Nikita Zadorov has made the most hits by a defenseman this season, with 90 hits.

Interpreted as:

team with the best check down defense this regular season

	NAME	HIT	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	90	2025-26	BOS	32	1	10	11	+10	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	2.5	0	0	47	19	38	22:02
2	Lian Bichsel L. Bichsel	85	2025-26	DAL	26	1	2	3	+6	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	24	4	23	15:49
3	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	84	2025-26	CGY	33	2	5	7	-21	35	0	2	0	0	0	0	74	2.7	0	0	68	13	59	23:49
4	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	83	2025-26	NJD	33	3	7	10	-3	31	0	0	0	1	2	0	27	11.1	0	0	52	6	15	18:29
5	Josh Manson J. Manson	82	2025-26	COL	32	2	7	9	+21	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	43	4.7	0	0	44	11	29	17:47
6	Ben Chiarot B. Chiarot	76	2025-26	DET	33	4	4	8	+3	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	10.0	0	0	76	11	38	21:05
7	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	75	2025-26	ANA	21	1	5	6	-2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	3.3	0	0	39	5	16	16:00
8	Braden Schneider B. Schneider	73	2025-26	NYR	33	1	5	6	-4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	2.7	0	0	51	10	36	19:19
9	Simon Benoit S. Benoit	71	2025-26	TOR	29	0	3	3	-2	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	0	44	6	29	17:40
10	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	64	2025-26	ANA	32	5	9	14	+14	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	58	8.6	0	0	55	9	35	22:02
11	Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	62	2025-26	PIT	31	2	8	10	+5	28	0	0	0	1	1	0	28	7.1	0	0	47	16	50	21:01
12	Mario Ferraro M. Ferraro	62	2025-26	SJS	33	1	6	7	+2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	3.2	0	0	70	13	39	21:00
13	Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	62	2025-26	CAR	30	4	7	11	+11	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	7.8	0	0	39	8	35	19:01
14	Filip Hronek F. Hronek	60	2025-26	VAN	32	2	14	16	+2	10	1	4	0	0	0	0	43	4.7	0	0	44	12	32	24:24
15	Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	60	2025-26	MTL	28	1	1	2	-6	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	4.5	0	0	22	2	18	11:55
16	Moritz Seider M. Seider	59	2025-26	DET	33	4	18	22	+12	31	1	9	0	0	0	0	79	5.1	0	0	69	13	41	25:11
17	Luke Schenn L. Schenn	58	2025-26	WPG	22	0	4	4	-5	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	0	28	4	24	13:49
18	Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	57	2025-26	VGK	17	0	4	4	+3	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	26	2	11	15:54
19	Connor Clifton C. Clifton	57	2025-26	PIT	14	0	0	0	-3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	26	5	9	16:02
20	Nick Seeler N. Seeler	57	2025-26	PHI	30	0	4	4	-3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	0.0	0	0	51	9	19	19:33
21	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	56	2025-26	WPG	27	1	4	5	+1	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	55	1.8	0	0	44	6	32	22:48
22	Logan Stanley L. Stanley	54	2025-26	WPG	31	5	6	11	+1	55	0	0	0	0	1	0	31	16.1	0	0	40	8	24	16:31
23	Emil Lilleberg E. Lilleberg	53	2025-26	TBL	32	2	4	6	+9	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	8.3	0	0	33	5	25	17:21
24	Zach Whitecloud Z. Whitecloud	52	2025-26	VGK	31	1	3	4	-6	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	4.5	0	0	38	3	27	18:30
25	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	51	2025-26	VGK	31	1	1	2	-4	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	4.2	0	0	82	10	24	21:21