List of NFL players by games played

All-time most appearances (minimum 200 games played)

Regular season only: [1] (includes AAFC and AFL games)

Morten Andersen played in more NFL games than any other player.

Positions played
C	Center	G	Guard	NT	Nose Tackle	QB	Quarterback
CB	Cornerback	K	Placekicker	OL	0Off. Lineman0	RB	Running Back
DE	Defensive End	KR	0Kick Returner0	OT	Off. Tackle	S	Safety
DT	0Defensive Tackle0	LB	Linebacker	P	Punter	TE	Tight End
FB	Fullback	LS	Long Snapper	PR	0Punt Returner0	WR	Wide Receiver

If more than one position is listed for a player, the BOLD listing is his primary position. This list is sorted by 1) games played, 2) first year played, 3) last year played and 4) surname.

Bold denotes an active player		Most games for that position^		Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame*

Updated through the 2020 season.

Jason Hanson holds the NFL record of 21 seasons with the same team as placekicker for the Lions.

QB Tom Brady leads all active players with more than 300 games played.

Jerry Rice played 303 games primarily on offense, an NFL record.

Brett Favre has played the most NFL games at quarterback.

Bruce Matthews (left) played a record 296 games as an offensive lineman. His brother Clay (right) holds the record for games at linebacker.

No one has played more games at the cornerback position than Darrell Green

Jim Marshall holds the record for most games played at defensive end, 282.

Jason Witten holds the longevity record for tight ends with 271 games played.

Lou Groza, who set the standard for longevity, was both a kicker and offensive tackle for 268 games from the 1940s through the 1960s.

David Binn played 256 games as a long snapper, an NFL record.

Rod Woodson leads all kick and punt returners with 238 games played. He was primarily a cornerback and also played safety.

Emmitt Smith played a record 226 games at running back for the Cowboys and Cardinals

