most games as a starter by a player in nba playoffs history

LeBron James has the most career games by a player as a starter in the playoffs, with 292 games.

	NAME	GP	MPG	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	LeBron James L. James	292	41.3	28.4	9.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.2	20.5	49.6	1.6	4.9	33.3	6.4	8.6	74.1	58.4	1.5	7.5	3.6	12,062	8,289	2,628	2,095	493	284	1,047	663	+1270
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	251	37.3	20.6	11.4	3.0	0.7	2.3	7.9	15.7	50.1	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.8	7.0	68.9	54.8	3.1	8.3	2.5	9,370	5,172	2,859	764	168	568	633	701	+1090
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	214	37.8	24.5	11.7	2.7	0.5	2.1	9.5	16.9	56.3	0.0	0.0		5.5	10.8	50.5	56.5	4.0	7.7	3.0	8,087	5,248	2,508	581	116	459	649	765	+638
4	Tony Parker T. Parker	213	34.9	18.2	3.0	5.1	0.9	0.1	7.2	15.7	46.1	0.5	1.8	31.0	3.2	4.3	73.4	51.6	0.5	2.5	2.7	7,432	3,871	635	1,093	190	19	574	411	+605
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	200	41.4	27.4	5.4	5.1	1.5	0.7	9.8	21.8	44.9	1.4	4.2	33.5	6.3	7.7	81.9	54.2	1.1	4.3	3.1	8,288	5,470	1,087	1,013	304	134	622	609	+594
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	200	39.7	17.8	7.8	5.2	2.0	0.9	6.5	14.7	44.1	1.0	3.3	30.1	3.8	5.3	72.4	52.2	2.3	5.5	2.9	7,930	3,566	1,550	1,030	393	178	587	670	+245
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	8.1	2.8	7,907	4,761	2,062	610	258	135	550	662	+123
8	Al Horford A. Horford	189	34.0	12.1	8.0	3.3	0.8	1.3	4.8	9.8	49.1	1.0	2.6	39.2	1.5	1.9	77.5	56.9	1.9	6.2	1.4	6,432	2,293	1,513	615	156	240	256	470	+34
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	376	158	546	541	+294
10	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	172	38.2	22.5	5.3	5.0	1.5	1.0	8.3	17.4	47.4	0.6	1.8	34.2	5.4	6.9	77.9	55.0	1.3	3.9	3.3	6,570	3,871	907	852	266	174	572	456	+427
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	170	40.5	29.3	7.8	4.2	1.0	1.2	9.9	20.8	47.7	2.2	6.1	35.6	7.4	8.5	86.8	59.9	0.8	7.0	3.2	6,892	4,985	1,327	709	172	204	550	427	+643
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	167	39.6	19.7	7.3	12.9	1.8	0.3	6.9	13.6	50.9	0.3	1.2	23.6	5.6	6.7	84.5	59.8			3.6	6,618	3,296	1,222	2,148	301	55	608	460
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	165	36.8	14.1	3.4	10.7	1.9	0.3	5.0	10.5	47.1	0.7	2.0	32.3	3.5	4.3	81.2	56.6	0.9	2.5	3.0	6,074	2,320	567	1,766	316	48	491	491	+105
14	Horace Grant H. Grant	160	36.7	11.3	8.7	2.2	1.0	1.1	4.6	8.8	52.8	0.0	0.0	14.3	2.0	2.8	71.7	56.4	3.3	5.4	1.1	5,873	1,806	1,387	344	157	171	177	480	+61
15	Danny Green D. Green	159	26.5	8.4	3.3	1.2	1.1	0.8	3.0	7.3	40.6	2.0	5.0	39.0	0.5	0.6	74.5	55.2	0.7	2.6	0.9	4,216	1,330	532	196	173	123	139	338	+618
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	159	38.3	19.8	6.1	3.6	1.3	0.7	6.4	15.0	42.4	1.7	4.8	35.5	5.4	6.5	83.2	55.5	0.8	5.3	3.0	6,083	3,153	967	571	201	105	471	533	+154
17	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	158	36.9	19.2	4.0	2.2	0.9	0.5	7.1	16.4	43.6	3.2	7.8	40.5	1.8	2.1	84.5	55.5	0.5	3.5	1.7	5,829	3,032	626	351	150	85	274	411	+615
18	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	158	31.4	9.9	2.6	2.8	1.3	0.1	3.4	7.8	43.1	1.2	3.1	40.3	2.0	2.4	81.2	55.9	0.3	2.3	1.1	4,965	1,572	414	448	205	12	181	464	+576
19	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	154	35.5	14.6	6.7	1.7	0.9	1.4	5.6	12.7	44.6	1.1	3.2	35.2	2.2	3.1	71.0	52.1	1.5	5.2	1.4	5,463	2,248	1,036	257	135	213	219	569	+324
20	Draymond Green D. Green	152	36.0	11.8	9.0	6.4	1.6	1.3	4.3	9.6	44.4	1.1	3.6	30.0	2.3	3.1	72.5	54.0	1.7	7.4	2.8	5,476	1,801	1,374	975	241	205	422	579	+972
21	Robert Parish R. Parish	151	35.5	16.1	10.0	1.3			6.4	12.5	51.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.5	73.2	55.4				5,357	2,428	1,503	203				497
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	149	37.6	26.6	5.4	6.2	1.5	0.3	8.9	19.7	45.2	4.2	10.6	39.7	4.6	5.2	89.3	60.6	0.7	4.6	3.3	5,596	3,969	800	921	222	48	497	376	+876
23	Chris Paul C. Paul	149	36.5	20.0	4.9	8.3	1.9	0.2	7.4	15.3	48.4	1.6	4.4	37.3	3.5	4.1	85.4	58.3	0.7	4.2	2.5	5,443	2,981	730	1,233	287	31	377	437	+130
24	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	146	35.6	21.5	7.8	3.0	1.8	0.7	7.7	15.0	51.3	1.7	4.3	39.9	4.4	5.2	84.1	62.1	1.8	6.0	1.9	5,195	3,133	1,142	432	256	99	278	323	+643
25	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	146	40.0	13.9	7.0	8.5	2.0	0.3	4.9	12.5	39.4	1.6	4.9	32.5	2.5	3.2	78.0	50.2	1.4	5.5	3.0	5,841	2,032	1,016	1,239	290	48	437	336	+146

