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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Pittsburgh Penguins
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by takeaways, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
A takeaway is a puck won from an opponent by a skater's own effort, as judged by the off-ice scorer. Smart two-way forwards with active sticks lead the league. Takeaways are a category in some deep leagues. Recording changed in 2024-25 (about a third fewer takeaways league-wide), so compare players within a season.
Leader for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2020-21: Sidney Crosby (PIT), 51 TK.
- Legacy recording: before 2024-25 turnovers and hits were recorded arena by arena with large scorer bias. Compare players within this season only.
Takeaways leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | TK | GP | Per game | GV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sidney CrosbyFPIT | PIT | 51 | 55 | 0.93 | 54 | 100%▲2.4 |
| 2 | Bryan RustFPIT | PIT | 30 | 56 | 0.54 | 30 | 85%▲2.5 |
| 3 | John MarinoDPIT | PIT | 29 | 52 | 0.56 | 21 | 18%▲13 |
| 4 | Evgeni MalkinFPIT | PIT | 26 | 33 | 0.79 | 34 | 82%▲11 |
| 5 | Brandon TanevFPIT | PIT | 26 | 32 | 0.81 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 6 | Brian DumoulinDPIT | PIT | 24 | 41 | 0.59 | 18 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Kris LetangDPIT | PIT | 23 | 55 | 0.42 | 55 | 47%▼16 |
| 8 | Mike MathesonDPIT | PIT | 22 | 44 | 0.50 | 23 | 85%▼7.8 |
| 9 | Jared McCannFPIT | PIT | 21 | 43 | 0.49 | 14 | 72%▲1.9 |
| 10 | Jeff CarterFLAK/PIT | LAK/PIT | 20 | 54 | 0.37 | 16 | — |
| 11 | Jason ZuckerFPIT | PIT | 18 | 38 | 0.47 | 13 | 23%▲17 |
| 12 | Jake GuentzelFPIT | PIT | 17 | 56 | 0.30 | 23 | 100% |
| 13 | Kasperi KapanenFPIT | PIT | 16 | 40 | 0.40 | 21 | 9.2%▲9 |
| 14 | Evan RodriguesFPIT | PIT | 15 | 35 | 0.43 | 15 | 8.3%▲6.5 |
| 15 | Mark JankowskiFPIT | PIT | 14 | 45 | 0.31 | 3 | 0.2% |
| 16 | Zachary Aston-ReeseFPIT | PIT | 14 | 45 | 0.31 | 16 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Frederick GaudreauFPIT | PIT | 14 | 19 | 0.74 | 4 | 0.2% |
| 18 | Cody CeciDPIT | PIT | 11 | 53 | 0.21 | 15 | 0.3% |
| 19 | Teddy BluegerFPIT | PIT | 11 | 43 | 0.26 | 12 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 20 | Marcus PetterssonDPIT | PIT | 10 | 47 | 0.21 | 12 | 6.6%▲6.2 |
| 21 | Colton SceviourFPIT | PIT | 9 | 46 | 0.20 | 5 | — |
| 22 | Sam LaffertyFPIT | PIT | 7 | 34 | 0.21 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Pierre-Olivier JosephDPIT | PIT | 4 | 16 | 0.25 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 24 | Radim ZohornaFPIT | PIT | 3 | 8 | 0.38 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Drew O'ConnorFPIT | PIT | 2 | 10 | 0.20 | 3 | 5.9%▲4.5 |
| 26 | Anthony AngelloFPIT | PIT | 1 | 19 | 0.05 | 1 | — |
| 27 | Chad RuhwedelDPIT | PIT | 1 | 17 | 0.06 | 2 | — |
| 28 | Mark FriedmanDPIT/PHI | PIT/PHI | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 2 | — |
| 29 | Yannick WeberDPIT | PIT | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | — |
| 30 | Kevin CzuczmanDPIT | PIT | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | — |
| 31 | Juuso RiikolaDPIT | PIT | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Josh CurrieFPIT | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | — |
How to read it
Pucks won from an opponent, as credited by the scorer.
How reliable is it?
Scorer judgment drives the totals: arena bias was large before 2024-25, when recording was centralised.
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