highest career minutes regular season and playoffs

LeBron James has played the most career minutes in the regular-season and playoffs, with 72,634 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:
highest career minutes by a player regular season and playoffs
NAMEMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
72,634
1,900
38.2
27.1
7.7
7.4
1.5
0.8
9.9
19.6
50.5
1.6
4.7
34.6
5.6
7.6
73.8
58.9
1.2
6.5
3.5
51,451
14,620
13,999
2,890
1,463
6,661
3,506
+8669
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
66,297
1,797
36.9
24.6
11.1
3.6
0.9
2.6
10.1
18.2
55.6
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.3
6.0
72.4
58.9
2.4
7.4
2.7
44,149
19,921
6,427
1,349
3,665
2,974
5,454
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
62,759
1,669
37.6
25.0
10.2
3.5
1.4
0.8
9.1
18.0
50.9
0.1
0.2
26.2
6.6
8.9
74.1
57.0
2.4
7.8
3.0
41,689
17,030
5,858
2,343
1,280
5,074
5,240
+3133
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
57,278
1,566
36.6
25.1
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.8
19.6
44.7
1.4
4.1
33.0
6.2
7.4
83.4
54.8
1.1
4.1
3.0
39,283
8,166
7,346
2,254
784
4,657
4,013
+4708
5Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
57,263
1,667
34.4
21.1
7.8
2.4
0.8
0.8
7.4
15.8
47.0
1.3
3.4
37.9
5.0
5.7
88.0
57.7
1.0
6.8
1.7
35,223
12,935
4,011
1,359
1,410
2,822
4,008
+6589
6Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
56,738
1,643
34.5
19.3
10.9
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.5
14.8
50.5
0.0
0.1
17.2
4.3
6.2
69.5
55.0
2.8
8.1
2.4
31,668
17,950
4,989
1,193
3,588
4,014
4,005
+10000
7Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
56,199
1,549
36.3
12.6
6.3
8.6
1.9
0.3
4.5
11.2
39.9
1.4
4.2
34.6
2.2
2.9
78.4
50.6
1.3
5.0
2.9
19,572
9,783
13,354
2,986
502
4,453
2,920
+3978
8Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
55,701
1,605
34.7
17.9
10.1
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.6
49.5
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.4
2.2
7.9
2.2
28,672
16,196
5,916
2,037
2,223
3,521
3,992
+5211
9Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
55,418
1,205
46.0
29.1
23.1
4.4
11.7
21.8
53.8
5.7
11.2
50.5
54.5
35,026
27,837
5,316
2,487
10John Stockton
J. Stockton
54,162
1,686
32.1
13.1
2.8
10.5
2.1
0.2
4.7
9.2
51.0
0.6
1.5
37.6
3.2
3.9
82.4
60.3
0.7
2.1
2.8
22,147
4,659
17,645
3,603
365
4,761
4,481
+3046
11Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
54,160
1,399
38.7
21.1
12.5
1.8
1.0
2.0
8.5
18.7
45.3
0.0
0.1
14.7
4.1
6.2
66.8
49.2
3.2
7.9
2.4
29,507
17,523
2,583
961
1,993
1,482
4,571
12John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
53,331
1,442
37.0
20.9
6.4
4.8
1.2
0.3
8.3
18.9
43.9
4.3
5.3
81.8
49.3
1.5
3.5
2.5
30,171
9,193
6,939
536
133
204
3,808
13Reggie Miller
R. Miller
52,927
1,533
34.5
18.4
3.0
2.9
1.1
0.2
6.0
12.8
46.9
1.9
4.8
39.4
4.6
5.1
88.8
61.2
0.6
2.4
1.7
28,251
4,598
4,498
1,651
333
2,666
3,005
+2185
14Gary Payton
G. Payton
52,598
1,489
35.3
16.1
3.9
6.6
1.8
0.2
6.4
13.9
46.3
0.9
2.7
31.7
2.4
3.3
72.7
52.6
1.0
2.9
2.2
23,968
5,844
9,777
2,661
317
3,327
3,651
+1913
15Ray Allen
R. Allen
52,408
1,471
35.6
18.5
4.0
3.3
1.1
0.2
6.5
14.3
45.1
2.3
5.7
40.0
3.3
3.7
89.3
58.1
0.9
3.1
2.0
27,254
5,920
4,810
1,615
285
2,983
3,260
+4077
16Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
52,109
1,513
34.4
19.5
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
6.4
14.5
44.3
1.6
4.4
36.7
5.1
6.4
80.9
56.6
0.8
4.8
2.6
29,577
8,512
5,287
1,956
850
4,008
4,190
+3505
17Robert Parish
R. Parish
51,881
1,795
28.9
14.6
9.2
1.3
0.8
1.5
6.0
11.2
53.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6
3.6
72.1
56.9
2.9
6.3
2.1
26,154
16,480
2,414
1,364
2,670
3,548
5,060
+102
18Chris Paul
C. Paul
51,278
1,519
33.8
17.1
4.4
9.1
2.0
0.2
6.1
13.0
47.1
1.4
3.8
37.0
3.5
4.1
86.9
58.1
0.6
3.8
2.3
26,039
6,736
13,785
3,015
253
3,486
3,645
+6159
19Kevin Durant
K. Durant
50,427
1,356
37.2
27.4
7.0
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.9
