Career Leaders and Records for Games Played

Leaders and Records: Season ▪ Career ▪ Active ▪ Yearly

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Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

Rank	Player	GP
1.	Gordie Howe*	1767
2.	Mark Messier*	1756
3.	Ron Francis*	1731
4.	Dave Andreychuk	1639
5.	Scott Stevens*	1635
6.	Chris Chelios	1616
7.	Larry Murphy*	1615
8.	Raymond Bourque*	1612
9.	Alex Delvecchio*	1549
10.	John Bucyk*	1540
11.	Steve Yzerman	1514
12.	Phil Housley	1495
13.	Brendan Shanahan	1490
14.	Wayne Gretzky*	1487
15.	Doug Gilmour	1474
16.	Glen Wesley	1457
17.	Tim Horton*	1446
18.	Mark Recchi	1434
19.	Mike Gartner*	1432
20.	Luc Robitaille	1431
	Scott Mellanby	1431
22.	Pat Verbeek	1424
23.	Luke Richardson	1417
24.	Al MacInnis*	1416
25.	Harry Howell*	1411
26.	Norm Ullman*	1410
27.	Paul Coffey*	1409
28.	Dale Hunter	1407
29.	Stan Mikita*	1394
30.	Doug Mohns	1390
31.	Larry Robinson*	1384
32.	Trevor Linden	1382
33.	Joe Sakic	1378
	Vincent Damphousse	1378
	Dean Prentice	1378
36.	Ron Stewart	1353
37.	Rod Brind'Amour	1349
	Kirk Muller	1349
39.	Marcel Dionne*	1348
40.	Jeremy Roenick	1346
41.	Mike Modano	1344
42.	Teppo Numminen	1339
43.	Adam Oates	1337
44.	Guy Carbonneau	1318
45.	Red Kelly*	1316
46.	Mats Sundin	1305
47.	Dave Keon*	1296
48.	Pierre Turgeon	1294
49.	Ken Daneyko	1283
50.	Phil Esposito*	1282
51.	Jean Ratelle*	1281
52.	James Patrick	1280
53.	Bryan Trottier*	1279
54.	Nicklas Lidstrom	1276
55.	Martin Gelinas	1273
	Jaromir Jagr	1273
57.	Brett Hull	1269
58.	Ray Ferraro	1258
59.	Joe Nieuwendyk	1257
	Bobby Holik	1257
61.	Henri Richard*	1256
	Craig Ludwig	1256
63.	Kevin Lowe	1254
64.	Jari Kurri*	1251
65.	Bill Gadsby*	1248
66.	Allan Stanley*	1244
67.	Steve Thomas	1235
68.	Dino Ciccarelli	1232
69.	Ed Westfall	1226
70.	Brad McCrimmon	1222
71.	Eric Nesterenko	1219
72.	Mathieu Schneider	1215
73.	Gary Roberts	1213
74.	Sergei Fedorov	1209
75.	Marcel Pronovost*	1206
76.	Brian Leetch	1205
77.	Claude Lemieux	1197
78.	Denis Savard*	1196
79.	Dave Babych	1195
80.	John MacLean	1194
81.	Marc Bergevin	1191
	Gilbert Perreault*	1191
83.	Kevin Dineen	1188
	Dale Hawerchuk*	1188
	Brian Bellows	1188
86.	George Armstrong*	1187
87.	Darryl Sydor	1186
88.	Kelly Buchberger	1182
89.	Scott Young	1181
	Frank Mahovlich*	1181
91.	Bob Carpenter	1178
92.	Don Marshall	1176
93.	Tony Amonte	1174
94.	Sylvain Cote	1171
95.	Mike Keane	1161
96.	Bob Gainey*	1160
97.	Kevin Hatcher	1157
	Eric Weinrich	1157
99.	Shayne Corson	1156
100.	Doug Weight	1155
101.	Rob Blake	1152
	Adam Graves	1152
103.	Leo Boivin*	1150
104.	Garry Galley	1149
105.	Borje Salming*	1148
106.	Gary Suter	1145
107.	Bobby Clarke*	1144
	Rick Tocchet	1144
109.	Eric Desjardins	1143
110.	Cliff Ronning	1137
111.	Stu Barnes	1136
112.	Bill Guerin	1131
113.	Glenn Anderson*	1129
