NHL All-Time Leaders
Most Games Played

Rank 	Player 	Years 	games (current)
1 	Patrick Marleau 	(1997-2021) 	1779
2 	Gordie Howe 	(1946-1980) 	1767
3 	Mark Messier 	(1979-2004) 	1756
4 	Jaromir Jagr 	(1990-2018) 	1733
5 	Ron Francis 	(1981-2004) 	1731
6 	Joe Thornton 	(1997-2022) 	1714
7 	Zdeno Chara 	(1997-2022) 	1680
8 	Mark Recchi 	(1988-2011) 	1652
9 	Chris Chelios 	(1983-2010) 	1651
10 	Dave Andreychuk 	(1982-2006) 	1639
11 	Scott Stevens 	(1982-2004) 	1635
12 	Larry Murphy 	(1980-2001) 	1615
13 	Ray Bourque 	(1979-2001) 	1612
14 	Nicklas Lidstrom 	(1991-2012) 	1564
15 	Jarome Iginla 	(1995-2017) 	1554
16 	Alex Delvecchio 	(1950-1974) 	1550
17 	Johnny Bucyk 	(1955-1978) 	1540
17 	Shane Doan 	(1995-2017) 	1540
19 	Brendan Shanahan 	(1987-2009) 	1524
20 	Matt Cullen 	(1997-2019) 	1516
21 	Steve Yzerman 	(1983-2006) 	1514
22 	Mike Modano 	(1988-2011) 	1499
23 	Phil Housley 	(1982-2003) 	1495
24 	Wayne Gretzky 	(1979-1999) 	1487
25 	Rod Brind'Amour 	(1988-2010) 	1484
26 	Doug Gilmour 	(1983-2003) 	1474
27 	Glen Wesley 	(1987-2008) 	1457
28 	Teemu Selanne 	(1992-2014) 	1451
29 	Tim Horton 	(1949-1974) 	1445
30 	Mike Gartner 	(1979-1998) 	1432
31 	Scott Mellanby 	(1985-2007) 	1431
31 	Luc Robitaille 	(1986-2006) 	1431
33 	Pat Verbeek 	(1982-2002) 	1424
34 	Luke Richardson 	(1987-2009) 	1417
35 	Al MacInnis 	(1981-2004) 	1416
36 	Harry Howell 	(1952-1973) 	1411
37 	Norm Ullman 	(1955-1975) 	1410
38 	Paul Coffey 	(1980-2001) 	1409
39 	Dale Hunter 	(1980-1999) 	1407
40 	Roman Hamrlik 	(1992-2013) 	1395
41 	Stan Mikita 	(1958-1980) 	1394
42 	Doug Mohns 	(1953-1975) 	1389
43 	Larry Robinson 	(1972-1992) 	1384
44 	Trevor Linden 	(1988-2008) 	1382
45 	Vincent Damphousse 	(1986-2004) 	1378
45 	Dean Prentice 	(1952-1974) 	1378
45 	Joe Sakic 	(1988-2009) 	1378
48 	Teppo Numminen 	(1988-2009) 	1372
49 	Jeremy Roenick 	(1988-2009) 	1363
50 	Ron Stewart 	(1952-1973) 	1353
51 	Kirk Muller 	(1984-2003) 	1349
52 	Marcel Dionne 	(1971-1989) 	1348
53 	Mats Sundin 	(1990-2009) 	1346
54 	Adam Oates 	(1985-2004) 	1337
55 	Ray Whitney 	(1991-2014) 	1330
55 	Henrik Sedin 	(2000-2018) 	1330
57 	Guy Carbonneau 	(1980-2000) 	1318
58 	Leonard "Red" Kelly 	(1947-1967) 	1316
58 	Alexei Kovalev 	(1992-2013) 	1316
60 	Bobby Holik 	(1990-2009) 	1314
61 	Marian Hossa 	(1997-2017) 	1309
62 	Daniel Sedin 	(2000-2018) 	1306
63 	Sergei Gonchar 	(1994-2015) 	1301
64 	Dave Keon 	(1960-1982) 	1296
64 	Dustin Brown 	(2003-2022) 	1296
66 	Pierre Turgeon 	(1987-2007) 	1294
67 	Dainius Zubrus 	(1996-2016) 	1293
67 	Eric Staal 	(2003-2021) 	1293
69 	Darryl Sydor 	(1991-2010) 	1291
70 	Mathieu Schneider 	(1987-2010) 	1289
71 	Ken Daneyko 	(1983-2003) 	1283
72 	Phil Esposito 	(1963-1981) 	1282
73 	Jean Ratelle 	(1960-1981) 	1281
74 	James Patrick 	(1983-2004) 	1280
74 	Ryan Suter 	(2005-2022) 	1280
76 	Bryan Trottier 	(1975-1994) 	1279
77 	Alex Ovechkin 	(2005-2022) 	1274
78 	Martin Gelinas 	(1988-2008) 	1273
79 	Rob Blake 	(1989-2010) 	1270
79 	Ryan Smyth 	(1994-2014) 	1270
81 	Brett Hull 	(1985-2006) 	1269
82 	Martin Brodeur 	(1991-2015) 	1266
83 	Justin Williams 	(2000-2020) 	1264
84 	Bill Guerin 	(1991-2010) 	1263
84 	Scott Niedermayer 	(1991-2010) 	1263
86 	Radek Dvorak 	(1995-2014) 	1260
87 	Ray Ferraro 	(1984-2002) 	1258
87 	Henri Richard 	(1955-1975) 	1258
89 	Joe Nieuwendyk 	(1986-2007) 	1257
90 	Craig Ludwig 	(1982-1999) 	1256
90 	Brian Rolston 	(1994-2012) 	1256
90 	Duncan Keith 	(2005-2022) 	1256
93 	Kevin Lowe 	(1979-1998) 	1254
94 	Jari Kurri 	(1980-1998) 	1251
94 	Brent Burns 	(2003-2022) 	1251
96 	Scott Hartnell 	(2000-2018) 	1249
97 	Sergei Fedorov 	(1990-2009) 	1248
97 	Bill Gadsby 	(1946-1966) 	1248
97 	Jason Spezza 	(2002-2022) 	1248
100 	Daniel Alfredsson 	(1995-2014) 	1246