Most Career NHL Fights

[gassoff]

Most fights in NHL according do dyg site archives. These numbers includes preseaon, regular season and playoff fights plus double roughings and other fights that, somehow, didn't received 5 Min. Major penalty for fighting.

All the information is form here, NHL Fight Card Database, until 2018.

Here is the list:

1. Domi, Tie (339) fights.
2. Williams, Dave (325)
3. Nilan, Chris (316)
4. Probert, Bob (304)
5. Berube, Craig (303)
6. Ray, Rob (294)
7. McSorley, Marty (278)
8. Brashear, Donald (277)
9. Odgers, Jeff (276)
10. Grimson, Stu (271)
11. Kocur, Joey (269)
12. McRae, Basil (265)
13. Buchberger, Kelly (260)
14. Barnaby, Matthew (256)
15. Laperriere, Ian (250)
16. Vukota, Mick (249)
17. Hunter, Tim (239)
18. Neil, Chris (239)
19. Howatt, Garry (238)
20. King, Kris (238)
21. Tocchet, Rick (237)
22. Hunter, Dale (235)
23. Baumgartner, Ken (234)
24. Peluso, Mike (233)
25. O'Reilly, Terry (222)
26. McKay, Randy (220)
27. McKenzie, Jim (214)
28. Robertson, Torrie (212)
29. Sutter, Brian (212)
30. Miller, Jay (211)
31. Oliwa, Krzysztof (210)
32. Chase, Kelly (208)
33. Secord, Al (208)
34. Laus, Paul (205)
35. Boll, Jared (203)
36. Brown, Dave (203)
37. Plett, Willi (201)
38. McClelland, Kevin (198)
39. Ewen, Todd (197)
40. Schultz, Dave (197)
41. Shelley, Jody (196)
42. Churla, Shane (193)
43. Donnelly, Gord (190)
44. May, Brad (190)
45. McGill, Bob (190)
46. Odjick, Gino (188)
47. Odelein, Lyle (184)
48. Thornton, Shawn (182)
49. Hartman, Mike (181)
50. Parros, George (177)
51. McCarty, Darren (176)
52. McLeod, Cody (173)
53. Nazarov, Andrei (171)
54. Corson, Shayne (168)
55. McCarthy, Sandy (166)
56. Sutter, Duane (166)
57. Cummins, Jim (164)
58. Johnson, Matt (162)
59. Hordichuk, Darcy (157)
60. Laraque, Georges (157)
61. Belak, Wade (155)
62. Clark, Wendel (155)
63. DeBrusk, Louie (155)
64. Mellanby, Scott (154)
65. Stevens, Scott (154)
66. Butcher, Garth (153)
67. Daneyko, Ken (153)
68. Langdon, Darren (153)
69. Richardson, Luke (153)
70. Worrell, Peter (153)
71. Prust, Brandon (152)
72. Rychel, Warren (152)
73. Bridgman, Mel (150)
74. Stern, Ronnie (148)
75. Foligno, Mike (145)
76. May, Alan (143)
77. Watson, Bryan (143)
78. Crowder, Keith (142)
79. Nystrom, Bob (141)
80. Paiement, Wilf (140)
81. Ramage, Rob (140)
82. Janssens, Mark (139)
83. Ott, Steve (139)
84. Roy, Andre (139)
85. Boschman, Laurie (138)