	Dave Ellett	1129
115.	Bob Nevin	1128
	Jamie Macoun	1128
117.	Scott Niedermayer	1127
	Murray Oliver	1127
	Bernie Nicholls	1127
120.	Guy Lafleur*	1126
121.	Jean Beliveau*	1125
122.	Don Sweeney	1115
123.	Doug Harvey*	1113
	Steve Duchesne	1113
	Brad Park*	1113
126.	Dave Taylor	1111
	Lanny McDonald*	1111
	Brent Sutter	1111
129.	Calle Johansson	1109
130.	Butch Goring	1107
131.	Garry Unger	1105
132.	Geoff Sanderson	1104
133.	Dave Manson	1103
134.	Pit Martin	1101
135.	Neal Broten	1099
	Mike Ricci	1099
	Roman Hamrlik	1099
138.	Jay Wells	1098
139.	Tom Fitzgerald	1097
	Alex Kovalev	1097
	Gordie Roberts	1097
142.	Darryl Sittler*	1096
143.	Teemu Selanne	1093
	Craig MacTavish	1093
	Ron Sutter	1093
146.	Michel Goulet*	1089
147.	Carol Vadnais	1087
148.	Brad Marsh	1086
	Chris Gratton	1086
150.	Alexei Zhitnik	1085
151.	Theoren Fleury	1084
	Dave Lowry	1084
153.	Owen Nolan	1083
154.	Peter Bondra	1081
155.	Ulf Samuelsson	1080
156.	Bob Pulford*	1079
157.	Keith Tkachuk	1077
	Bobby Smith	1077
159.	Murray Craven	1071
	Doug Bodger	1071
161.	Mike Ramsey	1070
	Craig Ramsay	1070
163.	Andy Bathgate*	1069
	Vyacheslav Kozlov	1069
165.	Ted Lindsay*	1068
	Sergei Zubov	1068
167.	Terry Harper	1066
168.	Rod Gilbert*	1065
169.	Bobby Hull*	1063
170.	Markus Naslund	1062
	Joe Mullen*	1062
172.	Bob Rouse	1061
173.	Denis Potvin*	1060
174.	Kelly Miller	1057
175.	Bryan Smolinski	1056
	Greg Adams	1056
	Jean-Guy Talbot	1056
	Lyle Odelein	1056
179.	Randy Carlyle	1055
180.	Stephane Richer	1054
	Craig Berube	1054
182.	Ivan Boldirev	1052
183.	Geoff Courtnall	1048
184.	Eddie Shack	1047
185.	Derian Hatcher	1045
186.	Rob Ramage	1044
187.	Mike Sillinger	1042
188.	Serge Savard*	1040
189.	Stephane Quintal	1037
190.	Ron Ellis	1034
191.	Harold Snepsts	1033
	Curtis Leschyshyn	1033
193.	Ralph Backstrom	1032
194.	Ed Olczyk	1031
195.	Dick Duff*	1030
196.	Russ Courtnall	1029
	Patrick Roy*	1029
198.	John Tonelli	1028
	Petr Svoboda	1028
	Grant Ledyard	1028
	Gaetan Duchesne	1028
202.	Wayne Cashman	1027
203.	Doug Wilson	1024
204.	Keith Acton	1023
	Jim Neilson	1023
206.	Fredrik Olausson	1022
207.	Tie Domi	1020
	Don Lever	1020
209.	Keith Carney	1018
	Mike Foligno	1018
211.	Adam Foote	1017
	Charlie Huddy	1017
213.	Phil Russell	1016
	Brian Propp	1016
215.	Andrew Cassels	1015
216.	Paul Ranheim	1013
217.	Laurie Boschman	1009
	Dave Christian	1009
	Dallas Drake	1009
	Glen Murray	1009
221.	Dave Lewis	1008
	Bob Murray	1008
223.	Todd Gill	1007
224.	Jimmy Roberts	1006
	Steve Larmer	1006
226.	Claude Provost	1005
	Bret Hedican	1005
	Rick Middleton	1005
229.	Ryan Walter	1003
230.	Vic Hadfield	1002
231.	Bernie Federko*	1000
232.	Jean Pronovost	998
	Brent Ashton	998
234.	Rod Langway*	994
235.	Lucien DeBlois	993
236.	Todd Marchant	992
	Jason Arnott	992
238.	Martin Lapointe	991
