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List of oldest National Hockey League players

Below is the List of oldest National Hockey League (NHL) players, with their last season in parentheses. Only hockey players who played at least one game when they were 40 or older are included on the list. Active are players in bold type.

Contents

Goaltenders

  • 45 years, 345 days - Maurice Roberts (1951)[8]
  • 45 years, 32 days - Johnny Bower (1969)
  • 44 years, 323 days - Gump Worsley (1974)
  • 44 years, 100 days - Lester Patrick (1928)[9]
  • 44 years, 78 days - Jacques Plante (1973)[3]
  • 43 years, 78 days - Dominik Hasek (2008)
  • 42 years, ?? days - Hughie Lehman (1928)
  • 42 years, 241 days - Martin Brodeur (2015)
  • 42 years, 178 days - Dwayne Roloson (2012)
  • 42 years, 136 days - Eddie Johnston (1978)
  • 41 years, 350 days - Ed Belfour (2007)
  • 41 years, 344 days - Curtis Joseph (2009)
  • 41 years, 177 days - George Hainsworth (1937)
  • 40 years, 307 days - Nikolai Khabibulin (2013)
  • 40 years, 288 days - Tony Esposito (1984)
  • 40 years, 107 days - Terry Sawchuk (1970)[4]
  • 40 years, 66 days - Sean Burke (2007)
  • 40 years, 10 days - Tim Thomas (2014)

    • 52-41 years

  • 52 years, 11 days - Gordie Howe (1980)[1]
  • 48 years, 71 days - Chris Chelios (2010)
  • 7009142294320000000♠45 years, 33 days - Jaromir Jagr (Present)
  • 44 years, 100 days - Doug Harvey (1969)
  • 44 years, 39 days - Tim Horton (1974)[5]
  • 43 years, 317 days - Teemu Selanne (2014)
  • 43 years, 277 days - Claude Lemieux (2009)
  • 43 years, 134 days - Mark Recchi (2011)
  • 43 years, 129 days - Igor Larionov (2004)
  • 43 years, 73 days - Mark Messier (2004)
  • 43 years, 35 days - Allan Stanley (1969)
  • 42 years, ?? days - Johnny Bucyk (1978)
  • 42 years, ?? days - Frank Boucher (1944)
  • 42 years, 282 days - Gary Roberts (2009)
  • 42 years, 100 days - Dave Andreychuk (2006)
  • 42 years, 13 days - Dave Keon (1982)
  • 41 years, 358 days - Tommy Albelin (2006)
  • 41 years, 357 days - Nicklas Lidstrom (2012)
  • 41 years, 352 days - Ray Whitney (2014)
  • 41 years, 335 days - Alex Delvecchio (1973)
  • 41 years, ?? days - Bill Cook (1937)
  • 41 years, ?? days - Dean Prentice (1974)
  • 41 years, ?? days - Carl Brewer (1980)
  • 41 years, ?? days - Terry Harper (1981)[6]
  • 41 years, 220 days - Adam Oates (2004)
  • 41 years, 136 days - Daniel Alfredsson (2014)
  • 41 years, 114 days - Doug Mohns (1975)
  • 41 years, 98 days - Bobby Hull (1980)
  • 41 years, 66 days - Brett Hull (2005)
  • 41 years, 62 days - Ron Francis (2004)

    • 40 years

  • 40 years, ?? days - Larry Zeidel (1969)
  • 40 years, ?? days - Don Marshall (1972)
  • 40 years, ?? days - Ron Stewart (1973)
  • 40 years, ?? days - Noel Price (1976)
  • 40 years, 357 days - Steve Yzerman (2006)
  • 40 years, 355 days - Sergei Gonchar (2015)
  • 40 years, 337 days - Mike Modano (2011)
  • 40 years, 323 days - Larry Robinson (1992)
  • 40 years, 319 days - Mathieu Schneider (2010)
  • 40 years, 311 days - Scott Mellanby (2007)
  • 40 years, 297 days - Mike Knuble (2013)
  • 40 years, 294 days - James Patrick (2004)
  • 40 years, 293 days - Steve Thomas (2004)
  • 40 years, 283 days - George Armstrong (1971)
  • 40 years, 282 days - Teppo Numminen (2009)
  • 40 years, 190 days - Jean Ratelle (1981)
  • 40 years, 189 days - Sean O'Donnell (2012)
  • 40 years, 180 days - Kjell Samuelsson (1999)
  • 7009127621440000000♠40 years, 161 days - Shane Doan (Present)
  • 40 years, 164 days - Rob Blake (2010)
  • 40 years, 163 days - Ray Bourque (2001)
  • 7009127422720000000♠40 years, 138 days - Matt Cullen (Present)
  • 40 years, 142 days - Grant Ledyard (2002)
  • 40 years, 97 days - Al MacInnis (2003)
  • 40 years, 95 days - Brendan Shanahan (2009)
  • 40 years, 92 days - Harry Howell (1973) [2]
  • 40 years, 90 days - Kimmo Timonen (2015)
  • 40 years, 79 days - Joe Nieuwendyk (2006)
  • 40 years, 72 days - Mario Lemieux (2005)
  • 40 years, 68 days - Guy Carbonneau (2000)
  • 40 years, 57 days - Viacheslav Fetisov (1998)
  • 40 years, 56 days - Joe Mullen (1997)
  • 40 years, 46 days - Larry Murphy (2001)
  • 40 years, 45 days - Ken Schinkel (1973)[7]
  • 40 years, 23 days - Mark Howe (1995)
  • 7009126247680000000♠40 years, 2 days - Zdeno Chára (Present)
  • 40 years, 3 days - Dit Clapper (1947)

    • References

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