Luke Schenn made the most hits by a defenseman in 2022-23, with 318 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	318	2022-23	TOT	70	4	18	22	+8	84	0	0	0	2	0	0	81	4.9	0	0		98	11	33	16:21
2	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	312	2022-23	FLA	72	2	15	17	+14	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	110	1.8	0	0		124	20	36	17:22
3	Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	250	2022-23	NSH	67	3	9	12	-11	66	0	0	0	1	0	0	77	3.9	0	0		75	3	23	16:51
4	Jani Hakanpaa J. Hakanpaa	224	2022-23	DAL	82	6	10	16	+18	60	0	0	0	0	1	0	86	7.0	0	0		128	13	51	19:20
5	Adam Larsson A. Larsson	222	2022-23	SEA	82	8	25	33	+27	47	0	0	1	0	2	1	143	5.6	0	0		173	32	30	23:38
6	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	218	2022-23	NYR	82	8	22	30	+7	63	2	3	1	1	2	0	199	4.0	0	1	0.0	196	32	49	21:12
7	Martin Fehervary M. Fehervary	217	2022-23	WSH	67	6	10	16	-11	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	91	6.6	0	0		128	13	33	20:00
8	Simon Benoit S. Benoit	216	2022-23	ANA	78	3	7	10	-29	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	82	3.7	0	0		128	9	35	19:21
9	Erik Cernak E. Cernak	209	2022-23	TBL	70	2	14	16	+8	53	0	0	1	1	0	0	87	2.3	0	0		100	21	31	19:14
10	Connor Clifton C. Clifton	208	2022-23	BOS	78	5	18	23	+20	60	0	0	1	0	0	0	93	5.4	0	0		120	20	47	17:51
11	Moritz Seider M. Seider	207	2022-23	DET	82	5	37	42	-11	40	1	14	1	1	1	0	140	3.6	0	0		190	29	46	23:09
12	Will Borgen W. Borgen	203	2022-23	SEA	82	3	17	20	+11	47	0	0	0	0	1	0	76	3.9	0	0		89	14	23	16:22
13	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	201	2022-23	VGK	82	1	16	17	+17	41	0	0	0	2	0	0	89	1.1	0	0		197	38	30	19:51
14	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	198	2022-23	WPG	82	2	21	23	+2	76	0	0	0	1	0	0	83	2.4	0	0		108	18	47	19:35
15	Alexander Romanov A. Romanov	198	2022-23	NYI	76	2	20	22	+13	43	0	0	0	1	0	0	100	2.0	0	0		129	25	55	19:27
16	Jeff Petry J. Petry	190	2022-23	PIT	61	5	26	31	+2	24	2	7	0	0	0	0	113	4.4	0	0		111	23	36	22:21
17	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	186	2022-23	CGY	81	4	27	31	+15	43	0	3	0	1	1	0	160	2.5	0	0		117	38	62	21:06
18	Andrew Peeke A. Peeke	180	2022-23	CBJ	80	6	7	13	-41	22	0	0	0	1	1	0	90	6.7	0	0		197	24	31	21:15
19	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	174	2022-23	CGY	82	14	7	21	+10	80	0	1	0	0	2	0	130	10.8	0	0		75	31	57	18:41
20	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	169	2022-23	WPG	82	10	23	33	-12	44	1	2	0	1	2	2	142	7.0	0	0		129	29	51	21:56
21	Connor Murphy C. Murphy	165	2022-23	CHI	80	7	6	13	-10	69	0	0	2	0	0	0	85	8.2	0	0		160	26	37	19:23
22	Kyle Burroughs K. Burroughs	165	2022-23	VAN	48	2	3	5	-4	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	4.3	0	1	0.0	84	5	13	17:22
23	Jake McCabe J. McCabe	163	2022-23	TOT	76	3	22	25	+19	56	0	0	0	0	1	0	96	3.1	0	0		151	32	42	19:29
24	Kris Letang K. Letang	162	2022-23	PIT	64	12	29	41	-13	30	6	15	1	0	3	3	161	7.5	0	0		108	47	84	24:51
25	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	162	2022-23	PHI	74	3	17	20	-4	32	1	4	1	2	0	0	86	3.5	0	0		142	24	43	19:01