Nikita Zadorov made the most hits by a defenseman in 2017-18, with 278 hits.

	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	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	278	2017-18	COL	77	7	13	20	+4	103	0	1	0	0	1	0	94	7.4	0	0		106	13	36	19:28
2	Michael Del Zotto M. Del Zotto	244	2017-18	VAN	82	6	16	22	-8	48	0	5	0	0	0	0	128	4.7	0	0		127	22	67	20:48
3	Adam Larsson A. Larsson	239	2017-18	EDM	63	4	9	13	+10	34	0	0	0	0	1	0	92	4.3	0	0		140	26	52	21:56
4	Robert Hagg R. Hagg	238	2017-18	PHI	70	3	6	9	+5	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	89	3.4	0	0		100	8	36	18:08
5	Mark Borowiecki M. Borowiecki	226	2017-18	OTT	52	3	8	11	-6	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	4.5	0	1	0.0	81	11	17	14:39
6	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	225	2017-18	VGK	76	5	10	15	+26	52	0	0	0	0	1	0	88	5.7	0	0		176	30	40	20:09
7	Luke Schenn L. Schenn	219	2017-18	ARI	64	1	6	7	-12	35	0	0	0	0	1	0	59	1.7	0	0		105	14	31	16:23
8	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	218	2017-18	WSH	81	0	10	10	-9	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	0.0	0	0		168	17	44	19:22
9	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	206	2017-18	BUF	73	6	35	41	-25	48	1	22	0	0	1	1	182	3.3	0	0		111	12	47	26:30
10	Stephen Johns S. Johns	201	2017-18	DAL	75	8	7	15	+10	41	0	0	0	1	2	0	121	6.6	0	0		155	25	44	17:33
11	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	197	2017-18	SJS	81	5	17	22	-7	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	88	5.7	0	0		107	11	29	17:19
12	Alexei Emelin A. Emelin	181	2017-18	NSH	76	1	8	9	+9	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	59	1.7	1	1	100.0	109	20	39	16:53
13	Josh Manson J. Manson	180	2017-18	ANA	80	7	30	37	+34	62	0	0	0	1	2	0	117	6.0	0	1	0.0	99	48	60	20:21
14	Jamie Oleksiak J. Oleksiak	174	2017-18	TOT	68	5	12	17	+7	87	1	0	0	0	1	0	81	6.2	0	0		76	19	37	16:40
15	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	170	2017-18	PHI	70	2	14	16	0	83	0	0	0	1	0	0	142	1.4	0	0		123	7	50	17:06
16	Jake Muzzin J. Muzzin	170	2017-18	LAK	74	8	34	42	+10	40	4	10	0	1	1	0	154	5.2	0	0		123	17	59	21:39
17	Christian Folin C. Folin	167	2017-18	LAK	65	3	10	13	+1	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	58	5.2	0	0		106	8	34	15:39
18	Jeff Petry J. Petry	167	2017-18	MTL	82	12	30	42	-30	28	6	17	0	0	2	0	178	6.7	0	1	0.0	138	41	102	23:30
19	Colin Miller C. Miller	165	2017-18	VGK	82	10	31	41	-4	53	5	12	0	1	2	0	177	5.6	1	1	100.0	64	35	56	19:21
20	Kevan Miller K. Miller	164	2017-18	BOS	68	1	15	16	+16	70	0	0	0	2	0	0	64	1.6	0	0		111	26	27	19:28
21	Cody Ceci C. Ceci	163	2017-18	OTT	82	5	14	19	-27	12	0	5	0	0	1	0	143	3.5	0	0		171	18	40	23:20
22	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	161	2017-18	EDM	82	6	20	26	+15	67	0	0	0	0	2	1	194	3.1	0	0		153	28	72	22:15
23	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	161	2017-18	TOT	79	6	20	26	-15	49	4	7	0	0	0	0	134	4.5	0	0		154	20	52	20:00
24	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	160	2017-18	ARI	82	14	28	42	-28	44	6	9	0	0	3	0	202	6.9	0	1	0.0	79	29	53	23:41
25	Fredrik Claesson F. Claesson	158	2017-18	OTT	64	1	6	7	-7	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	1.7	0	0		84	15	33	15:21