Regular Season Games Played
Rank	Name	Position	Period	Games
1	Morten Andersen*	K ^	1982–2007	382
2	Adam Vinatieri	K	1996–2019	365
3	Gary Anderson	K	1982–2004	353
4	Jeff Feagles	P ^	1988–2009	352
5	George Blanda*	K, QB	1949–1975	340
6	Jason Hanson	K	1992–2012	327
7	Phil Dawson	K	1999–2018	305
8	Jerry Rice*	WR ^	1985–2004	303
9	John Carney	K	1988–2010	302
9	Brett Favre*	QB ^	1991–2010	302
11	John Kasay	K	1991–2011	301
11	Tom Brady	QB	2000–present	301
13	Matt Stover	K	1991–2009	297
14	Bruce Matthews*	OL ^	1983–2001	296
15	Darrell Green*	CB ^	1983–2002	295
16	Drew Brees	QB	2001–present	287
17	Shane Lechler	P	2000–2017	286
18	Sean Landeta	P	1985–2005	284
18	Sebastian Janikowski	K	2000–2018	284
20	Jim Marshall	DE ^	1960–1979	282
21	Trey Junkin	LS ^ TE, LB	1983–2002	281
22	Bruce Smith*	DE	1985–2003	279
23	Clay Matthews	LB ^	1978–1996	278
24	Norm Johnson	K	1982–1999	273
25	Jason Witten	TE ^	2003–2020	271
26	Tony Gonzalez*	TE	1997–2013	270
27	Lou Groza*	K, OT	1946–1967	268
27	Junior Seau*	LB	1990–2009	268
29	Peyton Manning	QB	1998–2015	266
29	Julius Peppers	DE, LB	2002–2018	266
31	Andy Lee	P	2004–present	264
32	Jan Stenerud*	K	1967–1985	263
	Lomas Brown	OT ^	1985–2002
	Jason Elam	K	1993–2009
	Larry Fitzgerald	WR	2004–present
36	Ray Brown	G ^	1986–2005	262
37	Nick Lowery	K	1978–1996	260
37	Don Muhlbach	LS	2004–present	260
39	Jackie Slater*	OT	1976–1995	259
39	Lee Johnson	P	1985–2002	259
41	David Binn	LS	1994–2010	256
41	London Fletcher	LB	1998–2013	256
43	Earl Morrall	QB	1956–1976	255
	Irving Fryar	WR	1984–2000
	Tim Brown*	WR	1988–2004
46	Charles Woodson	S ^	1998–2015	254
47	L.P. Ladouceur	LS	2005–present	253
48	Mike Kenn	OT	1978–1994	251
49	Pat Leahy	K	1974–1991	250
	Eddie Murray	K	1980–2000
	Eugene Robinson	S	1985–2000
52	Al Del Greco	K	1984–2000	248
53	Fran Tarkenton*	QB	1961–1978	246
	Jeff Van Note	C ^	1969–1986
	Blair Bush	C ^	1978–1994
56	Mike Webster*	C	1974–1990	245
56	Patrick Mannelly	LS	1998–2013	245
58	Ray Donaldson	C	1980–1996	244
	Ricky Proehl	WR	1990–2006
	Chris Gardocki	P	1991–2006
	Matt Turk	P	1995–2011
	Terrell Suggs	LB	2003–2019
	Philip Rivers	QB	2004–2020
	Dustin Colquitt	P	2005–present
65	Bill Romanowski	LB	1988–2003	243
66	Dan Marino*	QB	1983–1999	242
67	Ed White	G	1969–1985	241
	Craig Hentrich	P	1994–2009
	Kevin Mawae*	C	1994–2009
	Ronde Barber	CB	1997–2012
	Matt Bryant	K	2002–2019
	Frank Gore	RB ^	2005–present
73	Ron McDole	DE	1961–1978	240
	Mick Tingelhoff*	C	1962–1978
	Ryan Longwell	K	1997–2012
76	Charlie Joiner*	WR	1969–1986	239
	Jerry Fontenot	C	1989–2004
	Chris Mohr	P	1989–2004
	Lorenzo Neal	FB ^	1993–2008
	Sam Koch	P	2006–present
81	Reggie Roby	P	1983–1998	238
	Rod Woodson*	CB, KR, PR, S	1987–2003
	Bryan Barker	P	1990–2005
	Brad Maynard	P	1997–2011
85	David Akers	K	1998–2013	237
86	Clyde Simmons	DE	1986–2000	236
	Ted Washington	NT ^	1991–2007
	Ethan Albright	LS, C	1995–2010
	Antonio Gates	TE	2003–2018
	Eli Manning	QB	2004–2019
	Robbie Gould	K	2005–present
92	Matt Bahr	K	1979–1995	235
	Pete Metzelaars	TE	1982–1997
	Olindo Mare	K	1997–2012
	Mike Leach	LS	2000–2015
96	Jim Bakken	K	1962–1978	234
	Stan Brock	OT	1980–1995
	John Elway*	QB	1983–1998
	Andre Reed*	WR	1985–2000
	Cris Carter*	WR	1987–2002
	Kendall Gammon	LS	1992–2006
	Tony Richardson	FB	1995–2010
	Lawyer Milloy	S	1996–2010
104	James Lofton*	WR	1978–1993	233
	Rohn Stark	P	1982–1997
	Vinny Testaverde	QB	1987–2007
	Jason Taylor*	DE, LB	1997–2011
	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	2004–present
