NHL Active Leaders and Records for Games Played
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | Career Start | GP |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Ryan Suter | 2005-06 | 1431 |
2. | Alex Ovechkin | 2005-06 | 1410 |
3. | Brent Burns | 2003-04 | 1401 |
4. | Eric Staal | 2003-04 | 1365 |
5. | Anže Kopitar | 2006-07 | 1359 |
6. | Joe Pavelski | 2006-07 | 1319 |
7. | Jeff Carter | 2005-06 | 1310 |
8. | Corey Perry | 2005-06 | 1294 |
9. | Phil Kessel | 2006-07 | 1286 |
10. | Marc-Édouard Vlasic | 2006-07 | 1281 |
11. | Andrew Cogliano | 2007-08 | 1280 |
12. | Sidney Crosby | 2005-06 | 1257 |
13. | Jordan Staal | 2006-07 | 1241 |
14. | Zach Parise | 2005-06 | 1240 |
15. | Patrick Kane | 2007-08 | 1217 |
16. | Milan Lucic | 2007-08 | 1177 |
17. | Jack Johnson | 2006-07 | 1173 |
18. | Blake Wheeler | 2008-09 | 1172 |
19. | Claude Giroux | 2007-08 | 1166 |
20. | Drew Doughty | 2008-09 | 1162 |
21. | Nick Foligno | 2007-08 | 1142 |
22. | Mark Giordano | 2005-06 | 1140 |
23. | Marc Staal | 2007-08 | 1134 |
24. | Evgeni Malkin | 2006-07 | 1130 |
25. | David Perron | 2007-08 | 1117 |
26. | Brent Seabrook | 2005-06 | 1114 |
27. | Nicklas Bäckström | 2007-08 | 1105 |
28. | Jamie Benn | 2009-10 | 1099 |
29. | John Tavares | 2009-10 | 1093 |
30. | Alex Goligoski | 2007-08 | 1072 |
  | Kris Letang | 2006-07 | 1072 |
32. | Steven Stamkos | 2008-09 | 1067 |
  | Jonathan Toews | 2007-08 | 1067 |
34. | Ryan O'Reilly | 2009-10 | 1059 |
35. | Jakub Voráček | 2008-09 | 1058 |
36. | Josh Bailey | 2008-09 | 1057 |
37. | Valtteri Filppula | 2005-06 | 1056 |
38. | Loui Eriksson | 2006-07 | 1050 |
39. | Cal Clutterbuck | 2007-08 | 1049 |
40. | Kyle Okposo | 2007-08 | 1047 |
41. | Matt Duchene | 2009-10 | 1043 |
42. | Sam Gagner | 2007-08 | 1042 |
43. | Victor Hedman | 2009-10 | 1039 |
44. | Shea Weber | 2005-06 | 1038 |
45. | Wayne Simmonds | 2008-09 | 1037 |
46. | Alexander Edler | 2006-07 | 1030 |
47. | Lars Eller | 2009-10 | 1021 |
48. | Marc-André Fleury | 2003-04 | 1019 |
49. | Brad Marchand | 2009-10 | 1016 |
50. | Alex Pietrangelo | 2008-09 | 1014 |
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