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The Top Ranked Defensemen of the 1970s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Bobby Orr | 2 |
| 2 | Denis Potvin | 4 |
| 3 | Brad Park | 12 |
| 4 | Larry Robinson | 19 |
| 5 | Guy Lapointe | 23 |
| 6 | Carol Vadnais | 26 |
| 7 | Borje Salming | 33 |
| 8 | Serge Savard | 47 |
| 9 | Dale Tallon | 51 |
| 10 | Ian Turnbull | 56 |
| 11 | Jim McKenny | 57 |
| 12 | Jocelyn Guevremont | 62 |
| 13 | Dick Redmond | 64 |
| 14 | Ron Stackhouse | 66 |
| 15 | Bob Dailey | 75 |
| 16 | Jerry Korab | 91 |
| 17 | Tom Bladon | 93 |
| 18 | Dennis Kearns | 99 |
| 19 | Ron Greschner | 106 |
| 20 | Jimmy Roberts | 108 |
| 21 | Gilles Marotte | 110 |
| 22 | Rod Seiling | 113 |
| 23 | J.C. Tremblay | 115 |
| 24 | Jean Potvin | 121 |
| 25 | Dallas Smith | 127 |
| 26 | Gary Bergman | 128 |
| 27 | Bill White | 131 |
| 28 | Barclay Plager | 140 |
| 29 | Barry Gibbs | 141 |
| 30 | Phil Russell | 142 |
| 31 | Rick Smith | 144 |
| 32 | Randy Manery | 148 |
| 33 | Andre Dupont | 149 |
| 34 | Bob Murdoch (1946) | 150 |
| 35 | Jim Neilson | 151 |
| 36 | Pat Stapleton | 155 |
| 37 | Barry Wilkins | 167 |
| 38 | Arnie Brown | 171 |
| 39 | Gary Sargent | 178 |
| 40 | Terry Harper | 184 |
| 41 | Dale Rolfe | 190 |
| 42 | Doug Jarrett | 194 |
| 43 | Doug Mohns | 195 |
| 44 | Larry Hillman | 197 |
| 45 | Jimmy Watson | 200 |
| 46 | Dave Lewis | 202 |
| 47 | Lou Nanne | 204 |
| 48 | Stefan Persson | 207 |
| 49 | Ted Harris | 208 |
| 50 | Keith Magnuson | 211 |
| 51 | Barry Ashbee | 214 |
| 52 | Dennis O'Brien | 215 |
| 53 | Don Awrey | 216 |
| 54 | Bill Hajt | 217 |
| 55 | Darryl Edestrand | 219 |
| 56 | Tom Reid | 221 |
| 57 | Rick Hampton | 223 |
| 58 | Bob Plager | 227 |
| 59 | Joe Watson | 228 |
| 60 | Bert Marshall | 233 |
| 61 | Duane Rupp | 237 |
| 62 | Mike Pelyk | 240 |
| 63 | Pat Quinn | 241 |
| 64 | Mike Robitaille | 242 |
| 65 | Dave Burrows | 246 |
| 66 | Bob Murray (1954) | 248 |
| 67 | Jim Schoenfeld | 249 |
| 68 | Ron Harris | 252 |
| 69 | Al Hamilton | 255 |
| 70 | Bob Woytowich | 263 |
| 71 | Tracy Pratt | 264 |
| 72 | Gary Doak | 265 |
| 73 | Gerry Hart | 267 |
| 74 | Bryan Watson | 270 |
| 75 | Ab DeMarco Jr. | 272 |
| 76 | Ed Van Impe | 273 |
| 77 | Tim Horton | 276 |
| 78 | Tom Edur | 278 |
| 79 | Gilles Lupien | 279 |
| 80 | Rick Lapointe | 288 |
| 81 | Brent Hughes | 289 |
| 82 | Bob Stewart | 302 |
| 83 | Doug Hicks | 305 |
| 84 | Larry Johnston | 306 |
| 85 | Jacques Laperriere | 308 |
| 86 | Jack Lynch | 310 |
| 87 | Ed Kea | 313 |
| 88 | Larry Carriere | 314 |
| 89 | Richard Mulhern | 315 |
