| 2011-12 Final Defense Stats and Rankings | |||||||||||
| Ranking | Group | Player | Team | Owner | POS | GP | G | A | PTS | PPG | |
| 1 | 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | Magic | D | 47 | 10 | 33 | 26.5 | 0.564 | |
| 2 | 1 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | GRE | D | 38 | 7 | 25 | 19.5 | 0.513 | |
| 3 | 1 | Shea Weber | NSH | CDN G | D | 54 | 13 | 25 | 25.5 | 0.472 | |
| 4 | 1 | Alexander Edler | VAN | WHA | D | 50 | 7 | 27 | 20.5 | 0.410 | |
| 5 | 1 | Kristopher Letang | PIT | Raven | D | 29 | 4 | 15 | 11.5 | 0.397 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ryan Suter | NSH | GRE | D | 52 | 7 | 27 | 20.5 | 0.394 | |
| 7 | 1 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | SCAR | D | 50 | 8 | 21 | 18.5 | 0.370 | |
| 8 | 1 | Dion Phaneuf | TOR | CDN G | D | 46 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 0.370 | |
| 9 | 1 | Niklas Kronwall | DET | SHLS | D | 52 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 0.365 | |
| 10 | 1 | Dennis Wideman | WSH | EAG | D | 47 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 0.362 | |
| 11 | 2 | Zdeno Chara | BOS | BIGM | D | 47 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 0.362 | |
| 12 | 2 | Kevin Bieksa | VAN | WIN | D | 50 | 6 | 23 | 17.5 | 0.350 | |
| 13 | 2 | Mike Green | WSH | BIGM | D | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 0.346 | |
| 14 | 2 | Brent Burns | SJS | EAG | D | 48 | 8 | 17 | 16.5 | 0.344 | |
| 15 | 2 | Nikita Nikitin | CBJ | WHA | D | 31 | 3 | 15 | 10.5 | 0.339 | |
| 16 | 2 | Brian Campbell | FLO | Magic | D | 43 | 3 | 23 | 14.5 | 0.337 | |
| 17 | 2 | Alex Goligoski | DAL | CTHV | D | 45 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 0.333 | |
| 18 | 2 | Mark Streit | NYI | GRE | D | 59 | 5 | 29 | 19.5 | 0.331 | |
| 19 | 2 | Keith Yandle | PHX | SHST | D | 56 | 5 | 27 | 18.5 | 0.330 | |
| 20 | 2 | Sami Salo | VAN | SHLS | D | 41 | 8 | 11 | 13.5 | 0.329 | |
| 21 | 2 | Dan Boyle | SJS | CTHV | D | 49 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 0.327 | |
| 22 | 2 | Michael Del Zotto | NYR | EAG | D | 49 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 0.327 | |
| 23 | 2 | Joni Pitkanen | CAR | SHLS | D | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4.5 | 0.321 | |
| 24 | 2 | James Wisniewski | CBJ | BIGM | D | 33 | 3 | 15 | 10.5 | 0.318 | |
| 25 | 2 | Jason Garrison | FLO | BRDW | D | 38 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 0.316 | |
| 26 | 3 | Duncan Keith | CHI | SHST | D | 43 | 2 | 23 | 13.5 | 0.314 | |
| 27 | 3 | Nicklas Lidstrom | DET | DEAL | D | 51 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 0.314 | |
| 28 | 3 | Matt Carle | PHI | SCAR | D | 49 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 0.306 | |
| 29 | 3 | Tobias Enstrom | WPG | BIGM | D | 36 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 0.306 | |
| 30 | 3 | Ian White | DET | UND | D | 46 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 0.304 | |
| 31 | 3 | Marc-Andre Bergeron | TBL | SCAR | D | 33 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 0.303 | |
| 32 | 3 | Kimmo Timonen | PHI | PUCK | D | 50 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 0.300 | |
| 33 | 3 | Jay Harrison | CAR | EAG | D | 27 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0.296 | |
| 34 | 3 | Kurtis Foster | MIN | Raven | D | 19 | 3 | 5 | 5.5 | 0.289 | |
| 35 | 3 | Christian Ehrhoff | BUF | UND | D | 40 | 3 | 17 | 11.5 | 0.288 | |
| 36 | 3 | Kevin Shattenkirk | STL | BRDW | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.273 | |
| 37 | 3 | Kyle Quincey | DET | WIN | D | 37 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0.270 | |
| 38 | 3 | Jordan Leopold | BUF | Raven | D | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 0.269 | |
| 39 | 3 | John-Michael Liles | TOR | CTHV | D | 30 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0.267 | |
| 40 | 3 | Andrej Meszaros | PHI | EAG | D | 40 | 3 | 15 | 10.5 | 0.263 | |
| 41 | 3 | Erik Johnson | COL | ING | D | 40 | 3 | 15 | 10.5 | 0.263 | |
| 42 | 3 | Drew Doughty | LAK | ING | D | 48 | 5 | 15 | 12.5 | 0.260 | |
| 43 | 3 | Dmitry Kulikov | FLO | WHA | D | 29 | 2 | 11 | 7.5 | 0.259 | |
| 44 | 3 | John Carlson | WSH | Raven | D | 39 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0.256 | |
| 45 | 3 | Jack Johnson | CBJ | Raven | D | 48 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0.250 | |
| 46 | 3 | Dan Hamhuis | VAN | CDN G | D | 42 | 2 | 17 | 10.5 | 0.250 | |
| 47 | 3 | Sergei Gonchar | OTT | PUCK | D | 42 | 2 | 17 | 10.5 | 0.250 | |
