most career games played (including playoffs) before 1970-71

Before 1970-71, Gordie Howe had the most games in the regular-season and playoffs, with 1,778 games.

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most career games played by a player (including playoffs) before 1970-71

	NAME	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	TOI/GP
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	1,778	830	1,085	1,915	+160	1,823	217	382	27	12	129	0	3,811	9.9
2	Red Kelly R. Kelly	1,480	314	601	915	+44	378	85	176	18	15	44	1	1,552	9.1
3	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	1,431	431	758	1,189	+65	369	100	257	15	15	71	0	2,923	9.2
4	Allan Stanley A. Stanley	1,353	107	369	476	+119	872	25	90	3	22	12	0	875	6.2
5	Marcel Pronovost M. Pronovost	1,340	96	280	376	+38	951	10	35	7	11	12	0	886	4.3
6	Bill Gadsby B. Gadsby	1,315	134	461	595	-57	1,631	34	145	6	11	14	0	762	5.0
7	Tim Horton T. Horton	1,302	120	387	507	+134	1,568	24	74	4	17	20	0	1,821	4.8
8	Ron Stewart R. Stewart	1,287	277	261	538	-41	589	39	45	22	16	50	0	1,622	10.4
9	Harry Howell H. Howell	1,253	89	282	371	-107	1,231	16	82	1	4	16	0	1,897	3.3
10	Doug Harvey D. Harvey	1,250	96	516	612	+53	1,377	28	236	5	10	19	1	378	7.1
11	George Armstrong G. Armstrong	1,233	315	431	746	+113	772	72	106	8	15	45	1	1,838	10.6
12	Leo Boivin L. Boivin	1,204	75	260	335	-210	1,259	10	33	5	9	7	0	1,366	3.8
13	Eric Nesterenko E. Nesterenko	1,203	251	324	575	+26	1,317	36	46	26	17	30	0	1,356	11.9
14	Ted Lindsay T. Lindsay	1,201	426	521	947	+2	2,000	105	143	9	2	65	2	225	11.1
15	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	1,197	555	742	1,297	+107	1,174	190	295	0	2	94	1	2,763	11.4
16	Dean Prentice D. Prentice	1,182	331	423	754	-72	451	74	77	9	6	40	0	2,104	10.9
17	Doug Mohns D. Mohns	1,166	241	417	658	-65	1,133	68	153	5	5	39	0	1,649	11.0
18	Donnie Marshall D. Marshall	1,157	251	296	547	+85	131	51	54	20	18	41	1	1,577	12.4
19	Jean-Guy Talbot J. Talbot	1,155	47	261	308	+158	1,114	3	38	5	6	8	0	917	4.1
20	Claude Provost C. Provost	1,131	279	373	652	+121	559	40	45	16	8	56	1	2,401	8.5
21	Norm Ullman N. Ullman	1,121	410	577	987	-8	693	98	147	8	13	54	0	2,758	12.3
22	Maurice Richard M. Richard	1,110	626	466	1,092	+20	1,495	159	124	4	2	102	6	184	10.9
23	Tom Johnson T. Johnson	1,089	59	228	287	+60	1,072	10	46	4	9	12	0	482	2.7
24	Terry Sawchuk T. Sawchuk	1,077	0	7	7		251									58:54
25	Dick Duff D. Duff	1,076	303	323	626	+2	809	67	84	3	1	43	1	1,707	11.7