NHL Fight Stats

Here are some stats so you can see how this year is going, and where it’s possibly headed.

Regular Season Stats

Season	Games	Fights*	Fights Per Game	Games With Fights	% of Games With Fights	Games With More Than One Fight	# of players who fought**
2018-19+	1271	238	0.19	213	16.74%	22	–
2018-19	460	86	0.19	77	16.74%	8	140
2017-18	1271	280	0.22	227	17.86%	41	265
2016-17	1230	372	0.30	306	24.88%	55	285
2015-16	1230	344	0.28	288	23.41%	50	269
2014-15	1230	391	0.32	331	26.91%	45	276
2013-14	1230	469	0.38	366	29.76%	78	288
2012-13	720	347	0.48	264	36.67%	66	245
2011-12	1230	546	0.44	423	34.39%	98	321
2010-11	1230	645	0.52	458	37.24%	117	348
2009-10	1230	714	0.58	493	40.08%	171	341
2008-09	1230	734	0.60	509	41.38%	173	355
2007-08	1230	664	0.54	473	38.46%	143	324
2006-07	1230	497	0.40	384	31.22%	87	292
2005-06	1230	466	0.38	357	29.02%	80	276
2003-04	1230	789	0.64	506	41.14%	172	340
2002-03	1230	668	0.54	464	37.72%	139	321
2001-02	1230	803	0.65	519	42.20%	172	348
2000-01	1230	684	0.56	469	38.13%	155	329

Preseason Stats

Season	Games	Fights*	Fights Per Game	Games With Fights	% of Games With Fights	Games With More Than One Fight	# of players who fought**
2018-19	108	42	0.39	35	32.41%	6	77
2017-18	108	42	0.39	35	32.41%	6	77
2016-17	105	58	0.55	40	38.10%	15	98
2015-16	104	56	0.54	40	38.46%	13	98
2014-15	105	72	0.69	46	43.81%	18	116
2013-14	104	100	0.96	59	56.73%	20	149
2011-12	108	72	0.67	49	45.37%	16	115
2010-11	106	115	1.08	67	63.21%	33	183
2009-10	109	164	1.50	74	67.89%	50	209
2008-09	111	151	1.36	70	63.06%	44	183
2007-08	105	121	1.15	63	60.00%	30	164
2006-07	105	92	0.88	55	52.38%	27	138
2005-06	111	108	0.97	67	60.36%	29	138
2003-04	124	137	1.10	79	63.71%	35	168
2002-03	120	143	1.19	78	65.00%	43	165
2001-02	109	122	1.12	67	61.47%	35	168
2000-01	122	126	1.03	72	59.02%	31	167

* A fight is counted when at least one player involved receives a fighting major.

** This is the number of players who have been involved in a fight during the course of the listed season, and does not always exactly match the number of players who have received a fighting major.

+ Projected

Note: preseason stats could be slightly off due to incomplete boxscores from older seasons.