nhl player most games in career including playoffs

Mark Messier has the most career games in the regular-season and playoffs, with 1,992 games.

	NAME	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Mark Messier M. Messier	1,992	803	1,379	2,182	+263	2,156	203	470	77	86	106	8	4,892	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
2	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	1,974	638	686	1,324	-38	608	196	268	21	4	125	15	4,814	13.3	6,645	13,883	47.9	1,906	525	848	1,253	18:14
3	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	1,941	844	1,278	2,122	+352	1,330	241	434	13	4	151	23	6,319	13.4	12	47	25.5	323	210	547	1,193	19:55
4	Gordie Howe G. Howe	1,924	869	1,141	2,010	+165	1,905	226	394	28	12	132	0	4,104	10.1
5	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	1,917	216	876	1,092	+399	3,314	83	384	16	44	37	3	4,214	5.1	1	5	20.0	678	754	343	635	20:51
6	Ron Francis R. Francis	1,902	595	1,346	1,941	+10	1,072	203	580	12	23	90	6	4,130	14.4	3,455	6,243	55.3	154	224	243	181	19:36
7	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	1,901	462	1,211	1,673	+146	1,406	157	442	6	6	76	10	3,428	13.5	14,152	26,840	52.7	1,327	585	1,388	1,719	19:24
8	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	1,880	227	523	750	+350	2,303	99	148	8	27	39	3	3,806	6.0	15	38	39.5	4,360	2,491	683	1,553	24:05
9	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	1,868	222	804	1,026	+439	3,187	87	261	5	22	42	3	3,719	6.0	0	0		843	723	415	379	23:43
10	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	1,841	638	1,042	1,680	+9	1,126	222	401	18	15	102	7	4,230	15.1	954	1,965	48.5	1,150	334	398	617	18:49
11	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	1,830	325	1,044	1,369	+229	1,285	134	480	12	22	43	4	4,108	7.9	3	3	100.0	76	169	47	148	20:45
12	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	1,827	318	1,007	1,325	+511	590	162	539	13	33	46	5	4,531	7.0	0	0		576	1,183	547	745	27:05
13	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1,826	451	1,308	1,759	+554	1,312	188	662	16	31	64	5	7,023	6.4	1	2	50.0	349	262	188	171	27:03
14	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	1,801	683	753	1,436	+28	1,283	291	327	11	4	83	7	4,954	13.8	3,188	5,835	54.6	248	342	343	198	16:07
15	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1,710	762	1,178	1,940	+173	1,008	229	442	53	41	106	10	5,186	14.7	3,885	6,727	57.8	209	243	215	282	18:48
16	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	1,708	716	772	1,488	+182	2,768	256	301	24	17	121	14	5,708	12.5	304	638	47.6	677	323	303	507	18:14
17	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1,695	1,016	2,223	3,239	+611	643	239	776	85	93	115	6	5,787	17.6
18	Mike Modano M. Modano	1,675	619	901	1,520	+114	1,054	181	369	31	21	107	11	4,780	12.9	8,308	16,106	51.6	246	351	806	1,133	20:01
19	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	1,671	491	894	1,385	+21	412	124	298	15	17	81	0	3,356	9.8
20	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	1,664	597	875	1,472	+22	535	175	314	4	0	95	0	3,298	16.3
21	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	1,656	510	1,092	1,602	+156	1,536	173	388	20	35	69	6	3,201	15.9	1,780	3,445	51.7	170	145	124	201	18:18
22	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	1,648	285	504	789	-31	664	59	136	23	18	41	1	2,975	9.6	9,378	18,083	51.9	839	685	699	705	15:48
23	Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	1,643	503	792	1,295	-32	1,197	166	273	32	30	75	9	3,667	13.7	10,471	17,717	59.1	832	451	448	409	21:08
24	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	1,635	662	706	1,368	+37	1,138	211	244	16	9	108	8	5,000	13.2	2,811	5,429	51.8	1,764	498	639	803	20:00
25	Glen Wesley G. Wesley	1,626	143	446	589	+65	1,186	57	223	9	12	16	1	2,831	5.1	0	0		693	1,025	163	259	19:21