Gilles Meloche and Billy Smith were tied for the oldest in 1987-88. They were 37 years old.

	NAME	AGE	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	TOI/GP
1	Gilles Meloche G. Meloche	37	1987-88	PIT	27	0	0	0		0									51:30
2	Billy Smith B. Smith	37	1987-88	NYI	38	0	0	0		20									55:24
3	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	36	1987-88	NYR	67	31	34	65	-14	54	22	22	0	0	4	0	184	16.8
4	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	36	1987-88	MTL	53	6	34	40	+26	30	2	12	0	0	1	0	96	6.3
5	Borje Salming B. Salming	36	1987-88	TOR	66	2	24	26	+7	82	1	8	0	1	0	0	92	2.2
6	Richard Brodeur R. Brodeur	35	1987-88	TOT	17	0	0	0		2									59:17
7	Nick Fotiu N. Fotiu	35	1987-88	PHI	23	0	0	0	-9	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
8	Bob Gainey B. Gainey	34	1987-88	MTL	78	11	11	22	+8	14	0	0	0	1	1	0	101	10.9
9	Dave Lewis D. Lewis	34	1987-88	DET	6	0	0	0	-3	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
10	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	34	1987-88	CGY	60	10	13	23	+2	57	0	1	0	0	2	0	79	12.7
11	Rick Meagher R. Meagher	34	1987-88	STL	76	18	16	34	0	76	0	1	5	0	3	1	113	15.9
12	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	34	1987-88	BOS	59	13	19	32	+3	11	2	2	3	2	1	0	79	16.5
13	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	34	1987-88	NYI	72	19	32	51	+26	112	9	19	0	0	3	0	188	10.1
14	Bob Bourne B. Bourne	33	1987-88	LAK	72	7	11	18	-31	28	1	3	0	2	1	0	75	9.3
15	Clark Gillies C. Gillies	33	1987-88	BUF	25	5	2	7	+1	51	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	21.7
16	Ron Greschner R. Greschner	33	1987-88	NYR	51	1	5	6	-9	82	0	3	0	0	0	0	67	1.5
17	Rejean Lemelin R. Lemelin	33	1987-88	BOS	49	0	0	0		2									57:35
18	Bob Murray B. Murray	33	1987-88	CHI	62	6	20	26	-7	44	1	10	0	3	0	0	97	6.2
19	Terry Ruskowski T. Ruskowski	33	1987-88	MNS	47	5	12	17	-15	76	2	1	0	2	0	0	33	15.2
20	Charlie Simmer C. Simmer	33	1987-88	PIT	50	11	17	28	+6	24	5	7	0	0	3	1	58	19.0
21	Harold Snepsts H. Snepsts	33	1987-88	DET	31	1	4	5	+3	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0
22	Dave Williams D. Williams	33	1987-88	TOT	28	6	0	6	+3	93	1	0	0	0	1	0	33	18.2
23	Tim Bothwell T. Bothwell	32	1987-88	STL	78	6	13	19	+6	76	0	0	0	0	1	0	88	6.8
24	Mel Bridgman M. Bridgman	32	1987-88	DET	57	6	11	17	+4	42	0	0	0	1	1	0	40	15.0
25	Doug Halward D. Halward	32	1987-88	DET	70	5	21	26	+6	130	3	12	0	1	1	0	88	5.7