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

Interpreted as:

most minutes NHL defenseman 1022 -23 or more

	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	2,426	4.4	2	5	40.0	1,201	2,043	548	754	24:05
3	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	31574	1,207	160	526	686	+69	789	80	223	3	7	34	8	2,488	6.4	1	3	33.3	2,025	1,618	296	1,153	26:10
4	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
5	Brent Burns B. Burns	30827	1,320	234	606	840	+1	777	85	220	3	13	38	16	3,700	6.3	12	29	41.4	1,332	1,761	831	1,389	23:21
6	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
7	Kris Letang K. Letang	28093	1,161	175	597	772	+85	805	56	229	6	10	34	11	2,946	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,001	1,755	633	1,102	24:12
8	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	2,184	334	723	20:41
9	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	27346	1,084	200	670	870	-123	486	44	261	2	5	38	12	2,974	6.7	0	4	0.0	780	1,427	851	1,283	25:14
10	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	26506	1,131	171	623	794	+193	772	35	250	1	13	29	8	2,422	7.1	1	3	33.3	1,171	1,746	554	925	23:26
11	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
12	John Carlson J. Carlson	25705	1,088	156	570	726	+103	364	47	217	2	7	32	2	2,520	6.2	1	5	20.0	924	2,097	626	1,075	23:38
13	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
14	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
15	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	25312	1,148	158	419	577	+129	918	52	141	13	12	26	8	2,346	6.7	0	0		1,245	2,164	540	731	22:03
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Cam Fowler C. Fowler	24108	1,042	105	388	493	-110	269	40	142	4	5	19	5	1,635	6.4	2	3	66.7	481	1,422	346	651	23:08
22	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	23967	1,059	148	352	500	-104	684	61	129	4	3	36	8	2,229	6.6	0	2	0.0	1,721	969	340	628	22:38
23	Roman Josi R. Josi	23925	962	190	534	724	+59	399	65	196	1	9	35	9	2,840	6.7	0	2	0.0	679	1,814	359	656	24:52
24	Brian Campbell B. Campbell	23911	1,082	87	417	504	+63	277	32	170	1	4	17	2	1,453	6.0	0	3	0.0	587	1,161	300	645	22:06
25	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	23894	1,010	164	517	681	+12	740	80	297	1	7	25	4	2,246	7.3	3	3	100.0	821	1,159	332	788	23:39