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The Top Ranked Defensemen of the 1980s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Paul Coffey | 3 |
| 2 | Ray Bourque | 10 |
| 3 | Doug Wilson | 22 |
| 4 | Phil Housley | 24 |
| 5 | Mark Howe | 31 |
| 6 | Al MacInnis | 32 |
| 7 | Larry Robinson | 35 |
| 8 | Larry Murphy | 37 |
| 9 | Paul Reinhart | 40 |
| 10 | Reed Larson | 41 |
| 11 | Randy Carlyle | 44 |
| 12 | Denis Potvin | 45 |
| 13 | Chris Chelios | 53 |
| 14 | Dave Babych | 60 |
| 15 | Reijo Ruotsalainen | 63 |
| 16 | Scott Stevens | 68 |
| 17 | Gary Suter | 70 |
| 18 | Craig Hartsburg | 81 |
| 19 | Ron Greschner | 85 |
| 20 | Rob Ramage | 91 |
| 21 | Rod Langway | 103 |
| 22 | Mike O'Connell | 105 |
| 23 | Borje Salming | 114 |
| 24 | Dave Ellett | 121 |
| 25 | Brad Park | 126 |
| 26 | James Patrick | 127 |
| 27 | Moe Mantha | 128 |
| 28 | Bob Murray (1954) | 134 |
| 29 | John Van Boxmeer | 144 |
| 30 | Steve Duchesne | 145 |
| 31 | Brian Leetch | 156 |
| 32 | Mike McEwen | 160 |
| 33 | Behn Wilson | 166 |
| 34 | Jeff Brown | 167 |
| 35 | Brad Maxwell | 176 |
| 36 | Barry Beck | 177 |
| 37 | Ian Turnbull | 179 |
| 38 | Pekka Rautakallio | 180 |
| 39 | Darren Veitch | 188 |
| 40 | Doug Lidster | 189 |
| 41 | Tom Kurvers | 191 |
| 42 | Charlie Huddy | 206 |
| 43 | Fredrik Olausson | 209 |
| 44 | Al Iafrate | 216 |
| 45 | Dave Pichette | 224 |
| 46 | Rick Lanz | 226 |
| 47 | Doug Halward | 228 |
| 48 | Risto Siltanen | 231 |
| 49 | Stefan Persson | 234 |
| 50 | Kevin McCarthy | 243 |
| 51 | Robert Picard | 244 |
| 52 | Glen Wesley | 255 |
| 53 | Al Sims | 262 |
| 54 | Brad McCrimmon | 263 |
| 55 | Bruce Driver | 265 |
| 56 | Dave Manson | 267 |
| 57 | Brian Benning | 270 |
| 58 | Mark Hardy | 274 |
| 59 | Tomas Jonsson | 278 |
| 60 | Dick Redmond | 283 |
| 61 | Doug Bodger | 290 |
| 62 | Steve Smith | 296 |
| 63 | Willie Huber | 303 |
| 64 | Doug Crossman | 304 |
| 65 | Steve Chiasson | 313 |
| 66 | Jim Benning | 315 |
| 67 | Jack Brownschidle | 316 |
| 68 | Craig Norwich | 321 |
| 69 | Jerry Korab | 323 |
| 70 | Mario Faubert | 326 |
| 71 | Mario Marois | 330 |
| 72 | Gaston Gingras | 333 |
| 73 | Bob Dailey | 334 |
| 74 | Gordie Roberts | 336 |
| 75 | Lindy Ruff | 341 |
| 76 | Dave Maloney | 344 |
| 77 | Ron Wilson (1955) | 349 |
| 78 | Terry Carkner | 351 |
| 79 | Kevin Hatcher | 356 |
| 80 | Petr Svoboda | 363 |
| 81 | Grant Ledyard | 364 |
| 82 | Richie Dunn | 365 |
| 83 | Doug Hicks | 366 |
| 84 | Al Hangsleben | 368 |
| 85 | Tapio Levo | 370 |
| 86 | Lee Norwood | 371 |
| 87 | Bob Manno | 372 |
| 88 | Jay Wells | 382 |
| 89 | Keith Brown | 385 |
| 90 | Thomas Eriksson | 386 |
| 91 | Jim Schoenfeld | 389 |
| 92 | Joe Cirella | 390 |
| 93 | Randy Gregg | 400 |
| 94 | Dale Hoganson | 401 |
| 95 | Hannu Virta | 402 |
