Nikita Zadorov has made the most hits by a defenseman this season, with 90 hits.

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NHL defence that has the most hits this regular season

	NAME	HIT	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	90	2025-26	BOS	32	1	10	11	+10	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	2.5	0	0	47	19	38	22:02
2	Lian Bichsel L. Bichsel	85	2025-26	DAL	26	1	2	3	+6	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	24	4	23	15:49
3	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	83	2025-26	CGY	32	2	5	7	-21	35	0	2	0	0	0	0	69	2.9	0	0	63	13	56	23:44
4	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	78	2025-26	NJD	31	3	7	10	-4	31	0	0	0	1	2	0	25	12.0	0	0	49	6	14	18:23
5	Josh Manson J. Manson	78	2025-26	COL	30	2	5	7	+18	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	41	4.9	0	0	43	11	27	17:49
6	Ben Chiarot B. Chiarot	74	2025-26	DET	31	4	4	8	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	11.1	0	0	75	11	36	21:08
7	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	73	2025-26	ANA	20	1	5	6	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	3.3	0	0	39	5	16	16:13
8	Braden Schneider B. Schneider	72	2025-26	NYR	32	1	5	6	-3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	3.0	0	0	50	10	35	19:11
9	Simon Benoit S. Benoit	67	2025-26	TOR	28	0	3	3	-1	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	0	42	6	28	17:38
10	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	62	2025-26	ANA	31	5	9	14	+14	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	55	9.1	0	0	54	9	33	22:07
11	Mario Ferraro M. Ferraro	60	2025-26	SJS	32	1	6	7	+3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	3.2	0	0	70	13	37	20:59
12	Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	60	2025-26	CAR	29	3	7	10	+11	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	6.0	0	0	39	8	33	19:13
13	Moritz Seider M. Seider	58	2025-26	DET	31	4	18	22	+11	31	1	9	0	0	0	0	74	5.4	0	0	64	13	40	25:14
14	Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	57	2025-26	VGK	17	0	4	4	+3	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	26	2	11	15:54
15	Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	57	2025-26	PIT	29	2	8	10	+6	26	0	0	0	1	1	0	27	7.4	0	0	44	13	47	20:56
16	Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	57	2025-26	MTL	27	0	1	1	-7	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0.0	0	0	21	2	17	11:59
17	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	55	2025-26	WPG	26	1	4	5	0	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	52	1.9	0	0	42	6	32	22:51
18	Filip Hronek F. Hronek	54	2025-26	VAN	30	2	14	16	+2	8	1	4	0	0	0	0	41	4.9	0	0	43	12	32	24:24
19	Nick Seeler N. Seeler	53	2025-26	PHI	29	0	4	4	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	0.0	0	0	48	9	17	19:26
20	Logan Stanley L. Stanley	53	2025-26	WPG	30	4	6	10	-1	55	0	0	0	0	1	0	30	13.3	0	0	38	8	22	16:32
21	Luke Schenn L. Schenn	52	2025-26	WPG	21	0	4	4	-6	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	0	0	26	3	23	13:41
22	Zach Whitecloud Z. Whitecloud	51	2025-26	VGK	30	1	3	4	-6	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	4.8	0	0	34	3	27	18:32
23	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	50	2025-26	VGK	30	0	1	1	-3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0.0	0	0	80	10	22	21:23
24	Connor Clifton C. Clifton	50	2025-26	PIT	12	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	23	5	9	16:30
25	Noah Juulsen N. Juulsen	50	2025-26	PHI	25	1	3	4	+3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	0	0	19	2	24	13:41