nhl most hits per game by defencemen with minimum 45 games played 2022

Radko Gudas made the most hits per game by a defenseman with 45+ games played in 2021-22, with 4.61 per game.

	NAME	HIT/GP	GP	SEASON	TM	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	4.61	77	2021-22	FLA	3	13	16	+27	105	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	3.0	0	0	355	118	28	57	18:01
2	Luke Schenn L. Schenn	4.14	66	2021-22	VAN	5	12	17	+15	61	0	0	1	0	1	0	78	6.4	0	0	273	96	7	42	17:13
3	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	3.48	66	2021-22	PHI	2	14	16	-9	38	0	1	0	0	0	0	97	2.1	0	0	230	125	12	33	21:26
4	Mark Borowiecki M. Borowiecki	3.44	57	2021-22	NSH	0	4	4	-9	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	0.0	0	0	196	79	7	14	13:07
5	Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	3.39	66	2021-22	TOT	2	5	7	-6	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	2.7	0	0	224	63	10	24	17:40
6	Martin Fehervary M. Fehervary	3.18	79	2021-22	WSH	8	9	17	+15	26	0	0	1	1	2	0	96	8.3	0	0	251	117	14	36	19:39
7	Simon Benoit S. Benoit	3.17	53	2021-22	ANA	1	4	5	-5	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	2.2	0	0	168	39	7	21	14:06
8	Nicolas Meloche N. Meloche	3.16	50	2021-22	SJS	2	5	7	-17	39	0	0	0	1	1	0	36	5.6	0	0	158	54	17	26	16:53
9	Jani Hakanpaa J. Hakanpaa	3.10	80	2021-22	DAL	4	8	12	+1	43	0	0	0	1	0	0	68	5.9	0	0	248	112	9	38	16:13
10	Erik Cernak E. Cernak	3.00	55	2021-22	TBL	1	12	13	+7	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	86	1.2	0	0	165	73	21	17	19:09
11	Alexander Romanov A. Romanov	2.87	79	2021-22	MTL	3	10	13	-9	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	107	2.8	0	0	227	144	24	78	20:24
12	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	2.76	71	2021-22	EDM	9	26	35	+18	54	0	6	2	1	0	0	203	4.4	0	0	196	132	33	67	25:03
13	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	2.68	79	2021-22	WPG	3	17	20	+16	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	3.5	0	0	212	108	16	51	18:50
14	Josh Manson J. Manson	2.67	67	2021-22	TOT	6	10	16	-11	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	6.5	0	0	179	70	38	43	18:59
15	Connor Clifton C. Clifton	2.60	60	2021-22	BOS	2	8	10	-2	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	2.5	0	0	156	62	16	14	16:04
16	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	2.56	81	2021-22	NYR	11	28	39	+25	88	1	3	0	2	1	0	204	5.4	0	0	207	177	24	63	22:26
17	Jamie Oleksiak J. Oleksiak	2.53	72	2021-22	SEA	1	16	17	-1	54	0	0	0	1	0	0	95	1.1	0	0	182	86	32	51	19:20
18	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	2.45	74	2021-22	CGY	4	18	22	+11	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	106	3.8	0	0	181	49	32	61	16:55
19	Ilya Lyubushkin I. Lyubushkin	2.43	77	2021-22	TOT	2	13	15	-2	51	0	0	0	1	0	0	54	3.7	0	0	187	92	15	37	17:27
20	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	2.40	77	2021-22	WPG	3	31	34	+5	46	1	11	0	0	1	0	140	2.1	0	0	185	91	27	68	21:08
21	Zach Bogosian Z. Bogosian	2.38	48	2021-22	TBL	3	5	8	+2	53	0	0	0	0	1	0	60	5.0	0	0	114	34	7	16	15:22
22	Riley Stillman R. Stillman	2.35	52	2021-22	CHI	2	10	12	-8	36	0	0	0	0	1	0	49	4.1	0	0	122	67	11	29	15:04
23	Mikey Anderson M. Anderson	2.33	57	2021-22	LAK	2	6	8	+6	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	58	3.4	0	0	133	69	10	26	20:07
24	Andrew Peeke A. Peeke	2.33	82	2021-22	CBJ	2	13	15	-14	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	2.8	0	0	191	169	15	31	21:29
25	Connor Murphy C. Murphy	2.28	57	2021-22	CHI	4	6	10	-14	47	0	0	0	0	1	0	71	5.6	0	0	130	150	19	47	21:46