Robert Hagg made the most hits by a defenseman in 2018-19, with 258 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	Robert Hagg R. Hagg	258	2018-19	PHI	82	5	15	20	-3	63	0	0	0	0	1	0	86	5.8	0	0		158	4	39	16:57
2	Adam Larsson A. Larsson	256	2018-19	EDM	82	3	17	20	-28	44	0	0	0	1	0	0	117	2.6	0	0		128	25	68	21:37
3	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	255	2018-19	PHI	77	4	16	20	+6	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	136	2.9	0	0		133	23	59	17:53
4	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	235	2018-19	BUF	78	5	38	43	-41	38	1	16	0	0	2	1	182	2.7	0	0		121	23	44	24:38
5	Jack Johnson J. Johnson	233	2018-19	PIT	82	1	12	13	-4	41	1	1	0	2	0	0	86	1.2	0	0		147	14	32	19:17
6	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	228	2018-19	COL	70	7	7	14	+19	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	7.0	0	0		67	21	32	17:12
7	Mark Borowiecki M. Borowiecki	212	2018-19	OTT	53	1	4	5	-12	89	0	0	0	0	0	0	59	1.7	0	0		93	14	26	15:34
8	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	202	2018-19	SJS	82	1	21	22	+19	61	0	0	1	0	0	0	71	1.4	0	0		78	16	38	17:45
9	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	200	2018-19	VGK	81	4	12	16	+11	52	0	0	0	1	1	0	84	4.8	0	0		139	37	38	19:29
10	Erik Cernak E. Cernak	198	2018-19	TBL	58	5	11	16	+25	58	1	0	0	0	1	0	107	4.7	0	0		79	11	19	19:15
11	Roman Polak R. Polak	191	2018-19	DAL	77	1	8	9	+6	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	1.3	0	0		152	18	49	19:10
12	Jeff Petry J. Petry	190	2018-19	MTL	82	13	33	46	-5	28	3	8	0	1	4	2	172	7.6	0	1	0.0	123	39	129	23:07
13	Calvin de Haan C. de Haan	187	2018-19	CAR	74	1	13	14	+1	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	102	1.0	0	1	0.0	106	59	55	18:31
14	Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	184	2018-19	TOT	76	2	8	10	-20	87	0	0	0	1	1	0	94	2.1	0	0		84	10	31	18:14
15	Josh Manson J. Manson	184	2018-19	ANA	74	3	13	16	-8	62	0	0	0	1	0	0	96	3.1	0	0		90	36	77	22:18
16	Brady Skjei B. Skjei	178	2018-19	NYR	78	8	17	25	-4	44	0	0	0	1	1	1	126	6.3	1	1	100.0	119	32	69	21:14
17	Jake Muzzin J. Muzzin	172	2018-19	TOT	80	9	28	37	+21	47	1	4	0	1	1	0	141	6.4	0	0		134	20	102	21:20
18	Ben Chiarot B. Chiarot	171	2018-19	WPG	78	5	15	20	+6	62	0	0	0	1	1	0	111	4.5	0	0		139	20	65	18:37
19	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	168	2018-19	LAK	82	8	37	45	-34	44	7	17	0	1	1	1	154	5.2	0	0		120	23	105	26:36
20	Matt Niskanen M. Niskanen	167	2018-19	WSH	80	8	17	25	-3	41	1	1	0	1	1	1	143	5.6	0	0		137	40	73	21:56
21	Deryk Engelland D. Engelland	165	2018-19	VGK	74	2	10	12	-3	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	105	1.9	0	0		152	26	24	19:53
22	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	162	2018-19	ARI	81	14	30	44	-16	52	5	14	1	2	2	0	176	8.0	0	0		52	32	65	23:38
23	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	162	2018-19	EDM	82	10	31	41	-5	87	1	8	0	1	1	1	196	5.1	0	0		146	30	73	23:49
24	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	160	2018-19	CAR	82	18	21	39	0	54	2	5	0	0	2	0	259	6.9	0	1	0.0	91	35	66	19:40
25	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	156	2018-19	CAR	82	11	24	35	+9	47	6	4	0	0	3	0	217	5.1	0	0		121	47	66	22:25