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NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Penalties in Minutes

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

NHL Leaders

Rank Player PIM
1. Tiger Williams 3966
2. Dale Hunter 3565
3. Tie Domi 3515
4. Marty McSorley 3381
5. Bob Probert 3300
6. Rob Ray 3207
7. Craig Berube 3149
8. Tim Hunter 3146
9. Chris Nilan 3043
10. Rick Tocchet 2972
11. Pat Verbeek 2905
12. Chris Chelios 2891
13. Dave Manson 2792
14. Scott Stevens* 2785
15. Donald Brashear 2634
16. Willi Plett 2572
17. Gino Odjick 2567
18. Matthew Barnaby 2562
19. Gary Roberts 2560
20. Joe Kocur 2519
  Ken Daneyko 2519
22. Brendan Shanahan 2489
23. Scott Mellanby 2479
24. Basil McRae 2457
25. Ulf Samuelsson 2453
26. Jeff Odgers 2364
27. Jay Wells 2359
28. Shayne Corson 2357
29. Lyle Odelein 2316
30. Bryan Marchment 2307
31. Garth Butcher 2302
32. Shane Churla 2301
33. Kelly Buchberger 2297
34. Dave Schultz 2294
35. Laurie Boschman 2265
36. Brad May 2248
37. Ken Baumgartner 2244
38. Kevin Dineen 2229
39. Rob Ramage 2226
40. Keith Tkachuk 2219
41. Bryan Watson 2212
42. Steve Smith 2139
43. Stu Grimson 2113
44. Terry O'Reilly 2095
45. Al Secord 2093
46. Ron Stern 2077
47. Mick Vukota 2071
48. Gord Donnelly 2069
49. Luke Richardson 2055
50. Mike Foligno 2049
51. Phil Russell 2038
52. Kris King 2030
53. Kelly Chase 2017
54. Harold Snepsts 2009
55. Andre Dupont 1986
56. Ian Laperriere 1956
57. Mike Peluso 1951
58. Joel Otto 1934
59. Todd Ewen 1911
60. Mark Messier* 1910
61. Jeff Beukeboom 1890
62. Theoren Fleury 1840
63. Michel Petit 1839
64. Garry Howatt 1836
65. Chris Simon 1824
66. Carol Vadnais 1813
67. Larry Playfair 1812
68. Ted Lindsay* 1808
69. Paul Coffey* 1802
70. Jim Korn 1801
71. Sean O'Donnell 1799
72. Owen Nolan 1793
73. Dave Brown 1789
74. Brian Sutter 1786
75. Chris Neil 1784
76. Claude Lemieux 1777
77. Bob McGill 1766
78. Wilf Paiement 1757
79. Torrie Robertson 1751
80. Mario Marois 1746
81. Rich Pilon 1745
82. Jim McKenzie 1739
83. Bryan McCabe 1732
84. Randy McKay 1731
85. Ken Linseman 1727
86. Steven Finn 1724
87. Jay Miller 1723
88. Paul Laus 1702
89. Randy Moller 1692
90. Wendel Clark 1690
91. Gordie Howe* 1685
92. Paul Holmgren 1684
93. Rob Blake 1679
94. Gerard Gallant 1674
95. Kevin McClelland 1672
96. Bill Guerin 1660
97. Chris Gratton 1638
98. Jerry Korab 1629
99. Mel Bridgman 1625
100. Gerald Diduck 1612
101. Tim Horton* 1611
102. Petr Svoboda 1605
103. Chris Pronger 1590
104. Dave Taylor 1589
105. Terry Carkner 1588
106. Gordie Roberts 1582
107. Derian Hatcher 1581
108. Dana Murzyn 1571
109. Paul Baxter 1564
110. Bob Rouse 1559
111. Sergio Momesso 1557
112. Glen Cochrane 1556
  Stan Smyl 1556
114. Peter Worrell 1554
115. Mike Milbury 1552
116. Dave Hutchison 1550
117. Doug Risebrough 1542
118. Keith Primeau 1541
119. Bill Gadsby* 1539
120. Jim Cummins 1538
121. Adam Foote 1534
  Sandy McCarthy 1534
123. Sean Avery 1533
124. Matt Johnson 1523
125. Mark Tinordi 1514
126. Al MacInnis* 1511
127. Jody Shelley 1501
128. Kevin Lowe 1498
  Paul Gillis 1498
130. Bob Baun 1493
131. Dan Maloney 1489
132. Behn Wilson 1480
133. Darren McCarty 1477
134. Kevin Stevens 1470
135. Enrico Ciccone 1469
136. Reggie Fleming 1468
137. Jim Peplinski 1467
138. Geoff Courtnall 1465
139. Jeremy Roenick 1463
140. Brian Curran 1461
141. Scott Thornton 1459
142. Pat Price 1456
143. Bob Kelly 1454
144. Bobby Clarke* 1453
145. Krzysztof Oliwa 1447
146. Joe Cirella 1446
147. Rick Vaive 1445
148. Zdeno Chara 1442
  Keith Magnuson 1442
150. Ed Jovanovski 1440
151. Randy Holt 1438
152. Craig Ludwig 1437
  Eddie Shack 1437
154. Brad Park* 1429
155. Mark Hunter 1426
156. Dino Ciccarelli* 1425
  Tony Granato 1425
158. Todd Bertuzzi 1424
  Brendan Witt 1424
160. Bobby Holik 1423
161. Mark Janssens 1422
  Warren Rychel 1422
163. Jason Wiemer 1420
164. Martin Lapointe 1417
165. Brad McCrimmon 1416
166. Rich Sutter 1411
167. Darcy Tucker 1410
168. Andrei Nazarov 1409
169. Randy Carlyle 1400
170. Dennis Hextall 1398
  Eric Lindros 1398
172. Roman Hamrlik 1392
  Kevin Hatcher 1392
174. Denny Lambert 1391
  Reed Larson 1391
176. Mike Hartman 1388
177. Bob Boughner 1382
178. Gus Mortson 1380
179. Darius Kasparaitis 1379
180. Dave Karpa 1374
181. Fern Flaman* 1370
182. Terry Harper 1362
  Nick Fotiu 1362
184. Todd Simpson 1357
185. Denis Potvin* 1356
186. Terry Ruskowski 1354
  Pat Boutette 1354
  Keith Crowder 1354
189. Ron Sutter 1352
190. Gary Suter 1349
191. Alan May 1348
192. Borje Salming* 1344
193. Jim Kyte 1342
194. Denis Savard* 1336
195. Duane Sutter 1333
196. John MacLean 1328
197. Joe Reekie 1326
198. Randy Ladouceur 1322
199. Stephane Quintal 1320
200. Lee Fogolin 1318
201. Ed Hospodar 1314
202. Neil Sheehy 1311
203. Steve Staios 1310
204. Murray Baron 1309
205. Steve Thomas 1306
  Curt Fraser 1306
207. Paul MacDermid 1303
208. Doug Gilmour* 1301
  Al Iafrate 1301
210. Alex Kovalev 1298
  Harry Howell* 1298
212. Rod Buskas 1294
213. Mark Hardy 1293
214. Bernie Nicholls 1292
  Colin Campbell 1292
  Brad Maxwell 1292
217. Gary Dornhoefer 1291
218. Tim Watters 1289
219. Ray Ferraro 1288
220. Danny Gare 1285
  Maurice Richard* 1285
222. Randy Cunneyworth 1280
223. Eric Nesterenko 1273
224. Stan Mikita* 1270
225. Alexei Zhitnik 1268
226. Lindy Ruff 1264
227. Wade Belak 1263
228. Red Horner* 1254
229. Pierre Pilote* 1251
  Darren Langdon 1251
231. Doug Mohns 1250
232. Gary Bergman 1249
233. Bob Nystrom 1248
234. Lou Fontinato 1247
235. Perry Turnbull 1245
  Mathieu Schneider 1245
237. Dennis Polonich 1242
238. Frantisek Musil 1241
  Brad Marsh 1241
  Cam Neely* 1241
241. Gerry Hart 1240
242. Jason Arnott 1238
243. Gary Nylund 1235
244. Scott Hartnell 1231
245. Gord Lane 1228
246. Troy Mallette 1226
  Ron Greschner 1226
248. Kjell Samuelsson 1225
249. Adam Graves 1224
250. Kirk Muller 1223

