2025-2026 nhl hits leaders for defensemen

Nikita Zadorov has made the most hits by a defenseman this season, with 86 hits.

	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	86	2025-26	BOS	28	1	8	9	+2	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	2.9	0	0	37	15	30	22:00
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	72	2025-26	CGY	28	1	4	5	-22	35	0	2	0	0	0	0	58	1.7	0	0	56	11	48	23:45
4	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	67	2025-26	NJD	27	3	6	9	-5	24	0	0	0	1	2	0	24	12.5	0	0	43	5	12	18:18
5	Josh Manson J. Manson	64	2025-26	COL	26	2	3	5	+16	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	33	6.1	0	0	38	11	25	18:00
6	Braden Schneider B. Schneider	64	2025-26	NYR	28	1	4	5	-2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	3.2	0	0	45	9	32	18:32
7	Ben Chiarot B. Chiarot	63	2025-26	DET	27	4	4	8	+1	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	11.8	0	0	59	10	32	20:52
8	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	58	2025-26	ANA	27	4	9	13	+10	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	44	9.1	0	0	48	8	30	21:59
9	Simon Benoit S. Benoit	58	2025-26	TOR	24	0	2	2	-2	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	0	36	6	23	17:52
10	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	57	2025-26	ANA	16	1	3	4	-1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3.8	0	0	32	4	15	16:04
11	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
12	Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	56	2025-26	CAR	24	3	6	9	+15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	6.7	0	0	33	7	26	19:17
13	Mario Ferraro M. Ferraro	55	2025-26	SJS	28	1	6	7	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	3.6	0	0	60	12	34	21:00
14	Nick Seeler N. Seeler	51	2025-26	PHI	26	0	3	3	-4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0.0	0	0	44	9	17	19:09
15	Filip Hronek F. Hronek	50	2025-26	VAN	27	2	14	16	+5	8	1	4	0	0	0	0	37	5.4	0	0	41	11	28	24:29
16	Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	50	2025-26	PIT	25	2	8	10	+7	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	23	8.7	0	0	38	10	37	21:06
17	Moritz Seider M. Seider	49	2025-26	DET	27	4	15	19	+5	27	1	8	0	0	0	0	67	6.0	0	0	54	12	37	24:58
18	Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	48	2025-26	MTL	24	0	1	1	-6	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	0	18	1	15	11:52
19	Noah Juulsen N. Juulsen	46	2025-26	PHI	22	0	2	2	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	0	0	15	2	21	13:48
20	Logan Stanley L. Stanley	45	2025-26	WPG	26	3	6	9	+2	53	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	11.5	0	0	35	8	20	16:40
21	Kaedan Korczak K. Korczak	45	2025-26	VGK	26	2	1	3	+8	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	9.5	0	0	40	2	29	15:42
22	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	44	2025-26	VGK	26	0	1	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0.0	0	0	73	6	17	21:23
23	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	44	2025-26	WPG	22	1	4	5	+1	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	45	2.2	0	0	38	5	27	22:48
24	Zach Whitecloud Z. Whitecloud	43	2025-26	VGK	26	0	3	3	-7	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0.0	0	0	26	2	21	18:23
25	Sean Walker S. Walker	42	2025-26	CAR	25	4	5	9	-2	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	58	6.9	0	0	34	5	22	23:21