NHL & WHA Single Season 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 PIM Year
1.Chris Nilan 141 1986
2.Dave Schultz 139 1974
3.Jay Miller 124 1988
4.Tiger Williams 116 1982
 Charlie Bourgeois 116 1986
6.Perry Anderson 113 1988
7.Tim Hunter 108 1986
8.Jim Peplinski 107 1986
9.Dale Hunter 99 1985
 Basil McRae 99 1987
11.Curt Fraser 98 1982
 Dale Hunter 98 1988
13.Basil McRae 94 1991
14.Ed Hospodar 93 1981
15.Neil Sheehy 92 1990
16.Dave Schultz 90 1976
 Shane Churla 90 1991
18.Willi Plett 89 1981
 Colin Campbell* 89 1982
20.Gord Lane 85 1980
21.Garry Howatt 84 1980
 Dave Manson 84 1989
23.Dave Schultz 83 1975
 Ken Daneyko 83 1988
25.Chris Nilan 81 1984
 Chris Nilan 81 1985
 Troy Mallette 81 1990
28.John Ferguson 80 1969
 Joel Otto 80 1986
 David Maley 80 1988
31.Neil Sheehy 79 1986
32.Mark Tinordi 78 1991
33.Brian Sutter 77 1981
34.Brian Skrudland 76 1986
35.Tiger Williams 75 1976
 Kevin McClelland 75 1985
 Chris Nilan 75 1987
 Jim Peplinski 75 1989
39.Duane Sutter 74 1980
 Willi Plett 74 1988
 Chris Simon 74 2004
 Matthew Tkachuk 74 2023
43.Barclay Plager 73 1968
 Paul Gillis 73 1985
45.Derek Sanderson 72 1970
 Rick Tocchet 72 1985
 Rick Tocchet 72 1987
 Esa Tikkanen 72 1988
49.Joe Kocur 71 1987
 Jim Korn 71 1988
51.Mel Bridgman 70 1980
 Tim Hunter 70 1983
 Joe Paterson 70 1985
54.Bob Plager 69 1968
 Terry O'Reilly 69 1980
 Dave Semenko 69 1983
 Mark Hunter 69 1984
 Ed Hospodar 69 1985
 Rick Tocchet 69 1989
60.Claude Lemieux 68 1986
 Kevin McClelland 68 1988
62.André Dupont 67 1974
 Ken Linseman 67 1981
 Jim Nill 67 1982
 Willi Plett 67 1985
 Torrie Robertson 67 1986
 Marty McSorley 67 1988
68.Behn Wilson 66 1980
 Al Secord 66 1983
 Rob Ramage 66 1986
 Bob Sweeney 66 1988
 Phil Bourque 66 1989
 Maxim Lapierre 66 2011
74.Noel Picard 65 1970
 Al Secord 65 1980
 Ken Linseman 65 1984
 Brad Marsh 65 1985
 Paul Gillis 65 1987
 Marty McSorley 65 1987
 Jeff Chychrun 65 1989
 Shayne Corson 65 1989
82.Maurice Richard* 64 1947
 Don Jackson 64 1985
 Terry Johnson 64 1986
 Lee Norwood 64 1986
 Mike Peluso 64 1994
 Zach Benson 64 2026
88.Keith Magnuson 63 1971
 Tiger Williams 63 1978
 Clark Gillies* 63 1980
 Chris Kotsopoulos 63 1981
 Bob Probert 63 1987
 Jay Miller 63 1989
 Sergio Momesso 63 1990
 Gordie Roberts 63 1991
 Chris Dingman 63 2004
 Milan Lucic 63 2011
98.Ken Hodge 62 1972
 Garry Howatt 62 1978
 Lyndon Byers 62 1988
 Jim Nill 62 1988
 Chris Nilan 62 1991
 Paul Laus 62 1996
 Adam Foote 62 1997
105.Gord Lane 61 1982
 Al Secord 61 1982
