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NHL defensemen points leaders 1996‑1997

The NHL defensemen points leaders for the 1996-1997 regular season: 259 defensemen ranked by points. First is Brian Leetch with 78 points, second is Sandis Ozolinsh with 68 points and third is Nicklas Lidström with 57 points. The highest-ranked Swede is Nicklas Lidström, in place 3 with 57 points. See the full Swedish points leaderboard

Top 100

1
Brian Leetch
NYRD· 82 GP· 20 goals· 58 assistsUSA
78
points
2
Sandis Ozolinsh
COLD· 80 GP· 23 goals· 45 assistsLatvia
68
points
3
Nicklas Lidström
DETD· 79 GP· 15 goals· 42 assistsSwedenSwedish player
57
points
4
Oleg Tverdovsky
PHXD· 82 GP· 10 goals· 45 assists
55
points
5
Kevin Hatcher
PITD· 80 GP· 15 goals· 39 assistsUSA
54
points
6
Dmitri Mironov
ANAD· 77 GP· 13 goals· 39 assistsRussia
52
points
7
Ray Bourque
BOSD· 62 GP· 19 goals· 31 assistsCanada
50
points
8
Chris Chelios
CHID· 72 GP· 10 goals· 38 assistsUSA
48
points
8
Bryan Berard
NYID· 82 GP· 8 goals· 40 assistsUSA
48
points
8
Darryl Sydor
DALD· 82 GP· 8 goals· 40 assistsCanada
48
points
11
Steve Duchesne
OTTD· 78 GP· 19 goals· 28 assistsCanada
47
points
12
Eric Desjardins
PHID· 82 GP· 12 goals· 34 assistsCanada
46
points
13
Larry Murphy
DETD· 81 GP· 9 goals· 36 assistsCanada
45
points
13
Robert Svehla
FLAD· 82 GP· 13 goals· 32 assistsSlovakia
45
points
15
Janne Niinimaa
PHID· 77 GP· 4 goals· 40 assistsFinland
44
points
16
Al MacInnis
STLD· 72 GP· 13 goals· 30 assistsCanada
43
points
16
Sergei Zubov
DALD· 78 GP· 13 goals· 30 assistsRussia
43
points
18
Phil Housley
WSHD· 77 GP· 11 goals· 29 assistsUSA
40
points
18
Roman Hamrlik
TBLD· 79 GP· 12 goals· 28 assistsCzechia
40
points
20
Garry Galley
BUFD· 71 GP· 4 goals· 34 assistsCanada
38
points
20
Fredrik Olausson
PITD· 71 GP· 9 goals· 29 assistsSwedenSwedish player
38
points
20
Alexander Karpovtsev
NYRD· 77 GP· 9 goals· 29 assistsRussia
38
points
20
Vladimir Konstantinov
DETD· 77 GP· 5 goals· 33 assistsRussia
38
points
24
Jason Woolley
PITD· 60 GP· 6 goals· 30 assistsCanada
36
points
25
Jyrki Lumme
VAND· 66 GP· 11 goals· 24 assistsFinland
35
points
25
Chris Pronger
STLD· 79 GP· 11 goals· 24 assistsCanada
35
points
25
Alexei Zhitnik
BUFD· 80 GP· 7 goals· 28 assists
35
points
25
Scott Niedermayer
NJDD· 81 GP· 5 goals· 30 assistsCanada
35
points
29
Paul Coffey
PHID· 57 GP· 9 goals· 25 assistsCanada
34
points
30
Boris Mironov
EDMD· 55 GP· 6 goals· 26 assistsRussia
32
points
30
Glen Wesley
HFDD· 68 GP· 6 goals· 26 assistsCanada
32
points
30
Eric Weinrich
CHID· 81 GP· 7 goals· 25 assistsUSA
32
points
33
Rob Blake
LAKD· 62 GP· 8 goals· 23 assistsCanada
31
points
34
Sergei Gonchar
WSHD· 57 GP· 13 goals· 17 assistsRussia
30
points
34
Richard Smehlik
BUFD· 62 GP· 11 goals· 19 assistsCzechia
30
points
34
Steve Chiasson
HFDD· 65 GP· 8 goals· 22 assistsCanada
30
points
34
Vladimir Malakhov
MTLD· 65 GP· 10 goals· 20 assistsRussia
30
points
34
Bruce Driver
NYRD· 79 GP· 5 goals· 25 assistsCanada
30
points
34
Wade Redden
OTTD· 82 GP· 6 goals· 24 assistsCanada
30
points
40
Per Gustafsson
FLAD· 58 GP· 7 goals· 22 assistsSwedenSwedish player
29
points
41
Viacheslav Fetisov
DETD· 64 GP· 5 goals· 23 assistsRussia
28
points
41
J.J. Daigneault
ANAD· 66 GP· 5 goals· 23 assistsCanada
28
points
41
Igor Kravchuk
STLD· 82 GP· 4 goals· 24 assistsRussia
28
points
41
Bryan McCabe
NYID· 82 GP· 8 goals· 20 assistsCanada
28
points
41
Gary Suter
CHID· 82 GP· 7 goals· 21 assistsUSA
28
points
46
Dave Babych
VAND· 78 GP· 5 goals· 22 assistsCanada
27
points
46
Teppo Numminen
PHXD· 82 GP· 2 goals· 25 assistsFinland
