List of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 00:22, 20 June 2024

The following is a list of retired National Hockey League (NHL) players who played their entire NHL career—in at least ten seasons—exclusively for one team. As of the end of the 2022–23 season, 127 players have accomplished this feat, of which the Montreal Canadiens have had the most, with 19. Of players who have spent their career with one franchise, Alex Delvecchio of the Detroit Red Wings holds the record of the greatest number of seasons, with 24. Delvecchio beat out former Detroit Red Wings teammate Gordie Howe for the record in the 1979–80 season when Howe’s World Hockey Association team, the Hartford Whalers, became an NHL team, thus disqualifying Howe from this list. Howe broke the old record in the 1966–67 NHL season by beating out Dit Clapper who spent 20 seasons with the Boston Bruins. Howe held the record for 13 seasons, extending the old record to 25 seasons until he played with Hartford.

List

NHL players who have spent their career at one franchise
Seasons	Player	Team	Career	Games played	Cup Wins
10	Syl Apps*	Toronto Maple Leafs	1936–1943, 1945–1948	423	3
11	Bob Armstrong	Boston Bruins	1950–1951, 1952–1962	542	0
21	George Armstrong*	Toronto Maple Leafs	1949–1971	1,188	4
12	Larry Aurie	Detroit Cougars/Falcons/Red Wings	1927–1939	489	2
11	P. J. Axelsson	Boston Bruins	1997–2004, 2005–2009	797	0
12	Bill Barber*	Philadelphia Flyers	1972–1984	903	2
20	Jean Beliveau*	Montreal Canadiens	1950–1951, 1952–1971	1,125	10
19	Patrice Bergeron#	Boston Bruins	2003–2004, 2005–2023	1,294	1
10	Mike Bossy*	New York Islanders	1977–1987	752	4
15	Butch Bouchard*	Montreal Canadiens	1941–1956	785	4
14	Turk Broda*	Toronto Maple Leafs	1936–1943, 1945–1952	629	5
18	Dustin Brown#	Los Angeles Kings	2003–2004, 2005–2022	1,296	2
11	Mud Bruneteau	Detroit Red Wings	1935–1946	411	3
13	Sergei Brylin	New Jersey Devils	1994–2004, 2005–2008	765	3
17	Wayne Cashman	Boston Bruins	1964–1965, 1967–1983	1,027	2
20	Dit Clapper*	Boston Bruins	1927–1947	833	3
15	Bobby Clarke*	Philadelphia Flyers	1969–1984	1,144	2
12	Neil Colville*	New York Rangers	1935–1942, 1944–1949	464	1
11	Bill Cook*	New York Rangers	1926–1937	474	2
10	Alain Cote	Quebec Nordiques	1979–1989	696	0
16	Yvan Cournoyer*	Montreal Canadiens	1963–1979	968	10
14	Corey Crawford	Chicago Blackhawks	2005–2006, 2007–2020	488	2
13	Jack Crawford	Boston Bruins	1937–1950	548	2
10	Floyd Curry	Montreal Canadiens	1947–1958	601	4
20	Ken Daneyko	New Jersey Devils	1983–2003	1,283	3
14	Pavel Datsyuk	Detroit Red Wings	2001–2004, 2005–2016	953	2
12	Bob Davidson	Toronto Maple Leafs	1934–1946	491	2
11	Eric Daze	Chicago Blackhawks	1994–2004, 2005–2006	601	0
24	Alex Delvecchio*	Detroit Red Wings	1950–1974	1,549	3
11	Rick DiPietro	New York Islanders	2000–2001, 2002–2004, 2005–2013	318	0
21	Shane Doan	Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes	1995–2004, 2005–2017	1,540	0
16	Woody Dumart*	Boston Bruins	1935–1942, 1945–1954	772	2
20	Patrik Elias	New Jersey Devils	1995–2004, 2005–2016	1,240	2
16	Ron Ellis	Toronto Maple Leafs	1963–1975, 1977–1981	1,034	1
11	Tobias Enstrom	Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets	2007–2018	719	0
13	Jonathan Ericsson	Detroit Red Wings	2007–2020	680	1
10	Jan Erixon	New York Rangers	1983–1993	556	0
16	Bob Gainey*	Montreal Canadiens	1973–1989	1,160	5
17	Ryan Getzlaf#	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim/Anaheim Ducks	2005–2022	1,157	1
18	Rod Gilbert*	New York Rangers	1960–1978	1,065	0
14	Ebbie Goodfellow*	Detroit Cougars/Falcons/Red Wings	1929–1943	554	3
16	Johnny Gottselig	Chicago Black Hawks	1928–1941, 1942–1945	589	2
11	Ted Green	Boston Bruins	1960–1969, 1970–1972	620	1
16	Ron Greschner	New York Rangers	1974–1990	981	0
14	Bill Hajt	Buffalo Sabres	1973–1987	854	0
10	Craig Hartsburg	Minnesota North Stars	1979–1989	570	0
14	Milan Hejduk	Colorado Avalanche	1998–2004, 2005–2013	1,020	1
15	Ott Heller	New York Rangers	1931–1946	647	2
11	Bryan Hextall*	New York Rangers	1936–1944, 1945–1948	449	1
15	Tomas Holmstrom	Detroit Red Wings	1996–2004, 2005–2012	1,026	4
12	Red Horner*	Toronto Maple Leafs	1928–1940	490	1
11	Rejean Houle	Montreal Canadiens	1969–1973, 1976–1983	635	5
