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NHL Penalty Minutes Leaders: Defensemen

2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games

This board ranks defensemen only by penalty minutes.

Penalty minutes add up every minor, major and misconduct. Fighting majors and misconducts make the total lumpy: one bad night can add 17 minutes. 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 2017-18: Dustin Byfuglien (WPG), 112 PIM.

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NHL Penalty Minutes Leaders: Defensemen, 2017-18, All situations
#	Player	Team	PIM	GP	Per game
1	Dustin ByfuglienDWPG	WPG	112	69	1.62	24:20	—
2	Nikita ZadorovDCOL	COL	103	77	1.34	19:28	39%▲21
3	Alexander PetrovicDFLA	FLA	98	67	1.46	14:39	0.1%
4	Jamie OleksiakDPIT	PIT	87	68	1.28	16:40	7.1%▲6.9
5	Radko GudasDPHI	PHI	83	70	1.19	17:06	25%▲22
6	Kevin BieksaDANA	ANA	83	59	1.41	18:01	—
7	P.K. SubbanDNSH	NSH	82	82	1.00	24:07	—
8	Travis HamonicDCGY	CGY	79	74	1.07	20:42	0.1%
9	Ian ColeDCBJ	CBJ	76	67	1.13	17:47	4.9%▲4.3
10	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	71	82	0.87	23:23	50%▲34
11	Kevan MillerDBOS	BOS	70	68	1.03	19:28	—
12	Brendan SmithDNYR	NYR	69	44	1.57	17:10	—
13	Brooks OrpikDWSH	WSH	68	81	0.84	19:22	—
14	Alexander EdlerDVAN	VAN	68	70	0.97	24:17	—
15	Luke WitkowskiDDET	DET	68	31	2.19	6:53	—
16	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	67	82	0.82	22:15	69%▼13
17	Dougie HamiltonDCGY	CGY	64	82	0.78	21:32	84%▲12
18	Mark BorowieckiDOTT	OTT	64	52	1.23	14:39	—
19	Mark GiordanoDCGY	CGY	63	82	0.77	24:47	—
20	Josh MansonDANA	ANA	62	80	0.78	20:21	32%▲16
21	Adam McQuaidDBOS	BOS	62	38	1.63	15:42	—
22	Mike MathesonDFLA	FLA	61	81	0.75	21:20	85%▼7.8
23	Brenden DillonDSJS	SJS	60	81	0.74	17:19	9.7%▲9.1
24	Zdeno CharaDBOS	BOS	60	73	0.82	22:54	—
25	Erik JohnsonDCOL	COL	58	62	0.94	25:26	—
26	Joel EdmundsonDSTL	STL	57	69	0.83	20:44	4.0%▲3.9
27	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	56	79	0.71	25:20	47%▼16
28	Brandon ManningDPHI	PHI	56	65	0.86	17:57	—
29	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	54	82	0.66	26:50	22%▲12
30	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	54	77	0.70	25:51	93%▲11
31	Colin MillerDVGK	VGK	53	82	0.65	19:21	0.0%
32	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	53	63	0.84	22:09	97%▲6.2
33	Brayden McNabbDVGK	VGK	52	76	0.68	20:09	24%▲21
34	Greg PaterynDDAL	DAL	50	73	0.68	19:37	—
35	Dion PhaneufDLAK	LAK	49	79	0.62	20:00	—
36	Derek ForbortDLAK	LAK	49	78	0.63	20:47	0.0%
37	Matt BenningDEDM	EDM	49	73	0.67	17:17	—
38	Tyler MyersDWPG	WPG	48	82	0.59	21:26	4.1%▲3.7
39	Michael Del ZottoDVAN	VAN	48	82	0.59	20:48	—
40	Justin FaulkDCAR	CAR	48	76	0.63	22:16	55%▼22
41	Rasmus RistolainenDBUF	BUF	48	73	0.66	26:30	8.3%▲7.7
42	Jonathan EricssonDDET	DET	47	81	0.58	19:19	—
43	John MooreDNJD	NJD	47	81	0.58	20:01	—