| 90 | Brad Marsh | 317 |
| 91 | Mike Christie | 318 |
| 92 | Brian Glennie | 319 |
| 93 | Mike Milbury | 321 |
| 94 | Nick Beverley | 328 |
| 95 | Bob Baun | 331 |
| 96 | Harold Snepsts | 333 |
| 97 | Doug Barrie | 334 |
| 98 | Thommie Bergman | 337 |
| 99 | Pierre Bouchard | 338 |
| 100 | Sheldon Kannegiesser | 340 |
| 101 | Harry Howell | 347 |
| 102 | Robert Picard | 349 |
| 103 | Len Frig | 351 |
| 104 | John Van Boxmeer | 360 |
| 105 | Marshall Johnston | 363 |
| 106 | Doug Roberts | 367 |
| 107 | Neil Komadoski | 370 |
| 108 | Gregg Boddy | 373 |
| 109 | Larry Giroux | 374 |
| 110 | Noel Price | 375 |
| 111 | Wayne Hillman | 378 |
| 112 | Mike McEwen | 381 |
| 113 | Yvon Labre | 384 |
| 114 | Rick Ley | 388 |
| 115 | Bruce Affleck | 389 |
| 116 | Fred Barrett | 390 |
| 117 | Brad Maxwell | 408 |
| 118 | Bob Hess | 410 |
| 119 | Lee Fogolin Jr. | 411 |
| 120 | Jim Dorey | 412 |
| 121 | Al Sims | 414 |
| 122 | Dave Shand | 415 |
| 123 | Greg Smith | 416 |
| 124 | Behn Wilson | 419 |
| 125 | Russ Anderson | 425 |
| 126 | Darryl Maggs | 426 |
| 127 | Jim Morrison | 429 |
| 128 | Chris Evans | 430 |
| 129 | Larry Brown | 431 |
| 130 | Jean Hamel | 433 |
| 131 | Larry Cahan | 441 |
| 132 | Bob Gassoff | 445 |
| 133 | Dick Mattiussi | 447 |
| 134 | Larry Goodenough | 449 |
| 135 | Bill Plager | 451 |
| 136 | Barry Beck | 452 |
| 137 | Jean Lemieux | 454 |
| 138 | Dave Farrish | 458 |
| 139 | Bob Paradise | 460 |
| 140 | Paul Curtis | 462 |
| 141 | Steve Durbano | 464 |
| 142 | Matt Ravlich | 465 |
| 143 | Bob Blackburn | 466 |
| 144 | Jean-Guy Talbot | 468 |
| 145 | Wayne Muloin | 469 |
| 146 | Joel Quenneville | 470 |
| 147 | Carl Brewer | 472 |
| 148 | Dave Hutchison | 478 |
| 149 | Ted Green | 481 |
| 150 | Barry Long | 486 |
| 151 | Dave Maloney | 496 |
| 152 | Leo Boivin | 499 |
| 153 | Bob Neely | 501 |
| 154 | Paul Shmyr | 502 |
| 155 | Noel Picard | 507 |
| 156 | Poul Popiel | 513 |
| 157 | Colin Campbell | 516 |
| 158 | Jim Watson | 521 |
| 159 | Dale Hoganson | 522 |
| 160 | Dave Dunn | 523 |
| 161 | Gord Smith | 524 |
| 162 | Dennis Owchar | 528 |
| 163 | Gord Lane | 530 |
| 164 | Rick Wilson | 532 |
| 165 | Perry Miller | 538 |
| 166 | Dunc McCallum | 541 |
| 167 | Pat Ribble | 542 |
| 168 | Larry Sacharuk | 543 |
| 169 | Bob Wall | 545 |
| 170 | Bill Nyrop | 549 |
| 171 | Doug Wilson | 552 |
| 172 | Dick Cherry | 557 |
| 173 | Ted McAneeley | 560 |
| 174 | Reed Larson | 562 |
| 175 | Ray McKay | 563 |
| 176 | Ray Fortin | 568 |
| 177 | Rick Chartraw | 569 |
| 178 | Brad Selwood | 572 |
| 179 | Bryan Lefley | 578 |
| 180 | Larry Hale | 580 |
