most games as a starter in the nba ever

LeBron James has the most career games by a player as a starter, with 1,617 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games as a starter in the NBA ever
NAMEGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,617
37.7
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
60,898
43,332
12,066
11,979
2,407
1,183
5,631
2,856
+7417
2Karl Malone
K. Malone
1,471
37.2
25.1
10.2
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
54,718
36,865
14,933
5,234
2,078
1,142
4,505
4,557
+3010
3Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
1,460
34.6
21.4
7.8
2.5
0.8
0.9
7.6
16.0
47.2
1.3
3.5
38.4
4.9
5.6
87.9
57.8
1.0
6.8
1.7
50,542
31,203
11,349
3,614
1,194
1,259
2,459
3,503
+6658
4Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
1,425
34.9
18.1
10.2
3.8
1.3
1.4
7.3
14.7
49.8
0.1
0.4
27.2
3.4
4.3
79.0
54.7
2.2
8.0
2.2
49,698
25,839
14,523
5,402
1,828
2,003
3,136
3,494
+4913
5Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
1,389
34.1
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.7
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
47,304
26,452
15,067
4,223
1,025
3,019
3,377
3,301
+8896
6Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
1,350
36.3
12.8
6.3
8.8
1.9
0.3
4.5
11.4
40.0
1.4
4.1
34.8
2.3
2.9
78.6
50.7
1.3
5.0
2.9
49,039
17,268
8,553
11,934
2,618
436
3,949
2,493
+3674
7Chris Paul
C. Paul
1,314
34.0
17.3
4.4
9.3
2.0
0.2
6.1
13.0
47.0
1.4
3.7
37.1
3.7
4.2
87.1
58.2
0.6
3.8
2.3
44,628
22,693
5,827
12,237
2,672
221
3,041
3,113
+5991
8Reggie Miller
R. Miller
1,304
35.1
18.7
3.1
3.1
1.1
0.2
6.1
12.9
47.0
1.9
4.8
39.6
4.7
5.2
89.0
61.5
0.6
2.5
1.8
45,762
24,446
3,995
4,010
1,449
279
2,304
2,570
+2015
9John Stockton
J. Stockton
1,300
33.6
14.1
2.9
11.2
2.2
0.2
5.0
9.8
51.7
0.6
1.6
38.9
3.4
4.1
83.1
61.1
0.7
2.2
3.0
43,690
18,352
3,713
14,496
2,915
286
3,870
3,415
+2941
10Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
1,285
35.0
20.3
5.7
3.6
1.3
0.6
6.7
14.9
44.6
1.6
4.4
36.9
5.3
6.6
80.6
56.9
0.8
4.9
2.7
44,976
26,075
7,375
4,647
1,733
732
3,480
3,546
+3399
11DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
1,251
34.7
21.3
4.3
4.1
1.0
0.3
7.6
16.2
47.0
0.5
1.8
30.2
5.5
6.5
84.4
55.8
0.7
3.6
2.0
43,377
26,590
5,404
5,178
1,246
413
2,468
2,786
-377
12Gary Payton
G. Payton
1,233
36.4
17.2
4.1
7.1
1.9
0.2
6.9
14.7
46.7
0.9
2.7
32.0
2.6
3.5
72.9
52.8
1.1
3.0
2.4
44,827
21,221
5,047
8,697
2,370
275
2,938
3,035
+1864
13Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1,198
38.0
26.6
5.6
5.0
1.5
0.5
9.3
20.8
44.9
1.4
4.3
32.8
6.6
7.8
83.9
55.0
1.1
4.4
3.1
45,545
31,897
6,675
6,016
1,827
581
3,741
3,072
+3847
14Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
1,197
34.8
23.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.8
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
41,672
28,414
13,007
3,011
737
2,719
3,287
4,116
+4831
15Kevin Durant
K. Durant
1,194
36.7
27.2
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.7
50.3
2.0
5.1
39.1
6.4
7.3
88.2
62.1
0.7
6.2
3.2
43,859
32,422
8,209
5,243
1,231
1,336
3,778
2,264
+5026
16Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
1,186
36.4
22.3
11.3
2.5
1.8
3.2
8.9
17.4
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.8
4.5
6.3
71.4
55.4
3.3
8.0
3.0
43,188
26,482
13,452
3,012
2,116
3,747
3,602
4,268
+429
17Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
1,159
33.2
10.3
10.1
2.7
1.1
0.3
4.0
8.5
47.1
0.1
0.2
25.6
2.2
2.9
76.6
52.6
3.2
6.8
2.3
38,444
11,940
11,658
3,074
1,302
360
2,653
4,119
+181
18Tony Parker
T. Parker
1,151
31.6
16.1
2.8
5.8
0.9
0.1
6.4
13.0
49.3
0.4
1.3
32.6
2.8
3.7
75.3
54.8
0.4
2.4
2.4
36,371
18,547
3,235
6,664
1,011
91
2,728
1,954
+5694
19Pau Gasol
P. Gasol
1,150
34.4
17.6
9.4
3.3
0.5
1.6
6.7
13.2
50.8
0.1
0.4
34.0
4.0
5.3
75.5
56.4
2.6
6.8
2.2
39,591
20,218
10,851
3,780
585
1,877
2,546
2,509
+1759
20Ray Allen
R. Allen
1,149
36.9
20.0
4.2
3.6
1.2
0.2
7.0
15.4
45.3
2.4
5.9
40.0
3.6
4.1
89.4
58.0
1.0
3.2
2.2
42,437
22,943
4,866
4,087
1,330
221
2,519
2,620
+3209
21Mike Conley
M. Conley
1,142
31.5
14.2
3.0
5.7
1.4
0.2
5.0
11.4
43.8
1.7
4.3
39.0
2.5
3.1
82.6
55.7
0.5
2.5
1.9
35,995
16,229
3,381
6,557
1,592
246
2,143
2,243
+2703
22Buck Williams
B. Williams
1,140
13.8
10.7
5.3
0.0
3.3
4.9
66.5
15,763
12,171
+30
23Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
1,133
34.3
22.1
7.3
8.3
1.6
0.3
8.0
18.1
44.1
1.2
3.8
31.0
5.0
6.5
77.7
52.9
1.6
5.6
4.1
38,890
25,065
8,234
9,433
1,859
346
4,592
2,957
+2693
24Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
1,122
35.4
21.8
10.1
1.9
1.0
2.5
8.5
16.9
50.5
0.0
0.1
15.3
4.7
6.4
74.0
55.4
2.4
7.7
3.1
39,762
24,445
11,363
2,185
1,119
2,852
3,472
3,914
+464
25Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
1,120
35.7
23.6
6.5
2.9
1.0
0.5
8.5
18.9
44.8
1.3
3.7
34.9
5.4
6.7
81.2
54.1
1.7
4.8
2.6
39,995
26,428
7,292
3,254
1,135
556
2,931
3,223
+1692
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PPG

