Joe Thornton has the most career takeaways, with 1,225 taken.

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NHL highest takeaway by a player average all-time

	NAME	TKA	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	1,225	1,578	411	1,080	1,491	+185	1,184	139	393	6	6	66	9	2,907	14.1	12,730	24,108	52.8	1,142	498	1,527	19:18
2	Pavel Datsyuk P. Datsyuk	1,134	953	314	604	918	+249	228	97	233	6	5	51	8	2,244	14.0	7,444	13,822	53.9	635	422	665	18:52
3	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	1,008	1,242	510	593	1,103	+228	591	142	228	34	12	83	15	4,095	12.5	64	187	34.2	1,062	395	668	18:55
4	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	1,007	1,176	504	817	1,321	+38	1,174	180	319	4	1	84	13	3,747	13.5	5,823	12,994	44.8	696	496	1,133	19:38
5	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	1,003	1,100	289	499	788	-8	179	90	144	11	10	38	13	2,430	11.9	11,413	20,511	55.6	445	621	418	19:35
6	Brent Burns B. Burns	888	1,443	257	632	889	+1	833	88	231	3	14	42	16	3,933	6.5	81	178	45.5	1,551	1,784	1,419	22:26
7	Eric Staal E. Staal	885	1,365	455	608	1,063	-82	854	133	184	21	8	72	5	4,041	11.3	10,063	20,894	48.2	940	558	703	19:07
8	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	845	1,294	427	613	1,040	+289	494	131	195	22	26	81	9	3,974	10.7	15,182	26,206	57.9	1,032	879	469	18:41
9	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	841	1,067	372	511	883	+148	607	93	136	17	15	69	16	2,695	13.8	11,986	20,911	57.3	629	384	460	19:36
10	John Tavares J. Tavares	839	1,137	468	597	1,065	-25	491	146	208	3	3	79	18	3,641	12.9	10,821	20,180	53.6	828	483	1,008	19:20
11	Mark Stone M. Stone	833	655	218	372	590	+127	215	48	99	9	7	39	6	1,409	15.5	129	299	43.1	470	455	429	18:59
12	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	823	1,033	191	645	836	-108	472	43	254	2	5	37	11	2,856	6.7	0	4	0.0	760	1,372	1,194	25:18
13	Jamie Benn J. Benn	822	1,140	389	535	924	+75	861	108	150	16	14	60	11	2,951	13.2	4,705	8,910	52.8	1,914	754	793	17:49
14	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	817	1,402	427	816	1,243	+107	344	122	311	14	14	75	9	3,266	13.1	13,947	26,187	53.3	1,243	983	894	20:52
15	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	810	1,121	390	641	1,031	+39	300	101	215	29	17	66	10	2,870	13.6	352	854	41.2	420	605	799	20:30
16	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	809	1,020	204	339	543	+67	467	35	67	17	13	36	8	2,483	8.2	7,523	15,344	49.0	772	449	628	17:15
17	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	778	1,444	868	707	1,575	+60	825	316	272	5	1	132	26	6,690	13.0	64	188	34.0	3,676	553	1,152	20:43
18	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	759	1,105	271	762	1,033	+83	504	86	335	2	0	39	9	2,264	12.0	8,912	17,777	50.1	771	652	615	19:23
19	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	757	1,624	532	588	1,120	-42	489	167	231	17	4	103	11	4,109	12.9	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	1,113	18:09
20	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	756	975	366	581	947	+153	420	106	238	22	16	57	6	2,700	13.6	145	407	35.6	785	398	760	19:53
21	Shane Doan S. Doan	756	1,291	380	530	910	-34	1,114	127	179	6	13	63	10	3,541	10.7	1,025	2,370	43.2	2,842	358	571	18:59
22	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	752	1,303	600	1,026	1,626	+213	840	175	393	4	7	93	23	4,164	14.4	15,071	28,583	52.7	1,145	637	1,051	20:40
23	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	745	1,332	476	592	1,068	+201	458	176	207	10	8	75	5	3,706	12.8	8,192	15,059	54.4	1,380	1,139	857	18:34
24	Jeff Skinner J. Skinner	740	1,035	362	319	681	-138	447	75	88	0	0	46	7	3,258	11.1	757	1,701	44.5	467	246	585	16:53
25	Ryan Getzlaf R. Getzlaf	732	1,157	282	737	1,019	+102	960	86	255	8	6	57	11	2,559	11.0	8,672	17,591	49.3	1,980	1,006	1,086	19:29