1978-1979 NHL Penalty Minutes Leaders

Minutes in the penalty box

Dave Williams led the NHL with 298 penalty minutes in the 1978-1979 season, 16 ahead of Randy Holt (282). It stands 83rd among all single seasons in NHL history. It was one of 3 times Dave Williams led in penalty minutes.

Season

P G A P/GP PPG GWG PIM +/-SHG PPP S S%G/GP GP

Led the NHL in 1978-1979 Dave Williams TOR

298 Penalty Minutes 16 clear of Randy Holt

Showing Penalty Minutes and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	PIM	GP	G	A	P
1	Dave Williams	TOR	298	77	19	20	39
2	Randy Holt	VAN +1	282	58	1	9	10
3	Dave Schultz	PIT +1	241	75	6	12	18
4	Dave Hutchison	TOR	235	79	4	15	19
5	Willi Plett	AFM	213	74	23	20	43
6	Dennis Polonich	DET	208	62	10	12	22
7	Terry O'Reilly	BOS	205	80	26	51	77
8	Garry Howatt	NYI	205	75	16	12	28
9	Behn Wilson	PHI	197	80	13	36	49
10	Nick Fotiu	NYR	190	71	3	5	8
11	Mel Bridgman	PHI	184	76	24	35	59
12	David Logan	CHI	176	76	1	14	15
13	Reed Larson	DET	169	79	18	49	67
14	Paul Holmgren	PHI	168	57	19	10	29
15	Brian Sutter	STL	165	77	41	39	80
16	Dan Maloney	TOR	157	77	17	36	53
17	Perry Miller	DET	156	75	5	23	28
18	Ted Bulley	CHI	153	75	27	23	50
19	Mario Marois	NYR	153	71	5	26	31
20	Dave Maloney	NYR	151	76	11	17	28
21	Phil Russell	CHI +1	150	79	9	29	38
22	Mike Milbury	BOS	149	74	1	34	35
23	Greg Smith	MNS	147	80	5	27	32
24	Gord Lane	WSH	147	64	3	15	18
25	Brad Maxwell	MNS	145	71	9	28	37
26	Bert Wilson	LAK	138	73	9	10	19
27	Dave Hoyda	PHI	138	67	3	13	16
28	Tom Rowe	WSH	137	69	31	30	61
29	Colin Campbell	PIT	137	65	2	18	20
30	Pat Boutette	TOR	136	80	14	19	33
31	Ken Houston	AFM	135	80	21	31	52
32	Andre Dupont	PHI	135	77	3	9	12
33	Bob Kelly	PHI	132	77	7	31	38
34	Harold Snepsts	VAN	130	76	7	24	31
35	Jack McIlhargey	VAN	129	53	2	4	6
36	Gary Rissling	WSH	127	26	3	3	6
37	Al Secord	BOS	125	71	16	7	23
38	Dave Taylor	LAK	124	78	43	48	91
39	Andre St. Laurent	DET	124	76	18	31	49
40	Gilles Lupien	MTL	124	72	1	9	10
41	Harold Phillipoff	AFM +1	119	65	9	21	30
42	Curt Fraser	VAN	116	78	16	18	34
43	Willie Huber	DET	114	68	7	24	31
44	Bobby Nystrom	NYI	113	78	19	20	39
45	Larry Giroux	STL	111	73	5	22	27
46	Dennis O'Brien	BOS	107	64	2	8	10
47	John Wensink	BOS	106	76	28	18	46
48	Jerry Korab	BUF	104	78	11	40	51
49	Lee Fogolin Jr.	BUF	103	74	3	19	22
50	Steve Durbano	STL	103	13	1	1	2