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 382 NFL games, more 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

Bold denotes an active player

Most games for that position^

Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame*

Tom Brady has played the most NFL games at quarterback, 335.

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

Jerry Rice played 303 games as a wide receiver, an NFL record.

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.

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 before Frank Gore broke that record and retired with the current record of 241 games.

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	Tom Brady	QB ^	2000–2022	335
7	Jason Hanson	K	1992–2012	327
8	Phil Dawson	K	1999–2018	305
9	Jerry Rice *	WR ^	1985–2004	303
10	John Carney	K	1988–2010	302
	Brett Favre *	QB	1991–2010
12	John Kasay	K	1991–2011	301
13	Matt Stover	K	1991–2009	297
	Andy Lee	P	2004–2022
15	Bruce Matthews *	OL ^	1983–2001	296
16	Darrell Green *	CB ^	1983–2002	295
17	Drew Brees	QB	2001–2020	287
18	Shane Lechler	P	2000–2017	286
19	Sean Landeta	P	1985–2005	284
	Sebastian Janikowski	K	2000–2018
21	Jim Marshall	DE ^	1960–1979	282
22	Trey Junkin	LS ^, TE, LB	1983–2002	281
23	Bruce Smith *	DE	1985–2003	279
24	Clay Matthews	LB ^	1978–1996	278
25	Norm Johnson	K	1982–1999	273
26	Jason Witten	TE ^	2003–2020	271
27	Tony Gonzalez *	TE	1997–2013	270
28	Lou Groza *	K, OT	1946–1967	268
	Junior Seau *	LB	1990–2009
	Marcedes Lewis	TE	2006–present
31	Peyton Manning *	QB	1998–2015	266
	Julius Peppers	DE, LB	2002–2018
	Robbie Gould	K	2005–2022
34	Jan Stenerud *	K	1967–1985	263
	Lomas Brown	OT ^	1985–2002
	Jason Elam	K	1993–2009
	Larry Fitzgerald	WR	2004–2020
38	Ray Brown	G ^	1986–2005	262
39	Mason Crosby	K	2007–present	261
39	Nick Lowery	K	1978–1996	260
	Don Muhlbach	LS	2004–2020
42	Jackie Slater *	OT	1976–1995	259
	Lee Johnson	P	1985–2002
44	David Binn	LS	1994–2010	256
	London Fletcher	LB	1998–2013
	Sam Koch	P	2006–2022
47	Earl Morrall	QB	1956–1976	255
	Irving Fryar	WR	1984–2000
	Tim Brown *	WR	1988–2004
	Dustin Colquitt	P	2005–2021
51	Charles Woodson *	S ^	1998–2015	254
52	L.P. Ladouceur	LS	2005–2020	253
53	Mike Kenn	OT	1978–1994	251
54	Pat Leahy	K	1974–1991	250
	Eddie Murray	K	1980–2000
	Eugene Robinson	S	1985–2000
	Matt Prater	K	2007–present
58	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	2004–2021	249
59	Al Del Greco	K	1984–2000	248
	Jason Peters	OT	2004–present
61	Fran Tarkenton *	QB	1961–1978	246
	Jeff Van Note	C ^	1969–1986
	Blair Bush	C ^	1978–1994
64	Mike Webster *	C	1974–1990	245
	Patrick Mannelly	LS	1998–2013
66	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
	Calais Campbell	DE	2008–present
73	Bill Romanowski	LB	1988–2003	243
	J. J. Jansen	LS	2009–present
75	Dan Marino *	QB	1983–1999	242
76	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 ^	2005–2020
82	Ron McDole	DE	1961–1978	240
	Mick Tingelhoff *	C	1962–1978
	Ryan Longwell	K	1997–2012
85	Charlie Joiner *	WR	1969–1986	239
	Jerry Fontenot	C	1989–2004
	Chris Mohr	P	1989–2004
	Lorenzo Neal	FB ^	1993–2008
	Andrew Whitworth	OT, G	2006–2021
	Matthew Slater	WR	2008–2023
91	Reggie Roby	P	1983–1998	238
	Rod Woodson *	CB, KR, PR, S	1987–2003
	Bryan Barker	P	1990–2005
	Brad Maynard	P	1997–2011
	Thomas Morstead	P	2009–present
96	David Akers	K	1998–2013	237
97	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
102	Matt Bahr	K	1979–1995	235
	Pete Metzelaars	TE	1982–1997
	Olindo Mare	K	1997–2012
	Mike Leach	LS	2000–2015
106	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
	Matt Ryan	QB	2008–2022
115	James Lofton *	WR	1978–1993	233
	Rohn Stark	P	1982–1997
	Vinny Testaverde	QB	1987–2007
	Jason Taylor *	DE, LB	1997–2011
119	Chris Doleman *	DE	1985–1999	232
	Reggie White *	DE	1985–2000
121	Frank Winters	C	1987–2002	231
	Aaron Rodgers	QB	2005–present
123	James Farrior	LB	1997–2011	230
	Derrick Mason	WR	1997–2011
125	Steve Christie	K	1990–2004	229
	Keith Traylor	NT	1991–2007
127	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
	Nick Folk	K	2007–present
134	Rickey Jackson *	LB	1981–1995	227
	Jim Jeffcoat	DE	1983–1997
	Raleigh McKenzie	OL	1985–2000
	Casey Wiegmann	C	1997–2011
	Jon Weeks	C, LS	2010–present
139	Paul Krause *	S	1964–1979	226
	Emmitt Smith *	RB	1990–2004
	Donnie Jones	P	2004–2018
142	Carl Eller *	DE	1964–1979	225
	Albert Lewis	CB	1983–1998
	Hardy Nickerson	LB	1987–2002
	Keith Brooking	LB	1998–2012
146	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
158	Max Montoya	G	1979–1994	223
	Brian Mitchell	KR^, PR	1990–2003
	Isaac Bruce *	WR	1994–2009
	Brett Kern	P	2008–2022
162	Marcus Allen *	RB	1982–1997	222
	Randall McDaniel *	G	1988–2001
164	Justin Smith	DE	2001–2014	221
	Terence Newman	CB	2003–2017
166	Tom Tupa	P, QB	1988–2004	220
	Dave Moore	TE, LS	1992–2006
	Bob Whitfield	OT	1992–2006
	Duane Brown	OT	2008–present
170	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	2006–2020
178	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
	Jerry Hughes	DE	2010–present
186	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
192	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
	Kevin Huber	P	2009–2022
	Ryan Succop	K	2009–2022
	Morgan Cox	LS	2010–present
200	Ted Hendricks *	LB	1969–1983	215
	Monte Coleman	LB	1979–1994
	John Kidd	P	1984–1998
	Champ Bailey *	CB	1999–2013
204	Ray Crockett	CB	1989–2002	214
	Vonnie Holliday	DE	1998–2012
	Domata Peko	NT	2006–2019
207	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
215	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
223	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	2006–2020
235	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
241	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
	Cameron Jordan	DE	2011–present
249	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
259	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
272	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
	Clark Harris	LS	2008–2022
	Matthew Stafford	QB	2009–present
287	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	2007–2020
	Devin McCourty	S	2010–2022
300	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
308	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
	Kareem Jackson	S	2010–present
318	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
329	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
	Patrick Peterson	CB	2011–present
342	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
	Nick Bellore	LB, FB	2011–present
Rank	Name	Position	Period	Games

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.