NHL & WHA Career Playoff 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

NHL Leaders Table
Rank	Player	Years	GP
1.	Chris Chelios*	1983-10	266
2.	Nicklas Lidström*	1991-12	263
3.	Patrick Roy*	1984-03	247
4.	Corey Perry	2005-26	244
5.	Mark Messier*	1979-04	236
6.	Claude Lemieux	1983-09	234
7.	Scott Stevens*	1982-04	233
8.	Guy Carbonneau*	1980-00	231
9.	Larry Robinson*	1972-92	227
10.	Glenn Anderson*	1980-96	225
11.	Kris Draper	1990-11	222
12.	Bryan Trottier*	1975-94	221
13.	Mike Keane	1988-04	220
14.	Larry Murphy*	1980-01	215
15.	Ray Bourque*	1979-01	214
	Kevin Lowe*	1979-98	214
17.	Wayne Gretzky*	1979-99	208
	Jaromír Jágr	1990-18	208
19.	Martin Brodeur*	1991-15	205
	Marián Hossa*	1997-17	205
21.	Ryan McDonagh	2010-26	203
22.	Brett Hull*	1986-06	202
	Scott Niedermayer*	1991-10	202
24.	Joe Pavelski	2006-24	201
25.	Jari Kurri*	1980-98	200
	Zdeno Chára*	1997-22	200
27.	Steve Yzerman*	1983-06	196
28.	Patrick Marleau	1997-21	195
29.	Paul Coffey*	1980-01	194
30.	Craig MacTavish	1979-97	193
31.	Mark Recchi*	1988-11	189
32.	Joe Thornton*	1997-22	187
33.	Dale Hunter	1980-99	186
	Esa Tikkanen	1985-99	186
	Sidney Crosby	2005-26	186
36.	Denis Potvin*	1973-88	185
37.	Bobby Smith	1978-93	184
	Brendan Shanahan*	1987-09	184
39.	Charlie Huddy	1980-97	183
	Sergei Fedorov*	1990-09	183
	Evgeni Malkin	2006-26	183
42.	Bob Gainey*	1973-89	182
	Doug Gilmour*	1983-03	182
44.	Henri Richard*	1955-75	181
45.	Tomas Holmström	1996-12	180
	Brad Marchand	2009-26	180
47.	Chris Kunitz	2003-19	178
48.	Craig Ludwig	1982-99	177
	Al MacInnis*	1981-04	177
	Jordan Staal	2006-26	177
51.	Mike Modano*	1989-11	176
52.	Ken Daneyko	1983-03	175
53.	Steve Thomas	1984-04	174
	Darren McCarty	1993-09	174
55.	Chris Pronger*	1993-12	173
56.	John Tonelli	1978-92	172
	Joe Sakic*	1988-09	172
58.	Ron Francis*	1981-04	171
	Stéphane Yelle	1995-10	171
60.	Adam Foote	1991-11	170
	Patrice Bergeron	2003-23	170
	Marc-André Fleury	2003-25	170
	Victor Hedman	2009-26	170
64.	Denis Savard*	1980-97	169
	Glen Wesley	1987-08	169
	Kirk Maltby	1993-10	169
67.	Éric Desjardins	1988-06	168
68.	Valtteri Filppula	2005-21	166
69.	Brian Rafalski	1999-11	165
70.	Red Kelly*	1947-67	164
	Clark Gillies*	1974-88	164
	Brian Skrudland	1985-00	164
	Sergei Zubov*	1992-09	164
74.	Adam Oates*	1985-04	163
	Pat Maroon	2011-25	163
76.	Jean Béliveau*	1950-71	162
	Dave Andreychuk*	1982-06	162
	Patrik Eliáš	1995-16	162
	Justin Williams	2000-20	162
80.	Brad Park*	1968-85	161
	Duane Sutter	1979-90	161
	Ed Belfour*	1988-07	161
	Alex Ovechkin	2005-26	161
84.	Brian Propp	1979-94	160
	David Krejčí	2006-23	160
86.	Jamie Macoun	1982-99	159
	Luc Robitaille*	1986-06	159
	Rod Brind'Amour	1989-10	159
	Nikita Kucherov	2013-26	159
90.	Joe Nieuwendyk*	1986-07	158
91.	Gordie Howe*	1946-80	157
	Bob Nystrom	1972-86	157
	Pavel Datsyuk*	2001-16	157
94.	Geoff Courtnall	1983-00	156
	Brooks Orpik	2002-19	156
96.	Stan Mikita*	1958-80	155
