highest all-time minutes per game including playoffs nba

Wilt Chamberlain has played the most career minutes per game in the regular-season and playoffs with 46.0 minutes per game.

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highest all-time minutes per game by a player including playoffs NBA
NAMEMPGGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
46.0
1,205
29.1
23.1
4.4
11.7
21.8
53.8
5.7
11.2
50.5
54.5
55,418
35,026
27,837
5,316
2,487
2Bill Russell
B. Russell
42.8
1,128
15.2
22.8
4.3
5.9
13.5
43.8
3.4
6.0
56.8
47.2
48,223
17,195
25,724
4,870
3,138
3Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
42.2
1,126
25.4
7.4
9.5
1.1
0.1
9.0
18.7
48.3
7.3
8.7
83.9
56.3
1.0
2.9
47,559
28,620
8,382
10,656
92
8
3,198
4Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
41.4
985
26.9
3.7
6.1
2.2
0.2
9.4
22.1
42.3
1.2
3.8
31.4
7.0
8.9
77.9
51.6
0.8
2.9
3.5
40,787
26,479
3,667
6,049
2,130
178
3,483
1,934
+661
5Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
40.2
980
27.3
13.5
4.3
10.3
23.8
43.2
6.7
8.7
77.9
49.5
39,373
26,772
13,187
4,191
3,031
6Jerry West
J. West
39.5
1,085
27.3
5.7
6.6
2.5
0.7
9.8
20.7
47.3
7.7
9.5
81.2
54.9
0.9
2.8
42,892
29,649
6,231
7,208
81
23
2,886
7Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
39.0
855
17.8
13.7
3.8
1.1
0.9
7.6
16.5
45.9
0.0
0.1
6.3
2.6
3.4
77.9
49.4
3.1
9.8
2.1
33,333
15,200
11,729
3,243
677
544
551
3,318
8Larry Bird
L. Bird
39.0
1,061
24.2
10.0
6.4
1.7
0.8
9.5
19.2
49.2
0.7
1.9
36.9
4.6
5.2
88.7
56.2
2.0
8.0
3.1
41,329
25,688
10,657
6,757
1,852
900
3,322
2,745
9Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
38.9
880
26.3
16.1
3.0
9.2
21.3
43.4
7.8
10.3
76.3
51.0
34,235
23,120
14,153
2,610
2,806
10Latrell Sprewell
L. Sprewell
38.8
975
18.4
4.1
4.0
1.4
0.4
6.7
15.8
42.5
1.2
3.5
33.7
3.8
4.8
80.4
51.5
0.8
3.3
2.7
37,818
17,935
3,993
3,875
1,367
426
2,621
1,824
-89
11Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
38.8
1,251
30.6
6.3
5.3
2.3
0.8
11.5
23.2
49.5
0.6
1.8
32.8
7.0
8.4
83.4
56.8
1.6
4.7
2.8
48,485
38,279
7,824
6,655
2,890
1,051
3,470
3,324
+1732
12Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
38.7
1,399
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
54,160
29,507
17,523
2,583
961
1,993
1,482
4,571
13Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
38.4
695
23.4
8.5
2.4
8.2
19.4
42.1
7.1
8.8
81.2
50.5
26,712
16,290
5,873
1,652
2,647
14Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
38.3
901
16.6
15.2
3.3
0.4
0.3
6.7
13.6
49.7
3.1
4.0
78.3
54.2
0.8
3.9
34,501
14,949
13,659
2,944
32
24
2,586
15LeBron James
L. James
38.2
1,924
27.0
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
73,477
51,961
14,790
14,184
2,923
1,472
6,735
3,541
+8742
16Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
38.0
918
19.1
6.0
6.1
1.9
0.2
7.5
15.3
49.2
0.0
0.3
0.0
4.0
5.2
78.2
54.4
1.1
4.3
2.1
34,918
17,508
5,496
5,639
713
67
139
2,465
17Mel Hutchins
M. Hutchins
37.9
464
11.1
9.5
2.9
4.4
11.4
38.7
2.3
3.4
67.2
43.1
17,598
5,167
4,423
1,368
1,346
18Geoff Petrie
G. Petrie
37.6
446
21.8
2.8
4.6
1.1
0.1
8.9
19.5
45.5
4.0
5.0
80.5
50.2
0.6
2.0
16,787
9,732
1,271
2,057
247
33
1,075
19Steve Francis
S. Francis
37.6
581
18.1
5.6
6.0
1.5
0.4
6.1
14.3
42.9
1.0
2.9
34.2
4.8
6.1
79.6
53.3
1.7
3.9
3.5
21,854
10,542
3,257
3,511
853
224
2,051
1,831
+26
20Karl Malone
K. Malone
37.6
1,669
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
62,759
41,689
17,030
5,858
2,343
1,280
5,074
5,240
+3133
21Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
37.5
1,089
20.0
13.7
2.5
0.7
0.6
7.6
14.7
51.4
4.9
7.7
63.3
55.2
3.4
6.2
40,879
21,791
14,921
2,680
52
48
3,696
22Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
37.4
878
19.0
3.0
7.5
1.2
0.1
6.7
15.7
43.1
1.2
3.6
32.3
4.4
5.6
78.4
52.5
0.7
2.3
3.0
32,829
16,699
2,598
6,617
1,051
121
2,621
2,089
-1194
23Maurice Stokes
M. Stokes
37.4
203
16.4
17.3
5.2
6.2
17.6
35.0
4.0
5.8
69.9
40.6
7,583
3,327
3,507
1,064
792
24Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
37.2
1,096
19.5
7.3
11.4
1.9
0.4
6.8
13.2
51.7
0.3
1.2
29.2
5.5
6.5
84.6
60.7
1.8
5.5
3.8
40,783
21,408
8,024
12,487
2,082
438
4,202
2,574
25Kevin Durant
K. Durant
37.2
1,372
27.4
7.0
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.9
50.0
2.0
5.2
38.6
6.5
7.4
88.0
61.9
0.7
6.3
3.2
51,010
37,605
9,587
5,993
1,408
1,549
4,358
2,710
+5713
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1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
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.646
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4
52
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.634
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Hawks Hawks - x
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45
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.549
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45
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Bucks Bucks - e
32
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Bulls Bulls - e
31
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Nets Nets - e
20
62
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40.0
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19
63
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
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38.0
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56
.317
38.0
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