nhl defenseman leaders in time on ice postseason

Zdeno Chara has the most career time on ice by a defenseman in the playoffs, with 5081:30 on ice.

	NAME	TOI	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	5081:30	200	18	52	70	+49	218	6	15	0	0	4	0	387	4.7	2	2	100.0	611	327	73	211	25:24
2	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	4893:17	203	12	57	69	+20	107	5	8	0	3	3	1	301	4.0	0	0		442	464	120	187	24:06
3	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	4244:30	170	23	97	120	+18	94	10	43	0	1	5	1	425	5.4	0	0		228	323	79	176	24:58
4	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	4171:35	149	30	76	106	+34	44	19	46	2	3	7	0	358	8.4	0	0		99	193	85	107	28:00
5	Duncan Keith D. Keith	4095:32	151	19	72	91	+20	70	2	27	0	2	5	1	323	5.9	0	0		120	264	86	181	27:07
6	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	3851:03	149	15	65	80	+26	95	1	18	0	0	2	0	388	3.9	0	0		155	367	126	118	25:51
7	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	3850:47	165	29	71	100	+42	66	17	31	0	2	6	1	290	10.0	0	1	0.0	164	175	106	147	23:20
8	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	3807:06	131	22	76	98	+44	234	12	38	0	3	3	0	299	7.4	0	0		254	330	72	129	29:04
9	Kris Letang K. Letang	3779:29	155	25	67	92	-2	162	9	26	0	2	7	1	378	6.6	0	0		301	247	65	182	24:23
10	John Carlson J. Carlson	3652:29	149	21	63	84	-9	60	13	33	0	0	2	0	399	5.3	0	0		227	296	90	177	24:31
11	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	3562:13	134	16	52	68	+18	107	6	23	3	0	6	2	256	6.3	1	2	50.0	180	187	152	168	26:35
12	Ryan Suter R. Suter	3423:15	138	7	38	45	-30	80	3	11	0	2	0	0	206	3.4	0	0		190	216	51	90	24:48
13	Brent Burns B. Burns	3383:01	141	22	59	81	+30	100	7	24	0	0	0	0	396	5.6	2	7	28.6	268	216	75	146	24:00
14	Dan Girardi D. Girardi	3231:44	143	8	28	36	0	42	3	4	0	1	4	1	182	4.4	0	0		399	383	42	116	22:36
15	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	3216:42	147	23	68	91	+26	56	7	20	0	0	4	2	332	6.9	0	0		46	241	82	171	21:53
16	Marc-Edouard Vlasic M. Vlasic	3215:07	142	6	33	39	+20	42	1	6	0	2	1	0	171	3.5	0	0		145	304	49	96	22:39
17	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	3138:28	156	4	22	26	+12	132	0	0	0	2	3	2	123	3.3	0	0		611	349	19	65	20:07
18	Dan Boyle D. Boyle	3108:40	130	17	64	81	-10	70	7	40	0	0	3	0	292	5.8	0	0		139	210	73	121	23:55
19	Brent Seabrook B. Seabrook	3057:59	123	20	39	59	+8	83	6	11	0	3	3	3	231	8.7	0	0		425	269	25	123	24:52
20	Brad Stuart B. Stuart	3043:41	142	10	30	40	+14	77	2	9	0	1	1	0	173	5.8	1	1	100.0	325	206	37	111	21:26
21	Matt Niskanen M. Niskanen	3043:22	140	6	36	42	-2	74	4	5	0	0	0	0	184	3.3	0	0		284	220	46	124	21:44
22	Niklas Hjalmarsson N. Hjalmarsson	2991:01	137	2	27	29	+15	52	0	0	0	2	0	0	88	2.3	0	0		101	324	54	148	21:50
23	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	2922:57	125	13	47	60	+20	102	2	8	0	0	1	0	214	6.1	0	0		147	188	57	138	23:23
24	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	2910:00	105	19	42	61	-22	90	7	21	0	1	1	0	199	9.5	0	1	0.0	208	199	22	137	27:43
25	Paul Martin P. Martin	2896:43	122	6	40	46	+3	44	3	11	0	3	0	0	136	4.4	0	0		125	253	55	66	23:45

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