Between the 1979-80 and 1989-90 seasons, Chris Nilan had the most penalty minutes, with 2,506 minutes in the box.

Interpreted as:

most pims by a player 1979-80 to 1989-90

	NAME	PIM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Chris Nilan C. Nilan	2,506	591	98	98	196	+1	7	5	0	0	9	0	724	13.5
2	Dave Williams D. Williams	2,498	610	154	158	312	-53	31	30	2	2	13	1	1,029	15.0
3	Dale Hunter D. Hunter	2,237	762	205	431	636	+133	49	78	10	12	23	2	1,233	16.6
4	Tim Hunter T. Hunter	2,095	481	43	54	97	+9	3	3	0	0	5	0	423	10.2
5	Willi Plett W. Plett	2,063	614	144	151	295	-65	28	26	0	0	14	0	892	16.1
6	Al Secord A. Secord	1,970	695	257	216	473	0	66	51	0	0	28	1	1,547	16.6
7	Laurie Boschman L. Boschman	1,964	786	201	312	513	-111	41	56	7	6	25	2	1,311	15.3
8	Rob Ramage R. Ramage	1,822	835	120	380	500	-140	64	184	1	7	18	2	2,497	4.8
9	Jim Korn J. Korn	1,801	597	66	122	188	-131	11	19	4	3	6	0	604	10.9
10	Jay Wells J. Wells	1,759	731	39	179	218	-22	11	52	0	8	7	0	897	4.3
11	Larry Playfair L. Playfair	1,754	662	26	91	117	-23	0	2	0	1	2	0	450	5.8
12	Mike Foligno M. Foligno	1,753	819	320	342	662	+91	77	81	2	4	47	1	1,870	17.1
13	Torrie Robertson T. Robertson	1,751	442	49	99	148	-50	7	14	0	0	9	0	388	12.6
14	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	1,628	601	98	331	429	+90	46	136	1	2	14	1	1,299	7.5
15	Kevin McClelland K. McClelland	1,611	561	68	111	179	-29	0	3	4	1	8	0	605	11.2
16	Ken Linseman K. Linseman	1,606	772	244	502	746	+192	58	148	11	9	28	3	1,529	16.0
17	Basil McRae B. McRae	1,592	343	42	58	100	-56	10	9	0	0	4	0	416	10.1
18	Paul Baxter P. Baxter	1,564	472	48	121	169	-63	15	31	1	0	5	0	710	6.8
19	Marty McSorley M. McSorley	1,558	388	49	78	127	-5	4	7	1	1	4	1	471	10.4
20	Glen Cochrane G. Cochrane	1,556	410	17	72	89	+62	0	5	1	2	5	0	313	5.4
21	Joey Kocur J. Kocur	1,461	347	51	51	102	-59	6	10	0	0	9	1	398	12.8
22	Jim Peplinski J. Peplinski	1,456	705	161	262	423	+54	5	12	8	4	22	2	1,264	12.7
23	Bob McGill B. McGill	1,444	503	9	46	55	-69	0	0	1	1	1	0	288	3.1
24	Rick Tocchet R. Tocchet	1,429	419	162	202	364	+42	45	47	5	2	14	0	1,041	15.6
25	Mario Marois M. Marois	1,425	762	67	312	379	-14	18	96	0	8	3	1	1,525	4.4