Sports Facts : Players With Most Seasons Ever As A Pro (MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by Chuck9788

Just posting this (below) for all of you trivia buffs. Please share any thoughts.


MLB : Nolan Ryan 27 seasons (1966-1993)


NBA : Lebron James 22 seasons (2003 - Present)
Vince Carter 22 seasons (1998 -2020)


NHL : Gordie Howe 26 seasons (1946- 1971 and 1979 - 1980)
Chris Chelios 26 seasons (1983- 2010)


NFL : George Blanda 26 seasons (1949 - 1975)

Peter was right Jagr.

Jagr (age 52) is on the current roster of his Czech team

https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/...%C5%99i-kladno

and considering his rookie year was 1990 (age 18).

He's been playing Pro Hockey for 34 years!!!!

[John1941]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

Peter was right Jagr.

Jagr (age 52) is on the current roster of his Czech team

https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/...%C5%99i-kladno

and considering his rookie year was 1990 (age 18).

He's been playing Pro Hockey for 34 years!!!!

Hockey Reference lists Jagr's stats with Kladno Jr. going back to age 12, so that's 41 years of continuous listed play.

Never seen anything like that, other than Jim O'Rourke, who played pro baseball for 38 seasons and was a regular in the Connecticut State League at 55 (tho for his last three seasons he just played a game or two.)

[KJA]

Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball legend deserves some recognition. Played professionally for 29 years. He was drafted by the Nets in 1984 but only played with them in pre season training camp and left because the money was better in Europe. Played from 1974 until 2003.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by KJA

Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball legend deserves some recognition. Played professionally for 29 years. He was drafted by the Nets in 1984 but only played with them in pre season training camp and left because the money was better in Europe. Played from 1974 until 2003.

Also 5 Olympics and multiple Olympic scoring records.

[Beercan collector]

Julio Franco doesn’t quite qualify ,
Played 23 mlb seasons in 26 years (went overseas couple times)
But did play professional baseball 32 straight years (33 total)
Accumulated over 4000 hits and a .308 professional batting average