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NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Defensive Point Shares

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Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

Season Player DPS
2011-12 Ryan McDonagh 6.73
2010-11 Toni Lydman 6.43
2009-10 Zdeno Chara 7.19
2008-09 Duncan Keith 6.35
2007-08 Nicklas Lidstrom 8.07
2006-07 Nicklas Lidstrom 7.90
2005-06 Michal Rozsival 6.82
2003-04 Scott Niedermayer 6.89
2002-03 Derian Hatcher 7.39
2001-02 Chris Chelios 7.25
2000-01 Sergei Zubov 6.64
1999-00 Chris Pronger 9.62
1998-99 Al MacInnis* 7.68
1997-98 Chris Pronger 7.31
1996-97 Vladimir Konstantinov 7.08
1995-96 Vladimir Konstantinov 8.55
1994-95 Scott Niedermayer 4.01
1993-94 Scott Stevens* 6.89
1992-93 Don Sweeney 6.42
1991-92 Chris Chelios 6.41
1990-91 Chris Chelios 5.86
1989-90 Raymond Bourque* 6.42
1988-89 Chris Chelios 6.66
1987-88 Petr Svoboda 6.21
1986-87 Mark Howe* 6.49
1985-86 Brad McCrimmon 8.80
1984-85 Mike Ramsey 6.93
1983-84 Raymond Bourque* 7.21
1982-83 Mike O'Connell 6.64
1981-82 Brian Engblom 7.92
1980-81 Brian Engblom 7.80
1979-80 Jim Schoenfeld 7.75
1978-79 Denis Potvin* 7.30
1977-78 Larry Robinson* 7.56
1976-77 Larry Robinson* 9.88
1975-76 Guy Lapointe* 7.71
1974-75 Bobby Orr* 8.40
1973-74 Bobby Orr* 7.67
1972-73 Serge Savard* 7.32
1971-72 Bobby Orr* 8.29
1970-71 Bobby Orr* 9.42
1969-70 Keith Magnuson 7.14
1968-69 Gary Bergman 6.58
1967-68 J.C. Tremblay 6.16
1966-67 Pat Stapleton 5.17
  Pierre Pilote* 5.17
  Doug Jarrett 5.17
1965-66 Jimmy Roberts 5.13
1964-65 Moose Vasko 4.93
  Al MacNeil 4.93
1963-64 J.C. Tremblay 5.09
  Terry Harper 5.09
1962-63 Tim Horton* 5.08
  Kent Douglas 5.08
  Carl Brewer 5.08
1961-62 J.C. Tremblay 5.68
  Jean-Guy Talbot 5.68
1960-61 Bob Baun 5.44
1959-60 Pierre Pilote* 4.83
1958-59 Tom Johnson* 5.50
1957-58 Doug Harvey* 5.43
1956-57 Tom Johnson* 5.48
  Doug Harvey* 5.48
1955-56 Jean-Guy Talbot 5.84
1954-55 Marcel Pronovost* 5.87
  Red Kelly* 5.87
1953-54 Tim Horton* 5.91
1952-53 Benny Woit 5.75
  Red Kelly* 5.75
  Bob Goldham 5.75
1951-52 Marcel Pronovost* 6.09
  Bob Goldham 6.09
1950-51 Jimmy Thomson 6.04
1949-50 Doug Harvey* 5.55
1948-49 Glen Harmon 5.05
1947-48 Jimmy Thomson 4.83
1946-47 Butch Bouchard* 5.45
1945-46 Glen Harmon 4.35
1944-45 Butch Bouchard* 5.63
1943-44 Leo Lamoureux 6.01
1942-43 Alex Motter 5.41
1941-42 Des Smith 4.19
  Flash Hollett 4.19
1940-41 Wally Stanowski 4.59
1939-40 Babe Pratt* 5.23
  Art Coulter* 5.23
1938-39 Jack Portland 4.93
  Jack Crawford 4.93
1937-38 Eddie Shore* 4.67
  Jack Portland 4.67
  Flash Hollett 4.67
1936-37 Bucko McDonald 4.06
1935-36 Ted Graham 4.83
1934-35 Art Coulter* 5.00
1933-34 Lionel Conacher* 5.02
1932-33 Eddie Shore* 4.66
1931-32 Alex Smith 4.71
1930-31 King Clancy* 4.91
1929-30 Eddie Shore* 4.93
  George Owen 4.93
1928-29 Sylvio Mantha* 5.60
  Marty Burke 5.60
1927-28 Alex Smith 6.23
1926-27 Herb Gardiner* 5.43
1925-26 Alex Smith 5.88
  George Boucher* 5.88
1924-25 Sylvio Mantha* 4.26
1923-24 Sylvio Mantha* 3.63
1922-23 Billy Coutu 3.71
  Sprague Cleghorn* 3.71
1921-22 King Clancy* 2.85
1920-21 Eddie Gerard* 4.27
1919-20 Eddie Gerard* 4.02
  George Boucher* 4.02
1918-19 Eddie Gerard* 2.89
  Sprague Cleghorn* 2.89
1917-18 Joe Hall* 3.18
  Bert Corbeau 3.18