Between the 1917-18 and 1929-30 seasons, 4 players were tied for playing the most seasons, with 13 seasons. The first three are Clint Benedict, George Boucher and Frank Nighbor.

most years by a player in the NHL from 1917-18 to 1929-30

	NAME	SEAS	GP	G	A	P	PIM	GWG	OTG	TOI/GP
1	Clint Benedict C. Benedict	13	362	0	0	0	9			61:34
2	George Boucher G. Boucher	13	377	117	82	199	766	24	1
3	Frank Nighbor F. Nighbor	13	349	139	100	239	266	26	3
4	Reg Noble R. Noble	13	393	162	98	260	783	14	2
5	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	12	329	247	89	336	296	50	7
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	Jake Forbes J. Forbes	10	201	0	0	0	2			61:33
9	Odie Cleghorn O. Cleghorn	10	182	94	35	129	150	10	0
10	Sprague Cleghorn S. Cleghorn	10	262	85	63	148	549	12	2
11	Bert Corbeau B. Corbeau	10	258	63	48	111	665	7	0
12	Billy Coutu B. Coutu	10	247	33	23	56	502	7	1
13	Ken Randall K. Randall	10	219	69	51	120	581	15	0
14	King Clancy K. Clancy	9	306	85	72	157	533	17	1
15	John Ross Roach J. Ross Roach	9	310	0	0	0	0			61:57
16	Corb Denneny C. Denneny	9	176	103	42	145	150	8	1
17	Georges Vezina G. Vezina	9	190	0	1	1	2			60:54
18	Billy Burch B. Burch	8	251	110	36	146	198	22	3
19	Lionel Hitchman L. Hitchman	8	256	23	32	55	437	4	2
20	Aurel Joliat A. Joliat	8	281	148	70	218	482	38	3
21	Edmond Bouchard E. Bouchard	8	223	19	24	43	133	7	0
22	Leo Reise Sr. L. Reise Sr.	8	223	39	35	74	204	5	1
23	Mickey Roach M. Roach	8	211	77	37	114	54	9	1
24	Louis Berlinquette L. Berlinquette	8	193	45	32	77	132	7	0
25	Frank Finnigan F. Finnigan	7	229	74	30	104	255	19	8