NHL & WHA Yearly 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
Year Player PIM
2026 Zach Benson 64
2025 Brad Marchand 48
  Sam Bennett 48
2024 Evander Kane 37
2023 Matthew Tkachuk 74
2022 Evander Kane 37
2021 Matt Martin 43
2020 Antoine Roussel 46
2019 Evander Kane 61
2018 Cédric Paquette 37
2017 Evgeni Malkin 53
2016 Alex Killorn 42
2015 Deryk Engelland 50
2014 Kyle Clifford 39
2013 Chris Neil 39
2012 Zac Rinaldo 48
2011 Maxim Lapierre 66
2010 Chris Pronger* 36
  Justin Abdelkader 36
2009 Ben Eager 61
2008 Scottie Upshall 44
2007 Rob Niedermayer 39
2006 Georges Laraque 44
2004 Chris Simon 74
2003 Todd Bertuzzi 60
2002 Tie Domi 61
2001 Adam Foote 47
2000 Rick Tocchet 49
1999 Alexei Zhitnik 52
1998 Grant Marshall 47
1997 Adam Foote 62
1996 Paul Laus 62
1995 Glenn Anderson* 49
1994 Mike Peluso 64
1993 Marty McSorley 60
1992 Jeff Beukeboom 47
1991 Basil McRae 94
1990 Neil Sheehy 92
1989 Dave Manson 84
1988 Jay Miller 124
1987 Basil McRae 99
1986 Chris Nilan 141
1985 Dale Hunter 99
1984 Chris Nilan 81
1983 Tim Hunter 70
1982 Tiger Williams 116
1981 Ed Hospodar 93
1980 Gord Lane 85
1979 Tiger Williams 48
1978 Tiger Williams 63
1977 Mike Milbury 47
1976 Dave Schultz 90
1975 Dave Schultz 83
1974 Dave Schultz 139
1973 Dave Schultz 51
1972 Ken Hodge 62
1971 Keith Magnuson 63
1970 Derek Sanderson 72
1969 John Ferguson 80
1968 Barclay Plager 73
1967 Jean Béliveau* 26
1966 John Ferguson 44
1965 Stan Mikita* 53
1964 Bob Baun 42
1963 Bill Gadsby* 36
1962 Frank Mahovlich* 29
1961 Howie Young 32
1960 Frank Mahovlich* 27
1959 Carl Brewer 38
1958 Leo Boivin* 21
1957 Fern Flaman* 19
1956 Maurice Richard* 24
1955 Butch Bouchard* 37
1954 Gordie Howe* 31
1953 Leo Labine 19
1952 Leo Reise 27
1951 Jimmy Thomson 34
1950 Gus Kyle 30
1949 Jack Stewart* 32
1948 Vic Lynn 20
1947 Maurice Richard* 64
1946 Murph Chamberlain 18
1945 Moe Morris 14
1944 Joe Cooper 18
1943 Jack Stewart* 35
1942 Jimmy Orlando 45
1941 Jimmy Orlando 31
1940 Red Horner* 55
1939 Red Horner* 26
1938 Jack Shill 15
1937 John Gallagher 17
1936 Red Horner* 22
1935 Nels Crutchfield 22
1934 Andy Blair 16
1933 Hap Day* 21
1932 Ching Johnson* 24
1931 Sylvio Mantha* 26
1930 Eddie Shore* 26
1929 Eddie Shore* 28
1928 Ching Johnson* 46
1927 Eddie Shore* 46
1926 Punch Broadbent* 16
1925 Bert Corbeau 10
1924 Billy Boucher 9
1923 Billy Coutu 42
1922 Reg Noble* 12
1921 Ken Randall 11
1919 Punch Broadbent* 28
1918 Harry Mummery 17
  Newsy Lalonde* 17

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Year Player PIM
1979 Dave Hunter 42
1978 Kim Clackson 61
1977 Terry Ruskowski 67
1976 Terry Ruskowski 64
1975 Ron Busniuk 63
1974 Darryl Maggs 71
1973 Jim Dorey 41