 Dale Hunter 61 1990
 Tie Domi 61 2002
 Donald Brashear 61 2004
 André Roy 61 2004
 Ben Eager 61 2009
 Evander Kane 61 2019
113.Dave Hunter 60 1983
 Behn Wilson 60 1985
 John MacLean 60 1988
 Marty McSorley 60 1993
 Martin Lapointe 60 1997
 Todd Bertuzzi 60 2003
 Sam Bennett 60 2023
120.Garry Howatt 59 1975
 Dave Brown 59 1985
 Glenn Anderson* 59 1987
 Dave Brown 59 1987
 Gord Kluzak 59 1988
 Adam Creighton 59 1990
126.Wilf Paiement 58 1985
 Greg Adams 58 1988
 Claude Lemieux 58 1989
 Basil McRae 58 1989
 Marty McSorley 58 1991
131.Duane Sutter 57 1982
 Gary Roberts 57 1989
133.Terry O'Reilly 56 1982
 Dale Hunter 56 1987
 Ken Linseman 56 1988
 Craig Berube 56 1989
 Rob Ray 56 1991
 Sergio Momesso 56 1994
 Gary Roberts 56 2002
140.Red Horner* 55 1940
 Paul Baxter 55 1986
 Gerard Gallant 55 1988
 Kevin Hatcher 55 1988
 Steve Smith 55 1988
 Rick Tocchet 55 1988
 Rick Zombo 55 1988
 Claude Lemieux 55 1996
 Bob Rouse 55 1997
 Ville Nieminen 55 2004
150.John Wensink 54 1978
 Bryan Maxwell 54 1981
 Darcy Rota 54 1982
 Keith Crowder 54 1983
 Gord Kluzak 54 1983
 Garth Butcher 54 1991
 Lyle Odelein 54 1991
157.Stan Mikita* 53 1965
 Dave Feamster 53 1982
 Terry Ruskowski 53 1982
 John Kordic 53 1986
 Gord Donnelly 53 1987
 Kevin Stevens 53 1991
 Evgeni Malkin 53 2017
164.Randy Holt 52 1981
 Dale Hunter 52 1982
 Denis Savard* 52 1982
 Claude Loiselle 52 1988
 Jim Johnson 52 1991
 Mark Osborne 52 1994
 Ed Jovanovski 52 1996
 Alexei Zhitnik 52 1999
 Max Domi 52 2023
173.Tracy Pratt 51 1970
 Dave Schultz 51 1973
 Willi Plett 51 1984
 Pat Price 51 1985
 Jim Pavese 51 1986
 Brian Curran 51 1987
 Tim Hunter 51 1987
 Cam Neely* 51 1988
 Bob Probert 51 1988
 Pat Verbeek 51 1988
 Craig Wolanin 51 1988
 Ron Sutter 51 1989
 Jay Wells 51 1989
 Cam Neely* 51 1990
 Wendel Clark 51 1993
 Geoff Courtnall 51 1994
 Evgeni Malkin 51 2009
 Kevin Bieksa 51 2011
 Jamie Benn 51 2023
192.Wayne Cashman 50 1970
 André Dupont 50 1980
 Mike Milbury 50 1980
 Bob Nystrom 50 1980
 Jack Carlson 50 1981
 Grant Mulvey 50 1982
 Harold Snepsts 50 1982
 Marty McSorley 50 1986
 Kevin Maguire 50 1988
 Bob Probert 50 1991
 Tony Granato 50 1993
 Rich Pilon 50 1993
 Jeff Beukeboom 50 1994
 Shjon Podein 50 1996
 Pavel Kubina 50 2004
 Deryk Engelland 50 2015
 Keegan Kolesar 50 2023
209.Phil Russell 49 1973
 André Dupont 49 1975
 Paul Holmgren 49 1981
 Brian Sutter 49 1982
 Bryan Trottier* 49 1984
 Chris Chelios* 49 1986
 John Tonelli 49 1986
 Glenn Anderson* 49 1988
