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NHL Hits Leaders: Defensemen

2024-25All situationsThrough 85 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 2024-25: Luke Schenn (WPG), 300 HIT.

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

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NHL Hits Leaders: Defensemen, 2024-25, All situations
#	Player	Team	HIT	GP	Per game
1	Luke SchennDWPG	WPG	300	76	3.95	15:57	55th	36th	7.3%▲6.9
2	Radko GudasDANA	ANA	261	81	3.22	19:52	9th	85th	25%▲22
3	MacKenzie WeegarDCGY	CGY	223	81	2.75	24:10	36th	49th	93%▼7.2
4	Nikita ZadorovDBOS	BOS	219	81	2.70	20:37	34th	92nd	39%▲21
5	Moritz SeiderDDET	DET	212	82	2.59	25:04	20th	94th	100%▲0.6
6	Connor CliftonDBUF	BUF	208	73	2.85	16:03	18th	45th	7.4%▲6.7
7	Simon BenoitDTOR	TOR	204	78	2.62	16:33	63rd	33rd	4.9%▲4.4
8	Brenden DillonDNJD	NJD	191	82	2.33	18:35	74th	48th	9.7%▲9.1
9	Arber XhekajDMTL	MTL	180	70	2.57	14:37	14th	24th	10%▲6.3
10	Jacob TroubaDANA	ANA	164	77	2.13	20:31	9th	97th	76%▼11
11	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	161	76	2.12	22:22	87th	24th	69%▼13
12	Brayden PachalDCGY	CGY	159	76	2.09	14:14	24th	22nd	0.0%
13	Erik CernakDTBL	TBL	157	76	2.07	18:16	89th	97th	4.1%▲3.7
14	Lian BichselDDAL	DAL	155	38	4.08	14:53	51st	12th	22%▲21
15	Mario FerraroDSJS	SJS	150	78	1.92	21:24	6th	77th	15%▼2.1
16	Alexander RomanovDNYI	NYI	147	64	2.30	22:18	56th	75th	15%▲15
17	Braden SchneiderDNYR	NYR	146	80	1.82	17:52	16th	41st	20%▲18
18	Martin FehérváryDWSH	WSH	139	81	1.72	19:00	61st	74th	27%▼7.7
19	Dylan DeMeloDWPG	WPG	137	82	1.67	21:32	84th	56th	5.7%▲5.5
20	Niko MikkolaDFLA	FLA	137	76	1.80	20:12	92nd	45th	4.9%▲4.4
21	Brayden McNabbDVGK	VGK	131	82	1.60	20:07	90th	38th	24%▲21
22	Ben ChiarotDDET	DET	127	81	1.57	21:14	28th	78th	13%▲11
23	Jeremy LauzonDNSH	NSH	127	28	4.54	17:58	42nd	99th	24%▲22
24	Nick SeelerDPHI	PHI	125	77	1.62	17:17	68th	45th	8.1%▲7.6
25	Ty EmbersonDEDM	EDM	125	76	1.64	15:07	80th	9th	0.1%
26	Jayden StrubleDMTL	MTL	124	56	2.21	14:57	23rd	14th	3.3%▲2.9
27	Ryker EvansDSEA	SEA	123	73	1.68	19:29	22nd	52nd	14%▲13
28	Will BorgenDNYR	NYR	122	84	1.45	17:05	17th	91st	4.1%▲3.8
29	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	120	74	1.62	23:32	33rd	94th	47%▼16
30	Mikey AndersonDLAK	LAK	119	77	1.55	22:41	93rd	72nd	7.3%▲6.9
31	Jake McCabeDTOR	TOR	118	66	1.79	21:31	71st	68th	34%▼15
32	Zach WhitecloudDVGK	VGK	117	74	1.58	17:31	85th	18th	7.3%▲6.7
33	Connor MurphyDCHI	CHI	117	68	1.72	20:37	1st	84th	6.0%▲5.1
34	Carson SoucyDNYR	NYR	115	75	1.53	17:55	41st	64th	0.1%
35	Emil LillebergDTBL	TBL	114	76	1.50	15:17	69th	6th	4.8%▲4.7
36	Dmitry KulikovDFLA	FLA	114	70	1.63	19:16	96th	56th	3.2%▲3.1
37	Matt RoyDWSH	WSH	114	69	1.65	19:53	64th	57th	9.0%▲8.3
38	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	114	69	1.65	22:04	80th	43rd	32%▲31
39	Kevin BahlDCGY	CGY	109	73	1.49	21:23	28th	77th	4.8%▲4.6
40	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDTOR	TOR	108	77	1.40	21:04	69th	63rd	43%▲32
41	K'Andre MillerDNYR	NYR	107	74	1.45	21:57	19th	72nd	64%▲26
42	Ian ColeDUTA	UTA	106	82	1.29	20:17	82nd	28th	4.9%▲4.3
43	Tyler KlevenDOTT	OTT	105	79	1.33	14:28	40th	22nd	8.0%▲7.9
44	Andrew PeekeDBOS	BOS	105	76	1.38	18:36	28th	61st	6.5%▲6.2
45	Mattias SamuelssonDBUF	BUF	105	62	1.69	19:18	35th	95th	79%▲9.3
46	Josh MansonDCOL	COL	105	48	2.19	18:02	73rd	53rd	32%▲16
47	Adam LarssonDSEA	SEA	104	82	1.27	21:11	32nd	56th	23%▼19