14	Jimmy Howard	Detroit Red Wings	2005–2006, 2007–2020	543	0
16	Aurele Joliat*	Montreal Canadiens	1922–1938	655	3
10	Dennis Kearns	Vancouver Canucks	1971–1981	677	0
14	Ted Kennedy*	Toronto Maple Leafs	1942–1955, 1956–1957	696	5
11	Cliff Koroll	Chicago Black Hawks	1969–1980	814	0
16	David Krejci#	Boston Bruins	2006–2021, 2022–2023	1032	1
15	Niklas Kronwall	Detroit Red Wings	2003–2004, 2005–2019	953	1
14	Elmer Lach*	Montreal Canadiens	1940–1954	664	3
12	Jacques Laperriere*	Montreal Canadiens	1962–1974	691	6
10	Edgar Laprade*	New York Rangers	1945–1955	500	0
14	Jere Lehtinen	Dallas Stars	1995–2004, 2005–2010	875	1
12	Jacques Lemaire*	Montreal Canadiens	1967–1979	853	8
17	Mario Lemieux*	Pittsburgh Penguins	1984–1994, 1995–1997, 2000–2004, 2005–2006	915	2
13	Pit Lepine	Montreal Canadiens	1925–1938	526	2
11	Herbie Lewis*	Detroit Cougars/Falcons/Red Wings	1928–1939	483	2
20	Nicklas Lidstrom*	Detroit Red Wings	1991–2004, 2005–2012	1,564	4
15	Henrik Lundqvist*	New York Rangers	2005–2020	887	0
11	Keith Magnuson	Chicago Black Hawks	1969–1980	589	0
14	Chico Maki	Chicago Black Hawks	1961–1974, 1975–1976	841	1
13	Georges Mantha	Montreal Canadiens	1928–1941	498	2
17	Mush March	Chicago Black Hawks	1928–1945	759	2
15	Don Marcotte	Boston Bruins	1965–1966, 1968–1982	868	2
16	Andrei Markov	Montreal Canadiens	2000–2004, 2005–2017	990	0
10	John Marks	Chicago Black Hawks	1972–1982	657	0
12	Nick Metz	Toronto Maple Leafs	1934–1942, 1944–1948	518	4
10	Rudy Migay	Toronto Maple Leafs	1949–1950, 1951–1960	417	0
22	Stan Mikita*	Chicago Black Hawks	1958–1980	1,396	1
12	Mike Milbury	Boston Bruins	1975–1987	754	0
12	Armand Mondou	Montreal Canadiens	1928–1940	386	2
10	Ken Morrow	New York Islanders	1979–1989	550	4
14	Bill Mosienko*	Chicago Black Hawks	1941–1955	710	0
11	Murray Murdoch	New York Rangers	1926–1937	508	2
15	Bob Murray	Chicago Blackhawks	1975–1990	1,008	0
11	Lou Nanne	Minnesota North Stars	1967–1978	635	0
15	Chris Neil	Ottawa Senators	2001–2004, 2005–2017	1,026	0
14	Bob Nystrom	New York Islanders	1972–1986	900	4
14	Terry O'Reilly	Boston Bruins	1971–1985	891	0
10	Lynn Patrick*	New York Rangers	1934–1943, 1945–1946	455	1
10	Marty Pavelich	Detroit Red Wings	1947–1957	634	4
10	Steve Payne	Minnesota North Stars	1978–1988	613	0
11	Johnny Peirson	Boston Bruins	1946–1954, 1955–1958	545	0
11	Jim Peplinski	Calgary Flames	1980–1990, 1994–1995	711	1
17	Gilbert Perreault*	Buffalo Sabres	1970–1987	1,191	0
17	Chris Phillips	Ottawa Senators	1997–2004, 2005–2015	1,179	0
13	Michal Pivonka	Washington Capitals	1986–1999	825	0
10	Barclay Plager	St. Louis Blues	1967–1977	614	0
15	Denis Potvin*	New York Islanders	1973–1988	1,060	4
15	Claude Provost	Montreal Canadiens	1955–1970	1,005	9
10	Don Raleigh	New York Rangers	1943–1944, 1947–1956	535	0
14	Craig Ramsay	Buffalo Sabres	1971–1985	1,070	0
15	Tuukka Rask#	Boston Bruins	2007–2022	564	1
20	Henri Richard*	Montreal Canadiens	1955–1975	1,258	11
18	Maurice Richard*	Montreal Canadiens	1942–1960	978	8
14	Mike Richter	New York Rangers	1989–2003	666	1
15	Pekka Rinne#	Nashville Predators	2005–2006, 2007–2021	683	0
20	Joe Sakic*	Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche	1988–2004, 2005–2009	1,378	2
16	Milt Schmidt*	Boston Bruins	1936–1942, 1945–1955	776	2
15	Brent Seabrook	Chicago Blackhawks	2005–2020	1,114	3
17	Daniel Sedin	Vancouver Canucks	2000–2004, 2005–2018	1,306	0
17	Henrik Sedin	Vancouver Canucks	2000–2004, 2005–2018	1,330	0
10	Jim Slater	Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets	2005–2015	584	0
12	Sid Smith	Toronto Maple Leafs	1946–1958	601	3
13	Stan Smyl	Vancouver Canucks	1978–1991	896	0
14	Thomas Steen	Winnipeg Jets	1981–1995	950	0
12	Brian Sutter	St. Louis Blues	1976–1988	779	0
17	Dave Taylor	Los Angeles Kings	1977–1994	1,111	0
14	Walt Tkaczuk	New York Rangers	1967–1981	945	0
13	J. C. Tremblay	Montreal Canadiens	1959–1972	794	5
12	Mario Tremblay	Montreal Canadiens	1974–1986	852	5
10	Steve Vickers	New York Rangers	1972–1982	698	0
10	Jimmy Watson	Philadelphia Flyers	1972–1982	613	2
14	Kenny Wharram	Chicago Black Hawks	1951–1969	766	1
11	Art Wiebe	Chicago Black Hawks	1932–1933, 1934–1944	414	1
22	Steve Yzerman*	Detroit Red Wings	1983–2004, 2005–2006	1,514	3
15	Henrik Zetterberg	Detroit Red Wings	2002–2004, 2005–2018	1,082	1