| 181 | Dennis Patterson | 584 |
| 182 | Greg Joly | 586 |
| 183 | Leif Svensson | 587 |
| 184 | Jean-Guy Lagace | 594 |
| 185 | Jim McElmury | 600 |
| 186 | Al Cameron | 604 |
| 187 | Rick Green | 605 |
| 188 | Jack McIlhargey | 608 |
| 189 | Terry Ball | 614 |
| 190 | Paul Terbenche | 615 |
| 191 | Dwight Bialowas | 621 |
| 192 | Rick Foley | 623 |
| 193 | Mike Kitchen | 624 |
| 194 | Pat Price | 628 |
| 195 | Greg Fox | 629 |
| 196 | Jim Mair | 632 |
| 197 | John Schella | 634 |
| 198 | Bob Murray (1948) | 638 |
| 199 | John Grisdale | 645 |
| 200 | Ken Murray | 646 |
| 201 | Greg Hubick | 648 |
| 202 | Terry Murray | 654 |
| 203 | Brian Engblom | 656 |
| 204 | Dave Fortier | 661 |
| 205 | Serge Lajeunesse | 670 |
| 206 | Al Arbour | 671 |
| 207 | Randy Carlyle | 674 |
| 208 | Mario Marois | 682 |
| 209 | Claire Alexander | 684 |
| 210 | Bill Mikkelson | 688 |
| 211 | John Arbour | 691 |
| 212 | Bob Lorimer | 697 |
| 213 | Willie Brossart | 702 |
| 214 | Bill Stewart | 705 |
| 215 | Trevor Johansen | 714 |
| 216 | Jim Hargreaves | 720 |
| 217 | Bart Crashley | 727 |
| 218 | John Miszuk | 728 |
| 219 | Brent Meeke | 729 |
| 220 | Mike McMahon | 731 |
| 221 | Dave Logan | 732 |
| 222 | Willie Huber | 736 |
| 223 | Jack Brownschidle | 738 |
| 224 | Ron Jones | 744 |
| 225 | Darryl Sly | 746 |
| 226 | Mario Faubert | 750 |
| 227 | Kevin McCarthy | 755 |
| 228 | Mark Suzor | 764 |
| 229 | Lars Lindgren | 767 |
| 230 | Barry Salovaara | 771 |
| 231 | Joe Zanussi | 773 |
| 232 | Doug Halward | 778 |
| 233 | Ralph MacSweyn | 780 |
| 234 | Tom Polanic | 783 |
| 235 | Randy Holt | 784 |
| 236 | Bill Speer | 785 |
| 237 | Robert Palmer | 788 |
| 238 | Larry Bolonchuk | 790 |
| 239 | Marcel Pronovost | 793 |
| 240 | Jean Gauthier | 794 |
| 241 | Larry Hornung | 797 |
| 242 | Jacques Lemieux | 801 |
| 243 | Larry McIntyre | 806 |
| 244 | Bob Manno | 811 |
| 245 | Peter Scamurra | 813 |
| 246 | Francois Lacombe | 814 |
| 247 | Miles Zaharko | 818 |
| 248 | Jim Niekamp | 830 |
| 249 | Bob McCord | 832 |
| 250 | Gerry Odrowski | 835 |
| 251 | Gordie Nelson | 837 |
| 252 | Bob Falkenberg | 839 |
| 253 | Moose Vasko | 844 |
| 254 | Chris Ahrens | 845 |
| 255 | Frank Bathe | 846 |
| 256 | Randy Murray | 848 |
| 257 | John Bednarski | 853 |
| 258 | George Pesut | 854 |
| 259 | Al Simmons | 857 |
| 260 | Jerry Engele | 858 |
| 261 | Roger Lemelin | 861 |
| 262 | Neil Nicholson | 865 |
| 263 | Ken Breitenbach | 869 |
| 264 | Aut Erickson | 871 |
| 265 | Ron Wilson (1955) | 873 |
| 266 | Jamie Masters | 878 |
| 267 | Tom Price | 880 |
| 268 | Mike O'Connell | 881 |
