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	3,660	1,072	44	161	205	-41	852	2	1	1	5	3	0	1,288	3.4	1	2	50.0	1,618	256	697	17:20
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	3,058	829	40	158	198	+91	1,057	1	4	1	2	6	1	1,310	3.1	0	0		1,487	198	575	18:21
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	2,366	974	39	173	212	+74	915	0	1	4	5	6	0	1,011	3.9	0	0		1,290	165	520	18:43
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	Adam Larsson A. Larsson	2,124	930	52	189	241	+50	535	0	5	1	7	11	3	1,185	4.4	1	1	100.0	1,671	293	539	21:20
12	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
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	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	2,025	1,207	160	526	686	+69	789	80	223	3	7	34	8	2,488	6.4	1	3	33.3	1,618	296	1,153	26:10
15	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
16	Kris Letang K. Letang	2,001	1,161	175	597	772	+85	805	56	229	6	10	34	11	2,946	5.9	1	5	20.0	1,755	633	1,102	24:12
17	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	1,986	723	51	117	168	+37	836	2	7	0	3	5	1	877	5.8	1	1	100.0	773	208	477	18:22
18	Jack Johnson J. Johnson	1,944	1,228	77	265	342	-127	639	29	92	1	7	11	3	1,679	4.6	4	9	44.4	1,839	250	572	20:55
19	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	1,924	822	33	146	179	+158	531	1	7	2	7	4	0	887	3.7	1	1	100.0	1,521	293	431	18:58
20	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	1,900	776	56	248	304	-179	383	15	105	1	4	8	5	1,455	3.8	1	2	50.0	1,254	192	425	22:39
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	1,745	825	90	253	343	-110	339	23	69	1	8	17	4	1,482	6.1	1	3	33.3	1,298	288	959	21:54
24	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	1,721	1,059	148	352	500	-104	684	61	129	4	3	36	8	2,229	6.6	0	2	0.0	969	340	628	22:38
25	Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	1,712	805	34	103	137	-124	845	0	7	0	3	5	0	1,057	3.2	0	0		1,093	118	379	18:35