Most Penalty Minutes per Game in One Season by NHL Defensemen

Rk	Age		Name	Pos	Season	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP
1	27		Steve Durbano	D	1978‑79	13	1	1	2	103	-7	0	0	0	0.077	0.077	0.154
2	22		Glen Cochrane	D	1980‑81	31	1	8	9	219	3	0	0	1	0.032	0.258	0.290
3	23		Link Gaetz	D	1991‑92	48	6	6	12	326	-27	3	0	0	0.125	0.125	0.250
4	25		Steve Durbano	D	1976‑77	19	0	2	2	129	-6	0	0	0	0.000	0.105	0.105
5	26		Glen Cochrane	D	1984‑85	18	0	3	3	100	-4	0	0	0	0.000	0.167	0.167
6	24		Enrico Ciccone	D	1994‑95	41	2	4	6	225	3	0	0	0	0.049	0.098	0.146
7	26		Paul Baxter	D	1981‑82	76	9	34	43	409	-9	4	0	2	0.118	0.447	0.566
8	24		Steve Durbano	D	1975‑76	69	1	19	20	370	-21	0	0	0	0.014	0.275	0.290
9	25		Marty McSorley	D	1988‑89	66	10	17	27	350	3	2	0	1	0.152	0.258	0.409
10	23		Brian Curran	D	1986‑87	68	0	10	10	356	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.147	0.147
11	23		Glen Cochrane	D	1981‑82	63	6	12	18	329	19	0	1	0	0.095	0.190	0.286
12	22		Dave Manson	D	1989‑90	59	5	23	28	301	4	1	0	1	0.085	0.390	0.475
13	27		Jim Kyte	D	1991‑92	21	0	1	1	107	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.048	0.048
14	22		Lyle Odelein	D	1990‑91	52	0	2	2	259	7	0	0	0	0.000	0.038	0.038
15	29		Neil Sheehy	D	1989‑90	59	1	5	6	291	8	0	0	0	0.017	0.085	0.102
16	29		Marty McSorley	D	1992‑93	81	15	26	41	399	1	3	3	0	0.185	0.321	0.506
17	28		Larry Playfair	D	1986‑87	37	2	7	9	181	-1	0	0	0	0.054	0.189	0.243
18	20		Bob McGill	D	1982‑83	30	0	0	0	146	-24	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
19	25		Randy Holt	D	1978‑79	58	1	9	10	282	-3	0	0	0	0.017	0.155	0.172
20	24		Steve Dykstra	D	1986‑87	37	0	1	1	179	-7	0	0	0	0.000	0.027	0.027
21	21		Steve Durbano	D	1972‑73	49	3	18	21	231	-3	0	0	0	0.061	0.367	0.429
22	25		Enrico Ciccone	D	1995‑96	66	2	4	6	306	1	0	0	0	0.030	0.061	0.091
23	33		Mike Milbury	D	1985‑86	22	2	5	7	102	1	0	0	0	0.091	0.227	0.318
24	24		Randy Holt	D	1977‑78	54	1	4	5	249	-28	0	0	0	0.019	0.074	0.093
25	25		Bryan Marchment	D	1994‑95	40	1	5	6	184	-11	0	0	0	0.025	0.125	0.150
26	27		Dave Richter	D	1987‑88	49	2	4	6	224	-5	0	0	0	0.041	0.082	0.122
27	22		Brad Miller	D	1991‑92	42	1	4	5	192	-5	0	0	0	0.024	0.095	0.119
28	21		Lee Norwood	D	1981‑82	28	7	10	17	127	8	3	0	1	0.250	0.357	0.607
29	22		Marty McSorley	D	1985‑86	59	11	12	23	265	9	0	0	2	0.186	0.203	0.390
30	27		Enrico Ciccone	D	1997‑98	39	0	4	4	175	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.103	0.103
31	22		Brian Curran	D	1985‑86	43	2	5	7	192	6	0	0	0	0.047	0.116	0.163
32	21		Dave Manson	D	1988‑89	79	18	36	54	352	5	8	1	0	0.228	0.456	0.684
33	26		Dennis Vial	D	1995‑96	64	1	4	5	276	-13	0	0	0	0.016	0.063	0.078
34	26		Marty McSorley	D	1989‑90	75	15	21	36	322	2	2	1	0	0.200	0.280	0.480
35	24		Dale Purinton	D	2000‑01	42	0	2	2	180	5	0	0	0	0.000	0.048	0.048
36	28		Dwight Schofield	D	1984‑85	43	1	4	5	184	-4	0	0	0	0.023	0.093	0.116
37	25		Howie Young	D	1962‑63	64	4	5	9	273					0.063	0.078	0.141
38	25		Greg Smyth	D	1991‑92	36	1	3	4	153	-3	0	0	0	0.028	0.083	0.111
39	28		Randy Holt	D	1981‑82	61	2	6	8	259	-11	0	0	0	0.033	0.098	0.131
40	24		Steve Richmond	D	1983‑84	26	2	5	7	110	6	0	0	0	0.077	0.192	0.269
41	25		Ted Green	D	1965‑66	27	5	13	18	113					0.185	0.481	0.667
42	26		Pat Price	D	1981‑82	77	7	31	38	322	2	2	0	0	0.091	0.403	0.494
43	26		Brian Curran	D	1989‑90	72	2	9	11	301	-2	0	0	0	0.028	0.125	0.153
44	25		Neil Sheehy	D	1985‑86	65	2	16	18	271	-1	1	0	0	0.031	0.246	0.277
45	28		Shawn Cronin	D	1991‑92	65	0	4	4	271	-11	0	0	0	0.000	0.062	0.062
46	30		Paul Baxter	D	1985‑86	47	4	3	7	194	5	0	1	0	0.085	0.064	0.149
47	22		Steve Durbano	D	1973‑74	69	8	19	27	284	16	4	0	0	0.116	0.275	0.391
48	33		Bryan Watson	D	1975‑76	79	0	18	18	322	-20	0	0	0	0.000	0.228	0.228
49	26		Charles Bourgeois	D	1985‑86	60	7	12	19	244	18	1	0	1	0.117	0.200	0.317
50	26		Paul Laus	D	1996‑97	77	0	12	12	313	13	0	0	0	0.000	0.156	0.156

Qualifying criterion: At least 100 penalty minutes

Current season NHL stats last updated: June 18, 2013