Norway - Most matches played in Norwegian top division


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. Daniel BERG HESTAD      473  1993-2015*  Molde (473)
 2. Morten BERRE            452  1996-2015*  Skeid (42), Haugesund (25), Viking (87), Vålerenga (298)
 3. Roar STRAND             439  1989-2010   Rosenborg (417), Molde (22)
 4. Espen HOFF              390  1999-2015*  Odd (154), Lyn (67), Stabæk (46), Start (123)
 5. Øyvind STORFLOR         354  1999-2015*  Rosenborg (123), Moss (50), Strømsgodset (181)
 6. Frode KIPPE             353  1997-2015*  Lillestrøm (353)
 7. Christer BASMA          350  1993-2008   Kongsvinger (39), Stabæk (86), Rosenborg (225)
 8. Ola BY RISE             346  1977-1995   Rosenborg (346)
 9. Runar BERG              345  1990-2009   Rosenborg (79), Tromsø (18), Bodø/Glimt (225), Lyn (23)
10. Freddy DOS SANTOS       337  1996-2011   Skeid (50), Molde (64), Vålerenga (223)
11. Erik HOFTUN             335  1992-2005   Molde (44), Rosenborg (278), Bodø/Glimt (13)
12. Bjørn JOHANSEN          333  1987-2005   Tromsø (296), Viking (37)
13. Svein MATHISEN          327  1973-1989   Start (327)
14. Arild SUNDGOT           325  1995-2011   Hødd (10), Lillestrøm (315)
    Tommy SVINDAL LARSEN    325  1991-2011   Start (59), Stabæk (153), Odd (113)
16. 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)
18. Simen BRENNE            315  2000-2015*  Moss (69), Fredrikstad (72), Lillestrøm (43), Odd (107), Strømsgodset (15), Sarpsborg (9)
19. Trygve NYGAARD          312  1997-2013   Haugesund (140), Viking (172)
20. Arne Vidar MOEN         309  1991-2005   Tromsø (185), Brann (98), Lillestrøm (26)
21. Magne HOSETH            308  1999-2015*  Molde (260), Vålerenga (20), Stabæk (9), Viking (9), Aalesund (10)
22. Tom GULBRANDSEN         307  1983-1997   Mjøndalen (86), Lillestrøm (221)
    André MURI              307  2000-2014   Stabæk (89), Vålerenga (205), Odd (13)
24. Torgeir BJARMANN        306  1988-2003   Lillestrøm (306)
25. Charles BERSTAD         303  1983-1998   Kongsvinger (272), Bodø/Glimt (31)
26. Frode JOHNSEN           301  1999-2015*  Odd (156), Rosenborg (145)
27. Martin ANDRESEN         300  1996-2015*  Moss (24), Viking (26), Stabæk (134), Molde (9), Brann (64), Vålerenga (40), Sandefjord (3)
    Morten FEVANG           300  1999-2013   Odd (300)
29. Tom Henning HOVI        299  1992-2006   Ham-Kam (73), Skeid (48), Vålerenga (178)
    Sigurd RUSHFELDT        299  1992-2011   Tromsø (223), Rosenborg (76)
31. Indriði SIGURÐSSON      298  2000-2015*  Lillestrøm (58), Lyn (69), Viking (171)
32. Steinar PEDERSEN        297  1994-2012   Start (151), Lillestrøm (131), Strømsgodset (15)
33. Trond OLSEN             296  2001-2015*  Bodø/Glimt (167), Lillestrøm (4), Rosenborg (65), Viking (60)
34. Petter BELSVIK          292  1989-2003   Molde (66), Ham-Kam (40), Start (46), Stabæk (94), Rosenborg (15), Vålerenga (18), Lillestrøm (13)
35. Espen SØGÅRD            291  1999-2012   Lillestrøm (280), Start (11)
36. Ørjan BERG              285  1988-2006   Rosenborg (188), Bodø/Glimt (97)
37. Rune TANGEN             284  1983-2002   Moss (222), Rosenborg (62)
38. Jon KNUDSEN             283  1993-2012   Lillestrøm (6), Strømsgodset (7), Stabæk (254), Fredrikstad (16)
    Fredrik WINSNES         283  1997-2011   Rosenborg (216), Strømsgodset (67)
40. Bengt SÆTERNES          280  1996-2011   Viking (27), Bodø/Glimt (113), Brann (61), Vålerenga (79)
41. Frode OLSEN             273  1990-2004   Rosenborg (1), Strømsgodset (22), Start (117), Stabæk (76), Viking (57)
42. Bent SKAMMELSRUD        271  1991-2002   Rosenborg (271)
43. Mikael DORSIN           270  2004-2015*  Rosenborg (270)
44. Miika KOPPINEN          269  2000-2013   Tromsø (227), Rosenborg (42)
    Trond PEDERSEN          269  1969-1984   Start (269)
    Anders RAMBEKK          269  1999-2010   Odd (195), Lillestrøm (74)
47. Jone SAMUELSEN          268  2003-2015*  Viking (105), Odd (163)
48. Svein KVIA              266  1965-1980   Viking (266)
49. Kristoffer VATSHAUG     265  2000-2013   Bodø/Glimt (96), Start (39), Molde (130)
50. 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)
53. Jan Ove PEDERSEN        260  1987-1999   Lillestrøm (175), Brann (85)
54. Arne AMUNDSEN           259  1972-1988   Lyn (23), Lillestrøm (227), Strømmen (9)
55. Helge HAUGEN            258  2002-2014   Brann (88), Tromsø (90), Hønefoss (53), Sogndal (27)
56. Sigbjørn SLINNING       257  1962-1978   Viking (257)
    Jan Gunnar SOLLI        257  2000-2013*  Odd (54), Rosenborg (85), Brann (97), Vålerenga (21)
    Håkon OPDAL             257  2002-2015*  Brann (178), Start (79)
59. Harald BRATTBAKK        255  1990-2005   Rosenborg (222), Bodø/Glimt (33)
    Geirmund BRENDESÆTER    255  1991-2003   Brann (255)
61. Alexander AAS           254  1999-2012   Odd (136), Strømsgodset (118)
    Hans Erik RAMBERG       254  1998-2012   Moss (97), Fredrikstad (157)
    Petter VAAGAN MOEN      254  2004-2015*  Ham-Kam (48), Brann (123), Lillestrøm (77), Strømsgodset (6)
64. Thomas PEREIRA          253  1996-2009   Moss (23), Viking (230)
65. Aasmund BJØRKAN         252  1993-2005   Bodø/Glimt (243), Vålerenga (9)
    Ole Martin ÅRST         252  1995-2012   Tromsø (183), Start (69)
67. Morten BAKKE            250  1991-2002   Molde (235), Vålerenga (15)
    Ulrich MØLLER           250  1980-1993   Molde (250)

Active players closing in (225+ matches)

    André DANIELSEN         248  2003-2015*  Viking (248)
    Steffen HAGEN           242  2006-2015*  Odd (242)
    Lars Kristian ERIKSEN   236  2003-2015*  Lyn (95), Lillestrøm (68), Odd (73)
    Daniel FREDHEIM HOLM    235  2004-2015*  Vålerenga (190), Rosenborg (45)
    Péter KOVÁCS            232  2003-2015*  Tromsø (32), Viking (29), Strømsgodset (110), Odd (51), Sarpsborg (10)
    Morten SKJØNSBERG       231  2002-2015*  Stabæk (231)
    Morten MOLDSKRED        229  2002-2015*  Moss (11), Aalesund (50), Tromsø (131), Rosenborg (37)




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Last updated: 3 Dec 2015

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