Vegas Golden Knights forward. Phil Kessel played in his 990th consecutive game last night and is now an NHL Ironman, the most consecutive games in NHL history.
Kessel’s streak began with the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 3, 2009. He played six seasons with the Leafs before being traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he played four seasons. He spent three seasons with the Arizona Coyotes before signing with the Golden Knights in the offseason.
In the NHL, only 380 players have played in 990 games in their entire career.
| Rank | Name | games | Start | The end |
| 1 | * Phil Kessel | 990 | November 3, 2009 | – |
| Keith Yandle | 989 | March 26, 2009 | March 29, 2022 | |
| 3 | Doug Jarvis | 964 | October 8, 1975 | October 10, 1987 |
| 4 | Harry Unger | 914 | February 24, 1968 | December 21, 1979 |
| 5 | Patrick Marlowe | 910 | April 9, 2009 | May 12, 2021 |
| 6 | Steve Larmer | 884 | October 6, 1982 | April 15, 1993 |
| 7 | Andrew Kalyan | 830 | October 4, 2007 | January 13, 2018 |
| 8 | Craig Ramsay | 776 | March 27, 1973 | February 10, 1983 |
| 9 | Jay Baumeister | 737 | March 6, 2004 | November 22, 2014 |
| 10 | * Brent Burns | 685 | November 21, 2013 | – |
| 11 | Henrik Sedin | 679 | March 21, 2004 | January 18, 2014 |
| 12 | Andy Hebenton | 630 | October 7, 1955 | March 22, 1964 |
| 13 | Karl Alzner | 622 | October 8, 2010 | April 7, 2018 |
| 14 | Antoine Vermette | 617 | October 27, 2007 | October 22, 2015 |
| 15 | Johnny Wilson | 580 | February 10, 1952 | March 20, 1960 |
| 16 | Billy Harris | 576 | October 7, 1972 | November 28, 1979 |
| 17 | Mark Recky | 570 | October 4, 1991 | December 11, 1998 |
| 18 | Danny Grant | 566 | December 4, 1968 | December 19, 1975 |
| 19 | Alex Delvecchio | 548 | December 13, 1956 | November 11, 1964 |
| 20 | Brendan Morrison | 542 | February 27, 2000 | December 12, 2007 |
| 21 | Craig McTavish | 519 | October 12, 1986 | January 2, 1993 |
| 22 | Yorom Iginla | 529 | October 4, 2007 | March 30, 2014 |
| 23 | Brad Boyce | 513 | October 5, 2005 | November 23, 2011 |
| 24 | JP Parise | 523 | February 16, 1972 | November 19, 1978 |
| 25 | Andrey Brunet | 509 | January 2, 2002 | February 19, 2009 |
| 26 | John Marks | 509 | October 27, 1973 | December 30, 1979 |
| 27 | Murray Murdoch | 508 | November 16, 1926 | March 21, 1937 |
| 28 | Glen Hall (G) | 502 | October 6, 1955 | November 7, 1962 |
* denotes an active series
** Data taken from NHL Record Archive
