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 has played in more NFL games than anyone else.

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*

Brett Favre has played the most NFL games as quarterback.

Jeff Feagles has punted in 352 NFL games.

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

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

Warren Moon played 208 NFL games at quarterback.

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

Tony Gonzalez, who holds the longevity record for tight ends, retired at the end of the 2013 season.

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

Patrick Mannelly played 245 games as the long snapper for the Bears. The 2013 season was his 16th playing on special teams.

Hall of Famer Randall McDaniel played 222 games at the Guard position.

Kicker Adam Vinatieri leads all active players with over 300 games played.

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

Lou Groza was both a kicker and offensive tackle for 268 games from the 1940s thru the 1960s.

After playing 218 games as a Hall of Fame defensive tackle, Alan Page became an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Peyton Manning leads all active quarterbacks in regular season games played.

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

Regular Season Games Played

Rank	Name	Position	Period	Games	Updated Thru
1	Andersen, MortenMorten Andersen	K ^	1982–2007	382
2	Anderson, GaryGary Anderson	K	1982–2004	353
3	Feagles, JeffJeff Feagles	P ^	1988–2009	352
4	Blanda, GeorgeGeorge Blanda*	K, QB	1949–1975	340
5	Hanson, JasonJason Hanson	K	1992–2012	327
6	Vinatieri, AdamAdam Vinatieri	K	1996–present	306	2015
7	Rice, JerryJerry Rice*	WR ^	1985–2004	303
8	Carney, JohnJohn Carney	K	1988–2010	302
	Favre, BrettBrett Favre*	QB ^	1991–2010
10	Kasay, JohnJohn Kasay	K	1991–2011	301
11	Stover, MattMatt Stover	K	1991–2009	297
12	Matthews, BruceBruce Matthews*	OL ^	1983–2001	296
13	Green, DarrellDarrell Green*	CB ^	1983–2002	295
14	Landeta, SeanSean Landeta	P	1985–2005	284
15	Marshall, JimJim Marshall	DE ^	1960–1979	282
16	Junkin, TreyTrey Junkin	LS ^ TE,LB	1983–2002	281
17	Smith, BruceBruce Smith*	DE	1985–2003	279
18	Matthews, ClayClay Matthews	LB ^	1978–1996	278
19	Johnson, NormNorm Johnson	K	1982–1999	273
20	Gonzalez, TonyTony Gonzalez	TE ^	1997–2013	270
21	Groza, LouLou Groza*	K, OT	1946–1967	268
	Seau, JuniorJunior Seau*	LB	1990–2009
23	Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning	QB	1998–2015	266
24	Stenerud, JanJan Stenerud*	K	1967–1985	263
	Brown, LomasLomas Brown	OT ^	1985–2002
	Elam, JasonJason Elam	K	1993–2009
	Dawson, PhilPhil Dawson	K	1999–present		2015
28	Brown, RayRay Brown	G ^	1986–2005	262
29	Lowery, NickNick Lowery	K	1978–1996	260
30	Slater, JackieJackie Slater*	OT	1976–1995	259
	Johnson, LeeLee Johnson	P	1985–2002
32	Binn, DavidDavid Binn	LS	1994–2010	256
