Chris Chelios has played the most career seasons, with 26 seasons.

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NHL +/- best seasons by a player

	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	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	26	+351	1,651	185	763	948	2,891	69	338	13	39	31	1	3,627	5.1	1	5	20.0	569	615	286	550	20:55
2	Mark Messier M. Messier	25	+211	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	1,912	179	402	63	81	92	8	4,221	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
3	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	24	+301	1,680	209	471	680	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
4	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	24	+182	1,714	430	1,109	1,539	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
5	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	24	+322	1,733	766	1,155	1,921	1,167	217	393	11	4	135	19	5,637	13.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
6	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	23	-27	1,779	566	631	1,197	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
7	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	23	+32	1,639	640	698	1,338	1,121	274	293	10	3	77	7	4,556	14.0	2,834	5,107	55.5	187	276	293	168	15:59
8	Ron Francis R. Francis	23	-18	1,731	549	1,249	1,798	977	188	539	12	19	79	4	3,756	14.6	3,205	5,757	55.7	119	199	203	153	19:41
9	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	23	+371	1,416	340	934	1,274	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	5,157	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
10	Brent Burns B. Burns	22	+11	1,498	261	649	910	857	88	234	3	14	42	16	4,055	6.4	81	178	45.5	1,557	1,845	907	1,482	22:22
11	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	22	-79	1,330	385	679	1,064	465	112	311	5	3	45	6	3,040	12.7	230	529	43.5	214	266	564	606	18:18
12	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	22	0	1,652	577	956	1,533	1,033	200	369	18	14	91	6	3,820	15.1	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
13	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	22	+184	1,514	692	1,063	1,755	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
14	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	22	+395	1,635	196	712	908	2,785	75	230	5	18	34	3	3,238	6.1	0	0		612	570	313	296	23:39
15	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	22	+527	1,612	410	1,169	1,579	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
16	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	21	+197	1,353	625	1,062	1,687	854	184	403	4	7	100	25	4,301	14.5	15,672	29,651	52.9	1,182	662	772	1,109	20:40
17	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	21	+59	1,492	897	726	1,623	831	326	277	5	1	136	27	6,867	13.1	64	190	33.7	3,744	563	784	1,189	20:37
18	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	21	-24	1,516	266	465	731	592	55	123	21	18	37	1	2,774	9.6	8,585	16,583	51.8	718	601	644	648	15:49
19	Shane Doan S. Doan	21	-54	1,540	402	570	972	1,353	128	185	6	13	69	11	3,945	10.2	1,025	2,370	43.2	2,842	358	756	571	18:59
20	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	21	+95	1,451	684	773	1,457	660	255	333	7	2	110	9	4,540	15.1	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
21	Mike Modano M. Modano	21	+114	1,499	561	813	1,374	926	157	336	29	18	92	9	4,273	13.1	7,431	14,376	51.7	203	290	691	973	19:41
22	Luke Richardson L. Richardson	21	-119	1,417	35	166	201	2,055	3	13	4	13	3	1	1,160	3.0	1	3	33.3	736	599	113	275	17:44
23	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	21	+66	1,289	223	520	743	1,245	100	293	4	4	36	4	3,092	7.2	1	8	12.5	1,003	975	319	475	22:44
24	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	21	+151	1,524	656	698	1,354	2,489	237	270	23	14	109	12	5,086	12.9	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13
25	Gary Roberts G. Roberts	21	+229	1,224	438	472	910	2,560	109	106	13	4	52	5	2,374	18.4	47	101	46.5	1,021	111	182	273	16:39