27.8

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

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APG

5.7

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Team Rankings

ORTG

119.1

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DRTG

114.9

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
53
25
.679
4.0
3
50
28
.641
7.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
49
29
.628
8.0
5
45
33
.577
12.0
6
43
35
.551
14.0
Schedule
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Fri
4/10
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7:00 PM
Sun
4/12
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6:00 PM
Last Game
IND Pacers

18 - 60

108

Final

117

CLE Cavaliers

49 - 29

Sun 5 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
57
21
.731
2
53
25
.679
4.0
3
50
28
.641
7.0
4
49
29
.628
8.0
5
45
33
.577
12.0
6
43
35
.551
14.0
7
43
35
.551
14.0
8
43
36
.544
14.5
9
42
36
.538
15.0
10
41
37
.526
16.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
31
47
.397
26.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
49
.372
28.0
13
Nets Nets - e
19
59
.244
38.0
14
18
60
.231
39.0
15
17
61
.218
40.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
62
16
.795
2
Spurs Spurs - x
59
19
.756
3.0
3
50
28
.641
12.0
4
50
28
.641
12.0
5
48
29
.623
13.5
6
46
32
.590
16.0
7
43
35
.551
19.0
8
40
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.513
22.0
9
39
38
.506
22.5
10
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.468
25.5
11
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37.0
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Kings Kings - e
21
57
.269
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Jazz Jazz - e
21
58
.266
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NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
3/9
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103-101
Mon
3/9
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109-114
Mon
3/9
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130-124
Mon
3/9
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106-120
Tue
3/10
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122-128

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
4/6
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7:00 PM
Mon
4/6
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7:00 PM
Mon
4/6
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