Patrick Marleau Games Played Record

Lore & Background

Marleau is one of just five NHL players to play 1,400 games with one team, and the youngest to reach both the 1,300- and 1,400-game marks. He holds the distinction of playing the most NHL games (both regular season and playoffs) without winning the Stanley Cup, an active streak as of the end of the 2023–24 season. His number, 12, was retired by the Sharks on February 25, 2023.

In Their Own Story

The arena hummed with a low, reverent energy on that March night. The ice was cold beneath Marleau’s skates, familiar as his own hands. As he laced up jersey number twelve for what would become one of the final games in history, the crowd didn't just cheer; they waited. Every stride carried the weight of seventeen hundred previous battles. When the puck dropped, time seemed to suspend, honoring a man who had outlasted eras, coaches, and rivals alike.

Reader's Guide

The San Jose Sharks drafted Marleau second overall in the 1997 NHL entry draft, and Marleau spent the vast majority of his NHL career with the franchise, becoming its all-time leader in goals, even strength goals, power play goals, points, shots, and games played. He is also the fourth player in NHL history to record 900 consecutive games played, reaching the mark one game after breaking the overall games played record.

Did You Know?

• Marleau is the youngest player to ever play in the NHL, as he was born on the last day of the draft cut-off and debuted immediately in the first game of the next season.
• He won gold medals with Canada at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.
• Marleau is the oldest player to score a goal in Sharks history.