most games played by a player drafted in the 3rd round or later

Mark Messier has the most career games by a 3rd round pick, with 1,756 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games played by a player drafted in the 3rd round or later
NAMEGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Mark Messier
M. Messier
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
2Zdeno Chara
Z. Chara
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
3Nicklas Lidstrom
N. Lidstrom
1,564
264
878
1,142
+450
514
132
458
10
30
35
4
3,875
6.8
0
0
477
990
462
638
26:56
4Pat Verbeek
P. Verbeek
1,424
522
540
1,062
-46
2,905
186
184
4
6
67
3
3,285
15.9
4
12
33.3
395
27
65
94
13:47
5Guy Carbonneau
G. Carbonneau
1,318
260
403
663
+186
820
12
19
33
17
42
3
1,924
13.5
686
1,290
53.2
135
65
38
34
15:38
6Mathieu Schneider
M. Schneider
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
7Craig Ludwig
C. Ludwig
1,256
38
184
222
+84
1,437
2
8
1
9
3
0
1,074
3.5
8Kris Letang
K. Letang
1,235
178
628
806
+81
843
57
238
6
10
36
13
3,050
5.8
1
5
20.0
2,096
1,849
659
1,201
24:03
9Marc Bergevin
M. Bergevin
1,191
36
145
181
-70
1,090
5
12
2
8
3
0
821
4.4
0
0
238
291
70
115
17:56
10Kevin Dineen
K. Dineen
1,188
355
405
760
-24
2,229
91
124
14
9
56
5
2,769
12.8
12
36
33.3
237
43
46
40
10:06
11Vyacheslav Kozlov
V. Kozlov
1,182
356
497
853
+96
704
99
201
4
7
56
7
2,843
12.5
439
1,068
41.1
295
173
371
493
17:32
12Kris Draper
K. Draper
1,157
161
203
364
+72
790
5
6
21
18
23
2
1,716
9.4
5,261
9,210
57.1
905
238
334
208
14:46
13Brad Marchand
B. Marchand
1,152
451
583
1,034
+269
1,151
90
177
36
23
85
22
2,949
15.3
269
696
38.6
1,075
397
690
1,002
18:01
14Brad Richards
B. Richards
1,126
298
634
932
-66
251
95
282
8
6
41
2
3,451
8.6
7,436
15,216
48.9
307
452
582
816
19:55
15Vinny Prospal
V. Prospal
1,108
255
510
765
-57
581
79
176
1
2
34
4
2,417
10.6
2,422
4,733
51.2
778
327
541
404
17:56
16Neal Broten
N. Broten
1,099
289
634
923
+19
569
67
224
25
25
34
4
2,313
12.5
17Gordie Roberts
G. Roberts
1,097
61
359
420
+56
1,582
10
73
1
11
5
0
1,108
5.5
18Kirk Maltby
K. Maltby
1,072
128
132
260
+18
867
4
6
21
7
24
1
1,397
9.2
82
193
42.5
1,149
388
295
175
13:20
19Cal Clutterbuck
C. Clutterbuck
1,064
143
150
293
-19
698
12
7
17
7
25
2
1,660
8.6
83
211
39.3
4,029
518
329
315
13:37
20Adam Henrique
A. Henrique
1,058
278
294
572
-23
322
65
74
17
18
44
7
1,893
14.7
6,690
13,217
50.6
891
825
462
416
17:12
21Valtteri Filppula
V. Filppula
1,056
197
333
530
-4
346
28
75
5
3
26
1
1,435
13.7
5,848
11,505
50.8
426
401
476
446
16:51
22Alex Killorn
A. Killorn
1,032
250
322
572
+91
605
46
61
5
7
46
8
2,009
12.4
251
656
38.3
1,008
332
382
521
17:11
23Alexander Edler
A. Edler
1,030
104
335
439
-20
733
46
131
1
2
11
4
2,131
4.9
8
19
42.1
1,594
1,936
310
659
22:14
24Patrick Roy
P. Roy
1,029
0
45
45
262
58:31
25Brian Gionta
B. Gionta
1,026
291
304
595
+35
377
82
77
9
3
53
8
2,770
10.5
431
1,016
42.4
692
344
457
374
17:40

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