NHL Career Games Played Leaders
Regular-season career games played leaders, 1917–present. Games played — durability and longevity.
| # | Player | GP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Marleau | 1,779 |
| 2 | Gordie Howe | 1,767 |
| 3 | Mark Messier | 1,756 |
| 4 | Jaromir Jagr | 1,733 |
| 5 | Ron Francis | 1,731 |
| 6 | Joe Thornton | 1,714 |
| 7 | Zdeno Chara | 1,680 |
| 8 | Mark Recchi | 1,652 |
| 9 | Chris Chelios | 1,651 |
| 10 | Dave Andreychuk | 1,639 |
| 11 | Scott Stevens | 1,635 |
| 12 | Larry Murphy | 1,615 |
| 13 | Ray Bourque | 1,612 |
| 14 | Brent Burns | 1,579 |
| 15 | Alex Ovechkin | 1,573 |
| 16 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 1,564 |
| 17 | Jarome Iginla | 1,554 |
| 18 | Alex Delvecchio | 1,550 |
| 19 | Shane Doan | 1,540 |
| 20 | Johnny Bucyk | 1,540 |
| 21 | Ryan Suter | 1,526 |
| 22 | Brendan Shanahan | 1,524 |
| 23 | Anze Kopitar | 1,521 |
| 24 | Matt Cullen | 1,516 |
| 25 | Steve Yzerman | 1,514 |
| 26 | Mike Modano | 1,499 |
| 27 | Phil Housley | 1,495 |
| 28 | Wayne Gretzky | 1,487 |
| 29 | Rod Brind'Amour | 1,484 |
| 30 | Doug Gilmour | 1,474 |
| 31 | Corey Perry | 1,464 |
| 32 | Glen Wesley | 1,457 |
| 33 | Teemu Selanne | 1,451 |
| 34 | Tim Horton | 1,445 |
| 35 | Mike Gartner | 1,432 |
| 36 | Luc Robitaille | 1,431 |
| 37 | Scott Mellanby | 1,431 |
| 38 | Pat Verbeek | 1,424 |
| 39 | Sidney Crosby | 1,420 |
| 40 | Luke Richardson | 1,417 |
| 41 | Al MacInnis | 1,416 |
| 42 | Harry Howell | 1,411 |
| 43 | Norm Ullman | 1,410 |
| 44 | Paul Coffey | 1,409 |
| 45 | Dale Hunter | 1,407 |
| 46 | Jordan Staal | 1,403 |
| 47 | Stan Mikita | 1,396 |
| 48 | Roman Hamrlik | 1,395 |
| 49 | Doug Mohns | 1,391 |
| 50 | Larry Robinson | 1,384 |