Radko Gudas made the most hits by a defenseman in 2021-22, with 355 hits.

	NAME	HIT	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	355	2021-22	FLA	77	3	13	16	+27	105	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	3.0	0	0	118	28	57	18:01
2	Luke Schenn L. Schenn	273	2021-22	VAN	66	5	12	17	+15	61	0	0	1	0	1	0	78	6.4	0	0	96	7	42	17:13
3	Martin Fehervary M. Fehervary	251	2021-22	WSH	79	8	9	17	+15	26	0	0	1	1	2	0	96	8.3	0	0	117	14	36	19:39
4	Jani Hakanpaa J. Hakanpaa	248	2021-22	DAL	80	4	8	12	+1	43	0	0	0	1	0	0	68	5.9	0	0	112	9	38	16:13
5	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	230	2021-22	PHI	66	2	14	16	-9	38	0	1	0	0	0	0	97	2.1	0	0	125	12	33	21:26
6	Alexander Romanov A. Romanov	227	2021-22	MTL	79	3	10	13	-9	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	107	2.8	0	0	144	24	78	20:24
7	Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	224	2021-22	TOT	66	2	5	7	-6	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	2.7	0	0	63	10	24	17:40
8	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	212	2021-22	WPG	79	3	17	20	+16	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	3.5	0	0	108	16	51	18:50
9	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	207	2021-22	NYR	81	11	28	39	+25	88	1	3	0	2	1	0	204	5.4	0	0	177	24	63	22:26
10	Mark Borowiecki M. Borowiecki	196	2021-22	NSH	57	0	4	4	-9	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	0.0	0	0	79	7	14	13:07
11	Darnell Nurse D. Nurse	196	2021-22	EDM	71	9	26	35	+18	54	0	6	2	1	0	0	203	4.4	0	0	132	33	67	25:03
12	Andrew Peeke A. Peeke	191	2021-22	CBJ	82	2	13	15	-14	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	2.8	0	0	169	15	31	21:29
13	Ilya Lyubushkin I. Lyubushkin	187	2021-22	TOT	77	2	13	15	-2	51	0	0	0	1	0	0	54	3.7	0	0	92	15	37	17:27
14	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	185	2021-22	WPG	77	3	31	34	+5	46	1	11	0	0	1	0	140	2.1	0	0	91	27	68	21:08
15	Adam Larsson A. Larsson	183	2021-22	SEA	82	8	17	25	-23	55	0	1	0	0	3	1	119	6.7	0	0	140	23	35	22:17
16	Jamie Oleksiak J. Oleksiak	182	2021-22	SEA	72	1	16	17	-1	54	0	0	0	1	0	0	95	1.1	0	0	86	32	51	19:20
17	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	181	2021-22	CGY	74	4	18	22	+11	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	106	3.8	0	0	49	32	61	16:55
18	Josh Manson J. Manson	179	2021-22	TOT	67	6	10	16	-11	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	6.5	0	0	70	38	43	18:59
19	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	179	2021-22	FLA	80	8	36	44	+40	81	1	2	1	1	2	0	203	3.9	0	0	156	74	85	23:22
20	Kris Letang K. Letang	171	2021-22	PIT	78	10	58	68	+20	49	2	20	0	0	3	2	214	4.7	0	0	122	59	79	25:47
21	Simon Benoit S. Benoit	168	2021-22	ANA	53	1	4	5	-5	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	2.2	0	0	39	7	21	14:06
22	Jake McCabe J. McCabe	166	2021-22	CHI	75	4	18	22	-27	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	5.0	0	0	167	18	60	20:18
23	Erik Cernak E. Cernak	165	2021-22	TBL	55	1	12	13	+7	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	86	1.2	0	0	73	21	17	19:09
24	Erik Johnson E. Johnson	165	2021-22	COL	77	8	17	25	+22	24	0	1	1	1	1	0	139	5.8	0	0	136	35	29	17:17
25	Nicolas Meloche N. Meloche	158	2021-22	SJS	50	2	5	7	-17	39	0	0	0	1	1	0	36	5.6	0	0	54	17	26	16:53