 Joe Cirella 49 1988
 Brian Sutter 49 1988
 Randy Hillier 49 1989
 Peter Taglianetti 49 1991
 Bryan Trottier* 49 1991
 Glenn Anderson* 49 1995
 Rick Tocchet 49 2000
224.Tim Ecclestone 48 1970
 Tiger Williams 48 1979
 Duane Sutter 48 1984
 Mark Hunter 48 1986
 Craig Ludwig 48 1986
 Duane Sutter 48 1990
 Zac Rinaldo 48 2012
 Sam Bennett 48 2025
 Brad Marchand 48 2025
233.Bob Plager 47 1969
 Barry Gibbs 47 1971
 Don Saleski 47 1976
 Mike Milbury 47 1977
 Paul Holmgren 47 1980
 Lindy Ruff 47 1983
 Duane Sutter 47 1985
 Wendel Clark 47 1986
 Glen Featherstone 47 1990
 Bob Rouse 47 1990
 Jeff Beukeboom 47 1992
 Gino Odjick 47 1995
 Grant Marshall 47 1998
 Adam Foote 47 2001
 Gino Odjick 47 2002
 Ryan Kesler 47 2011
249.Eddie Shore* 46 1927
 Ching Johnson* 46 1928
 Noel Picard 46 1968
 Bob Plager 46 1970
 Vic Hadfield 46 1971
 Gary Doak 46 1972
 Wayne Cashman 46 1974
 André Dupont 46 1976
 Larry Melnyk 46 1986
 Scott Mellanby 46 1987
 Scott Stevens* 46 1988
 Al MacInnis* 46 1989
 Joel Otto 46 1989
 Bobby Smith 46 1989
 Kelly Chase 46 1990
 Dave Manson 46 1990
 Chris Chelios* 46 1991
 Stu Grimson 46 1991
 Bobby Smith 46 1991
 Rob Blake* 46 1993
 Nick Ritchie 46 2017
 Antoine Roussel 46 2020
 Evander Kane 46 2023
 Kaiden Guhle 46 2026

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank Player PIM Year
1.Darryl Maggs 71 1974
2.Gord Gallant 67 1974
 Terry Ruskowski 67 1977
4.Terry Ruskowski 64 1976
5.Ron Busniuk 63 1975
6.Kim Clackson 61 1978
7.Ted Taylor 60 1974
8.Curt Brackenbury 59 1975
9.Nick Fotiu 57 1976
10.Larry Lund 56 1974
11.Bill Butters 51 1976
 Curt Brackenbury 51 1977
13.Wally Weir 50 1978
14.Rick Ley 49 1976
15.Dave Hanson 48 1978
16.Cam Connor 47 1977
17.Larry Mavety 46 1974
 Serge Beaudoin 46 1978
19.Dave Hunter 42 1979
 Bob Leduc 42 1974
 John Schella 42 1974
 Rick Morris 42 1974
 Paul Baxter 42 1978
24.Jack Carlson 41 1975
 Jim Dorey 41 1973
 Rene Leclerc 41 1975
 Peter Driscoll 41 1976
 Rosaire Paiement 41 1976
 Garry Swain 41 1975
30.Pierre Roy 40 1975
31.Skip Krake 39 1974
32.John Schella 38 1976
33.Al Hangsleben 37 1978
 Steve Sutherland 37 1978
 Ron Busniuk 37 1977
36.Gordie Roberts 36 1976
 Kevin Devine 36 1976
 Jim Benzelock 36 1974
 Pat Stapleton 36 1974
40.Brian Coates 35 1974
 John Hughes 35 1979
 Paul Baxter 35 1977
43.Steve Sutherland 34 1975
 Jim Dorey 34 1978
 Poul Popiel 34 1975
 Gordie Howe* 34 1974
47.Ulf Nilsson 33 1977
 Brian McDonald 33 1977
 John Schella 33 1978
50.Larry Hillman 32 1976
 Rick Ley 32 1975