NHL Career Penalty Minutes Leaders
Regular-season career penalty minutes leaders, 2000–present. Time in the box — the enforcers' leaderboard.
| # | Player | PIM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Neil | 2,522 |
| 2 | Zdeno Chara | 1,895 |
| 3 | Scott Hartnell | 1,809 |
| 4 | Tom Wilson | 1,649 |
| 5 | Cody McLeod | 1,630 |
| 6 | Corey Perry | 1,568 |
| 7 | Steve Ott | 1,555 |
| 8 | Jody Shelley | 1,538 |
| 9 | Sean Avery | 1,533 |
| 10 | Eric Boulton | 1,421 |
| 11 | Donald Brashear | 1,352 |
| 12 | Dion Phaneuf | 1,347 |
| 13 | Wayne Simmonds | 1,315 |
| 14 | Derek Dorsett | 1,314 |
| 15 | Milan Lucic | 1,301 |
| 16 | Jared Boll | 1,298 |
| 17 | Brenden Morrow | 1,281 |
| 18 | Evander Kane | 1,278 |
| 19 | Evgeni Malkin | 1,263 |
| 20 | Daniel Carcillo | 1,233 |
| 21 | Colton Orr | 1,186 |
| 22 | Matt Martin | 1,168 |
| 23 | Ian Laperriere | 1,160 |
| 24 | Brad Marchand | 1,153 |
| 25 | David Backes | 1,148 |
| 26 | Darcy Hordichuk | 1,140 |
| 27 | Ryan Reaves | 1,137 |
| 28 | Alexandre Burrows | 1,134 |
| 29 | Radko Gudas | 1,124 |
| 30 | Kevin Bieksa | 1,124 |
| 31 | Shawn Thornton | 1,103 |
| 32 | Barret Jackman | 1,102 |
| 33 | Joe Thornton | 1,102 |
| 34 | Dustin Byfuglien | 1,094 |
| 35 | George Parros | 1,092 |
| 36 | Patrick Maroon | 1,087 |
| 37 | Matthew Barnaby | 1,083 |
| 38 | Zenon Konopka | 1,082 |
| 39 | Jarkko Ruutu | 1,072 |
| 40 | Matt Cooke | 1,069 |
| 41 | Jamal Mayers | 1,068 |
| 42 | Antoine Roussel | 1,063 |
| 43 | Steve Downie | 1,057 |
| 44 | Todd Fedoruk | 1,050 |
| 45 | Shane Doan | 1,048 |
| 46 | Andy Sutton | 1,040 |
| 47 | Brandon Prust | 1,036 |
| 48 | Todd Bertuzzi | 1,036 |
| 49 | Nick Foligno | 1,024 |
| 50 | Brenden Dillon | 1,014 |