| 96 | Robert Palmer | 404 |
| 97 | Jamie Macoun | 408 |
| 98 | Pat Price | 409 |
| 99 | Ulf Samuelsson | 410 |
| 100 | Robert Nordmark | 416 |
| 101 | Kevin Lowe | 417 |
| 102 | Tommy Albelin | 418 |
| 103 | Kari Eloranta | 419 |
| 104 | Mike Ramsey | 420 |
| 105 | Gord Kluzak | 422 |
| 106 | Paul Boutilier | 428 |
| 107 | Calle Johansson | 429 |
| 108 | Michel Petit | 432 |
| 109 | Paul Baxter | 433 |
| 110 | Garry Galley | 440 |
| 111 | Jiri Bubla | 445 |
| 112 | Craig Redmond | 446 |
| 113 | Lars-Erik Sjoberg | 448 |
| 114 | Gerald Diduck | 450 |
| 115 | Norm Schmidt | 451 |
| 116 | Phil Russell | 453 |
| 117 | Lars Lindgren | 461 |
| 118 | Gilbert Delorme | 462 |
| 119 | Bruce Bell | 463 |
| 120 | Pierre Lacroix | 465 |
| 121 | Ron Stackhouse | 468 |
| 122 | Gord Murphy | 472 |
| 123 | Greg Theberge | 473 |
| 124 | Chris Kotsopoulos | 474 |
| 125 | Joel Quenneville | 476 |
| 126 | David Shaw | 477 |
| 127 | Michael Thelven | 483 |
| 128 | Ken Leiter | 486 |
| 129 | Randy Moller | 489 |
| 130 | Lee Fogolin Jr. | 490 |
| 131 | Craig Wolanin | 492 |
| 132 | Dana Murzyn | 493 |
| 133 | Greg Smith | 498 |
| 134 | Kjell Samuelsson | 500 |
| 135 | Miroslav Dvorak | 501 |
| 136 | Sylvain Cote | 503 |
| 137 | Dale DeGray | 505 |
| 138 | Craig Muni | 506 |
| 139 | Norm Maciver | 508 |
| 140 | Todd Gill | 511 |
| 141 | Rick Smith | 513 |
| 142 | Steve Konroyd | 515 |
| 143 | Mike Milbury | 516 |
| 144 | Rick Lapointe | 517 |
| 145 | Peter Andersson | 518 |
| 146 | Jim Korn | 519 |
| 147 | Jim Johnson (1962) | 522 |
| 148 | Russ Anderson | 523 |
| 149 | Andre Dore | 526 |
| 150 | Ric Nattress | 528 |
| 151 | Craig Levie | 529 |
| 152 | Rick Green | 531 |
| 153 | Brian Engblom | 534 |
| 154 | Gary Nylund | 535 |
| 155 | Jeff Norton | 536 |
| 156 | Curt Giles | 538 |
| 157 | Fred Barrett | 541 |
| 158 | Blake Wesley | 542 |
| 159 | Trent Yawney | 544 |
| 160 | Gerry Hart | 545 |
| 161 | Dave Lewis | 548 |
| 162 | Mark Renaud | 550 |
| 163 | Randy Boyd | 551 |
| 164 | Shawn Chambers | 553 |
| 165 | Randy Ladouceur | 556 |
| 166 | Paul Cavallini | 557 |
| 167 | Jimmy Watson | 558 |
| 168 | Jeff Beukeboom | 561 |
| 169 | Greg Hotham | 565 |
| 170 | Joe Micheletti | 566 |
| 171 | J.J. Daigneault | 570 |
| 172 | Tom Laidlaw | 572 |
| 173 | Carol Vadnais | 573 |
| 174 | Peter Taglianetti | 574 |
| 175 | Garth Butcher | 576 |
| 176 | John Barrett | 577 |
| 177 | Gord Lane | 579 |
| 178 | Harold Snepsts | 580 |
| 179 | Bob Murdoch (1946) | 582 |
| 180 | Randy Hillier | 585 |
| 181 | Craig Ludwig | 586 |
| 182 | Rick Ley | 589 |
| 183 | Tim Bothwell | 590 |
| 184 | Dave Hutchison | 592 |
| 185 | Scott Campbell | 595 |
| 186 | Tom Tilley | 596 |
| 187 | Terry Murray | 597 |
| 188 | Normand Rochefort | 598 |
| 189 | Tim Watters | 600 |
| 190 | Glen Cochrane | 601 |
| 191 | Barry Long | 603 |
| 192 | Garry Lariviere | 605 |
| 193 | Ville Siren | 606 |
| 194 | Frantisek Musil | 607 |
| 195 | Steve Dykstra | 608 |
| 196 | Bill Hajt | 609 |
| 197 | Ed Kea | 610 |
| 198 | Mike Busniuk | 614 |
| 199 | Brad Marsh | 615 |
| 200 | Bob Lorimer | 616 |
| 201 | Don Jackson | 617 |
| 202 | Brian Glynn | 618 |
| 203 | Uwe Krupp | 620 |
| 204 | Wade Campbell | 623 |
| 205 | Dean Kennedy | 625 |
| 206 | Gord Dineen | 626 |
| 207 | Dave Burrows | 628 |
| 208 | Paul Shmyr | 631 |
| 209 | Jack O'Callahan | 634 |
| 210 | Bob Rouse | 636 |
| 211 | Charlie Bourgeois | 637 |
| 212 | Dave Langevin | 645 |
| 213 | Bill Stewart | 646 |
| 214 | Dennis Kearns | 647 |
| 215 | Jim Wiemer | 649 |
| 216 | Rick Zombo | 650 |
| 217 | Randy Velischek | 652 |
| 218 | Greg Fox | 655 |
| 219 | Ed Hospodar | 657 |
| 220 | Larry Playfair | 662 |
| 221 | Rod Buskas | 663 |
| 222 | Serge Savard | 664 |
| 223 | Dave Farrish | 666 |
| 224 | Dave Feamster | 667 |
| 225 | Mats Thelin | 669 |
| 226 | Mike Christie | 670 |
| 227 | Andre Dupont | 671 |
| 228 | Dave Shand | 674 |
| 229 | Wally Weir | 678 |
| 230 | Bill Baker | 679 |
| 231 | Jari Gronstrand | 680 |
| 232 | Ken Morrow | 681 |
| 233 | Pat Ribble | 682 |
| 234 | Al Cameron | 688 |
| 235 | Marc Bergevin | 689 |
| 236 | Ken Daneyko | 690 |
| 237 | Timo Blomqvist | 691 |
| 238 | Rick Chartraw | 692 |
| 239 | Neil Sheehy | 694 |
| 240 | Dave Richter | 695 |
| 241 | Mickey Volcan | 696 |
| 242 | Bill Root | 700 |
| 243 | Bob McGill | 702 |
| 244 | Don Spring | 703 |
| 245 | Larry Melnyk | 706 |
| 246 | John Blum | 710 |
| 247 | Brad Selwood | 712 |
| 248 | Colin Campbell | 714 |
| 249 | Curtis Leschyshyn | 717 |
| 250 | Luke Richardson | 718 |
| 251 | Steven Finn | 721 |
| 252 | Jean Hamel | 723 |
| 253 | Trevor Johansen | 724 |
| 254 | Barry Melrose | 726 |
| 255 | Mike Lalor | 728 |
| 256 | Dwight Schofield | 729 |
| 257 | Bob Stewart | 730 |
| 258 | Teppo Numminen | 731 |
| 259 | Howard Walker | 734 |
| 260 | Jerome Dupont | 735 |
| 261 | Scot Kleinendorst | 736 |
| 262 | Jim Kyte | 738 |
| 263 | Barry Gibbs | 739 |
| 264 | Paul MacKinnon | 741 |
| 265 | Norm Barnes | 743 |
| 266 | Marc Chorney | 745 |
| 267 | Jim Pavese | 747 |
| 268 | Rich Pilon | 748 |
| 269 | Mark Fusco | 749 |
| 270 | Mike Kitchen | 750 |
| 271 | Allen Pedersen | 753 |
| 272 | Randy Holt | 757 |
| 273 | Fred Arthur | 769 |
| 274 | Perry Miller | 772 |
| 275 | Marty Howe | 773 |
| 276 | David Fenyves | 775 |
| 277 | Kent Carlson | 776 |
| 278 | Brian Curran | 777 |
| 279 | Todd Charlesworth | 779 |
| 280 | Dan Mandich | 790 |
| 281 | Terry Johnson | 792 |
| 282 | Kim Clackson | 797 |
| 283 | Jeff Chychrun | 799 |
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