LeBron James has the most starts when playing 18+ games, with 1,562 starts.

Interpreted as:

best regular-season start by a player through 18 or more games NBA

	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	1,562	1,564	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,106	42,212	11,740	11,604	2,347	1,150	5,474	2,783	+7376
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	1,366	33.5	16.9	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.7	46.9	1.4	3.7	36.9	3.6	4.1	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,785	23,041	6,001	12,545	2,727	222	3,107	3,202	+6052
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	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
12	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
13	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
14	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	1,193	1,205	34.7	21.3	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.2	47.0	0.5	1.7	30.1	5.5	6.5	84.3	55.7	0.7	3.7	2.0	41,817	25,629	5,264	4,934	1,193	396	2,399	2,696	+35
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,134	1,137	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	1.9	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,741	30,915	7,895	4,954	1,187	1,282	3,595	2,175	+4850
22	Mike Conley M. Conley	1,133	1,189	31.1	13.9	2.9	5.6	1.4	0.2	4.9	11.2	43.8	1.6	4.2	38.9	2.5	3.0	82.6	55.7	0.5	2.5	1.8	36,944	16,572	3,487	6,686	1,615	245	2,195	2,302	+2737
23	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
24	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
25	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	1,092	1,296	30.2	9.6	3.8	8.0	1.2	0.1	3.7	8.3	44.7	0.6	1.7	33.2	1.7	2.2	77.0	52.2	1.0	2.8	2.4	39,121	12,489	4,963	10,334	1,608	117	3,155	2,230	+402