5 players were tied for the oldest for the Devils in 1997-98. They were 34 years old. The first three are Dave Andreychuk, Bobby Carpenter and Doug Gilmour.

	NAME	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	TOI/GP
1	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	34	1997-98	NJD	75	14	34	48	+19	26	4	12	0	0	2	0	180	7.8
2	Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	34	1997-98	NJD	66	9	9	18	-4	22	0	1	1	2	1	0	81	11.1
3	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	34	1997-98	NJD	63	13	40	53	+10	68	3	20	0	1	5	0	94	13.8
4	Peter Sidorkiewicz P. Sidorkiewicz	34	1997-98	NJD	1	0	0	0		0									20:00
5	Steve Thomas S. Thomas	34	1997-98	NJD	55	14	10	24	+4	32	3	1	0	0	4	0	111	12.6
6	Ken Daneyko K. Daneyko	33	1997-98	NJD	37	0	1	1	+3	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0
7	John MacLean J. MacLean	33	1997-98	NJD	26	3	8	11	-6	14	1	3	0	0	1	0	74	4.1
8	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	33	1997-98	NJD	80	4	22	26	+19	80	1	1	0	1	1	1	94	4.3
9	Peter Zezel P. Zezel	32	1997-98	NJD	5	0	3	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
10	Doug Bodger D. Bodger	31	1997-98	NJD	49	5	5	10	-1	25	3	2	0	0	0	0	55	9.1
11	Randy McKay R. McKay	31	1997-98	NJD	74	24	24	48	+30	86	8	3	0	0	5	0	141	17.0
12	Lyle Odelein L. Odelein	29	1997-98	NJD	79	4	19	23	+11	171	1	6	0	1	0	0	76	5.3
13	Valeri Zelepukin V. Zelepukin	29	1997-98	NJD	35	2	8	10	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	54	3.7
14	Scott Daniels S. Daniels	28	1997-98	NJD	26	0	3	3	+1	102	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0
15	Kevin Dean K. Dean	28	1997-98	NJD	50	1	8	9	+12	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	28	3.6
16	Reid Simpson R. Simpson	28	1997-98	NJD	6	0	0	0	-2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
17	Ken Sutton K. Sutton	28	1997-98	NJD	13	0	0	0	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
18	Bill Guerin B. Guerin	27	1997-98	NJD	19	5	5	10	0	13	1	1	0	0	2	0	48	10.4
19	Bobby Holik B. Holik	27	1997-98	NJD	82	29	36	65	+23	100	8	18	0	0	8	0	238	12.2
20	Sasha Lakovic S. Lakovic	26	1997-98	NJD	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
21	Richard Shulmistra R. Shulmistra	26	1997-98	NJD	1	0	0	0		0									61:53
22	Brad Bombardir B. Bombardir	25	1997-98	NJD	43	1	5	6	+11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3
23	Martin Brodeur M. Brodeur	25	1997-98	NJD	70	0	3	3		10									58:59
24	Mike Dunham M. Dunham	25	1997-98	NJD	15	0	1	1		0									51:30
25	Sergei Brylin S. Brylin	24	1997-98	NJD	18	2	3	5	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	10.0