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NHL defensemen points leaders 1978‑1979

The NHL defensemen points leaders for the 1978-1979 regular season: 157 defensemen ranked by points. First is Denis Potvin with 101 points, second is Börje Salming with 73 points and third is Reed Larson with 67 points. The highest-ranked Swede is Börje Salming, in place 2 with 73 points. See the full Swedish points leaderboard

Top 100

1
Denis Potvin
NYID· 73 GP· 31 goals· 70 assistsCanada
101
points
2
Börje Salming
TORD· 78 GP· 17 goals· 56 assistsSwedenSwedish player
73
points
3
Reed Larson
DETD· 79 GP· 18 goals· 49 assistsUSA
67
points
4
Stefan Persson
NYID· 78 GP· 10 goals· 56 assistsSwedenSwedish player
66
points
5
Robert Picard
WSHD· 77 GP· 21 goals· 44 assistsCanada
65
points
6
Ian Turnbull
TORD· 80 GP· 12 goals· 51 assistsCanada
63
points
7
Larry Robinson
MTLD· 67 GP· 16 goals· 45 assistsCanada
61
points
8
Mike McEwen
NYRD· 80 GP· 20 goals· 38 assistsCanada
58
points
9
Guy Lapointe
MTLD· 69 GP· 13 goals· 42 assistsCanada
55
points
10
Ron Greschner
NYRD· 60 GP· 17 goals· 36 assistsCanada
53
points
11
Jerry Korab
BUFD· 78 GP· 11 goals· 40 assistsCanada
51
points
11
Bob Murray
CHID· 79 GP· 19 goals· 32 assistsCanada
51
points
13
Behn Wilson
PHID· 80 GP· 13 goals· 36 assistsCanada
49
points
14
Randy Carlyle
PITD· 70 GP· 13 goals· 34 assistsCanada
47
points
15
Carol Vadnais
NYRD· 77 GP· 8 goals· 37 assistsCanada
45
points
15
Rob Palmer
LAKD· 78 GP· 4 goals· 41 assistsCanada
45
points
17
Gary Sargent
MNSD· 79 GP· 12 goals· 32 assistsUSA
44
points
18
Ron Stackhouse
PITD· 75 GP· 10 goals· 33 assistsCanada
43
points
18
John Van Boxmeer
CLRD· 76 GP· 9 goals· 34 assistsCanada
43
points
20
Barry Beck
CLRD· 63 GP· 14 goals· 28 assistsCanada
42
points
21
Rick Green
WSHD· 71 GP· 8 goals· 33 assistsCanada
41
points
22
Brad Park
BOSD· 40 GP· 7 goals· 32 assistsCanada
39
points
22
Bob Dailey
PHID· 70 GP· 9 goals· 30 assistsCanada
39
points
24
Phil Russell
AFMD· 79 GP· 9 goals· 29 assistsCanada
38
points
25
Brad Maxwell
MNSD· 71 GP· 9 goals· 28 assistsCanada
37
points
26
Randy Manery
LAKD· 71 GP· 8 goals· 27 assistsCanada
35
points
26
Mike Milbury
BOSD· 74 GP· 1 goals· 34 assistsUSA
35
points
28
Jack Brownschidle
STLD· 64 GP· 10 goals· 24 assistsUSA
34
points
28
Dennis Kearns
VAND· 78 GP· 3 goals· 31 assistsCanada
34
points
30
Dick Redmond
BOSD· 64 GP· 7 goals· 26 assistsCanada
33
points
30
Serge Savard
MTLD· 80 GP· 7 goals· 26 assistsCanada
33
points
32
Greg Smith
MNSD· 80 GP· 5 goals· 27 assistsCanada
32
points
33
Bob Murdoch
AFMD· 67 GP· 8 goals· 23 assistsCanada
31
points
33
Willie Huber
DETD· 68 GP· 7 goals· 24 assistsGermany
31
points
33
Mario Marois
NYRD· 71 GP· 5 goals· 26 assistsCanada
31
points
33
Leif Svensson
WSHD· 74 GP· 2 goals· 29 assistsSwedenSwedish player
31
points
33
Harold Snepsts
VAND· 76 GP· 7 goals· 24 assistsCanada
31
points
38
Dale Tallon
PITD· 63 GP· 5 goals· 24 assistsCanada
29
points
38
Al Sims
BOSD· 67 GP· 9 goals· 20 assistsCanada
29
points
38
Barry Gibbs
STLD· 76 GP· 2 goals· 27 assistsCanada
29
points
41
Perry Miller
DETD· 75 GP· 5 goals· 23 assistsCanada
28
points
41
Dave Maloney
NYRD· 76 GP· 11 goals· 17 assistsCanada
28
points
43
Thommie Bergman
DETD· 68 GP· 10 goals· 17 assistsSwedenSwedish player
27
points
43
Larry Giroux
STLD· 73 GP· 5 goals· 22 assistsCanada
27
points
43
Tom Bladon
PITD· 78 GP· 4 goals· 23 assistsCanada
27
points
46
Mike O'connell
CHID· 48 GP· 4 goals· 22 assistsUSA
26
points
46
Doug Wilson
