NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy Voting Results
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James Norris Memorial Trophy
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NHL | Zach Werenski | 28 | CBJ | D | 1 | 1589 | 113 | 48 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 59 | 81 | 7 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 12.1 |
| Cale Makar | 27 | COL | D | 2 | 1191 | 47 | 62 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 20 | 59 | 79 | 32 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 12.8 | ||
| Rasmus Dahlin | 25 | BUF | D | 3 | 657 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 30 | 26 | 19 | 55 | 74 | 18 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 11.4 | ||
| Evan Bouchard | 26 | EDM | D | 4 | 593 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 32 | 43 | 21 | 74 | 95 | 25 | 8.9 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 15.2 | ||
| Moritz Seider | 24 | DET | D | 5 | 360 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 50 | 60 | 15 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 10.8 | ||
| Lane Hutson | 21 | MTL | D | 6 | 357 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 66 | 78 | 36 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 12.8 | ||
| Quinn Hughes | 26 | TOT | D | 7 | 282 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 69 | 76 | -4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Miro Heiskanen | 26 | DAL | D | 8 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 63 | 9 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Erik Karlsson | 35 | PIT | D | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 51 | 66 | 8 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Jake Sanderson | 23 | OTT | D | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 16 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 9.1 | ||
| Darren Raddysh | 29 | TBL | D | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 48 | 70 | 21 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 11.5 | ||
| Matthew Schaefer | 18 | NYI | D | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 13 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 12.0 | ||
| Charlie McAvoy | 28 | BOS | D | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 61 | 13 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Adam Fox | 27 | NYR | D | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 53 | 5 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 7.8 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2024-25 | NHL | Cale Makar | 26 | COL | D | 1 | 1861 | 176 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 62 | 92 | 28 | 9.6 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 16.1 |
| Zach Werenski | 27 | CBJ | D | 2 | 1266 | 13 | 132 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 59 | 82 | 12 | 7.9 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 12.0 | ||
| Quinn Hughes | 25 | VAN | D | 3 | 918 | 2 | 39 | 110 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 60 | 76 | 2 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 11.5 | ||
| Josh Morrissey | 29 | WPG | D | 4 | 280 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 48 | 62 | 17 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 10.7 | ||
| Victor Hedman | 34 | TBL | D | 5 | 265 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 55 | 38 | 15 | 51 | 66 | 18 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||
| Rasmus Dahlin | 24 | BUF | D | 6 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 51 | 68 | 11 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Thomas Harley | 23 | DAL | D | 7 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 32 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Jaccob Slavin | 30 | CAR | D | 8 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 16 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | ||
| Lane Hutson | 20 | MTL | D | 9 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 60 | 66 | -2 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Jake Sanderson | 22 | OTT | D | 10 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 57 | -14 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Evan Bouchard | 25 | EDM | D | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 53 | 67 | 14 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 11.1 | ||
| Adam Fox | 26 | NYR | D | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 51 | 61 | 9 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Gustav Forsling | 28 | FLA | D | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 33 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Ryan McDonagh | 35 | TBL | D | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 43 | 1.4 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 7.5 | ||
| Devon Toews | 30 | COL | D | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 30 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
| John Carlson | 35 | WSH | D | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 51 | 17 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Jakob Chychrun | 26 | WSH | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 17 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||
| Brock Faber | 22 | MIN | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 29 | -2 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 5.9 | ||
| Shea Theodore | 29 | VEG | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 57 | 18 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2023-24 | NHL | Quinn Hughes | 24 | VAN | D | 1 | 1864 | 172 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 75 | 92 | 38 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| Roman Josi | 33 | NSH | D | 2 | 1207 | 12 | 108 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 62 | 85 | 12 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 12.8 | ||
| Cale Makar | 25 | COL | D | 3 | 893 | 9 | 61 | 59 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 69 | 90 | 15 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 12.3 | ||
| Adam Fox | 25 | NYR | D | 4 | 229 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 38 | 28 | 17 | 56 | 73 | 21 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 11.9 | ||
| Evan Bouchard | 24 | EDM | D | 5 | 212 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 29 | 23 | 18 | 64 | 82 | 34 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 13.1 | ||
| Victor Hedman | 33 | TBL | D | 6 | 201 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 63 | 76 | 18 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 11.6 | ||
| Josh Morrissey | 28 | WPG | D | 7 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 59 | 69 | 34 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 11.5 | ||
| Noah Dobson | 24 | NYI | D | 8 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 60 | 70 | 12 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 9.9 | ||
| Gustav Forsling | 27 | FLA | D | 9 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 56 | 2.6 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 10.6 | ||
| Miro Heiskanen | 24 | DAL | D | 10 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 54 | 8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Drew Doughty | 34 | LAK | D | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 15 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Mattias Ekholm | 33 | EDM | D | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 44 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Charlie McAvoy | 26 | BOS | D | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||
| Jaccob Slavin | 29 | CAR | D | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 21 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||
| Rasmus Dahlin | 23 | BUF | D | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 39 | 59 | -3 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2022-23 | NHL | Erik Karlsson | 32 | SJS | D | 1 | 1585 | 123 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 76 | 101 | -26 | 9.4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 12.4 |
| Adam Fox | 24 | NYR | D | 2 | 1125 | 41 | 72 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 72 | 28 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 11.9 | ||
| Cale Makar | 24 | COL | D | 3 | 553 | 12 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 17 | 49 | 66 | 16 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||
| Hampus Lindholm | 29 | BOS | D | 4 | 483 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 49 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 10.9 | ||
| Josh Morrissey | 27 | WPG | D | 5 | 337 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 60 | 76 | 2 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 11.3 | ||
| Dougie Hamilton | 29 | NJD | D | 6 | 270 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 23 | 7.1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 12.1 | ||
| Miro Heiskanen | 23 | DAL | D | 7 | 269 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 62 | 73 | 12 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 11.1 | ||
| Rasmus Dahlin | 22 | BUF | D | 8 | 262 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 58 | 73 | 12 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 10.2 | ||
| Quinn Hughes | 23 | VAN | D | 9 | 101 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 69 | 76 | 15 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 10.2 | ||
| Brent Burns | 37 | CAR | D/RW | 10 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 19 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 | ||
| Vince Dunn | 26 | SEA | D | 11 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 64 | 28 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Brandon Montour | 28 | FLA | D | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 57 | 73 | 9 | 6.2 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 9.9 | ||
| Jared Spurgeon | 33 | MIN | D | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 32 | 2.3 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Devon Toews | 28 | COL | D | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 50 | 39 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Victor Hedman | 32 | TBL | D | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 10 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||
| Mikhail Sergachev | 24 | TBL | D | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 54 | 64 | 13 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
| Jaccob Slavin | 28 | CAR | D | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 18 | 1.3 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 6.7 | ||
| Drew Doughty | 33 | LAK | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 52 | 12 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Charlie McAvoy | 25 | BOS | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 52 | 29 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2021-22 | NHL | Cale Makar | 23 | COL | D | 1 | 1631 | 92 | 98 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 58 | 86 | 48 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 15.3 |
| Roman Josi | 31 | NSH | D | 2 | 1606 | 98 | 76 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 73 | 96 | 13 | 8.8 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 13.9 | ||
| Victor Hedman | 31 | TBL | D | 3 | 940 | 4 | 14 | 142 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 65 | 85 | 26 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 13.6 | ||
| Charlie McAvoy | 24 | BOS | D | 4 | 358 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 55 | 24 | 10 | 46 | 56 | 31 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 10.8 | ||
| Adam Fox | 23 | NYR | D | 5 | 248 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 45 | 11 | 63 | 74 | 18 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 | ||
| Aaron Ekblad | 25 | FLA | D | 6 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 38 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Kris Letang | 34 | PIT | D | 7 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 58 | 68 | 20 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 10.6 | ||
| Devon Toews | 27 | COL | D | 8 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 44 | 57 | 52 | 4.7 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 11.2 | ||
| Jaccob Slavin | 27 | CAR | D | 9 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 38 | 42 | 35 | 2.1 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| John Carlson | 32 | WSH | D | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 54 | 71 | 13 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 11.0 | ||
| Morgan Rielly | 27 | TOR | D | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 58 | 68 | 16 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||
| Miro Heiskanen | 22 | DAL | D | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 3 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 6.6 | ||
| Quinn Hughes | 22 | VAN | D | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 68 | 10 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| MacKenzie Weegar | 28 | FLA | D | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 40 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Justin Faulk | 29 | STL | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 41 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Alex Pietrangelo | 32 | VEG | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 7.5 | ||
| Jared Spurgeon | 32 | MIN | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 32 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | ||
| Chris Tanev | 32 | CGY | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 35 | 1.2 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2020-21 | NHL | Adam Fox | 22 | NYR | D | 1 | 743 | 40 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 47 | 19 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| Cale Makar | 22 | COL | D | 2 | 655 | 31 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 17 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 7.3 | ||
| Victor Hedman | 30 | TBL | D | 3 | 433 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 5 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 7.3 | ||
| Dougie Hamilton | 27 | CAR | D | 4 | 239 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 20 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Charlie McAvoy | 23 | BOS | D | 5 | 125 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 22 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 6.8 | ||
| Shea Theodore | 25 | VEG | D | 6 | 109 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 28 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Darnell Nurse | 25 | EDM | D | 7 | 76 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 27 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| MacKenzie Weegar | 27 | FLA | D | 8 | 74 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 29 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 7.4 | ||
| Kris Letang | 33 | PIT | D | 9 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 19 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 7.2 | ||
| Jakob Chychrun | 22 | ARI | D | 10 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 41 | -6 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 7.4 | ||
| Devon Toews | 26 | COL | D | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 29 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 7.2 | ||
| John Carlson | 31 | WSH | D | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 44 | -5 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 5.9 | ||
| Jeff Petry | 33 | MTL | D | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 6 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | ||
| Roman Josi | 30 | NSH | D | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 33 | -11 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 4.6 | ||
| Jaccob Slavin | 26 | CAR | D | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.8 | ||
| Brett Pesce | 26 | CAR | D | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 5.4 | ||
| Adam Pelech | 26 | NYI | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 4.7 | ||
| Ryan Pulock | 26 | NYI | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.9 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2019-20 | NHL | Roman Josi | 29 | NSH | D | 1 | 1499 | 109 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 49 | 65 | 22 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 10.9 |
| John Carlson | 30 | WSH | D | 2 | 1267 | 56 | 83 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 60 | 75 | 12 | 7.2 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 10.7 | ||
| Victor Hedman | 29 | TBL | D | 3 | 820 | 4 | 25 | 104 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 27 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Alex Pietrangelo | 30 | STL | D | 4 | 527 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 104 | 22 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 11 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 9.1 | ||
