NHL & WHA Career Playoff Leaders and Records for Penalties in Minutes

Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank	Player	Years	PIM
1.	Dale Hunter	1980-99	731
2.	Chris Nilan	1979-92	541
3.	Claude Lemieux	1983-09	529
4.	Rick Tocchet	1984-02	471
5.	Willi Plett	1975-88	466
6.	Tiger Williams	1974-88	455
7.	Glenn Anderson*	1980-96	442
8.	Tim Hunter	1981-97	426
9.	Chris Chelios*	1983-10	423
10.	Dave Schultz	1971-80	412
11.	Duane Sutter	1979-90	405
12.	Scott Stevens*	1982-04	402
13.	Al Secord	1978-90	382
	Jim Peplinski	1980-95	382
15.	Marty McSorley	1983-00	374
16.	André Dupont	1970-83	352
17.	Basil McRae	1981-97	349
18.	Dave Manson	1986-02	343
19.	Terry O'Reilly	1971-85	335
20.	Gary Roberts	1986-09	332
21.	Chris Pronger*	1993-12	326
22.	Ken Linseman	1978-92	325
23.	Brian Skrudland	1985-00	323
24.	Sergio Momesso	1983-97	311
25.	Mel Bridgman	1975-89	298
	Adam Foote	1991-11	298
27.	Ken Daneyko	1983-03	296
28.	Shayne Corson	1985-04	291
29.	Garry Howatt	1972-84	289
30.	Ulf Samuelsson	1984-00	288
	Steve Smith	1984-01	288
32.	Clark Gillies*	1974-88	287
33.	Corey Perry	2005-25	283
34.	Shane Churla	1986-97	282
35.	Kevin McClelland	1981-94	281
36.	Brendan Shanahan*	1987-09	279
37.	Bryan Trottier*	1975-94	277
38.	Esa Tikkanen	1985-99	275
39.	Bob Probert	1985-02	274
40.	Gordie Roberts	1979-94	273
41.	Paul Coffey*	1980-01	264
42.	Geoff Courtnall	1983-00	262
43.	John Ferguson	1963-71	260
44.	Al MacInnis*	1981-04	255
45.	Denis Savard*	1980-97	254
46.	Denis Potvin*	1973-88	253
47.	Kevin Hatcher	1984-01	252
48.	Wayne Cashman	1964-83	250
49.	Brian Sutter	1976-88	249
50.	Derian Hatcher	1991-08	248
51.	Mark Messier*	1979-04	244
	Craig Ludwig	1982-99	244
53.	Jay Miller	1985-92	243
54.	Evgeni Malkin	2006-25	242
55.	Neil Sheehy	1983-92	241
56.	Doug Risebrough	1974-87	238
	Bobby Smith	1978-93	238
	Tie Domi	1989-06	238
59.	Bob Nystrom	1972-86	236
60.	Doug Gilmour*	1983-03	235
61.	Harold Snepsts	1974-91	233
62.	Joe Kocur	1984-99	231
63.	Ted Harris	1963-75	230
	Mark Hunter	1981-93	230
65.	Milan Lucic	2007-24	229
66.	Darren McCarty	1993-09	228
67.	Pat Verbeek	1982-02	225
68.	Gordie Howe*	1946-80	220
	Scott Mellanby	1985-07	220
70.	Mike Milbury	1975-87	219
71.	Craig MacTavish	1979-97	218
	Keith Crowder	1980-90	218
	Rob Ramage	1979-94	218
	Zdeno Chára	1997-22	218
75.	Brad Park*	1968-85	217
76.	Pat Maroon	2011-25	215
77.	Gord Lane	1975-85	214
78.	Jay Wells	1979-97	213
	Keith Primeau	1990-06	213
80.	Jean Béliveau*	1950-71	211
	Larry Robinson*	1972-92	211
	Dino Ciccarelli*	1980-99	211
	Craig Berube	1986-03	211
84.	Gerald Diduck	1984-01	210
85.	Dave Hunter	1979-89	209
	Dave Brown	1982-96	209
	Lyle Odelein	1989-06	209
88.	Maurice Richard*	1942-60	208
	Dave Semenko	1979-88	208
90.	Ed Hospodar	1979-88	206
91.	Joel Otto	1984-98	205
92.	Chris Neil	2001-17	204
	Evander Kane	2009-24	204
94.	Gary Dornhoefer	1963-78	203
	Jim Nill	1981-90	203
96.	Phil Russell	1972-87	202
	Martin Lapointe	1991-08	202
