Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Dale Hunter had the most penalties, with 758 penalties.

Interpreted as:

most penalties by a player NHL 1980s

	NAME	PEN	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Dale Hunter D. Hunter	758	682	182	392	574	+116	2,004	40	63	9	12	17	1	1,110	16.4
2	Dave Williams D. Williams	707	610	154	158	312	-53	2,498	31	30	2	2	13	1	1,029	15.0
3	Willi Plett W. Plett	674	614	144	151	295	-65	2,063	28	26	0	0	14	0	892	16.1
4	Rob Ramage R. Ramage	597	755	112	339	451	-139	1,620	61	162	1	7	17	2	2,301	4.9
5	Chris Nilan C. Nilan	592	566	97	96	193	+9	2,447	7	5	0	0	9	0	700	13.9
6	Laurie Boschman L. Boschman	584	720	191	295	486	-100	1,861	38	56	6	6	24	2	1,224	15.6
7	Al Secord A. Secord	579	652	243	209	452	-5	1,839	65	51	0	0	28	1	1,479	16.4
8	Larry Playfair L. Playfair	569	658	26	90	116	-21	1,752	0	2	0	1	2	0	450	5.8
9	Ken Linseman K. Linseman	568	711	233	477	710	+187	1,510	56	140	11	9	28	3	1,450	16.1
10	Jay Wells J. Wells	557	671	36	162	198	-27	1,630	11	49	0	6	6	0	821	4.4
11	Mike Foligno M. Foligno	535	758	305	317	622	+78	1,654	74	76	2	4	46	1	1,763	17.3
12	Tim Hunter T. Hunter	526	414	41	51	92	+18	1,816	3	3	0	0	5	0	354	11.6
13	Paul Baxter P. Baxter	506	472	48	121	169	-63	1,564	15	31	1	0	5	0	710	6.8
14	Mario Marois M. Marois	473	695	64	297	361	+31	1,321	16	91	0	8	3	1	1,417	4.5
15	Torrie Robertson T. Robertson	470	400	48	94	142	-47	1,639	7	14	0	0	9	0	368	13.0
16	Jim Korn J. Korn	468	551	64	117	181	-131	1,676	11	19	4	3	6	0	583	11.0
17	Jim Peplinski J. Peplinski	467	699	160	262	422	+55	1,452	5	12	8	4	22	2	1,252	12.8
18	Brian Sutter B. Sutter	462	589	249	271	520	-18	1,416	91	75	3	4	25	2	1,361	18.3
19	Gordie Roberts G. Roberts	456	761	47	292	339	+22	1,132	9	68	1	9	3	0	940	5.0
20	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	455	545	87	302	389	+89	1,474	39	123	1	2	14	1	1,156	7.5
21	Stan Smyl S. Smyl	453	742	245	360	605	-62	1,309	70	97	13	4	20	0	1,682	14.6
22	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	452	715	386	298	684	-97	1,283	126	86	11	3	45	3	2,228	17.3
23	Glen Cochrane G. Cochrane	450	410	17	72	89	+62	1,556	0	5	1	2	5	0	313	5.4
24	Keith Crowder K. Crowder	439	607	219	258	477	+129	1,261	64	65	0	0	26	0	1,179	18.6
25	Wilf Paiement W. Paiement	436	588	213	291	504	-5	1,242	52	68	12	3	19	0	1,567	13.6