Bob Love has the most career minutes per game in game ones with 45.0 minutes per game.

Interpreted as:

highest mpg by a player in game ones

	NAME	MPG	GP	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	Bob Love B. Love	45.0	2	37.5	6.5	1.5	2.0	0.0	13.0	25.5	51.0				11.5	11.5	100.0	61.4	2.5	4.0		90	75	13	3	4	0		8
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44.9	14	32.9	4.3	5.4	2.2	0.2	11.5	26.1	44.1	1.8	4.8	37.3	8.1	10.1	80.1	53.9	1.1	3.1	3.7	629	460	60	76	31	3	52	28	-25
3	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	43.6	15	22.3	13.0	1.7			9.1	20.1	45.4	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.0	67.8	49.0				654	335	195	26				55
4	Steve Francis S. Francis	43.0	1	18.0	9.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	14.0	42.9	1.0	2.0	50.0	5.0	8.0	62.5	51.4	2.0	7.0	7.0	43	18	9	5	1	0	7	3	+4
5	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	43.0	3	14.0	6.7	5.0	3.0	0.7	4.3	12.3	35.1				5.3	7.0	76.2	45.4	2.7	4.0		129	42	20	15	9	2		10
6	Jimmy Walker J. Walker	42.0	1	12.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	12.0	50.0				0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	1.0		42	12	1	2	0	1		1
7	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	41.7	2	30.0	9.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	11.5	22.0	52.3	3.0	7.0	42.9	4.0	7.0	57.1	59.8	2.0	7.0	6.5	83	60	18	9	1	1	13	3	-15
8	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	41.7	9	18.7	14.9	5.7			8.1	18.3	44.2	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.0	81.5	47.5				375	168	134	51				40
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41.2	37	34.0	6.4	5.6	2.1	0.8	12.7	25.5	49.7	0.8	2.3	33.7	7.8	9.1	85.5	57.5	1.4	5.1	2.9	1,523	1,258	238	206	79	30	108	114	+68
10	Bradley Beal B. Beal	41.1	9	22.0	4.8	4.8	2.0	0.3	7.9	18.2	43.3	1.8	5.8	30.8	4.4	5.7	78.4	53.1	1.3	3.4	2.6	370	198	43	43	18	3	23	19	+23
11	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	41.1	7	21.0	8.6	4.3			8.7	18.6	46.9				3.6	4.3	83.3	51.3			3.8	288	147	60	30			23	23
12	Devin Booker D. Booker	41.0	9	26.8	5.1	7.2	1.3	0.7	9.3	20.1	46.4	1.7	5.4	30.6	6.4	7.2	89.2	57.5	0.9	4.2	3.0	369	241	46	65	12	6	27	24	+19
13	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	41.0	7	23.6	3.9	4.7			10.7	19.9	54.0				2.1	2.3	93.8	56.5				287	165	27	33				17
14	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	41.0	1	21.0	8.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	8.0	15.0	53.3				5.0	6.0	83.3	59.5				41	21	8	11	4	0		1
15	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	40.8	12	15.5	4.3	6.7	2.1	0.3	5.7	15.4	36.8	2.4	7.1	34.1	1.8	2.8	61.8	46.5	1.5	2.8	3.4	489	186	51	80	25	3	41	29	+10
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	40.7	30	24.1	10.1	7.3			9.1	18.8	48.7	0.5	1.5	33.3	5.3	5.9	89.8	56.3				1,221	722	302	219				71
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	40.5	22	23.0	8.8	4.5	1.4	1.0	7.9	18.6	42.3	2.0	6.3	32.4	5.3	6.3	83.5	53.9	1.1	7.7	3.1	890	507	193	98	30	23	69	55	+186
18	LeBron James L. James	40.4	55	25.9	9.0	7.0	1.5	1.1	9.6	19.4	49.6	1.3	4.2	29.6	5.4	7.3	74.2	57.2	1.7	7.3	3.5	2,223	1,425	496	386	82	60	191	106	+92
19	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	40.4	1	38.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	27.0	48.1	4.0	8.0	50.0	8.0	12.0	66.7	58.9	1.0	0.0	3.0	40	38	1	5	3	0	3	3	+4
20	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	40.3	8	20.0	10.0	3.6	0.8	0.9	7.3	13.3	54.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.5	6.9	80.0	61.4	1.6	8.4	2.1	322	160	80	29	6	7	17	16
21	Josh Hart J. Hart	40.1	6	16.7	10.3	4.2	1.2	0.5	6.3	11.2	56.7	1.3	3.5	38.1	2.7	4.0	66.7	64.5	3.7	6.7	2.2	241	100	62	25	7	3	13	23	+21
22	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	40.1	13	27.4	4.5	5.5	1.0	0.2	8.3	20.8	39.9	3.5	8.6	40.2	7.3	8.2	89.6	56.0	0.7	3.8	3.2	521	356	59	71	13	2	42	28	-45
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	40.1	9	32.2	8.8	6.3	1.7	0.4	10.9	23.6	46.2	3.4	10.0	34.4	7.0	9.2	75.9	58.3	0.6	8.2	5.3	361	290	79	57	15	4	48	16	-78
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	40.1	38	23.3	10.6	3.0	1.6	0.7	8.8	19.3	45.6	0.1	0.2	33.3	5.6	7.8	72.0	51.2	2.4	8.2	3.1	1,524	885	402	113	60	25	118	110	+64
25	Allan Houston A. Houston	40.1	13	21.6	2.5	2.5	0.8	0.2	7.9	16.4	48.4	1.5	3.0	48.7	4.3	4.6	93.3	58.7	0.2	2.3	2.2	521	281	33	33	10	2	29	29	+29