98.	Jerry Korab	1970-85	201
	Larry Murphy*	1980-01	201
100.	John Tonelli	1978-92	200
	Bob Rouse	1983-00	200
102.	Randy Moller	1982-95	199
	Wendel Clark	1985-00	199
104.	Curt Fraser	1978-90	198
105.	Lindy Ruff	1979-91	197
	Jeff Beukeboom	1986-99	197
	Bob Sweeney	1986-96	197
108.	Bob Plager	1964-78	195
	Danny Gare	1974-87	195
	Paul Holmgren	1975-85	195
	Pat Price	1975-88	195
112.	Behn Wilson	1978-88	194
	Charlie Bourgeois	1981-88	194
114.	Mike McPhee	1983-94	193
	Ron Sutter	1982-01	193
	Todd Gill	1984-03	193
117.	Ted Lindsay*	1944-65	192
	Kevin Lowe*	1979-98	192
119.	Chris Simon	1992-08	191
120.	Carol Vadnais	1966-83	187
	Derek Sanderson	1965-78	187
	Mario Tremblay	1974-86	187
	Steve Thomas	1984-04	187
124.	Eddie Shore*	1926-40	185
	Wilf Paiement	1974-88	185
	Mike Foligno	1979-94	185
	Tomas Sandström	1984-99	185
	Joe Murphy	1986-01	185
129.	Keith Brown	1979-95	184
130.	Tim Horton*	1949-74	183
131.	Barclay Plager	1967-77	182
	Mario Marois	1977-92	182
133.	Henri Richard*	1955-75	181
	Colin Campbell*	1974-85	181
	Dave Lowry	1985-04	181
136.	Brad Maxwell	1977-87	178
	Mike Ramsey	1979-97	178
	Gerard Gallant	1984-95	178
	Kjell Samuelsson	1985-99	178
140.	Lee Fogolin	1974-87	176
	Brad McCrimmon	1979-97	176
	Keith Tkachuk	1991-10	176
143.	Gerry Hart	1968-83	175
144.	Luc Robitaille*	1986-06	174
145.	Bob Kelly	1970-82	172
146.	Bob Baun	1956-73	171
	Ray Bourque*	1979-01	171
	Lee Norwood	1980-94	171
149.	Red Horner*	1928-40	170
	Kevin Stevens	1987-02	170
	Matthew Barnaby	1992-07	170
152.	Stan Mikita*	1958-80	169
	Jamie Macoun	1982-99	169
	Rob Ray	1989-04	169
155.	Cam Neely*	1983-96	168
	Alexei Zhitnik	1992-08	168
157.	Noel Picard	1964-73	167
	Mike Lalor	1985-97	167
159.	Dana Murzyn	1985-99	166
	Rob Blake*	1989-10	166
161.	Mark Tinordi	1987-99	165
162.	Keith Magnuson	1969-80	164
	Bernie Nicholls	1981-99	164
	Brent Sutter	1980-98	164
	Chris Kunitz	2003-19	164
166.	Frank Mahovlich*	1956-74	163
	Jaromír Jágr	1990-18	163
	Peter Forsberg*	1994-11	163
169.	Paul Baxter	1979-87	162
	Greg Gilbert	1981-96	162
	Dave Andreychuk*	1982-06	162
	Bill Guerin	1991-10	162
	Tomas Holmström	1996-12	162
174.	Perry Anderson	1981-92	161
	Guy Carbonneau*	1980-00	161
176.	Jim Roberts	1963-78	160
	Kris Draper	1990-11	160
178.	Todd Bertuzzi	1995-14	159
	Brad Marchand	2009-25	159
180.	Mark Hardy	1979-94	158
181.	Matthew Tkachuk	2016-25	157
182.	Paul Gillis	1982-93	156
183.	Mathieu Schneider	1987-10	155
	Scott Niedermayer*	1991-10	155
185.	Bobby Clarke*	1969-84	154
186.	Greg Adams	1980-90	153
	Kirk Muller	1984-03	153
188.	Ching Johnson*	1926-38	152
	Doug Harvey*	1947-69	152
	Don Jackson	1977-87	152
	John MacLean	1983-02	152
	Justin Williams	2000-20	152
193.	Eddie Shack	1958-75	151
	Jim Schoenfeld	1972-85	151
	Bob Gainey*	1973-89	151
	Brian Propp	1979-94	151
197.	Don Awrey	1963-79	150
	Laurie Boschman	1979-93	150
	Tom Wilson	2013-25	150
200.	Dave Hutchison	1974-84	149
	Dave Taylor	1977-94	149
	Kirk Maltby	1993-10	149