| 48 | 3 | Zach Bogosian | WPG | MUS | D | 42 | 3 | 15 | 10.5 | 0.250 | |
| 49 | 3 | Tom Gilbert | MIN | CDN G | D | 30 | 3 | 9 | 7.5 | 0.250 | |
| 50 | 3 | A. Stralman | NYR | PUCK | D | 22 | 2 | 7 | 5.5 | 0.250 | |
| 51 | 4 | Corey Potter | EDM | Raven | D | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0.250 | |
| 52 | 4 | Chris Campoli | MTL | EAG | D | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.250 | |
| 53 | 4 | Andrew Ference | BOS | SHLS | D | 31 | 4 | 7 | 7.5 | 0.242 | |
| 54 | 4 | Mark Giordano | CGY | WHA | D | 31 | 3 | 9 | 7.5 | 0.242 | |
| 55 | 4 | Ryan Whitney | EDM | BIGM | D | 21 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.238 | |
| 56 | 4 | Sheldon Souray | DAL | SWA | D | 38 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0.237 | |
| 57 | 4 | Matt Gilroy | OTT | BIGM | D | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0.235 | |
| 58 | 4 | Ryan Wilson | COL | GRE | D | 17 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0.235 | |
| 59 | 4 | Jamie McBain | CAR | CTHV | D | 30 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0.233 | |
| 60 | 4 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | GRE | D | 39 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0.231 | |
| 61 | 4 | Lubomir Visnovsky | ANA | BIGM | D | 27 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0.222 | |
| 62 | 4 | Luca Sbisa | ANA | SHST | D | 18 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0.222 | |
| 63 | 4 | P.K. Subban | MTL | CDN G | D | 50 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 0.220 | |
| 64 | 4 | Raphael Diaz | MTL | Raven | D | 16 | 1 | 5 | 3.5 | 0.219 | |
| 65 | 4 | Fedor Tyutin | CBJ | SHST | D | 53 | 4 | 15 | 11.5 | 0.217 | |
| 66 | 4 | Mark Fayne | NJD | EAG | D | 24 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0.208 | |
| 67 | 4 | Carlo Colaiacovo | STL | BIGM | D | 27 | 1 | 9 | 5.5 | 0.204 | |
| 68 | 4 | Tyler Myers | BUF | Magic | D | 32 | 3 | 7 | 6.5 | 0.203 | |
| 69 | 4 | Brent Seabrook | CHI | CTHV | D | 37 | 3 | 9 | 7.5 | 0.203 | |
| 70 | 4 | Marek Zidlicky | NJD | Raven | D | 23 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0.196 | |
| 71 | 4 | Dennis Seidenberg | BOS | UND | D | 41 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0.195 | |
| 72 | 4 | Carl Gunnarsson | TOR | PUCK | D | 26 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0.192 | |
| 73 | 4 | Shane O'Brien | COL | EAG | D | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.192 | |
| 74 | 4 | Grant Clitsome | WPG | ING | D | 42 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0.190 | |
| 75 | 4 | Tomas Kaberle | MTL | PUCK | D | 46 | 1 | 15 | 8.5 | 0.185 | |
| 76 | 4 | Joseph Corvo | BOS | ING | D | 47 | 3 | 11 | 8.5 | 0.181 | |
| 77 | 4 | Daniel Girardi | NYR | BRDW | D | 50 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0.180 | |
| 78 | 4 | Matt Greene | LAK | STEL | D | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.175 | |
| 79 | 4 | Braydon Coburn | PHI | WIN | D | 43 | 2 | 11 | 7.5 | 0.174 | |
| 80 | 4 | Marc-Andre Gragnani | VAN | CTHV | D | 23 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0.174 | |
| 81 | 4 | Stephane Robidas | DAL | DEAL | D | 49 | 2 | 13 | 8.5 | 0.173 | |
| 82 | 4 | Cody Franson | TOR | SHLS | D | 32 | 1 | 9 | 5.5 | 0.172 | |
| 83 | 4 | Brad Stuart | DET | SHST | D | 24 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0.167 | |
| 84 | 4 | Michal Rozsival | PHX | ING | D | 18 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.167 | |
| 85 | 4 | Victor Hedman | TBL | SHLS | D | 34 | 1 | 9 | 5.5 | 0.162 | |
| 86 | 4 | Willie Mitchell | LAK | MUS | D | 28 | 2 | 5 | 4.5 | 0.161 | |
| 87 | 4 | Matt Niskanen | PIT | CDN G | D | 19 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.158 | |
| 88 | 4 | Brett Clark | TBL | UND | D | 35 | 2 | 7 | 5.5 | 0.157 | |
| 89 | 4 | Luke Schenn | TOR | SWA | D | 45 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0.156 | |
| 90 | 4 | Travis Hamonic | NYI | PUCK | D | 42 | 1 | 11 | 6.5 | 0.155 | |
| 91 | 5 | Michael Sauer | NYR | BRDW | D | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.154 | |
| 92 | 5 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | SWA | D | 49 | 3 | 9 | 7.5 | 0.153 | |
| 93 | 5 | Andrew MacDonald | NYI | WIN | D | 50 | 2 | 11 | 7.5 | 0.150 | |
| 94 | 5 | Mike Weaver | FLO | CTHV | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.150 | |
| 95 | 5 | Jay Bouwmeester | CGY | BIGM | D | 37 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 0.149 | |
