most games played in nhl history including playoffs from 1917-18 to 2003-04

Between the 1917-18 and 2003-04 seasons, Mark Messier had the most games in the regular-season and playoffs, with 1,992 games.

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most games played by a player in NHL history including playoffs from 1917-18 to 2003-04

	NAME	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Mark Messier M. Messier	1,992	803	1,379	2,182	+263	2,156	203	470	77	86	106	8	4,892	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	1,924	869	1,141	2,010	+165	1,905	226	394	28	12	132	0	4,104	10.1
3	Ron Francis R. Francis	1,902	595	1,346	1,941	+10	1,072	203	580	12	23	90	6	4,130	14.4	3,455	6,243	55.3	154	224	243	181	19:36
4	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	1,868	222	804	1,026	+439	3,187	87	261	5	22	42	3	3,719	6.0	0	0		843	723	415	379	23:43
5	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	1,830	325	1,044	1,369	+229	1,285	134	480	12	22	43	4	4,108	7.9	3	3	100.0	76	169	47	148	20:45
6	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1,826	451	1,308	1,759	+554	1,312	188	662	16	31	64	5	7,023	6.4	1	2	50.0	349	262	188	171	27:03
7	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	1,759	677	741	1,418	+41	1,267	287	319	10	3	82	7	4,873	13.9	2,930	5,361	54.7	243	312	320	189	16:22
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1,695	1,016	2,223	3,239	+611	643	239	776	85	93	115	6	5,787	17.6
9	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	1,671	491	894	1,385	+21	412	124	298	15	17	81	0	3,356	9.8
10	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	1,664	597	875	1,472	+22	535	175	314	4	0	95	0	3,298	16.3
11	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	1,656	510	1,092	1,602	+156	1,536	173	388	20	35	69	6	3,201	15.9	1,780	3,445	51.7	170	145	124	201	18:18
12	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1,645	748	1,154	1,902	+167	986	225	433	53	41	103	10	5,090	14.7	3,619	6,263	57.8	189	224	199	246	19:58
13	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	1,617	208	843	1,051	+345	3,088	82	383	14	41	36	3	3,935	5.3	0	0		415	442	217	400	24:05
14	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	1,611	236	866	1,102	+822	1,004	73	288	3	10	32	2	2,749	8.6
15	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1,603	455	1,272	1,727	+351	2,066	156	595	26	33	51	1	5,005	9.1	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
16	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	1,593	379	1,055	1,434	+382	1,766	192	627	10	26	49	4	5,820	6.5	2	3	66.7	204	317	143	280	26:50
17	Dale Hunter D. Hunter	1,593	365	773	1,138	+79	4,296	105	173	12	18	49	8	2,286	16.0
18	Phil Housley P. Housley	1,580	351	937	1,288	-76	858	135	513	7	4	50	5	4,021	8.7	1	2	50.0	95	148	85	201	20:45
19	Tim Horton T. Horton	1,571	126	442	568	+179	1,794	25	85	4	20	22	0	2,188	4.3
20	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	1,554	751	677	1,428	+58	1,284	233	216	24	5	97	10	5,501	13.7
21	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	1,551	600	1,017	1,617	+321	1,433	168	348	14	7	95	1	4,978	12.1
22	Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	1,549	298	458	756	+191	981	12	21	39	20	50	5	2,263	13.2	933	1,734	53.8	192	88	56	51	15:49
23	Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	1,541	548	576	1,124	-78	3,130	201	199	4	6	72	3	3,539	15.5	4	13	30.8	418	28	70	97	13:54
24	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1,525	711	786	1,497	+60	1,299	259	281	3	3	99	9	4,254	16.7	22	57	38.6	195	48	101	221	16:10
25	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	1,518	473	836	1,309	+1	1,330	143	296	21	21	86	7	3,848	12.3	3,636	7,186	50.6	227	127	177	376	19:23