Dave Schultz had the most penalty minutes in 1977-78, with 405 minutes in the box.

	NAME	PIM	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Dave Schultz D. Schultz	405	1977-78	TOT	74	11	25	36	-8	0	2	0	0	1	111	9.9
2	Dave Williams D. Williams	351	1977-78	TOR	78	19	31	50	+6	6	6	0	0	5	163	11.7
3	Dennis Polonich D. Polonich	254	1977-78	DET	79	16	19	35	-5	5	6	0	0	0	128	12.5
4	Randy Holt R. Holt	249	1977-78	TOT	54	1	4	5	-28	0	1	0	0	0	26	3.8
5	Andre Dupont A. Dupont	225	1977-78	PHI	69	2	12	14	+31	0	1	0	0	0	108	1.9
6	Terry O'Reilly T. O'Reilly	211	1977-78	BOS	77	29	61	90	+42	5	17	0	0	4	165	17.6
7	Mel Bridgman M. Bridgman	203	1977-78	PHI	76	16	32	48	+26	3	3	1	1	2	154	10.4
8	Dennis Hextall D. Hextall	195	1977-78	DET	78	16	33	49	-5	2	8	2	1	3	89	18.0
9	Gord Lane G. Lane	195	1977-78	WSH	69	2	9	11	-19	0	0	0	0	0	68	2.9
10	Paul Holmgren P. Holmgren	190	1977-78	PHI	62	16	18	34	+23	2	5	0	0	1	91	17.6
11	John Wensink J. Wensink	181	1977-78	BOS	80	16	20	36	+24	1	0	0	0	3	131	12.2
12	Dan Maloney D. Maloney	176	1977-78	TOT	79	19	33	52	-1	3	7	0	0	2	190	10.0
13	Jack McIlhargey J. McIlhargey	172	1977-78	VAN	69	3	5	8	-45	0	1	0	0	0	36	8.3
14	Willi Plett W. Plett	171	1977-78	AFM	78	22	21	43	-6	2	4	0	0	3	191	11.5
15	Bryan Watson B. Watson	167	1977-78	WSH	79	3	11	14	-12	0	0	1	0	0	54	5.6
16	Mike Milbury M. Milbury	151	1977-78	BOS	80	8	30	38	+51	0	1	0	0	0	83	9.6
17	Russ Anderson R. Anderson	150	1977-78	PIT	74	2	16	18	-5	0	0	0	0	1	50	4.0
18	Garry Howatt G. Howatt	146	1977-78	NYI	61	7	12	19	+7	0	0	0	0	0	60	11.7
19	Keith Magnuson K. Magnuson	145	1977-78	CHI	67	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	4.3
20	Ted Bulley T. Bulley	141	1977-78	CHI	79	23	28	51	+3	6	5	0	0	5	150	15.3
21	Phil Russell P. Russell	139	1977-78	CHI	57	6	20	26	+18	0	6	1	0	1	132	4.5
22	Grant Mulvey G. Mulvey	135	1977-78	CHI	78	14	24	38	0	3	7	0	0	0	158	8.9
23	Orest Kindrachuk O. Kindrachuk	128	1977-78	PHI	73	17	45	62	+35	1	7	1	2	4	170	10.0
24	Harold Phillipoff H. Phillipoff	128	1977-78	AFM	67	17	36	53	+27	2	3	0	0	2	132	12.9
25	Bert Wilson B. Wilson	127	1977-78	LAK	79	7	16	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	8.8