NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Defensive Point Shares

Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player DPS
2025-26 Esa Lindell 6.63
2024-25 Gustav Forsling 6.62
2023-24 Gustav Forsling 8.00
2022-23 Hampus Lindholm 7.16
2021-22 Charlie McAvoy 6.79
2020-21 Darnell Nurse 5.25
2019-20 Jaccob Slavin 5.68
2018-19 Esa Lindell 6.72
2017-18 Drew Doughty 7.26
2016-17 Drew Doughty 7.15
2015-16 Drew Doughty 7.10
2014-15 P.K. Subban 6.61
2013-14 Matt Niskanen 6.96
2012-13 Andy Greene 3.84
2011-12 Ryan McDonagh 6.73
2010-11 Toni Lydman 6.43
2009-10 Zdeno Chára* 7.19
2008-09 Duncan Keith* 6.35
2007-08 Nicklas Lidström* 8.07
2006-07 Nicklas Lidström* 7.90
2005-06 Michal Rozsíval 6.82
2003-04 Scott Niedermayer* 6.89
2002-03 Derian Hatcher 7.39
2001-02 Chris Chelios* 7.25
2000-01 Sergei Zubov* 6.64
1999-00 Chris Pronger* 9.62
1998-99 Al MacInnis* 7.68
1997-98 Chris Pronger* 7.31
1996-97 Vladimir Konstantinov 7.08
1995-96 Vladimir Konstantinov 8.55
1994-95 Scott Niedermayer* 4.01
1993-94 Scott Stevens* 6.89
1992-93 Don Sweeney 6.42
1991-92 Chris Chelios* 6.41
1990-91 Chris Chelios* 5.86
1989-90 Ray Bourque* 6.42
1988-89 Chris Chelios* 6.65
1987-88 Petr Svoboda 6.21
1986-87 Mark Howe* 6.47
1985-86 Brad McCrimmon 8.87
1984-85 Mike Ramsey 6.86
1983-84 Ray Bourque* 7.20
1982-83 Mike O'Connell 6.60
1981-82 Brian Engblom 7.89
1980-81 Brian Engblom 7.80
1979-80 Jim Schoenfeld 7.74
1978-79 Denis Potvin* 7.31
1977-78 Larry Robinson* 7.56
1976-77 Larry Robinson* 9.86
1975-76 Guy Lapointe* 7.71
1974-75 Bobby Orr* 8.41
1973-74 Bobby Orr* 7.67
1972-73 Serge Savard* 7.32
1971-72 Bobby Orr* 8.12
1970-71 Bobby Orr* 9.34
1969-70 Keith Magnuson 7.11
1968-69 Gary Bergman 6.48
1967-68 J.C. Tremblay 6.19
1966-67 Pat Stapleton 5.17
  Pierre Pilote* 5.17
  Doug Jarrett 5.17
1965-66 Jim Roberts 5.12
1964-65 Moose Vasko 4.93
  Al MacNeil 4.93
1963-64 J.C. Tremblay 5.09
  Terry Harper 5.09
1962-63 Tim Horton* 5.08
  Kent Douglas 5.08
  Carl Brewer 5.08
1961-62 J.C. Tremblay 5.69
  Jean-Guy Talbot 5.69
1960-61 Bob Baun 5.44
1959-60 Pierre Pilote* 4.83
1958-59 Tom Johnson* 5.50
1957-58 Doug Harvey* 5.44
1956-57 Tom Johnson* 5.40
  Doug Harvey* 5.40
1955-56 Jean-Guy Talbot 5.84
1954-55 Jimmy Thomson 5.88
  Jim Morrison 5.88
1953-54 Tim Horton* 5.91
1952-53 Benny Woit 5.75
  Red Kelly* 5.75
  Bob Goldham 5.75
1951-52 Marcel Pronovost* 6.09
  Bob Goldham 6.09
1950-51 Jimmy Thomson 6.04
1949-50 Doug Harvey* 5.54
1948-49 Glen Harmon 5.05
1947-48 Jimmy Thomson 4.83
1946-47 Butch Bouchard* 5.45
1945-46 Glen Harmon 4.42
1944-45 Butch Bouchard* 5.61
1943-44 Leo Lamoureux 6.13
1942-43 Alex Motter 5.41
1941-42 Des Smith 4.16
  Flash Hollett 4.16
1940-41 Wally Stanowski 4.50
1939-40 Babe Pratt* 5.24
  Art Coulter* 5.24
1938-39 Jack Portland 4.94
  Jack Crawford 4.94
1937-38 Eddie Shore* 4.68
  Jack Portland 4.68
  Flash Hollett 4.68
1936-37 Bucko McDonald 4.04
1935-36 Ted Graham 4.84
1934-35 Art Coulter* 4.90
1933-34 Lionel Conacher* 5.07
1932-33 Eddie Shore* 4.63
1931-32 Alex Smith 4.63
1930-31 King Clancy* 4.89
1929-30 Eddie Shore* 4.89
  George Owen 4.89
1928-29 Sylvio Mantha* 5.52
  Marty Burke 5.52
1927-28 Alex Smith 6.22
  Georges Boucher* 6.22
1926-27 Herb Gardiner* 5.57
1925-26 Alex Smith 5.88
  Georges Boucher* 5.88
1924-25 Sylvio Mantha* 4.26
1923-24 Sylvio Mantha* 3.63
1922-23 Billy Coutu 3.71
  Sprague Cleghorn* 3.71
1921-22 King Clancy* 2.85
1920-21 Eddie Gerard* 4.17
1919-20 Eddie Gerard* 4.02
  Georges Boucher* 4.02
1918-19 Eddie Gerard* 2.89
  Sprague Cleghorn* 2.89
1917-18 Joe Hall* 3.15
  Bert Corbeau 3.15