best nba players first name start with j all-time

LeBron James has the most career starts, with 1,612 starts.

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best NBA players first name regular-season start with j all-time

	NAME	GS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	1,612	1,614	37.7	26.8	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.4	50.7	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.4	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	60,785	43,276	12,041	11,944	2,404	1,181	5,626	2,856	+7436
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,471	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,460	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
4	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,425	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
5	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,389	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1,350	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	1,314	1,370	33.5	16.8	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.7	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,836	23,058	6,006	12,552	2,728	222	3,109	3,208	+6029
8	Reggie Miller R. Miller	1,304	1,389	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	5.9	12.6	47.1	1.8	4.7	39.5	4.5	5.1	88.8	61.4	0.6	2.4	1.7	47,619	25,279	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	2,730	+2015
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,300	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1,285	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
11	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	1,247	1,259	34.5	21.1	4.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.1	47.0	0.5	1.7	30.1	5.5	6.5	84.3	55.8	0.7	3.6	2.0	43,497	26,605	5,421	5,162	1,248	415	2,470	2,799	-377
12	Gary Payton G. Payton	1,233	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	52.8	1.0	2.9	2.3	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,198	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1,197	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,189	1,192	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.6	50.3	2.0	5.0	39.1	6.4	7.3	88.2	62.1	0.7	6.2	3.2	43,759	32,364	8,202	5,218	1,232	1,334	3,776	2,264	+5002
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,186	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
17	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	1,159	1,282	31.4	9.7	9.5	2.5	1.1	0.3	3.8	8.0	47.1	0.1	0.2	25.3	2.1	2.7	76.1	52.6	3.1	6.5	2.2	40,280	12,417	12,205	3,217	1,351	384	2,785	4,421	+171
18	Tony Parker T. Parker	1,151	1,254	30.5	15.5	2.7	5.6	0.8	0.1	6.2	12.6	49.1	0.4	1.3	32.4	2.7	3.6	75.1	54.6	0.4	2.4	2.3	38,279	19,473	3,396	7,036	1,053	98	2,865	2,059	+5690
19	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	1,150	1,226	33.4	17.0	9.2	3.2	0.5	1.6	6.5	12.8	50.7	0.1	0.4	36.8	3.9	5.1	75.3	56.5	2.5	6.7	2.2	41,001	20,894	11,305	3,925	606	1,941	2,638	2,632	+1826
20	Ray Allen R. Allen	1,149	1,300	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	6.6	14.6	45.2	2.3	5.7	40.0	3.4	3.8	89.4	58.0	0.9	3.1	2.1	46,344	24,505	5,272	4,361	1,451	244	2,709	2,858	+3491
21	Buck Williams B. Williams	1,140	1,307	32.5	12.8	10.0	1.3	0.8	0.8	4.9	8.9	54.9	0.0	0.0	16.7	3.0	4.6	66.4	58.7	3.5	6.5	2.1	42,464	16,784	13,017	1,646	1,080	1,100	2,784	4,267	+155
22	Mike Conley M. Conley	1,138	1,220	30.7	13.7	2.9	5.5	1.3	0.2	4.8	11.0	43.6	1.6	4.2	38.6	2.5	3.0	82.6	55.6	0.5	2.4	1.8	37,463	16,670	3,539	6,765	1,630	255	2,208	2,337	+2724
23	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,133	1,301	33.1	20.9	6.9	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.8	1.1	3.7	30.8	4.7	6.1	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	43,025	27,176	9,025	10,351	2,038	418	5,038	3,304	+2583
24	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1,122	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	40,594	24,815	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	4,034	+412
25	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	1,120	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	43,514	28,289	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1528

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.3

Mitchell

RPG

8.9

Mobley

APG

5.8

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.7

6th

DRTG

114.7

15th

NETRTG

4.0

8th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	48	24	.667	4.0
3	Knicks	48	25	.658	4.5
4	Cavaliers	45	28	.616	7.5
5	Hawks	41	32	.562	11.5
6	Raptors	40	32	.556	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 3/27	MIA	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Tue 3/31	CLE	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Thu 4/2	CLE	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Sun 4/5	IND	@	CLE	6:00 PM

Last Game

Heat

39 - 34

120

Final

103

Cavaliers

45 - 28

Wed 25 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.6

Dončić

31.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.8

Jokić

12.0

Towns

11.8

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.7

Duren

67.5

Ayton

67.2

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.9

120.2

119.8

119.1

119.0

118.7

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.9

111.2

112.6

112.9

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

11.0

7.8

7.7

7.6

6.9

4.7

Tank Leaderboard

16-57

17-56

17-55

19-54

21-52

23-50

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,616.6

Jokić

3,535.6

Dončić

3,149.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,849.3

Jokić

3,744

Dončić

3,334.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

35.9

Brown

33.9

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

45-27

44-28-1

43-30

41-31

42-31

Worst Record ATS

29-44

30-43

30-42

31-41

32-41

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	52	20	.722
2	Celtics	48	24	.667	4.0
3	Knicks	48	25	.658	4.5
4	Cavaliers	45	28	.616	7.5
5	Hawks	41	32	.562	11.5
6	Raptors	40	32	.556	12.0
7	76ers	40	33	.548	12.5
8	Heat	39	34	.534	13.5
9	Hornets	38	34	.528	14.0
10	Magic	38	34	.528	14.0
11	Bucks	29	43	.403	23.0
12	Bulls	29	43	.403	23.0
13	Wizards - e	17	55	.236	35.0
14	Nets - e	17	56	.233	35.5
15	Pacers - e	16	57	.219	36.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	57	16	.781
2	Spurs - x	55	18	.753	2.0
3	Lakers	47	26	.644	10.0
4	Nuggets	46	28	.622	11.5
5	Timberwolves	45	28	.616	12.0
6	Rockets	43	29	.597	13.5
7	Suns	40	33	.548	17.0
8	Clippers	37	36	.507	20.0
9	Trail Blazers	37	37	.500	20.5
10	Warriors	35	38	.479	22.0
11	Pelicans - e	25	48	.342	32.0
12	Grizzlies - e	24	48	.333	32.5
13	Mavericks - e	23	50	.315	34.0
14	Jazz - e	21	52	.288	36.0
15	Kings - e	19	54	.260	38.0