nhl most points rookie defenceman season

Larry Murphy has collected the most points by a rookie defenseman, with 76 points in 1980-81.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	76	1980-81	LAK	80	16	60	+16	79	5	27	1	3	0		153	10.5
2	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	71	1988-89	NYR	68	23	48	+8	50	8	23	3	1	1	0	268	8.6
3	Gary Suter G. Suter	68	1985-86	CGY	80	18	50	+11	141	9	30	0	1	4	0	195	9.2
4	Phil Housley P. Housley	66	1982-83	BUF	77	19	47	-4	39	11	23	0	0	2		183	10.4
5	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	65	1979-80	BOS	80	17	48	+52	73	3	24	2	0	1		185	9.2
6	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	64	2024-25	MTL	77	6	58	-2	34	1	24	0	0	0	0	86	7.0	0	0	39	119	52	100	22:39
7	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	64	1984-85	MTL	74	9	55	+10	87	2	30	1	3	0	0	200	4.5
8	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	60	1991-92	DET	80	11	49	+36	22	5	26	0	1	1	0	168	6.5
9	Barry Beck B. Beck	60	1977-78	CLR	75	22	38	-14	89	6	18	0	1	4		271	8.1
10	Reed Larson R. Larson	60	1977-78	DET	75	19	41	-8	95	7	23	1	2	4		240	7.9
11	Reijo Ruotsalainen R. Ruotsalainen	56	1981-82	NYR	78	18	38	+18	27	7	14	0	0	3		247	7.3
12	Stefan Persson S. Persson	56	1977-78	NYI	66	6	50	+19	54	3	32	0	0	0		77	7.8
13	Dale Tallon D. Tallon	56	1970-71	VAN	78	14	42	-25	58	5	12	0	0	1		232	6.0
14	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	54	1973-74	NYI	77	17	37	-17	175	6	13	0	1	3		209	8.1
15	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	53	2019-20	VAN	68	8	45	-11	22	3	22	0	0	2	1	126	6.3	0	0	7	46	35	60	21:53
16	Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	52	1992-93	NYI	64	14	38	+14	59	7	15	0	0	0	0	178	7.9
17	Jocelyn Guevremont J. Guevremont	51	1971-72	VAN	75	13	38	-28	44	3	12	0	1	1		210	6.2
18	Moritz Seider M. Seider	50	2021-22	DET	82	7	43	-9	34	2	19	0	2	4	2	187	3.7	0	0	151	161	41	48	23:02
19	Cale Makar C. Makar	50	2019-20	COL	57	12	38	+12	12	4	15	0	0	4	0	121	9.9	0	0	45	47	34	40	21:00
20	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	49	2005-06	CGY	82	20	29	+5	93	16	17	0	1	7	1	242	8.3	0	0	203	97	35	51	21:44
21	Brian Benning B. Benning	49	1986-87	STL	78	13	36	0	110	7	16	0	1	2	0	144	9.0
22	Behn Wilson B. Wilson	49	1978-79	PHI	80	13	36	+14	197	6	14	0	1	2		174	7.5
23	Tyler Myers T. Myers	48	2009-10	BUF	82	11	37	+13	32	3	13	0	1	1	0	104	10.6	0	0	91	137	30	94	23:44
24	Bryan Berard B. Berard	48	1996-97	NYI	82	8	40	+1	86	3	17	0	0	1	1	172	4.7
25	Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	48	1992-93	LAK	78	12	36	-3	80	5	14	0	0	2	0	136	8.8