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

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NHL most takeaways by a player 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	2,906	14.1	12,730	24,107	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	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	1,046	1,180	312	533	845	-20	196	97	151	12	10	44	13	2,586	12.1	12,183	21,871	55.7	461	689	474	19:33
4	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	1,037	1,239	522	853	1,375	+33	1,222	185	336	4	1	87	14	3,876	13.5	6,094	13,578	44.9	723	530	1,204	19:31
5	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
6	Brent Burns B. Burns	912	1,525	264	659	923	+22	867	88	235	3	14	45	16	4,112	6.4	81	178	45.5	1,563	1,880	1,512	22:19
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	Mark Stone M. Stone	867	717	235	417	652	+143	229	53	119	9	9	42	6	1,539	15.3	135	316	42.7	502	496	498	19:00
9	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	865	1,110	201	687	888	-118	496	44	267	2	5	38	12	3,026	6.6	0	4	0.0	782	1,453	1,325	25:11
10	John Tavares J. Tavares	862	1,212	507	636	1,143	-20	533	157	217	3	3	83	19	3,832	13.2	11,594	21,467	54.0	917	514	1,082	19:17
11	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	846	1,095	375	517	892	+135	621	94	138	17	15	69	16	2,735	13.7	12,232	21,303	57.4	635	398	480	19:31
12	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	845	1,294	427	613	1,040	+289	496	131	195	22	26	81	9	3,974	10.7	15,182	26,206	57.9	1,032	879	469	18:41
13	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	838	1,478	445	847	1,292	+116	352	127	324	14	14	78	9	3,367	13.2	14,733	27,576	53.4	1,279	1,050	959	20:46
14	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	834	1,096	219	359	578	+74	493	36	69	18	15	38	8	2,636	8.3	8,207	16,714	49.1	810	498	693	17:18
15	Jamie Benn J. Benn	831	1,202	402	562	964	+85	885	109	156	16	14	62	12	3,053	13.2	4,878	9,233	52.8	2,005	789	833	17:40
16	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
17	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	786	1,520	911	741	1,652	+71	835	328	282	5	1	139	27	6,939	13.1	66	192	34.4	3,787	568	1,218	20:34
18	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	781	1,378	643	1,073	1,716	+196	882	191	406	4	7	102	25	4,362	14.7	15,947	30,157	52.9	1,202	673	1,134	20:38
19	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	17,776	50.1	771	652	615	19:23
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Jeff Skinner J. Skinner	755	1,096	377	329	706	-135	475	75	90	0	0	47	7	3,361	11.2	772	1,738	44.4	504	264	624	16:39
24	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	15,060	54.4	1,380	1,139	857	18:34
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