Most matches played in the Norwegian top division (250 or more)
* player is still active (not necessarily in the Norwegian league)
Player Games Period Clubs (games played for club)
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1. Roar STRAND 439 1989-2010 Rosenborg (417), Molde (22)
2. Daniel BERG HESTAD 406 1993-2012* Molde (406)
3. Morten BERRE 389 1996-2012* Skeid (42), Haugesund (25), Viking (87), Vålerenga (235)
4. Christer BASMA 350 1993-2008 Kongsvinger (39), Stabæk (86), Rosenborg (225)
5. Ola BY RISE 346 1977-1995 Rosenborg (346)
6. Runar BERG 345 1990-2009 Rosenborg (79), Tromsø (18), Bodø/Glimt (225), Lyn (23)
7. Freddy DOS SANTOS 337 1996-2011 Skeid (50), Molde (64), Vålerenga (223)
8. Erik HOFTUN 335 1992-2005 Molde (44), Rosenborg (278), Bodø/Glimt (13)
9. Bjørn JOHANSEN 333 1987-2005 Tromsø (296), Viking (37)
10. Svein MATHISEN 327 1973-1989 Start (327)
11. Arild SUNDGOT 325 1995-2011 Hødd (10), Lillestrøm (315)
Tommy SVINDAL LARSEN 325 1991-2011 Start (59), Stabæk (153), Odd (113)
13. Fredrik KJØLNER 319 1994-2007 Vålerenga (121), Molde (24), Bodø/Glimt (122), Sandefjord (52)
Jan Derek SØRENSEN 319 1992-2009 Lyn (97), Bodø/Glimt (113), Rosenborg (68), Vålerenga (41)
15. Arne Vidar MOEN 309 1991-2005 Tromsø (185), Brann (98), Lillestrøm (26)
16. Tom GULBRANDSEN 307 1983-1997 Mjøndalen (86), Lillestrøm (221)
Espen HOFF 307 1999-2011* Odd (154), Lyn (67), Stabæk (46), Start (40)
18. Torgeir BJARMANN 306 1988-2003 Lillestrøm (306)
19. Charles BERSTAD 303 1983-1998 Kongsvinger (272), Bodø/Glimt (31)
20. Tom Henning HOVI 299 1992-2006 Ham-Kam (73), Skeid (48), Vålerenga (178)
Sigurd RUSHFELDT 299 1992-2011 Tromsø (223), Rosenborg (76)
22. Martin ANDRESEN 297 1996-2009 Moss (24), Viking (26), Stabæk (134), Molde (9), Brann (64), Vålerenga (40)
Steinar PEDERSEN 297 1994-2012* Start (151), Lillestrøm (131), Strømsgodset (15)
24. Trygve NYGAARD 294 1997-2012* Haugesund (122), Viking (172)
25. Petter BELSVIK 292 1989-2003 Molde (66), Ham-Kam (40), Start (46), Stabæk (94), Rosenborg (15),
Vålerenga (18), Lillestrøm (13)
26. Simen BRENNE 291 2000-2012* Moss (69), Fredrikstad (72), Lillestrøm (43), Odd (107)
Espen SØGÅRD 291 1999-2012* Lillestrøm (280), Start (11)
28. Frode KIPPE 286 1997-2012* Lillestrøm (286)
29. Ørjan BERG 285 1988-2006 Rosenborg (188), Bodø/Glimt (97)
30. Rune TANGEN 284 1983-2002 Moss (222), Rosenborg (62)
31. Jon KNUDSEN 283 1993-2012* Lillestrøm (6), Strømsgodset (7), Stabæk (254), Fredrikstad (16)
Fredrik WINSNES 283 1997-2011 Rosenborg (216), Strømsgodset (67)
33. Bengt SÆTERNES 280 1996-2011 Viking (27), Bodø/Glimt (113), Brann (61), Vålerenga (79)
34. Morten FEVANG 279 1999-2012* Odd (279)
35. André MURI 275 2000-2012* Stabæk (89), Vålerenga (173), Odd (13)
36. Øyvind STORFLOR 274 1999-2012* Rosenborg (123), Moss (50), Strømsgodset (101)
37. Frode OLSEN 273 1990-2004 Rosenborg (1), Strømsgodset (22), Start (117), Stabæk (76), Viking (57)
38. Bent SKAMMELSRUD 271 1991-2002 Rosenborg (271)
39. Trond PEDERSEN 269 1969-1984 Start (269)
Anders RAMBEKK 269 1999-2010 Odd (195), Lillestrøm (74)
41. Svein KVIA 266 1965-1980 Viking (266)
42. Bent Inge JOHNSEN 263 1993-2005 Bodø/Glimt (126), Rosenborg (55), Odd (82)
Tore NORDTVEDT 263 1963-1979 Brann (263)
Bjarte Lunde AARSHEIM 263 1994-2007 Viking (221), Start (42)
45. Magne HOSETH 261 1999-2012* Molde (241), Vålerenga (20)
46. Jan Ove PEDERSEN 260 1987-1999 Lillestrøm (175), Brann (85)
47. Arne AMUNDSEN 259 1972-1988 Lyn (23), Lillestrøm (227), Strømmen (9)
48. Sigbjørn SLINNING 257 1962-1978 Viking (257)
49. Kristoffer VATSHAUG 256 2000-2012* Bodø/Glimt (96), Start (39), Molde (121)
50. Harald BRATTBAKK 255 1990-2005 Rosenborg (222), Bodø/Glimt (33)
Geirmund BRENDESÆTER 255 1991-2003 Brann (255)
52. Alexander AAS 254 1999-2012* Odd (136), Strømsgodset (118)
Hans Erik RAMBERG 254 1998-2012* Moss (97), Fredrikstad (157)
54. Thomas PEREIRA 253 1996-2009 Moss (23), Viking (230)
55. Aasmund BJØRKAN 252 1993-2005 Bodø/Glimt (243), Vålerenga (9)
Ole Martin ÅRST 252 1995-2012* Tromsø (183), Start (69)
57. Morten BAKKE 250 1991-2002 Molde (235), Vålerenga (15)
Ulrich MØLLER 250 1980-1993 Molde (250)
Active players closing in (225+ matches)
Miika KOPPINEN 247 2000-2012* Tromsø (205), Rosenborg (42)
Frode JOHNSEN 232 1999-2012* Odd (87), Rosenborg (145)
Steffen IVERSEN 231 1995-2012* Rosenborg (199), Vålerenga (32)
Hans Åge YNDESTAD 228 2003-2012* Tromsø (228)
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Author: Thomas Søfting
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Last updated: 6 Dec 2012
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