48	Kaiden GuhleDMTL	MTL	104	55	1.89	21:11	23rd	98th	19%▲18
49	Johnathan KovacevicDNJD	NJD	102	81	1.26	19:49	77th	71st	0.1%
50	Dmitry OrlovDCAR	CAR	101	76	1.33	20:00	98th	40th	35%▲21
51	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	101	73	1.38	24:14	33rd	56th	100%▲1
52	Noah JuulsenDVAN	VAN	101	35	2.89	16:17	44th	61st	0.1%
53	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	100	74	1.35	21:05	59th	40th	10%▼1.4
54	Joel EdmundsonDLAK	LAK	100	73	1.37	20:35	92nd	28th	4.0%▲3.9
55	Jake MiddletonDMIN	MIN	99	67	1.48	21:52	37th	72nd	5.7%▲5.3
56	Drew HellesonDANA	ANA	99	56	1.77	16:21	4th	53rd	9.6%▲9.5
57	Rasmus RistolainenDPHI	PHI	97	63	1.54	20:31	71st	68th	8.3%▲7.7
58	Seth JonesDFLA	FLA	96	63	1.52	24:38	13th	85th	80%▲32
59	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	92	64	1.44	23:45	68th	91st	37%▼42
60	Sean WalkerDCAR	CAR	91	82	1.11	16:50	99th	16th	61%▼11
61	Rasmus SandinDWSH	WSH	91	82	1.11	19:11	64th	65th	14%▲11
62	Brandon CarloDTOR	TOR	90	83	1.08	18:54	45th	85th	0.3%
63	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	90	56	1.61	23:31	99th	97th	50%▲34
64	Scott MayfieldDNYI	NYI	89	66	1.35	17:00	51st	22nd	0.1%
65	Josh MahuraDSEA	SEA	89	64	1.39	13:45	19th	23rd	0.1%
66	Filip HronekDVAN	VAN	89	61	1.46	23:54	56th	36th	91%▲14
67	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	89	50	1.78	23:40	40th	93rd	97%▲6.2
68	Logan StanleyDWPG	WPG	88	63	1.40	15:35	79th	27th	6.6%▲5.9
69	Michael KesselringDUTA	UTA	87	82	1.06	17:41	80th	38th	8.9%▲8.3
70	Tyler MyersDVAN	VAN	87	71	1.23	20:48	53rd	71st	4.1%▲3.7
71	Vincent DesharnaisDSJS	SJS	87	51	1.71	15:55	32nd	54th	0.3%
72	Simon EdvinssonDDET	DET	86	78	1.10	21:07	25th	89th	42%▲33
73	Travis SanheimDPHI	PHI	84	82	1.02	24:30	70th	61st	67%▼7.1
74	Brandon MontourDSEA	SEA	84	81	1.04	22:59	15th	72nd	83%▲10
75	Ilya LyubushkinDDAL	DAL	84	80	1.05	17:23	65th	75th	0.1%
76	Colin MillerDWPG	WPG	84	60	1.40	14:31	74th	38th	0.0%
77	Gustav ForslingDFLA	FLA	83	80	1.04	22:57	95th	87th	42%▲18
78	Uvis BalinskisDFLA	FLA	83	76	1.09	14:51	95th	7th	4.0%▲3.9
79	Nate SchmidtDFLA	FLA	82	80	1.02	16:32	91st	11th	4.9%▲4.5
80	Justin FaulkDSTL	STL	82	78	1.05	22:27	69th	77th	55%▼22
81	Nicolas HagueDVGK	VGK	82	68	1.21	17:00	88th	16th	0.1%
82	Zach BogosianDMIN	MIN	81	81	1.00	15:48	21st	35th	0.4%
83	Pavel MintyukovDANA	ANA	81	68	1.19	17:36	1st	71st	31%▲29
84	Tyler TuckerDSTL	STL	81	38	2.13	14:35	57th	3rd	4.8%▲4.7
85	Jordan SpenceDLAK	LAK	80	79	1.01	16:47	91st	8th	21%▲17
86	Marcus PetterssonDVAN	VAN	80	78	1.03	21:41	43rd	63rd	6.6%▲6.2
87	Ryan LindgrenDCOL	COL	80	72	1.11	19:42	49th	35th	0.1%
88	Justin BarronDNSH	NSH	80	62	1.29	17:26	38th	17th	0.1%
89	Andreas EnglundDNSH	NSH	78	35	2.23	13:16	54th	49th	0.0%
90	Cody CeciDDAL	DAL	76	85	0.89	21:13	10th	95th	0.3%
91	Philippe MyersDTOR	TOR	76	36	2.11	16:14	62nd	24th	0.1%
92	Bowen ByramDBUF	BUF	75	82	0.91	22:42	37th	61st	96%▲6.5
93	Alexandre CarrierDMTL	MTL	75	79	0.95	20:35	31st	98th	14%▲12
94	Ryan GravesDPIT	PIT	75	61	1.23	14:59	22nd	48th	0.1%
95	Jonas SiegenthalerDNJD	NJD	75	55	1.36	19:36	83rd	87th	3.3%▲2.9
96	Parker WotherspoonDBOS	BOS	75	55	1.36	18:02	17th	36th	20%▲19
97	Jamie OleksiakDSEA	SEA	74	82	0.90	18:47	21st	59th	7.1%▲6.9
98	Brian DumoulinDNJD	NJD	74	80	0.93	19:33	10th	67th	0.4%
99	Dougie HamiltonDNJD	NJD	74	64	1.16	19:51	76th	83rd	84%▲12
100	Adam PelechDNYI	NYI	73	60	1.22	21:07	51st	82nd	3.2%▲3

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