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The James Norris Trophy is awarded to the best defenseman
| Season | Player | Team |
| 1999-00 | Chris Pronger | St. Louis Blues |
| 1998-99 | Al MacInnis | St. Louis Blues |
| 1997-98 | Rob Blake | Los Angeles Kings |
| 1996-97 | Brian Leetch | New York Rangers |
| 1995-96 | Chris Chelios | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1994-95 | Paul Coffey | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1993-94 | Ray Bourque | Boston Bruins |
| 1992-93 | Chris Chelios | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1991-92 | Brian Leetch | New York Rangers |
| 1990-91 | Ray Bourque | Boston Bruins |
| 1989-90 | Ray Bourque | Boston Bruins |
| 1988-89 | Chris Chelios | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1987-88 | Ray Bourque | Boston Bruins |
| 1986-87 | Ray Bourque | Boston Bruins |
| 1985-86 | Paul Coffey | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1984-85 | Paul Coffey | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1983-84 | Rod Langway | Washington Capitals |
| 1982-83 | Rod Langway | Washington Capitals |
| 1981-82 | Doug Wilson | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1980-81 | Randy Carlyle | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1979-80 | Larry Robinson | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1978-79 | Dennis Potvin | New York Islanders |
| 1977-78 | Dennis Potvin | New York Islanders |
| 1976-77 | Larry Robinson | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1975-76 | Denis Potvin | New York Islanders |
| 1974-75 | Bobby Orr | Boston Bruins |
| 1973-74 | Bobby Orr | Boston Bruins |
| 1972-73 | Bobby Orr | Boston Bruins |
| 1971-72 | Bobby Orr | Boston Bruins |
| 1970-71 | Bobby Orr | Boston Bruins |
| 1969-70 | Bobby Orr | Boston Bruins |
| 1968-69 | Bobby Orr | Boston Bruins |
| 1967-68 | Bobby Orr | Boston Bruins |
| 1966-67 | Harry Howell | New York Rangers |
| 1965-66 | Jacques Laperriere | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1964-65 | Pierre Pilote | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1963-64 | Pierre Pilote | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1962-63 | Pierre Pilote | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1961-62 | Doug Harvey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1960-61 | Doug Harvey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1959-60 | Doug Harvey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1958-59 | Tom Johnson | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1957-58 | Doug Harvey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1956-57 | Doug Harvey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1955-56 | Doug Harvey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1954-55 | Doug Harvey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1953-54 | Red Kelly | Detroit Red Wings |