	Darryl Sydor	1991-10	155
	Kris Letang	2006-26	155
	Ondřej Palát	2012-26	155
100.	Jeremy Roenick*	1988-09	154
	John LeClair	1990-07	154
102.	Jim Roberts	1963-78	153
	Gordie Roberts	1979-94	153
104.	Alex Killorn	2012-26	152
105.	Jean-Guy Talbot	1954-71	151
	Peter Forsberg*	1994-11	151
	Duncan Keith*	2005-22	151
	Tyler Seguin	2010-26	151
109.	Grant Fuhr*	1981-00	150
	Igor Larionov*	1989-04	150
111.	Scott Gomez	1999-16	149
	John Carlson	2009-26	149
	Alex Pietrangelo	2008-25	149
114.	Brent Burns	2003-26	148
115.	Yvan Cournoyer*	1963-79	147
	Martin Gélinas	1988-08	147
117.	Rob Blake*	1989-10	146
	Jamie Langenbrunner	1994-13	146
	Mike Fisher	1999-18	146
	Brad Richards	2000-16	146
121.	Wayne Cashman	1964-83	145
	Jacques Lemaire*	1967-79	145
	Rick Tocchet	1984-02	145
124.	Brent Sutter	1980-98	144
125.	Joe Mullen*	1981-97	143
	Brian Bellows	1982-99	143
	Dan Girardi	2006-19	143
	Patrick Kane	2007-26	143
	Shea Theodore	2015-26	143
130.	Brad Stuart	1999-16	142
	Patrick Sharp	2002-18	142
	Marc-Édouard Vlasic	2006-25	142
133.	Dino Ciccarelli*	1980-99	141
	Scott Young	1987-06	141
	Bobby Holík	1990-09	141
	Sergei Gonchar	1994-15	141
	John Madden	1998-12	141
	Carl Hagelin	2011-22	141
139.	André Dupont	1970-83	140
	Bobby Carpenter	1981-99	140
	Steve Larmer	1980-95	140
	Shayne Corson	1985-04	140
	Vincent Damphousse	1986-04	140
	Bill Guerin	1991-10	140
	Matt Niskanen	2007-20	140
146.	Bob Bourne	1974-88	139
	Mike Krushelnyski	1981-95	139
	Tomas Sandström	1984-99	139
	Nicklas Bäckström	2007-24	139
150.	Mike Vernon*	1982-02	138
	Ryan Suter	2005-25	138
152.	Doug Harvey*	1947-69	137
	Frank Mahovlich*	1956-74	137
	Randy Gregg	1982-92	137
	Sandis Ozoliņš	1992-08	137
	Henrik Zetterberg	2002-18	137
	Braydon Coburn	2005-21	137
	Niklas Hjalmarsson	2007-21	137
	Jonathan Toews	2007-26	137
	Nick Leddy	2010-26	137
161.	Bobby Clarke*	1969-84	136
	Bob Rouse	1983-00	136
	Scott Mellanby	1985-07	136
	Mike Richards	2005-16	136
	Milan Lucic	2007-24	136
166.	Dickie Moore*	1951-68	135
	Neal Broten	1980-97	135
	Chris Drury	1998-11	135
	Ian Cole	2010-26	135
	Chris Kreider	2012-26	135
171.	Marcel Pronovost*	1950-70	134
	Butch Goring	1969-85	134
	Mike McPhee	1983-94	134
	Stéphane Richer	1984-02	134
	Steve Smith	1984-01	134
176.	Ted Lindsay*	1944-65	133
	Greg Gilbert	1981-96	133
	Curtis Joseph	1989-09	133
	Derian Hatcher	1991-08	133
	Petr Sýkora	1995-12	133
	Jeff Carter	2005-24	133
182.	Maurice Richard*	1942-60	132
	Bernie Geoffrion*	1950-68	132
	Don Marcotte	1965-82	132
	Billy Smith*	1971-89	132
	Andy Moog	1980-98	132
	Tim Hunter	1981-97	132
	Ulf Samuelsson	1984-00	132
	Matt Cullen	1997-19	132
	Vladimir Tarasenko	2012-26	132
191.	Peter Zezel	1984-99	131
	Jay Pandolfo	1996-13	131
	Alec Martinez	2009-25	131
	Andrew Cogliano	2007-24	131
195.	Phil Esposito*	1963-81	130
	Serge Savard*	1966-83	130
	Gary Roberts	1986-09	130
	Teemu Selänne*	1992-14	130
	Dan Boyle	1998-16	130
	Henrik Lundqvist*	2005-20	130
