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NHL Hits Leaders: Defensemen

2025-26All situationsThrough 83 team games

This board ranks defensemen only by hits.

Hits are body checks credited by the off-ice scorer. Physical third-liners and stay-at-home defensemen lead the league, often while their team spends long stretches without the puck. In leagues that split positions, use it to fill your defense slots, and check the per-60 board for defensemen getting more out of fewer minutes.

Leader in 2025-26: Jeremy Lauzon (VGK), 251 HIT.

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

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NHL Hits Leaders: Defensemen, 2025-26, All situations
#	Player	Team	HIT	GP	Per game
1	Jeremy LauzonDVGK	VGK	251	68	3.69	17:11	90th	43rd	24%▲22
2	Brenden DillonDNJD	NJD	202	82	2.46	18:00	35th	42nd	9.7%▲9.1
3	Nikita ZadorovDBOS	BOS	196	81	2.42	20:53	36th	65th	39%▲21
4	Simon BenoitDTOR	TOR	194	73	2.66	17:18	9th	31st	4.9%▲4.4
5	Connor CliftonDPIT	PIT	180	50	3.60	16:46	71st	24th	7.4%▲6.7
6	Arber XhekajDMTL	MTL	178	65	2.74	11:25	45th	3rd	10%▲6.3
7	Josh MansonDCOL	COL	174	79	2.20	17:47	98th	52nd	32%▲16
8	Ben ChiarotDDET	DET	170	82	2.07	20:50	28th	68th	13%▲11
9	MacKenzie WeegarDUTA	UTA	167	79	2.11	22:28	31st	66th	93%▼7.2
10	Radko GudasDANA	ANA	164	56	2.93	16:11	60th	37th	25%▲22
11	Braden SchneiderDNYR	NYR	163	82	1.99	20:27	25th	56th	20%▲18
12	Parker WotherspoonDPIT	PIT	162	80	2.02	20:10	66th	81st	20%▲19
13	Luke SchennDBUF	BUF	149	50	2.98	13:40	27th	12th	7.3%▲6.9
14	Jacob TroubaDANA	ANA	143	81	1.77	22:50	66th	68th	76%▼11
15	Sean WalkerDCAR	CAR	141	81	1.74	21:49	96th	79th	61%▼11
16	Lian BichselDDAL	DAL	139	50	2.78	15:40	61st	43rd	22%▲21
17	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	137	82	1.67	20:58	48th	61st	69%▼13
18	Mario FerraroDSJS	SJS	137	82	1.67	21:02	9th	69th	15%▼2.1
19	Elias PetterssonDVAN	VAN	136	70	1.94	14:59	3rd	40th	14%▲13
20	Filip HronekDVAN	VAN	133	82	1.62	25:00	5th	83rd	91%▲14
21	Alexander NikishinDCAR	CAR	132	81	1.63	18:11	98th	16th	67%▲8.1
22	Mattias SamuelssonDBUF	BUF	132	78	1.69	22:50	68th	76th	79%▲9.3
23	Moritz SeiderDDET	DET	128	82	1.56	25:40	33rd	85th	100%▲0.6
24	Nick SeelerDPHI	PHI	126	80	1.57	17:41	78th	43rd	8.1%▲7.6
25	Tyler KlevenDOTT	OTT	126	70	1.80	17:21	97th	23rd	8.0%▲7.9
26	Zach WhitecloudDCGY	CGY	124	78	1.59	20:19	69th	69th	7.3%▲6.7
27	Louis CrevierDCHI	CHI	124	78	1.59	17:08	2nd	99th	15%▲15
28	Dmitry OrlovDSJS	SJS	123	82	1.50	21:12	15th	80th	35%▲21
29	Matt RoyDWSH	WSH	117	79	1.48	20:37	55th	69th	9.0%▲8.3
30	Niko MikkolaDFLA	FLA	116	68	1.71	20:21	67th	76th	4.9%▲4.4
31	Dylan DeMeloDWPG	WPG	115	82	1.40	21:27	36th	84th	5.7%▲5.5
32	Jayden StrubleDMTL	MTL	115	59	1.95	14:01	59th	22nd	3.3%▲2.9
33	Kevin BahlDCGY	CGY	114	76	1.50	21:57	21st	90th	4.8%▲4.6
34	Jamie OleksiakDSEA	SEA	112	78	1.44	16:56	16th	28th	7.1%▲6.9
35	Erik CernakDTBL	TBL	112	61	1.84	17:37	87th	71st	4.1%▲3.7
36	Mikey AndersonDLAK	LAK	111	80	1.39	20:34	77th	81st	7.3%▲6.9
37	Will BorgenDNYR	NYR	111	75	1.48	18:03	21st	56th	4.1%▲3.8
38	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	111	51	2.18	22:43	31st	86th	32%▲31
39	Adam LarssonDSEA	SEA	110	82	1.34	21:22	7th	95th	23%▼19
40	Martin FehérváryDWSH	WSH	110	81	1.36	19:17	61st	77th	27%▼7.7
41	Logan StanleyDBUF	BUF	110	76	1.45	16:42	28th	26th	6.6%▲5.9
42	Brayden McNabbDVGK	VGK	110	63	1.75	20:31	95th	98th	24%▲21
43	Ty EmbersonDEDM	EDM	107	72	1.49	15:31	38th	22nd	0.1%
44	Matthew RobertsonDNYR	NYR	107	72	1.49	17:24	17th	36th	8.0%▲7.8
45	Andrew PeekeDBOS	BOS	105	77	1.36	19:23	38th	53rd	6.5%▲6.2
