List of NFL players by games played explained

All-time most appearances (minimum 200 games played)

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

Positions played

C	Center !	G	Guard !	NT	Nose Tackle !	QB	Quarterback
CB	Cornerback !	K	Placekicker!	OL	Off. Lineman !	RB	Running Back
DE	Defensive End !	KR	Kick Returner !	OT	Off. Tackle !	S	Safety
DT	Defensive Tackle !	LB	Linebacker !	P	Punter !	TE	Tight End
FB	Fullback !	LS	Long Snapper !	PR	Punt Returner!	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

Bold denotes an active player

Most games for that position^

Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame*

Regular Season Games Played!Rank !!Name !!Position!!Period!!Games

1		K ^	1982–2007	382
2		K	1996–2019	365
3		K	1982–2004	353
4		P ^	1988–2009	352
5		data-sort-value="K"	K, QB	1949–1975	340
6		QB ^	2000–2022	335
7		K	1992–2012	327
8		K	1999–2018	305
9		WR ^	1985–2004	303
10		K	1988–2010	302
		QB	1991–2010
12		K	1991–2011	301
13		K	1991–2009	297
		P	2004–2022
15		OL ^	1983–2001	296
16		CB ^	1983–2002	295
17		QB	2001–2020	287
18		P	2000–2017	286
19		P	1985–2005	284
		K	2000–2018
21		DE ^	1960–1979	282
22		LS ^, TE, LB	1983–2002	281
23		DE	1985–2003	279
24		LB ^	1978–1996	278
25		K	1982–1999	273
26		TE ^	2003–2020	271
27		TE	1997–2013	270
28		data-sort-value="K"	K, OT	1946–1967	268
		LB	1990–2009
		TE	2006–present
31		QB	1998–2015	266
		data-sort-value="DE"	DE, LB		2002–2018
		K	2005–2022
34		K	1967–1985	263
		OT ^	1985–2002
		K	1993–2009
		WR	2004–2020
38		G ^	1986–2005	262
39		K	2007–present	261
39		K	1978–1996	260
		LS	2004–2020
42		OT	1976–1995	259
		P	1985–2002
44		LS	1994–2010	256
		LB	1998–2013
		P	2006–2022
47		QB	1956–1976	255
		WR	1984–2000
		WR	1988–2004
		P	2005–2021
51		S ^	1998–2015	254
52		LS	2005–2020	253
53		OT	1978–1994	251
54		K	1974–1991	250
		K	1980–2000
		S	1985–2000
		K	2007–present
58		QB	2004–2021	249
59		K	1984–2000	248
		OT	2004–present
61		QB	1961–1978	246
		C ^	1969–1986
		C ^	1978–1994
64		C	1974–1990	245
		LS	1998–2013
66		C	1980–1996	244
		WR	1990–2006
		P	1991–2006
		P	1995–2011
		LB	2003–2019
		QB	2004–2020
		DE	2008–present
73		LB	1988–2003	243
		LS	2009–present
75		QB	1983–1999	242
76		G	1969–1985	241
		P	1994–2009
		C	1994–2009
		CB	1997–2012
		K	2002–2019
		RB ^	2005–2020
82		DE	1961–1978	240
		C	1962–1978
		K	1997–2012
85		WR	1969–1986	239
		C	1989–2004
		P	1989–2004
		FB ^	1993–2008
		data-sort-value="OT"	OT, G		2006–2021
		WR	2008–2023
91		P	1983–1998	238
		data-sort-value="CB"	CB, KR, PR, S		1987–2003
		P	1990–2005
		P	1997–2011
		P	2009–present
96		K	1998–2013	237
97		DE	1986–2000	236
		NT ^	1991–2007
		data-sort-value="LS"	LS, C		1995–2010
		TE	2003–2018
		QB	2004–2019
102		K	1979–1995	235
		TE	1982–1997
		K	1997–2012
		LS	2000–2015
106		K	1962–1978	234
		OT	1980–1995
		QB	1983–1998
		WR	1985–2000
		WR	1987–2002
		LS	1992–2006
		FB	1995–2010
		S	1996–2010
		QB	2008–2022
115		WR	1978–1993	233
		P	1982–1997
		QB	1987–2007
		data-sort-value="DE"	DE, LB		1997–2011
119		DE	1985–1999	232
		DE	1985–2000
121		C	1987–2002	231
		QB	2005–present
123		LB	1997–2011	230
		WR	1997–2011
125		K	1990–2004	229
		NT	1991–2007
127		K	1964–1979	228
		WR	1983–1998
		C	1984–1999
		LB	1985–1999
		LB	1996–2012
		S	2004–2019
		K	2007–present
134		LB	1981–1995	227
		DE	1983–1997
		OL	1985–2000
		C	1997–2011
		C, LS	2010–present
139		S	1964–1979	226
		RB	1990–2004
		P	2004–2018
142		DE	1964–1979	225
		CB	1983–1998
		LB	1987–2002
		LB	1998–2012
146		QB	1962–1977	224
		DE	1974–1989
		data-sort-value="DE"	DE, DT		1976–1990
		WR	1980–1995
		P	1987–2003
		P	1990–2003
		G	1993–2006
		S	1993–2007
		LB	1995–2008
		DE	1995–2008
		S	1996–2011
		LS	2005–2018
158		G	1979–1994	223
		KR^, PR	1990–2003
		WR	1994–2009
		P	2008–2022
162		RB	1982–1997	222
		G	1988–2001
164		DE	2001–2014	221
		CB	2003–2017
166		data-sort-value="P"	P, QB	1988–2004	220
		data-sort-value="TE"	TE, LS	1992–2006
		OT	1992–2006
		OT	2008–present
170		DT ^	1990–2003	219
		DT ^	1993–2009
		OT	1994–2008
		WR	1996–2010
		LB	1998–2012
		C	2001–2014
		WR	2001–2016
		K	2006–2020
178		QB	1957–1974	218
		DT	1967–1981
		OL	1980–1995
		data-sort-value="NT"	NT, DT		1982–1996
		LS	1985–1999
		WR	1998–2012
		DE	2002–2017
		DE	2010–present
186		P	1963–1978	217
		G	1967–1981
		OL	1973–1987
		S	1983–1997
		CB	1988–2001
		WR	1998–2011
192		DT	1973–1988	216
		CB	1975–1989
		LB	1983–1996
		data-sort-value="KR"	KR, WR		1987–2000
		DE	1993–2007
		P	2009–2022
		K	2009–2022
		LS	2010–present
200		LB	1969–1983	215
		LB	1979–1994
		P	1984–1998
		CB	1999–2013
204		CB	1989–2002	214
		DE	1998–2012
		NT	2006–2019
207		CB	1961–1976	213
		CB	1961–1977
		K	1970–1986
		DT	1980–1994
		QB	1980–1998
		G	1987–2000
		DT	1987–2000
		OL	1994–2007
215		P	1981–1996	212
		TE	1982–1995
		P	1984–1999
		OT	1987–2000
		LB	1991–2005
		LB	1994–2008
		K	2000–2013
		LB	2004–2017
223		QB	1956–1973	211
		QB	1957–1975
		WR	1979–1993
		RB	1984–1997
		TE	1984–1997
		C	1985–1999
		DE	1989–2003
		data-sort-value="CB"	CB, S		1991–2004
		C	1999–2012
		K	2001–2014
		WR	2001–2014
		CB	2006–2020
235		C	1960–1974	210
		K	1963–1977
		TE	1963–1978
		DE	1968–1983
		K	1976–1989
		C	1998–2012
241		DT	1975–1988	209
		LB	1987–2000
		CB	1992–2005
		WR	1992–2007
		QB	1999–2015
		C	2000–2013
		S	2006–2019
		DE	2011–present
249		OT	1960–1974	208
		DT	1962–1976
		WR	1968–1983
		CB	1977–1991
		QB	1984–2000
		LB	1990–2002
		DT	1991–2004
		G	1993–2007
		data-sort-value="DT"	DT, DE		1994–2007
		LS	2000–2012
259		QB	1965–1982	207
		G	1967–1981
		OT	1968–1982
		OT	1968–1982
		CB	1969–1983
		P	1973–1986
		CB	1984–1997
		TE	1989–2001
		DE	1992–2005
		data-sort-value="CB"	CB, S		1992–2006
		OT	1996–2009
		DE	1997–2010
		DT	2001–2014
272		OT	1961–1975	206
		DE	1971–1987
		K	1973–1987
		LB	1976–1989
		QB	1978–1998
		LB	1987–2000
		CB	1988–2001
		G	1989–2001
		WR	1990–2002
		DT	1994–2007
		LB	1997–2010
		G	1998–2010
		data-sort-value="G"	G, C		2001–2014
		LS	2008–2022
		QB	2009–present
287		DE	1953–1969	205
		C	1972–1985
		P	1974–1987
		S	1979–1992
		P	1981–1996
		P	1984–1999
		LS	1985–2001
		CB	1994–2008
		S	1997–2010
		WR	1999–2012
		TE	2004–2019
		CB	2007–2020
		S	2010–2022
300		QB	1948–1964	204
		OT	1960–1974
		CB	1963–1978
		G	1970–1984
		CB	1983–1997
		LB	1984–1996
		CB	1984–1997
		TE	1990–2003
308		OT	1971–1984	203
		OL	1976–1989
		data-sort-value="NT"	NT, DT		1978–1991
		DE	1983–1997
		OT	1988–2001
		G	1994–2007
		CB	1995–2009
		LS	1995–2010
		DT	2003–2015
		S	2010–present
318		G	1958–1973	202
		G	1961–1975
		DE	1971–1984
		DE	1971–1984
		data-sort-value="LS"	LS, G		1984–1999
		DE	1990–2003
		data-sort-value="DE"	DE, DT		1990–2003
		data-sort-value="TE"	DE, TE, LS		1993–2009
		WR	1996–2009
		P	2001–2013
		WR	2003–2016
329		QB	1957–1973	201
		QB	1966–1984
		S	1974–1987
		DE	1975–1988
		LB	1977–1990
		OT	1981–1994
		DE	1984–1996
		FB	1994–2007
		DE	1996–2010
		K	2003–2016
		LS	2003–2016
		S	2007–2019
		CB	2011–present
342		data-sort-value="LB"	LB, K	1958–1972	200
		data-sort-value="OT"	OT, DT	1968–1982
		CB	1970–1983
		WR	1976–1989
		NT	1979–1992
		LS	1983–1995
		NT	1985–1997
		data-sort-value="NT"	NT, DT, DE	1986–1999
		LB	1991–2003
		K	1994–2007
		LB	1996–2009
		DT	1997–2010
		LS	2000–2012
		LB, FB	2011–present
Rank	Name	Position	Period	Games

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: NFL players with at least 200 games played . Pro football reference.com . April 10, 2016.