most career minutes before his 17th season

Elvin Hayes played the most minutes by a player before his 17th season, with 50,000 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:

most career minutes by a player before his 17th season

	NAME	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	50,000	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.4	18.6	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	49.1	3.1	7.8	2.4	27,313	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	48,373	1,249	38.7	26.6	12.5	4.0	1.0	3.0	11.0	19.5	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.5	71.8	59.5	2.7	8.7	3.0	33,262	15,627	4,968	958	2,785	1,884	3,752
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	47,859	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	47,503	1,273	37.3	25.9	10.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	9.5	18.2	52.4	0.1	0.2	27.0	6.8	9.2	73.8	58.2	2.5	7.9	3.1	32,919	13,287	4,365	1,747	1,035	3,948	4,029	+2569
5	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	46,471	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.8	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	26,395	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
6	LeBron James L. James	46,236	1,198	38.6	27.2	7.4	7.2	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.4	1.4	4.2	34.3	6.0	8.1	73.6	58.6	1.2	6.2	3.5	32,543	8,880	8,662	1,937	921	4,163	2,207	+6398
7	Gary Payton G. Payton	45,614	1,267	36.0	16.9	4.1	6.9	1.9	0.2	6.8	14.5	46.7	0.9	2.7	31.9	2.5	3.5	73.0	52.9	1.1	3.0	2.3	21,455	5,137	8,765	2,402	282	2,964	3,100	+2135
8	Moses Malone M. Malone	44,200	1,246	35.5	21.7	12.8	1.4	0.9	1.4	7.5	15.2	49.2	0.0	0.1	9.1	6.7	8.8	76.9	57.0	5.3	7.5	3.2	27,016	15,894	1,749	1,075	1,705	3,724	3,003
9	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	44,036	1,187	37.1	13.6	6.6	9.2	2.0	0.3	4.8	12.0	40.3	1.4	4.0	34.9	2.5	3.2	78.2	50.6	1.4	5.2	3.1	16,142	7,853	10,923	2,343	386	3,657	2,245	+3446
10	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	43,915	1,195	36.7	19.5	10.7	4.1	1.3	1.5	7.8	15.7	49.8	0.1	0.5	28.2	3.7	4.8	78.8	54.9	2.5	8.3	2.4	23,323	12,819	4,890	1,608	1,847	2,831	2,964	+4529
11	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	43,886	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
12	Reggie Miller R. Miller	43,260	1,243	34.8	18.9	3.1	3.0	1.1	0.2	6.2	13.0	47.4	1.9	4.7	39.8	4.7	5.3	88.6	61.6	0.7	2.4	1.8	23,505	3,838	3,746	1,390	283	2,264	2,525	+1279
13	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	43,029	1,221	35.2	16.4	4.0	4.0	0.9	0.2	6.3	14.2	44.2	1.6	4.2	37.4	2.2	2.8	80.1	53.1	0.9	3.1	2.0	20,033	4,887	4,918	1,053	253	2,402	2,185	+917
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	42,603	1,188	35.9	22.5	8.1	2.6	0.9	0.9	7.9	16.6	47.6	1.2	3.2	38.3	5.5	6.2	87.9	58.2	1.1	7.0	1.9	26,786	9,594	3,139	1,037	1,095	2,208	2,945	+6180
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	42,458	1,177	36.1	21.3	5.9	3.8	1.4	0.6	7.0	15.6	44.7	1.6	4.4	37.0	5.7	7.0	80.7	56.9	0.9	5.1	2.9	25,031	6,999	4,483	1,669	699	3,366	3,314	+3099
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42,377	1,161	36.5	25.4	5.3	4.7	1.5	0.5	8.9	19.6	45.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	6.4	7.6	83.8	55.4	1.2	4.1	3.0	29,484	6,142	5,418	1,722	594	3,432	2,991	+4912
17	Ray Allen R. Allen	42,373	1,148	36.9	20.0	4.2	3.6	1.2	0.2	7.0	15.5	45.2	2.4	5.9	40.0	3.6	4.0	89.4	57.9	1.0	3.2	2.2	22,941	4,850	4,083	1,330	221	2,522	2,614	+3153
18	Buck Williams B. Williams	41,726	1,266	33.0	13.1	10.1	1.3	0.8	0.9	5.0	9.1	55.0	0.0	0.0	16.7	3.1	4.7	66.3	58.8	3.5	6.6	2.2	16,582	12,834	1,625	1,063	1,085	2,746	4,174	+143
19	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	41,447	1,180	35.1	20.2	11.2	3.1	0.7	2.2	7.8	15.4	50.7	0.0	0.1	18.2	4.5	6.5	69.3	55.2	2.9	8.3	2.5	23,785	13,219	3,612	872	2,652	3,001	2,880	+7881
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	41,299	1,119	36.9	23.1	11.6	2.6	1.8	3.3	9.2	17.9	51.3	0.0	0.1	20.7	4.7	6.6	71.6	55.6	3.4	8.2	3.1	25,822	12,951	2,920	2,018	3,652	3,488	4,095	+474
21	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	41,229	1,187	34.7	21.3	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.3	46.9	0.5	1.7	30.0	5.5	6.6	84.2	55.6	0.7	3.7	2.0	25,292	5,208	4,869	1,170	393	2,379	2,659	+204
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41,011	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
23	Bill Russell B. Russell	40,726	963	42.3	15.1	22.5	4.3			5.9	13.4	44.0				3.3	5.8	56.1	47.1				14,522	21,620	4,100				2,592
24	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	40,657	1,155	35.2	16.3	6.4	5.3	2.0	0.8	6.4	13.5	47.3	0.8	2.6	32.7	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.7	1.8	4.7	2.8	18,804	7,426	6,085	2,286	938	3,228	3,291	+2203
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	40,526	1,258	32.2	13.3	2.7	11.0	2.3	0.2	4.8	9.2	51.8	0.6	1.5	38.2	3.2	3.9	82.5	61.0	0.6	2.0	2.9	16,781	3,360	13,790	2,844	254	3,651	3,355	+1973