highest minutes per game by a celtic in a season

John Havlicek has played the most minutes per game for the Celtics in a season with 45.4 minutes per game in 1970-71.

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NAMEMPGSEASONTMGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
45.4
1970-71
81
28.9
9.0
7.5
11.0
24.5
45.0
6.8
8.4
81.8
51.3
3,678
2,338
730
607
200
2Bill Russell
B. Russell
45.2
1961-62
76
18.9
23.6
4.5
7.6
16.6
45.7
3.8
6.3
59.5
48.9
3,433
1,436
1,790
341
207
3John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
45.1
1971-72
82
27.5
8.2
7.5
10.9
23.9
45.8
5.6
6.7
83.4
51.2
3,698
2,252
672
614
183
4Bill Russell
B. Russell
44.9
1962-63
78
16.8
23.6
4.5
6.6
15.2
43.2
3.7
6.6
55.5
46.4
3,500
1,309
1,843
348
189
5Bill Russell
B. Russell
44.6
1963-64
78
15.0
24.7
4.7
6.0
13.8
43.3
3.0
5.5
55.0
46.1
3,482
1,168
1,930
370
190
6Bill Russell
B. Russell
44.4
1964-65
78
14.1
24.1
5.3
5.5
12.6
43.8
3.1
5.5
57.3
47.2
3,466
1,102
1,878
410
204
7Bill Russell
B. Russell
44.3
1960-61
78
16.9
23.9
3.4
6.8
16.0
42.6
3.3
6.0
55.0
45.4
3,458
1,322
1,868
268
155
8Bill Russell
B. Russell
43.4
1965-66
78
12.9
22.8
4.8
5.0
12.1
41.5
2.9
5.2
55.1
44.8
3,386
1,005
1,779
371
221
9Bill Russell
B. Russell
42.7
1968-69
77
9.9
19.3
4.9
3.6
8.4
43.3
2.6
5.0
52.6
46.7
3,291
762
1,484
374
231
10Bill Russell
B. Russell
42.6
1958-59
70
16.7
23.0
3.2
6.5
14.2
45.7
3.7
6.1
59.8
49.3
2,979
1,168
1,612
222
161
11Bill Russell
B. Russell
42.5
1959-60
74
18.2
24.0
3.7
7.5
16.1
46.7
3.2
5.3
61.2
49.6
3,146
1,350
1,778
277
210
12John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
42.1
1972-73
80
23.8
7.1
6.6
9.6
21.3
45.0
4.6
5.4
85.8
50.2
3,367
1,902
567
529
195
13Ed Macauley
E. Macauley
42.1
1952-53
69
20.3
9.1
4.1
6.5
14.4
45.2
7.2
9.7
75.0
54.3
2,902
1,402
629
280
188
14Antoine Walker
A. Walker
42.0
2001-02
81
22.1
8.8
5.0
1.5
0.5
8.2
20.9
39.4
2.7
8.0
34.4
3.0
4.0
74.1
49.0
1.9
7.0
3.1
3,406
1,794
714
407
122
38
251
237
+240
15Antoine Walker
A. Walker
41.9
2000-01
81
23.4
8.9
5.5
1.7
0.6
8.8
21.2
41.3
2.7
7.4
36.7
3.1
4.3
71.6
50.5
1.9
7.0
3.7
3,396
1,892
719
445
138
49
301
251
-122
16Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
41.9
1973-74
80
19.0
15.7
4.4
1.2
1.3
8.1
18.4
43.7
2.9
3.4
83.2
47.6
3.3
12.4
3,352
1,518
1,257
354
95
101
294
17Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
41.8
1972-73
82
20.5
16.2
4.1
9.0
20.0
45.2
2.5
3.2
77.9
48.1
3,425
1,684
1,329
333
311
18Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
41.8
1977-78
77
18.6
14.0
4.6
1.3
0.9
7.8
15.8
49.0
3.1
3.7
84.2
53.3
3.2
10.8
2.8
3,215
1,435
1,078
351
102
67
217
297
19Ricky Davis
R. Davis
41.6
2005-06
42
19.7
4.5
5.3
1.2
0.2
7.8
16.9
46.4
1.0
3.0
32.0
3.1
3.9
78.7
52.9
1.0
3.5
2.7
1,747
827
187
221
49
9
115
91
+8
20John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
41.6
1969-70
81
24.2
7.8
6.8
9.1
19.6
46.4
6.0
7.1
84.4
53.3
3,369
1,960
635
550
211
21Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
41.5
1952-53
71
19.8
6.3
7.7
6.5
18.6
35.2
6.7
8.3
81.6
44.6
2,945
1,407
449
547
227
22Antoine Walker
A. Walker
41.5
2002-03
78
20.1
7.2
4.8
1.5
0.4
7.7
19.9
38.8
2.4
7.5
32.3
2.3
3.7
61.5
46.7
1.3
5.9
3.3
3,235
1,570
563
373
116
31
260
221
+83
23Jo Jo White
J. Jo White
41.3
1971-72
79
23.1
5.6
5.3
9.7
22.6
43.1
3.6
4.3
83.1
47.1
3,261
1,825
446
416
227
24Bill Russell
B. Russell
40.7
1966-67
81
13.3
21.0
5.8
4.9
10.7
45.4
3.5
5.8
61.0
50.0
3,297
1,075
1,700
472
258
25John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
40.7
1973-74
76
22.6
6.4
5.9
1.3
0.4
9.0
19.8
45.6
4.6
5.5
83.2
50.9
1.8
4.6
3,091
1,716
487
447
95
32
196
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes per game going back to the 1951-52 season.

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