who has the most minutes played in nhl history defenceman

Zdeno Chara has played the most career minutes by a defenseman, with 38174 minutes.

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Data note: Minutes Played: player season data complete from 1999-00

	NAME	MIN	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	38174	1,596	207	464	671	+308	1,952	93	133	7	27	35	3	3,353	6.2	13	36	36.1	3,749	2,164	610	1,342	23:55
2	Ryan Suter R. Suter	36754	1,526	107	589	696	+127	785	36	218	5	12	20	2	2,425	4.4	2	5	40.0	1,201	2,044	548	754	24:05
3	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	33493	1,291	166	550	716	+80	841	80	225	3	8	34	8	2,602	6.4	1	3	33.3	2,087	1,708	317	1,245	25:57
4	Brent Burns B. Burns	32602	1,416	246	634	880	+33	819	85	221	3	13	43	16	3,891	6.3	12	29	41.4	1,359	1,869	853	1,509	23:01
5	Duncan Keith D. Keith	30994	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
6	Kris Letang K. Letang	29980	1,249	178	634	812	+83	849	57	239	6	10	36	13	3,077	5.8	1	5	20.0	2,109	1,863	663	1,225	24:00
7	Jay Bouwmeester J. Bouwmeester	29913	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
8	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	29443	1,173	218	734	952	-117	510	50	287	2	5	38	12	3,175	6.9	0	4	0.0	802	1,499	891	1,412	25:06
9	John Carlson J. Carlson	27599	1,172	175	618	793	+113	398	50	229	2	7	34	2	2,709	6.5	1	6	16.7	960	2,216	672	1,204	23:33
10	Marc-Edouard Vlasic M. Vlasic	27362	1,323	84	295	379	+41	472	11	56	2	9	13	3	1,700	4.9	0	1	0.0	711	2,183	334	723	20:41
11	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	27299	1,176	175	641	816	+195	784	35	256	1	13	30	9	2,487	7.0	1	3	33.3	1,193	1,807	563	971	23:13
12	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	26491	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
13	Cam Fowler C. Fowler	26140	1,138	109	418	527	-125	289	41	151	4	7	20	5	1,740	6.3	2	3	66.7	491	1,506	368	725	22:58
14	Roman Josi R. Josi	25972	1,044	204	590	794	+47	441	69	225	1	10	38	10	3,061	6.7	0	2	0.0	709	1,938	386	748	24:53
15	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	25859	1,153	156	384	540	-113	768	61	138	4	4	36	8	2,348	6.6	0	2	0.0	1,827	1,052	359	753	22:26
16	Jack Johnson J. Johnson	25680	1,228	77	265	342	-127	639	29	92	1	7	11	3	1,679	4.6	4	9	44.4	1,944	1,839	250	572	20:55
17	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	25642	952	163	556	719	+273	350	84	297	6	14	23	4	2,426	6.7	0	0		477	990	462	638	26:56
18	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	25312	1,148	158	419	577	+129	918	52	141	13	12	26	8	2,346	6.7	0	0		1,243	2,164	540	731	22:03
19	Shea Weber S. Weber	24958	1,038	224	365	589	+79	714	106	133	5	6	35	7	2,765	8.1	0	0		2,212	1,691	372	737	24:03
20	Tyler Myers T. Myers	24883	1,153	100	307	407	-13	909	19	74	7	9	19	4	1,790	5.6	0	1	0.0	1,425	1,789	475	902	21:35
21	Dan Boyle D. Boyle	24743	1,071	160	437	597	-5	687	71	225	1	2	28	6	2,200	7.3	1	12	8.3	897	1,334	469	785	23:06
22	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	24597	1,048	137	357	494	-57	1,345	73	173	2	7	28	5	2,514	5.4	0	1	0.0	2,460	1,550	377	760	23:28
23	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	24529	1,072	148	356	504	-70	530	50	107	3	6	37	4	2,454	6.0	0	1	0.0	1,652	1,472	604	741	22:53
24	Dan Hamhuis D. Hamhuis	24503	1,148	59	297	356	+72	684	14	61	3	10	11	2	1,557	3.8	0	2	0.0	1,525	1,400	555	733	21:21
25	Brent Seabrook B. Seabrook	24442	1,114	103	361	464	+111	661	38	121	2	10	19	7	1,996	5.2	1	6	16.7	2,137	1,998	334	826	21:56

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8

Pastrnak

11

Pastrnak

+/-

+15

Borgen

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G/GP

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GA/GP

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4th

PP%

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PK%

76.9

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	10	4	1	21	19
Canadiens	9	3	2	20	6
Senators	9	6	1	19	1
Maple Leafs	8	6	2	18	7
Lightning	8	3	2	18	5
Panthers	8	4	2	18	5
Sabres	7	4	3	17	-6
Red Wings	6	5	3	15	-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/5	BOS	@	PIT	7:00 PM
Sun 11/8	FLA	@	BOS	1:00 PM
Thu 11/12	MTL	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MIN	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Tue 11/17	LAK	@	BOS	7:00 PM

Last Game

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Final

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10 - 4 - 1

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15

Kaprizov

12

Draisaitl

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Assists Leaders

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McDavid

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Bouchard

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Points Leaders

39

McDavid

28

Draisaitl

26

Bouchard

Hits Leaders

81

Sherwood

70

Trenin

65

Pospisil

Blocks Leaders

43

Kleven

40

Weegar

39

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Wins Leaders

10

Kochetkov

9

Wallstedt

7

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

1.33

Ullmark

1.49

Kochetkov

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Ullmark

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4.20

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Goals Against Rankings

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2.19

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91.1

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10-5

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NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	10	4	1	21	19
Canadiens	9	3	2	20	6
Senators	9	6	1	19	1
Lightning	8	3	2	18	5
Panthers	8	4	2	18	5
Maple Leafs	8	6	2	18	7
Sabres	7	4	3	17	-6
Red Wings	6	5	3	15	-2
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Devils	9	5	0	18	8
Capitals	8	5	0	16	2
Islanders	7	5	2	16	1
Rangers	7	7	1	15	-1
Penguins	5	7	2	12	-2
Flyers	4	8	4	12	-19
Blue Jackets	5	7	0	10	-10

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Wild	10	3	3	23	16
Mammoth	9	6	0	18	2
Avalanche	8	5	1	17	15
Stars	8	5	1	17	7
Blues	7	6	1	15	2
Predators	5	4	5	15	-5
Jets	4	8	3	11	-20
Blackhawks	4	9	1	9	-22
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	11	2	2	24	20
Golden Knights	9	5	1	19	9
Kraken	8	5	1	17	0
Sharks	7	7	1	15	-11
Ducks	6	7	1	13	-4
Flames	6	8	0	12	-16
Kings	4	7	2	10	-9
Canucks	3	12	1	7	-25