Zdeno Chara has made the most career hits by a defenseman, with 3,749 hits.

	NAME	HIT	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	3,749	1,596	207	464	671	+308	1,952	93	133	7	27	35	3	3,353	6.2	13	36	36.1	2,164	610	1,342	23:55
2	Luke Schenn L. Schenn	3,483	1,027	44	155	199	-45	834	2	1	1	5	3	0	1,244	3.5	1	2	50.0	1,553	246	653	17:23
3	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	3,148	1,035	18	176	194	+79	972	1	6	0	9	1	0	768	2.3	1	1	100.0	1,914	171	445	19:29
4	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	2,890	777	39	146	185	+83	1,007	1	4	1	2	6	1	1,245	3.1	0	0		1,375	186	515	18:12
5	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	2,460	1,048	137	357	494	-57	1,345	73	173	2	7	28	5	2,514	5.4	0	1	0.0	1,550	377	760	23:28
6	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	2,255	925	38	166	204	+72	887	0	1	4	4	6	0	983	3.9	0	0		1,239	158	474	18:42
7	Stephane Robidas S. Robidas	2,254	937	57	201	258	+16	713	23	71	2	5	8	3	1,283	4.4	5	7	71.4	1,248	305	469	20:19
8	Shea Weber S. Weber	2,212	1,038	224	365	589	+79	714	106	133	5	6	35	7	2,765	8.1	0	0		1,691	372	737	24:03
9	Robyn Regehr R. Regehr	2,187	1,089	36	163	199	+30	972	11	33	1	9	4	1	1,112	3.2	3	7	42.9	1,390	209	595	20:54
10	Brent Seabrook B. Seabrook	2,137	1,114	103	361	464	+111	661	38	121	2	10	19	7	1,996	5.2	1	6	16.7	1,998	334	826	21:56
11	Dan Girardi D. Girardi	2,082	927	56	208	264	+78	314	14	34	2	12	13	1	1,235	4.5	0	2	0.0	1,954	337	543	21:33
12	Adam Larsson A. Larsson	2,064	880	46	173	219	+33	521	0	5	1	7	10	3	1,119	4.1	1	1	100.0	1,593	270	504	21:20
13	Brad Stuart B. Stuart	2,054	1,056	80	255	335	+8	565	29	71	2	10	21	5	1,546	5.2	2	7	28.6	1,484	264	683	21:24
14	Roman Polak R. Polak	2,024	806	26	114	140	-8	643	0	5	0	2	6	0	799	3.3	2	5	40.0	1,418	171	344	18:52
15	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	1,999	1,177	156	513	669	+60	769	80	217	2	7	33	8	2,443	6.4	1	3	33.3	1,573	289	1,105	26:13
16	Jack Johnson J. Johnson	1,932	1,204	77	260	337	-118	639	29	92	1	7	11	3	1,669	4.6	4	9	44.4	1,816	248	561	21:05
17	Kris Letang K. Letang	1,931	1,116	173	584	757	+88	769	55	226	6	10	34	11	2,858	6.1	1	5	20.0	1,686	612	1,035	24:13
18	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	1,858	744	53	240	293	-184	373	15	102	1	4	7	4	1,394	3.8	1	2	50.0	1,208	178	405	22:44
19	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	1,857	674	49	105	154	+15	756	2	7	0	1	5	1	813	6.0	1	1	100.0	700	191	422	18:10
20	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	1,840	770	29	133	162	+132	513	1	7	1	6	4	0	827	3.5	1	1	100.0	1,426	277	385	18:54
21	Mark Borowiecki M. Borowiecki	1,831	458	15	41	56	-22	848	0	0	1	0	0	0	367	4.1	1	3	33.3	720	61	163	14:50
22	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	1,782	792	162	332	494	-15	1,013	51	144	1	6	32	8	2,410	6.7	1	8	12.5	784	556	653	22:37
23	Jeff Petry J. Petry	1,726	807	91	249	340	-113	329	23	69	1	8	17	4	1,469	6.2	1	3	33.3	1,266	279	942	21:58
24	Chris Phillips C. Phillips	1,711	1,073	63	203	266	+71	686	13	35	3	19	11	2	1,263	5.0	1	5	20.0	1,524	278	800	20:47
25	Dennis Seidenberg D. Seidenberg	1,692	859	44	207	251	+39	359	8	53	0	4	8	1	1,430	3.1	1	4	25.0	1,559	168	311	20:44