86. Twist, Tony (137)
87. Lambert, Denny (136)
88. Mayers, Jamal (136)
89. Orr, Colton (136)
90. Barch, Krys (134)
91. Beukeboom, Jeff (134)
92. Boughner, Bob (134)
93. Huscroft, Jamie (134)
94. O'Donnell, Sean (134)
95. Simpson, Reid (132)
96. Dorsett, Derek (131)
97. Quintal, Stephane (131)
98. Simon, Chris (131)
99. Gallant, Gerard (129)
100. Hextall, Dennis (128)
101. Poeschek, Rudy (128)
102. Ruskowski, Terry (128)
103. Shanahan, Brendan (128)
104. Wells, Jay (128)
105. Konopka, Zenon (127)
106. Fedoruk, Todd (127)
107. Mallette, Troy (126)
108. Otto, Joel (126)
109. Curran, Brian (125)
110. Kordic, John (125)
111. Peplinski, Jim (125)
112. Maloney, Dan (124)
113. Strudwick, Jason (124)
114. Vadnais, Carol (124)
115. Simpson, Todd (123)
116. Dingman, Chris (122)
117. Fraser, Curt (122)
118. Playfair, Larry (121)
119. Sutter, Rich (121)
120. Thorburn, Chris (121)
121. Godard, Eric (120)
122. Marchment, Bryan (120)
123. Byers, Lyndon (118)
124. Cairns, Eric (118)
125. Crombeen, B.J. (118)
126. Kelly, Bob (118)
127. Cronin, Shawn (117)
128. Janssen, Cam (116)
129. Moller, Randy (116)
130. Tootoo, Jordin (116)
131. Anderson, Perry (115)
132. Gare, Danny (115)
133. McKenna, Steve (115)
134. Price, Pat (115)
135. Ruff, Lindy (115)
136. Tamer, Chris (115)
137. VandenBussche R. (115)
138. Brown, Mike (114)
139. Asham, Arron (113)
140. Hunter, Mark (113)
141. Kimble, Darin (113)
142. Peters, Andrew (113)
143. Carkner, Terry (112)
144. Clarkson, David (112)
145. Jackman, Tim (112)
146. Risebrough, Doug (112)
147. Roberts, Gary (112)
148. Russell, Cam (112)
149. Smith, Steve (112)
150. Cochrane, Glen (111)
151. Pilon, Rich (110)
152. Sheehy, Neil (110)
153. Vial, Dennis (110)
154. Wiemer, Jason (110)
155. Semenko, Dave (109)
156. Campbell, Colin (108)
157. Carcillo, Dan (108)
158. Milbury, Mike (108)
159. Polonich, Dennis (108)
160. Thornton, Scott (108)
161. Kypreos, Nick (107)
162. Paterson, Joe (106)
163. Ciccone, Enrico (105)
164. Kruse, Paul (105)
165. Holmgren, Paul (104)
166. Manson, Dave (104)
167. Taylor, Dave (104)
168. Fleming, Reg (103)
169. Magnuson, Keith (103)
170. Stevenson, Turner (103)
171. Low, Reed (102)
172. Snepsts, Harold (102)
173. Dupont, Andre (101)
174. Guerin, Bill (101)
175. Kennedy, Dean (101)
176. Korn, Jim (101)
177. Tucker, Darcy (101)
178. Chychrun, Jeff (100)
179. Neely, Cam (100)
180. Nolan, Owen (100)
181. Parker, Scott (100)

