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NHL Career Leaders and Records for Games Played (Skater)

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 (*).

RankPlayerGP
1.Gordie Howe*1767
2.Mark Messier*1756
3.Ron Francis*1731
4.Dave Andreychuk1639
5.Scott Stevens*1635
6.Chris Chelios1616
7.Larry Murphy*1615
8.Raymond Bourque*1612
9.Alex Delvecchio*1549
10.John Bucyk*1540
11.Steve Yzerman1514
12.Phil Housley1495
13.Brendan Shanahan1490
14.Wayne Gretzky*1487
15.Doug Gilmour1474
16.Glen Wesley1457
17.Tim Horton*1446
18.Mike Gartner*1432
19.Scott Mellanby1431
 Luc Robitaille1431
21.Pat Verbeek1424
22.Al MacInnis*1416
23.Luke Richardson1415
24.Harry Howell*1411
25.Mark Recchi1410
 Norm Ullman*1410
27.Paul Coffey*1409
28.Dale Hunter1407
29.Stan Mikita*1394
30.Doug Mohns1390
31.Larry Robinson*1384
32.Trevor Linden1382
33.Dean Prentice1378
 Vincent Damphousse1378
35.Joe Sakic1363
36.Ron Stewart1353
37.Kirk Muller1349
38.Marcel Dionne*1348
39.Adam Oates1337
40.Rod Brind'Amour1324
41.Jeremy Roenick1321
42.Mike Modano1320
43.Guy Carbonneau1318
44.Red Kelly*1316
45.Teppo Numminen1315
46.Mats Sundin1305
47.Dave Keon*1296
48.Pierre Turgeon1294
49.Ken Daneyko1283
50.Phil Esposito*1282
51.Jean Ratelle*1281
52.James Patrick1280
53.Bryan Trottier*1279
54.Jaromir Jagr1273
 Martin Gelinas1273
56.Brett Hull1269
57.Ray Ferraro1258
58.Joe Nieuwendyk1257
59.Henri Richard*1256
 Craig Ludwig1256
61.Kevin Lowe1254
62.Bobby Holik1252
 Nicklas Lidstrom1252
64.Jari Kurri*1251
65.Bill Gadsby*1248
66.Allan Stanley*1244
67.Steve Thomas1235
68.Dino Ciccarelli1232
69.Ed Westfall1226
70.Brad McCrimmon1222
71.Eric Nesterenko1219
72.Marcel Pronovost*1206
73.Brian Leetch1205
74.Mathieu Schneider1197
 Claude Lemieux1197
76.Denis Savard*1196
 Sergei Fedorov1196
78.Dave Babych1195
79.John MacLean1194
 Gary Roberts1194
81.Marc Bergevin1191
 Gilbert Perreault*1191
83.Dale Hawerchuk*1188
 Brian Bellows1188
 Kevin Dineen1188
86.George Armstrong*1187
87.Kelly Buchberger1182
88.Scott Young1181
 Frank Mahovlich*1181
90.Bob Carpenter1178
91.Don Marshall1176
92.Tony Amonte1174
93.Darryl Sydor1171
 Sylvain Cote1171
95.Mike Keane1161
96.Bob Gainey*1160
97.Eric Weinrich1157
 Kevin Hatcher1157
99.Shayne Corson1156
100.Adam Graves1152
101.Leo Boivin*1150
102.Garry Galley1149
103.Borje Salming*1148
104.Gary Suter1145
105.Rick Tocchet1144
 Bobby Clarke*1144
107.Eric Desjardins1143
108.Cliff Ronning1137
109.Stu Barnes1136
110.Doug Weight1131
111.Glenn Anderson1129
 Dave Ellett1129
113.Jamie Macoun1128
 Bob Nevin1128
115.Bernie Nicholls1127
 Rob Blake1127
 Murray Oliver1127
118.Guy Lafleur*1126
119.Jean Beliveau*1125
120.Don Sweeney1115
