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NHL defensemen points leaders 1977‑1978

The NHL defensemen points leaders for the 1977-1978 regular season: 155 defensemen ranked by points. First is Denis Potvin with 94 points, second is Brad Park with 79 points and third is Börje Salming with 76 points. The highest-ranked Swede is Börje Salming, in place 3 with 76 points. See the full Swedish points leaderboard

Top 100

1
Denis Potvin
NYID· 80 GP· 30 goals· 64 assistsCanada
94
points
2
Brad Park
BOSD· 80 GP· 22 goals· 57 assistsCanada
79
points
3
Börje Salming
TORD· 80 GP· 16 goals· 60 assistsSwedenSwedish player
76
points
4
Ron Greschner
NYRD· 78 GP· 24 goals· 48 assistsCanada
72
points
5
Larry Robinson
MTLD· 80 GP· 13 goals· 52 assistsCanada
65
points
6
Ian Turnbull
TORD· 77 GP· 14 goals· 47 assistsCanada
61
points
7
Barry Beck
CLRD· 75 GP· 22 goals· 38 assistsCanada
60
points
7
Reed Larson
DETD· 75 GP· 19 goals· 41 assistsUSA
60
points
9
Bob Dailey
PHID· 76 GP· 21 goals· 36 assistsCanada
57
points
10
Stefan Persson
NYID· 66 GP· 6 goals· 50 assistsSwedenSwedish player
56
points
11
Tom Edur
PITD· 78 GP· 10 goals· 45 assistsCanada
55
points
12
John Van Boxmeer
CLRD· 80 GP· 12 goals· 42 assistsCanada
54
points
13
Brad Maxwell
MNSD· 75 GP· 18 goals· 29 assistsCanada
47
points
13
Dennis Kearns
VAND· 80 GP· 4 goals· 43 assistsCanada
47
points
15
Carol Vadnais
NYRD· 80 GP· 6 goals· 40 assistsCanada
46
points
16
Guy Lapointe
MTLD· 49 GP· 13 goals· 29 assistsCanada
42
points
16
Serge Savard
MTLD· 77 GP· 8 goals· 34 assistsCanada
42
points
18
Gary Sargent
LAKD· 72 GP· 7 goals· 34 assistsUSA
41
points
18
Jerry Korab
BUFD· 77 GP· 7 goals· 34 assistsCanada
41
points
18
Dennis Owchar
CLRD· 82 GP· 10 goals· 31 assistsCanada
41
points
21
Mike Milbury
BOSD· 80 GP· 8 goals· 30 assistsUSA
38
points
22
Robert Picard
WSHD· 75 GP· 10 goals· 27 assistsCanada
37
points
22
Greg Smith
CLED· 80 GP· 7 goals· 30 assistsCanada
37
points
24
Rick Hampton
CLED· 77 GP· 18 goals· 18 assistsCanada
36
points
24
Rick Smith
BOSD· 79 GP· 7 goals· 29 assistsCanada
36
points
26
Jocelyn Guevremont
BUFD· 66 GP· 7 goals· 28 assistsCanada
35
points
26
Tom Bladon
PHID· 79 GP· 11 goals· 24 assistsCanada
35
points
28
Doug Wilson
CHID· 77 GP· 14 goals· 20 assistsCanada
34
points
29
Dick Redmond
AFMD· 70 GP· 11 goals· 22 assistsCanada
33
points
29
Randy Manery
LAKD· 79 GP· 6 goals· 27 assistsCanada
33
points
31
Richard Mulhern
AFMD· 79 GP· 9 goals· 23 assistsCanada
32
points
32
Bob Murray
CHID· 70 GP· 14 goals· 17 assistsCanada
31
points
33
Jean Potvin
CLED· 74 GP· 4 goals· 24 assistsCanada
28
points
34
Greg Joly
DETD· 79 GP· 7 goals· 20 assistsCanada
27
points
35
Claire Alexander
VAND· 32 GP· 8 goals· 18 assistsCanada
26
points
35
Phil Russell
CHID· 57 GP· 6 goals· 20 assistsCanada
26
points
35
Ed Kea
AFMD· 60 GP· 3 goals· 23 assists
26
points
35
Bill Nyrop
MTLD· 72 GP· 5 goals· 21 assistsUSA
26
points
39
Gerry Hart
NYID· 78 GP· 2 goals· 23 assistsCanada
25
points
39
Dave Shand
AFMD· 80 GP· 2 goals· 23 assistsCanada
25
points
41
Dale Tallon
CHID· 75 GP· 4 goals· 20 assistsCanada
24
points
41
Barry Gibbs
STLD· 78 GP· 7 goals· 17 assistsCanada
24
points
43
Jim Neilson
CLED· 68 GP· 2 goals· 21 assistsCanada
23
points
43
Lee Fogolin
BUFD· 76 GP· 0 goals· 23 assistsUSA
23
points
45
Jim Schoenfeld
BUFD· 60 GP· 2 goals· 20 assistsCanada
22
points
45
Bill Hajt
BUFD· 76 GP· 4 goals· 18 assistsCanada
22
points
47
Dave Maloney
NYRD· 56 GP· 2 goals· 19 assistsCanada
21
points
47
Nick Beverley