CHID· 56 GP· 5 goals· 21 assistsCanada
26
points
46
Richard Mulhern
LAKD· 73 GP· 5 goals· 21 assistsCanada
26
points
46
Dave Shand
AFMD· 79 GP· 4 goals· 22 assistsCanada
26
points
50
Jim Schoenfeld
BUFD· 46 GP· 8 goals· 17 assistsCanada
25
points
50
Rick Smith
BOSD· 65 GP· 7 goals· 18 assistsCanada
25
points
50
Pat Ribble
CHID· 78 GP· 6 goals· 19 assistsCanada
25
points
53
Ed Kea
AFMD· 53 GP· 6 goals· 18 assists
24
points
54
Dave Lewis
NYID· 79 GP· 5 goals· 18 assistsCanada
23
points
55
Bob Manno
VAND· 52 GP· 5 goals· 17 assistsCanada
22
points
55
Lee Fogolin
BUFD· 74 GP· 3 goals· 19 assistsUSA
22
points
55
Jimmy Watson
PHID· 77 GP· 9 goals· 13 assistsCanada
22
points
58
Lars Lindgren
VAND· 64 GP· 2 goals· 19 assistsSwedenSwedish player
21
points
58
Jean Potvin
MNSD· 64 GP· 5 goals· 16 assistsCanada
21
points
58
Bob Lorimer
NYID· 67 GP· 3 goals· 18 assistsCanada
21
points
58
Rick Lapointe
PHID· 77 GP· 3 goals· 18 assistsCanada
21
points
62
Rick Hampton
LAKD· 49 GP· 3 goals· 17 assistsCanada
20
points
62
Colin Campbell
PITD· 65 GP· 2 goals· 18 assistsCanada
20
points
62
Dave Farrish
NYRD· 71 GP· 1 goals· 19 assistsCanada
20
points
65
Dave Hutchison
TORD· 79 GP· 4 goals· 15 assistsCanada
19
points
65
Brad Marsh
AFMD· 80 GP· 0 goals· 19 assistsCanada
19
points
67
Gord Lane
WSHD· 64 GP· 3 goals· 15 assistsCanada
18
points
67
Bill Stewart
BUFD· 68 GP· 1 goals· 17 assistsCanada
18
points
67
Bob Stewart
STLD· 78 GP· 5 goals· 13 assistsCanada
18
points
70
Ron Wilson
TORD· 46 GP· 5 goals· 12 assistsCanada
17
points
70
Gary Doak
BOSD· 63 GP· 6 goals· 11 assistsCanada
17
points
70
Greg Fox
CHID· 78 GP· 0 goals· 17 assistsCanada
17
points
73
Gerry Hart
NYID· 50 GP· 2 goals· 14 assistsCanada
16
points
73
Dennis Owchar
CLRD· 50 GP· 3 goals· 13 assistsCanada
16
points
73
Rick Chartraw
MTLD· 62 GP· 5 goals· 11 assists
16
points
73
Russ Anderson
PITD· 72 GP· 3 goals· 13 assistsUSA
16
points
77
David Logan
CHID· 76 GP· 1 goals· 14 assistsCanada
15
points
78
Yvon Labre
WSHD· 51 GP· 1 goals· 13 assistsCanada
14
points
78
Pat Price
NYID· 55 GP· 3 goals· 11 assistsCanada
14
points
78
Brian Engblom
MTLD· 62 GP· 3 goals· 11 assistsCanada
14
points
81
Larry Goodenough
VAND· 36 GP· 4 goals· 9 assistsCanada
13
points
81
Dave Burrows
TORD· 65 GP· 2 goals· 11 assistsCanada
13
points
83
Andre Dupont
PHID· 77 GP· 3 goals· 9 assistsCanada
12
points
84
Jocelyn Guevremont
BUFD· 34 GP· 3 goals· 8 assistsCanada
11
points
84
Bill Hajt
BUFD· 40 GP· 3 goals· 8 assistsCanada
11
points
84
Joel Quenneville
TORD· 61 GP· 2 goals· 9 assistsCanada
11
points
84
Mike Christie
CLRD· 68 GP· 1 goals· 10 assistsUSA
11
points
88
Fred Barrett
MNSD· 45 GP· 1 goals· 9 assistsCanada
10
points
88
Randy Holt
LAKD· 58 GP· 1 goals· 9 assistsCanada
10
points
88
Dennis O'Brien
BOSD· 64 GP· 2 goals· 8 assistsCanada
10
points
88
Gilles Lupien
MTLD· 72 GP· 1 goals· 9 assistsCanada
10
points
92
Ken Breitenbach
BUFD· 30 GP· 1 goals· 8 assistsCanada
9
points
92
Doug Hicks
CHID· 44 GP· 1 goals· 8 assistsCanada
9
points
92
Bert Marshall
NYID· 45 GP· 1 goals· 8 assistsCanada
9
points
92
Trevor Johansen
CLRD· 51 GP· 2 goals· 7 assistsCanada
9
points
92
Nick Beverley
CLRD· 59 GP· 2 goals· 7 assistsCanada
9
points
97
Jack Lynch
WSHD· 30 GP· 2 goals· 6 assistsCanada
8
points
97
Peter Scamurra
WSHD· 30 GP· 3 goals· 5 assistsUSA
8
points
99
Bryan Maxwell
MNSD· 24 GP· 1 goals· 6 assistsCanada
7
points
99
Bob Hess
STLD· 27 GP· 3 goals· 4 assistsCanada
7
points
99
Rod Langway
MTLD· 45 GP· 3 goals· 4 assists
7
points