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NHL defensemen points leaders 1997‑1998

The NHL defensemen points leaders for the 1997-1998 regular season: 263 defensemen ranked by points. First is Nicklas Lidström with 59 points. Sergei Zubov and Scott Niedermayer share second place with 57 points. The highest-ranked Swede is Nicklas Lidström, in place 1 with 59 points. See the full Swedish points leaderboard

Top 100

1
Nicklas Lidström
DETD· 80 GP· 17 goals· 42 assistsSwedenSwedish player
59
points
2
Sergei Zubov
DALD· 73 GP· 10 goals· 47 assistsRussia
57
points
2
Scott Niedermayer
NJDD· 81 GP· 14 goals· 43 assistsCanada
57
points
4
Steve Duchesne
STLD· 80 GP· 14 goals· 42 assistsCanada
56
points
5
Larry Murphy
DETD· 82 GP· 11 goals· 41 assistsCanada
52
points
6
Sandis Ozolinsh
COLD· 66 GP· 13 goals· 38 assistsLatvia
51
points
6
Teppo Numminen
PHXD· 82 GP· 11 goals· 40 assistsFinland
51
points
8
Brian Leetch
NYRD· 76 GP· 17 goals· 33 assistsUSA
50
points
8
Rob Blake
LAKD· 81 GP· 23 goals· 27 assistsCanada
50
points
10
Al MacInnis
STLD· 71 GP· 19 goals· 30 assistsCanada
49
points
11
Kevin Hatcher
PITD· 74 GP· 19 goals· 29 assistsUSA
48
points
11
Ray Bourque
BOSD· 82 GP· 13 goals· 35 assistsCanada
48
points
13
Bryan Berard
NYID· 75 GP· 14 goals· 32 assistsUSA
46
points
13
Darryl Sydor
DALD· 79 GP· 11 goals· 35 assistsCanada
46
points
13
Boris Mironov
EDMD· 81 GP· 16 goals· 30 assistsRussia
46
points
16
Alexei Zhitnik
BUFD· 78 GP· 15 goals· 30 assists
45
points
17
Vladimir Malakhov
MTLD· 74 GP· 13 goals· 31 assistsRussia
44
points
18
Dmitri Mironov
DETD· 77 GP· 8 goals· 35 assistsRussia
43
points
18
Janne Niinimaa
EDMD· 77 GP· 4 goals· 39 assistsFinland
43
points
18
Robert Svehla
FLAD· 79 GP· 9 goals· 34 assistsSlovakia
43
points
21
Gary Suter
CHID· 73 GP· 14 goals· 28 assistsUSA
42
points
21
Chris Chelios
CHID· 81 GP· 3 goals· 39 assistsUSA
42
points
23
Roman Hamrlik
EDMD· 78 GP· 9 goals· 32 assistsCzechia
41
points
24
Kenny Jönsson
NYID· 81 GP· 14 goals· 26 assistsSwedenSwedish player
40
points
25
Garry Galley
LAKD· 74 GP· 9 goals· 28 assistsCanada
37
points
25
Mathieu Schneider
TORD· 76 GP· 11 goals· 26 assistsUSA
37
points
25
Patrice Brisebois
MTLD· 79 GP· 10 goals· 27 assistsCanada
37
points
28
Chris Pronger
STLD· 81 GP· 9 goals· 27 assistsCanada
36
points
29
Jason Woolley
BUFD· 71 GP· 9 goals· 26 assistsCanada
35
points
29
Calle Johansson
WSHD· 73 GP· 15 goals· 20 assistsSwedenSwedish player
35
points
29
Igor Kravchuk
OTTD· 81 GP· 8 goals· 27 assistsRussia
35
points
32
Steve Chiasson
CARD· 66 GP· 7 goals· 27 assistsCanada
34
points
32
Dave Manson
MTLD· 81 GP· 4 goals· 30 assistsCanada
34
points
34
Fredrik Olausson
PITD· 76 GP· 6 goals· 27 assistsSwedenSwedish player
33
points
34
Eric Desjardins
PHID· 77 GP· 6 goals· 27 assistsCanada
33
points
36
Bill Houlder
SJSD· 82 GP· 7 goals· 25 assistsCanada
32
points
37
Phil Housley
WSHD· 64 GP· 6 goals· 25 assistsUSA
31
points
37
Derian Hatcher
DALD· 70 GP· 6 goals· 25 assistsUSA
31
points
37
Uwe Krupp
COLD· 78 GP· 9 goals· 22 assistsGermany
31
points
37
Dan Mcgillis
PHID· 80 GP· 11 goals· 20 assistsCanada
31
points
41
Jyrki Lumme
VAND· 74 GP· 9 goals· 21 assistsFinland
30
points
41
Todd Gill
STLD· 75 GP· 13 goals· 17 assistsCanada
30
points
41
Mattias Öhlund
VAND· 77 GP· 7 goals· 23 assistsSwedenSwedish player
30
points
44
Paul Coffey
PHID· 57 GP· 2 goals· 27 assistsCanada
29
points
44
Derek Morris
CGYD· 82 GP· 9 goals· 20 assistsCanada
29
points
46
Jeff Brown
WSHD· 60 GP· 4 goals· 24 assistsCanada
28
points
47
Bret Hedican