| Jaccob Slavin | 25 | CAR | D | 5 | 138 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 61 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 30 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Shea Theodore | 24 | VEG | D | 6 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 12 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Dougie Hamilton | 26 | CAR | D | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 30 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Zach Werenski | 22 | CBJ | D | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 9 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 9.1 | ||
| Cale Makar | 21 | COL | D | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 12 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Charlie McAvoy | 22 | BOS | D | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 24 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||
| Esa Lindell | 25 | DAL | D | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 5.4 | ||
| Tony DeAngelo | 24 | NYR | D | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 53 | 12 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 8.4 | ||
| Miro Heiskanen | 20 | DAL | D | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 7.8 | ||
| Seth Jones | 25 | CBJ | D | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 6.5 | ||
| Quinn Hughes | 20 | VAN | D | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 53 | -10 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 6.5 | ||
| Shea Weber | 34 | MTL | D | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 7.3 | ||
| Kris Letang | 32 | PIT | D | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 7.4 | ||
| Ivan Provorov | 23 | PHI | D | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 7.1 | ||
| Jonas Brodin | 26 | MIN | D | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | ||
| Zdeno Chára | 42 | BOS | D | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | ||
| Drew Doughty | 30 | LAK | D | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 35 | -16 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 5.4 | ||
| Torey Krug | 28 | BOS | D | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 49 | -4 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 6.7 | ||
| Jared Spurgeon | 30 | MIN | D | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 32 | -1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 5.4 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2018-19 | NHL | Mark Giordano | 35 | CGY | D | 1 | 1690 | 165 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 57 | 74 | 39 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 12.6 |
| Brent Burns | 33 | SJS | D/RW | 2 | 720 | 2 | 54 | 44 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 67 | 83 | 13 | 7.3 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 12.0 | ||
| Victor Hedman | 28 | TBL | D | 3 | 585 | 1 | 44 | 33 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 24 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| John Carlson | 29 | WSH | D | 4 | 551 | 3 | 34 | 26 | 41 | 30 | 13 | 57 | 70 | 21 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||
| Morgan Rielly | 24 | TOR | D | 5 | 515 | 0 | 28 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 20 | 52 | 72 | 24 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 11.7 | ||
| Kris Letang | 31 | PIT | D | 6 | 145 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 13 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Roman Josi | 28 | NSH | D | 7 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 9 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 9.9 | ||
| Ryan McDonagh | 29 | TBL | D | 8 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 38 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Seth Jones | 24 | CBJ | D | 9 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 1 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 7.5 | ||
| Mattias Ekholm | 28 | NSH | D | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 27 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 27 | ARI | D | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 30 | 44 | -16 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Jake Muzzin | 29 | TOT | D | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 21 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 7.8 | ||
| Jared Spurgeon | 29 | MIN | D | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 29 | 43 | -1 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||
| Dougie Hamilton | 25 | CAR | D | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||
| Erik Karlsson | 28 | SJS | D | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 45 | 6 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||
| Zdeno Chára | 41 | BOS | D | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.8 | ||
| Jaccob Slavin | 24 | CAR | D | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 0 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||
| Thomas Chabot | 22 | OTT | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 41 | 55 | -12 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 7.5 | ||
| Esa Lindell | 24 | DAL | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Brett Pesce | 24 | CAR | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 35 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Jeff Petry | 31 | MTL | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 46 | -5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 6.8 | ||
| Ryan Suter | 34 | MIN | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 47 | -8 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 8.3 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2017-18 | NHL | Victor Hedman | 27 | TBL | D | 1 | 1385 | 94 | 57 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 46 | 63 | 32 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 11.0 |
| Drew Doughty | 28 | LAK | D | 2 | 1164 | 52 | 68 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 60 | 23 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 11.7 | ||
| P.K. Subban | 28 | NSH | D | 3 | 565 | 11 | 14 | 50 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 18 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||
| Seth Jones | 23 | CBJ | D | 4 | 406 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 34 | 16 | 41 | 57 | 10 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 9.9 | ||
| John Carlson | 28 | WSH | D | 5 | 311 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 30 | 15 | 53 | 68 | 0 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||
| John Klingberg | 25 | DAL | D | 6 | 160 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 59 | 67 | 10 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||
| Roman Josi | 27 | NSH | D | 7 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 24 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Brent Burns | 32 | SJS | D/RW | 8 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 67 | -16 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 9.1 | ||
| Alex Pietrangelo | 28 | STL | D | 9 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 8 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 24 | PHI | D | 10 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 65 | 10 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Marc-Édouard Vlasic | 30 | SJS | D | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 9 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 7.2 | ||
| Erik Karlsson | 27 | OTT | D | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 53 | 62 | -25 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 7.2 | ||
| Ryan Suter | 33 | MIN | D | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 51 | -1 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 7.4 | ||
| Dougie Hamilton | 24 | CGY | D | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Zdeno Chára | 40 | BOS | D | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 1.1 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 6.3 | ||
| Mark Giordano | 34 | CGY | D | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Josh Manson | 26 | ANA | D | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 34 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Jaccob Slavin | 23 | CAR | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 1 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 6.2 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2016-17 | NHL | Brent Burns | 31 | SJS | D | 1 | 1437 | 96 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 47 | 76 | 19 | 8.9 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 15.3 |
| Erik Karlsson | 26 | OTT | D | 2 | 1292 | 63 | 86 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 54 | 71 | 10 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 12.9 | ||
| Victor Hedman | 26 | TBL | D | 3 | 728 | 3 | 13 | 106 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 56 | 72 | 3 | 7.3 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 12.0 | ||
| Duncan Keith | 33 | CHI | D | 4 | 384 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 70 | 31 | 6 | 47 | 53 | 22 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Ryan Suter | 32 | MIN | D | 5 | 175 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 34 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
| Shea Weber | 31 | MTL | D | 6 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 20 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Drew Doughty | 27 | LAK | D | 7 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 8 | 3.4 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||
| Mark Giordano | 33 | CGY | D | 8 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 22 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||
| Dougie Hamilton | 23 | CGY | D | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 12 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Justin Schultz | 26 | PIT | D | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 27 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| Roman Josi | 26 | NSH | D | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ||
| Dustin Byfuglien | 31 | WPG | D | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 52 | 10 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Jared Spurgeon | 27 | MIN | D | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 33 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Kevin Shattenkirk | 28 | TOT | D | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 56 | -7 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Torey Krug | 25 | BOS | D | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 51 | -10 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Alex Pietrangelo | 27 | STL | D | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| Ryan McDonagh | 27 | NYR | D | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 20 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 7.8 | ||
| Seth Jones | 22 | CBJ | D | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 7.8 | ||
| Zach Werenski | 19 | CBJ | D | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 17 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 9.1 | ||
| Jaccob Slavin | 22 | CAR | D | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 23 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Cam Fowler | 25 | ANA | D | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 7 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 8.3 | ||
| Dmitry Orlov | 25 | WSH | D | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 30 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Marc-Édouard Vlasic | 29 | SJS | D | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 4 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 5.8 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2015-16 | NHL | Drew Doughty | 26 | LAK | D | 1 | 1254 | 93 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 24 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 11.6 |
| Erik Karlsson | 25 | OTT | D | 2 | 1020 | 46 | 54 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 66 | 82 | -2 | 8.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 11.7 | ||
| Brent Burns | 30 | SJS | D | 3 | 619 | 3 | 26 | 54 | 43 | 8 | 27 | 48 | 75 | -5 | 8.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 12.9 | ||
| Kris Letang | 28 | PIT | D | 4 | 587 | 8 | 24 | 40 | 40 | 19 | 16 | 51 | 67 | 9 | 7.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 11.3 | ||
| Roman Josi | 25 | NSH | D | 5 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 14 | 47 | 61 | -3 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||
| John Klingberg | 23 | DAL | D | 6 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 48 | 58 | 22 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 10.2 | ||
| Victor Hedman | 25 | TBL | D | 7 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 21 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Ryan Suter | 31 | MIN | D | 8 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 51 | 10 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 24 | ARI | D | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 34 | 55 | -6 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Shea Weber | 30 | NSH | D | 10 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 31 | 51 | -7 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Duncan Keith | 32 | CHI | D | 11 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 13 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 8.4 | ||
| Dustin Byfuglien | 30 | WPG | D | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 4 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Mark Giordano | 32 | CGY | D | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 35 | 56 | -5 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| P.K. Subban | 26 | MTL | D | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 51 | 4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 8.3 | ||
| Ryan McDonagh | 26 | NYR | D | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 26 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | ||
| Aaron Ekblad | 19 | FLA | D | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 18 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Brian Campbell | 36 | FLA | D | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 7.8 | ||
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 22 | PHI | D | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 8 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Hampus Lindholm | 22 | ANA | D | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 2.1 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 7.3 | ||
| François Beauchemin | 35 | COL | D | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 34 | -7 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||
| Jake Muzzin | 26 | LAK | D | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 7 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 7.8 | ||
| Brent Seabrook | 30 | CHI | D | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| Anton Strålman | 29 | TBL | D | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 16 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Marc-Édouard Vlasic | 28 | SJS | D | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2014-15 | NHL | Erik Karlsson | 24 | OTT | D | 1 | 964 | 44 | 42 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 45 | 66 | 7 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 11.9 |
| Drew Doughty | 25 | LAK | D | 2 | 889 | 53 | 30 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 3 | 3.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| P.K. Subban | 25 | MTL | D | 3 | 801 | 24 | 36 | 38 | 37 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 60 | 21 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 12.4 | ||
| Shea Weber | 29 | NSH | D | 4 | 614 | 26 | 19 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 15 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 9.6 | ||
| Roman Josi | 24 | NSH | D | 5 | 222 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 40 | 55 | 15 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 10.8 | ||
| Mark Giordano | 31 | CGY | D | 6 | 177 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 13 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Duncan Keith | 31 | CHI | D | 7 | 134 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 12 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
| Kris Letang | 27 | PIT | D | 8 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 12 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Ryan Suter | 30 | MIN | D | 9 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 36 | 38 | 7 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 7.4 | ||
| John Carlson | 25 | WSH | D | 10 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 11 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Ryan McDonagh | 25 | NYR | D | 11 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 23 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 7.3 | ||
