most games played in nhl history including playoffs from 1917-18 to 1998-99

Between the 1917-18 and 1998-99 seasons, Gordie Howe had the most games in the regular-season and playoffs, with 1,924 games.

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most games played by a player in NHL history including playoffs from 1917-18 to 1998-99

	NAME	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	1,924	869	1,141	2,010	+165	1,905	226	394	28	12	132	0	4,104	10.1
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1,695	1,016	2,223	3,239	+611	643	239	776	85	93	115	6	5,787	17.6
3	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	1,677	311	991	1,302	+228	1,226	126	462	11	22	42	3	3,858	8.1
4	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	1,671	491	894	1,385	+21	412	124	298	15	17	81	0	3,356	9.8
5	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	1,664	597	875	1,472	+22	535	175	314	4	0	95	0	3,298	16.3
6	Mark Messier M. Messier	1,649	719	1,236	1,955	+303	1,933	174	422	71	80	90	6	4,340	16.6
7	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1,633	421	1,208	1,629	+518	1,218	170	599	14	31	63	5	6,470	6.5
8	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	1,611	236	866	1,102	+822	1,004	73	288	3	10	32	2	2,749	8.6
9	Dale Hunter D. Hunter	1,593	365	773	1,138	+79	4,296	105	173	12	18	49	8	2,286	16.0
10	Tim Horton T. Horton	1,571	126	442	568	+179	1,794	25	85	4	20	22	0	2,188	4.3
11	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	1,554	751	677	1,428	+58	1,284	233	216	24	5	97	10	5,501	13.7
12	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	1,551	600	1,017	1,617	+321	1,433	168	348	14	7	95	1	4,978	12.1
13	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1,516	444	1,239	1,683	+363	1,996	150	578	26	33	48	1	4,822	9.2
14	Norm Ullman N. Ullman	1,516	520	792	1,312	-15	779	126	191	9	14	62	0	3,700	12.1
15	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1,500	595	1,013	1,608	+480	1,189	179	303	23	24	81	2	3,313	18.0
16	Doug Mohns D. Mohns	1,485	262	498	760	-98	1,383	76	186	6	7	44	0	2,105	9.6
17	Red Kelly R. Kelly	1,480	314	601	915	+44	378	85	176	18	15	44	1	1,552	9.1
18	Ron Stewart R. Stewart	1,472	290	274	564	-57	624	41	46	25	16	51	0	1,735	10.4
19	Kevin Lowe K. Lowe	1,468	94	395	489	+308	1,690	17	44	7	30	13	1	1,450	6.5
20	Ron Francis R. Francis	1,462	489	1,120	1,609	+46	952	156	468	11	22	71	3	3,368	14.5
21	Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	1,457	286	448	734	+179	933	12	21	37	20	45	5	2,181	13.1
22	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	1,451	707	924	1,631	+405	668	180	281	49	54	86	9	3,676	19.2
23	Harry Howell H. Howell	1,449	97	327	424	-166	1,330	17	94	1	5	16	0	2,216	3.2
24	Henri Richard H. Richard	1,439	407	768	1,175	+264	1,113	53	132	0	1	62	1	3,587	8.7
25	Craig Ludwig C. Ludwig	1,433	42	209	251	+115	1,681	2	8	1	10	4	0	1,208	3.5