Between the 1917-18 and 1926-27 seasons, 8 players were tied for playing the most seasons, with 10 seasons. The first three are Clint Benedict, George Boucher and Bert Corbeau.

most years by a player in the NHL from 1917-18 to 1926-27

	NAME	SEAS	GP	G	A	P	PIM	GWG	OTG	TOI/GP
1	Clint Benedict C. Benedict	10	267	0	0	0	9			62:07
2	George Boucher G. Boucher	10	255	104	69	173	568	19	0
3	Bert Corbeau B. Corbeau	10	258	63	48	111	665	7	0
4	Billy Coutu B. Coutu	10	247	33	23	56	502	7	1
5	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	10	262	243	87	330	282	48	7
6	Frank Nighbor F. Nighbor	10	236	128	91	219	186	24	2
7	Reg Noble R. Noble	10	263	144	81	225	595	12	1
8	Ken Randall K. Randall	10	219	69	51	120	581	15	0
9	Punch Broadbent P. Broadbent	9	216	116	46	162	453	23	5
10	Odie Cleghorn O. Cleghorn	9	180	94	35	129	146	10	0
11	Sprague Cleghorn S. Cleghorn	9	225	83	61	144	535	11	2
12	Georges Vezina G. Vezina	9	190	0	1	1	2			60:54
13	Babe Dye B. Dye	8	213	202	49	251	203	30	3
14	Mickey Roach M. Roach	8	211	77	37	114	54	9	1
15	Louis Berlinquette L. Berlinquette	8	193	45	32	77	132	7	0
16	Corb Denneny C. Denneny	8	158	98	42	140	138	7	1
17	Billy Stuart B. Stuart	7	195	30	19	49	155	6	1
18	Jake Forbes J. Forbes	7	183	0	0	0	2			61:33
19	Jack Adams J. Adams	7	173	81	44	125	384	12	1
20	Joe Malone J. Malone	7	126	143	33	176	57	11	3
21	Edmond Bouchard E. Bouchard	6	162	18	24	42	92	6	0
22	Billy Boucher B. Boucher	6	170	88	35	123	359	22	1
23	King Clancy K. Clancy	6	179	47	40	87	282	11	1
24	John Ross Roach J. Ross Roach	6	179	0	0	0	0			61:21
25	Rod Smylie R. Smylie	6	74	3	2	5	12	0	0