| Dustin Byfuglien | 29 | WPG | D | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 5 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||
| Anton Strålman | 28 | TBL | D | 13 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 22 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 8.0 | ||
| Niklas Kronwall | 34 | DET | D | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 44 | -4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 7.2 | ||
| Kevin Shattenkirk | 26 | STL | D | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 19 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Nick Leddy | 23 | NYI | D | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 18 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 23 | ARI | D | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 43 | -18 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||
| T.J. Brodie | 24 | CGY | D | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 15 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||
| Jonas Brodin | 21 | MIN | D | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 5.8 | ||
| Dennis Wideman | 31 | CGY | D | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 6 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Brent Burns | 29 | SJS | D | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 43 | 60 | -9 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Brian Campbell | 35 | FLA | D | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 5.6 | ||
| Aaron Ekblad | 18 | FLA | D | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 12 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Justin Faulk | 22 | CAR | D | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 34 | 49 | -19 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 9.1 | ||
| Andrei Markov | 36 | MTL | D | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 22 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 10.7 | ||
| Alex Pietrangelo | 25 | STL | D | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 46 | -2 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 7.5 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2013-14 | NHL | Duncan Keith | 30 | CHI | D | 1 | 1033 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 55 | 61 | 22 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Zdeno Chára | 36 | BOS | D | 2 | 667 | 21 | 39 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 25 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| Shea Weber | 28 | NSH | D | 3 | 638 | 26 | 23 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 33 | 56 | -2 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 10.8 | ||
| Ryan Suter | 29 | MIN | D | 4 | 351 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 15 | 2.6 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Alex Pietrangelo | 24 | STL | D | 5 | 304 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 43 | 51 | 20 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Drew Doughty | 24 | LAK | D | 6 | 284 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 17 | 2.8 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||
| Erik Karlsson | 23 | OTT | D | 7 | 70 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 54 | 74 | -15 | 8.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Ryan McDonagh | 24 | NYR | D | 8 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Victor Hedman | 23 | TBL | D | 9 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 5 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Mark Giordano | 30 | CGY | D | 10 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 12 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Matt Niskanen | 27 | PIT | D | 11 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 33 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | ||
| Marc-Édouard Vlasic | 26 | SJS | D | 12 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 31 | 1.1 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 7.3 | ||
| Niklas Kronwall | 33 | DET | D | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 22 | PHX | D | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 29 | 44 | -4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 8.3 | ||
| P.K. Subban | 24 | MTL | D | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 53 | -4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
| Andrei Markov | 35 | MTL | D | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 12 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| Jay Bouwmeester | 30 | STL | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 37 | 26 | 2.1 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||
| Brent Seabrook | 28 | CHI | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 23 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2012-13 | NHL | P.K. Subban | 23 | MTL | D | 1 | 1266 | 66 | 56 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 7.1 |
| Ryan Suter | 28 | MIN | D | 2 | 1230 | 65 | 54 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||
| Kris Letang | 25 | PIT | D | 3 | 914 | 31 | 37 | 42 | 39 | 18 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 16 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 6.3 | ||
| François Beauchemin | 32 | ANA | D | 4 | 290 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 39 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 5.8 | ||
| Zdeno Chára | 35 | BOS | D | 5 | 289 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 5.2 | ||
| Duncan Keith | 29 | CHI | D | 6 | 281 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 16 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 5.5 | ||
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 21 | PHX | D | 7 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 4.3 | ||
| Shea Weber | 27 | NSH | D | 8 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 28 | -2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 5.3 | ||
| Drew Doughty | 23 | LAK | D | 9 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 4.9 | ||
| Niklas Kronwall | 32 | DET | D | 10 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 29 | -5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 4.8 | ||
| Dion Phaneuf | 27 | TOR | D | 11 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 28 | -4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 4.6 | ||
| Keith Yandle | 26 | PHX | D | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 5.6 | ||
| Andrei Markov | 34 | MTL | D | 13 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 30 | -9 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 4.5 | ||
| Alex Pietrangelo | 23 | STL | D | 14 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 4.9 | ||
| Dustin Byfuglien | 27 | WPG | D | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 28 | -1 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 4.7 | ||
| Dan Hamhuis | 30 | VAN | D | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 5.0 | ||
| Mike Green | 27 | WSH | D | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 26 | -3 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 4.5 | ||
| Erik Karlsson | 22 | OTT | D | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 3.6 | ||
| Brooks Orpik | 32 | PIT | D | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -0.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 2.5 | ||
| Kimmo Timonen | 37 | PHI | D | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 5.2 | ||
| Dennis Seidenberg | 31 | BOS | D | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 4.9 | ||
| Dan Girardi | 28 | NYR | D | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 2.7 | ||
| Paul Martin | 31 | PIT | D | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 4.6 | ||
| Sheldon Souray | 36 | ANA | D | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 4.9 | ||
| Ľubomír Višňovský | 36 | NYI | D | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 3.6 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2011-12 | NHL | Erik Karlsson | 21 | OTT | D | 1 | 1069 | 66 | 31 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 59 | 78 | 16 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 13.1 |
| Shea Weber | 26 | NSH | D | 2 | 1057 | 49 | 54 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 21 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 11.4 | ||
| Zdeno Chára | 34 | BOS | D | 3 | 950 | 32 | 48 | 47 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 40 | 52 | 33 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 10.9 | ||
| Alex Pietrangelo | 22 | STL | D | 4 | 381 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 68 | 28 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 16 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 11.2 | ||
| Nicklas Lidström | 41 | DET | D | 5 | 132 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 21 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Dan Girardi | 27 | NYR | D | 6 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | ||
| Brian Campbell | 32 | FLA | D | 7 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 49 | 53 | -9 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 8.4 | ||
| Ryan Suter | 27 | NSH | D | 8 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 15 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| Kris Letang | 24 | PIT | D | 9 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 21 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Dan Hamhuis | 29 | VAN | D | 10 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 37 | 29 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Ryan McDonagh | 22 | NYR | D | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 25 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ||
| Michael Del Zotto | 21 | NYR | D | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 20 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
| Duncan Keith | 28 | CHI | D | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 7.1 | ||
| Keith Yandle | 25 | PHX | D | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 5 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Dustin Byfuglien | 26 | WPG | D | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 53 | -8 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||
| Alexander Edler | 25 | VAN | D | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 8.3 | ||
| Dan Boyle | 35 | SJS | D | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 48 | 10 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||
| Kevin Bieksa | 30 | VAN | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 12 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 8.3 | ||
| Willie Mitchell | 34 | LAK | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 1.3 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Kevin Shattenkirk | 23 | STL | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 20 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2010-11 | NHL | Nicklas Lidström | 40 | DET | D | 1 | 736 | 35 | 23 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 46 | 62 | -2 | 6.2 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 9.5 |
| Shea Weber | 25 | NSH | D | 2 | 727 | 32 | 41 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 7 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Zdeno Chára | 33 | BOS | D | 3 | 688 | 33 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 33 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Ľubomír Višňovský | 34 | ANA | D | 4 | 573 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 50 | 68 | 18 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 12.8 | ||
| Keith Yandle | 24 | PHX | D | 5 | 312 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 48 | 59 | 12 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 9.9 | ||
| Kris Letang | 23 | PIT | D | 6 | 144 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 15 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Dustin Byfuglien | 25 | ATL | D | 7 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 33 | 53 | -2 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 9.6 | ||
| Christian Ehrhoff | 28 | VAN | D | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 19 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Duncan Keith | 27 | CHI | D | 9 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 45 | -1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 7.2 | ||
| Matt Carle | 26 | PHI | D | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 40 | 30 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Drew Doughty | 21 | LAK | D | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 13 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 9.6 | ||
| Chris Pronger | 36 | PHI | D | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 4.2 | ||
| Toni Lydman | 33 | ANA | D | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 32 | 1.0 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 7.4 | ||
| Dan Boyle | 34 | SJS | D | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 50 | 2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 8.3 | ||
| Ryan Suter | 26 | NSH | D | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 20 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Brian Campbell | 31 | CHI | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||
| Dan Hamhuis | 28 | VAN | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 7.0 | ||
| Andrej Meszároš | 25 | PHI | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 30 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 7.5 | ||
| Tyler Myers | 20 | BUF | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 6.5 | ||
| Marc Staal | 24 | NYR | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2009-10 | NHL | Duncan Keith | 26 | CHI | D | 1 | 1096 | 76 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 55 | 69 | 21 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 12.6 |
| Mike Green | 24 | WSH | D | 2 | 831 | 34 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 57 | 76 | 39 | 8.2 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 13.0 | ||
| Drew Doughty | 20 | LAK | D | 3 | 663 | 15 | 28 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 20 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 11.9 | ||
| Nicklas Lidström | 39 | DET | D | 4 | 303 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 36 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 22 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 10.7 | ||
| Chris Pronger | 35 | PHI | D | 5 | 168 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 45 | 55 | 22 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 11.4 | ||
| Dan Boyle | 33 | SJS | D | 6 | 116 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 43 | 58 | 6 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 9.9 | ||
| Shea Weber | 24 | NSH | D | 7 | 96 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Zdeno Chára | 32 | BOS | D | 8 | 88 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 19 | 3.1 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 10.2 | ||
| Christian Ehrhoff | 27 | VAN | D | 9 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 36 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 10.2 | ||
| Mark Streit | 32 | NYI | D | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Ryan Suter | 25 | NSH | D | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 37 | 4 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 6.8 | ||
| Brian Rafalski | 36 | DET | D | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 23 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Brent Seabrook | 24 | CHI | D | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 20 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||
| Sergei Gonchar | 35 | PIT | D | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 50 | -4 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 7.4 | ||
| Tyler Myers | 19 | BUF | D | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 13 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Dion Phaneuf | 24 | TOT | D | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 7.0 | ||
| Jeff Schultz | 23 | WSH | D | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 50 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 6.4 | ||
| Ed Jovanovski | 33 | PHX | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 34 | -12 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 5.5 | ||
| Chris Phillips | 31 | OTT | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 6.2 | ||
| Anton Volchenkov | 27 | OTT | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 3.6 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2008-09 | NHL | Zdeno Chára | 31 | BOS | D | 1 | 1034 | 68 | 36 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 23 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| Mike Green | 23 | WSH | D | 2 | 982 | 50 | 53 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 24 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 13.9 | ||
| Nicklas Lidström | 38 | DET | D | 3 | 733 | 14 | 34 | 58 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 31 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 11.2 | ||
