List of oldest National Hockey League players

Oldest players in a regular season or playoff game

Goaltenders

• 45 years, 345 days - Maurice Roberts
• 45 years, 32 days - Johnny Bower
• 44 years, 323 days - Gump Worsley
• 44 years, 99 days - Lester Patrick
• 44 years, 78 days - Jacques Plante
• 43 years, 78 days - Dominik Hasek
• 42 years, 241 days - Martin Brodeur
• 42 years, 194 days - David Ayres
• 42 years, 178 days - Dwayne Roloson
• 42 years, 136 days - Eddie Johnston
• 42 years, 91 days - Hughie Lehman
• 41 years, 350 days - Ed Belfour
• 41 years, 344 days - Curtis Joseph
• 41 years, 177 days - George Hainsworth
• 40 years, 307 days - Nikolai Khabibulin
• 40 years, 288 days - Tony Esposito
• 40 years, 107 days - Terry Sawchuk
• 40 years, 66 days - Sean Burke
• 40 years, 32 days - Hap Holmes
• 40 years, 10 days - Tim Thomas
• - Ryan Miller
• 40 years, 3 days - Roberto Luongo

  Position players

41–52 years

• 52 years, 11 days - Gordie Howe
• 48 years, 71 days - Chris Chelios
• 45 years, 319 days - Jaromir Jagr
• 44 years, 100 days - Doug Harvey
• 44 years, 39 days - Tim Horton
• 43 years, 317 days - Teemu Selanne
• 43 years, 277 days - Claude Lemieux
• 43 years, 134 days - Mark Recchi
• 43 years, 129 days - Igor Larionov
• - Zdeno Chara
• 43 years, 73 days - Mark Messier
• 43 years, 35 days - Allan Stanley
• 42 years, 332 days - Johnny Bucyk
• 42 years, 282 days - Gary Roberts
• 42 years, 155 days - Matt Cullen
• 42 years, 126 days - Frank Boucher
• 42 years, 100 days - Dave Andreychuk
• 42 years, 13 days - Dave Keon
• 41 years, 358 days - Tommy Albelin
• 41 years, 357 days - Nicklas Lidstrom
• 41 years, 352 days - Ray Whitney
• 41 years, 335 days - Alex Delvecchio
• 41 years, 220 days - Adam Oates
• 41 years, 156 days - Carl Brewer
• 41 years, 136 days - Daniel Alfredsson
• 41 years, 114 days - Doug Mohns
• 41 years, 98 days - Bobby Hull
• 41 years, 84 days - Dean Prentice
• 41 years, 66 days - Brett Hull
• 41 years, 62 days - Ron Francis
• 41 years, 53 days - Terry Harper
• - Joe Thornton

  40 years

• 40 years, 357 days - Steve Yzerman
• 40 years, 355 days - Sergei Gonchar
• 40 years, 337 days - Mike Modano
• 40 years, 323 days - Larry Robinson
• 40 years, 319 days - Mathieu Schneider
• 40 years, 311 days - Scott Mellanby
• - Patrick Marleau
• 40 years, 297 days - Mike Knuble
• 40 years, 294 days - James Patrick
• 40 years, 293 days - Steve Thomas
• 40 years, 283 days - George Armstrong
• 40 years, 282 days - Teppo Numminen
• 40 years, 243 days - Ron Stewart
• 40 years, 190 days - Larry Zeidel
• 40 years, 190 days - Jean Ratelle
• 40 years, 189 days - Sean O'Donnell
• 40 years, 180 days - Kjell Samuelsson
• 40 years, 180 days - Shane Doan
• 40 years, 164 days - Rob Blake
• 40 years, 163 days - Bill Cook
• 40 years, 163 days - Ray Bourque
• 40 years, 142 days - Grant Ledyard
• 40 years, 97 days - Al MacInnis
• 40 years, 95 days - Brendan Shanahan
• 40 years, 92 days - Harry Howell
• 40 years, 90 days - Kimmo Timonen
• 40 years, 79 days - Joe Nieuwendyk
• 40 years, 72 days - Mario Lemieux
• 40 years, 68 days - Guy Carbonneau
• 40 years, 59 days - Luc Robitaille
• 40 years, 57 days - Viacheslav Fetisov
• 40 years, 56 days - Joe Mullen
• 40 years, 46 days - Larry Murphy
• 40 years, 45 days - Ken Schinkel
• 40 years, 40 days - Noel Price
• 40 years, 23 days - Mark Howe
• 40 years, 19 days - Don Marshall
• 40 years, 3 days - Dit Clapper