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Team Leaders

PPG

30.7

Mitchell

RPG

9.3

Mobley

APG

5.4

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.0

10th

DRTG

115.2

16th

NETRTG

1.8

12th

3P%

34.6

22nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Raptors	17	13	.567	6.5
6	Magic	16	13	.552	7.0
7	Cavaliers	16	14	.533	7.5
8	Heat	15	14	.517	8.0
9	Hawks	15	15	.500	8.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 12/23	NOP	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Thu 12/25	CLE	@	NYK	12:00 PM
Sat 12/27	CLE	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Mon 12/29	CLE	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Wed 12/31	PHX	@	CLE	3:30 PM

Last Game

Hornets

9 - 20

132

Final

139

Cavaliers

16 - 14

Mon 22 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

34.1

Dončić

32.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.7

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.1

Jokić

11.6

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.2

Cunningham

8.9

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.4

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Suggs

BPG Leaders

2.4

Huff

2.0

Stewart

1.8

Kalkbrenner

3PM Leaders

4.9

Curry

4.1

Mitchell

3.8

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.1

Jokić

71.0

Ayton

70.2

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.4

122.6

122.4

121.2

120.4

119.1

DRtg Rankings

104.5

110.3

112.3

112.6

112.8

113.0

NetRtg Rankings

15.8

9.1

8.9

7.9

6.7

6.3

Tank Leaderboard

5-22

6-23

7-22

7-21

8-22

8-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,757

Jokić

1,487.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,371.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,869

Jokić

1,492.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,450.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.2

Brown

33.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.9

Reaves

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.81

Jokić

1.63

Dončić

1.60

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.93

Jokić

1.73

Dončić

1.60

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

20-10

17-9-1

18-10

17-11

17-12

17-11

Worst Record ATS

8-22

9-19

10-19

10-17

11-18

12-18

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	23	6	.793
2	Knicks	20	8	.714	2.5
3	Celtics	18	11	.621	5.0
4	76ers	16	11	.593	6.0
5	Raptors	17	13	.567	6.5
6	Magic	16	13	.552	7.0
7	Cavaliers	16	14	.533	7.5
8	Heat	15	14	.517	8.0
9	Hawks	15	15	.500	8.5
10	Bulls	13	15	.464	9.5
11	Bucks	11	18	.379	12.0
12	Hornets	9	20	.310	14.0
13	Nets	8	19	.296	14.0
14	Pacers	6	23	.207	17.0
15	Wizards	5	22	.185	17.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	26	3	.897
2	Spurs	21	7	.750	4.5
3	Nuggets	21	7	.750	4.5
4	Lakers	19	8	.704	6.0
5	Timberwolves	19	10	.655	7.0
6	Rockets	17	9	.654	7.5
7	Suns	15	13	.536	10.5
8	Warriors	15	15	.500	11.5
9	Grizzlies	13	16	.448	13.0
10	Trail Blazers	12	17	.414	14.0
11	Mavericks	11	19	.367	15.5
12	Jazz	10	18	.357	15.5
13	Pelicans	8	22	.267	18.5
14	Clippers	7	21	.250	18.5
15	Kings	7	22	.241	19.0