Robert Svehla has made the most hits by a defenseman in a season, with 386 hits in 2001-02.

	NAME	HIT	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Robert Svehla R. Svehla	386	2001-02	FLA	82	7	22	29	-19	87	3	9	0	1	0	0	119	5.9	0	1	0.0	132	51	62	25:41
2	Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	383	2023-24	NSH	79	6	8	14	-3	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	103	5.8	0	0		111	16	28	18:37
3	Darius Kasparaitis D. Kasparaitis	373	2001-02	TOT	80	2	12	14	0	142	0	0	0	1	0	0	81	2.5	0	1	0.0	153	16	55	20:25
4	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	373	2000-01	NYI	82	2	7	9	-27	157	0	0	1	2	0	0	83	2.4	0	0		126	47	79	22:20
5	Mark Borowiecki M. Borowiecki	364	2016-17	OTT	70	1	2	3	-3	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	2.0	1	1	100.0	90	6	18	14:01
6	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	355	2021-22	FLA	77	3	13	16	+27	105	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	3.0	0	0		118	28	57	18:01
7	Robert Svehla R. Svehla	354	2000-01	FLA	82	6	22	28	-8	76	0	3	0	0	0	0	121	5.0	0	1	0.0	130	46	73	25:34
8	Darius Kasparaitis D. Kasparaitis	351	2000-01	PIT	77	3	16	19	+11	111	1	0	0	1	0	0	81	3.7	0	0		124	17	52	19:14
9	Derian Hatcher D. Hatcher	330	2001-02	DAL	80	4	21	25	+12	87	1	2	0	2	0	0	111	3.6	0	0		111	26	127	26:40
10	Brendan Witt B. Witt	322	1999-00	WSH	77	1	7	8	+5	114	0	1	0	0	0	0	64	1.6	1	2	50.0	105	21	75	20:56
11	Luke Schenn L. Schenn	318	2022-23	TOT	70	4	18	22	+8	84	0	0	0	2	0	0	81	4.9	0	0		98	11	33	16:21
12	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	312	2022-23	FLA	72	2	15	17	+14	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	110	1.8	0	0		124	20	36	17:22
13	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	309	2008-09	PIT	79	2	17	19	+10	73	1	1	0	0	0	0	39	5.1	0	0		152	12	37	20:20
14	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	309	1999-00	NYI	65	2	9	11	-27	57	0	0	0	1	1	0	47	4.3	0	0		100	31	55	22:52
15	Ken Klee K. Klee	307	1999-00	WSH	80	7	13	20	+8	79	0	2	0	1	2	0	113	6.2	0	0		134	21	59	20:29
16	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	306	2014-15	WSH	78	0	19	19	+5	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	0.0	0	0		192	11	37	21:48
17	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	304	2015-16	PHI	76	5	9	14	-3	116	0	0	0	0	1	0	150	3.3	0	0		157	11	57	19:51
18	Roman Polak R. Polak	303	2015-16	TOT	79	1	15	16	+6	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	91	1.1	1	1	100.0	146	17	43	19:09
19	Don Sweeney D. Sweeney	301	1999-00	BOS	81	1	13	14	-14	48	0	1	0	0	0	0	82	1.2	0	1	0.0	84	38	43	21:08
20	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	299	2001-02	OTT	75	10	13	23	+30	156	4	1	1	2	2	1	105	9.5	0	0		73	25	71	22:16
21	Dan McGillis D. McGillis	292	2000-01	PHI	82	14	35	49	+13	86	4	18	0	1	4	2	207	6.8	0	1	0.0	127	53	87	23:23
22	Luke Schenn L. Schenn	286	2016-17	ARI	78	1	7	8	-9	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	1.1	0	0		134	11	31	18:03
23	Vitaly Vishnevski V. Vishnevski	286	2000-01	ANA	76	1	10	11	-1	99	0	0	0	1	0	0	49	2.0	0	0		69	29	40	19:14
24	Cody Franson C. Franson	282	2013-14	TOR	79	5	28	33	-20	30	1	17	0	0	0	0	115	4.3	0	0		111	50	68	20:41
25	Kyle McLaren K. McLaren	282	1999-00	BOS	71	8	11	19	-4	67	2	1	0	0	3	0	142	5.6	2	5	40.0	155	44	62	23:18