who has the most seasons played in pro sports

Chris Chelios and Gordie Howe are tied for playing the most career seasons, with 26 seasons.

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	NAME	SEAS	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	26	1,651	185	763	948	+351	2,891	69	338	13	39	31	1	3,627	5.1	1	5	20.0	569	615	286	550	20:55
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	26	1,767	801	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12	121		3,803	10.1
3	Mark Messier M. Messier	25	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	63	81	92	8	4,221	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
4	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	24	1,680	209	471	680	+301	2,085	93	133	8	27	35	3	3,419	6.1	13	36	36.1	3,749	2,164	610	1,342	23:55
5	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	24	1,714	430	1,109	1,539	+182	1,272	146	402	6	6	68	9	3,067	14.0	12,730	24,107	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
6	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	24	1,733	766	1,155	1,921	+322	1,167	217	393	11	4	135	19	5,637	13.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
7	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	24	1,550	456	825	1,281	+24	383	111	265	15	16	75		3,129	10.1
8	Tim Horton T. Horton	24	1,445	115	403	518	+191	1,611	23	75	3	19	21		1,978	4.2
9	Brent Burns B. Burns	23	1,585	273	675	948	+42	889	88	235	3	14	47	15	4,233	6.4	81	178	45.5	1,579	1,938	925	1,588	22:10
10	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	23	1,779	566	631	1,197	-27	527	172	243	17	4	109	11	4,333	13.1	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	757	1,113	18:09
11	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	23	1,639	640	698	1,338	+32	1,121	274	293	10	3	77	7	4,556	14.0	2,834	5,107	55.5	187	276	293	168	15:59
12	Ron Francis R. Francis	23	1,731	549	1,249	1,798	-18	977	188	539	12	19	79	4	3,756	14.6	3,205	5,757	55.7	119	199	203	153	19:41
13	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	23	1,416	340	934	1,274	+371	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	5,157	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
14	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	23	1,540	556	813	1,369	-7	493	159	284	4	0	92		3,087	16.2
15	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	22	1,427	656	1,109	1,765	+193	898	194	416	4	7	104	25	4,477	14.7	16,518	31,187	53.0	1,247	695	797	1,190	20:36
16	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	22	1,579	930	759	1,689	+56	857	331	291	5	1	141	25	7,118	13.1	66	194	34.0	3,887	580	793	1,254	20:26
17	Corey Perry C. Perry	22	1,468	465	507	972	+57	1,568	129	172	7	4	80	6	3,579	13.0	118	377	31.3	1,319	522	517	763	16:26
18	Martin Brodeur M. Brodeur	22	1,266	2	45	47		122	1															58:48
19	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	22	1,330	385	679	1,064	-79	465	112	311	5	3	45	6	3,040	12.7	230	529	43.5	214	266	564	606	18:18
20	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	22	1,652	577	956	1,533	0	1,033	200	369	18	14	91	6	3,820	15.1	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
21	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	22	1,514	692	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
22	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	22	1,635	196	712	908	+395	2,785	75	230	5	18	34	3	3,238	6.1	0	0		612	570	313	296	23:39
23	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	22	1,612	410	1,169	1,579	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
24	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	22	1,396	541	926	1,467	+329	1,264	150	312	12	6	84		4,482	12.1
25	Doug Mohns D. Mohns	22	1,391	248	462	710	-96	1,261	70	176	6	5	40		1,981	9.8

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Team Leaders

4

DeBrincat

4

Raymond

+/-

+7

DeBrincat

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.33

28th

GA/GP

3.17

21st

PP%

20.0

16th

PK%

66.7

28th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	5	2	0	10	10
Senators	5	2	0	10	2
Lightning	4	2	0	8	1
Panthers	3	2	2	8	-1
Canadiens	3	2	1	7	-3
Maple Leafs	3	3	1	7	1
Sabres	3	3	1	7	-7
Red Wings	1	3	2	4	-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/15	PHI	@	DET	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	SJS	@	DET	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	DET	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Thu 10/22	DET	@	VAN	10:00 PM
Sat 10/24	DET	@	CGY	10:00 PM

Last Game

Devils

3 - 3 - 0

Final

Red Wings

1 - 3 - 2

Tue 13 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

8

Kaprizov

7

Lafreniere

7

Connor

Assists Leaders

13

McDavid

9

Eichel

8

Hughes

Points Leaders

17

McDavid

14

Bouchard

13

Eichel

Hits Leaders

41

Sherwood

37

Cuylle

34

Hathaway

Blocks Leaders

24

Weegar

23

Hronek

23

Chabot

Wins Leaders

5

Swayman

5

Ullmark

4

Wallstedt

Goals Against Leaders

0.66

Tarasov

1.15

Garand

1.20

Oettinger

Save Percentage Leaders

.974

Tarasov

.951

Garand

.948

Ullmark

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.83

4.00

Goals Against Rankings

1.67

1.75

2.29

Power Play Rankings

36.8

34.5

33.3

Penalty Kill Rankings

95.8

93.3

92.3

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

5-1

6-2

5-2

4-2

Worst Record ATS

1-5

1-4

2-5

2-4

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	5	2	0	10	10
Senators	5	2	0	10	2
Lightning	4	2	0	8	1
Panthers	3	2	2	8	-1
Canadiens	3	2	1	7	-3
Maple Leafs	3	3	1	7	1
Sabres	3	3	1	7	-7
Red Wings	1	3	2	4	-6
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	6	1	1	13	12
Rangers	6	2	0	12	13
Penguins	3	3	1	7	3
Islanders	3	3	0	6	4
Capitals	3	3	0	6	1
Devils	3	3	0	6	-6
Blue Jackets	2	3	0	4	-5
Flyers	0	5	3	3	-21

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	5	2	0	10	8
Jets	4	1	1	9	1
Wild	4	2	1	9	5
Avalanche	4	2	0	8	10
Blues	3	2	1	7	3
Predators	2	2	2	6	-3
Stars	2	3	1	5	2
Blackhawks	2	5	0	4	-12
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	6	2	0	12	10
Oilers	5	0	1	11	11
Kraken	5	2	0	10	10
Ducks	4	2	0	8	3
Sharks	3	3	0	6	-7
Canucks	2	6	0	4	-12
Kings	0	3	2	2	-10
Flames	1	5	0	2	-17