most career minutes before his 17th season including playoffs

LeBron James played the most minutes by a player in the regular-season and playoffs before his 17th season, with 56,285 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:

most career minutes by a player before his 17th season including playoffs

	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	LeBron James L. James	56,285	1,437	39.2	27.5	7.7	7.2	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.8	50.2	1.5	4.3	34.1	6.1	8.3	73.7	58.5	1.3	6.4	3.5	39,454	11,002	10,349	2,356	1,153	5,029	2,776	+7533
2	Wilt 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
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	55,107	1,415	38.9	26.7	12.5	4.0	1.0	3.0	11.0	19.7	56.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	6.5	71.9	59.2	2.7	8.6	3.0	37,812	17,712	5,595	1,104	3,154	2,181	4,315
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	54,258	1,436	37.8	25.9	10.5	3.4	1.4	0.8	9.5	18.5	51.6	0.1	0.2	26.0	6.8	9.3	73.8	57.6	2.6	7.9	3.1	37,260	15,100	4,865	1,968	1,163	4,420	4,600	+2726
5	Elvin 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
6	John 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
7	Gary Payton G. Payton	51,063	1,419	36.0	16.6	4.0	6.7	1.8	0.2	6.6	14.3	46.5	0.9	2.7	31.9	2.5	3.4	72.8	52.7	1.1	2.9	2.3	23,610	5,708	9,573	2,618	314	3,257	3,531	+2132
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	51,018	1,381	36.9	25.4	5.3	4.7	1.5	0.5	8.9	19.7	45.2	1.3	3.9	33.6	6.3	7.6	83.4	55.2	1.2	4.1	3.0	35,124	7,261	6,458	2,032	738	4,079	3,651	+5467
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	49,597	1,391	35.7	20.4	11.3	3.1	0.7	2.3	7.9	15.6	50.5	0.0	0.1	17.7	4.6	6.7	69.2	55.1	2.9	8.4	2.6	28,399	15,741	4,294	1,022	3,168	3,591	3,485	+8734
10	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	48,989	1,308	37.5	13.7	6.7	9.2	2.0	0.3	4.9	12.2	40.2	1.4	4.1	34.5	2.5	3.2	78.2	50.5	1.4	5.3	3.1	17,933	8,750	11,985	2,581	423	4,027	2,538	+3455
11	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	48,762	1,363	35.8	16.5	6.6	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.4	13.6	46.9	0.9	2.7	32.2	2.8	4.0	70.8	53.5	1.8	4.8	2.8	22,446	9,009	7,133	2,681	1,123	3,830	3,977	+2435
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48,485	1,251	38.8	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	38,279	7,824	6,655	2,890	1,051	3,470	3,324	+1732
13	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	48,234	1,325	36.4	21.2	6.0	3.8	1.4	0.6	6.9	15.6	44.4	1.6	4.5	36.7	5.7	7.0	81.0	56.7	0.9	5.1	2.9	28,038	7,922	5,045	1,863	797	3,826	3,811	+3251
14	Bill Russell B. Russell	48,223	1,128	42.8	15.2	22.8	4.3			5.9	13.5	43.8				3.4	6.0	56.8	47.2				17,195	25,724	4,870				3,138
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	48,147	1,323	36.4	22.9	8.3	2.6	0.9	0.9	8.0	16.8	47.5	1.2	3.2	38.2	5.7	6.5	88.0	58.2	1.2	7.1	1.9	30,241	10,964	3,479	1,182	1,219	2,519	3,327	+6283
16	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	47,999	1,300	36.9	19.5	10.8	4.1	1.3	1.5	7.8	15.8	49.6	0.1	0.5	28.3	3.7	4.7	78.7	54.7	2.5	8.3	2.4	25,381	13,989	5,294	1,749	1,993	3,097	3,288	+4686
17	Moses Malone M. Malone	47,996	1,340	35.8	21.7	12.8	1.4	0.9	1.4	7.5	15.3	49.1	0.0	0.1	9.5	6.7	8.7	76.9	56.8	5.3	7.5	3.2	29,093	17,189	1,885	1,159	1,856	3,939	3,247
18	Reggie Miller R. Miller	47,683	1,358	35.1	19.2	3.1	3.0	1.1	0.2	6.3	13.3	47.2	1.9	4.8	39.8	4.8	5.4	88.6	61.4	0.7	2.4	1.8	26,123	4,177	4,038	1,508	313	2,472	2,749	+1443
19	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	47,559	1,126	42.2	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		28,620	8,382	10,656	92	8		3,198
20	Ray Allen R. Allen	47,337	1,276	37.1	19.8	4.2	3.5	1.2	0.2	6.9	15.3	45.2	2.4	5.9	40.1	3.6	4.0	89.3	58.0	1.0	3.2	2.2	25,271	5,367	4,471	1,468	255	2,745	2,933	+3545
21	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	47,239	1,333	35.4	16.4	4.0	4.0	0.9	0.2	6.3	14.2	44.1	1.6	4.2	37.1	2.3	2.8	79.9	52.9	0.9	3.2	2.0	21,849	5,383	5,284	1,149	271	2,611	2,407	+687
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	46,962	1,259	37.3	23.5	11.6	2.7	1.8	3.3	9.3	18.1	51.5	0.0	0.1	20.9	4.8	6.6	71.6	55.7	3.4	8.2	3.1	29,549	14,553	3,376	2,256	4,120	3,906	4,648	+452
23	John Stockton J. Stockton	46,448	1,426	32.6	13.4	2.7	10.9	2.2	0.2	4.8	9.3	51.2	0.6	1.6	37.5	3.2	3.9	82.2	60.5	0.7	2.1	2.9	19,062	3,908	15,506	3,153	299	4,139	3,846	+2102
24	James Harden J. Harden	46,279	1,324	35.0	23.9	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.1	43.7	2.7	7.6	36.0	7.0	8.1	86.2	60.5	0.8	4.9	3.7	31,582	7,421	9,441	1,997	753	4,850	3,369	+4856
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	45,864	1,231	37.3	27.5	7.1	4.3	1.1	1.1	9.5	19.0	49.7	1.9	5.1	38.2	6.7	7.6	88.2	61.6	0.7	6.4	3.2	33,909	8,781	5,354	1,295	1,400	3,913	2,460	+5414