| Shea Weber | 23 | NSH | D | 4 | 186 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 1 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||
| Dan Boyle | 32 | SJS | D | 5 | 173 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 16 | 41 | 57 | 6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 10.6 | ||
| Duncan Keith | 25 | CHI | D | 6 | 95 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 33 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||
| Andrei Markov | 30 | MTL | D | 6 | 95 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 64 | -2 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Mark Streit | 31 | NYI | D | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 5 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Brian Rafalski | 35 | DET | D | 9 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 59 | 17 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||
| Scott Niedermayer | 35 | ANA | D | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 59 | -8 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ||
| Dennis Wideman | 25 | BOS | D | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 32 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||
| Dion Phaneuf | 23 | CGY | D | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 47 | -11 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||
| Sheldon Souray | 32 | EDM | D | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 1 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||
| Jay Bouwmeester | 25 | FLA | D | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 42 | -2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Kimmo Timonen | 33 | PHI | D | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 43 | 19 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||
| Brian Campbell | 29 | CHI | D | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 52 | 5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 7.8 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2007-08 | NHL | Nicklas Lidström | 37 | DET | D | 1 | 1313 | 127 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 60 | 70 | 40 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| Dion Phaneuf | 22 | CGY | D | 2 | 561 | 2 | 38 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 12 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 11.2 | ||
| Zdeno Chára | 30 | BOS | D | 3 | 486 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 14 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||
| Sergei Gonchar | 33 | PIT | D | 4 | 370 | 1 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 53 | 65 | 13 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 11.1 | ||
| Brian Campbell | 28 | TOT | D | 5 | 333 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 54 | 62 | 8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Andrei Markov | 29 | MTL | D | 6 | 156 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 42 | 58 | 1 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 9.9 | ||
| Mike Green | 22 | WSH | D | 7 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 6 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Chris Pronger | 33 | ANA | D | 8 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 43 | -1 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 8.4 | ||
| Brian Rafalski | 34 | DET | D | 9 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 27 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 11.7 | ||
| Scott Niedermayer | 34 | ANA | D | 10 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 5.0 | ||
| Duncan Keith | 24 | CHI | D | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 30 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ||
| Brent Burns | 22 | MIN | D | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 12 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 9.6 | ||
| Mark Streit | 30 | MTL | D | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 49 | 62 | -6 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Mathieu Schneider | 38 | ANA | D | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 22 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
| Ed Jovanovski | 31 | PHX | D | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 51 | -13 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Wade Redden | 30 | OTT | D | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 11 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 6.1 | ||
| Joe Corvo | 30 | TOT | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 17 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Jassen Cullimore | 35 | FLA | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 4.7 | ||
| Tomáš Kaberle | 29 | TOR | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 45 | 53 | -8 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | ||
| Mike Komisarek | 26 | MTL | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 4.4 | ||
| John-Michael Liles | 27 | COL | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 2 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 5.7 | ||
| Andrej Meszároš | 22 | OTT | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 5.7 | ||
| Kimmo Timonen | 32 | PHI | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 7.4 | ||
| Shea Weber | 22 | NSH | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 3.3 | ||
| Sergei Zubov | 37 | DAL | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2006-07 | NHL | Nicklas Lidström | 36 | DET | D | 1 | 1217 | 87 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 49 | 62 | 40 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 13.1 |
| Scott Niedermayer | 33 | ANA | D | 2 | 1024 | 46 | 62 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 54 | 69 | 6 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 11.7 | ||
| Chris Pronger | 32 | ANA | D | 3 | 608 | 6 | 25 | 55 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 46 | 59 | 27 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 11.7 | ||
| Dan Boyle | 30 | TBL | D | 4 | 219 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 63 | -5 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Kimmo Timonen | 31 | NSH | D | 5 | 144 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 20 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 9.9 | ||
| Dion Phaneuf | 21 | CGY | D | 6 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 10 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||
| Sergei Gonchar | 32 | PIT | D | 7 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 67 | -5 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 9.6 | ||
| Sheldon Souray | 30 | MTL | D | 8 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 64 | -28 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Sergei Zubov | 36 | DAL | D | 9 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 0 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Brian Campbell | 27 | BUF | D | 9 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 42 | 48 | 28 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||
| Jay Bouwmeester | 23 | FLA | D | 11 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 23 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ||
| Philippe Boucher | 33 | DAL | D | 12 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||
| Ryan Whitney | 23 | PIT | D | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 45 | 59 | 9 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Brian Rafalski | 33 | NJD | D | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 55 | 4 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Tom Preissing | 28 | OTT | D | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 40 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Ľubomír Višňovský | 30 | LAK | D | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 58 | 1 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Tomáš Kaberle | 28 | TOR | D | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 47 | 58 | 3 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Chris Phillips | 28 | OTT | D | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 36 | 1.3 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 6.8 | ||
| Keith Carney | 36 | MIN | D | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||
| Zdeno Chára | 29 | BOS | D | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 43 | -21 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 6.5 | ||
| Mathieu Schneider | 37 | DET | D | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 52 | 12 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 9.1 | ||
| Robyn Regehr | 26 | CGY | D | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 5.4 | ||
| Anton Volchenkov | 24 | OTT | D | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 5.4 | ||
| Andrei Markov | 28 | MTL | D | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 49 | 2 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Bryan McCabe | 31 | TOR | D | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 3 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Alexei Zhitnik | 34 | TOT | D | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 1 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 6.4 | ||
| Kevin Bieksa | 25 | VAN | D | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 1 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2005-06 | NHL | Nicklas Lidström | 35 | DET | D | 1 | 1152 | 91 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 64 | 80 | 21 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 12.9 |
| Scott Niedermayer | 32 | MDA | D | 2 | 817 | 29 | 57 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 50 | 63 | 8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Sergei Zubov | 35 | DAL | D | 3 | 464 | 0 | 21 | 42 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 58 | 71 | 20 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 12.2 | ||
| Zdeno Chára | 28 | OTT | D | 4 | 430 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 17 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Wade Redden | 28 | OTT | D | 5 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 35 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||
| Mathieu Schneider | 36 | DET | D | 6 | 111 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 33 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 11.9 | ||
| Chris Pronger | 31 | EDM | D | 7 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 44 | 56 | 2 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 9.6 | ||
| Dion Phaneuf | 20 | CGY | D | 8 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 5 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||
| Bryan McCabe | 30 | TOR | D | 9 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 68 | -1 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||
| Ľubomír Višňovský | 29 | LAK | D | 10 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 67 | 7 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Brian Rafalski | 32 | NJD | D | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 49 | 0 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Rob Blake | 36 | COL | D | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Tomáš Kaberle | 27 | TOR | D | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 58 | 67 | -1 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Robyn Regehr | 25 | CGY | D | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | ||
| Dan Boyle | 29 | TBL | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 38 | 53 | -8 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Sergei Gonchar | 31 | PIT | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 46 | 58 | -13 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 7.0 | ||
| Joni Pitkänen | 22 | PHI | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 22 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | ||
| Marek Židlický | 28 | NSH | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 8.0 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2003-04 | NHL | Scott Niedermayer | 30 | NJD | D | 1 | 872 | 72 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 20 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 12.0 |
| Zdeno Chára | 26 | OTT | D | 2 | 563 | 19 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 33 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||
| Chris Pronger | 29 | STL | D | 3 | 345 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 54 | -1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 10.8 | ||
| Bryan McCabe | 28 | TOR | D | 4 | 189 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 22 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 10.9 | ||
| Adrian Aucoin | 30 | NYI | D | 5 | 166 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 29 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||
| Nicklas Lidström | 33 | DET | D | 6 | 165 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 19 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 8.4 | ||
| Mathieu Schneider | 34 | DET | D | 7 | 144 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 22 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Rob Blake | 34 | COL | D | 8 | 124 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Sergei Gonchar | 29 | TOT | D | 9 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 47 | 58 | -14 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||
| Wade Redden | 26 | OTT | D | 10 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 21 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Brian Leetch | 35 | TOT | D | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 6 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||
| Sheldon Souray | 27 | MTL | D | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 7.4 | ||
| Marek Malík | 28 | VAN | D | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 6.4 | ||
| Mattias Öhlund | 27 | VAN | D | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 14 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Pavel Kubina | 26 | TBL | D | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Marek Židlický | 26 | NSH | D | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 39 | 53 | -16 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 7.8 | ||
| Bryan Berard | 26 | CHI | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 34 | 47 | -24 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 6.1 | ||
| Dan Boyle | 27 | TBL | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 23 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Mike Rathje | 29 | SJS | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 0.2 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 5.7 | ||
| Dick Tärnström | 29 | PIT | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 36 | 52 | -37 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||
| Sergei Zubov | 33 | DAL | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 0 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2002-03 | NHL | Nicklas Lidström | 32 | DET | D | 1 | 560 | 42 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 40 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 13.2 |
| Al MacInnis | 39 | STL | D | 2 | 486 | 20 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 52 | 68 | 22 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 12.3 | ||
| Derian Hatcher | 30 | DAL | D | 3 | 142 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 37 | 1.9 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
| Sergei Gonchar | 28 | WSH | D | 4 | 131 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 49 | 67 | 13 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 11.5 | ||
| Rob Blake | 33 | COL | D | 5 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 20 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Ed Jovanovski | 26 | VAN | D | 6 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 46 | 19 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 8.4 | ||
| Zdeno Chára | 25 | OTT | D | 7 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 29 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
| Sergei Zubov | 32 | DAL | D | 8 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 21 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 11.0 | ||
| Wade Redden | 25 | OTT | D | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 23 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Adam Foote | 31 | COL | D | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 30 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Tomáš Kaberle | 24 | TOR | D | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 20 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Dan Boyle | 26 | TBL | D | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 10.2 | ||
| Scott Niedermayer | 29 | NJD | D | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 23 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Éric Desjardins | 33 | PHI | D | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 30 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| Brian Leetch | 34 | NYR | D | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 30 | -3 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 5.5 | ||
