Lian Bichsel has made the most hits by a defenseman this season, with 76 hits.

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NHL defence with 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	Lian Bichsel L. Bichsel	76	2025-26	DAL	22	1	2	3	+7	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	22	1	21	15:34
2	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	75	2025-26	BOS	24	1	7	8	+2	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	3.2	0	0	34	13	28	21:34
3	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	59	2025-26	CGY	24	0	4	4	-19	31	0	2	0	0	0	0	50	0.0	0	0	46	9	38	23:56
4	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
5	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	55	2025-26	NJD	21	2	5	7	-6	13	0	0	0	1	2	0	18	11.1	0	0	35	5	8	18:58
6	Josh Manson J. Manson	55	2025-26	COL	22	1	2	3	+11	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	3.8	0	0	29	10	21	18:01
7	Braden Schneider B. Schneider	54	2025-26	NYR	23	1	4	5	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	3.7	0	0	37	7	25	18:27
8	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	51	2025-26	ANA	22	4	9	13	+14	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	37	10.8	0	0	44	8	27	22:43
9	Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	51	2025-26	CAR	21	2	6	8	+14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	5.6	0	0	29	7	23	19:37
10	Ben Chiarot B. Chiarot	49	2025-26	DET	22	2	4	6	+5	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	9.1	0	0	45	6	27	20:54
11	Simon Benoit S. Benoit	49	2025-26	TOR	21	0	2	2	-2	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	0	0	34	5	21	17:44
12	Filip Hronek F. Hronek	45	2025-26	VAN	23	2	11	13	+3	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	32	6.3	0	0	35	11	28	24:24
13	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	42	2025-26	WPG	21	1	4	5	0	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	43	2.3	0	0	36	4	23	22:44
14	Moritz Seider M. Seider	42	2025-26	DET	22	3	11	14	+3	16	1	7	0	0	0	0	56	5.4	0	0	36	11	29	24:54
15	Nick Seeler N. Seeler	41	2025-26	PHI	20	0	3	3	-5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0.0	0	0	32	7	15	19:33
16	Erik Cernak E. Cernak	40	2025-26	TBL	19	0	4	4	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	0.0	0	0	43	4	18	19:19
17	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	40	2025-26	ANA	11	1	2	3	-2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	0	0	21	4	10	15:52
18	Sean Walker S. Walker	40	2025-26	CAR	22	4	4	8	-4	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	54	7.4	0	0	31	5	20	23:23
19	Kaedan Korczak K. Korczak	40	2025-26	VGK	21	2	1	3	+4	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	0	0	30	2	26	16:00
20	Mario Ferraro M. Ferraro	39	2025-26	SJS	23	1	5	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	4.2	0	0	53	9	29	20:50
21	Connor Clifton C. Clifton	36	2025-26	PIT	8	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	17	1	5	17:21
22	Noah Juulsen N. Juulsen	36	2025-26	PHI	19	0	2	2	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	12	2	15	13:40
23	Zach Whitecloud Z. Whitecloud	36	2025-26	VGK	21	0	3	3	-3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	23	1	19	18:19
24	Brayden Pachal B. Pachal	36	2025-26	CGY	17	0	3	3	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	15	5	13	13:24
25	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	35	2025-26	EDM	24	5	5	10	-8	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	54	9.3	0	0	59	4	20	20:38