27
points
48
Don Sweeney
BOSD· 82 GP· 3 goals· 23 assistsCanada
26
points
49
Philippe Boucher
LAKD· 60 GP· 7 goals· 18 assistsCanada
25
points
49
Bill Houlder
TBLD· 79 GP· 4 goals· 21 assistsCanada
25
points
51
Sylvain Cote
WSHD· 57 GP· 6 goals· 18 assistsCanada
24
points
51
Chris Therien
PHID· 71 GP· 2 goals· 22 assistsCanada
24
points
51
Scott Stevens
NJDD· 79 GP· 5 goals· 19 assistsCanada
24
points
51
Jon Klemm
COLD· 80 GP· 9 goals· 15 assistsCanada
24
points
55
Ed Jovanovski
FLAD· 61 GP· 7 goals· 16 assistsCanada
23
points
55
Darren Van Impe
ANAD· 74 GP· 4 goals· 19 assistsCanada
23
points
55
Darius Kasparaitis
PITD· 75 GP· 2 goals· 21 assists
23
points
55
Gord Murphy
FLAD· 80 GP· 8 goals· 15 assistsCanada
23
points
55
Darryl Shannon
BUFD· 82 GP· 4 goals· 19 assistsCanada
23
points
60
Derian Hatcher
DALD· 63 GP· 3 goals· 19 assistsUSA
22
points
60
Stephane Quintal
MTLD· 71 GP· 7 goals· 15 assistsCanada
22
points
60
Dan Mcgillis
EDMD· 73 GP· 6 goals· 16 assistsCanada
22
points
60
Dave Manson
MTLD· 75 GP· 4 goals· 18 assistsCanada
22
points
60
Curtis Leschyshyn
HFDD· 77 GP· 4 goals· 18 assistsCanada
22
points
60
Mattias Norström
LAKD· 80 GP· 1 goals· 21 assistsSwedenSwedish player
22
points
66
Uwe Krupp
COLD· 60 GP· 4 goals· 17 assistsGermany
21
points
66
Adrian Aucoin
VAND· 70 GP· 5 goals· 16 assistsCanada
21
points
66
Shawn Chambers
NJDD· 73 GP· 4 goals· 17 assistsUSA
21
points
66
Jason York
OTTD· 75 GP· 4 goals· 17 assistsCanada
21
points
66
Dave Ellett
NJDD· 76 GP· 6 goals· 15 assistsUSA
21
points
66
Janne Laukkanen
OTTD· 76 GP· 3 goals· 18 assistsFinland
21
points
66
Adam Foote
COLD· 78 GP· 2 goals· 19 assistsCanada
21
points
66
Todd Gill
SJSD· 79 GP· 0 goals· 21 assistsCanada
21
points
66
Kenny Jönsson
NYID· 81 GP· 3 goals· 18 assistsSwedenSwedish player
21
points
75
Karl Dykhuis
PHID· 62 GP· 4 goals· 15 assistsCanada
19
points
75
Bret Hedican
VAND· 67 GP· 4 goals· 15 assistsUSA
19
points
77
Barry Richter
BOSD· 50 GP· 5 goals· 13 assistsUSA
18
points
77
Greg Hawgood
SJSD· 63 GP· 6 goals· 12 assistsCanada
18
points
77
Drew Bannister
EDMD· 65 GP· 4 goals· 14 assistsCanada
18
points
77
Jeff Norton
TBLD· 75 GP· 2 goals· 16 assistsUSA
18
points
77
Bobby Dollas
ANAD· 79 GP· 4 goals· 14 assistsCanada
18
points
77
Keith Carney
CHID· 81 GP· 3 goals· 15 assistsUSA
18
points
83
Sean O'Donnell
LAKD· 55 GP· 5 goals· 12 assistsCanada
17
points
83
Aaron Miller
COLD· 56 GP· 5 goals· 12 assistsUSA
17
points
83
Steve Staios
VAND· 63 GP· 3 goals· 14 assistsCanada
17
points
83
Michal Sykora
CHID· 63 GP· 3 goals· 14 assistsCzechia
17
points
83
Calle Johansson
WSHD· 65 GP· 6 goals· 11 assistsSwedenSwedish player
17
points
83
Marcus Ragnarsson
SJSD· 69 GP· 3 goals· 14 assistsSwedenSwedish player
17
points
83
Ulf Samuelsson
NYRD· 73 GP· 6 goals· 11 assistsSwedenSwedish player
17
points
90
Yves Racine
CGYD· 46 GP· 1 goals· 15 assistsCanada
16
points
90
Marty McSorley
SJSD· 57 GP· 4 goals· 12 assistsCanada
16
points
90
Chris Joseph
VAND· 63 GP· 3 goals· 13 assistsCanada
16
points
90
Grant Ledyard
DALD· 67 GP· 1 goals· 15 assistsCanada
16
points
90
Bryan Marchment
EDMD· 71 GP· 3 goals· 13 assistsCanada
16
points
90
Lyle Odelein
NJDD· 79 GP· 3 goals· 13 assistsCanada
16
points
90
Doug Bodger
SJSD· 81 GP· 1 goals· 15 assistsCanada
16
points
97
Al Iafrate
SJSD· 38 GP· 6 goals· 9 assistsUSA
15
points
97
Patrice Brisebois
MTLD· 49 GP· 2 goals· 13 assistsCanada
15
points
97
David Wilkie
MTLD· 61 GP· 6 goals· 9 assistsUSA
15
points
97
Tommy Albelin
CGYD· 72 GP· 4 goals· 11 assistsSwedenSwedish player
15
points