201.	Bill Barber*	1972-84	129
	Mike Bossy*	1977-87	129
	Dave Poulin	1982-95	129
	Russ Courtnall	1983-99	129
	Sylvain Lefebvre	1989-03	129
	Chris Osgood	1993-11	129
207.	Bobby Rousseau	1960-75	128
	Guy Lafleur*	1971-91	128
	Keith Primeau	1990-06	128
	Marc Staal	2007-24	128
	Steven Stamkos	2008-26	128
212.	Ken Morrow	1979-89	127
	Petr Svoboda	1984-01	127
	Kirk Muller	1984-03	127
	Shjon Podein	1992-03	127
	Matt Carle	2005-17	127
	Andrei Vasilevskiy	2014-26	127
218.	Tim Horton*	1949-74	126
	Claude Provost	1955-70	126
	Cliff Ronning	1986-04	126
	Charlie Coyle	2012-26	126
	Jamie Benn	2009-26	126
223.	Mel Bridgman	1975-89	125
	Adam Graves	1987-03	125
	Ryan Getzlaf	2005-22	125
	Marcus Johansson	2010-26	125
	Mark Stone	2012-26	125
	Mattias Ekholm	2011-26	125
229.	Eric Nesterenko	1951-72	124
	Johnny Bucyk*	1955-78	124
	Doug Risebrough	1974-87	124
	Trevor Linden	1988-08	124
	Alexander Mogilny*	1989-06	124
	Daniel Alfredsson*	1995-14	124
	Daniel Brière	1997-15	124
	Brian Boyle	2007-22	124
237.	Jean Ratelle*	1960-81	123
	Guy Lapointe*	1968-84	123
	Kjell Samuelsson	1985-99	123
	Randy McKay	1988-03	123
	Bryan Smolinski	1992-08	123
	Alex Kovalev	1992-13	123
	Richard Matvichuk	1992-07	123
	Brent Seabrook	2005-20	123
	Reilly Smith	2011-26	123
	William Karlsson	2014-26	123
247.	Mike Gartner*	1979-98	122
	Joel Otto	1984-98	122
	Jason Arnott	1993-12	122
	Paul Martin	2003-18	122
	Zach Parise	2005-24	122
	Rob Scuderi	2003-16	122

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank	Player	Years	GP
1.	Gordie Howe*	1973-79	78
2.	Marty Howe	1973-79	75
	Mark Howe*	1973-79	75
4.	Rick Ley	1972-79	73
5.	Poul Popiel	1972-78	71
6.	Larry Pleau	1972-79	66
	John Schella	1972-78	66
8.	Larry Hale	1972-78	65
9.	Bobby Guindon	1972-79	64
10.	Brad Selwood	1972-79	63
	Ted Taylor	1972-78	63
12.	Ted Green	1972-79	61
13.	Bobby Hull*	1972-79	60
14.	Larry Lund	1972-78	59
15.	Mike Antonovich	1972-79	57
16.	Murray Hall	1972-76	54
	Frank Hughes	1972-78	54
	François Lacombe	1972-79	54
19.	Christian Bordeleau	1972-79	53
20.	Steve Sutherland	1972-78	52
	Terry Ruskowski	1974-79	52
	Lars-Erik Sjöberg	1974-79	52
	Peter Sullivan	1975-79	52
24.	Willy Lindström	1975-79	51
	Rich Preston	1974-79	51
	Jim Dorey	1972-79	51
	Richard Brodeur	1972-79	51
28.	Gord Labossiere	1972-76	50
	Bill Lesuk	1975-79	50
30.	Joe Daley	1972-79	49
	Serge Bernier	1973-79	49
	Lyle Moffat	1975-79	49
33.	André Lacroix	1972-79	48
	Curt Brackenbury	1973-79	48
	Réal Cloutier	1974-79	48
36.	Al Hangsleben	1974-79	47
37.	Gordie Roberts	1975-79	46
	Mike Rogers	1974-79	46
	Tom Earl	1972-77	46
40.	John French	1972-78	44
	Rosaire Paiement	1972-78	44
	Marc Tardif	1973-79	44
43.	Paul Shmyr	1972-79	43
	Tom Webster	1972-78	43
	Barry Long	1974-79	43
46.	André Hinse	1973-77	42
	Anders Hedberg	1974-78	42
	Ulf Nilsson	1974-78	42
49.	Ron Plumb	1972-79	41
50.	Dick Sentes	1972-77	40

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