MNSD· 57 GP· 7 goals· 14 assistsCanada
21
points
47
Perry Miller
DETD· 62 GP· 4 goals· 17 assistsCanada
21
points
50
Rick Lapointe
PHID· 47 GP· 4 goals· 16 assistsCanada
20
points
50
Ron Stackhouse
PITD· 50 GP· 5 goals· 15 assistsCanada
20
points
50
Miles Zaharko
AFMD· 71 GP· 1 goals· 19 assistsCanada
20
points
50
Harold Snepsts
VAND· 75 GP· 4 goals· 16 assistsCanada
20
points
54
Bob Manno
VAND· 49 GP· 5 goals· 14 assistsCanada
19
points
54
Rick Green
WSHD· 60 GP· 5 goals· 14 assistsCanada
19
points
54
Mark Suzor
CLRD· 60 GP· 4 goals· 15 assistsCanada
19
points
54
Mike Kitchen
CLRD· 61 GP· 2 goals· 17 assistsCanada
19
points
54
Dave Burrows
PITD· 67 GP· 4 goals· 15 assistsCanada
19
points
54
Doug Hicks
CHID· 74 GP· 3 goals· 16 assistsCanada
19
points
54
Bob Murdoch
LAKD· 76 GP· 2 goals· 17 assistsCanada
19
points
54
Terry Harper
DETD· 80 GP· 2 goals· 17 assistsCanada
19
points
62
Mike McEwen
NYRD· 57 GP· 5 goals· 13 assistsCanada
18
points
62
Russ Anderson
PITD· 74 GP· 2 goals· 16 assistsUSA
18
points
62
Bruce Affleck
STLD· 75 GP· 4 goals· 14 assistsCanada
18
points
65
Jack Brownschidle
STLD· 40 GP· 2 goals· 15 assistsUSA
17
points
65
Gary Doak
BOSD· 61 GP· 4 goals· 13 assistsCanada
17
points
65
Kevin McCarthy
PHID· 62 GP· 2 goals· 15 assistsCanada
17
points
65
Mike Christie
CLRD· 69 GP· 3 goals· 14 assistsUSA
17
points
65
Bryan Lefley
CLRD· 71 GP· 4 goals· 13 assistsCanada
17
points
65
Jimmy Watson
PHID· 71 GP· 5 goals· 12 assistsCanada
17
points
65
Bob Stewart
CLED· 72 GP· 2 goals· 15 assistsCanada
17
points
65
Brian Glennie
TORD· 77 GP· 2 goals· 15 assistsCanada
17
points
65
Pat Ribble
AFMD· 80 GP· 5 goals· 12 assistsCanada
17
points
74
Neil Komadoski
STLD· 58 GP· 2 goals· 14 assistsCanada
16
points
74
Rick Chartraw
MTLD· 68 GP· 4 goals· 12 assists
16
points
74
Trevor Johansen
TORD· 79 GP· 2 goals· 14 assistsCanada
16
points
77
Fred Barrett
MNSD· 79 GP· 0 goals· 15 assistsCanada
15
points
78
Bob Hess
STLD· 55 GP· 2 goals· 12 assistsCanada
14
points
78
Joe Watson
PHID· 65 GP· 5 goals· 9 assistsCanada
14
points
78
Andre Dupont
PHID· 69 GP· 2 goals· 12 assistsCanada
14
points
78
Dave Lewis
NYID· 77 GP· 3 goals· 11 assistsCanada
14
points
78
Bryan Watson
WSHD· 79 GP· 3 goals· 11 assistsCanada
14
points
83
Randy Carlyle
TORD· 49 GP· 2 goals· 11 assistsCanada
13
points
84
Mike Pelyk
TORD· 41 GP· 1 goals· 11 assistsCanada
12
points
84
Pat Price
NYID· 52 GP· 2 goals· 10 assistsCanada
12
points
84
Bob Paradise
PITD· 64 GP· 2 goals· 10 assistsUSA
12
points
84
Dennis O'Brien
BOSD· 68 GP· 2 goals· 10 assistsCanada
12
points
84
Rod Seiling
STLD· 78 GP· 1 goals· 11 assistsCanada
12
points
89
Larry Bolonchuk
WSHD· 49 GP· 3 goals· 8 assistsCanada
11
points
89
Gord Lane
WSHD· 69 GP· 2 goals· 9 assistsCanada
11
points
89
Gord Smith
WSHD· 80 GP· 4 goals· 7 assistsCanada
11
points
92
Jean Lemieux
WSHD· 16 GP· 3 goals· 7 assistsCanada
10
points
92
Al Sims
BOSD· 43 GP· 2 goals· 8 assistsCanada
10
points
92
Dave Hutchison
LAKD· 44 GP· 0 goals· 10 assistsCanada
10
points
92
Colin Campbell
PITD· 55 GP· 1 goals· 9 assistsCanada
10
points
92
Pierre Bouchard
MTLD· 59 GP· 4 goals· 6 assistsCanada
10
points
92
Don Awrey
NYRD· 78 GP· 2 goals· 8 assistsCanada
10
points
98
John Baby
CLED· 24 GP· 2 goals· 7 assistsCanada
9
points
98
Jack Lynch
WSHD· 29 GP· 1 goals· 8 assistsCanada
9
points
98
John Grisdale
VAND· 42 GP· 0 goals· 9 assistsCanada
9
points
98
Larry Brown
LAKD· 57 GP· 1 goals· 8 assistsCanada
9
points
98
Al Cameron
DETD· 63 GP· 2 goals· 7 assistsCanada
9
points