| 269 | Marc Reaume | 882 |
| 270 | Kurt Walker | 885 |
| 271 | Jim Nahrgang | 887 |
| 272 | Howie Young | 888 |
| 273 | Bryan Maxwell | 891 |
| 274 | Connie Madigan | 893 |
| 275 | Al McLeod | 899 |
| 276 | Ron Smith | 900 |
| 277 | Joe Lundrigan | 902 |
| 278 | Ron Busniuk | 907 |
| 279 | Glenn Patrick | 909 |
| 280 | Claude Houde | 911 |
| 281 | Kerry Ketter | 913 |
| 282 | Hap Myers | 923 |
| 283 | Gord Kannegiesser | 925 |
| 284 | Randy Legge | 926 |
| 285 | Barry Cummins | 927 |
| 286 | Rick Newell | 931 |
| 287 | Paul Shakes | 933 |
| 288 | Gary Geldart | 938 |
| 289 | Tim Jacobs | 940 |
| 290 | Rod Langway | 941 |
| 291 | Tom Mellor | 945 |
| 292 | John Baby | 948 |
| 293 | Larry Bignell | 950 |
| 294 | Gary Rissling | 955 |
| 295 | Mike Boland | 959 |
| 296 | Bill Butters | 964 |
| 297 | Richie Dunn | 966 |
| 298 | Murray Wing | 970 |
| 299 | Ken Block | 974 |
| 300 | Paul McIntosh | 975 |
| 301 | Ray Maluta | 978 |
| 302 | Bruce McIntosh | 986 |
| 303 | Dave Pulkkinen | 988 |
| 304 | John Hilworth | 995 |
| 305 | Bjorn Johansson | 996 |
| 306 | Bob Hoffmeyer | 998 |
| 307 | Dennis McCord | 1001 |
| 308 | Michel Lachance | 1013 |
| 309 | Dick Lamby | 1017 |
| 310 | Mike Forbes | 1019 |
| 311 | Ron Serafini | 1020 |
| 312 | Peter Folco | 1021 |
| 313 | Bob Warner | 1022 |
| 314 | Larry Playfair | 1023 |
| 315 | Roger Wilson | 1024 |
| 316 | Terry McDonald | 1029 |
| 317 | Don Jackson | 1033 |
| 318 | Murray Anderson | 1034 |
| 319 | Neil Labatte | 1037 |
| 320 | Steve Short | 1039 |
| 321 | John Taft | 1040 |
| 322 | Lorry Gloeckner | 1043 |
| 323 | Dwight Schofield | 1048 |
| 324 | Don McLean | 1049 |
| 325 | Darcy Regier | 1053 |
| 326 | Mike Baumgartner | 1054 |
| 327 | Lars Zetterstrom | 1056 |
| 328 | Dan Clark | 1060 |
| 329 | Dave Hanson | 1061 |
| 330 | Gord Buynak | 1069 |
| 331 | Henry Lehvonen | 1071 |
| 332 | Jim Boo | 1073 |
| 333 | Jeff Allan | 1079 |
| 334 | Kevin Krook | 1081 |
| 335 | Steve Lyon | 1082 |
| 336 | Jim Witherspoon | 1083 |
| 337 | Rick Vasko | 1084 |
| 338 | Mike Hordy | 1087 |
| 339 | Lex Hudson | 1089 |
| 340 | Ian McKegney | 1090 |
| 341 | Andre Dore | 1095 |
| 342 | Jim McCrimmon | 1096 |
| 343 | Don Wheldon | 1098 |
| 344 | Tim Bothwell | 1101 |
| 345 | Larry Huras | 1106 |
| 346 | Brent Tremblay | 1109 |
| 347 | Wayne Ramsey | 1111 |
| 348 | Graeme Nicolson | 1115 |
| 349 | Dean Turner | 1120 |
| 350 | Glen Cochrane | 1122 |
| 351 | Norm Barnes | 1123 |
| 352 | Blair MacKasey | 1124 |
| 353 | Kim MacDougall | 1126 |
| 354 | John McCahill | 1129 |
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