203.	Ben Eager	2005-14	148
204.	Darcy Rota	1973-84	147
	Viacheslav Fetisov*	1989-98	147
	Kevin Bieksa	2005-18	147
	Matt Martin	2009-25	147
208.	Scott Hartnell	2000-18	146
209.	Troy Murray	1981-96	145
210.	Carl Brewer	1957-80	144
	Maxim Lapierre	2005-15	144
212.	Jack Stewart*	1938-52	143
	Claude Larose	1962-78	143
	Dave Lewis	1973-88	143
	Brian Bellows	1982-99	143
216.	Jean-Guy Talbot	1954-71	142
	Wayne Presley	1984-96	142
	Vincent Damphousse	1986-04	142
	Gino Odjick	1990-02	142
	Alexandre Burrows	2005-18	142
	Kris Letang	2006-25	142
222.	Mark Osborne	1981-95	141
	Glen Wesley	1987-08	141
	Tony Granato	1988-01	141
	Matt Cooke	1998-15	141
226.	Terry Harper	1962-81	140
	Justin Abdelkader	2007-20	140
228.	Phil Esposito*	1963-81	138
	Guy Lapointe*	1968-84	138
	Jamie Langenbrunner	1994-13	138
231.	Darryl Sittler*	1970-85	137
	Stan Jonathan	1975-83	137
	Adam Creighton	1983-97	137
	Ryan Getzlaf	2005-22	137
235.	Randy Gregg	1982-92	136
	Bobby Carpenter	1981-99	136
237.	Jimmy Thomson	1945-58	135
	Mike Allison	1980-90	135
	Petr Svoboda	1984-01	135
	Mike Keane	1988-04	135
241.	Pete Stemkowski	1963-78	134
	Pete Mahovlich	1965-81	134
	Charlie Huddy	1980-97	134
	Bob Bassen	1985-00	134
	Kris King	1987-01	134
	Joe Thornton	1997-22	134
247.	John McKenzie	1958-72	133
	Rich Sutter	1982-95	133
	Sergei Fedorov*	1990-09	133
	Ryan Kesler	2003-19	133
	P.K. Subban	2009-22	133

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank	Player	Years	PIM
1.	Terry Ruskowski	1974-79	174
2.	Curt Brackenbury	1973-79	161
3.	Ted Taylor	1972-78	147
4.	John Schella	1972-78	143
5.	Rick Ley	1972-79	142
6.	Kim Clackson	1975-79	138
7.	Ron Busniuk	1974-78	132
8.	Jim Dorey	1972-79	131
9.	Poul Popiel	1972-78	118
10.	Larry Lund	1972-78	116
11.	Gordie Howe*	1973-79	115
12.	Steve Sutherland	1972-78	112
13.	Paul Shmyr	1972-79	107
14.	Gord Gallant	1973-77	98
15.	Al Hangsleben	1974-79	97
16.	Darryl Maggs	1973-79	95
17.	Paul Baxter	1974-79	94
18.	Cam Connor	1974-78	90
19.	Bill Butters	1974-78	87
20.	Marty Howe	1973-79	85
21.	Nick Fotiu	1974-76	84
22.	Brad Selwood	1972-79	81
23.	Gordie Roberts	1975-79	79
24.	Pierre Roy	1972-79	76
25.	Rosaire Paiement	1972-78	72
26.	Jack Carlson	1974-79	68
27.	Wally Weir	1976-79	67
28.	Skip Krake	1972-76	66
29.	Kevin Devine	1974-79	64
30.	John Arbour	1972-77	62
31.	Brian McDonald	1972-77	61
32.	Mike Amodeo	1972-79	59
33.	Ted Green	1972-79	57
	Morris Lukowich	1976-79	57
35.	Garry Swain	1974-77	56
	Serge Beaudoin	1973-79	56
	Warren Miller	1975-79	56
38.	Larry Mavety	1972-77	52
	Rene Leclerc	1972-79	52
	Gilles Bilodeau	1975-79	52
41.	Ulf Nilsson	1974-78	51
42.	Rick Morris	1972-78	50
	Willy Lindström	1975-79	50
44.	Peter Driscoll	1974-79	49
	John Hughes	1974-79	49
46.	Ron Plumb	1972-79	48
	Mark Howe*	1973-79	48
	Bill Lesuk	1975-79	48
	Dave Hanson	1976-79	48
50.	Gord Labossiere	1972-76	46
	Bob Leduc	1972-75	46
	Russ Walker	1973-76	46
	Lyle Moffat	1975-79	46

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