nhl defenseman or forward most minutes per game all-time

Chris Pronger has played the most career minutes per game by a defenseman, with 27.18 per game.

Interpreted as:
NHL defenseman or forward most minutes per game with a minimum of 250 games played all-time
NAMEMIN/GPGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Chris Pronger
C. Pronger
27.18
738
107
405
512
+151
877
62
234
1
12
23
5
1,740
6.1
7
23
30.4
807
1,385
397
637
27:11
2Nicklas Lidstrom
N. Lidstrom
26.93
952
163
556
719
+273
350
84
297
6
14
23
4
2,426
6.7
0
0
477
990
462
638
26:56
3Al MacInnis
A. MacInnis
26.64
274
50
159
209
+67
205
27
88
2
4
16
2
1,002
5.0
2
2
100.0
152
266
129
247
26:38
4Sergei Zubov
S. Zubov
26.50
607
78
320
398
+59
194
49
176
2
6
12
2
1,258
6.2
1
1
100.0
298
467
344
835
26:30
5Brian Leetch
B. Leetch
26.47
398
70
203
273
-27
172
28
109
2
7
12
5
1,053
6.6
0
1
0.0
410
653
306
420
26:28
6Drew Doughty
D. Doughty
26.09
1,230
162
534
696
+81
799
80
224
3
8
34
8
2,519
6.4
1
3
33.3
2,037
1,655
304
1,183
26:05
7Scott Niedermayer
S. Niedermayer
25.41
737
109
354
463
+83
512
55
155
0
11
30
12
1,440
7.6
7
26
26.9
565
674
566
617
25:25
8Erik Karlsson
E. Karlsson
25.19
1,113
202
689
891
-119
496
45
268
2
5
38
12
3,038
6.6
0
4
0.0
783
1,456
866
1,332
25:12
9Robert Svehla
R. Svehla
24.94
328
29
122
151
+9
273
8
47
0
2
2
0
493
5.9
0
3
0.0
925
484
164
254
24:57
10Rob Blake
R. Blake
24.90
739
137
317
454
+41
809
81
143
3
8
21
1
2,330
5.9
5
14
35.7
1,229
1,382
452
653
24:54
11Derian Hatcher
D. Hatcher
24.89
517
25
114
139
+46
539
7
24
2
8
6
1
681
3.7
0
0
1,297
720
169
535
24:53
12Roman Josi
R. Josi
24.85
980
192
544
736
+55
413
65
198
1
9
35
9
2,887
6.7
0
2
0.0
685
1,840
364
681
24:51
13Cale Makar
C. Makar
24.83
426
126
339
465
+165
126
42
147
3
4
27
6
1,211
10.4
0
0
355
603
316
333
24:50
14Duncan Keith
D. Keith
24.68
1,256
106
540
646
+159
675
30
156
5
15
19
3
2,526
4.2
0
1
0.0
684
2,010
650
1,002
24:41
15Miro Heiskanen
M. Heiskanen
24.61
507
65
247
312
+25
152
13
98
1
2
12
2
1,171
5.6
0
0
303
631
276
514
24:37
16Quinn Hughes
Q. Hughes
24.54
459
61
371
432
+20
187
16
174
0
3
8
3
999
6.1
0
0
117
371
247
399
24:32
17Bryan McCabe
B. McCabe
24.40
820
119
313
432
+52
1,082
67
161
0
7
21
6
1,717
6.9
1
6
16.7
1,534
1,131
130
732
24:24
18Alex Pietrangelo
A. Pietrangelo
24.37
1,087
148
489
637
+123
355
38
154
1
17
33
6
2,588
5.7
1
3
33.3
761
2,095
685
654
24:22
19Eric Desjardins
E. Desjardins
24.36
397
48
148
196
+60
225
20
53
2
7
11
2
888
5.4
4
8
50.0
120
512
193
345
24:22
20Alexei Zhitnik
A. Zhitnik
24.30
575
33
175
208
-31
675
15
88
0
6
5
2
1,020
3.2
1
3
33.3
838
639
177
448
24:18
21Kris Letang
K. Letang
24.14
1,190
177
609
786
+86
819
57
235
6
10
35
12
2,995
5.9
1
5
20.0
2,034
1,794
642
1,136
24:08
22Jay Bouwmeester
J. Bouwmeester
24.12
1,240
88
336
424
-17
635
25
110
0
7
8
0
1,993
4.4
3
5
60.0
1,218
1,678
307
685
24:07
23Kenny Jonsson
K. Jonsson
24.12
356
32
109
141
-5
134
14
45
2
6
2
0
496
6.5
3
8
37.5
249
528
286
192
24:07
24Mattias Ohlund
M. Ohlund
24.10
758
77
201
278
+10
726
33
82
4
7
18
6
1,343
5.7
0
2
0.0
1,187
1,254
307
538
24:06
25Ryan Suter
R. Suter
24.09
1,526
107
589
696
+127
785
36
218
5
12
20
2
2,426
4.4
2
5
40.0
1,201
2,043
548
754
24:05
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes played per game going back to the 1999-00 season.

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Team Rankings

G/GP

2.55

30th

GA/GP

3.52

31st

PP%

18.8

16th

PK%

77.8

24th

2025-26 Division Standings
TEAMWLOTLPTSDIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
22
2
7
51
52
Stars Stars
21
6
5
47
26
Wild Wild
17
9
5
39
7
Mammoth Mammoth
15
15
3
33
4
Blackhawks Blackhawks
13
12
6
32
-3
Blues Blues
12
14
7
31
-34
Jets Jets
14
15
1
29
-4
Predators Predators
12
14
4
28
-20
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
NSH NSH
@
STL STL
8:00 PM
Wed
12/17
WPG WPG
@
STL STL
8:00 PM
Thu
12/18
NYR NYR
@
STL STL
8:00 PM
Sat
12/20
STL STL
@
FLA FLA
6:00 PM
Mon
12/22
STL STL
@
TBL TBL
7:00 PM
Last Game
CHI Blackhawks

13 - 12 - 6

2

Final

3

STL Blues

12 - 14 - 7

Fri 12 Dec 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

NHL 2025-26 Betting

NHL 2025-26 Division Standings

Central DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
22
2
7
51
52
Stars Stars
21
6
5
47
26
Wild Wild
17
9
5
39
7
Pacific DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
15
6
9
39
5
Ducks Ducks
19
11
1
39
10
Kings Kings
14
8
8
36
2
Atlantic DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Lightning Lightning
18
11
2
38
22
Bruins Bruins
19
13
0
38
8
Red Wings Red Wings
17
12
3
37
-9
Metropolitan DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Hurricanes Hurricanes
19
9
2
40
16
Capitals Capitals
18
9
4
40
27
Islanders Islanders
18
11
3
39
6

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/14
WPG WPG
@
CGY CGY
4-3
Sat
11/15
NSH NSH
@
PIT PIT
0-4
Sat
11/15
VAN VAN
@
TBL TBL
6-2
Sat
11/15
VGK VGK
@
MIN MIN
2-3
Sat
11/15
DET DET
@
NYR NYR
2-1

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/13
ANA ANA
@
NJD NJD
12:30 PM
Sat
12/13
OTT OTT
@
MIN MIN
2:00 PM
Sat
12/13
SJS SJS
@
PIT PIT
3:00 PM
Sat
12/13
TBL TBL
@
NYI NYI
3:30 PM
Sat
12/13
WSH WSH
@
WPG WPG
7:00 PM