Gordie Howe played the most seasons with 5+ empty-net goals, with 26 seasons.

Interpreted as:

most career seasons by a player with 5 or more eng each

	NAME	SEAS	ENG	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	26	12	1,767	801	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12	121		3,803	10.1
2	Mark Messier M. Messier	25	25	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	63	81	92	8	4,221	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
3	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	24	9	1,680	209	471	680	+301	2,085	93	133	8	27	35	3	3,419	6.1	13	36	36.1	3,749	2,164	610	1,342	23:55
4	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	24	29	1,714	430	1,109	1,539	+182	1,272	146	402	6	6	68	9	3,067	14.0	12,730	24,107	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
5	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	24	22	1,733	766	1,155	1,921	+322	1,167	217	393	11	4	135	19	5,637	13.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
6	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	24	8	1,550	456	825	1,281	+24	383	111	265	15	16	75		3,129	10.1
7	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	23	21	1,779	566	631	1,197	-27	527	172	243	17	4	109	11	4,333	13.1	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	757	1,113	18:09
8	Ron Francis R. Francis	23	20	1,731	549	1,249	1,798	-18	977	188	539	12	19	79	4	3,756	14.6	3,205	5,757	55.7	119	199	203	153	19:41
9	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	23	7	1,416	340	934	1,274	+371	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	5,157	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
10	Brent Burns B. Burns	22	6	1,524	264	659	923	+21	867	88	235	3	14	45	16	4,109	6.4	81	178	45.5	1,562	1,880	912	1,510	22:20
11	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	22	11	1,330	385	679	1,064	-79	465	112	311	5	3	45	6	3,040	12.7	230	529	43.5	214	266	564	606	18:18
12	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	22	19	1,652	577	956	1,533	0	1,033	200	369	18	14	91	6	3,820	15.1	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
13	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	22	22	1,514	692	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
14	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	22	9	1,635	196	712	908	+395	2,785	75	230	5	18	34	3	3,238	6.1	0	0		612	570	313	296	23:39
15	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	22	17	1,612	410	1,169	1,579	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
16	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	22	7	1,396	541	926	1,467	+329	1,264	150	312	12	6	84		4,482	12.1
17	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	21	39	1,378	643	1,073	1,716	+196	882	191	406	4	7	102	25	4,362	14.7	15,947	30,157	52.9	1,202	673	781	1,134	20:38
18	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	21	68	1,520	911	741	1,652	+71	835	328	282	5	1	139	27	6,939	13.1	66	192	34.4	3,787	568	786	1,218	20:34
19	Corey Perry C. Perry	21	15	1,413	455	493	948	+62	1,500	125	168	6	4	78	6	3,508	13.0	114	353	32.3	1,294	506	512	727	16:33
20	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	21	5	1,516	266	465	731	-24	592	55	123	21	18	37	1	2,774	9.6	8,585	16,583	51.8	718	601	644	648	15:49
21	Shane Doan S. Doan	21	16	1,540	402	570	972	-54	1,353	128	185	6	13	69	11	3,945	10.2	1,025	2,370	43.2	2,842	358	756	571	18:59
22	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	21	26	1,451	684	773	1,457	+95	660	255	333	7	2	110	9	4,540	15.1	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
23	Mike Modano M. Modano	21	18	1,499	561	813	1,374	+114	926	157	336	29	18	92	9	4,273	13.1	7,431	14,376	51.7	203	290	691	973	19:41
24	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	21	8	1,289	223	520	743	+66	1,245	100	293	4	4	36	4	3,092	7.2	1	8	12.5	1,003	975	319	475	22:44
25	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	21	19	1,524	656	698	1,354	+151	2,489	237	270	23	14	109	12	5,086	12.9	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13