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 | 1444 |
2. | Alex Ovechkin | 2005-06 | 1426 |
3. | Brent Burns | 2003-04 | 1415 |
4. | Anže Kopitar | 2006-07 | 1373 |
5. | Eric Staal | 2003-04 | 1365 |
6. | Joe Pavelski | 2006-07 | 1332 |
7. | Corey Perry | 2005-06 | 1311 |
8. | Marc-Édouard Vlasic | 2006-07 | 1296 |
9. | Andrew Cogliano | 2007-08 | 1294 |
10. | Phil Kessel | 2006-07 | 1286 |
11. | Sidney Crosby | 2005-06 | 1272 |
12. | Zach Parise | 2005-06 | 1254 |
13. | Jordan Staal | 2006-07 | 1253 |
14. | Patrick Kane | 2007-08 | 1230 |
15. | Jack Johnson | 2006-07 | 1187 |
16. | Claude Giroux | 2007-08 | 1182 |
17. | Drew Doughty | 2008-09 | 1177 |
  | Milan Lucic | 2007-08 | 1177 |
19. | Blake Wheeler | 2008-09 | 1172 |
20. | Nick Foligno | 2007-08 | 1155 |
21. | Mark Giordano | 2005-06 | 1148 |
22. | Evgeni Malkin | 2006-07 | 1145 |
23. | Marc Staal | 2007-08 | 1136 |
24. | David Perron | 2007-08 | 1131 |
25. | Brent Seabrook | 2005-06 | 1114 |
26. | Jamie Benn | 2009-10 | 1112 |
27. | John Tavares | 2009-10 | 1109 |
28. | Nicklas Bäckström | 2007-08 | 1105 |
29. | Kris Letang | 2006-07 | 1087 |
30. | Steven Stamkos | 2008-09 | 1082 |
31. | Alex Goligoski | 2007-08 | 1078 |
32. | Ryan O'Reilly | 2009-10 | 1073 |
33. | Jonathan Toews | 2007-08 | 1067 |
34. | Cal Clutterbuck | 2007-08 | 1064 |
35. | Jakub Voráček | 2008-09 | 1058 |
36. | Josh Bailey | 2008-09 | 1057 |
37. | Matt Duchene | 2009-10 | 1056 |
  | Valtteri Filppula | 2005-06 | 1056 |
39. | Victor Hedman | 2009-10 | 1052 |
40. | Kyle Okposo | 2007-08 | 1051 |
41. | Loui Eriksson | 2006-07 | 1050 |
42. | Sam Gagner | 2007-08 | 1043 |
43. | Shea Weber | 2005-06 | 1038 |
44. | Wayne Simmonds | 2008-09 | 1037 |
45. | Lars Eller | 2009-10 | 1036 |
46. | Alexander Edler | 2006-07 | 1030 |
47. | Brad Marchand | 2009-10 | 1029 |
48. | Marc-André Fleury | 2003-04 | 1025 |
49. | Jordan Eberle | 2010-11 | 1018 |
50. | Alex Pietrangelo | 2008-09 | 1016 |
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