8 players were tied for the oldest rookies in 2021-22. They were 26 years old. The first three are Alex Nedeljkovic, Michael Bunting and Chase De Leo.

	NAME	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Nedeljkovic A. Nedeljkovic	26	2021-22	DET	59	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	1	32	54:46
2	Michael Bunting M. Bunting	26	2021-22	TOR	79	23	40	63	+27	80	2	3	0	0	2	0	175	13.1	8	16	50.0	85	21	36	23	15:33
3	Chase De Leo C. De Leo	26	2021-22	NJD	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	5	0	0	0	8:09
4	Jake Middleton J. Middleton	26	2021-22	TOT	66	4	10	14	+10	82	0	1	0	1	0	0	73	5.5	0	0		118	124	27	19	18:41
5	Lukas Vejdemo L. Vejdemo	26	2021-22	MTL	6	1	0	1	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	13	31	41.9	7	4	4	3	10:38
6	Joe Snively J. Snively	26	2021-22	WSH	12	4	3	7	+3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	19.0	0	1	0.0	2	3	7	1	11:33
7	Cole Smith C. Smith	26	2021-22	NSH	8	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	21	1	3	2	8:50
8	Vladimir Tkachev V. Tkachev	26	2021-22	LAK	4	0	2	2	-2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	1	0	0	2	13:59
9	Michael Carcone M. Carcone	25	2021-22	ARI	21	4	2	6	-8	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	11.1	0	7	0.0	31	7	8	9	12:19
10	Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	25	2021-22	NSH	77	3	27	30	+26	50	1	3	0	1	0	0	95	3.2	0	1	0.0	95	124	27	39	20:59
11	Kole Sherwood K. Sherwood	25	2021-22	NSH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	0	0	0	8:08
12	Will Borgen W. Borgen	25	2021-22	SEA	36	2	6	8	+1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	4.1	0	0		89	33	4	14	15:17
13	Jalen Chatfield J. Chatfield	25	2021-22	CAR	16	0	3	3	+1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0.0	0	0		32	10	6	3	14:47
14	Joey Daccord J. Daccord	25	2021-22	SEA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	7	58:39
15	Jeremy Davies J. Davies	25	2021-22	NSH	6	0	2	2	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0		5	1	2	5	12:15
16	Michael Eyssimont M. Eyssimont	25	2021-22	WPG	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	5:49
17	Bokondji Imama B. Imama	25	2021-22	ARI	4	1	0	1	-2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0		10	0	0	1	4:31
18	Dakota Joshua D. Joshua	25	2021-22	STL	30	3	5	8	+6	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	31	9.7	40	75	53.3	77	10	7	8	8:30
19	Kaapo Kahkonen K. Kahkonen	25	2021-22	TOT	36	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	1	18	54:05
20	Erik Kallgren E. Kallgren	25	2021-22	TOR	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	4	5	55:41
21	Cooper Marody C. Marody	25	2021-22	EDM	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	6:04
22	Dysin Mayo D. Mayo	25	2021-22	ARI	67	4	8	12	-22	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	5.3	0	0		129	133	14	39	20:55
23	Austin Poganski A. Poganski	25	2021-22	WPG	16	0	0	0	-3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0		23	5	1	1	9:19
24	Chase Priskie C. Priskie	25	2021-22	FLA	4	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		3	3	1	4	14:00
25	Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	25	2021-22	TBL	4	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		4	6	1	0	10:40