	Fletcher, LondonLondon Fletcher	LB	1998–2013
34	Morrall, EarlEarl Morrall	QB	1956–1976	255
	Fryar, IrvingIrving Fryar	WR	1984–2000
	Brown, TimTim Brown*	WR	1988–2004
37	Woodson, CharlesCharles Woodson	S ^	1998–2015	254
	Lechler, ShaneShane Lechler	P	2000–present		2015
39	Janikowski, SebastianSebastian Janikowski	K	2000–present	252	2015
40	Kenn, MikeMike Kenn	OT	1978–1994	251
41	Leahy, PatPat Leahy	K	1974–1991	250
	Murray, EddieEddie Murray	K	1980–2000
	Robinson, EugeneEugene Robinson	S	1985–2000
44	Del Greco, AlAl Del Greco	K	1984–2000	248
45	Tarkenton, FranFran Tarkenton*	QB	1961–1978	246
	Van Note, JeffJeff Van Note	C ^	1969–1986
	Bush, BlairBlair Bush	C ^	1978–1994
48	Webster, MikeMike Webster*	C	1974–1990	245
	Mannelly, PatrickPatrick Mannelly	LS	1998–2013
50	Donaldson, RayRay Donaldson	C	1980–1996	244
	Proehl, RickyRicky Proehl	WR	1990–2006
	Gardocki, ChrisChris Gardocki	P	1991–2006
	Turk, MattMatt Turk	P	1995–2011
54	Romanowski, BillBill Romanowski	LB	1988–2003	243
55	Marino, DanDan Marino*	QB	1983–1999	242
56	White, EdEd White	G	1969–1985	241
	Hentrich, CraigCraig Hentrich	P	1994–2009
	Mawae, KevinKevin Mawae	C	1994–2009
	Barber, RondeRonde Barber	CB	1997–2012
60	McDole, RonRon McDole	DE	1961–1978	240
	Tingelhoff, MickMick Tingelhoff*	C	1962–1978
	Longwell, RyanRyan Longwell	K	1997–2012
63	Joiner, CharlieCharlie Joiner*	WR	1969–1986	239
	Fontenot, JerryJerry Fontenot	C	1989–2004
	Mohr, ChrisChris Mohr	P	1989–2004
	Neal, LorenzoLorenzo Neal	FB ^	1993–2008
67	Roby, ReggieReggie Roby	P	1983–1998	238
	Woodson, RodRod Woodson*	KR ^ PR ^ CB, S	1987–2003
	Barker, BryanBryan Barker	P	1990–2005
	Maynard, BradBrad Maynard	P	1997–2011
71	Akers, DavidDavid Akers	K	1998–2013	237
71	Simmons, ClydeClyde Simmons	DE	1986–2000	236
	Washington, TedTed Washington	NT ^	1991–2007
	Albright, EthanEthan Albright	LS, C	1995–2010
75	Bahr, MattMatt Bahr	K	1979–1995	235
	Metzelaars, PetePete Metzelaars	TE	1982–1997
	Mare, OlindoOlindo Mare	K	1997–2012
	Leach, MikeMike Leach	LS	2000–2015
79	Bakken, JimJim Bakken	K	1962–1978	234
	Brock, StanStan Brock	OT	1980–1995
	Elway, JohnJohn Elway*	QB	1983–1998
	Reed, AndreAndre Reed*	WR	1985–2000
	Carter, CrisCris Carter*	WR	1987–2002
	Gammon, KendallKendall Gammon	LS	1992–2006
	Richardson, TonyTony Richardson	FB	1995–2010
	Milloy, LawyerLawyer Milloy	S	1996–2010
87	Lofton, JamesJames Lofton*	WR	1978–1993	233
	Stark, RohnRohn Stark	P	1982–1997
	Testaverde, VinnyVinny Testaverde	QB	1987–2007
	Taylor, JasonJason Taylor	DE, LB	1997–2011
91	Doleman, ChrisChris Doleman*	DE	1985–1999	232
	White, ReggieReggie White*	DE	1985–2000
93	Winters, FrankFrank Winters	C	1987–2002	231
94	Farrior, JamesJames Farrior	LB	1997–2011	230
	Mason, DerrickDerrick Mason	WR	1997–2011
96	Christie, SteveSteve Christie	K	1990–2004	229
	Traylor, KeithKeith Traylor	NT	1991–2007
98	Turner, JimJim Turner	K	1964–1979	228
