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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Pittsburgh Penguins
2025-26All situationsThrough 82 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 2025-26: Erik Karlsson (PIT), 37 TK.
Takeaways leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | TK | GP | Per game | GV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik KarlssonDPIT | PIT | 37 | 75 | 0.49 | 102 | 95% |
| 2 | Evgeni MalkinFPIT | PIT | 29 | 56 | 0.52 | 88 | 82%▲11 |
| 3 | Tommy NovakFPIT | PIT | 28 | 82 | 0.34 | 54 | 11%▲9.1 |
| 4 | Parker WotherspoonDPIT | PIT | 26 | 80 | 0.33 | 118 | 20%▲19 |
| 5 | Kris LetangDPIT | PIT | 26 | 74 | 0.35 | 99 | 47%▼16 |
| 6 | Ben KindelFPIT | PIT | 25 | 77 | 0.32 | 83 | 40%▲31 |
| 7 | Ryan SheaDPIT | PIT | 24 | 80 | 0.30 | 57 | 16%▲11 |
| 8 | Sidney CrosbyFPIT | PIT | 24 | 68 | 0.35 | 73 | 100%▲2.4 |
| 9 | Rickard RakellFPIT | PIT | 24 | 60 | 0.40 | 49 | 83%▲11 |
| 10 | Anthony ManthaFPIT | PIT | 20 | 81 | 0.25 | 82 | 52%▲15 |
| 11 | Brett KulakDEDM/COL/PIT | EDM/COL/PIT | 14 | 83 | 0.17 | 64 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Bryan RustFPIT | PIT | 13 | 72 | 0.18 | 78 | 85%▲2.5 |
| 13 | Elmer SoderblomFDET/PIT | DET/PIT | 13 | 59 | 0.22 | 46 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 14 | Connor CliftonDPIT | PIT | 13 | 50 | 0.26 | 40 | 7.4%▲6.7 |
| 15 | Noel AcciariFPIT | PIT | 12 | 67 | 0.18 | 22 | 3.3%▲3.1 |
| 16 | Justin BrazeauFPIT | PIT | 12 | 64 | 0.19 | 40 | 11%▲9.4 |
| 17 | Blake LizotteFPIT | PIT | 12 | 55 | 0.22 | 32 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Samuel GirardDCOL/PIT | COL/PIT | 11 | 60 | 0.18 | 54 | 9.0%▲8.6 |
| 19 | Ville KoivunenFPIT | PIT | 11 | 39 | 0.28 | 18 | 17%▲17 |
| 20 | Connor DewarFPIT | PIT | 9 | 78 | 0.12 | 33 | 4.2%▲3.1 |
| 21 | Egor ChinakhovFPIT/CBJ | PIT/CBJ | 9 | 72 | 0.13 | 38 | 48%▲39 |
| 22 | Danton HeinenFCBJ/PIT | CBJ/PIT | 9 | 46 | 0.20 | 21 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Ryan GravesDPIT | PIT | 7 | 22 | 0.32 | 20 | 0.1% |
| 24 | Mathew DumbaDPIT | PIT | 6 | 11 | 0.55 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 25 | Ilya SolovyovDCOL/PIT | COL/PIT | 5 | 30 | 0.17 | 19 | 0.1% |
| 26 | Avery HayesFPIT | PIT | 5 | 16 | 0.31 | 8 | — |
| 27 | Kevin HayesFPIT | PIT | 4 | 28 | 0.14 | 20 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Rutger McGroartyFPIT | PIT | 4 | 24 | 0.17 | 15 | — |
| 29 | Jack St. IvanyDPIT | PIT | 4 | 20 | 0.20 | 22 | 3.2%▲3.2 |
| 30 | Joona KoppanenFPIT | PIT | 4 | 13 | 0.31 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 31 | Filip HallanderFPIT | PIT | 2 | 13 | 0.15 | 12 | 9.1%▲9 |
| 32 | Harrison BrunickeDPIT | PIT | 1 | 9 | 0.11 | 14 | 14%▲14 |
| 33 | Caleb JonesDPIT | PIT | 1 | 7 | 0.14 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 34 | Owen PickeringDPIT | PIT | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 4 | 10%▲10 |
| 35 | Sam PoulinFPIT | PIT | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 3.2%▲3.2 |
| 36 | Philip TomasinoFPIT | PIT | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 3 | — |
| 37 | Bokondji ImamaFPIT | PIT | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.2% |
| 38 | Rafael Harvey-PinardFPIT | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | — |
| 39 | Tristan BrozFPIT | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.2%▲3.2 |
| 40 | Jake LivanavageDPIT | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | — |
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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