239.	Alexander Mogilny	990
240.	Murray Baron	988
241.	Red Berenson	987
242.	Jyrki Lumme	985
243.	Tomas Sandstrom	983
244.	Petr Nedved	982
	Ron Greschner	982
	Nick Libett	982
247.	Brian Rolston	981
248.	Don Awrey	979
	Rod Seiling	979
250.	Tom Johnson*	978
	Maurice Richard*	978
	Martin Brodeur	978

WHA Leaders

Rank	Player	GP
1.	Andre Lacroix	551
2.	Ron Plumb	549
3.	Paul Shmyr	511
4.	Michel Parizeau	509
5.	Mike Antonovich	486
6.	Rick Ley	478
7.	John McKenzie	477
8.	Blair MacDonald	476
9.	Larry Pleau	468
10.	Poul Popiel	467
11.	Bobby Guindon	463
12.	Larry Lund	459
13.	Al Hamilton	455
	Rosaire Paiement	455
	Ken Block	455
16.	J.C. Tremblay	454
17.	Ted Green	452
	Rene Leclerc	452
19.	Marty Howe	449
20.	Marc Tardif	446
	Don Burgess	446
22.	Francois Lacombe	440
23.	Norm Ferguson	436
24.	Bryan Campbell	433
	Tim Sheehy	433
26.	Rusty Patenaude	431
	Jim Dorey	431
	Brad Selwood	431
29.	Reg Thomas	428
30.	Mark Howe	426
31.	Gavin Kirk	422
32.	Ted Taylor	421
33.	John French	420
34.	Gordie Howe*	419
35.	Kevin Morrison	418
36.	Serge Bernier	417
37.	Bob Fitchner	414
38.	Rick Morris	413
	Larry Hale	413
40.	Christian Bordeleau	412
41.	Bobby Hull*	411
42.	Daryl Maggs	402
43.	Mike Rogers	396
44.	Rich LeDuc	394
45.	Jim Turkiewicz	392
	Frank Hughes	392
	Danny Lawson	392
48.	Rich Preston	388
49.	Barry Long	387
50.	John Schella	385
51.	Jim Niekamp	383
52.	Steve Sutherland	379
53.	Bob Falkenberg	378
	Dale Hoganson	378
55.	Pierre Guite	377
56.	Robbie Ftorek	373
57.	Pat Stapleton	372
	John Hughes	372
59.	Larry Hornung	371
60.	Terry Ruskowski	369
	Ron Chipperfield	369
	Real Cloutier	369
63.	Gene Peacosh	367
64.	Wayne Connelly	366
65.	John Gray	363
66.	George Morrison	361
67.	Paul Henderson	360
68.	Ron Ward	359
69.	Wayne Rivers	357
70.	Bob Sicinski	353
	Gerry Pinder	353
72.	Tom Webster	352
73.	Doug Barrie	350
74.	Dennis Sobchuk	348
	Gary Veneruzzo	348
76.	Tom Earl	347
77.	Bob Liddington	346
78.	Barry Legge	345
79.	Al McLeod	342
80.	Dick Sentes	337
81.	Hugh Harris	336
82.	John Arbour	335
83.	Al Hangsleben	334
	Ernie Wakely	334
85.	Don McLeod	332
	Ken Baird	332
	Serge Beaudoin	332
88.	Bryon Baltimore	331
89.	Peter Driscoll	326
90.	Don Larway	324
91.	Rick Cunningham	323
	John Garrett	323
93.	Dick Proceviat	321
94.	Bill Lesuk	318
95.	Pierre Roy	316
	Willy Lindstrom	316
97.	Tom Simpson	314
98.	Peter Sullivan	313
99.	Murray Hall	312
100.	Gordie Roberts	311
	Paul Hurley	311
102.	Norm Beaudin	309
103.	Joe Daley	308
104.	Terry Ball	307
105.	Ted Hampson	305
	Richard Brodeur	305
107.	Ralph Backstrom	304
	Brian McDonald	304
109.	Dave Keon*	301
	Gord Labossiere	301
111.	Ulf Nilsson	300
	Mike Amodeo	300
113.	Gary Jarrett	298
114.	Lars-Erik Sjoberg	295
	Jan Popiel	295
116.	Dave Inkpen	293
117.	Wayne Carleton	290
	Paul Baxter	290
119.	Garry Lariviere	289