49.9
2.0
5.2
38.6
6.5
7.4
88.0
61.8
0.7
6.3
3.2
37,191
9,502
5,899
1,398
1,535
4,302
2,685
+5653
20Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
50,016
1,423
35.1
23.8
11.0
2.5
0.6
2.2
9.4
16.2
57.9
0.0
0.0
4.5
5.0
9.5
52.3
58.2
3.6
7.4
2.8
33,846
15,607
3,608
856
3,191
3,959
4,915
+5525
21Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
49,971
1,383
36.1
22.2
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
8.9
17.2
51.4
0.0
0.1
20.4
4.5
6.3
71.2
55.5
3.3
7.9
3.0
30,701
15,369
3,516
2,407
4,302
4,091
4,945
+535
22Vince Carter
V. Carter
49,400
1,629
30.3
16.8
4.3
3.1
1.0
0.6
6.0
13.9
43.4
1.5
4.0
36.9
3.2
4.0
79.8
53.5
1.1
3.2
1.7
27,321
7,083
5,009
1,624
935
2,758
4,252
+1810
23Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
49,174
1,386
35.5
16.3
6.5
5.2
1.9
0.8
6.3
13.5
46.8
0.8
2.6
32.2
2.8
4.0
70.7
53.4
1.8
4.7
2.8
22,582
9,077
7,183
2,702
1,132
3,859
4,015
+2254
24Moses Malone
M. Malone
48,867
1,423
34.3
20.7
12.3
1.4
0.8
1.3
7.2
14.6
49.0
0.0
0.1
10.3
6.4
8.3
76.9
56.7
5.1
7.2
3.0
29,486
17,507
1,932
1,173
1,884
4,019
3,320
25Joe Johnson
J. Johnson
48,500
1,397
34.7
15.9
4.0
3.8
0.8
0.2
6.1
13.9
44.0
1.5
4.1
36.8
2.2
2.7
80.0
52.8
0.8
3.1
1.9
22,235
5,565
5,370
1,167
279
2,663
2,478
+558
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TEAMWLPCTGB
2
44
23
.657
4.5
3
43
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.632
6.0
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41
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.612
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38
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.576
10.0
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.561
11.0
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3/15
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3:30 PM
Tue
3/17
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8:00 PM
Thu
3/19
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8:00 PM
Sat
3/21
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7:00 PM
Tue
3/24
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8:00 PM
Last Game
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138

Final

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

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1
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2
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.657
4.5
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.632
6.0
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.612
7.5
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.576
10.0
6
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.561
11.0
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21.0
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17
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.254
31.5
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16
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.242
32.0
15
15
52
.224
33.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
52
15
.776
2
49
18
.731
3.0
3
42
25
.627
10.0
4
41
25
.621
10.5
5
41
26
.612
11.0
6
41
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.603
11.5
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.582
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18.0
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.485
19.5
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.478
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113-95
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115-110
Tue
2/10
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105-124
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138-89

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
3/15
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Sun
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3:30 PM
Sun
3/15
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3:30 PM
Sun
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