Between the 1981-82 and 1987-88 seasons, Dale Hawerchuk had the most games, with 559 games.

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NHL most regular-season games by a player from 1981-82 to 1987-88

	NAME	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	559	312	440	752	-52	380	100	169	8	8	23	4	2,044	15.3
2	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	550	115	325	440	+45	438	45	146	2	8	13	1	1,270	9.1
3	Alain Cote A. Cote	549	88	153	241	+22	292	1	1	7	8	5	0	761	11.6
4	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	545	287	285	572	+41	533	75	100	12	3	47	4	2,099	13.7
5	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	544	309	343	652	+222	488	84	91	9	4	52	2	1,716	18.0
6	Doug Crossman D. Crossman	542	60	226	286	+65	325	31	85	1	5	7	1	944	6.4
7	Denis Savard D. Savard	542	273	503	776	+61	622	75	225	8	7	35	1	1,705	16.0
8	Bobby Gould B. Gould	541	132	129	261	+46	415	6	2	5	6	24	0	930	14.2
9	Kevin Lowe K. Lowe	541	42	188	230	+220	542	8	25	4	11	7	1	602	7.0
10	Jim Peplinski J. Peplinski	540	134	212	346	+50	1,103	4	9	8	4	18	1	1,042	12.9
11	Bobby Smith B. Smith	539	198	375	573	+3	500	71	131	1	2	29	3	1,397	14.2
12	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	537	477	891	1,368	+498	274	97	254	50	49	52	1	2,247	21.2
13	John Tonelli J. Tonelli	535	195	313	508	+178	489	46	78	3	2	25	1	1,075	18.1
14	Keith Acton K. Acton	534	153	239	392	-13	556	28	54	6	8	22	0	1,075	14.2
15	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	534	360	352	712	+103	411	120	112	13	7	41	1	1,809	19.9
16	Thomas Steen T. Steen	534	141	279	420	-28	439	28	69	12	4	14	0	1,215	11.6
17	Brent Ashton B. Ashton	533	168	190	358	-50	335	41	48	8	6	19	2	1,083	15.5
18	Rob Ramage R. Ramage	533	81	264	345	-76	1,136	43	125	0	6	11	2	1,703	4.8
19	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	532	286	399	685	-35	302	106	167	3	6	26	2	2,030	14.1
20	Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	531	200	234	434	-64	507	63	73	1	3	24	0	1,441	13.9
21	Dave Christian D. Christian	531	199	262	461	-14	142	61	96	3	5	24	1	1,222	16.3
22	Gaetan Duchesne G. Duchesne	531	111	161	272	+77	334	7	4	7	7	17	1	769	14.4
23	Brad Marsh B. Marsh	531	14	97	111	+82	646	0	3	1	4	3	0	541	2.6
24	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	531	242	411	653	+221	432	75	119	11	13	29	1	1,304	18.6
25	Bernie Federko B. Federko	527	199	450	649	-60	282	75	175	0	0	21	0	1,147	17.3