| Scott Stevens | 38 | NJD | D | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 6.7 | ||
| Chris Chelios | 41 | DET | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 3.5 | ||
| Sandis Ozoliņš | 30 | TOT | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 44 | -6 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2001-02 | NHL | Nicklas Lidström | 31 | DET | D | 1 | 472 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 59 | 13 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| Chris Chelios | 40 | DET | D | 2 | 431 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 2.8 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Rob Blake | 32 | COL | D | 3 | 321 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 16 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 12.2 | ||
| Sergei Gonchar | 27 | WSH | D | 4 | 147 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 59 | -1 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Chris Pronger | 27 | STL | D | 5 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 23 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Ed Jovanovski | 25 | VAN | D | 6 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 48 | -7 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Teppo Numminen | 33 | PHX | D | 7 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 13 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Adrian Aucoin | 28 | NYI | D | 8 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 23 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Brian Leetch | 33 | NYR | D | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 55 | 14 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ||
| Mattias Öhlund | 25 | VAN | D | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 16 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Scott Stevens | 37 | NJD | D | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 15 | -0.1 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 5.8 | ||
| Brian Rafalski | 28 | NJD | D | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||
| Wade Redden | 24 | OTT | D | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 22 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Zdeno Chára | 24 | OTT | D | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 30 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 7.5 | ||
| Bryan McCabe | 26 | TOR | D | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 16 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 9.1 | ||
| Patrice Brisebois | 31 | MTL | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 6.8 | ||
| Kim Johnsson | 25 | PHI | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 12 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Al MacInnis | 38 | STL | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 2000-01 | NHL | Nicklas Lidström | 30 | DET | D | 1 | 600 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 56 | 71 | 9 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 12.2 |
| Ray Bourque | 40 | COL | D | 2 | 251 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 52 | 59 | 25 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 10.2 | ||
| Scott Stevens | 36 | NJD | D | 3 | 203 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 40 | 1.9 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Rob Blake | 31 | TOT | D | 4 | 176 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 3 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Brian Leetch | 32 | NYR | D | 5 | 126 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 58 | 79 | -18 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||
| Sergei Gonchar | 26 | WSH | D | 6 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 12 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 10.6 | ||
| Al MacInnis | 37 | STL | D | 7 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 23 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||
| Sergei Zubov | 30 | DAL | D | 8 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 22 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 10.7 | ||
| Brian Rafalski | 27 | NJD | D | 9 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 52 | 36 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Éric Desjardins | 31 | PHI | D | 10 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33 | 48 | -3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Chris Pronger | 26 | STL | D | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 21 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Wade Redden | 23 | OTT | D | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 22 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Derian Hatcher | 28 | DAL | D | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 5.6 | ||
| Dan McGillis | 28 | PHI | D | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 13 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
| Ed Jovanovski | 24 | VAN | D | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 35 | 47 | -1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||
| Brad Lukowich | 24 | DAL | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | ||
| Jason Smith | 27 | EDM | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 5.1 | ||
| Oleg Tverdovsky | 24 | MDA | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 39 | 53 | -11 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1999-00 | NHL | Chris Pronger | 25 | STL | D | 1 | 565 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 48 | 62 | 52 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 14.8 |
| Nicklas Lidström | 29 | DET | D | 2 | 400 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 53 | 73 | 19 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 13.0 | ||
| Rob Blake | 30 | LAK | D | 3 | 196 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 57 | 10 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Éric Desjardins | 30 | PHI | D | 4 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 20 | 4.9 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 12.0 | ||
| Sergei Gonchar | 25 | WSH | D | 5 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 26 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 11.1 | ||
| Chris Chelios | 38 | DET | D | 6 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 48 | 1.6 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| Ray Bourque | 39 | TOT | D | 7 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 52 | -2 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Al MacInnis | 36 | STL | D | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 20 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ||
| Sergei Zubov | 29 | DAL | D | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 42 | -2 | 2.8 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||
| Scott Stevens | 35 | NJD | D | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 30 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Teppo Numminen | 31 | PHX | D | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 21 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 8.4 | ||
| Wade Redden | 22 | OTT | D | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 36 | -1 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 6.8 | ||
| Sean Hill | 29 | CAR | D | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 8.4 | ||
| Róbert Švehla | 31 | FLA | D | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 23 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 9.6 | ||
| Oleg Tverdovsky | 23 | MDA | D | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| Derian Hatcher | 27 | DAL | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 5.7 | ||
| Ed Jovanovski | 23 | VAN | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 26 | -3 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 4.3 | ||
| Sandis Ozoliņš | 27 | COL | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 17 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1998-99 | NHL | Al MacInnis | 35 | STL | D | 1 | 548 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 33 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 13.6 |
| Nicklas Lidström | 28 | DET | D | 2 | 234 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 14 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||
| Ray Bourque | 38 | BOS | D | 3 | 157 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 57 | -7 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Chris Pronger | 24 | STL | D | 4 | 107 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 3 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Éric Desjardins | 29 | PHI | D | 5 | 91 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 18 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Scott Stevens | 34 | NJD | D | 6 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||
| Derian Hatcher | 26 | DAL | D | 7 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 21 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Brian Leetch | 30 | NYR | D | 8 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 55 | -7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Fredrik Olausson | 32 | MDA | D | 9 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 17 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 10.8 | ||
| Phil Housley | 34 | CGY | D | 10 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 14 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Larry Murphy | 37 | DET | D | 11 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 21 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Scott Niedermayer | 25 | NJD | D | 12 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 16 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 8.4 | ||
| Sergei Zubov | 28 | DAL | D | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 9 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 9.9 | ||
| Alexander Karpovtsev | 28 | TOT | D | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 39 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 6.2 | ||
| Adam Foote | 27 | COL | D | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 5.3 | ||
| Darryl Sydor | 26 | DAL | D | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 34 | 48 | -1 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Rob Blake | 29 | LAK | D | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 35 | -7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | ||
| Chris Chelios | 37 | TOT | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 1 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 6.2 | ||
| Darryl Shannon | 30 | BUF | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1997-98 | NHL | Rob Blake | 28 | LAK | D | 1 | 401 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 27 | 50 | -3 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| Nicklas Lidström | 27 | DET | D | 2 | 369 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 22 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 11.6 | ||
| Chris Pronger | 23 | STL | D | 3 | 316 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 47 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||
| Scott Stevens | 33 | NJD | D | 4 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Scott Niedermayer | 24 | NJD | D | 5 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 10.8 | ||
| Larry Murphy | 36 | DET | D | 6 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 52 | 35 | 4.7 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 11.3 | ||
| Ray Bourque | 37 | BOS | D | 7 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 2 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Al MacInnis | 34 | STL | D | 8 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 6 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| Sergei Zubov | 27 | DAL | D | 9 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 16 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 11.0 | ||
| Teppo Numminen | 29 | PHX | D | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 25 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 10.2 | ||
| Darryl Sydor | 25 | DAL | D | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 17 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||
| Chris Chelios | 36 | CHI | D | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 42 | -7 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||
| Kenny Jönsson | 23 | NYI | D | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 40 | -2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | ||
| Darius Kasparaitis | 25 | PIT | D | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | -0.1 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.5 | ||
| Alexei Zhitnik | 25 | BUF | D | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 19 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | ||
| Éric Desjardins | 28 | PHI | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 7.1 | ||
| Kevin Hatcher | 31 | PIT | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 29 | 48 | -3 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Calle Johansson | 30 | WSH | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 35 | -11 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 6.8 | ||
| Boris Mironov | 25 | EDM | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 46 | -8 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1996-97 | NHL | Brian Leetch | 28 | NYR | D | 1 | 494 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 58 | 78 | 31 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 13.1 |
| Vladimir Konstantinov | 29 | DET | D | 2 | 178 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 38 | 2.5 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 9.5 | ||
| Sandis Ozoliņš | 24 | COL | D | 3 | 176 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 4 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 11.1 | ||
| Chris Chelios | 35 | CHI | D | 4 | 172 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 16 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Scott Stevens | 32 | NJD | D | 5 | 171 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Nicklas Lidström | 26 | DET | D | 6 | 60 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 11 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Darryl Sydor | 24 | DAL | D | 7 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 37 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||
| Ray Bourque | 36 | BOS | D | 7 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 50 | -11 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 7.1 | ||
| Éric Desjardins | 27 | PHI | D | 9 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 25 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
| Oleg Tverdovsky | 20 | PHX | D | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 45 | 55 | -5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
| Bryan Berard | 19 | NYI | D | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||
| Kevin Hatcher | 30 | PIT | D | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 11 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Sergei Zubov | 26 | DAL | D | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 19 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Róbert Švehla | 28 | FLA | D | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 2 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Steve Duchesne | 31 | OTT | D | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 28 | 47 | -9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||
| Chris Pronger | 22 | STL | D | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 15 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 7.9 | ||
| Derian Hatcher | 24 | DAL | D | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 4.8 | ||
| Sergei Gonchar | 22 | WSH | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 30 | -11 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 5.6 | ||
| Dmitri Mironov | 31 | TOT | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 39 | 52 | 16 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1995-96 | NHL | Chris Chelios | 34 | CHI | D | 1 | 408 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 58 | 72 | 25 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 11.3 |
| Ray Bourque | 35 | BOS | D | 2 | 403 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 62 | 82 | 31 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 13.0 | ||
| Brian Leetch | 27 | NYR | D | 3 | 245 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 70 | 85 | 12 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 11.4 | ||
| Vladimir Konstantinov | 28 | DET | D | 4 | 131 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 60 | 2.6 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 11.1 | ||
| Paul Coffey | 34 | DET | D | 5 | 83 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 60 | 74 | 19 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 11.7 | ||
