Previous applications of the graph theory concerned the modeling of gears for dynamic analysis, kinematic analysis, synthesis, structural analysis, gearshift optimization and automatic design based on so-called graph grammars. Some tasks can be performed only by using methods resulting from a graph theory, e.g. enumeration of structural solutions. The contour plot method consists in distinguishing a series of consecutive rigid units of the mechanism, forming a closed loop (so-called contour). At a later stage, it is possible to analyze the obtained contour graph as a directed graph of dependence. The work presents an example of the use of game-tree structures for describing the contour graph of a planetary gear. As a result of the decomposition of the graph in the dependence on each of the vertices, game-tree structures are obtained, which allow calculate algorithmically.