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The Lightning's best defensemen

Victor Hedman has the most points of the 165 defensemen who played with the Lightning, 816 in 1,177 games. He is still playing. Mikhail Sergachev is 2nd with 257. Ryan McDonagh is 6th, with 154.

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The Lightning's defensemen this season

By decade: 2020s · 2010s · 2000s · 1993–99

Compare with in · side by side

The Lightning's best defensemen
PlacePlayerpointsgoalsassists
1Victor Hedman2009 – 2027 · still playing816175641
+5 this season
2Mikhail Sergachev2017 – 2024 · 471 games25748209
3Dan Boyle2001 – 2008 · 394 games25366187
4Pavel Kubina1997 – 2012 · 662 games24372171
5Roman Hamrlik1992 – 1998 · 377 games18552133
6Ryan McDonagh2017 – 2027 · still playing15431123
+3 this season
7Darren Raddysh2021 – 2026 · 249 games14335108
8Anton Stralman2014 – 2019 · 355 games13029101
9Erik Cernak2018 – 2027 · still playing1232697
+3 this season · passes Anton Stralman for 8th in 35 games at his pace
10Paul Ranger2005 – 2010 · 270 games921874
11Shawn Chambers1992 – 1995 · 145 games872364
12Cory Sarich1999 – 2007 · 490 games851075
13Matt Carle2008 – 2016 · 265 games821468
14Filip Kuba2006 – 2008 · 156 games682147
15Braydon Coburn2014 – 2020 · 350 games661254
16Andrej Sustr2012 – 2022 · 333 games641153
17Nick Perbix2022 – 2025 · 220 games631350
18Cory Cross1993 – 1999 · 336 games581246
T19Bill Houlder1995 – 2000 · 154 games561046
T19Eric Brewer2010 – 2015 · 246 games561046
21Jassen Cullimore1997 – 2004 · 408 games531538
22Jason Garrison2014 – 2017 · 212 games501040
T23Petr Svoboda1998 – 2001 · 123 games46442
T23Brett Clark2010 – 2012 · 164 games461135
25J.J. Moser2024 – 2027 · still playing44935
+1 this season

points by decade

2020s

  1. › Victor Hedman2019 – 2027 · 481 games398
  2. Mikhail Sergachev2019 – 2024 · 317 games185
  3. Darren Raddysh2021 – 2026 · 249 games143
  4. › Erik Cernak2019 – 2027 · 457 games107
  5. › Ryan McDonagh2019 – 2027 · 315 games105

2010s

  1. Victor Hedman2009 – 2019 · 696 games418
  2. Anton Stralman2014 – 2019 · 355 games130
  3. Matt Carle2012 – 2016 · 253 games80
  4. Mikhail Sergachev2017 – 2019 · 154 games72
  5. Andrej Sustr2012 – 2018 · 318 games63

2000s

  1. Dan Boyle2001 – 2008 · 394 games253
  2. Pavel Kubina1999 – 2006 · 453 games185
  3. Paul Ranger2005 – 2009 · 262 games90
  4. Cory Sarich1999 – 2007 · 490 games85
  5. Filip Kuba2006 – 2008 · 156 games68

1993–99

  1. Roman Hamrlik1992 – 1998 · 377 games185
  2. Shawn Chambers1992 – 1995 · 145 games87
  3. Cory Cross1993 – 1999 · 336 games58
  4. Bill Houlder1995 – 1997 · 140 games53
  5. Bob Beers1992 – 1994 · 80 games42

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Method

  • Every defenseman who played with the Lightning, ranked by points over his games there. Regular-season games only.
  • A decade counts his points with the Lightning in its seasons.