| Nicklas Lidström | 25 | DET | D | 6 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 67 | 29 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 12.2 | ||
| Roman Hamrlík | 21 | TBL | D | 7 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 49 | 65 | -24 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Gary Suter | 31 | CHI | D | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 67 | 3 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Éric Desjardins | 26 | PHI | D | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 19 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ||
| Scott Stevens | 31 | NJD | D | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 1.3 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 7.5 | ||
| Teppo Numminen | 27 | WIN | D | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 54 | -4 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||
| Mark Tinordi | 29 | WSH | D | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 6.1 | ||
| Sergei Zubov | 25 | PIT | D | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 55 | 66 | 28 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ||
| Phil Housley | 31 | TOT | D | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 51 | 68 | -6 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||
| Larry Murphy | 34 | TOR | D | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 49 | 61 | -2 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||
| Shawn Chambers | 29 | NJD | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 5.5 | ||
| Calle Johansson | 28 | WSH | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 8.0 | ||
| Ed Jovanovski | 19 | FLA | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -3 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 5.2 | ||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1994-95 | NHL | Paul Coffey | 33 | DET | D | 1 | 69 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 58 | 18 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Chris Chelios | 33 | CHI | D | 2 | 39 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 17 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||||
| Ray Bourque | 34 | BOS | D | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 3 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 7.2 | ||||
| Larry Murphy | 33 | PIT | D | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 12 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 5.7 | ||||
| Steve Duchesne | 29 | STL | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 29 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 7.0 | ||||
| Brian Leetch | 26 | NYR | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 0 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 6.4 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1993-94 | NHL | Ray Bourque | 33 | BOS | D | 1 | 199 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 20 | 71 | 91 | 26 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 13.5 | ||
| Scott Stevens | 29 | NJD | D | 2 | 195 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 60 | 78 | 53 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 13.2 | ||||
| Al MacInnis | 30 | CGY | D | 3 | 60 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 54 | 82 | 35 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 13.3 | ||||
| Sergei Zubov | 23 | NYR | D | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 77 | 89 | 20 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 12.5 | ||||
| Brian Leetch | 25 | NYR | D | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 56 | 79 | 28 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 13.3 | ||||
| Chris Chelios | 32 | CHI | D | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 44 | 60 | 12 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||||
| Paul Coffey | 32 | DET | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 63 | 77 | 28 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||||
| Nicklas Lidström | 23 | DET | D | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 46 | 56 | 43 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||||
| Sandis Ozoliņš | 21 | SJS | D | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 38 | 64 | 16 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 11.2 | ||||
| Larry Murphy | 32 | PIT | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 56 | 73 | 10 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1992-93 | NHL | Chris Chelios | 31 | CHI | D | 1 | 201 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 58 | 73 | 14 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 11.1 | ||
| Ray Bourque | 32 | BOS | D | 2 | 97 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 63 | 82 | 38 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 12.2 | ||||
| Larry Murphy | 31 | PIT | D | 3 | 93 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 63 | 85 | 45 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 12.4 | ||||
| Kevin Hatcher | 26 | WSH | D | 4 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 45 | 79 | -7 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 10.6 | ||||
| Phil Housley | 28 | WIN | D | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 79 | 97 | -14 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||||
| Al Iafrate | 26 | WSH | D | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 15 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 10.2 | ||||
| Steve Duchesne | 27 | QUE | D | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 62 | 82 | 15 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 10.4 | ||||
| Gary Suter | 28 | CGY | D | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 58 | 81 | -1 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 9.9 | ||||
| Paul Coffey | 31 | TOT | D | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 75 | 87 | 16 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||||
| Scott Stevens | 28 | NJD | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 45 | 57 | 14 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 8.3 | ||||
| Ulf Samuelsson | 28 | PIT | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 6.2 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1991-92 | NHL | Brian Leetch | 23 | NYR | D | 1 | 335 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 80 | 102 | 25 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 13.2 | ||
| Ray Bourque | 31 | BOS | D | 2 | 112 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 60 | 81 | 11 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 11.2 | ||||
| Phil Housley | 27 | WIN | D | 3 | 82 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 63 | 86 | -5 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 11.3 | ||||
| Scott Stevens | 27 | NJD | D | 4 | 44 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 24 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||||
| Larry Murphy | 30 | PIT | D | 5 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 56 | 77 | 33 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||||
| Chris Chelios | 30 | CHI | D | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 47 | 56 | 24 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||||
| Kevin Hatcher | 25 | WSH | D | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 18 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||||
| Al MacInnis | 28 | CGY | D | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 57 | 77 | 13 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 9.6 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1990-91 | NHL | Ray Bourque | 30 | BOS | D | 1 | 257 | 35 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 73 | 94 | 33 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 13.2 | ||
| Al MacInnis | 27 | CGY | D | 2 | 228 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 28 | 75 | 103 | 42 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 14.1 | ||||
| Chris Chelios | 29 | CHI | D | 3 | 56 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 52 | 64 | 23 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 10.2 | ||||
| Brian Leetch | 22 | NYR | D | 4 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 72 | 88 | 2 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||||
| Paul Coffey | 29 | PIT | D | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 69 | 93 | -18 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||||
| Kevin Hatcher | 24 | WSH | D | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 50 | 74 | -10 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 10.2 | ||||
| Scott Stevens | 26 | STL | D | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 49 | 23 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 7.5 | ||||
| James Patrick | 27 | NYR | D | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 49 | 59 | -5 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 7.2 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1989-90 | NHL | Ray Bourque | 29 | BOS | D | 1 | 315 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 65 | 84 | 31 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 12.5 | ||
| Al MacInnis | 26 | CGY | D | 2 | 127 | 0 | 38 | 13 | 28 | 62 | 90 | 20 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 12.1 | ||||
| Doug Wilson | 32 | CHI | D | 3 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 50 | 73 | 13 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||||
| Paul Coffey | 28 | PIT | D | 4 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 74 | 103 | -25 | 7.9 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||||
| Phil Housley | 25 | BUF | D | 5 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 60 | 81 | 11 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 11.2 | ||||
| Al Iafrate | 23 | TOR | D | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 42 | 63 | -4 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||||
| Mike Ramsey | 29 | BUF | D | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 6.1 | ||||
| Chris Chelios | 28 | MTL | D | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 20 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||||
| Paul Cavallini | 24 | STL | D | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 38 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||||
| Craig Ludwig | 28 | MTL | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 24 | -0.2 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 5.2 | ||||
| Brian Leetch | 21 | NYR | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 56 | -18 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||||
| Jamie Macoun | 28 | CGY | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 34 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 7.3 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1988-89 | NHL | Chris Chelios | 27 | MTL | D | 1 | 226 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 73 | 35 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 11.5 | ||
| Paul Coffey | 27 | PIT | D | 2 | 115 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 30 | 83 | 113 | -10 | 8.9 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 11.0 | ||||
| Al MacInnis | 25 | CGY | D | 3 | 57 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 58 | 74 | 38 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 11.1 | ||||
| Ray Bourque | 28 | BOS | D | 4 | 56 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 20 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||||
| Steve Duchesne | 23 | LAK | D | 5 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 31 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||||
| Brad McCrimmon | 29 | CGY | D | 6 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 43 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | ||||
| Gary Suter | 24 | CGY | D | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 49 | 62 | 26 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||||
| Kevin Lowe | 29 | EDM | D | 8 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 5.6 | ||||
| Phil Housley | 24 | BUF | D | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 6 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||||
| Scott Stevens | 24 | WSH | D | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 68 | 1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 8.6 | ||||
| Brian Leetch | 20 | NYR | D | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 48 | 71 | 8 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||||
| Paul Reinhart | 29 | VAN | D | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 57 | -4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 7.3 | ||||
| Craig Ludwig | 27 | MTL | D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 33 | -0.1 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 6.1 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1987-88 | NHL | Ray Bourque | 27 | BOS | D | 1 | 245 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 64 | 81 | 34 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 11.7 | ||
| Scott Stevens | 23 | WSH | D | 2 | 124 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 60 | 72 | 14 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||||
| Gary Suter | 23 | CGY | D | 3 | 80 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 70 | 91 | 39 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 11.1 | ||||
| Brad McCrimmon | 28 | CGY | D | 4 | 70 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 48 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 7.0 | ||||
| Kevin Lowe | 28 | EDM | D | 5 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 4.4 | ||||
| Chris Chelios | 26 | MTL | D | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 14 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||||
| Paul Coffey | 26 | PIT | D | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 52 | 67 | -1 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||||
| James Patrick | 24 | NYR | D | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 16 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||||
| Mark Howe | 32 | PHI | D | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 43 | 62 | 23 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||||
| Denis Potvin | 34 | NYI | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 26 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1986-87 | NHL | Ray Bourque | 26 | BOS | D | 1 | 266 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 72 | 95 | 44 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 13.6 | ||
| Mark Howe | 31 | PHI | D | 2 | 137 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 58 | 57 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||||
| Larry Murphy | 25 | WSH | D | 3 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 58 | 81 | 25 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 11.9 | ||||
| Larry Robinson | 35 | MTL | D | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 24 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||||
| Paul Coffey | 25 | EDM | D | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 67 | 13 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||||
| Al MacInnis | 23 | CGY | D | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 56 | 76 | 20 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||||
| Scott Stevens | 22 | WSH | D | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 51 | 61 | 15 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ||||
| Mario Marois | 29 | WIN | D | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 44 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 6.4 | ||||
| Rick Green | 30 | MTL | D | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -1 | -0.7 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 3.8 | ||||
| Ulf Samuelsson | 22 | HAR | D | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 29 | 1.1 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 6.8 | ||||
| Rod Langway | 29 | WSH | D | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 5.4 | ||||
| Mike Ramsey | 26 | BUF | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 0 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 5.7 | ||||
| James Patrick | 23 | NYR | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 45 | 55 | 13 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 7.3 | ||||
| Doug Wilson | 29 | CHI | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||||
| Craig Hartsburg | 27 | MNS | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 50 | 61 | -2 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1985-86 | NHL | Paul Coffey | 24 | EDM | D | 1 | 280 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 90 | 138 | 61 | 11.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 16.1 | ||
| Mark Howe | 30 | PHI | D | 2 | 172 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 24 | 58 | 82 | 87 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 14.5 | ||||
| Larry Robinson | 34 | MTL | D | 3 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 63 | 82 | 25 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 11.3 | ||||