| 96 | 5 | Andy Greene | NJD | WHA | D | 32 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0.141 | |
| 97 | 5 | Johnny Oduya | CHI | BRDW | D | 50 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0.140 | |
| 98 | 5 | Marc Methot | CBJ | GRE | D | 18 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.139 | |
| 99 | 5 | Brooks Orpik | PIT | SCAR | D | 29 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0.138 | |
| 100 | 5 | Filip Kuba | OTT | Raven | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.136 | |
| 101 | 5 | Derek Morris | PHX | PUCK | D | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0.133 | |
| 102 | 5 | Pavel Kubina | PHI | SHLS | D | 34 | 1 | 7 | 4.5 | 0.132 | |
| 103 | 5 | Cam Fowler | ANA | Raven | D | 31 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0.129 | |
| 104 | 5 | Tj Brodie | CGY | CDN G | D | 24 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.125 | |
| 105 | 5 | Trevor Daley | DAL | Raven | D | 20 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.125 | |
| 106 | 5 | Anton Babchuk | CGY | BRDW | D | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.125 | |
| 107 | 5 | Bruno Gervais | TBL | CTHV | D | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.125 | |
| 108 | 5 | Eric Brewer | TBL | DEAL | D | 45 | 1 | 9 | 5.25 | 0.122 | |
| 109 | 5 | Milan Jurcina | NYI | SWA | D | 33 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0.121 | |
| 110 | 5 | Paul Martin | PIT | BIGM | D | 21 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.119 | |
| 111 | 5 | Kevin Klein | NSH | WIN | D | 38 | 2 | 5 | 4.5 | 0.118 | |
| 112 | 5 | Karl Alzner | WSH | Magic | D | 39 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0.115 | |
| 113 | 5 | Johnny Boychuk | BOS | STEL | D | 46 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0.109 | |
| 114 | 5 | Jan Hejda | COL | UND | D | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.109 | |
| 115 | 5 | David Schlemko | PHX | SHST | D | 28 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.107 | |
| 116 | 5 | Jaroslav Spacek | CAR | SCAR | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.107 | |
| 117 | 5 | Kris Russell | STL | CTHV | D | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.104 | |
| 118 | 5 | Chris Butler | CGY | GRE | D | 29 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.103 | |
| 119 | 5 | Steve Montador | CHI | UND | D | 25 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.100 | |
| 120 | 5 | Michael Komisarek | TOR | MUS | D | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.100 | |
| 121 | 5 | Jonathan Ericsson | DET | BIGM | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.100 | |
| 122 | 5 | Justin Braun | SJS | PUCK | D | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.094 | |
| 123 | 5 | Ryan O'Byrne | COL | SCAR | D | 22 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.091 | |
| 124 | 5 | Keith Ballard | VAN | Magic | D | 29 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.086 | |
| 125 | 5 | Tim Gleason | CAR | UND | D | 36 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0.083 | |
| 126 | 5 | Ron Hainsey | WPG | DEAL | D | 30 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.083 | |
| 127 | 5 | Zbynek Michalek | PIT | PUCK | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.083 | |
| 128 | 5 | Scott Hannan | CGY | MUS | D | 37 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0.081 | |
| 129 | 5 | Ed Jovanovski | FLO | STEL | D | 31 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.081 | |
| 130 | 5 | Aaron Johnson | CBJ | BRDW | D | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.079 | |
| 131 | 5 | Andrej Sekera | BUF | CDN G | D | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.079 | |
| 132 | 5 | Josh Gorges | MTL | DEAL | D | 45 | 1 | 5 | 3.5 | 0.078 | |
| 133 | 5 | Ladislav Smid | EDM | DEAL | D | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.077 | |
| 134 | 5 | Alec Martinez | LAK | WHA | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.077 | |
| 135 | 5 | Rostislav Klesla | PHX | SHLS | D | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.075 | |
| 136 | 5 | Francois Beauchemin | ANA | SCAR | D | 28 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.071 | |
| 137 | 5 | Roman Polak | STL | DEAL | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.071 | |
| 138 | 5 | Jeff Schultz | WSH | SWA | D | 29 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0.069 | |
| 139 | 5 | Roman Hamrlik | WSH | ING | D | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.067 | |
