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NHL defensemen points leaders 1979‑1980

The NHL defensemen points leaders for the 1979-1980 regular season: 195 defensemen ranked by points. First is Mark Howe with 80 points, second is Larry Robinson with 75 points and third is Börje Salming with 71 points. The highest-ranked Swede is Börje Salming, in place 3 with 71 points. See the full Swedish points leaderboard

Top 100

1
Mark Howe
HFDD· 74 GP· 24 goals· 56 assistsUSA
80
points
2
Larry Robinson
MTLD· 72 GP· 14 goals· 61 assistsCanada
75
points
3
Börje Salming
TORD· 74 GP· 19 goals· 52 assistsSwedenSwedish player
71
points
4
Reed Larson
DETD· 80 GP· 22 goals· 44 assistsUSA
66
points
5
Barry Beck
NYRD· 71 GP· 15 goals· 50 assistsCanada
65
points
5
Ray Bourque
BOSD· 80 GP· 17 goals· 48 assistsCanada
65
points
7
Doug Wilson
CHID· 73 GP· 12 goals· 49 assistsCanada
61
points
8
Mike McEwen
CLRD· 76 GP· 12 goals· 47 assistsCanada
59
points
9
Ron Greschner
NYRD· 76 GP· 21 goals· 37 assistsCanada
58
points
10
Doug Halward
LAKD· 63 GP· 11 goals· 45 assistsCanada
56
points
11
Robert Picard
WSHD· 78 GP· 11 goals· 43 assistsCanada
54
points
12
John Van Boxmeer
BUFD· 80 GP· 11 goals· 40 assistsCanada
51
points
13
Bob Murray
CHID· 74 GP· 16 goals· 34 assistsCanada
50
points
14
Dick Redmond
BOSD· 76 GP· 14 goals· 33 assistsCanada
47
points
14
Paul Reinhart
AFMD· 79 GP· 9 goals· 38 assistsCanada
47
points
16
Craig Norwich
WIND· 70 GP· 10 goals· 35 assistsUSA
45
points
16
Kevin McCarthy
VAND· 79 GP· 15 goals· 30 assistsCanada
45
points
18
Jack Brownschidle
STLD· 77 GP· 12 goals· 32 assistsUSA
44
points
18
Craig Hartsburg
MNSD· 79 GP· 14 goals· 30 assistsCanada
44
points
20
Denis Potvin
NYID· 31 GP· 8 goals· 33 assistsCanada
41
points
20
Al Sims
HFDD· 76 GP· 10 goals· 31 assistsCanada
41
points
22
Willie Huber
DETD· 76 GP· 17 goals· 23 assistsGermany
40
points
22
Dale Hoganson
QUED· 77 GP· 4 goals· 36 assistsCanada
40
points
22
Doug Hicks
EDMD· 78 GP· 9 goals· 31 assistsCanada
40
points
22
Rob Palmer
LAKD· 78 GP· 4 goals· 36 assistsCanada
40
points
26
Bob Dailey
PHID· 61 GP· 13 goals· 26 assistsCanada
39
points
26
Stefan Persson
NYID· 73 GP· 4 goals· 35 assistsSwedenSwedish player
39
points
26
Ian Turnbull
TORD· 75 GP· 11 goals· 28 assistsCanada
39
points
29
Richie Dunn
BUFD· 80 GP· 7 goals· 31 assistsUSA
38
points
30
Brad Maxwell
MNSD· 58 GP· 7 goals· 30 assistsCanada
37
points
30
Dave Maloney
NYRD· 77 GP· 12 goals· 25 assistsCanada
37
points
32
Randy Carlyle
PITD· 67 GP· 8 goals· 28 assistsCanada
36
points
32
Rod Langway
MTLD· 77 GP· 7 goals· 29 assists
36
points
32
Jim Schoenfeld
BUFD· 77 GP· 9 goals· 27 assistsCanada
36
points
32
Gordie Roberts
HFDD· 80 GP· 8 goals· 28 assistsUSA
36
points
32
Phil Russell
AFMD· 80 GP· 5 goals· 31 assistsCanada
36
points
37
Risto Siltanen
EDMD· 64 GP· 6 goals· 29 assistsFinland
35
points
37
Lars Lindgren
VAND· 73 GP· 5 goals· 30 assistsSwedenSwedish player
35
points
39
Gary Sargent
MNSD· 52 GP· 13 goals· 21 assistsUSA
34
points
39
Behn Wilson
PHID· 61 GP· 9 goals· 25 assistsCanada
34
points
39
Lars-Erik Sjöberg
WIND· 79 GP· 7 goals· 27 assistsSwedenSwedish player
34
points
42
Ron Stackhouse
PITD· 78 GP· 6 goals· 27 assistsCanada
33
points
43
Pat Price
EDMD· 75 GP· 11 goals· 21 assistsCanada
32
points
44
Mario Marois
NYRD· 79 GP· 8 goals· 23 assistsCanada
31
points
45
Pierre Lacroix
QUED· 76 GP· 9 goals· 21 assistsCanada
30
points
45
Mike O'connell
CHID· 78 GP· 8 goals· 22 assistsUSA
30