| Ray Bourque | 25 | BOS | D | 4 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 58 | 77 | 17 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||||
| Rod Langway | 28 | WSH | D | 5 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 27 | -0.1 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 5.4 | ||||
| Dave Babych | 24 | TOT | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 55 | 69 | 1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1984-85 | NHL | Paul Coffey | 23 | EDM | D | 1 | 223 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 37 | 84 | 121 | 57 | 9.5 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 14.8 | ||
| Ray Bourque | 24 | BOS | D | 2 | 136 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 66 | 86 | 30 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 11.6 | ||||
| Rod Langway | 27 | WSH | D | 3 | 89 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 36 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||||
| Doug Wilson | 27 | CBH | D | 4 | 84 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 54 | 76 | 24 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 10.1 | ||||
| Scott Stevens | 20 | WSH | D | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 19 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 10.0 | ||||
| Mark Howe | 29 | PHI | D | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 57 | 51 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 9.9 | ||||
| Brad Marsh | 26 | PHI | D | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 41 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 5.7 | ||||
| Kevin Lowe | 25 | EDM | D | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | ||||
| Randy Carlyle | 28 | WIN | D | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 21 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||||
| Reed Larson | 28 | DET | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1983-84 | NHL | Rod Langway | 26 | WSH | D | 1 | 227 | 37 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||
| Paul Coffey | 22 | EDM | D | 2 | 126 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 40 | 86 | 126 | 52 | 9.9 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 14.3 | ||||
| Ray Bourque | 23 | BOS | D | 3 | 120 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 31 | 65 | 96 | 51 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 14.5 | ||||
| Denis Potvin | 30 | NYI | D | 4 | 66 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 63 | 85 | 54 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | ||||
| Phil Housley | 19 | BUF | D | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 46 | 77 | 1 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ||||
| Charlie Huddy | 24 | EDM | D | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 6.2 | ||||
| Scott Stevens | 19 | WSH | D | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 25 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 9.1 | ||||
| Barry Beck | 26 | NYR | D | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 13 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 5.9 | ||||
| Mario Marois | 26 | QUE | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 49 | 2.6 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ||||
| Mark Howe | 28 | PHI | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 30 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 8.0 | ||||
| Mike Ramsey | 23 | BUF | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 26 | 1.3 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||||
| Ken Morrow | 27 | NYI | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 25 | -0.1 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 3.8 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1982-83 | NHL | Rod Langway | 25 | WSH | D | 1 | 180 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 32 | -2 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 5.2 | ||
| Mark Howe | 27 | PHI | D | 2 | 155 | 13 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 47 | 67 | 47 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 10.8 | ||||
| Ray Bourque | 22 | BOS | D | 3 | 139 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 51 | 73 | 49 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 11.6 | ||||
| Doug Wilson | 25 | CBH | D | 4 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 51 | 69 | 20 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||||
| Paul Coffey | 21 | EDM | D | 5 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 67 | 96 | 52 | 7.4 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 12.0 | ||||
| Charlie Huddy | 23 | EDM | D | 6 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 61 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | |||||||
| Paul Reinhart | 23 | CGY | D | 7 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 75 | 2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 9.0 | |||||||
| Gordie Roberts | 25 | MNS | D | 8 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 44 | 20 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |||||||
| Mike O'Connell | 27 | BOS | D | 8 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 43 | 3.2 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 9.8 | |||||||
| Mike Milbury | 30 | BOS | D | 10 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 6.2 | |||||||
| Börje Salming | 31 | TOR | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 45 | -5 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 5.7 | ||||
| Brad Park | 34 | BOS | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 20 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1981-82 | NHL | Doug Wilson | 24 | CBH | D | 1 | 177 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 46 | 85 | 1 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 10.3 | ||
| Ray Bourque | 21 | BOS | D | 2 | 80 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 49 | 66 | 21 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||||
| Paul Coffey | 20 | EDM | D | 3 | 55 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 60 | 89 | 35 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 11.2 | ||||
| Craig Hartsburg | 22 | MNS | D | 4 | 54 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 60 | 77 | 11 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||||
| Larry Robinson | 30 | MTL | D | 5 | 50 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 47 | 59 | 56 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 9.9 | ||||
| Brian Engblom | 27 | MTL | D | 6 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 78 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 8.9 | ||||
| Barry Beck | 24 | NYR | D | 7 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 20 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 6.2 | ||||
| Denis Potvin | 28 | NYI | D | 8 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 39 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 9.2 | ||||
| Rod Langway | 24 | MTL | D | 9 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 66 | 1.7 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 8.4 | ||||
| Kevin Lowe | 22 | EDM | D | 10 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 45 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 7.0 | ||||
| John Van Boxmeer | 29 | BUF | D | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 54 | 68 | 23 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 9.4 | ||||
| Ken Morrow | 25 | NYI | D | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 53 | -0.2 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||||
| Randy Carlyle | 25 | PIT | D | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 64 | 75 | -16 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 7.6 | ||||
| Börje Salming | 30 | TOR | D | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 44 | 56 | 3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 6.6 | ||||
| Brad Park | 33 | BOS | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 42 | 56 | 12 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||||
| Mike Ramsey | 21 | BUF | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 18 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 6.5 | ||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1980-81 | NHL | Randy Carlyle | 24 | PIT | D | 1 | 120 | 16 | 67 | 83 | -16 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | |||||
| Denis Potvin | 27 | NYI | D | 2 | 113 | 20 | 56 | 76 | 39 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 11.0 | |||||||
| Larry Robinson | 29 | MTL | D | 3 | 100 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 47 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 9.3 | |||||||
| Ray Bourque | 20 | BOS | D | 4 | 53 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 29 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 9.6 | |||||||
| Rod Langway | 23 | MTL | D | 5 | 38 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 52 | 2.4 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 9.6 | |||||||
| Larry Murphy | 19 | LAK | D | 7 | 16 | 16 | 60 | 76 | 16 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 9.7 | |||||||
| Rob Ramage | 22 | CLR | D | 8 | 15 | 20 | 42 | 62 | -47 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |||||||
| Brad Park | 32 | BOS | D | 9 | 14 | 14 | 52 | 66 | 21 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 9.3 | |||||||
| Börje Salming | 29 | TOR | D | 10 | 11 | 5 | 61 | 66 | 0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 6.8 | |||||||
| Mark Howe | 25 | HAR | LW | 10 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 65 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 4.6 | |||||||
| Jim Schoenfeld | 28 | BUF | D | 12 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 27 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 7.1 | |||||||
| Dave Langevin | 26 | NYI | D | 13 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 40 | -0.3 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 5.4 | |||||||
| Ron Greschner | 26 | NYR | D | 14 | 8 | 27 | 41 | 68 | -2 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 8.4 | |||||||
| Bill Hajt | 29 | BUF | D | 15 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 36 | 0.2 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 6.1 | |||||||
| Stefan Persson | 26 | NYI | D | 15 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 61 | 25 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 8.5 | |||||||
| Kevin McCarthy | 23 | VAN | D | 15 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 53 | -11 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 6.9 | |||||||
| John Van Boxmeer | 28 | BUF | D | 18 | 4 | 18 | 51 | 69 | -2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 9.1 | |||||||
| Reed Larson | 24 | DET | D | 18 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 58 | -35 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 7.2 | |||||||
| Dave Lewis | 27 | LAK | D | 20 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 24 | -0.4 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.2 | |||||||
| Risto Siltanen | 22 | EDM | D | 21 | 1 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |||||||
| Curt Giles | 22 | MNS | D | 21 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 5.6 | |||||||
| Rick Lapointe | 25 | STL | D | 21 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 36 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |||||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1979-80 | NHL | Larry Robinson | 28 | MTL | D | 1 | 239 | 14 | 61 | 75 | 38 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 11.4 | |||||
| Börje Salming | 28 | TOR | D | 2 | 117 | 19 | 52 | 71 | 3 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 9.0 | |||||||
| Jim Schoenfeld | 27 | BUF | D | 3 | 85 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 60 | 1.9 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 9.7 | |||||||
| Ray Bourque | 19 | BOS | D | 4 | 51 | 17 | 48 | 65 | 52 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 11.8 | |||||||
| Mark Howe | 24 | HAR | D | 5 | 23 | 24 | 56 | 80 | 14 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 10.1 | |||||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1978-79 | NHL | Denis Potvin | 25 | NYI | D | 1 | 228 | 31 | 70 | 101 | 71 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 15.9 | |||||
| Larry Robinson | 27 | MTL | D | 2 | 83 | 16 | 45 | 61 | 49 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 11.0 | |||||||
| Börje Salming | 27 | TOR | D | 3 | 65 | 17 | 56 | 73 | 31 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 11.6 | |||||||
| Serge Savard | 33 | MTL | D | 4 | 41 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 47 | 1.4 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 8.3 | |||||||
| Guy Lapointe | 30 | MTL | D | 5 | 12 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 27 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 9.1 | |||||||
| Robert Picard | 21 | WSH | D | 6 | 9 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 3 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 8.6 | |||||||
| Barry Beck | 21 | CLR | D | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 42 | -30 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 5.4 | |||||||
| Brad Park | 30 | BOS | D | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 28 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 6.1 | |||||||
| Ron Stackhouse | 29 | PIT | D | 9 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 21 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 7.9 | |||||||
| Phil Russell | 26 | TOT | D | 10 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 38 | -5 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 5.9 | |||||||
| Reed Larson | 22 | DET | D | 10 | 1 | 18 | 49 | 67 | -22 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 8.5 | |||||||
| Stefan Persson | 24 | NYI | D | 10 | 1 | 10 | 56 | 66 | 38 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 9.7 | |||||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1977-78 | NHL | Denis Potvin | 24 | NYI | D | 1 | 155 | 30 | 64 | 94 | 57 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 15.4 | |||||
| Brad Park | 29 | BOS | D | 2 | 135 | 22 | 57 | 79 | 69 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 13.7 | |||||||
| Larry Robinson | 26 | MTL | D | 3 | 85 | 13 | 52 | 65 | 71 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 12.5 | |||||||
| Börje Salming | 26 | TOR | D | 4 | 84 | 16 | 60 | 76 | 30 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 12.1 | |||||||
| Guy Lapointe | 29 | MTL | D | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 46 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 8.4 | |||||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1976-77 | NHL | Larry Robinson | 25 | MTL | D | 1 | 186 | 19 | 66 | 85 | 120 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 16.9 | |||||
| Börje Salming | 25 | TOR | D | 2 | 157 | 12 | 66 | 78 | 45 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 | |||||||
| Denis Potvin | 23 | NYI | D | 3 | 58 | 25 | 55 | 80 | 42 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 13.7 | |||||||
| Guy Lapointe | 28 | MTL | D | 4 | 32 | 25 | 51 | 76 | 70 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 13.6 | |||||||
| Serge Savard | 31 | MTL | D | 5 | 29 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 79 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 10.0 | |||||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1975-76 | NHL | Denis Potvin | 22 | NYI | D | 1 | 237 | 31 | 67 | 98 | 12 | 8.7 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 14.3 | |||||
| Brad Park | 27 | TOT | D | 2 | 96 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 19 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | |||||||
| Börje Salming | 24 | TOR | D | 3 | 56 | 16 | 41 | 57 | 31 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 9.6 | |||||||
| Guy Lapointe | 27 | MTL | D | 4 | 39 | 21 | 47 | 68 | 64 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 13.3 | |||||||
| Serge Savard | 30 | MTL | D | 5 | 23 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 52 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 9.7 | |||||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1974-75 | NHL | Bobby Orr | 26 | BOS | D | 1 | 266 | 46 | 89 | 135 | 80 | 13.1 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 21.5 | |||||
| Denis Potvin | 21 | NYI | D | 2 | 99 | 21 | 55 | 76 | 27 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 12.3 | |||||||
| Guy Lapointe | 26 | MTL | D | 3 | 45 | 28 | 47 | 75 | 46 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 12.5 | |||||||
| Börje Salming | 23 | TOR | D | 4 | 31 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 5.7 | |||||||
| Serge Savard | 29 | MTL | D | 5 | 14 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 72 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 12.2 | |||||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1973-74 | NHL | Bobby Orr | 25 | BOS | D | 1 | 236 | 32 | 90 | 122 | 84 | 11.7 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 19.4 | |||||
