most years an nhl player 1979-80 to 2002-03

Between the 1979-80 and 2002-03 seasons, Mark Messier played the most seasons, with 24 seasons.

	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	Mark Messier M. Messier	24	1,680	676	1,168	1,844	+208	1,870	178	398	61	80	89	8	4,117	16.4	3,098	5,630	55.0	175	110	140	253	19:26
2	Ron Francis R. Francis	22	1,651	536	1,222	1,758	-9	963	181	526	12	19	77	4	3,665	14.6	2,697	4,853	55.6	108	168	183	127	20:38
3	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	22	1,413	340	932	1,272	+372	1,505	166	554	10	23	44	3	5,148	6.6	2	2	100.0	151	260	127	242	26:39
4	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
5	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	21	1,515	613	668	1,281	+54	1,063	260	279	9	2	71	6	4,310	14.2	1,724	3,158	54.6	168	193	200	126	16:02
6	Phil Housley P. Housley	21	1,495	338	894	1,232	-53	822	129	483	7	3	49	5	3,808	8.9	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
7	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	21	1,597	193	703	896	+392	2,763	74	230	5	17	33	3	3,170	6.1	0	0		570	505	289	258	23:36
8	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	21	1,409	396	1,135	1,531	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
9	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	21	1,615	288	929	1,217	+197	1,084	114	433	9	18	36	4	3,604	8.0	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40
10	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	20	1,326	176	717	893	+296	2,634	68	337	12	36	30	1	3,280	5.4	0	0		299	264	143	271	24:47
11	Ken Daneyko K. Daneyko	20	1,283	36	142	178	+78	2,516	3	7	3	7	3	0	1,170	3.1	1	1	100.0	481	428	127	124	16:42
12	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	20	1,474	450	964	1,414	+129	1,301	153	335	18	26	56	3	2,834	15.9	1,556	3,008	51.7	140	122	103	178	18:20
13	Claude Lemieux C. Lemieux	20	1,197	379	406	785	+19	1,756	114	125	6	9	58	3	3,633	10.4	190	458	41.5	324	40	130	175	16:35
14	James Patrick J. Patrick	20	1,225	145	483	628	+89	747	62	232	3	15	15	0	1,804	8.0	2	2	100.0	113	220	38	93	17:12
15	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	20	1,378	660	1,010	1,670	+166	860	191	375	50	32	88	9	4,375	15.1	2,539	4,381	58.0	139	158	125	168	20:50
16	Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	20	1,424	522	540	1,062	-46	2,905	186	184	4	6	67	3	3,285	15.9	4	12	33.3	395	27	65	94	13:47
17	John Vanbiesbrouck J. Vanbiesbrouck	20	882	0	35	35		310																57:12
18	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	20	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
19	Marc Bergevin M. Bergevin	19	1,130	35	135	170	-64	1,061	5	12	2	8	3	0	791	4.4	0	0		199	196	54	100	18:28
20	Sylvain Cote S. Cote	19	1,171	122	313	435	+39	545	35	105	6	13	20	3	2,237	5.5	1	1	100.0	297	250	58	187	19:38
21	Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	19	1,188	355	405	760	-24	2,229	91	124	14	9	56	5	2,769	12.8	12	36	33.3	237	43	46	40	10:06
22	Todd Gill T. Gill	19	1,007	82	272	354	-99	1,214	22	76	2	4	16	0	1,310	6.3	1	3	33.3	224	145	89	137	16:28
23	Kirk Muller K. Muller	19	1,349	357	602	959	-147	1,228	134	176	12	13	47	5	2,792	12.8	856	1,694	50.5	318	58	70	108	12:58
24	Patrick Roy P. Roy	19	1,029	0	45	45		262																58:31
25	Steve Thomas S. Thomas	19	1,191	411	500	911	+12	1,281	106	141	0	1	75	13	3,090	13.3	13	35	37.1	195	51	52	207	15:18