most games played in nhl history before 2000

Before 1999-00, Gordie Howe had the most games, with 1,767 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games played by a player in NHL history before 2000
NAMEGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Gordie Howe
G. Howe
1,767
801
1,049
1,850
+160
1,685
211
353
24
12
121
3,803
10.1
2Alex Delvecchio
A. Delvecchio
1,550
456
825
1,281
+24
383
111
265
15
16
75
3,129
10.1
3Johnny Bucyk
J. Bucyk
1,540
556
813
1,369
-7
493
159
284
4
0
92
3,087
16.2
4Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
1,487
894
1,963
2,857
+520
577
204
686
73
76
91
2
5,088
17.6
5Larry Murphy
L. Murphy
1,477
276
880
1,156
+199
1,027
107
417
9
18
35
3
3,377
8.2
6Ray Bourque
R. Bourque
1,453
385
1,083
1,468
+504
1,067
158
533
14
28
60
5
5,733
6.7
7Tim Horton
T. Horton
1,445
115
403
518
+191
1,611
23
75
3
19
21
1,978
4.2
8Mike Gartner
M. Gartner
1,432
708
627
1,335
+68
1,159
217
196
24
5
90
7
5,090
13.9
9Mark Messier
M. Messier
1,413
610
1,050
1,660
+251
1,689
150
354
57
75
76
6
3,669
16.6
10Harry Howell
H. Howell
1,411
94
324
418
-152
1,298
16
94
1
5
15
2,167
3.2
11Norm Ullman
N. Ullman
1,410
490
739
1,229
+7
710
116
172
8
13
59
3,426
12.3
12Dale Hunter
D. Hunter
1,407
323
697
1,020
+101
3,565
92
153
10
17
42
4
2,047
15.8
13Stan Mikita
S. Mikita
1,396
541
926
1,467
+329
1,264
150
312
12
6
84
4,482
12.1
14Doug Mohns
D. Mohns
1,391
248
462
710
-96
1,261
70
176
6
5
40
1,981
9.8
15Larry Robinson
L. Robinson
1,384
208
750
958
+722
793
66
243
3
7
29
0
2,332
8.9
16Dean Prentice
D. Prentice
1,378
391
469
860
-82
487
91
83
8
6
47
2,577
11.3
17Ron Stewart
R. Stewart
1,353
276
253
529
-44
564
40
43
24
15
51
1,567
10.9
18Marcel Dionne
M. Dionne
1,348
731
1,040
1,771
+27
600
234
409
19
11
73
2
5,363
13.6
19Ron Francis
R. Francis
1,329
449
1,037
1,486
+14
865
145
435
11
18
63
2
3,064
14.7
20Paul Coffey
P. Coffey
1,322
385
1,102
1,487
+310
1,732
129
512
20
31
40
1
4,206
9.2
21Red Kelly
R. Kelly
1,316
281
542
823
+50
327
71
161
15
13
41
1,387
9.0
22Dave Keon
D. Keon
1,296
396
590
986
+61
117
67
156
32
16
65
3,946
10.0
23Phil Esposito
P. Esposito
1,282
717
873
1,590
+252
910
246
303
23
12
118
5,166
13.9
24Jean Ratelle
J. Ratelle
1,280
491
776
1,267
+236
276
137
213
4
3
68
2,916
16.8
25Bryan Trottier
B. Trottier
1,279
524
901
1,425
+449
912
161
262
19
20
69
1
2,841
18.4
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