109	Chris Doleman*	DE	1985–1999	232
109	Reggie White*	DE	1985–2000	232
111	Frank Winters	C	1987–2002	231
112	James Farrior	LB	1997–2011	230
112	Derrick Mason	WR	1997–2011	230
114	Steve Christie	K	1990–2004	229
114	Keith Traylor	NT	1991–2007	229
116	Jim Turner	K	1964–1979	228
	Henry Ellard	WR	1983–1998
	Jim Sweeney	C	1984–1999
	Kevin Greene*	LB	1985–1999
	Ray Lewis*	LB	1996–2012
	Mike Adams	S	2004–2019
122	Rickey Jackson*	LB	1981–1995	227
	Jim Jeffcoat	DE	1983–1997
	Raleigh McKenzie	OL	1985–2000
	Casey Wiegmann	C	1997–2011
126	Paul Krause*	S	1964–1979	226
	Emmitt Smith*	RB	1990–2004
	Donnie Jones	P	2004–2018
129	Carl Eller*	DE	1964–1979	225
	Albert Lewis	CB	1983–1998
	Hardy Nickerson	LB	1987–2002
	Keith Brooking	LB	1998–2012
133	John Hadl	QB	1962–1977	224
	Ed "Too Tall" Jones	DE	1974–1989
	Carl Hairston	DE, DT	1976–1990
	Art Monk*	WR	1980–1995
	Mark Royals	P	1987–2003
	Dan Stryzinski	P	1990–2003
	Will Shields*	G	1993–2006
	John Lynch	S	1993–2007
	Derrick Brooks*	LB	1995–2008
	Kevin Carter	DE	1995–2008
	Brian Dawkins*	S	1996–2011
	John Denney	LS	2005–2018
	Andrew Whitworth	OT, G	2006–present
	Mason Crosby	K	2007–present
147	Max Montoya	G	1979–1994	223
	Brian Mitchell	KR^, PR	1990–2003
	Isaac Bruce*	WR	1994–2009
150	Marcus Allen*	RB	1982–1997	222
150	Randall McDaniel*	G	1988–2001	222
152	Justin Smith	DE	2001–2014	221
152	Terence Newman	CB	2003–2017	221
154	Tom Tupa	P, QB	1988–2004	220
	Dave Moore	TE, LS	1992–2006
	Bob Whitfield	OT	1992–2006
157	John Randle*	DT ^	1990–2003	219
	Jeff Zgonina	DT ^	1993–2009
	Wayne Gandy	OT	1994–2008
	Terrell Owens*	WR	1996–2010
	Takeo Spikes	LB	1998–2012
	Dominic Raiola	C	2001–2014
	Steve Smith, Sr.	WR	2001–2016
	Stephen Gostkowski	K	2006–present
165	Sonny Jurgensen*	QB	1957–1974	218
	Alan Page*	DT	1967–1981
	Jim Ritcher	OL	1980–1995
	Joe Nash	NT, DT	1982–1996
	Dan Turk	LS	1985–1999
	Randy Moss*	WR	1998–2012
	Dwight Freeney	DE	2002–2017
172	Jerrel Wilson	P	1963–1978	217
	Gene Upshaw*	G	1967–1981
	Guy Morriss	OL	1973–1987
	Bill Bates	S	1983–1997
	Eric Allen	CB	1988–2001
	Hines Ward	WR	1998–2011
	Marcedes Lewis	TE	2006–present
179	Dave Butz	DT	1973–1988	216
	Dave Brown	CB	1975–1989
	Darryl Talley	LB	1983–1996
	Dwight Stone	KR, WR	1987–2000
	Michael Strahan*	DE	1993–2007
184	Ted Hendricks*	LB	1969–1983	215
	Monte Coleman	LB	1979–1994
	John Kidd	P	1984–1998
	Champ Bailey*	CB	1999–2013
188	Ray Crockett	CB	1989–2002	214
	Vonnie Holliday	DE	1998–2012
	Domata Peko	NT	2006–2019
191	Jimmy Johnson*	CB	1961–1976	213
	Pat Fischer	CB	1961–1977
	Mark Moseley	K	1970–1986
	Steve McMichael	DT	1980–1994
	Dave Krieg	QB	1980–1998
	Kevin Gogan	G	1987–2000
	Henry Thomas	DT	1987–2000
	Todd Steussie	OL	1994–2007
	Jason Peters	OT	2004–present
200	Jeff Gossett	P	1981–1996	212
	Rodney Holman	TE	1982–1995
	Brian Hansen	P	1984–1999
	Bruce Armstrong	OT	1987–2000
	Roman Phifer	LB	1991–2005
	Willie McGinest	LB	1994–2008
	Rian Lindell	K	2000–2013
	Karlos Dansby	LB	2004–2017
208	Johnny Unitas*	QB	1956–1973	211
	Len Dawson*	QB	1957–1975
	Drew Hill	WR	1979–1993
	Earnest Byner	RB	1984–1997
	Ed West	TE	1984–1997
	Jeff Dellenbach	C	1985–1999
	Trace Armstrong	DE	1989–2003
	Aeneas Williams*	CB, S	1991–2004
	Jeff Saturday	C	1999–2012
	Jay Feely	K	2001–2014
	Reggie Wayne	WR	2001–2014
	Johnathan Joseph	CB	2006–present
220	Jim Otto*	C	1960–1974	210
	Fred Cox	K	1963–1977
	Jackie Smith*	TE	1963–1978
	Elvin Bethea*	DE	1968–1983
	Chris Bahr	K	1976–1989
	Matt Birk	C	1998–2012
226	Randy White*	DT	1975–1988	209
