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NHL Penalty Minutes Leaders: Defensemen

2019-20All situationsThrough 71 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 2019-20: Brenden Dillon (WSH), 104 PIM.

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NHL Penalty Minutes Leaders: Defensemen, 2019-20, All situations
#	Player	Team	PIM	GP	Per game
1	Brenden DillonDWSH	WSH	104	69	1.51	19:27	9.7%▲9.1
2	Erik GudbransonDANA	ANA	95	51	1.86	19:22	0.1%
3	P.K. SubbanDNJD	NJD	79	68	1.16	22:07	—
4	Joel EdmundsonDCAR	CAR	72	68	1.06	18:27	4.0%▲3.9
5	Brendan SmithDNYR	NYR	71	62	1.15	11:06	—
6	Nikita ZadorovDCOL	COL	65	64	1.02	17:46	39%▲21
7	Alexander EdlerDVAN	VAN	62	59	1.05	22:37	—
8	Jacob TroubaDNYR	NYR	61	70	0.87	22:34	76%▼11
9	Ben ChiarotDMTL	MTL	61	69	0.88	23:08	13%▲11
10	Zdeno CharaDBOS	BOS	60	68	0.88	21:01	—
11	Erik CernakDTBL	TBL	59	67	0.88	18:57	4.1%▲3.7
12	Mikhail SergachevDTBL	TBL	58	70	0.83	20:22	98%▲5.2
13	Mark BorowieckiDOTT	OTT	58	53	1.09	17:56	—
14	Rasmus AnderssonDCGY	CGY	57	70	0.81	19:56	94%▼3.9
15	Scott MayfieldDNYI	NYI	53	67	0.79	19:57	0.1%
16	Damon SeversonDNJD	NJD	52	69	0.75	22:58	9.4%▲6.2
17	Tyler MyersDVAN	VAN	49	68	0.72	21:30	4.1%▲3.7
18	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	48	71	0.68	23:27	69%▼13
19	Tony DeAngeloDNYR	NYR	47	68	0.69	19:17	24%▲18
20	Ryan LindgrenDNYR	NYR	47	60	0.78	16:34	0.1%
21	Rasmus RistolainenDBUF	BUF	46	69	0.67	22:48	8.3%▲7.7
22	Filip HronekDDET	DET	46	65	0.71	23:54	91%▲14
23	Ryan GravesDCOL	COL	45	69	0.65	18:57	0.1%
24	Brady SkjeiDCAR	CAR	45	67	0.67	20:41	18%▼31
25	Justin HollDTOR	TOR	43	68	0.63	18:31	—
26	Jonas SiegenthalerDWSH	WSH	43	64	0.67	15:44	3.3%▲2.9
27	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	42	71	0.59	26:00	83%▼12
28	Slater KoekkoekDCHI	CHI	42	42	1.00	16:45	—
29	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	41	69	0.59	25:47	98%▼0.5
30	Chris TanevDVAN	VAN	41	69	0.59	19:32	6.0%▲5
31	Jamie OleksiakDDAL	DAL	41	69	0.59	15:49	7.1%▲6.9
32	Mathew DumbaDMIN	MIN	41	69	0.59	22:30	0.1%
33	Charlie McAvoyDBOS	BOS	41	67	0.61	23:10	97%▲6.2
34	Jake McCabeDBUF	BUF	41	66	0.62	18:32	34%▼15
35	Brayden McNabbDVGK	VGK	40	71	0.56	20:01	24%▲21
36	Radko GudasDWSH	WSH	40	63	0.63	16:44	25%▲22
37	Jake MuzzinDTOR	TOR	40	53	0.75	21:36	—
38	Joshua BrownDFLA	FLA	39	56	0.70	13:25	0.0%
39	Kevin ShattenkirkDTBL	TBL	38	70	0.54	18:54	—
40	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDARI	ARI	38	66	0.58	23:01	43%▲32
41	Dante FabbroDNSH	NSH	38	64	0.59	19:02	3.2%▲3.1
42	Jakob ChychrunDARI	ARI	38	63	0.60	22:26	99%
43	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	38	61	0.62	25:44	47%▼16
44	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	38	59	0.64	19:18	100%▲1
45	Dennis GilbertDCHI	CHI	38	21	1.81	15:42	0.0%
