Between the 1917-18 and 1927-28 seasons, 5 players were tied for playing the most seasons, with 11 seasons. The first three are Clint Benedict, George Boucher and Cy Denneny.

most years by a player in the NHL from 1917-18 to 1927-28

	NAME	SEAS	GP	G	A	P	PIM	GWG	OTG	TOI/GP
1	Clint Benedict C. Benedict	11	311	0	0	0	9			61:59
2	George Boucher G. Boucher	11	299	111	74	185	648	21	0
3	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	11	306	246	87	333	294	49	7
4	Frank Nighbor F. Nighbor	11	278	136	96	232	234	25	2
5	Reg Noble R. Noble	11	307	150	90	240	657	13	1
6	Punch Broadbent P. Broadbent	10	259	119	48	167	515	24	5
7	Odie Cleghorn O. Cleghorn	10	182	94	35	129	150	10	0
8	Sprague Cleghorn S. Cleghorn	10	262	85	63	148	549	12	2
9	Bert Corbeau B. Corbeau	10	258	63	48	111	665	7	0
10	Billy Coutu B. Coutu	10	247	33	23	56	502	7	1
11	Ken Randall K. Randall	10	219	69	51	120	581	15	0
12	Babe Dye B. Dye	9	224	202	49	251	203	30	3
13	Corb Denneny C. Denneny	9	176	103	42	145	150	8	1
14	Georges Vezina G. Vezina	9	190	0	1	1	2			60:54
15	Jake Forbes J. Forbes	8	199	0	0	0	2			61:31
16	Mickey Roach M. Roach	8	211	77	37	114	54	9	1
17	Louis Berlinquette L. Berlinquette	8	193	45	32	77	132	7	0
18	Edmond Bouchard E. Bouchard	7	205	19	24	43	129	7	0
19	Billy Boucher B. Boucher	7	213	93	35	128	419	23	2
20	King Clancy K. Clancy	7	218	55	47	102	355	12	1
21	John Ross Roach J. Ross Roach	7	222	0	0	0	0			61:35
22	Billy Stuart B. Stuart	7	195	30	19	49	155	6	1
23	Jack Adams J. Adams	7	173	81	44	125	384	12	1
24	Joe Malone J. Malone	7	126	143	33	176	57	11	3
25	Billy Burch B. Burch	6	172	92	28	120	127	18	3