NHL Defensemen Scoring Leaders 1979-1980

NHL defenseman scoring leaders in the 1979-1980 season.
		Overall NHL Stats									Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			per Game			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Rk	Name	Team	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
1	Mark Howe	HFD	24	D	74	24	56	80	20	14					17	5	2	3	0	40	14	2	4	0	57	19	4	7	0	23.8%										0.324	0.757	1.081	178	13.5%
2	Larry Robinson	MTL	28	D	72	14	61	75	39	38					8	6	0	3	0	33	28	0	6	0	41	34	0	9	0	45.3%										0.194	0.847	1.042	133	10.5%
3	Börje Salming	TOR	28	D	74	19	52	71	94	3					15	4	0	1	0	26	26	0	4	0	41	30	0	5	0	42.3%										0.257	0.703	0.959	222	8.6%
4	Reed Larson	DET	23	D	80	22	44	66	101	-7					15	7	0	2	0	25	18	1	6	0	40	25	1	8	0	37.9%										0.275	0.550	0.825	293	7.5%
5	Ray Bourque	BOS	19	D	80	17	48	65	73	52					12	3	2	1	0	24	24	0	9	0	36	27	2	10	0	41.5%										0.213	0.600	0.813	185	9.2%
6	Barry Beck	NYR	22	D	71	15	50	65	106	13					10	5	0	4	0	28	21	1	7	0	38	26	1	11	0	40.0%										0.211	0.704	0.915	170	8.8%
7	Doug Wilson	CHI	22	D	73	12	49	61	70	-4					8	3	1	1	0	22	26	1	8	0	30	29	2	9	0	47.5%										0.164	0.671	0.836	225	5.3%
8	Mike McEwen	CLR	23	D	76	12	47	59	41	-9					5	6	1	1	0	27	20	0	6	0	32	26	1	7	0	44.1%										0.158	0.618	0.776	193	6.2%
9	Ron Greschner	NYR	25	D	76	21	37	58	103	-12					14	6	1	3	0	16	20	1	4	0	30	26	2	7	0	44.8%										0.276	0.487	0.763	187	11.2%
10	Doug Halward	LAK	24	D	63	11	45	56	52	13					3	8	0	0	0	19	25	1	7	0	22	33	1	7	0	58.9%										0.175	0.714	0.889	165	6.7%
11	Robert Picard	WSH	22	D	78	11	43	54	122	-18					6	5	0	1	0	21	22	0	4	0	27	27	0	5	0	50.0%										0.141	0.551	0.692	212	5.2%
12	John Van Boxmeer	BUF	27	D	80	11	40	51	55	40					7	4	0	1	0	22	18	0	7	0	29	22	0	8	0	43.1%										0.138	0.500	0.638	198	5.6%
13	Bob Murray	CHI	25	D	74	16	34	50	60	-16					8	8	0	1	0	11	22	1	8	0	19	30	1	9	0	60.0%										0.216	0.459	0.676	224	7.1%
14	Dick Redmond	BOS	30	D	76	14	33	47	39	37					8	6	0	5	0	16	16	1	2	0	24	22	1	7	0	46.8%										0.184	0.434	0.618	166	8.4%
15	Paul Reinhart	AFM	19	D	79	9	38	47	31	11					5	4	0	1	0	24	14	0	6	0	29	18	0	7	0	38.3%										0.114	0.481	0.595	130	6.9%
16	Kevin McCarthy	VAN	22	D	79	15	30	45	70	-4					11	4	0	3	0	15	14	1	5	0	26	18	1	8	0	40.0%										0.190	0.380	0.570	161	9.3%
17	Craig Norwich	WPG	24	D	70	10	35	45	36	-10					3	7	0	0	0	15	20	0	3	0	18	27	0	3	0	60.0%										0.143	0.500	0.643	218	4.6%
18	Craig Hartsburg	MNS	20	D	79	14	30	44	81	-1					7	7	0	1	0	15	15	0	2	0	22	22	0	3	0	50.0%										0.177	0.380	0.557	202	6.9%
19	Jack Brownschidle	STL	24	D	77	12	32	44	8	16					9	3	0	2	0	17	13	2	3	0	26	16	2	5	0	36.4%										0.156	0.416	0.571	130	9.2%
20	Al Sims	HFD	26	D	76	10	31	41	30	10					8	2	0	1	0	24	6	1	3	0	32	8	1	4	0	19.5%										0.132	0.408	0.539	141	7.1%
21	Denis Potvin	NYI	26	D	31	8	33	41	44	13					4	4	0	0	0	21	10	2	3	0	25	14	2	3	0	34.1%										0.258	1.065	1.323	98	8.2%
22	Willie Huber	DET	21	D	76	17	23	40	164	-26					11	4	2	2	0	16	7	0	0	0	27	11	2	2	0	27.5%										0.224	0.303	0.526	197	8.6%
23	Doug Hicks	EDM	24	D	78	9	31	40	52	18					2	5	2	1	0	18	10	3	3	0	20	15	5	4	0	37.5%										0.115	0.397	0.513	122	7.4%
24	Dale Hoganson	QUE	30	D	77	4	36	40	31	-44					4	0	0	0	0	18	18	0	5	0	22	18	0	5	0	45.0%										0.052	0.468	0.519	99	4.0%
25	Rob Palmer	LAK	23	D	78	4	36	40	18	28					3	1	0	0	0	32	4	0	2	0	35	5	0	2	0	12.5%										0.051	0.462	0.513	110	3.6%
