most years in the nhl 1996-97 to 2021-22

Between the 1996-97 and 2021-22 seasons, Zdeno Chara and Joe Thornton were tied for playing the most seasons, with 24 seasons.

Interpreted as:

most years by a player in the NHL 1996-97 to 2021-22

	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	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	24	1,680	209	471	680	+301	2,085	93	133	8	27	35	3	3,419	6.1	13	36	36.1	3,749	2,164	610	1,342	23:55
2	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	24	1,714	430	1,109	1,539	+182	1,272	146	402	6	6	68	9	3,067	14.0	12,730	24,107	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
3	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	23	1,779	566	631	1,197	-27	527	172	243	17	4	109	11	4,333	13.1	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	757	1,113	18:09
4	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	21	1,516	266	465	731	-24	592	55	123	21	18	37	1	2,774	9.6	8,585	16,583	51.8	718	601	644	648	15:49
5	Shane Doan S. Doan	20	1,466	395	560	955	-45	1,252	127	182	6	13	66	10	3,839	10.3	1,025	2,370	43.2	2,842	358	756	571	18:59
6	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	20	1,554	625	675	1,300	+30	1,040	197	231	13	9	101	7	4,759	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
7	Craig Anderson C. Anderson	19	683	0	19	19	0	54	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	2	123	56:43
8	Jason Spezza J. Spezza	19	1,248	363	632	995	+5	604	117	249	3	2	55	3	2,866	12.7	9,635	18,104	53.2	314	363	701	1,062	16:28
9	Justin Williams J. Williams	19	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
10	Roberto Luongo R. Luongo	19	1,044	0	23	23	0	46	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	43	57:21
11	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	19	1,309	525	609	1,134	+245	628	143	231	34	12	85	15	4,229	12.4	64	187	34.2	1,062	395	1,008	668	18:55
12	Patrik Elias P. Elias	19	1,239	408	617	1,025	+173	549	113	220	16	17	80	16	3,285	12.4	2,429	5,649	43.0	724	263	503	719	18:25
13	Dainius Zubrus D. Zubrus	19	1,293	228	363	591	+1	791	55	79	5	9	38	2	1,986	11.5	3,538	7,219	49.0	1,283	485	488	500	17:12
14	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	18	1,216	400	582	982	+254	474	122	185	20	26	74	9	3,725	10.7	14,139	24,500	57.7	966	825	807	448	18:46
15	Dustin Brown D. Brown	18	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	Brent Burns B. Burns	18	1,251	227	550	777	-35	763	80	196	2	14	40	15	3,438	6.6	80	177	45.2	1,465	1,571	780	1,269	22:28
17	Marc-Andre Fleury M. Fleury	18	939	0	20	20	0	78	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	3	0	5	111	57:55
18	Ryan Miller R. Miller	18	796	0	12	12	0	48	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		113	277	40.8	0	0	20	52	57:58
19	Mike Fisher M. Fisher	18	1,104	278	311	589	+27	815	63	71	15	15	50	7	2,333	11.9	8,643	17,037	50.7	2,341	936	504	432	17:26
20	Martin Brodeur M. Brodeur	18	1,098	2	42	44		112	1															59:13
21	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	18	1,192	203	560	763	+4	899	98	315	2	9	31	4	2,689	7.5	3	3	100.0	821	1,159	332	788	23:39
22	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	18	1,292	547	836	1,383	+215	836	159	305	6	2	93	15	4,172	13.1	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
23	Jeff Carter J. Carter	17	1,170	418	389	807	+32	593	117	108	19	5	86	15	3,738	11.2	8,223	16,184	50.8	1,003	576	536	629	18:00
24	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	17	1,108	517	892	1,409	+202	731	153	357	4	7	78	20	3,539	14.6	12,580	24,137	52.1	942	539	611	897	20:46
25	Ryan Getzlaf R. Getzlaf	17	1,157	282	737	1,019	+102	960	86	255	8	6	57	11	2,559	11.0	8,672	17,591	49.3	1,980	1,006	732	1,086	19:29