
The Sharks' best defensemen
Brent Burns has the most points of the 140 defensemen who played with the Sharks, 594 in 798 games. Marc-Edouard Vlasic is 2nd with 379.
The Sharks' defensemen this season
- Jacob Trouba16 games, 0.6 a game10points
- Dmitry Orlov16 games, 0.4 a game43 with the Sharks.6points
- Michael Kesselring16 games, 0.2 a game3points
By decade: 2020s · 2010s · 2000s · 1992–99
Compare with in · side by side
| Place | Player | points | goals | assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brent Burns2011 – 2022 · 798 games | 594 | 172 | 422 |
| 2 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic2006 – 2025 · 1,323 games | 379 | 84 | 295 |
| 3 | Dan Boyle2008 – 2014 · 431 games | 269 | 68 | 201 |
| 4 | Erik Karlsson2018 – 2023 · 293 games | 243 | 52 | 191 |
| 5 | Brad Stuart1999 – 2014 · 486 games | 170 | 39 | 131 |
| 6 | Mike Rathje1993 – 2004 · 671 games | 155 | 27 | 128 |
| 7 | Justin Braun2010 – 2019 · 607 games | 154 | 24 | 130 |
| 8 | Marcus Ragnarsson1995 – 2003 · 519 games | 153 | 28 | 125 |
| 9 | Scott Hannan1998 – 2015 · 626 games | 146 | 30 | 116 |
| T10 | Sandis Ozolinsh1992 – 2008 · 212 games | 132 | 46 | 86 |
| T10 | Christian Ehrhoff2003 – 2009 · 341 games | 132 | 25 | 107 |
| 12 | Mario Ferraro2019 – 2026 · 490 games | 114 | 24 | 90 |
| 13 | Gary Suter1998 – 2002 · 227 games | 101 | 22 | 79 |
| 14 | Jason Demers2009 – 2015 · 300 games | 98 | 16 | 82 |
| 15 | Jeff Norton1993 – 2001 · 225 games | 93 | 12 | 81 |
| 16 | Brenden Dillon2014 – 2020 · 439 games | 88 | 13 | 75 |
| 17 | Kyle McLaren2002 – 2008 · 302 games | 83 | 12 | 71 |
| 18 | Rob Blake2008 – 2010 · 143 games | 75 | 17 | 58 |
| T19 | Tom Pederson1992 – 1996 · 225 games | 66 | 19 | 47 |
| T19 | Bryan Marchment1997 – 2003 · 334 games | 66 | 13 | 53 |
| 21 | Bill Houlder1997 – 1999 · 158 games | 64 | 16 | 48 |
| 22 | Matt Carle2005 – 2008 · 151 games | 63 | 16 | 47 |
| 23 | Tom Preissing2003 – 2006 · 143 games | 62 | 13 | 49 |
| 24 | Douglas Murray2005 – 2013 · 451 games | 59 | 6 | 53 |
| T25 | Jayson More1991 – 1996 · 287 games | 50 | 12 | 38 |
points by decade
2020s
- Erik Karlsson2019 – 2023 · 240 games198
- Brent Burns2019 – 2022 · 208 games128
- Mario Ferraro2019 – 2026 · 490 games114
- Marc-Edouard Vlasic2019 – 2025 · 358 games68
- › Dmitry Orlov2025 – 2027 · 98 games43
2010s
- Brent Burns2011 – 2019 · 590 games466
- Marc-Edouard Vlasic2009 – 2019 · 720 games235
- Dan Boyle2009 – 2014 · 354 games212
- Justin Braun2010 – 2019 · 607 games154
- Jason Demers2009 – 2015 · 300 games98
2000s
- Brad Stuart1999 – 2006 · 377 games153
- Christian Ehrhoff2003 – 2009 · 341 games132
- Scott Hannan1999 – 2007 · 503 games125
- Gary Suter1999 – 2002 · 226 games101
- Mike Rathje1999 – 2004 · 361 games92
1992–99
- Sandis Ozolinsh1992 – 1996 · 173 games116
- Marcus Ragnarsson1995 – 1999 · 293 games94
- Jeff Norton1993 – 1999 · 153 games72
- Tom Pederson1992 – 1996 · 225 games66
- Bill Houlder1997 – 1999 · 158 games64
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Method
- Every defenseman who played with the Sharks, ranked by points over his games there. Regular-season games only.
- A decade counts his points with the Sharks in its seasons.