The Oilers' best defensemen

Paul Coffey has the most points of the 210 defensemen who played with the Oilers, 669 in 532 games. Kevin Lowe is 2nd with 383. Evan Bouchard is 4th, with 361; 8 more passes Charlie Huddy for 3rd.

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The Oilers' defensemen this season

Evan Bouchard16 games, 1.8 a game361 with the Oilers, the 4th-most in Oilers history. 8 more puts him past Charlie Huddy for 3rd.28points
Mattias Ekholm14 games, 0.4 a game139 with the Oilers.6points
Ryan Shea16 games, 0.3 a game5points

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Compare with in · side by side

The Oilers' best defensemen
Place	Player	points	goals	assists
1	Paul Coffey1980 – 1987 · 532 games	669	209	460
2	Kevin Lowe1979 – 1998 · 1,037 games	383	74	309
3	Charlie Huddy1980 – 1991 · 694 games	368	81	287
4	Evan Bouchard2018 – 2027 · still playing	361	85	276
	+28 this season · passes Charlie Huddy for 3rd in 5 games at his pace
5	Darnell Nurse2014 – 2026 · 798 games	324	88	236
6	Steve Smith1984 – 1991 · 385 games	218	46	172
T7	Randy Gregg1982 – 1990 · 453 games	188	40	148
T7	Janne Niinimaa1997 – 2003 · 399 games	188	34	154
T9	Lee Fogolin Jr.1979 – 1987 · 586 games	160	36	124
T9	Boris Mironov1993 – 1999 · 320 games	160	42	118
11	Tom Gilbert2006 – 2012 · 384 games	158	33	125
12	Oscar Klefbom2013 – 2020 · 378 games	156	34	122
13	Risto Siltanen1979 – 1982 · 206 games	151	38	113
14	Steve Staios2001 – 2010 · 573 games	146	35	111
15	Mattias Ekholm2022 – 2027 · still playing	139	32	107
	+6 this season
16	Tyson Barrie2020 – 2023 · 190 games	132	25	107
17	Jason Smith1998 – 2007 · 542 games	113	31	82
18	Craig Muni1986 – 1993 · 493 games	111	24	87
19	Dave Manson1991 – 1994 · 219 games	108	33	75
20	Tom Poti1998 – 2002 · 285 games	105	27	78
21	Roman Hamrlik1997 – 2000 · 196 games	103	22	81
22	Justin Schultz2012 – 2016 · 248 games	101	28	73
23	Eric Brewer2000 – 2004 · 315 games	100	29	71
T24	Igor Kravchuk1992 – 1996 · 160 games	88	27	61
T24	Marc-Andre Bergeron2002 – 2007 · 189 games	88	33	55

points by decade

2020s

› Evan Bouchard2020 – 2027 · 438 games360
Darnell Nurse2019 – 2026 · 519 games236
› Mattias Ekholm2022 – 2027 · 261 games139
Tyson Barrie2020 – 2023 · 190 games132
Brett Kulak2021 – 2026 · 295 games71

2010s

Oscar Klefbom2013 – 2019 · 316 games122
Justin Schultz2012 – 2016 · 248 games101
Darnell Nurse2014 – 2019 · 279 games88
Andrej Sekera2015 – 2019 · 221 games77
Tom Gilbert2009 – 2012 · 208 games74

2000s

Janne Niinimaa1999 – 2003 · 307 games151
Steve Staios2001 – 2009 · 533 games139
Jason Smith1999 – 2007 · 530 games111
Eric Brewer2000 – 2004 · 315 games100
Marc-Andre Bergeron2002 – 2007 · 189 games88

1990s

Boris Mironov1993 – 1999 · 320 games160
Dave Manson1991 – 1994 · 219 games108
Steve Smith1989 – 1991 · 152 games95
Igor Kravchuk1992 – 1996 · 160 games88
Luke Richardson1991 – 1997 · 436 games78

1980s

Paul Coffey1980 – 1987 · 532 games669
Charlie Huddy1980 – 1989 · 571 games317
Kevin Lowe1979 – 1989 · 760 games310
Randy Gregg1982 – 1989 · 405 games164
Lee Fogolin Jr.1979 – 1987 · 586 games160

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Method

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