Editing Gordie Howe (section)

==Records==
* Most NHL regular season games played with a single team: '''1,687'''<ref name="records">{{cite book|last=Frederick|first=Shane|url=https://archive.org/details/ultimatecollecti0000fred|title=The Ultimate Collection of Pro Hockey Records|publisher=Capstone Press|year=2013|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ultimatecollecti0000fred/page/24 24]–25|url-access=registration}}</ref>
* Most NHL and WHA regular season games played: '''2,186'''
* Most NHL and WHA regular season and playoff games played: '''2,421'''
* Most NHL and WHA goals regular season '''975'''
* Most NHL seasons played: '''26''' (tied with [[Chris Chelios]])<ref name=records/>
* Most NHL and WHA seasons played: '''32'''
* Most NHL regular season goals by a right winger: '''801'''
* Most NHL regular season points by a father/son combo (with son [[Mark Howe|Mark]]): '''2,592'''
* Most consecutive NHL 20-goal seasons: '''22''' (1949–1971)
* First player to score over 1000 goals (WHA and NHL, regular season and playoff combined)
* First player to reach 1,500 games played in NHL history.
* Most times leading NHL playoffs in scoring (six times)
* Oldest player to play in NHL: '''52 years, 11 days''' (no other player has played past the age of 48)
* First in Red Wings history in points, goals and games played, second in assists
* Most [[NHL All-Star Game]] appearances: 23
* From 1961 until being surpassed by [[Patrick Marleau]] in April 2021, Howe held the record for most NHL regular season games played.<ref name="records" /><ref name=":1" />