| 140 | 5 | Sean O'Donnell | CHI | SWA | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.067 | |
| 141 | 5 | Henrik Tallinder | NJD | MUS | D | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.065 | |
| 142 | 5 | Jared Cowen | OTT | SWA | D | 40 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.063 | |
| 143 | 5 | Adam McQuaid | BOS | Magic | D | 36 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.056 | |
| 144 | 5 | Marco Scandella | MIN | WHA | D | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.054 | |
| 145 | 5 | Nick Schultz | EDM | BRDW | D | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.041 | |
| 146 | 5 | Anton Volchenkov | NJD | SCAR | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.038 | |
| 147 | 5 | Niklas Hjalmarsson | CHI | DEAL | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.033 | |
| 148 | 5 | Theo Peckham | EDM | ING | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.033 | |
| 149 | 5 | Mark Fistric | DAL | Magic | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.031 | |
| 150 | 5 | Adrian Aucoin | PHX | UND | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.025 | |
| 151 | 5 | Clayton Stoner | MIN | MUS | D | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.017 | |
| 152 | 5 | Jack Hillen | NSH | SCAR | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Nate Prosser | MIN | CDN G | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.111 | |
| NR | NR | Stu Bickel | NYR | Magic | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Derek Smith | CGY | Raven | D | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.313 | |
| NR | NR | M. Weber | BUF | SHST | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.071 | |
| NR | NR | Ben Lovejoy | PIT | GRE | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Cam Barker | EDM | ING | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Jason Demers | SJS | EAG | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.167 | |
| NR | NR | Mark Flood | WPG | CDN G | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.083 | |
| NR | NR | Adam Pardy | DAL | SHST | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Viatcheslav Voynov | LAK | Magic | D | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.500 | |
| NR | NR | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | PHX | WHA | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.100 | |
| NR | NR | Ryan McDonagh | NYR | GRE | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.100 | |
| NR | NR | Barret Jackman | STL | CTHV | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Erik Gudbranson | FLO | GRE | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.125 | |
| NR | NR | Matt Hunwick | COL | SHLS | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | |
| NR | NR | Toni Lydman | ANA | BIGM | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Marc Staal | NYR | CDN G | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | |
| NR | NR | Jonathon Blum | NSH | CTHV | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.250 | |
| NR | NR | Jordie Benn | DAL | WHA | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.250 | |
| NR | NR | Nick Leddy | CHI | CTHV | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.250 | |
| NR | NR | Brett Lebda | CBJ | SCAR | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Davis Drewiske | LAK | SHLS | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Jakub Kindl | DET | SHLS | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Sami Lepisto | CHI | SCAR | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Steven Kampfer | MIN | WIN | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Yannick Weber | MTL | DEAL | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Chris Phillips | OTT | UND | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Chris Summers | PHX | ING | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Christopher Tanev | VAN | CDN G | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Jake Gardiner | TOR | CTHV | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Justin Falk | MIN | DEAL | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Justin Faulk | CAR | Magic | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Matt Taormina | NJD | BIGM | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Philip Larsen | DAL | EAG | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Roman Josi | NSH | BIGM | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |
| NR | NR | Taylor Chorney | EDM | SWA | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |