Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Wilt Chamberlain played the most minutes per game with 43.2 minutes per game.

Interpreted as:

1970s minutes with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leaders

	NAME	MPG	GP	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43.2	258	16.7	18.7	4.2			6.7	10.9	61.3	3.4	7.0	48.9	60.1				11,146	4,321	4,812	1,095				592
2	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	41.5	815	23.2	14.2	2.1	1.2	2.5	9.3	20.7	45.1	4.6	6.7	67.7	49.1	3.5	9.7	2.8	33,863	18,922	11,565	1,685	606	1,198	464	2,676
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41.1	773	28.6	14.8	4.5	1.3	3.5	11.8	21.5	55.1	5.0	7.1	70.6	58.3	3.1	11.0	3.5	31,771	22,141	11,460	3,440	576	1,595	490	2,399
4	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	40.0	660	18.6	14.6	4.0	1.2	1.0	7.9	17.1	46.1	2.8	3.6	78.2	49.7	3.3	10.8	2.7	26,392	12,252	9,636	2,622	500	412	391	2,567
5	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	39.8	719	21.9	6.4	5.8	1.2	0.3	8.7	19.1	45.4	4.5	5.4	83.9	50.9	1.5	3.5	2.5	28,643	15,747	4,603	4,185	476	117	204	1,813
6	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	39.7	525	27.4	12.2	2.8	1.2	2.0	10.8	21.2	50.9	5.9	7.8	75.6	55.7	3.1	9.7	4.1	20,825	14,405	6,421	1,474	529	872	563	1,832
7	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	39.5	668	20.2	6.0	6.1	1.9	0.2	8.0	16.3	49.0	4.2	5.3	80.0	54.3	1.1	4.3	2.1	26,401	13,502	4,015	4,092	679	62	135	1,734
8	Jerry West J. West	38.6	320	26.1	4.3	8.7	2.6	0.7	9.6	19.9	48.4	6.8	8.3	82.1	55.4	1.0	2.8		12,351	8,357	1,390	2,769	81	23		767
9	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	38.3	357	18.1	5.2	7.6	1.1	0.1	6.8	14.3	47.9	4.4	5.3	83.3	54.4	1.0	3.0		13,663	6,449	1,846	2,714	77	4		793
10	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	38.2	536	23.0	2.6	7.6	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.9	46.5	6.4	7.8	82.1	54.0	0.6	1.7	2.9	20,459	12,351	1,390	4,077	415	46	197	1,264
11	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	38.0	615	25.0	4.3	5.7	1.4	0.3	9.7	21.9	44.1	5.6	6.9	81.9	50.0	1.1	3.5	4.5	23,352	15,359	2,669	3,480	563	102	448	1,786
12	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	37.6	446	21.8	2.8	4.6	1.1	0.1	8.9	19.5	45.5	4.0	5.0	80.5	50.2	0.6	2.0		16,787	9,732	1,271	2,057	247	33		1,075
13	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	37.6	337	22.4	11.4	5.2	1.2	0.5	8.5	18.8	45.4	5.4	7.3	73.6	51.0	1.6	7.1		12,683	7,554	3,838	1,739	115	45		1,281
14	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	37.4	246	21.7	12.9	3.0	0.6	2.2	8.2	14.9	55.4	5.3	7.5	70.1	59.8	3.8	9.2	4.1	9,209	5,346	3,184	736	136	540	676	807
15	Bob Love B. Love	37.3	602	21.1	6.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	8.3	19.2	43.0	4.6	5.6	81.8	48.7	2.0	3.7		22,436	12,705	4,037	1,002	232	56		1,777
16	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	37.2	570	22.0	10.7	2.0	0.7	1.2	8.7	18.8	46.5	4.5	5.6	80.0	51.7	2.9	6.8	2.5	21,195	12,534	6,087	1,164	263	477	340	1,627
17	Jimmy Walker J. Walker	37.2	548	18.5	2.9	3.6	1.1	0.2	7.3	15.8	46.6	3.8	4.6	83.7	52.1	0.6	2.1		20,366	10,137	1,568	1,982	253	36		1,359
18	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	37.1	746	18.2	4.2	5.1	1.3	0.2	7.8	17.6	44.3	2.6	3.1	83.5	47.9	0.9	2.9	2.7	27,653	13,546	3,143	3,819	587	98	329	1,849
19	Bernard King B. King	37.0	161	22.8	8.8	3.0	1.5	0.5	9.4	18.8	49.9	4.1	6.7	61.2	52.5	3.2	5.6	3.9	5,951	3,678	1,420	488	240	75	634	628
20	Rick Barry R. Barry	37.0	564	22.5	6.0	5.8	2.1	0.5	9.2	20.3	45.1	4.2	4.6	91.3	50.4	0.9	4.5	2.6	20,844	12,695	3,368	3,294	1,024	241	422	1,527
21	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	36.8	757	10.8	13.9	4.1	1.1	0.6	4.5	8.7	51.2	1.9	2.9	63.5	53.9	3.5	8.4	2.1	27,857	8,192	10,511	3,073	511	270	329	2,066
22	David Thompson D. Thompson	36.5	238	25.7	4.2	3.9	1.2	1.0	9.8	19.2	51.3	6.0	7.9	76.6	56.8	1.7	2.5	2.8	8,696	6,122	998	924	276	234	431	629
23	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	36.5	240	21.5	10.2	3.5	1.8	0.4	9.0	18.1	49.5	3.6	4.3	84.0	53.9	3.3	6.9	3.6	8,752	5,168	2,442	832	436	103	579	591
24	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	36.4	388	15.9	10.7	3.1	0.9	0.5	6.8	15.4	43.9	2.4	3.4	72.1	47.2	1.9	8.8		14,116	6,188	4,136	1,217	67	39		1,137
25	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	36.3	163	15.4	2.9	7.9	2.1	0.1	6.9	13.2	52.1	1.7	2.2	74.8	54.4	0.5	2.3	3.0	5,924	2,511	470	1,290	339	24	482	509