46	Dylan DeMeloDWPG	WPG	37	59	0.63	20:09	5.7%▲5.5
47	Travis DermottDTOR	TOR	37	56	0.66	17:19	—
48	Josh MansonDANA	ANA	37	50	0.74	20:38	32%▲16
49	Deryk EngellandDVGK	VGK	37	49	0.76	17:33	—
50	Korbinian HolzerDNSH	NSH	37	49	0.76	16:02	—
51	Luca SbisaDWPG	WPG	37	44	0.84	17:56	—
52	Dmitry OrlovDWSH	WSH	36	69	0.52	22:10	35%▲21
53	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	36	67	0.54	25:49	22%▲12
54	Ian ColeDCOL	COL	36	65	0.55	17:42	4.9%▲4.3
55	TJ BrodieDCGY	CGY	36	64	0.56	20:27	—
56	Marcus PetterssonDPIT	PIT	35	69	0.51	19:24	6.6%▲6.2
57	David SavardDCBJ	CBJ	35	68	0.51	20:41	—
58	Dan HamhuisDNSH	NSH	35	60	0.58	14:31	—
59	Adam LarssonDEDM	EDM	35	49	0.71	19:50	23%▼19
60	Brent BurnsDSJS	SJS	34	70	0.49	25:25	50%▼14
61	Matt GrzelcykDBOS	BOS	34	68	0.50	18:04	0.1%
62	Mark GiordanoDCGY	CGY	34	60	0.57	23:53	—
63	Hampus LindholmDANA	ANA	34	55	0.62	23:04	17%▲15
64	Madison BoweyDDET	DET	34	53	0.64	17:54	—
65	Jarred TinordiDNSH	NSH	34	28	1.21	16:37	—
66	Ethan BearDEDM	EDM	33	71	0.46	21:58	0.0%
67	Brandon CarloDBOS	BOS	33	67	0.49	20:29	0.3%
68	Shea WeberDMTL	MTL	33	65	0.51	24:00	—
69	Torey KrugDBOS	BOS	33	61	0.54	20:29	0.0%
70	MacKenzie WeegarDFLA	FLA	33	45	0.73	20:07	93%▼7.2
71	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	32	71	0.45	23:23	32%▲31
72	Adam FoxDNYR	NYR	32	70	0.46	18:54	99%▲6.8
73	Justin FaulkDSTL	STL	32	69	0.46	20:34	55%▼22
74	Travis SanheimDPHI	PHI	32	69	0.46	20:09	67%▼7.1
75	Troy StecherDVAN	VAN	32	69	0.46	15:21	0.2%
76	Henri JokiharjuDBUF	BUF	32	69	0.46	17:13	0.1%
77	Mattias EkholmDNSH	NSH	32	68	0.47	23:22	77%▲9.5
78	Dmitry KulikovDWPG	WPG	32	51	0.63	20:01	3.2%▲3.1
79	Anthony BitettoDWPG	WPG	32	51	0.63	15:10	—
80	Mike GreenDEDM	EDM	32	50	0.64	20:53	—
81	Jon MerrillDVGK	VGK	32	49	0.65	18:09	—
82	Dougie HamiltonDCAR	CAR	32	47	0.68	23:17	84%▲12
83	Nicolas HagueDVGK	VGK	32	38	0.84	16:05	0.1%
84	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	31	66	0.47	24:04	93%▲11
85	Jake GardinerDCAR	CAR	30	68	0.44	16:40	—
86	Mario FerraroDSJS	SJS	30	61	0.49	15:53	15%▼2.1
87	Philippe MyersDPHI	PHI	30	50	0.60	17:06	0.1%
88	Robert HaggDPHI	PHI	30	49	0.61	15:36	—
89	Matt NiskanenDPHI	PHI	29	68	0.43	21:54	—
90	Nathan BeaulieuDWPG	WPG	29	38	0.76	17:00	—
91	Jeremy LauzonDBOS	BOS	29	19	1.53	15:25	24%▲22
92	Patrik NemethDDET	DET	28	64	0.44	22:02	—
93	Brandon MontourDBUF	BUF	28	54	0.52	19:30	83%▲10
94	Vince DunnDSTL	STL	27	71	0.38	16:16	89%▲12
95	Erik GustafssonDCGY	CGY	27	66	0.41	20:23	3.2%▲3.2
96	Brett PesceDCAR	CAR	27	61	0.44	21:53	0.3%
97	Connor MurphyDCHI	CHI	27	58	0.47	21:15	6.0%▲5.1
98	Travis HamonicDCGY	CGY	27	50	0.54	21:12	0.1%
99	Jeff PetryDMTL	MTL	26	71	0.37	23:39	0.1%
100	Sean WalkerDLAK	LAK	26	70	0.37	18:50	61%▼11

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