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The Maple Leafs' best defensemen

Borje Salming has the most points of the 323 defensemen who played with the Maple Leafs, 768 in 1,099 games. Morgan Rielly is 2nd, with 561.

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The Maple Leafs' defensemen this season

  • Morgan Rielly17 games, 0.7 a game561 with the Maple Leafs, the 2nd-most in Maple Leafs history.12points
  • Darren Raddysh17 games, 0.5 a game9points
  • Troy Stecher17 games, 0.3 a game19 with the Maple Leafs.5points

By decade: 2020s · 2010s · 2000s · 1990s · 1980s · 1970s · 1960s · 1950s · 1940s · 1930s · 1920s · 1918–19

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The Maple Leafs' best defensemen
PlacePlayerpointsgoalsassists
1Borje Salming1973 – 1989 · 1,099 games768148620
2Morgan Rielly2013 – 2027 · still playing56198463
+12 this season
3Tomas Kaberle1998 – 2011 · 878 games52083437
4Tim Horton1949 – 1970 · 1,184 games458109349
5Ian Turnbull1973 – 1982 · 580 games414112302
6Red Kelly1959 – 1967 · 470 games351119232
7Jim McKenny1965 – 1978 · 594 games32781246
8Bryan McCabe2000 – 2008 · 523 games29783214
9Todd Gill1984 – 1996 · 639 games26959210
10Al Iafrate1984 – 1991 · 472 games25081169
11Jake Gardiner2011 – 2019 · 551 games24545200
12Allan Stanley1958 – 1968 · 633 games23347186
T13Jimmy Thomson1945 – 1957 · 717 games22315208
T13Dave Ellett1990 – 1997 · 446 games22351172
15Hap Day1924 – 1937 · 543 games20486118
16Dion Phaneuf2009 – 2016 · 423 games19645151
17Jim Benning1981 – 1987 · 364 games17337136
18Bob Baun1956 – 1973 · 739 games16929140
19Babe Pratt1942 – 1946 · 179 games16152109
20Carl Brewer1957 – 1980 · 473 games15519136
21Red Horner1928 – 1940 · 491 games1 of his games has no points recorded, so the number is short.15242†110†
22Dmitry Yushkevich1995 – 2002 · 506 games13525110
23King Clancy1930 – 1937 · 287 games1 of his games has no points recorded, so the number is short.13052†78†
24Harry Cameron1917 – 1923 · 106 games1187147
25Cody Franson2011 – 2015 · 236 games1152095

points by decade

2020s

  1. › Morgan Rielly2019 – 2027 · 498 games318
  2. › Jake McCabe2022 – 2027 · 257 games84
  3. TJ Brodie2020 – 2024 · 274 games82
  4. Justin Holl2019 – 2023 · 272 games79
  5. › Oliver Ekman-Larsson2024 – 2027 · 172 games69

2010s

  1. Jake Gardiner2011 – 2019 · 551 games245
  2. Morgan Rielly2013 – 2019 · 470 games243
  3. Dion Phaneuf2009 – 2016 · 423 games196
  4. Cody Franson2011 – 2015 · 236 games115
  5. Tomas Kaberle2009 – 2011 · 140 games87

2000s

  1. Tomas Kaberle1999 – 2009 · 681 games411
  2. Bryan McCabe2000 – 2008 · 523 games297
  3. Pavel Kubina2006 – 2009 · 215 games101
  4. Ian White2005 – 2009 · 240 games79
  5. Dmitry Yushkevich1999 – 2002 · 213 games70

1990s

  1. Dave Ellett1990 – 1997 · 446 games223
  2. Todd Gill1989 – 1996 · 429 games184
  3. Jamie Macoun1991 – 1998 · 466 games101
  4. Larry Murphy1995 – 1997 · 151 games100
  5. Dmitri Mironov1991 – 1995 · 175 games85

1980s

  1. Borje Salming1979 – 1989 · 651 games408
  2. Jim Benning1981 – 1987 · 364 games173
  3. Al Iafrate1984 – 1989 · 355 games169
  4. Ian Turnbull1979 – 1982 · 167 games107
  5. Todd Gill1984 – 1989 · 210 games85

1970s

  1. Borje Salming1973 – 1979 · 448 games360
  2. Jim McKenny1969 – 1978 · 574 games325
  3. Ian Turnbull1973 – 1979 · 413 games307
  4. Brian Glennie1969 – 1978 · 554 games110
  5. Mike Pelyk1969 – 1978 · 352 games99

1960s

  1. Red Kelly1959 – 1967 · 470 games351
  2. Tim Horton1959 – 1969 · 690 games293
  3. Allan Stanley1959 – 1968 · 563 games210
  4. Carl Brewer1959 – 1965 · 382 games126
  5. Bob Baun1959 – 1967 · 464 games111

1950s

  1. Jimmy Thomson1949 – 1957 · 533 games157
  2. Tim Horton1949 – 1959 · 435 games143
  3. Jim Morrison1951 – 1958 · 399 games111
  4. Hugh Bolton1949 – 1957 · 235 games61
  5. Marc Reaume1954 – 1959 · 231 games46

1940s

  1. Babe Pratt1942 – 1946 · 179 games161
  2. Wally Stanowski1939 – 1948 · 282 games94
  3. Reg Hamilton1939 – 1945 · 228 games75
  4. Jimmy Thomson1945 – 1949 · 184 games66
  5. Bucko McDonald1939 – 1944 · 164 games64

1930s

  1. Red Horner1929 – 1939 · 438 games142
  2. King Clancy1930 – 1937 · 287 games130
  3. Hap Day1929 – 1937 · 366 games116
  4. Jimmy Fowler1936 – 1939 · 135 games47
  5. Flash Hollett1933 – 1936 · 64 games34

1920s

  1. Hap Day1924 – 1929 · 177 games88
  2. Harry Cameron1919 – 1923 · 78 games81
  3. Bert Corbeau1923 – 1927 · 131 games39
  4. Billy Stuart1920 – 1925 · 94 games31
  5. Art Duncan1927 – 1929 · 82 games20

1918–19

  1. Harry Cameron1917 – 1919 · 28 games37
  2. Harry Mummery1917 – 1919 · 31 games8

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Method

  • Every defenseman who played with the Maple Leafs, ranked by points over his games there. Regular-season games only.
  • A number with a † is short: some of his games with the Maple Leafs don't have it recorded.
  • A decade counts his points with the Maple Leafs in its seasons.