Also, here is the top active players in fights,

Matt Martin 101 + 7 (108) ...translates to 101 fights dyg style plus 7 fights more since 2018-19 season
Kyle Clifford 93 +13 (106)
Michael Haley 85 + 12 ( 97)
Zdeno Chara 87 + 7 ( 94)
Tom Wilson 75 +13 ( 88)
Milan Lucic 80 + 7 ( 87)
Ryan Reaves 72 + 7 ( 79)
Dominiq Roussel 75 + 3 ( 78)
Wayne Simmonds 71 + 6 ( 77)

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[Bondurant]

An impressive tilt total for Nilan. I would have guessed Probert or Tiger held the record.

 

[Crosstraffic]

Never realized Dave Taylor had so many scraps, including one with Ray Bourque almost 40 years ago...

 

[DaaaaB's]

Watching that video reminds me of how much I hated Kevin Collins. Biggest joke of a linesman ever who thought he was hero with his personal crusade to stop fighting. Fuc*in clown

 

[bov]

I had no idea DYG could be "brought back to life" like that, nice.

 

[vandymeer13]

I'd give anything to have that site back.

 

[ref19]

I had no idea Billy G had 1oo tilly's

 

[SotasicA]

271, not bad for my boy Stu.

 

[SotasicA]

There's some pretty bad fighters on that list, and even near the top like Buchberger, Barnaby, Lappy. You just have to admire the heart. Knowing you fight bigger, badder, tougher, monsters night after night.

And guys like Jim Cummins, Cam Russell, were warriors. Always fought the toughest of the toughest. They were not in a position, not talented enough, to be picky. Win or lose, just show up. If you think it was tough for a guy like Stu Grimson or John Scott, super tough guys, baddest men of their era, to mentally prepare for the next game and opponent, imagine what it was like for those guys who knew they were going to receive a beating in the hands of a beast. Just hoping to not get hurt too bad, and to get a few in themselves. You do what you do, for your team. That's unsullied heart.

 

[Sheppy]

Shawn Thornton spent 605 games in the AHL, in those games he had 2428 penalty mins... which is hilarious.

 

[Jen Psaki]

Wayne Simmonds 71 + 6 ( 77)

Simmonds is still looking for his first W over someone not named Prust. LOL

 

[SML2]

75% of that list would have shined their shoes with the jersey of Tom Wilson. With him in it.

 

[joestevens29]

Buchberger ranks that high? Quite surprised.

Not sure if he actually ever won a fight though

 

[57special]

Laurie Boschman? I must be misremembering him. Did he start to fight more later in his career?

 

[desmondtootoo]

There's some pretty bad fighters on that list, and even near the top like Buchberger, Barnaby, Lappy. You just have to admire the heart. Knowing you fight bigger, badder, tougher, monsters night after night.

And guys like Jim Cummins, Cam Russell, were warriors. Always fought the toughest of the toughest. They were not in a position, not talented enough, to be picky. Win or lose, just show up. If you think it was tough for a guy like Stu Grimson or John Scott, super tough guys, baddest men of their era, to mentally prepare for the next game and opponent, imagine what it was like for those guys who knew they were going to receive a beating in the hands of a beast. Just hoping to not get hurt too bad, and to get a few in themselves. You do what you do, for your team. That's unsullied heart.

Guys like Barnaby, McLeod, Lappy, really had a talent for getting mixed up with guys they should be avoiding, but yet not getting hit somehow. That’s an actual skill set, lol.
Tiger and Domi were almost that. They fought some wide open, but they were still smart and careful around the baddest dudes. Domi did use his 2” thick skull, smartly.
And then you have the super pests, who pretend to be fighting people. Avery, Tucker, Downie, Kunitz, Marchand. Barnaby really was one of them.
And lunatics like “Mental Case” Durbano and “Missing Link” Gaetz, well they didn’t care what happened once they got going, lol.

 

[cabinessence]

Buchberger was pretty good early in his career and the seemed to suddenly crumble.

 

[HFBS]

Interesting. Mick (Dick) Vukota had 249 fights without ever throwing a punch.

 

[stocker]

I'd give anything to have that site back.

Me too.I went to that site all the time.

Interesting. Mick (Dick) Vukota had 249 fights without ever throwing a punch.

. Torrie Robertson was the same way.Not one fight of his 212 was a slugfest.Hugfest

 

[stocker]

Never realized Dave Taylor had so many scraps, including one with Ray Bourque almost 40 years ago...

I hated Collins

 

[HFBS]

Interesting. Mick (Dick) Vukota had 249 fights without ever throwing a punch.

Me too.I went to that site all the time.
. Torrie Robertson was the same way.Not one fight of his 212 was a slugfest.Hugfest

Vukota didn't even hug. He just tried to lift his opponent's leg and throw them down. He had to answer for many a cheap shot and couldn't fight. One of the most despicable players ever.

 

[Jumptheshark]

this thread comes with a slight *--in the 70's and 80's, a lot of fights happened where it was the third or fourth fight on the ice and those guys did not get penalized all the time

 

[MarkusKetterer]

I had no idea Mike Hartman played long enough to get 181 fights in.