NHL Scoring Leaders - Defensemen | PP | SH | |||||||||||||||
| RNK | NAME | POS | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ATOI | HT | BS | SOG | SPCT | G | A | G | A |
| 1 | Mike Green, WAS | D | 68 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 24 | 68 | 25:46 | 86 | 110 | 243 | 12.8 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Andrei Markov, MON | D | 78 | 12 | 52 | 64 | -2 | 36 | 24:37 | 61 | 111 | 165 | 7.3 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Nicklas Lidstrom, DET | D | 78 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 31 | 30 | 24:49 | 43 | 67 | 180 | 8.9 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Niedermayer, ANH | D | 82 | 14 | 45 | 59 | -8 | 70 | 26:55 | 68 | 77 | 178 | 7.9 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 4 | |
| Brian Rafalski, DET | D | 78 | 10 | 49 | 59 | 17 | 20 | 23:10 | 33 | 64 | 141 | 7.1 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Dan Boyle, SJ | D | 77 | 16 | 41 | 57 | 6 | 52 | 24:46 | 51 | 95 | 213 | 7.5 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Mark Streit, NYI | D | 74 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 6 | 62 | 25:12 | 114 | 113 | 150 | 10.7 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Sheldon Souray, EDM | D | 81 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 1 | 98 | 24:50 | 82 | 69 | 268 | 8.6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Shea Weber, NSH | D | 81 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 1 | 80 | 23:58 | 192 | 95 | 251 | 9.2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Brian Campbell, CHI | D | 82 | 7 | 45 | 52 | 5 | 22 | 22:34 | 34 | 72 | 108 | 6.5 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Niklas Kronwall, DET | D | 80 | 6 | 45 | 51 | 2 | 50 | 22:53 | 96 | 109 | 121 | 5.0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Zdeno Chara, BOS | D | 80 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 23 | 95 | 26:03 | 169 | 123 | 216 | 8.8 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Dennis Wideman, BOS | D | 79 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 32 | 34 | 24:38 | 67 | 135 | 169 | 7.7 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | Chris Pronger, ANH | D | 82 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 0 | 88 | 26:56 | 78 | 122 | 196 | 5.6 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Dion Phaneuf, CGY | D | 80 | 11 | 36 | 47 | -11 | 100 | 26:31 | 159 | 86 | 277 | 4.0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Rob Blake, SJ | D | 73 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 15 | 110 | 21:16 | 66 | 114 | 198 | 5.1 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaroslav Spacek, BUF | D | 80 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 2 | 38 | 22:16 | 78 | 126 | 130 | 6.2 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Suter, NSH | D | 82 | 7 | 38 | 45 | -16 | 73 | 24:15 | 87 | 93 | 143 | 4.9 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Gilbert, EDM | D | 82 | 5 | 40 | 45 | 6 | 26 | 21:59 | 47 | 136 | 107 | 4.7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Duncan Keith, CHI | D | 77 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 33 | 60 | 25:34 | 40 | 93 | 173 | 4.6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Kevin Bieksa, VAN | D | 72 | 11 | 32 | 43 | -4 | 97 | 23:29 | 119 | 60 | 153 | 7.2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimmo Timonen, PHI | D | 77 | 3 | 40 | 43 | 19 | 54 | 24:30 | 65 | 164 | 104 | 2.9 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | Jay Bouwmeester, FLA | D | 82 | 15 | 27 | 42 | -2 | 68 | 26:59 | 115 | 128 | 182 | 8.2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Marek Zidlicky, MIN | D | 76 | 12 | 30 | 42 | -12 | 76 | 22:06 | 74 | 95 | 147 | 8.2 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Ehrhoff, SJ | D | 77 | 8 | 34 | 42 | -12 | 63 | 21:14 | 79 | 90 | 165 | 4.8 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Pavel Kubina, TOR | D | 82 | 14 | 26 | 40 | -15 | 94 | 22:03 | 91 | 133 | 184 | 7.6 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Barker, CHI | D | 68 | 6 | 34 | 40 | -6 | 65 | 18:20 | 83 | 42 | 101 | 5.9 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 1 | |
| Filip Kuba, OTT | D | 71 | 3 | 37 | 40 | 4 | 28 | 23:16 | 44 | 111 | 111 | 2.7 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Bryan McCabe, FLA | D | 69 | 15 | 24 | 39 | -1 | 41 | 23:08 | 72 | 92 | 153 | 9.8 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Liles, COL | D | 75 | 12 | 27 | 39 | -19 | 31 | 21:32 | 58 | 106 | 146 | 8.2 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denis Grebeshkov, EDM | D | 72 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 12 | 38 | 21:11 | 46 | 87 | 62 | 11.3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Hainsey, ATL | D | 81 | 6 | 33 | 39 | -16 | 32 | 22:22 | 60 | 127 | 148 | 4.1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Joe Corvo, CAR | D | 81 | 14 | 24 | 38 | -1 | 18 | 24:19 | 41 | 89 | 213 | 6.6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Quincey, LA | D | 72 | 4 | 34 | 38 | -5 | 63 | 20:58 | 116 | 75 | 150 | 2.7 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | Alexander Edler, VAN | D | 80 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 54 | 21:07 | 102 | 93 | 145 | 6.9 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Ed Jovanovski, PHO | D | 82 | 9 | 27 | 36 | -15 | 106 | 22:10 | 132 | 112 | 194 | 4.6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Vlasic, SJ | D | 82 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 15 | 42 | 23:54 | 56 | 122 | 104 | 5.8 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | Anton Babchuk, CAR | D | 72 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 13 | 16 | 18:04 | 22 | 115 | 127 | 12.6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Niskanen, DAL | D | 80 | 6 | 29 | 35 | -11 | 52 | 19:57 | 87 | 64 | 111 | 5.4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Adrian Aucoin, CGY | D | 81 | 10 | 24 | 34 | -8 | 46 | 22:16 | 62 | 55 | 126 | 7.9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Fedor Tyutin, CLS | D | 82 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 1 | 81 | 23:30 | 103 | 98 | 167 | 5.4 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Keith Ballard, FLA | D | 82 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 72 | 22:22 | 172 | 136 | 106 | 5.7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 43 | Kris Letang, PIT | D | 74 | 10 | 23 | 33 | -7 | 24 | 21:08 | 111 | 127 | 138 | 7.2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Joni Pitkanen, CAR | D | 71 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 58 | 24:48 | 62 | 125 | 147 | 4.8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roman Hamrlik, MON | D | 81 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 4 | 62 | 21:54 | 104 | 195 | 143 | 4.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Paul Martin, NJ | D | 73 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 21 | 36 | 24:22 | 40 | 79 | 107 | 4.7 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | M. Bergeron, MIN | D | 72 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 5 | 30 | 16:54 | 30 | 68 | 140 | 10.0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Schneider, MON/ATL | D | 67 | 9 | 23 | 32 | -12 | 64 | 21:00 | 71 | 118 | 128 | 7.0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tobias Enstrom, ATL | D | 82 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 52 | 23:31 | 29 | 120 | 86 | 5.8 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | |
| 50 | L. Visnovsky, EDM | D | 50 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 23:00 | 27 | 82 | 86 | 9.3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |