Awarded to the defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-around ability in the position.
1954 Leonard "Red" Kelly 1955 Doug Harvey 1956 Doug Harvey 1957 Doug Harvey 1958 Doug Harvey 1959 Tom Johnson 1960 Doug Harvey 1961 Doug Harvey 1962 Doug Harvey 1963 Pierre Pilote 1964 Pierre Pilote 1965 Pierre Pilote 1966 Jacques Laperriere 1967 Harry Howell 1968 Bobby Orr 1969 Bobby Orr 1970 Bobby Orr 1971 Bobby Orr 1972 Bobby Orr 1973 Bobby Orr 1974 Bobby Orr 1975 Bobby Orr 1976 Denis Potvin 1977 Larry Robinson 1978 Denis Potvin 1979 Denis Potvin 1980 Larry Robinson 1981 Randy Carlyle 1982 Doug Wilson 1983 Rod Langway 1984 Rod Langway 1985 Paul Coffey 1986 Paul Coffey 1987 Ray Bourque 1988 Ray Bourque 1989 Chris Chelios 1990 Ray Bourque 1991 Ray Bourque 1992 Brian Leetch 1993 Chris Chelios 1994 Ray Bourque 1995 Paul Coffey 1996 Chris Chelios 1997 Brian Leetch 1998 Rob Blake 1999 Al MacInnis 2000 Chris Pronger 2001 Nicklas Lidstrom 2002 Nicklas Lidstrom 2003 Nicklas Lidstrom 2004 Scott Niedermayer 2005 No Winner (Owner's Lockout) 2006 Nicklas Lidstrom 2007 Nicklas Lidstrom 2008 Nicklas Lidstrom 2009 Zdeno Chara 2010 Duncan Keith 2011 Nicklas Lidstrom 2012 Erik Karlsson 2013 P.K. Subban 2014 Duncan Keith 2015 Erik Karlsson 2016 Drew Doughty 2017 Brent Burns 2018 Victor Hedman 2019 Mark Giordano 2020 Roman Josi 2021 Adam Fox 2022 Cale Makar 2023 Erik Karlsson 2024 Quinn Hughes |