	Jessie Tuggle	LB	1987–2000
	Terrell Buckley	CB	1992–2005
	Keenan McCardell	WR	1992–2007
	Matt Hasselbeck	QB	1999–2015
	Brad Meester	C	2000–2013
	Antoine Bethea	S	2006–2019
233	Len Rohde	OT	1960–1974	208
	Merlin Olsen*	DT	1962–1976
	Harold Jackson	WR	1968–1983
	Raymond Clayborn	CB	1977–1991
	Warren Moon*	QB	1984–2000
	Marvcus Patton	LB	1990–2002
	Kelvin Pritchett	DT	1991–2004
	Chris Gray	G	1993–2007
	Bryant Young	DT, DE	1994–2007
	Brian Jennings	LS	2000–2012
243	Craig Morton	QB	1965–1982	207
	Randy Rasmussen	G	1967–1981
	Art Shell*	OT	1968–1982
	Ron Yary*	OT	1968–1982
	Ken Riley	CB	1969–1983
	Ray Guy*	P	1973–1986
	Eugene Daniel	CB	1984–1997
	Howard Cross	TE	1989–2001
	Marco Coleman	DE	1992–2005
	Troy Vincent	CB, S	1992–2006
	Jon Runyan	OT	1996–2009
	Bryan Robinson	DE	1997–2010
	Ryan Pickett	DT	2001–2014
256	Charlie Cowan	OT	1961–1975	206
	Julius Adams	DE	1971–1987
	Ray Wersching	K	1973–1987
	Reggie Williams	LB	1976–1989
	Steve DeBerg	QB	1978–1998
	Cornelius Bennett	LB	1987–2000
	James Hasty	CB	1988–2001
	Steve Wisniewski	G	1989–2001
	Terance Mathis	WR	1990–2002
	Sam Adams	DT	1994–2007
	Mike Vrabel	LB	1997–2010
	Alan Faneca	G	1998–2010
	Roberto Garza	G, C	2001–2014
269	Doug Atkins*	DE	1953–1969	205
	Dave Dalby	C	1972–1985
	Dave Jennings	P	1974–1987
	Nesby Glasgow	S	1979–1992
	Rich Camarillo	P	1981–1996
	Mike Horan	P	1984–1999
	Dale Hellestrae	LS	1985–2001
	Aaron Glenn	CB	1994–2008
	Darren Sharper	S	1997–2010
	Donald Driver	WR	1999–2012
	Benjamin Watson	TE	2004–2019
	Tramon Williams	CB	2007–present
	Matt Ryan	QB	2008–present
282	Y. A. Tittle*	QB	1948–1964	204
	Grady Alderman	OT	1960–1974
	Willie Brown*	CB	1963–1978
	Doug Wilkerson	G	1970–1984
	Lionel Washington	CB	1983–1997
	Kyle Clifton	LB	1984–1996
	Kevin Ross	CB	1984–1997
	Shannon Sharpe*	TE	1990–2003
290	Doug Dieken	OT	1971–1984	203
	Tom Rafferty	OL	1976–1989
	Ken Clarke	NT, DT	1978–1991
	Richard Dent*	DE	1983–1997
	John Jackson	OT	1988–2001
	Larry Allen*	G	1994–2007
	Ty Law*	CB	1995–2009
	Jason Kyle	LS	1995–2010
	Kevin Williams	DT	2003–2015
	Brett Kern	P	2008–present
	Matt Prater	K	2007–present
301	Gene Hickerson*	G	1958–1973	202
	Joe Scibelli	G	1961–1975
	Tony McGee	DE	1971–1984
	Jack Youngblood*	DE	1971–1984
	Adam Schreiber	LS, G	1984–1999
	Rob Burnett	DE	1990–2003
	Anthony Pleasant	DE, DT	1990–2003
	Jeff Robinson	DE, TE, LS	1993–2009
	Muhsin Muhammad	WR	1996–2009
	Brian Moorman	P	2001–2013
	Anquan Boldin	WR	2003–2016
312	John Brodie	QB	1957–1973	201
	Jim Hart	QB	1966–1984
	Donnie Shell*	S	1974–1987
	George Martin	DE	1975–1988
	Scott Studwell	LB	1977–1990
	Tim Irwin	OT	1981–1994
	Sean Jones	DE	1984–1996
	Mack Strong	FB	1994–2007
	Phillip Daniels	DE	1996–2010
	Josh Brown	K	2003–2016
	Jon Dorenbos	LS	2003–2016
	Eric Weddle	S	2007–2019
324	Wayne Walker	LB, K	1958–1972	200
	Russ Washington	OT, DT	1968–1982
	Mel Blount*	CB	1970–1983
	Steve Largent*	WR	1976–1989
	Fred Smerlas	NT	1979–1992
	Adam Lingner	LS	1983–1995
	Greg Kragen	NT	1985–1997
	Joe Phillips	NT, DT, DE	1986–1999
	Mo Lewis	LB	1991–2003
	Jeff Wilkins	K	1994–2007
	Larry Izzo	LB	1996–2009
	Pat Williams	DT	1997–2010
	Justin Snow	LS	2000–2012
Rank	Name	Position	Period	Games

References

"NFL players with at least 200 games played". Pro football reference.com. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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List of NFL players by games played

All-time most appearances (minimum 200 games played)

See also

References