26	Bob Dailey	PHI	26	D	61	13	26	39	71	31					10	2	1	4	0	21	5	0	1	0	31	7	1	5	0	17.9%										0.213	0.426	0.639	185	7.0%
27	Ian Turnbull	TOR	26	D	75	11	28	39	90	-23					8	3	0	0	0	21	7	0	1	0	29	10	0	1	0	25.6%										0.147	0.373	0.520	200	5.5%
28	Stefan Persson	NYI	25	D	73	4	35	39	76	13					2	2	0	0	0	13	22	0	2	0	15	24	0	2	0	61.5%										0.055	0.479	0.534	91	4.4%
29	Richie Dunn	BUF	22	D	80	7	31	38	61	25					3	4	0	2	0	21	9	1	3	0	24	13	1	5	0	34.2%										0.088	0.388	0.475	147	4.8%
30	Dave Maloney	NYR	23	D	77	12	25	37	186	10					9	3	0	0	0	19	6	0	2	0	28	9	0	2	0	24.3%										0.156	0.325	0.481	102	11.8%
31	Brad Maxwell	MNS	22	D	58	7	30	37	126	9					7	0	0	0	0	22	8	0	9	0	29	8	0	9	0	21.6%										0.121	0.517	0.638	135	5.2%
32	Jim Schoenfeld	BUF	27	D	77	9	27	36	72	60					5	4	0	1	0	24	3	0	5	0	29	7	0	6	0	19.4%										0.117	0.351	0.468	114	7.9%
33	Randy Carlyle	PIT	23	D	67	8	28	36	45	-23					5	3	0	1	0	12	15	1	1	0	17	18	1	2	0	50.0%										0.119	0.418	0.537	123	6.5%
34	Gordie Roberts	HFD	22	D	80	8	28	36	89	6					7	1	0	1	0	26	1	1	4	0	33	2	1	5	0	5.6%										0.100	0.350	0.450	107	7.5%
35	Rod Langway	MTL	22	D	77	7	29	36	81	36					7	0	0	1	0	24	5	0	5	0	31	5	0	6	0	13.9%										0.091	0.377	0.468	112	6.3%
36	Phil Russell	AFM	27	D	80	5	31	36	115	14					4	1	0	1	0	27	3	1	2	0	31	4	1	3	0	11.1%										0.063	0.388	0.450	102	4.9%
37	Alan Hangsleben	WSH	26	D	74	13	22	35	114	11					11	2	0	2	0	21	1	0	3	0	32	3	0	5	0	8.6%										0.176	0.297	0.473	107	12.2%
38	Risto Siltanen	EDM	21	D	64	6	29	35	26	-9					5	1	0	0	0	14	15	0	4	0	19	16	0	4	0	45.7%										0.094	0.453	0.547	116	5.2%
39	Lars Lindgren	VAN	27	D	73	5	30	35	66	-9					3	2	0	0	0	17	12	1	4	0	20	14	1	4	0	40.0%										0.068	0.411	0.479	181	2.8%
40	Gary Sargent	MNS	25	D	52	13	21	34	22	12					10	3	0	1	0	8	13	0	2	0	18	16	0	3	0	47.1%										0.250	0.404	0.654	129	10.1%
41	Behn Wilson	PHI	21	D	61	9	25	34	212	20					5	4	0	1	0	16	8	1	1	0	21	12	1	2	0	35.3%										0.148	0.410	0.557	119	7.6%
42	Lars-Erik Sjöberg	WPG	35	D	79	7	27	34	48	-33					3	3	1	0	0	17	10	0	1	0	20	13	1	1	0	38.2%										0.089	0.342	0.430	145	4.8%
43	Ron Stackhouse	PIT	30	D	78	6	27	33	36	15					4	2	0	1	0	22	4	1	1	0	26	6	1	2	0	18.2%										0.077	0.346	0.423	166	3.6%
44	Pat Price	EDM	24	D	75	11	21	32	134	4					9	2	0	0	0	14	7	0	0	0	23	9	0	0	0	28.1%										0.147	0.280	0.427	95	11.6%
45	Mario Marois	NYR	22	D	79	8	23	31	142	0					7	1	0	1	0	16	7	0	1	0	23	8	0	2	0	25.8%										0.101	0.291	0.392	158	5.1%
46	Pierre Lacroix	QUE	20	D	76	9	21	30	45	-5					5	4	0	0	0	15	6	0	1	0	20	10	0	1	0	33.3%										0.118	0.276	0.395	86	10.5%
47	Mike O'Connell	CHI	24	D	78	8	22	30	52	-2					6	2	0	2	0	12	10	0	2	0	18	12	0	4	0	40.0%										0.103	0.282	0.385	158	5.1%
48	Pekka Rautakallio	AFM	26	D	79	5	25	30	18	22					4	1	0	1	0	21	4	0	8	0	25	5	0	9	0	16.7%										0.063	0.316	0.380	104	4.8%
49	Rob Ramage	CLR	20	D	75	8	20	28	135	-42					4	4	0	3	0	13	7	0	1	0	17	11	0	4	0	39.3%										0.107	0.267	0.373	218	3.7%
50	Russ Anderson	PIT	24	D	76	5	22	27	150	10					5	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	5	0	27	0	0	5	0	0.0%										0.066	0.289	0.355	74	6.8%

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NHL Defensemen Scoring Leaders 1979‑1980

1979-1980 NHL Demographics

NHL nationality split - All defensemen ‑ 1979‑1980 season