120.	Kevin Devine	288
121.	Tom Serviss	286
	Ron Busniuk	286
	Anders Hedberg	286
124.	Claude St. Sauveur	285
125.	Gerry Odrowski	282
126.	Mike McMahon	279
127.	Peter Marrin	278
128.	Paul Terbenche	277
129.	Lyle Moffat	276
130.	Cam Connor	274
131.	Gord Gallant	273
132.	Jack Carlson	272
133.	Kim Clackson	271
	John Stewart	271
135.	Rick Dudley	270
136.	Al Karlander	269
137.	Brent Hughes	268
138.	Grant Erickson	266
139.	Curt Brackenbury	265
140.	Mike Byers	263
141.	Jean Bernier	260
	Dave Gorman	260
	Al Smith	260
144.	Freeman Asmundson	258
	John Migneault	258
	Wayne Muloin	258
147.	Andre Hinse	256
148.	Butch Deadmarsh	255
	Frank Rochon	255
150.	Bob Wall	253
151.	Claude Larose	252
	Vaclav Nedomansky	252
153.	Gary MacGregor	251
154.	Ron Climie	249
155.	Larry Mavety	248
	J.P. LeBlanc	248
157.	Bob Whitlock	244
158.	Dave Dryden	242
	Bob Woytowich	242
160.	Bobby Sheehan	241
161.	Eddie Joyal	239
162.	Warren Miller	238
	Ted Scharf	238
164.	Mark Napier	237
	Pat Westrum	237
	Frank Mahovlich*	237
167.	Veli-Pekka Ketola	235
168.	Paulin Bordeleau	234
	Thommie Bergman	234
170.	Glen Irwin	233
	Mike Ford	233
172.	Jim Harrison	232
	Danny Johnson	232
174.	Jim Watson	231
175.	Peter Marsh	230
176.	Morris Lukowich	228
	Jim Wiste	228
	Fran Huck	228
179.	Brian Gibbons	226
180.	Ross Perkins	225
181.	John Tonelli	224
182.	Brian Morenz	223
183.	Don Tannahill	222
	Andre Gaudette	222
185.	Steve Cuddie	221
	Ray Adduono	221
187.	Rod Zaine	219
	Blaine Stoughton	219
189.	Steve Carlyle	218
190.	Bill Butters	217
	Tom Edur	217
192.	Dave Langevin	216
193.	Russ Walker	214
	Ray Clearwater	214
	Rejean Houle	214
	John Miszuk	214
197.	Brett Callighen	213
198.	Wayne Dillon	212
	Ray McKay	212
	Tom Martin	212
201.	Mike Walton	211
202.	Joe Hardy	210
203.	Skip Krake	207
204.	Jamie Hislop	206
205.	Ron Buchanan	205
206.	Chris Evans	204
207.	Thommy Abrahamsson	203
	Mike Laughton	203
209.	Tom Gilmore	202
	Brian Coates	202
	George Lyle	202
212.	Perry Miller	201
	Jeff Jacques	201
	Dan Spring	201
215.	Al McDonough	200
	Jim Cardiff	200
	Rick Smith	200
	Bob Ash	200
219.	Joe Noris	198
220.	Alain Caron	195
	Bill Flett	195
222.	Jim Sherrit	193
	Duke Harris	193
	Bill Horton	193
225.	Larry Hillman	192
	Charles Constantin	192
	Randy Legge	192
228.	Jack Norris	191
	Gerry Cheevers*	191
230.	Brian Bradley	190
231.	Craig Reichmuth	189
232.	Bob Charlebois	188
	Jean-Guy Gratton	188
234.	Heikki Riihiranta	187
	Jacques Locas	187
236.	Del Hall	186
	Lou Nistico	186
	Milt Black	186
239.	Tony Cassolato	184
240.	Ric Jordan	183
241.	Michel Cormier	182
242.	Danny Gruen	181
	Nick Harbaruk	181
244.	Barry Melrose	178
245.	Richard Farda	177
246.	Gary Kurt	176
247.	Wayne Rutledge	175
	Peter McNamee	175
249.	Jim Hargreaves	174
	Bob McAneeley	174

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