best start to a season in supersonics history

14 players are tied for the most starts for the Seattle SuperSonics in a season, with 82 starts. The first three are Luke Ridnour in 2004-05, Gary Payton 7 times and Vin Baker in 1997-98.

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best start by a player to a season in supersonics history

	NAME	GS	SEASON	TM	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	Luke Ridnour L. Ridnour	82	2004-05	SEA	82	31.4	10.0	2.5	5.9	1.1	0.3	3.6	9.0	40.5	0.8	2.2	37.6	1.9	2.2	88.3	50.4	0.7	1.8	1.8	2,571	824	204	483	94	23	149	185	-2
2	Gary Payton G. Payton	82	2001-02	SEA	82	40.3	22.1	4.8	9.0	1.6	0.3	9.0	19.2	46.7	0.9	2.9	31.4	3.3	4.1	79.7	52.6	1.0	3.9	2.5	3,301	1,815	396	737	131	26	209	179	+199
3	Gary Payton G. Payton	82	1999-00	SEA	82	41.8	24.2	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.2	9.1	20.3	44.8	2.2	6.3	34.0	3.8	5.2	73.5	53.5	1.2	5.2	2.7	3,425	1,982	529	732	153	18	224	178	+224
4	Vin Baker V. Baker	82	1997-98	SEA	82	35.9	19.2	8.0	1.9	1.1	1.0	7.7	14.2	54.2	0.0	0.1	14.3	3.8	6.4	59.1	56.4	3.5	4.5	2.1	2,944	1,574	656	152	91	86	174	278	+412
5	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	82	1997-98	SEA	82	31.7	10.5	4.1	2.7	1.8	0.2	3.4	7.8	44.0	1.5	3.7	41.5	2.2	2.5	86.8	59.4	0.9	3.2	1.2	2,597	862	334	221	148	17	102	153	+487
6	Gary Payton G. Payton	82	1997-98	SEA	82	38.4	19.2	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	7.1	15.6	45.3	1.6	4.8	33.8	3.4	4.6	74.4	54.4	0.9	3.6	2.8	3,145	1,571	376	679	185	18	229	195	+622
7	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	82	1996-97	SEA	82	33.6	13.9	3.9	3.0	1.9	0.1	4.5	9.7	46.4	1.7	4.3	40.3	3.1	3.6	87.5	61.6	1.1	2.8	1.6	2,755	1,139	320	250	159	12	130	146	+540
8	Gary Payton G. Payton	82	1996-97	SEA	82	39.2	21.8	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	8.6	18.1	47.6	1.5	4.6	31.3	3.1	4.3	71.5	54.5	1.3	3.3	2.6	3,213	1,785	378	583	197	13	215	208	+624
9	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	82	1995-96	SEA	82	34.4	15.6	3.6	2.7	1.8	0.2	5.4	11.4	47.3	1.8	4.6	38.4	3.0	3.5	87.4	60.3	1.0	2.6	2.0	2,823	1,281	297	218	149	14	164	172
10	Gary Payton G. Payton	82	1994-95	SEA	82	36.8	20.6	3.4	7.1	2.5	0.2	8.4	16.4	50.9	0.9	2.8	30.2	3.0	4.2	71.6	56.4	1.3	2.1	2.5	3,015	1,689	281	583	204	13	201	206
11	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	82	1994-95	SEA	82	35.2	19.2	6.2	3.8	1.1	0.4	6.4	12.2	52.3	1.1	2.2	51.4	5.3	6.4	83.9	64.1	1.6	4.5	2.1	2,886	1,572	508	310	93	35	176	252
12	Gary Payton G. Payton	82	1993-94	SEA	82	35.1	16.5	3.3	6.0	2.3	0.2	7.1	14.1	50.4	0.2	0.7	27.8	2.0	3.4	59.5	52.6	1.3	2.0	2.1	2,881	1,349	269	494	188	19	173	227
13	Gary Payton G. Payton	82	1990-91	SEA	82	27.4	7.2	3.0	6.4	2.0	0.2	3.2	7.0	45.0	0.0	0.2	7.7	0.8	1.2	71.1	47.6	1.3	1.6	2.2	2,244	588	243	528	165	15	180	249
14	Michael Cage M. Cage	82	1989-90	SEA	82	31.6	9.7	10.0	0.9	1.0	0.5	4.0	7.9	50.4	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.6	69.8	54.0	3.7	6.3	1.1	2,595	798	821	70	79	45	94	232
15	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	82	1988-89	SEA	82	38.9	27.5	4.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	10.5	20.9	50.1	2.0	4.1	47.8	4.6	5.6	81.6	58.9	1.9	2.3	2.7	3,190	2,253	342	164	108	22	218	197
16	Alton Lister A. Lister	82	1988-89	SEA	82	22.0	8.0	6.6	0.7	0.3	2.2	3.3	6.6	49.9	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.2	64.6	52.9	2.5	4.1	1.4	1,806	657	545	54	28	180	117	310
17	Derrick McKey D. McKey	82	1988-89	SEA	82	34.2	15.9	5.7	2.7	1.3	0.9	5.9	11.8	50.2	0.4	1.1	33.7	3.7	4.6	80.3	57.5	2.0	3.6	2.3	2,804	1,305	464	219	105	70	188	264
18	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	82	1987-88	SEA	82	32.7	20.4	6.0	2.6	1.1	0.6	7.5	16.6	44.8	0.4	1.3	30.3	5.1	6.3	80.7	52.6	1.6	4.3	2.5	2,680	1,674	490	212	87	53	209	297
19	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	82	1987-88	SEA	82	29.9	7.6	4.1	8.6	2.1	0.6	2.9	6.0	47.4	0.1	0.3	37.5	1.8	2.5	70.7	53.2	1.4	2.7	2.3	2,453	624	338	702	169	47	189	238
20	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	82	1986-87	SEA	82	36.8	23.3	6.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	8.0	17.6	45.6	0.7	1.8	37.2	6.5	7.7	84.9	55.4	2.0	4.7	3.3	3,018	1,909	545	245	81	50	268	307
21	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	82	1986-87	SEA	82	37.0	23.0	8.6	2.5	1.4	0.6	9.8	19.3	50.9	0.0	0.2	21.4	3.4	4.8	69.6	53.8	4.1	4.5	2.9	3,031	1,890	705	207	115	52	234	300
22	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	82	1985-86	SEA	82	31.3	13.1	2.3	5.9	1.7	0.1	5.3	11.0	48.2	0.2	0.6	34.6	2.3	2.7	83.0	53.7	1.1	1.2	2.2	2,568	1,071	187	487	138	12	184	230
23	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	82	1983-84	SEA	82	36.5	19.1	11.1	4.0	1.2	1.1	7.0	14.1	49.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.9	85.6	57.2	2.7	8.4	2.9	2,993	1,563	911	327	95	92	236	301
24	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	82	1981-82	SEA	82	37.2	19.6	12.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	7.1	14.8	47.9	0.0	0.2	15.4	5.5	6.4	85.5	55.9	2.7	9.9	2.6	3,049	1,611	1,038	277	102	107	213	268
25	Chris Wilcox C. Wilcox	81	2006-07	SEA	82	31.5	13.5	7.7	1.0	0.9	0.5	5.3	10.0	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.9	4.3	68.4	56.8	2.2	5.5	1.5	2,586	1,106	629	82	70	38	127	248	-62

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14 players are tied for the most starts for the Seattle SuperSonics in a season, with 82 starts. The first three are Luke Ridnour in 2004-05, Gary Payton 7 times and Vin Baker in 1997-98.

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