most games played nfl player before 1979

Before 1979, George Blanda had the most games, with 340 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games played NFL player before 1979
NAMEGPYDSYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1George Blanda
G. Blanda
340
343
1.0
9
344
1.0
9
-16
0.0
0
19
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
2Jim Marshall
J. Marshall
266
73
0.3
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
3Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
255
865
3.4
8
878
3.4
8
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
246
3,625
14.7
32
3,674
14.9
32
-12
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
5Mick Tingelhoff
M. Tingelhoff
240
-42
-0.2
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
6Ron McDole
R. McDole
240
140
0.6
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
7Jim Bakken
J. Bakken
234
28
0.1
0
28
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
8John Hadl
J. Hadl
224
1,067
4.8
16
1,112
5.0
16
-9
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
9Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
218
470
2.2
15
493
2.3
15
-3
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
10Jerrel Wilson
J. Wilson
217
97
0.4
0
53
0.2
0
53
0.2
0
20
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
11Lou Groza
L. Groza
216
38
0.2
1
0
0.0
0
23
0.1
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
12Pat Fischer
P. Fischer
213
1,751
8.2
5
0
0.0
0
22
0.1
0
613
2.9
0
80
0.4
0
13Jimmy Johnson
J. Johnson
213
1,336
6.3
6
0
0.0
0
690
3.2
4
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
14Jim Turner
J. Turner
212
25
0.1
1
4
0.0
0
21
0.1
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
15Len Dawson
L. Dawson
211
1,270
6.0
9
1,293
6.1
9
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
16Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
211
1,774
8.4
13
1,777
8.4
13
1
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
17Paul Krause
P. Krause
210
1,316
6.3
6
0
0.0
0
17
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
18Fred Cox
F. Cox
210
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
19Jackie Smith
J. Smith
210
8,348
39.8
43
327
1.6
3
7,918
37.7
40
103
0.5
0
0
0.0
0
20Jim Otto
J. Otto
210
-22
-0.1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Carl Eller
C. Eller
209
62
0.3
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
22Merlin Olsen
M. Olsen
208
88
0.4
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
23Len Rohde
L. Rohde
208
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
24Charley Cowan
C. Cowan
206
11
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
25Doug Atkins
D. Atkins
205
37
0.2
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0

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