which nhl defenseman has the most hits of all-time

Luke Schenn has made the most career hits by a defenseman, with 3,839 hits.

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Data note: Hits: player season data complete from 1999-00

	NAME	HIT	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	3,839	1,131	45	169	214	-57	918	2	1	1	5	3	0	1,328	3.4	1	2	50.0	1,687	264	749	17:08
2	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	3,749	1,596	207	464	671	+308	1,952	93	133	7	27	35	3	3,353	6.2	13	36	36.1	2,164	610	1,342	23:55
3	Radko Gudas R. Gudas	3,242	894	42	169	211	+88	1,132	1	4	1	2	6	1	1,377	3.1	0	0		1,588	207	626	18:10
4	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	3,148	1,035	18	176	194	+79	972	1	6	0	9	1	0	768	2.3	1	1	100.0	1,914	171	445	19:29
5	Brenden Dillon B. Dillon	2,587	1,064	42	185	227	+60	1,020	0	1	4	6	8	0	1,067	3.9	0	0		1,401	175	582	18:38
6	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	2,460	1,048	137	357	494	-57	1,345	73	173	2	7	28	5	2,514	5.4	0	1	0.0	1,550	377	760	23:28
7	Adam Larsson A. Larsson	2,255	1,025	59	209	268	+50	581	0	5	1	7	12	3	1,303	4.5	1	1	100.0	1,861	310	603	21:20
8	Stephane Robidas S. Robidas	2,254	937	57	201	258	+16	713	23	71	2	5	8	3	1,283	4.4	5	7	71.4	1,248	305	469	20:19
9	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	2,227	817	53	141	194	+61	1,021	2	7	0	3	6	1	997	5.3	1	1	100.0	896	242	587	18:38
10	Shea Weber S. Weber	2,212	1,038	224	365	589	+79	714	106	133	5	6	35	7	2,765	8.1	0	0		1,691	372	737	24:03
11	Robyn Regehr R. Regehr	2,187	1,089	36	163	199	+30	972	11	33	1	9	4	1	1,112	3.2	3	7	42.9	1,390	209	595	20:54
12	Brent Seabrook B. Seabrook	2,137	1,114	103	361	464	+111	661	38	121	2	10	19	7	1,996	5.2	1	6	16.7	1,998	334	826	21:56
13	Kris Letang K. Letang	2,108	1,248	178	634	812	+84	849	57	239	6	10	36	13	3,075	5.8	1	5	20.0	1,862	663	1,225	24:00
14	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	2,085	1,290	166	550	716	+79	841	80	225	3	8	34	8	2,600	6.4	1	3	33.3	1,707	317	1,244	25:57
15	Dan Girardi D. Girardi	2,082	927	56	208	264	+78	314	14	34	2	12	13	1	1,235	4.5	0	2	0.0	1,954	337	543	21:33
16	Brad Stuart B. Stuart	2,054	1,056	80	255	335	+8	565	29	71	2	10	21	5	1,546	5.2	2	7	28.6	1,484	264	683	21:24
17	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	2,050	899	38	160	198	+174	563	1	7	2	7	5	0	985	3.9	1	1	100.0	1,680	311	491	19:05
18	Roman Polak R. Polak	2,024	806	26	114	140	-8	643	0	5	0	2	6	0	799	3.3	2	5	40.0	1,418	171	344	18:52
19	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	1,955	825	58	261	319	-170	399	15	106	1	6	8	5	1,518	3.8	1	2	50.0	1,324	205	466	22:32
20	Jack Johnson J. Johnson	1,944	1,228	77	265	342	-127	639	29	92	1	7	11	3	1,679	4.6	4	9	44.4	1,839	250	572	20:55
21	Jacob Trouba J. Trouba	1,875	920	86	280	366	+43	712	13	48	4	12	11	3	1,911	4.5	0	3	0.0	1,971	382	870	22:17
22	Mark Borowiecki M. Borowiecki	1,831	458	15	41	56	-22	848	0	0	1	0	0	0	367	4.1	1	3	33.3	720	61	163	14:50
23	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	1,825	1,152	156	384	540	-114	768	61	138	4	4	36	8	2,348	6.6	0	2	0.0	1,051	359	753	22:26
24	Jeff Petry J. Petry	1,811	892	90	262	352	-125	363	23	71	1	8	17	4	1,536	5.9	1	3	33.3	1,363	297	1,011	21:22
25	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	1,782	792	162	332	494	-15	1,013	51	144	1	6	32	8	2,409	6.7	1	8	12.5	784	556	653	22:37

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