Luke Schenn made the most hits by a defenseman in 2012-13, with 187 hits.

	NAME	HIT	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Luke Schenn L. Schenn	187	2012-13	PHI	47	3	8	11	+3	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	3.7	0	0		102	14	31	21:52
2	Mark Fraser M. Fraser	153	2012-13	TOR	45	0	8	8	+18	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0.0	0	0		102	13	26	16:57
3	Ladislav Smid L. Smid	151	2012-13	EDM	48	1	3	4	-1	55	0	0	0	1	0	0	30	3.3	0	0		119	8	23	20:19
4	Stephane Robidas S. Robidas	136	2012-13	DAL	48	1	12	13	+2	56	0	4	0	0	0	0	46	2.2	0	0		93	9	18	22:14
5	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	133	2012-13	DAL	48	3	5	8	+1	65	0	0	0	0	1	0	75	4.0	0	0		74	8	20	21:23
6	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	131	2012-13	TOR	48	9	19	28	-4	65	3	13	0	0	1	1	88	10.2	0	0		91	15	53	25:11
7	Marc Methot M. Methot	130	2012-13	OTT	47	2	9	11	+2	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	53	3.8	0	0		81	7	20	22:14
8	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	128	2012-13	LAK	48	6	16	22	+4	36	3	7	0	0	0	0	114	5.3	0	0		46	9	36	26:24
9	Cody Franson C. Franson	124	2012-13	TOR	45	4	25	29	+4	8	3	10	0	0	0	0	70	5.7	0	0		59	21	40	18:47
10	Mike Weber M. Weber	122	2012-13	BUF	42	1	6	7	+3	70	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	4.0	0	0		92	5	25	18:22
11	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	119	2012-13	PIT	46	0	8	8	+17	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0.0	0	0		114	5	19	22:17
12	Dennis Seidenberg D. Seidenberg	115	2012-13	BOS	46	4	13	17	+18	10	0	2	0	0	2	0	83	4.8	0	0		115	10	16	23:48
13	Shea Weber S. Weber	112	2012-13	NSH	48	9	19	28	-2	48	3	9	0	0	1	1	124	7.3	0	0		90	14	36	25:55
14	Mark Stuart M. Stuart	111	2012-13	WPG	42	2	2	4	+5	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	5.0	0	0		81	5	16	16:42
15	Alexei Emelin A. Emelin	110	2012-13	MTL	38	3	9	12	+2	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	9.1	0	0		47	8	32	19:40
16	Roman Polak R. Polak	110	2012-13	STL	48	1	5	6	-2	48	0	0	0	0	1	0	39	2.6	0	0		78	8	8	18:25
17	Brent Seabrook B. Seabrook	106	2012-13	CHI	47	8	12	20	+12	23	3	4	0	0	1	1	65	12.3	0	0		103	15	40	22:00
18	Ryan O'Byrne R. O'Byrne	104	2012-13	TOT	42	2	4	6	-4	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	7.7	0	0		69	10	20	18:32
19	Dan Girardi D. Girardi	102	2012-13	NYR	46	2	12	14	-1	16	0	2	0	0	1	1	81	2.5	0	0		125	15	32	25:25
20	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	101	2012-13	BOS	48	7	12	19	+14	70	3	1	0	1	2	0	119	5.9	0	1	0.0	64	12	34	24:56
21	Robyn Regehr R. Regehr	100	2012-13	TOT	41	0	4	4	-4	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0.0	0	0		69	1	21	19:25
22	Luca Sbisa L. Sbisa	99	2012-13	ANA	41	1	7	8	0	23	0	3	0	0	1	0	39	2.6	0	0		57	10	13	19:50
23	Jan Hejda J. Hejda	96	2012-13	COL	46	1	9	10	-3	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	50	2.0	0	1	0.0	102	18	29	19:42
24	Chris Phillips C. Phillips	93	2012-13	OTT	48	5	9	14	-5	43	1	0	0	0	0	0	89	5.6	0	0		78	9	20	21:03
25	Derek Morris D. Morris	92	2012-13	PHX	39	0	11	11	-6	36	0	3	0	0	0	0	68	0.0	0	0		69	10	15	21:24