who has the most shifts in nhl by a forward

Joe Thornton has played the most career shifts by a forward, with 37,912 played.

	NAME	SHIFT	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	37,912	1,578	411	1,080	1,491	+185	1,184	139	393	6	6	66	9	2,906	14.1	12,730	24,107	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
2	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	37,166	1,624	532	588	1,120	-42	489	167	231	17	4	103	11	4,109	12.9	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	757	1,113	18:09
3	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	36,099	1,454	440	838	1,278	+108	348	124	321	14	14	78	9	3,328	13.2	14,493	27,146	53.4	1,266	1,030	831	935	20:48
4	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	33,049	1,352	625	1,062	1,687	+197	854	184	403	4	7	100	25	4,299	14.5	15,664	29,637	52.9	1,181	662	772	1,107	20:40
5	Eric Staal E. Staal	32,960	1,365	455	608	1,063	-82	854	133	184	21	8	72	5	4,041	11.3	10,063	20,894	48.2	940	558	885	703	19:07
6	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	32,251	1,332	476	592	1,068	+201	458	176	207	10	8	75	5	3,706	12.8	8,192	15,060	54.4	1,380	1,139	745	857	18:34
7	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	32,118	1,491	897	726	1,623	+60	831	326	277	5	1	136	27	6,864	13.1	64	190	33.7	3,742	563	784	1,189	20:37
8	Jordan Staal J. Staal	31,994	1,328	298	413	711	+62	615	46	68	21	22	45	6	2,610	11.4	11,812	22,102	53.4	2,488	625	697	632	18:02
9	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	31,976	1,263	365	751	1,116	+16	496	100	311	9	12	57	13	3,183	11.5	11,687	20,748	56.3	1,094	503	647	657	19:29
10	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	31,767	1,294	427	613	1,040	+289	496	131	195	22	26	81	9	3,974	10.7	15,182	26,206	57.9	1,032	879	845	469	18:41
11	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	30,961	1,320	563	604	1,167	+43	916	182	208	10	5	93	7	4,225	13.3	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
12	Jeff Carter J. Carter	30,396	1,321	442	409	851	+9	635	125	113	21	6	92	16	3,967	11.1	9,045	17,546	51.6	1,166	663	585	682	17:27
13	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	30,342	1,242	510	593	1,103	+228	591	142	228	34	12	83	15	4,095	12.5	64	187	34.2	1,062	395	1,008	668	18:55
14	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	30,118	1,330	240	830	1,070	+165	680	61	308	7	2	38	6	1,856	12.9	9,887	20,256	48.8	383	267	499	658	17:30
15	Dustin Brown D. Brown	29,829	1,296	325	387	712	-36	738	106	94	6	7	42	9	3,360	9.7	220	512	43.0	3,685	378	484	735	17:50
16	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	29,726	1,380	249	430	679	-8	522	48	117	20	18	36	1	2,587	9.6	8,585	16,583	51.8	718	601	644	648	15:49
17	Patrick Kane P. Kane	29,697	1,302	492	851	1,343	0	454	138	308	0	1	81	14	4,233	11.6	328	846	38.8	335	298	719	714	20:03
18	Shane Doan S. Doan	29,651	1,291	380	530	910	-34	1,114	127	179	6	13	63	10	3,541	10.7	1,025	2,370	43.2	2,842	358	756	571	18:59
19	Daniel Sedin D. Sedin	29,075	1,306	393	648	1,041	+147	546	138	230	0	4	86	16	3,474	11.3	179	462	38.7	339	214	418	485	17:00
20	Jamie Benn J. Benn	28,984	1,192	399	557	956	+81	879	109	156	16	14	62	12	3,041	13.1	4,857	9,193	52.8	1,986	786	830	829	17:42
21	Corey Perry C. Perry	28,305	1,392	448	487	935	+57	1,487	124	164	6	4	78	6	3,460	12.9	110	345	31.9	1,288	501	511	713	16:35
22	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	28,096	1,152	303	521	824	-21	194	96	150	11	10	40	13	2,539	11.9	11,903	21,387	55.7	453	668	1,024	460	19:33
23	Zach Parise Z. Parise	27,871	1,254	434	455	889	+76	444	125	133	11	10	83	9	3,776	11.5	412	975	42.3	995	767	612	418	17:49
24	Phil Kessel P. Kessel	27,520	1,286	413	579	992	-155	402	119	214	1	0	70	11	3,849	10.7	462	1,107	41.7	202	315	533	842	17:42
25	Justin Williams J. Williams	27,519	1,264	320	477	797	+110	766	74	120	6	7	44	3	3,308	9.7	363	850	42.7	728	547	582	881	16:53