	Ellard, HenryHenry Ellard	WR	1983–1998
	Sweeney, JimJim Sweeney	C	1984–1999
	Greene, KevinKevin Greene*	LB	1985–1999
	Lewis, RayRay Lewis	LB	1996–2012
103	Jackson, RickeyRickey Jackson*	LB	1981–1995	227
	Jeffcoat, JimJim Jeffcoat	DE	1983–1997
	McKenzie, RaleighRaleigh McKenzie	OL	1985–2000
	Wiegmann, CaseyCasey Wiegmann	C	1997–2011
107	Krause, PaulPaul Krause*	S	1964–1979	226
	Smith, EmmittEmmitt Smith*	RB ^	1990–2004
109	Eller, CarlCarl Eller*	DE	1964–1979	225
	Lewis, AlbertAlbert Lewis	CB	1983–1998
	Nickerson, HardyHardy Nickerson	LB	1987–2002
	Brooking, KeithKeith Brooking	LB	1998–2012
	Brady, TomTom Brady	QB	2000–present		2015
114	Hadl, JohnJohn Hadl	QB	1962–1977	224
	Jones, Ed "Too Tall"Ed "Too Tall" Jones	DE	1974–1989
	Hairston, CarlCarl Hairston	DE, DT	1976–1990
	Monk, ArtArt Monk*	WR	1980–1995
	Royals, MarkMark Royals	P	1987–2003
	Stryzinski, DanDan Stryzinski	P	1990–2003
	Shields, WillWill Shields*	G	1993–2006
	Lynch, JohnJohn Lynch	S	1993–2007
	Brooks, DerrickDerrick Brooks*	LB	1995–2008
	Carter, KevinKevin Carter	DE	1995–2008
	Dawkins, BrianBrian Dawkins	S	1996–2011
125	Montoya, MaxMax Montoya	G	1979–1994	223
	Mitchell, BrianBrian Mitchell	KR, PR	1990–2003
	Bruce, IsaacIsaac Bruce	WR	1994–2009
128	Allen, MarcusMarcus Allen*	RB	1982–1997	222
	McDaniel, RandallRandall McDaniel*	G	1988–2001
130	Smith, JustinJustin Smith	DE	2001–2014	221
131	Tupa, TomTom Tupa	P, QB	1988–2004	220
	Moore, DaveDave Moore	TE, LS	1992–2006
	Whitfield, BobBob Whitfield	OT	1992–2006
134	Randle, JohnJohn Randle*	DT ^	1990–2003	219
	Zgonina, JeffJeff Zgonina	DT ^	1993–2009
	Gandy, WayneWayne Gandy	OT	1994–2008
	Owens, TerrellTerrell Owens	WR	1996–2010
	Spikes, TakeoTakeo Spikes	LB	1998–2012
	Raiola, DominicDominic Raiola	C	2001–2014
140	Jurgensen, SonnySonny Jurgensen*	QB	1957–1974	218
	Page, AlanAlan Page*	DT	1967–1981
	Ritcher, JimJim Ritcher	OL	1980–1995
	Nash, JoeJoe Nash	NT, DT	1982–1996
	Turk, DanDan Turk	LS	1985–1999
	Moss, RandyRandy Moss	WR	1998–2012
	Peppers, JuliusJulius Peppers	DE, LB	2002–present		2015
147	Wilson, JerrelJerrel Wilson	P	1963–1978	217
	Upshaw, GeneGene Upshaw*	G	1967–1981
	Morriss, GuyGuy Morriss	OL	1973–1987
	Bates, BillBill Bates	S	1983–1997
	Allen, EricEric Allen	CB	1988–2001
	Ward, HinesHines Ward	WR	1998–2011
	Brees, DrewDrew Brees	QB	2001–present		2015
154	Butz, DaveDave Butz	DT	1973–1988	216
	Brown, DaveDave Brown	CB	1975–1989
	Talley, DarrylDarryl Talley	LB	1983–1996
	Stone, DwightDwight Stone	KR, WR	1987–2000
	Strahan, MichaelMichael Strahan*	DE	1993–2007
159	Hendricks, TedTed Hendricks*	LB	1969–1983	215
	Coleman, MonteMonte Coleman	LB	1979–1994
	Kidd, JohnJohn Kidd	P	1984–1998
	Bailey, ChampChamp Bailey	CB	1999–2013
163	Crockett, RayRay Crockett	CB	1989–2002	214
	Holliday, VonnieVonnie Holliday	DE	1998–2012
165	Johnson, JimmyJimmy Johnson*	CB	1961–1976	213
	Fischer, PatPat Fischer	CB	1961–1977
	Moseley, MarkMark Moseley	K	1970–1986
	McMichael, SteveSteve McMichael	DT	1980–1994
	Krieg, DaveDave Krieg	QB	1980–1998
	Gogan, KevinKevin Gogan	G	1987–2000
	Thomas, HenryHenry Thomas	DT	1987–2000
	Steussie, ToddTodd Steussie	OL	1994–2007
173	Gossett, JeffJeff Gossett	P	1981–1996	212
	Holman, RodneyRodney Holman	TE	1982–1995
	Hansen, BrianBrian Hansen	P	1984–1999
	Armstrong, BruceBruce Armstrong	OT	1987–2000
	Phifer, RomanRoman Phifer	LB	1991–2005
	McGinest, WillieWillie McGinest	LB	1994–2008
	Lindell, RianRian Lindell	K	2000–2013
180	Unitas, JohnnyJohnny Unitas*	QB	1956–1973	211
	Dawson, LenLen Dawson*	QB	1957–1975
	Hill, DrewDrew Hill	WR	1979–1993
	Byner, EarnestEarnest Byner	RB	1984–1997
	West, EdEd West	TE	1984–1997
	Dellenbach, JeffJeff Dellenbach	C	1985–1999
	Armstrong, TraceTrace Armstrong	DE	1989–2003
	Williams, AeneasAeneas Williams*	CB, S	1991–2004
	Saturday, JeffJeff Saturday	C	1999–2012
	Feely, JayJay Feely	K	2001–2014
	Wayne, ReggieReggie Wayne	WR	2001–2014
191	Otto, JimJim Otto*	C	1960–1974	210
	Cox, FredFred Cox	K	1963–1977
	Smith, JackieJackie Smith*	TE	1963–1978
	Bethea, ElvinElvin Bethea*	DE	1968–1983
	Bahr, ChrisChris Bahr	K	1976–1989
	Birk, MattMatt Birk	C	1998–2012
197	White, RandyRandy White*	DT	1975–1988	209
	Tuggle, JessieJessie Tuggle	LB	1987–2000
	Buckley, TerrellTerrell Buckley	CB	1992–2005
	McCardell, KeenanKeenan McCardell	WR	1992–2007
	Hasselbeck, MattMatt Hasselbeck	QB	1999–2015
	Meester, BradBrad Meester	C	2000–2013
203	Rohde, LenLen Rohde	OT	1960–1974	208
	Olsen, MerlinMerlin Olsen*	DT	1962–1976
	Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson	WR	1968–1983
	Clayborn, RaymondRaymond Clayborn	CB	1977–1991
	Moon, WarrenWarren Moon*	QB	1984–2000
	Patton, MarvcusMarvcus Patton	LB	1990–2002
	Pritchett, KelvinKelvin Pritchett	DT	1991–2004
	Gray, ChrisChris Gray	G	1993–2007
	Young, BryantBryant Young	DT, DE	1994–2007
	Jennings, BrianBrian Jennings	LS	2000–2012
213	Morton, CraigCraig Morton	QB	1965–1982	207
	Rasmussen, RandyRandy Rasmussen	G	1967–1981
	Shell, ArtArt Shell*	OT	1968–1982
	Yary, RonRon Yary*	OT	1968–1982
	Riley, KenKen Riley	CB	1969–1983
	Guy, RayRay Guy*	P	1973–1986
	Daniel, EugeneEugene Daniel	CB	1984–1997
	Cross, HowardHoward Cross	TE	1989–2001
	Coleman, MarcoMarco Coleman	DE	1992–2005
	Vincent, TroyTroy Vincent	CB, S	1992–2006
	Runyan, JonJon Runyan	OT	1996–2009
	Robinson, BryanBryan Robinson	DE	1997–2010
	Pickett, RyanRyan Pickett	DT	2001–2014
	Witten, JasonJason Witten	TE	2003–present		2015
227	Cowan, CharlieCharlie Cowan	OT	1961–1975	206
	Adams, JuliusJulius Adams	DE	1971–1987
	Wersching, RayRay Wersching	K	1973–1987
	Williams, ReggieReggie Williams	LB	1976–1989
	DeBerg, SteveSteve DeBerg	QB	1978–1998
	Bennett, CorneliusCornelius Bennett	LB	1987–2000
	Hasty, JamesJames Hasty	CB	1988–2001
	Wisniewski, SteveSteve Wisniewski	G	1989–2001
