Jimmy Mann had the most penalty minutes in 1979-80, with 287 minutes in the box in his rookie season.

	NAME	PIM	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Jimmy Mann J. Mann	287	1979-80	WIN	72	3	5	8	-20	1	0	0	0	1	60	5.0
2	Dave Williams D. Williams	278	1979-80	TOT	78	30	23	53	-13	6	9	0	0	1	170	17.6
3	Paul Holmgren P. Holmgren	267	1979-80	PHI	74	30	35	65	+35	9	7	0	0	3	153	19.6
4	Terry O'Reilly T. O'Reilly	265	1979-80	BOS	71	19	42	61	+19	3	7	0	0	5	105	18.1
5	Terry Ruskowski T. Ruskowski	252	1979-80	CHI	74	15	55	70	+7	6	16	1	1	3	88	17.0
6	Paul Mulvey P. Mulvey	240	1979-80	WSH	77	15	19	34	-7	2	1	0	0	3	140	10.7
7	Willi Plett W. Plett	231	1979-80	AFM	76	13	19	32	-4	0	0	0	0	2	119	10.9
8	Garry Howatt G. Howatt	219	1979-80	NYI	77	8	11	19	-3	0	0	0	0	1	62	12.9
9	Behn Wilson B. Wilson	212	1979-80	PHI	61	9	25	34	+20	4	8	0	1	1	119	7.6
10	Stan Jonathan S. Jonathan	208	1979-80	BOS	79	21	19	40	+20	0	1	0	1	3	108	19.4
11	Gord Lane G. Lane	205	1979-80	TOT	74	4	18	22	+11	0	0	0	1	1	76	5.3
12	Stan Smyl S. Smyl	204	1979-80	VAN	77	31	47	78	+27	11	7	0	0	3	182	17.0
13	Harold Snepsts H. Snepsts	202	1979-80	VAN	79	3	20	23	+8	0	2	0	1	0	103	2.9
14	Colin Campbell C. Campbell	196	1979-80	EDM	72	2	11	13	-19	0	0	0	0	0	80	2.5
15	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	188	1979-80	TOT	69	22	15	37	-15	3	1	0	0	5	144	15.3
16	Dave Maloney D. Maloney	186	1979-80	NYR	77	12	25	37	+10	3	6	0	0	0	102	11.8
17	John Hughes J. Hughes	181	1979-80	VAN	52	2	11	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	4.1
18	Cam Connor C. Connor	173	1979-80	TOT	50	7	16	23	+5	0	2	0	0	0	54	13.0
19	Al Secord A. Secord	170	1979-80	BOS	77	23	16	39	+20	1	1	0	0	2	155	14.8
20	Kim Clackson K. Clackson	166	1979-80	PIT	45	0	3	3	-7	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0
21	Willie Huber W. Huber	164	1979-80	DET	76	17	23	40	-26	4	7	2	0	2	197	8.6
22	Brian Sutter B. Sutter	156	1979-80	STL	71	23	35	58	+3	6	9	0	0	1	173	13.3
23	Russ Anderson R. Anderson	150	1979-80	PIT	76	5	22	27	+10	0	0	0	0	0	74	6.8
24	Paul Baxter P. Baxter	145	1979-80	QUE	61	7	13	20	-27	4	9	0	0	1	90	7.8
25	Larry Playfair L. Playfair	145	1979-80	BUF	79	2	10	12	+13	0	0	0	0	0	32	6.3