NHL Hits Leaders
2026-2027 Season
| Rk | Player | GP | HIT | BLK | TK | GV | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiefer SherwoodK. Sherwood SJ | 17 | 93 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | Martin PospisilM. Pospisil CGY | 16 | 78 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Yakov TreninY. Trenin MIN | 17 | 75 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 4 |
| T4 | Adam EdstromA. Edstrom NSH | 15 | 71 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| T4 | Michael Brandsegg-NygardM. Brandsegg-Nygard DET | 16 | 71 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| 6 | Garnet HathawayG. Hathaway FLA | 16 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Jeremy LauzonJ. Lauzon VGK | 17 | 67 | 26 | 3 | 16 | 30 |
| T8 | Brady TkachukB. TkachukFLA | 16 | 66 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 |
| T8 | Will CuylleW. Cuylle NYR | 16 | 66 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 10 | Marc GatcombM. GatcombVGK | 17 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Jack McBainJ. McBain UTA | 16 | 62 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 12 | Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn BUF | 15 | 59 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | Adam KlapkaA. KlapkaCGY | 16 | 56 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 41 |
| 14 | Vasily PodkolzinV. Podkolzin EDM | 16 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| T15 | MacKenzie WeegarM. WeegarUTA | 16 | 52 | 42 | 6 | 28 | 22 |
| T15 | Paul CotterP. Cotter VAN | 16 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 27 |
| T17 | Tomas HertlT. HertlVGK | 17 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| T17 | William CarrierW. Carrier CAR | 17 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| T17 | Michael McCarronM. McCarronMIN | 17 | 51 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| T20 | Jake NeighboursJ. Neighbours STL | 15 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 15 |
| T20 | Sandis VilmanisS. VilmanisFLA | 15 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| T22 | Nikita ZadorovN. Zadorov BOS | 15 | 46 | 25 | 2 | 19 | 47 |
| T22 | Tim WasheT. Washe ANA | 15 | 46 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| T24 | Vincent TrocheckV. TrocheckUTA | 16 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 11 |
| T24 | Dylan CozensD. Cozens OTT | 17 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 23 |
About this leaderboard
Compare NHL skaters by hits for the 2026-2027 season. The leaderboard also includes games played, blocked shots, takeaways, giveaways, and penalty minutes. Sort any column to separate a forechecker from a shot-blocking defenseman, then select a player to continue the research in Prop Bet Analyzer.