Johnny Bower, Doug Harvey and Joe Schaefer were tied for the oldest in 1960-61. They were 36 years old.

	NAME	AGE	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	TOI/GP
1	Johnny Bower J. Bower	36	1960-61	TOR	58	0	0	0		0								60:00
2	Doug Harvey D. Harvey	36	1960-61	MTL	58	6	33	39	+16	48	1	16	0	1	0	63	9.5
3	Joe Schaefer J. Schaefer	36	1960-61	NYR	1	0	0	0		0								49:24
4	Fern Flaman F. Flaman	34	1960-61	BOS	62	2	9	11	-12	59	0	2	0	0	0	50	4.0
5	Bert Olmstead B. Olmstead	34	1960-61	TOR	67	18	34	52	+4	84	9	12	0	0	3	178	10.1
6	Allan Stanley A. Stanley	34	1960-61	TOR	68	9	25	34	+24	42	2	7	0	0	2	101	8.9
7	Bill Gadsby B. Gadsby	33	1960-61	NYR	65	9	26	35	-20	49	1	14	0	0	1	96	9.4
8	Red Kelly R. Kelly	33	1960-61	TOR	64	20	50	70	+19	12	3	11	1	3	0	212	9.4
9	Tod Sloan T. Sloan	33	1960-61	CHI	67	11	23	34	+13	48	3	7	0	0	1	109	10.1
10	Jack Evans J. Evans	32	1960-61	CHI	69	0	8	8	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	59	0.0
11	Gordie Howe G. Howe	32	1960-61	DET	64	23	49	72	-5	30	6	17	2	1	4	357	6.4
12	Tom Johnson T. Johnson	32	1960-61	MTL	70	1	15	16	+17	54	0	5	1	1	0	83	1.2
13	Jacques Plante J. Plante	32	1960-61	MTL	40	0	0	0		2								60:00
14	Andy Hebenton A. Hebenton	31	1960-61	NYR	70	26	28	54	-20	10	8	9	2	0	1	176	14.8
15	Tim Horton T. Horton	31	1960-61	TOR	57	6	15	21	+31	73	1	2	0	0	1	89	6.7
16	Terry Sawchuk T. Sawchuk	31	1960-61	DET	37	0	1	1		8								58:03
17	Dollard St. Laurent D. St. Laurent	31	1960-61	CHI	67	2	17	19	+2	58	0	0	0	1	1	107	1.9
18	Vic Stasiuk V. Stasiuk	31	1960-61	TOT	69	15	38	53	-8	49	6	11	0	0	1	158	9.5
19	Red Sullivan R. Sullivan	31	1960-61	NYR	70	9	31	40	-5	64	3	7	0	2	1	151	6.0
20	Johnny Wilson J. Wilson	31	1960-61	TOT	59	14	13	27	-8	24	0	0	1	0	1	129	10.9
21	Gump Worsley G. Worsley	31	1960-61	NYR	59	0	0	0		10								58:48
22	George Armstrong G. Armstrong	30	1960-61	TOR	47	14	19	33	+19	21	4	2	0	0	3	114	12.3
23	Bronco Horvath B. Horvath	30	1960-61	BOS	47	15	15	30	-7	15	6	7	0	0	0	113	13.3
24	Dickie Moore D. Moore	30	1960-61	MTL	57	35	34	69	+11	62	13	12	0	0	2	188	18.6
25	Larry Popein L. Popein	30	1960-61	NYR	4	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0