Between the 1917-18 and 1928-29 seasons, 5 players were tied for playing the most seasons, with 12 seasons. The first three are Clint Benedict, George Boucher and Cy Denneny.

most years by a player in the NHL from 1917-18 to 1928-29

	NAME	SEAS	GP	G	A	P	PIM	GWG	OTG	TOI/GP
1	Clint Benedict C. Benedict	12	348	0	0	0	9			62:00
2	George Boucher G. Boucher	12	340	115	76	191	720	22	1
3	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	12	329	247	89	336	296	50	7
4	Frank Nighbor F. Nighbor	12	308	137	100	237	256	26	3
5	Reg Noble R. Noble	12	350	156	94	250	711	14	2
6	Punch Broadbent P. Broadbent	11	303	120	52	172	576	25	5
7	Babe Dye B. Dye	10	266	203	49	252	220	30	3
8	Odie Cleghorn O. Cleghorn	10	182	94	35	129	150	10	0
9	Sprague Cleghorn S. Cleghorn	10	262	85	63	148	549	12	2
10	Bert Corbeau B. Corbeau	10	258	63	48	111	665	7	0
11	Billy Coutu B. Coutu	10	247	33	23	56	502	7	1
12	Ken Randall K. Randall	10	219	69	51	120	581	15	0
13	Jake Forbes J. Forbes	9	200	0	0	0	2			61:31
14	Corb Denneny C. Denneny	9	176	103	42	145	150	8	1
15	Georges Vezina G. Vezina	9	190	0	1	1	2			60:54
16	Edmond Bouchard E. Bouchard	8	223	19	24	43	133	7	0
17	King Clancy K. Clancy	8	262	68	49	117	450	16	1
18	John Ross Roach J. Ross Roach	8	266	0	0	0	0			61:47
19	Mickey Roach M. Roach	8	211	77	37	114	54	9	1
20	Louis Berlinquette L. Berlinquette	8	193	45	32	77	132	7	0
21	Billy Burch B. Burch	7	216	103	33	136	174	22	3
22	Lionel Hitchman L. Hitchman	7	217	21	25	46	379	4	2
23	Aurel Joliat A. Joliat	7	239	129	57	186	442	36	3
24	Billy Boucher B. Boucher	7	213	93	35	128	419	23	2
25	Leo Reise Sr. L. Reise Sr.	7	185	36	32	68	184	5	1