	Mathis, TeranceTerance Mathis	WR	1990–2002
	Adams, SamSam Adams	DT	1994–2007
	Vrabel, MikeMike Vrabel	LB	1997–2010
	Faneca, AlanAlan Faneca	G	1998–2010
	Garza, RobertoRoberto Garza	G, C	2001–2014
240	Atkins, DougDoug Atkins*	DE	1953–1969	205
	Dalby, DaveDave Dalby	C	1972–1985
	Jennings, DaveDave Jennings	P	1974–1987
	Glasgow, NesbyNesby Glasgow	S	1979–1992
	Camarillo, RichRich Camarillo	P	1981–1996
	Horan, MikeMike Horan	P	1984–1999
	Hellestrae, DaleDale Hellestrae	LS	1985–2001
	Glenn, AaronAaron Glenn	CB	1994–2008
	Sharper, DarrenDarren Sharper	S	1997–2010
	Driver, DonaldDonald Driver	WR	1999–2012
	Smith, Sr., SteveSteve Smith, Sr.	WR	2001–present		2015
251	Tittle, Y. A.Y. A. Tittle*	QB	1948–1964	204
	Alderman, GradyGrady Alderman	OT	1960–1974
	Brown, WillieWillie Brown*	CB	1963–1978
	Wilkerson, DougDoug Wilkerson	G	1970–1984
	Washington, LionelLionel Washington	CB	1983–1997
	Clifton, KyleKyle Clifton	LB	1984–1996
	Ross, KevinKevin Ross	CB	1984–1997
	Sharpe, ShannonShannon Sharpe*	TE	1990–2003
259	Dieken, DougDoug Dieken	OT	1971–1984	203
	Rafferty, TomTom Rafferty	OL	1976–1989
	Clarke, KenKen Clarke	NT, DT	1978–1991
	Dent, RichardRichard Dent*	DE	1983–1997
	Jackson, JohnJohn Jackson	OT	1988–2001
	Allen, LarryLarry Allen*	G	1994–2007
	Law, TyTy Law	CB	1995–2009
	Kyle, JasonJason Kyle	LS	1995–2010
	Williams, KevinKevin Williams	DT	2003–present		2015
268	Hickerson, GeneGene Hickerson*	G	1958–1973	202
	Scibelli, JoeJoe Scibelli	G	1961–1975
	McGee, TonyTony McGee	DE	1971–1984
	Youngblood, JackJack Youngblood*	DE	1971–1984
	Schreiber, AdamAdam Schreiber	LS	1984–1999
	Burnett, RobRob Burnett	DE	1990–2003
	Pleasant, AnthonyAnthony Pleasant	DE, DT	1990–2003
	Robinson, JeffJeff Robinson	DE, TE, LS	1993–2009
	Muhammad, MuhsinMuhsin Muhammad	WR	1996–2009
	Moorman, BrianBrian Moorman	P	2001–2013
278	Brodie, JohnJohn Brodie	QB	1957–1973	201
	Hart, JimJim Hart	QB	1966–1984
	Shell, DonnieDonnie Shell	S	1974–1987
	Martin, GeorgeGeorge Martin	DE	1975–1988
	Studwell, ScottScott Studwell	LB	1977–1990
	Irwin, TimTim Irwin	OT	1981–1994
	Jones, SeanSean Jones	DE	1984–1996
	Strong, MackMack Strong	FB	1994–2007
	Daniels, PhillipPhillip Daniels	DE	1996–2010
287	Walker, WayneWayne Walker	LB, K	1958–1972	200
	Washington, RussRuss Washington	OT, DT	1968–1982
	Blount, MelMel Blount*	CB	1970–1983
	Largent, SteveSteve Largent*	WR	1976–1989
	Smerlas, FredFred Smerlas	NT	1979–1992
	Lingner, AdamAdam Lingner	LS	1983–1995
	Kragen, GregGreg Kragen	NT	1985–1997
	Phillips, JoeJoe Phillips	NT, DT, DE	1986–1999
	Lewis, MoMo Lewis	LB	1991–2003
	Wilkins, JeffJeff Wilkins	K	1994–2007
	Izzo, LarryLarry Izzo	LB	1996–2998
	Williams, PatPat Williams	DT	1997–2010
	Snow, JustinJustin Snow	LS	2000–2012

See also

• List of most consecutive starts and games played by National Football League players

References

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