Honorable mention

Counts by franchise

Team name	Past name(s)	Player count
Anaheim Ducks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1
Arizona Coyotes	Winnipeg Jets Phoenix Coyotes	2
Boston Bruins		15
Buffalo Sabres		3
Calgary Flames	Atlanta Flames	1
Carolina Hurricanes	Hartford Whalers	0
Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Black Hawks	14
Colorado Avalanche	Quebec Nordiques	3
Columbus Blue Jackets		0
Dallas Stars	Minnesota North Stars	4
Detroit Red Wings	Detroit Cougars Detroit Falcons	14
Edmonton Oilers		0
Florida Panthers		0
Los Angeles Kings		2
Minnesota Wild		0
Montreal Canadiens		19
Nashville Predators		1
New Jersey Devils	Kansas City Scouts Colorado Rockies	3
New York Islanders		5
New York Rangers		15
Ottawa Senators		2
Philadelphia Flyers		3
Pittsburgh Penguins		1
Seattle Kraken		0
St. Louis Blues		2
San Jose Sharks		0
Tampa Bay Lightning		0
Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Arenas Toronto St. Patricks	10
Vancouver Canucks		4
Vegas Golden Knights		0
Washington Capitals		1
Winnipeg Jets	Atlanta Thrashers	2

Potential future candidates

The following active players have played at least ten seasons exclusively for one team to date. Table updated as of the 2023–24 season.

Contents

List of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 00:22, 20 June 2024

List

Honorable mention

Counts by franchise

Potential future candidates

Disqualified from the list

See also

References

External links

*	Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
#	Not yet eligible for Hockey Hall of Fame consideration^[1]