| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 170 |
| Played For: | New York Rangers |
| Birth Date: | December 13, 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1944 |
| Career End: | 1954 |
Leonard Thomas Wharton (December 13, 1927 – September 30, 2007) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in one National Hockey League game for the New York Rangers during the 1944–45 season, on March 4, 1945, against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1944 to 1954, was spent in the minor leagues.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1944–45 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1944–45 | New York Rovers | EAHL | 39 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | ||
| 1945–46 | New York Rovers | EAHL | 36 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1946–47 | Stratford Kroehlers | OHA | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1947–48 | San Diego Skyhawks | PCHL | 47 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | Louisville Blades | IHL | 28 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 102 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||
| 1949–50 | Toledo Buckeyes | EAHL | 45 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 151 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | ||
| 1950–51 | Toledo Mercurys | IHL | 53 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 186 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 28 | ||
| 1951–52 | Toledo Mercurys | IHL | 44 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 148 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1952–53 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 59 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1953–54 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 52 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||
| IHL totals | 236 | 18 | 82 | 100 | 597 | 39 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 77 | ||||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||