| Brad Park | 25 | NYR | D | 2 | 98 | 25 | 57 | 82 | 23 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 12.4 | |||||||
| Bill White | 34 | CBH | D | 3 | 44 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 51 | 2.1 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 9.6 | |||||||
| Barry Ashbee | 34 | PHI | D | 4 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 53 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 7.5 | |||||||
| Börje Salming | 22 | TOR | D | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 38 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1972-73 | NHL | Bobby Orr | 24 | BOS | D | 1 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 72 | 101 | 55 | 9.5 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 15.6 | |||
| Guy Lapointe | 24 | MTL | D | 2 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 52 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 11.1 | |||||
| Bill White | 33 | CBH | D | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 32 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 8.8 | |||||
| Brad Park | 24 | NYR | D | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 30 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 8.6 | |||||
| Jacques Laperrière | 31 | MTL | D | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 77 | 1.5 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 8.6 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1971-72 | NHL | Bobby Orr | 23 | BOS | D | 1 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 80 | 117 | 83 | 12.0 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 20.1 | |||
| Brad Park | 23 | NYR | D | 2 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 49 | 73 | 63 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 13.8 | |||||
| Bill White | 32 | CBH | D | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 43 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 8.8 | |||||
| Pat Stapleton | 31 | CBH | D | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 41 | 43 | 2.3 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 9.6 | |||||
| J.C. Tremblay | 33 | MTL | D | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 57 | 53 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 11.1 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1970-71 | NHL | Bobby Orr | 22 | BOS | D | 1 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 102 | 139 | 124 | 13.5 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 22.8 | |||
| Brad Park | 22 | NYR | D | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 26 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 8.7 | |||||
| J.C. Tremblay | 32 | MTL | D | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 52 | 63 | 16 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 9.7 | |||||
| Pat Stapleton | 30 | CBH | D | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 51 | 48 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | |||||
| Bob Baun | 34 | TOT | D | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 5.5 | |||||
| Keith Magnuson | 23 | CBH | D | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 0.7 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 6.6 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1969-70 | NHL | Bobby Orr | 21 | BOS | D | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 87 | 120 | 54 | 12.8 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 19.5 | |||
| Brad Park | 21 | NYR | D | 2 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 24 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 8.1 | |||||
| Carl Brewer | 31 | DET | D | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 39 | 43 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 9.1 | |||||
| Jacques Laperrière | 28 | MTL | D | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 27 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 8.6 | |||||
| Jim Neilson | 29 | NYR | D | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 6.1 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1968-69 | NHL | Bobby Orr | 20 | BOS | D | 1 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 55 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 12.4 | |||
| Tim Horton | 39 | TOR | D | 2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 14 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 8.3 | |||||
| Ted Green | 28 | BOS | D | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 11 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 6.5 | |||||
| Ted Harris | 32 | MTL | D | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 24 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 6.7 | |||||
| Al Arbour | 36 | STL | D | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -0.6 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 5.3 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1967-68 | NHL | Bobby Orr | 19 | BOS | D | 1 | 68 | 56 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 28 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 6.7 | |||
| J.C. Tremblay | 29 | MTL | D | 2 | 31 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 2.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 8.2 | |||||
| Tim Horton | 38 | TOR | D | 3 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 7.3 | |||||
| Jim Neilson | 27 | NYR | D | 4 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 27 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 8.2 | |||||
| Jacques Laperrière | 26 | MTL | D | 5 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 7.2 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1966-67 | NHL | Harry Howell | 34 | NYR | D | 1 | 113 | 79 | 34 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 4 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 8.2 | |||
| Pierre Pilote | 35 | CBH | D | 2 | 95 | 32 | 63 | 6 | 46 | 52 | 54 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 9.1 | |||||
| Bobby Orr | 18 | BOS | D | 3 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 1 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 6.0 | |||||
| Tim Horton | 37 | TOR | D | 4 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -2 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 5.5 | |||||
| J.C. Tremblay | 28 | MTL | D | 5 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 34 | -10 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 6.4 | |||||
| Gary Bergman | 28 | DET | D | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 35 | -3 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 5.1 | |||||
| Doug Jarrett | 22 | CBH | D | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 43 | 1.4 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 6.6 | |||||
| Terry Harper | 27 | MTL | D | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 3.9 | |||||
| Jacques Laperrière | 25 | MTL | D | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | -17 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 4.5 | |||||
| Ted Green | 26 | BOS | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.8 | |||||
| Leo Boivin | 35 | DET | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -19 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 3.7 | |||||
| Arnie Brown | 25 | NYR | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | -0.1 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.6 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1965-66 | NHL | Jacques Laperrière | 24 | MTL | D | 1 | 89 | 62 | 27 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 14 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 6.5 | |||
| Pierre Pilote | 34 | CBH | D | 2 | 54 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 34 | 36 | 23 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 6.1 | |||||
| Pat Stapleton | 25 | CBH | D | 3 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 16 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 6.4 | |||||
| J.C. Tremblay | 27 | MTL | D | 4 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 16 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |||||
| Doug Barkley | 29 | DET | D | 5 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 4.2 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1964-65 | NHL | Pierre Pilote | 33 | CBH | D | 1 | 93 | 32 | 61 | 14 | 45 | 59 | 25 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 10.6 | |||
| Jacques Laperrière | 23 | MTL | D | 2 | 78 | 55 | 23 | 5 | 22 | 27 | -2 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 5.9 | |||||
| Bill Gadsby | 37 | DET | D | 3 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 4.3 | |||||
| Tim Horton | 35 | TOR | D | 4 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 7.4 | |||||
| Marcel Pronovost | 34 | DET | D | 5 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 24 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 5.1 | |||||
| Carl Brewer | 26 | TOR | D | 6 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 33 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 6.5 | |||||
| Ted Green | 24 | BOS | D | 7 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 35 | -44 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 5.2 | |||||
| Bob Baun | 28 | TOR | D | 8 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 31 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 5.3 | |||||
| Harry Howell | 32 | NYR | D | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 22 | -13 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 3.4 | |||||
| Doug Barkley | 28 | DET | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 6.3 | |||||
| Moose Vasko | 29 | CBH | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 13 | -0.1 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 4.8 | |||||
| J.C. Tremblay | 26 | MTL | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 5.1 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1963-64 | NHL | Pierre Pilote | 32 | CBH | D | 1 | 138 | 72 | 66 | 7 | 46 | 53 | 31 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | |||
| Tim Horton | 34 | TOR | D | 2 | 70 | 43 | 27 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 7.4 | |||||
| Moose Vasko | 28 | CBH | D | 3 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | |||||
| Jacques Laperrière | 22 | MTL | D | 4 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 6.7 | |||||
| Terry Harper | 24 | MTL | D | 5 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 24 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 5.6 | |||||
| Harry Howell | 31 | NYR | D | 5 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 36 | -9 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 5.0 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1962-63 | NHL | Pierre Pilote | 31 | CBH | D | 1 | 98 | 46 | 52 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -4 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 6.1 | |||
| Carl Brewer | 24 | TOR | D | 2 | 81 | 34 | 47 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 6.4 | |||||
| Tim Horton | 33 | TOR | D | 3 | 37 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 1 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 6.7 | |||||
| Moose Vasko | 27 | CBH | D | 4 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.8 | |||||
| Bill Gadsby | 35 | DET | D | 5 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 28 | -12 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 6.3 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1961-62 | NHL | Doug Harvey | 37 | NYR | D | 1 | 102 | 83 | 19 | 6 | 24 | 30 | -9 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 6.2 | |||
| Pierre Pilote | 30 | CBH | D | 2 | 47 | 2 | 45 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 14 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 7.4 | |||||
| Jean-Guy Talbot | 29 | MTL | D | 3 | 46 | 13 | 33 | 5 | 42 | 47 | 30 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 9.1 | |||||
| Carl Brewer | 23 | TOR | D | 4 | 41 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 47 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1960-61 | NHL | Doug Harvey | 36 | MTL | D | 1 | 162 | 84 | 78 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 16 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 7.0 | |||
| Marcel Pronovost | 30 | DET | D | 2 | 52 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -15 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 4.7 | |||||
| Allan Stanley | 34 | TOR | D | 3 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 24 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 8.1 | |||||
| Pierre Pilote | 29 | CBH | D | 4 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 29 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | |||||
| Leo Boivin | 29 | BOS | D | 5 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -18 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1959-60 | NHL | Doug Harvey | 35 | MTL | D | 1 | 129 | 66 | 63 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 37 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 6.4 | |||
| Allan Stanley | 33 | TOR | D | 2 | 42 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 23 | 33 | -1 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 6.9 | |||||
| Marcel Pronovost | 29 | DET | D | 3 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 5.8 | |||||
| Pierre Pilote | 28 | CBH | D | 4 | 33 | 6 | 27 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 20 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 8.3 | |||||
| Tom Johnson | 31 | MTL | D | 5 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 6.3 | |||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1958-59 | NHL | Tom Johnson | 30 | MTL | D | 1 | 92 | 38 | 54 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||||
| Bill Gadsby | 31 | NYR | D | 2 | 67 | 31 | 36 | 5 | 46 | 51 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 7.7 | ||||||
| Marcel Pronovost | 28 | DET | D | 3 | 58 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 6.3 | ||||||
| Doug Harvey | 34 | MTL | D | 4 | 48 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 5.9 | ||||||
| Fern Flaman | 32 | BOS | D | 5 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 4.3 | ||||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1957-58 | NHL | Doug Harvey | 33 | MTL | D | 1 | 153 | 75 | 78 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||||
| Bill Gadsby | 30 | NYR | D | 2 | 119 | 55 | 64 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 8.8 | ||||||
| Fern Flaman | 31 | BOS | D | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | ||||||
| Ron Stewart | 25 | TOR | RW | 4 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 3.0 | ||||||
| Marcel Pronovost | 27 | DET | D | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 4.2 | ||||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1956-57 | NHL | Doug Harvey | 32 | MTL | D | 1 | 159 | 83 | 76 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||||
| Red Kelly | 29 | DET | D | 2 | 42 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ||||||
| Fern Flaman | 30 | BOS | D | 3 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 7.3 | ||||||
| Bill Gadsby | 29 | NYR | D | 4 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||||||
| Doug Mohns | 23 | BOS | LW | 5 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2.7 | ||||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1955-56 | NHL | Doug Harvey | 31 | MTL | D | 1 | 156 | 78 | 78 | 5 | 39 | 44 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 9.6 | ||||
| Bill Gadsby | 28 | NYR | D | 2 | 59 | 16 | 43 | 9 | 42 | 51 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||||||
| Red Kelly | 28 | DET | D | 3 | 44 | 17 | 27 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 11.2 | ||||||
| Tom Johnson | 27 | MTL | D | 4 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 6.1 | ||||||
| Fern Flaman | 29 | BOS | D | 5 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 5.0 | ||||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1954-55 | NHL | Doug Harvey | 30 | MTL | D | 1 | 147 | 72 | 75 | 6 | 43 | 49 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 9.7 | ||||
| Red Kelly | 27 | DET | D | 2 | 95 | 40 | 55 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 11.1 | ||||||
| Fern Flaman | 28 | BOS | D | 3 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | ||||||
| Bob Goldham | 32 | DET | D | 4 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 6.3 | ||||||
| Hugh Bolton | 25 | TOR | D | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 1.1 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 6.9 | ||||||
| Season | Lg | Player | Age | Tm | Pos | Place | Votes | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | G | A | PTS | +/- | OPS | DPS | GPS | PS |
| 1953-54 | NHL | Red Kelly | 26 | DET | D | 1 | 162 | 76 | 86 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 11.3 | ||||
| Doug Harvey | 29 | MTL | D | 2 | 57 | 22 | 35 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 8.9 |


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