Radko Gudas made the most hits by a defenseman in 2020-21, with 250 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	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	250	2020-21	FLA	54	2	9	11	+6	40	0	0	0	0	1	0	84	2.4	0	0		72	14	33	17:34
2	Jani Hakanpaa J. Hakanpaa	215	2020-21	TOT	57	2	2	4	+4	35	0	0	0	1	1	0	54	3.7	0	0		83	3	36	18:01
3	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	193	2020-21	BUF	49	4	14	18	-18	36	1	6	0	0	0	0	73	5.5	0	0		68	12	11	22:17
4	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	190	2020-21	CHI	55	1	7	8	+1	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	1.9	0	0		74	16	41	19:12
5	Adam Larsson A. Larsson	166	2020-21	EDM	56	4	6	10	+2	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	7.7	1	1	100.0	128	12	42	19:39
6	Mario Ferraro M. Ferraro	155	2020-21	SJS	56	1	16	17	-6	22	0	4	0	0	0	0	58	1.7	0	0		96	30	20	22:26
7	Jamie Oleksiak J. Oleksiak	148	2020-21	DAL	56	6	8	14	-3	35	0	0	0	0	2	0	84	7.1	0	0		88	17	41	20:29
8	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	143	2020-21	WSH	56	2	17	19	+15	49	0	1	0	1	0	0	51	3.9	0	0		61	13	27	18:57
9	Alexander Romanov A. Romanov	138	2020-21	MTL	54	1	5	6	+1	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	71	1.4	0	0		60	8	49	17:15
10	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	137	2020-21	WPG	54	3	29	32	+6	20	1	9	0	0	0	0	100	3.0	0	0		74	19	44	21:58
11	David Savard D. Savard	132	2020-21	TOT	54	1	5	6	-27	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	69	1.4	0	0		109	7	24	19:51
12	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	127	2020-21	STL	56	7	18	25	+11	35	1	4	0	2	2	1	117	6.0	0	0		87	24	35	24:16
13	Michael Del Zotto M. Del Zotto	125	2020-21	CBJ	53	4	9	13	+5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	5.2	0	0		54	9	28	17:53
14	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	118	2020-21	FLA	54	6	30	36	+29	45	0	3	0	2	1	0	101	5.9	0	0		83	44	52	22:07
15	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	117	2020-21	EDM	56	16	20	36	+27	57	1	6	0	0	2	1	154	10.4	0	0		100	24	61	25:38
16	Nikita Zaitsev N. Zaitsev	114	2020-21	OTT	55	4	13	17	-13	26	0	0	0	1	1	0	70	5.7	0	0		110	7	60	22:44
17	Esa Lindell E. Lindell	114	2020-21	DAL	56	5	11	16	+11	19	0	2	1	0	0	0	100	5.0	0	0		104	9	42	23:11
18	Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	111	2020-21	TOT	45	1	3	4	-12	59	0	0	0	0	1	0	58	1.7	0	0		64	6	33	17:55
19	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	111	2020-21	NYR	38	2	10	12	+3	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	70	2.9	0	0		84	17	24	21:29
20	Connor Clifton C. Clifton	108	2020-21	BOS	44	1	6	7	+10	38	0	0	0	1	0	0	48	2.1	0	0		52	13	15	18:13
21	Ilya Lyubushkin I. Lyubushkin	103	2020-21	ARI	42	1	1	2	-13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	2.8	0	0		72	8	13	15:42
22	Seth Jones S. Jones	102	2020-21	CBJ	56	5	23	28	-18	26	2	6	0	0	1	1	141	3.5	0	0		101	20	43	25:14
23	Connor Murphy C. Murphy	102	2020-21	CHI	50	3	12	15	+1	35	1	0	0	1	1	0	78	3.8	0	0		123	10	37	22:09
24	Jake Muzzin J. Muzzin	101	2020-21	TOR	53	4	23	27	+21	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	103	3.9	0	0		94	24	62	21:35
25	Robert Hagg R. Hagg	100	2020-21	PHI	34	2	3	5	-3	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	6.9	0	0		31	5	20	15:40