46	Carson SoucyDNYI	NYI	105	76	1.38	16:31	22nd	41st	0.1%
47	Jake McCabeDTOR	TOR	104	80	1.30	22:24	9th	90th	34%▼15
48	Noah JuulsenDPHI	PHI	104	52	2.00	13:49	77th	9th	0.1%
49	Vincent DesharnaisDSJS	SJS	103	53	1.94	18:11	12th	46th	0.3%
50	Kaedan KorczakDVGK	VGK	102	78	1.31	15:58	88th	35th	7.5%▲7.3
51	K'Andre MillerDCAR	CAR	101	72	1.40	22:24	96th	87th	64%▲26
52	Tyler TuckerDSTL	STL	100	69	1.45	14:22	45th	13th	4.8%▲4.7
53	Artyom LevshunovDCHI	CHI	98	68	1.44	19:35	4th	59th	45%▲43
54	Joel EdmundsonDLAK	LAK	97	82	1.18	18:29	79th	62nd	4.0%▲3.9
55	Charle-Edouard D'AstousDTBL	TBL	96	70	1.37	18:45	86th	46th	22%▲17
56	Emil LillebergDTBL	TBL	96	50	1.92	17:18	88th	40th	4.8%▲4.7
57	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	95	77	1.23	22:12	70th	81st	37%▼42
58	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	95	74	1.28	21:41	69th	66th	47%▼16
59	Simon EdvinssonDDET	DET	94	72	1.31	22:21	42nd	79th	42%▲33
60	Logan MaillouxDSTL	STL	93	67	1.39	16:46	60th	35th	29%▲28
61	Jonas SiegenthalerDNJD	NJD	92	82	1.12	19:29	44th	66th	3.3%▲2.9
62	Connor MurphyDEDM	EDM	90	80	1.13	17:32	6th	50th	6.0%▲5.1
63	Brayden PachalDCGY	CGY	89	39	2.28	13:53	19th	17th	0.0%
64	Rasmus SandinDWSH	WSH	88	73	1.21	19:12	55th	53rd	14%▲11
65	Alexander PetrovicDDAL	DAL	88	54	1.63	15:21	75th	23rd	0.1%
66	Dougie HamiltonDNJD	NJD	87	77	1.13	21:32	42nd	68th	84%▲12
67	Jake MiddletonDMIN	MIN	87	75	1.16	17:30	52nd	50th	5.7%▲5.3
68	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDTOR	TOR	86	78	1.10	20:36	8th	54th	43%▲32
69	Jonathan AspirotDBOS	BOS	86	61	1.41	16:44	40th	75th	4.8%▲4.6
70	Kaiden GuhleDMTL	MTL	86	39	2.21	19:28	49th	88th	19%▲18
71	Tyler MyersDDAL	DAL	85	73	1.16	19:31	5th	55th	4.1%▲3.7
72	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	84	72	1.17	22:29	74th	97th	50%▲34
73	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	82	79	1.04	19:36	54th	72nd	10%▲8.2
74	Marcus PetterssonDVAN	VAN	79	82	0.96	21:27	1st	86th	6.6%▲6.2
75	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	79	69	1.14	24:23	40th	87th	97%▲6.2
76	Yan KuznetsovDCGY	CGY	79	57	1.39	20:05	17th	59th	7.2%▲7.1
77	Nate SchmidtDUTA	UTA	78	82	0.95	19:42	85th	65th	4.9%▲4.5
78	Donovan SebrangoDFLA	FLA	77	42	1.83	15:06	53rd	10th	0.0%
79	Nicolas HagueDNSH	NSH	76	62	1.23	19:38	26th	60th	0.1%
80	Scott MayfieldDNYI	NYI	75	80	0.94	16:28	22nd	18th	0.1%
81	Brandon MontourDSEA	SEA	75	64	1.17	22:34	11th	62nd	83%▲10
82	Jackson LaCombeDANA	ANA	74	82	0.90	24:15	56th	78th	98%▲9.6
83	Sam DickinsonDSJS	SJS	74	72	1.03	16:45	12th	18th	43%▲39
84	Ian ColeDUTA	UTA	73	82	0.89	18:16	81st	24th	4.9%▲4.3
85	Uvis BalinskisDFLA	FLA	71	54	1.31	16:22	72nd	24th	4.0%▲3.9
86	Brady SkjeiDNSH	NSH	70	82	0.85	22:37	28th	98th	18%▼31
87	Justin FaulkDDET	DET	70	78	0.90	22:01	48th	60th	55%▼22
88	Emil AndraeDPHI	PHI	68	61	1.11	15:20	75th	21st	8.8%▲8.6
89	Ilya LyubushkinDDAL	DAL	68	53	1.28	15:44	76th	34th	0.1%
90	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	67	77	0.87	24:11	64th	66th	100%▲1
91	Darren RaddyshDTBL	TBL	67	73	0.92	22:42	91st	88th	99%▲3.2
92	Adam PelechDNYI	NYI	66	82	0.80	20:53	28th	74th	3.2%▲3
93	Artem ZubDOTT	OTT	66	81	0.81	20:48	94th	93rd	10%▲6.1
94	Jeff PetryDMIN	MIN	66	67	0.99	14:46	64th	4th	0.1%
95	Jacob Bernard-DockerDDET	DET	66	63	1.05	14:49	25th	53rd	0.1%
96	Mattias EkholmDEDM	EDM	65	82	0.79	20:36	86th	94th	77%▲9.5
97	Dante FabbroDCBJ	CBJ	65	74	0.88	16:34	59th	44th	3.2%▲3.1
98	Brandon CarloDTOR	TOR	65	55	1.18	19:22	11th	81st	0.3%
99	Drew HellesonDANA	ANA	63	60	1.05	16:58	61st	45th	9.6%▲9.5
100	Noah DobsonDMTL	MTL	62	80	0.78	22:29	51st	96th	98%▼1.2

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