44	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	47	81	0.58	20:27	99%▲3.2
45	Brent BurnsDSJS	SJS	46	82	0.56	25:15	50%▼14
46	Mattias EkholmDNSH	NSH	46	81	0.57	23:35	77%▲9.5
47	Roman PolakDTOR	TOR	46	54	0.85	17:39	—
48	Brandon CarloDBOS	BOS	45	76	0.59	19:14	0.3%
49	Scott MayfieldDNYI	NYI	45	47	0.96	17:51	0.1%
50	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDARI	ARI	44	82	0.54	23:41	43%▲32
51	Kevin ShattenkirkDNYR	NYR	44	46	0.96	20:16	—
52	Brandon MontourDANA	ANA	42	80	0.53	20:28	83%▲10
53	Damon SeversonDNJD	NJD	42	76	0.55	19:41	9.4%▲6.2
54	Mathew DumbaDMIN	MIN	41	82	0.50	23:49	0.1%
55	Stephen JohnsDDAL	DAL	41	75	0.55	17:33	—
56	Robert BortuzzoDSTL	STL	41	72	0.57	14:48	—
57	Patrik NemethDCOL	COL	41	68	0.60	19:51	—
58	Karl AlznerDMTL	MTL	40	82	0.49	20:05	—
59	Alexei EmelinDNSH	NSH	40	76	0.53	16:53	—
60	Jake MuzzinDLAK	LAK	40	74	0.54	21:39	—
61	Braydon CoburnDTBL	TBL	40	72	0.56	16:01	—
62	Sami VatanenDNJD	NJD	40	72	0.56	22:24	—
63	Brady SkjeiDNYR	NYR	39	82	0.48	21:02	18%▼31
64	Derrick PouliotDVAN	VAN	39	71	0.55	17:51	0.0%
65	Brent SeabrookDCHI	CHI	38	81	0.47	20:12	—
66	Mikhail SergachevDTBL	TBL	38	79	0.48	15:22	98%▲5.2
67	Mike GreenDDET	DET	38	66	0.58	22:05	—
68	Jake DotchinDTBL	TBL	38	48	0.79	16:29	—
69	Marco ScandellaDBUF	BUF	37	82	0.45	23:19	—
70	Jason DemersDARI	ARI	37	69	0.54	21:08	—
71	Niklas KronwallDDET	DET	36	79	0.46	18:31	—
72	Trevor DaleyDDET	DET	36	77	0.47	20:42	—
73	Torey KrugDBOS	BOS	36	76	0.47	20:24	0.0%
74	Erik KarlssonDOTT	OTT	36	71	0.51	26:44	95%
75	Matt NiskanenDWSH	WSH	36	68	0.53	22:36	—
76	Nathan BeaulieuDBUF	BUF	36	59	0.61	15:57	—
77	Keith YandleDFLA	FLA	35	82	0.43	24:29	—
78	Troy StecherDVAN	VAN	35	68	0.51	18:49	0.2%
79	Luke SchennDARI	ARI	35	64	0.55	16:23	7.3%▲6.9
80	Fredrik ClaessonDOTT	OTT	35	64	0.55	15:21	—
81	Erik GudbransonDVAN	VAN	35	52	0.67	18:25	0.1%
82	Marc-Edouard VlasicDSJS	SJS	34	81	0.42	22:33	—
83	Ryan SuterDMIN	MIN	34	78	0.44	26:47	—
84	Alec MartinezDLAK	LAK	34	77	0.44	22:52	—
85	Jordie BennDMTL	MTL	34	77	0.44	18:58	—
86	Connor MurphyDCHI	CHI	34	76	0.45	16:22	6.0%▲5.1
87	Hampus LindholmDANA	ANA	34	69	0.49	22:44	17%▲15
88	Dylan DeMeloDSJS	SJS	34	63	0.54	14:12	5.7%▲5.5
89	Adam LarssonDEDM	EDM	34	63	0.54	21:56	23%▼19
90	Jacob TroubaDWPG	WPG	34	55	0.62	21:54	76%▼11
91	Dan HamhuisDDAL	DAL	33	80	0.41	20:11	—
92	Jake GardinerDTOR	TOR	32	82	0.39	22:32	—
93	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	32	82	0.39	24:47	99%▲2.4
94	David SavardDCBJ	CBJ	32	81	0.40	19:23	—
95	Robert HaggDPHI	PHI	32	70	0.46	18:08	—
96	MacKenzie WeegarDFLA	FLA	32	60	0.53	14:34	93%▼7.2
97	Ben ChiarotDWPG	WPG	32	57	0.56	15:17	13%▲11
98	Johnny OduyaDPHI	PHI	32	52	0.62	17:07	—
99	Alex BiegaDVAN	VAN	32	44	0.73	15:01	—
100	Nikita ZaitsevDTOR	TOR	31	60	0.52	22:13	—

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