Karl Malone had the most games by a player in his first 17 seasons, with 1,353 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games by a player in first 17 seasons

	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,353	37.4	25.7	10.3	3.5	1.4	0.8	9.4	18.1	52.0	0.1	0.2	27.8	6.8	9.1	74.1	57.9	2.5	7.8	3.1	50,543	34,707	13,973	4,706	1,899	1,094	4,211	4,258	+2619
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,340	32.0	13.2	2.7	10.8	2.2	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.7	0.6	1.5	38.7	3.2	3.9	82.4	61.0	0.6	2.0	2.9	42,923	17,725	3,587	14,503	2,976	275	3,854	3,549	+2534
3	Robert Parish R. Parish	1,339	30.5	16.2	10.0	1.5	0.8	1.6	6.7	12.3	54.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	72.1	57.7	3.2	6.9	2.3	40,873	21,628	13,431	2,003	1,123	2,156	2,931	4,001
4	Gary Payton G. Payton	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	52.8	1.0	2.9	2.3	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
5	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	1,330	31.3	14.6	4.6	2.3	1.0	1.0	5.5	12.5	43.9	0.9	2.6	35.6	2.7	3.9	69.1	51.3	1.4	3.3	1.9	41,606	19,388	6,184	3,043	1,390	1,367	2,472	4,077	+934
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,328	38.4	26.4	12.1	4.0	1.0	2.9	10.9	19.4	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.4	72.0	59.5	2.6	8.4	3.0	51,002	35,108	16,105	5,248	1,025	2,915	2,087	4,000
7	Reggie Miller R. Miller	1,323	34.4	18.4	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	6.0	12.7	47.2	1.9	4.7	39.8	4.5	5.1	88.6	61.5	0.7	2.4	1.8	45,514	24,305	4,026	3,995	1,455	294	2,332	2,621	+1783
8	Buck Williams B. Williams	1,307	32.5	12.8	10.0	1.3	0.8	0.8	4.9	8.9	54.9	0.0	0.0	16.7	3.0	4.6	66.4	58.7	3.5	6.5	2.1	42,464	16,784	13,017	1,646	1,080	1,100	2,784	4,267	+155
9	Andre Miller A. Miller	1,304	30.9	12.5	3.7	6.5	1.2	0.2	4.6	10.0	46.1	0.1	0.7	21.7	3.1	3.8	80.7	53.2	1.1	2.6	2.4	40,268	16,278	4,795	8,524	1,546	227	3,121	2,882	+810
10	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	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	50,000	27,313	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
11	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	1,296	30.2	9.6	3.8	8.0	1.2	0.1	3.7	8.3	44.7	0.6	1.7	33.2	1.7	2.2	77.0	52.2	1.0	2.8	2.4	39,121	12,489	4,963	10,334	1,608	117	3,155	2,230	+402
12	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	1,286	28.5	11.9	6.0	1.5	0.9	0.7	4.3	9.3	45.9	0.7	1.8	36.2	2.7	3.3	81.1	55.2	1.8	4.2	1.2	36,598	15,324	7,666	1,975	1,105	933	1,586	3,177	+1069
13	Jason Terry J. Terry	1,285	31.0	14.3	2.4	4.1	1.2	0.2	5.3	11.8	44.4	1.7	4.5	37.9	2.1	2.5	84.5	55.4	0.4	2.1	1.8	39,855	18,408	3,120	5,258	1,515	242	2,354	2,430	+1591
14	A.C. Green	1,278	28.6	9.6	7.4	1.1	0.8	0.4	3.6	7.2	49.4	0.1	0.4	25.4	2.4	3.3	73.4	55.7	2.6	4.8	1.1	36,552	12,331	9,473	1,400	1,033	546	1,434	2,436	-378
15	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	1,276	34.7	16.0	4.0	3.9	0.8	0.2	6.1	13.9	44.1	1.6	4.2	37.1	2.2	2.7	80.2	53.0	0.8	3.1	1.9	44,234	20,405	5,059	5,001	1,071	260	2,451	2,252	+833
16	Terry Porter T. Porter	1,274	27.8	12.2	3.0	5.6	1.2	0.1	4.3	9.2	46.3	1.0	2.6	38.6	2.7	3.2	83.6	57.6	0.6	2.5	2.1	35,354	15,586	3,872	7,160	1,583	181	2,666	2,203	+1405
17	Kevin Willis K. Willis	1,271	28.9	13.1	9.0	1.0	0.7	0.6	5.4	11.1	48.8	0.0	0.1	21.6	2.3	3.2	71.6	52.6	3.1	5.9	1.9	36,762	16,693	11,493	1,283	907	714	2,411	3,927	-576
18	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	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	46,471	26,395	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
19	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1,267	36.9	13.2	6.5	9.1	2.0	0.3	4.7	11.7	40.1	1.4	4.1	34.8	2.4	3.1	78.4	50.6	1.3	5.1	3.0	46,689	16,772	8,204	11,578	2,477	415	3,836	2,364	+3615
20	LeBron James L. James	1,265	38.4	27.1	7.4	7.4	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.4	1.5	4.3	34.4	5.9	8.0	73.4	58.6	1.2	6.2	3.5	48,552	34,241	9,405	9,346	2,015	957	4,424	2,325	+6839
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,265	35.5	22.2	7.9	2.6	0.9	0.9	7.8	16.5	47.5	1.2	3.3	38.3	5.3	6.1	87.9	58.1	1.1	6.9	1.8	44,885	28,119	10,051	3,282	1,076	1,128	2,290	3,105	+6420
22	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	1,257	31.7	14.0	8.2	2.2	0.7	0.4	5.5	10.0	54.6	0.0	0.1	4.7	3.1	4.5	68.7	58.4	2.7	5.5	2.2	39,822	17,600	10,370	2,730	840	501	2,774	4,146	-438
23	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,257	35.2	21.5	12.7	1.4	0.9	1.4	7.4	15.1	49.2	0.0	0.1	9.1	6.7	8.7	76.9	56.9	5.3	7.4	3.2	44,304	27,066	15,940	1,756	1,076	1,713	3,734	3,009
24	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,255	36.5	19.3	10.6	4.0	1.3	1.5	7.8	15.5	49.9	0.1	0.5	28.3	3.7	4.7	79.0	54.9	2.4	8.2	2.3	45,779	24,270	13,313	5,065	1,664	1,908	2,938	3,105	+4796
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,254	34.8	19.9	11.1	3.1	0.7	2.2	7.7	15.2	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.6	4.4	6.4	69.4	55.1	2.9	8.3	2.5	43,605	24,904	13,940	3,832	915	2,791	3,160	3,014	+8179