points
45
Pekka Rautakallio
AFMD· 79 GP· 5 goals· 25 assistsFinland
30
points
48
Rob Ramage
CLRD· 75 GP· 8 goals· 20 assistsCanada
28
points
49
Russ Anderson
PITD· 76 GP· 5 goals· 22 assistsUSA
27
points
50
Guy Lapointe
MTLD· 45 GP· 6 goals· 20 assistsCanada
26
points
50
Gerry Hart
QUED· 71 GP· 3 goals· 23 assistsCanada
26
points
50
Rick Smith
BOSD· 78 GP· 8 goals· 18 assistsCanada
26
points
53
Norm Barnes
PHID· 59 GP· 4 goals· 21 assistsCanada
25
points
53
Rick Lapointe
STLD· 80 GP· 6 goals· 19 assistsCanada
25
points
55
Rick Green
WSHD· 71 GP· 4 goals· 20 assistsCanada
24
points
56
Carol Vadnais
NYRD· 66 GP· 3 goals· 20 assistsCanada
23
points
56
Brian Engblom
MTLD· 70 GP· 3 goals· 20 assistsCanada
23
points
56
Jimmy Watson
PHID· 71 GP· 5 goals· 18 assistsCanada
23
points
56
Mike Milbury
BOSD· 72 GP· 10 goals· 13 assistsUSA
23
points
56
Dave Lewis
LAKD· 73 GP· 6 goals· 17 assistsCanada
23
points
56
Harold Snepsts
VAND· 79 GP· 3 goals· 20 assistsCanada
23
points
62
Gord Lane
NYID· 74 GP· 4 goals· 18 assistsCanada
22
points
62
Fred Barrett
MNSD· 80 GP· 8 goals· 14 assistsCanada
22
points
64
Brad Park
BOSD· 32 GP· 5 goals· 16 assistsCanada
21
points
64
Kevin Lowe
EDMD· 64 GP· 2 goals· 19 assistsCanada
21
points
64
Garry Lariviere
QUED· 75 GP· 2 goals· 19 assistsCanada
21
points
64
Bob Murdoch
AFMD· 80 GP· 5 goals· 16 assistsCanada
21
points
68
Paul Baxter
QUED· 61 GP· 7 goals· 13 assistsCanada
20
points
68
Scott Campbell
WIND· 63 GP· 3 goals· 17 assistsCanada
20
points
68
Rick Ley
HFDD· 65 GP· 4 goals· 16 assistsCanada
20
points
68
Mike Busniuk
PHID· 71 GP· 2 goals· 18 assistsCanada
20
points
68
Keith Brown
CHID· 76 GP· 2 goals· 18 assistsCanada
20
points
73
Al Hamilton
EDMD· 31 GP· 4 goals· 15 assistsCanada
19
points
73
Dennis Kearns
VAND· 67 GP· 1 goals· 18 assistsCanada
19
points
73
Ed Kea
STLD· 69 GP· 3 goals· 16 assists
19
points
73
Bob Lorimer
NYID· 74 GP· 3 goals· 16 assistsCanada
19
points
73
Dave Burrows
TORD· 80 GP· 3 goals· 16 assistsCanada
19
points
78
Mario Faubert
PITD· 49 GP· 5 goals· 13 assistsCanada
18
points
78
Joe Micheletti
STLD· 54 GP· 2 goals· 16 assistsUSA
18
points
78
Greg Smith
MNSD· 55 GP· 5 goals· 13 assistsCanada
18
points
78
Jim Korn
DETD· 63 GP· 5 goals· 13 assistsUSA
18
points
78
Paul Shmyr
MNSD· 63 GP· 3 goals· 15 assistsCanada
18
points
78
Mike Christie
CLRD· 74 GP· 1 goals· 17 assistsUSA
18
points
84
Bob Manno
VAND· 40 GP· 3 goals· 14 assistsCanada
17
points
84
Joel Quenneville
CLRD· 67 GP· 6 goals· 11 assistsCanada
17
points
84
Barry Long
DETD· 80 GP· 0 goals· 17 assistsCanada
17
points
87
Randy Manery
LAKD· 52 GP· 6 goals· 10 assistsCanada
16
points
87
Brad McCrimmon
BOSD· 72 GP· 5 goals· 11 assistsCanada
16
points
87
Bill Hajt
BUFD· 75 GP· 4 goals· 12 assistsCanada
16
points
87
Dave Langevin
NYID· 76 GP· 3 goals· 13 assistsUSA
16
points
91
Jean Potvin
NYID· 32 GP· 2 goals· 13 assistsCanada
15
points
91
Kevin Morrison
CLRD· 41 GP· 4 goals· 11 assistsCanada
15
points
91
Leif Svensson
WSHD· 47 GP· 4 goals· 11 assistsSwedenSwedish player
15
points
91
Greg Fox
CHID· 71 GP· 4 goals· 11 assistsCanada
15
points
91
Lee Fogolin
EDMD· 80 GP· 5 goals· 10 assistsUSA
15
points
96
Dale Tallon
PITD· 32 GP· 5 goals· 9 assistsCanada
14
points
96
Pierre Bouchard
WSHD· 54 GP· 5 goals· 9 assistsCanada
14
points
96
Jerry Korab
LAKD· 54 GP· 2 goals· 12 assistsCanada
14
points
96
Al Cameron
WIND· 63 GP· 3 goals· 11 assistsCanada
14
points
96
Brad Selwood
LAKD· 63 GP· 1 goals· 13 assistsCanada
14
points