121.Doug Harvey*1113
 Steve Duchesne1113
 Brad Park*1113
124.Lanny McDonald*1111
 Dave Taylor1111
 Brent Sutter1111
127.Calle Johansson1109
128.Butch Goring1107
 Bill Guerin1107
130.Garry Unger1105
131.Geoff Sanderson1104
132.Dave Manson1103
133.Scott Niedermayer1101
 Pit Martin1101
135.Neal Broten1099
 Mike Ricci1099
137.Jay Wells1098
138.Tom Fitzgerald1097
 Gordie Roberts1097
140.Darryl Sittler*1096
141.Ron Sutter1093
 Craig MacTavish1093
143.Michel Goulet*1089
144.Carol Vadnais1087
145.Brad Marsh1086
146.Alexei Zhitnik1085
147.Dave Lowry1084
 Theoren Fleury1084
149.Peter Bondra1081
150.Ulf Samuelsson1080
151.Bob Pulford*1079
152.Bobby Smith1077
153.Roman Hamrlik1076
154.Alex Kovalev1073
155.Doug Bodger1071
 Murray Craven1071
157.Craig Ramsay1070
 Mike Ramsey1070
159.Andy Bathgate*1069
160.Chris Gratton1068
 Ted Lindsay*1068
 Owen Nolan1068
163.Teemu Selanne1067
164.Terry Harper1066
165.Rod Gilbert*1065
166.Bobby Hull*1063
167.Joe Mullen*1062
168.Bob Rouse1061
169.Denis Potvin*1060
170.Sergei Zubov1058
171.Kelly Miller1057
172.Lyle Odelein1056
 Jean-Guy Talbot1056
 Bryan Smolinski1056
 Greg Adams1056
176.Randy Carlyle1055
 Keith Tkachuk1055
178.Craig Berube1054
 Stephane Richer1054
180.Ivan Boldirev1052
181.Geoff Courtnall1048
182.Eddie Shack1047
183.Derian Hatcher1045
 Vyacheslav Kozlov1045
185.Rob Ramage1044
186.Mike Sillinger1042
187.Serge Savard*1040
188.Stephane Quintal1037
189.Markus Naslund1035
190.Ron Ellis1034
191.Harold Snepsts1033
 Curtis Leschyshyn1033
193.Ralph Backstrom1032
194.Ed Olczyk1031
195.Dick Duff*1030
196.Russ Courtnall1029
197.Petr Svoboda1028
 Gaetan Duchesne1028
 John Tonelli1028
 Grant Ledyard1028
201.Wayne Cashman1027
202.Doug Wilson1024
203.Jim Neilson1023
 Keith Acton1023
205.Fredrik Olausson1022
206.Don Lever1020
 Tie Domi1020
208.Mike Foligno1018
 Keith Carney1018
210.Charlie Huddy1017
211.Phil Russell1016
 Brian Propp1016
213.Andrew Cassels1015
214.Paul Ranheim1013
215.Dave Christian1009
 Dallas Drake1009
 Laurie Boschman1009
 Glen Murray1009
219.Dave Lewis1008
 Bob Murray1008
221.Todd Gill1007
222.Jimmy Roberts1006
 Steve Larmer1006
224.Claude Provost1005
 Rick Middleton1005
226.Ryan Walter1003
227.Vic Hadfield1002
228.Bernie Federko*1000
229.Jean Pronovost998
 Adam Foote998
 Brent Ashton998
232.Rod Langway*994
233.Lucien DeBlois993
234.Martin Lapointe991
235.Alexander Mogilny990
236.Bret Hedican988
 Murray Baron988
238.Red Berenson987
239.Jyrki Lumme985
240.Tomas Sandstrom983
241.Petr Nedved982
 Ron Greschner982
 Nick Libett982
244.Don Awrey979
 Rod Seiling979
246.Maurice Richard*978
 Tom Johnson*978
248.Brian Rolston977
 Mel Bridgman977
 Peter Stastny*977