VAND· 71 GP· 3 goals· 24 assistsUSA
27
points
47
Cale Hulse
CGYD· 79 GP· 5 goals· 22 assistsCanada
27
points
49
Scott Stevens
NJDD· 80 GP· 4 goals· 22 assistsCanada
26
points
50
Kyle McLaren
BOSD· 66 GP· 5 goals· 20 assistsCanada
25
points
50
Sylvain Cote
TORD· 71 GP· 4 goals· 21 assistsCanada
25
points
50
Marcus Ragnarsson
SJSD· 79 GP· 5 goals· 20 assistsSwedenSwedish player
25
points
50
Glen Wesley
CARD· 82 GP· 6 goals· 19 assistsCanada
25
points
54
Shawn Chambers
DALD· 57 GP· 2 goals· 22 assistsUSA
24
points
54
Grant Ledyard
BOSD· 71 GP· 4 goals· 20 assistsCanada
24
points
54
Bryan McCabe
VAND· 82 GP· 4 goals· 20 assistsCanada
24
points
57
J.J. Daigneault
NYID· 71 GP· 2 goals· 21 assistsCanada
23
points
57
Lyle Odelein
NJDD· 79 GP· 4 goals· 19 assistsCanada
23
points
57
Ed Jovanovski
FLAD· 81 GP· 9 goals· 14 assistsCanada
23
points
57
Dave Ellett
BOSD· 82 GP· 3 goals· 20 assistsUSA
23
points
57
Eric Weinrich
CHID· 82 GP· 2 goals· 21 assistsUSA
23
points
62
Darryl Shannon
BUFD· 76 GP· 3 goals· 19 assistsCanada
22
points
62
Keith Carney
PHXD· 80 GP· 3 goals· 19 assistsUSA
22
points
62
Wade Redden
OTTD· 80 GP· 8 goals· 14 assistsCanada
22
points
65
Janne Laukkanen
OTTD· 60 GP· 4 goals· 17 assistsFinland
21
points
65
Anders Eriksson
DETD· 66 GP· 7 goals· 14 assistsSwedenSwedish player
21
points
65
Sergei Gonchar
WSHD· 72 GP· 5 goals· 16 assistsRussia
21
points
68
Richard Smehlik
BUFD· 72 GP· 3 goals· 17 assistsCzechia
20
points
68
Bruce Driver
NYRD· 75 GP· 5 goals· 15 assistsCanada
20
points
68
Doug Bodger
NJDD· 77 GP· 9 goals· 11 assistsCanada
20
points
71
Oleg Tverdovsky
PHXD· 46 GP· 7 goals· 12 assists
19
points
71
Tommy Albelin
CGYD· 69 GP· 2 goals· 17 assistsSwedenSwedish player
19
points
71
Chris Therien
PHID· 78 GP· 3 goals· 16 assistsCanada
19
points
74
Petr Svoboda
PHID· 56 GP· 3 goals· 15 assistsCzechia
18
points
74
Brad Werenka
PITD· 71 GP· 3 goals· 15 assistsCanada
18
points
74
Richard Matvichuk
DALD· 74 GP· 3 goals· 15 assistsCanada
18
points
74
Gerald Diduck
PHXD· 78 GP· 8 goals· 10 assistsCanada
18
points
78
Mark Tinordi
WSHD· 47 GP· 8 goals· 9 assistsCanada
17
points
78
John Slaney
PHXD· 55 GP· 3 goals· 14 assistsCanada
17
points
78
Jeff Norton
FLAD· 56 GP· 4 goals· 13 assistsUSA
17
points
78
James Patrick
CGYD· 60 GP· 6 goals· 11 assistsCanada
17
points
78
Jiri Slegr
PITD· 73 GP· 5 goals· 12 assistsCzechia
17
points
78
Adam Foote
COLD· 77 GP· 3 goals· 14 assistsCanada
17
points
78
Gord Murphy
FLAD· 79 GP· 6 goals· 11 assistsCanada
17
points
78
Sean O'Donnell
LAKD· 80 GP· 2 goals· 15 assistsCanada
17
points
86
Philippe Boucher
LAKD· 45 GP· 6 goals· 10 assistsCanada
16
points
86
Don Sweeney
BOSD· 59 GP· 1 goals· 15 assistsCanada
16
points
86
Stephane Quintal
MTLD· 71 GP· 6 goals· 10 assistsCanada
16
points
86
Chris Phillips
OTTD· 72 GP· 5 goals· 11 assistsCanada
16
points
86
Jason York
OTTD· 73 GP· 3 goals· 13 assistsCanada
16
points
86
Jason Smith
TORD· 81 GP· 3 goals· 13 assistsCanada
16
points
92
Zarley Zalapski
MTLD· 63 GP· 3 goals· 12 assistsCanada
15
points
92
Ruslan Salei
ANAD· 66 GP· 5 goals· 10 assistsBelarus
15
points
92
Mike Rathje
SJSD· 81 GP· 3 goals· 12 assistsCanada
15
points
95
Jay McKee
BUFD· 56 GP· 1 goals· 13 assistsCanada
14
points
95
Viacheslav Fetisov
DETD· 58 GP· 2 goals· 12 assistsRussia
14
points
95
Jon Klemm
COLD· 67 GP· 6 goals· 8 assistsCanada
14
points
95
Darren Van Impe
BOSD· 69 GP· 3 goals· 11 assistsCanada
14
points
95
Alexei Gusarov
COLD· 72 GP· 4 goals· 10 assistsRussia
14
points
95
Karl Dykhuis
TBLD· 78 GP· 5 goals· 9 assistsCanada
14
points