WHA Leaders

Rank Player PIM
1. Paul Baxter 962
2. Kim Clackson 932
3. Cam Connor 904
4. Pierre Roy 860
  Paul Shmyr 860
6. Gord Gallant 849
7. John Schella 844
8. Steve Sutherland 805
9. John Hughes 778
10. Ron Busniuk 762
11. Terry Ruskowski 761
12. Curt Brackenbury 753
13. Rick Ley 716
14. Jack Carlson 694
15. Glen Irwin 633
16. Doug Barrie 620
17. John McKenzie 619
18. Poul Popiel 618
19. Jim Dorey 617
20. Frank Beaton 614
21. Ted Taylor 600
22. Rosaire Paiement 592
23. Pierre Guite 585
24. Peter Driscoll 577
25. Butch Deadmarsh 570
  Gilles Bilodeau 570
27. John Arbour 568
28. Rick Morris 567
29. Brad Selwood 556
30. Darryl Maggs 540
31. Bill Butters 530
32. Serge Beaudoin 519
33. Rick Dudley 516
34. Gordie Roberts 502
35. Bob Fitchner 501
36. Ken Baird 498
37. Dave Hanson 497
38. Al Hamilton 492
39. Serge Bernier 486
40. Jim Niekamp 484
41. Kevin Morrison 462
42. Rene Leclerc 461
43. Marty Howe 460
44. John Gray 458
  Rick Cunningham 458
46. Tom Gilmore 439
47. Al Hangsleben 437
48. Gerry Pinder 436
49. Francois Lacombe 422
50. Larry Lund 419