most minutes by an nba player all time

LeBron James has played the most career minutes, with 61,098 minutes on the court.

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1LeBron James
L. James
61,098
1,624
37.6
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
43,471
12,114
12,028
2,421
1,187
5,656
2,869
+7513
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
57,446
1,560
36.8
24.6
11.2
3.6
0.9
2.6
10.2
18.1
55.9
0.0
0.0
5.6
4.3
6.0
72.1
59.2
2.4
7.6
2.7
38,387
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
54,852
1,476
37.2
25.0
10.1
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
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
4Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
51,368
1,522
33.8
20.7
7.5
2.4
0.8
0.8
7.3
15.6
47.1
1.3
3.4
38.0
4.8
5.4
87.9
57.7
1.0
6.6
1.6
31,560
11,489
3,651
1,210
1,281
2,494
3,601
+6541
5Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
50,418
1,462
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
26,071
14,662
5,445
1,859
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
6Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
50,111
1,391
36.0
12.6
6.3
8.7
1.9
0.3
4.5
11.2
40.0
1.4
4.1
34.9
2.2
2.8
78.5
50.7
1.3
5.0
2.9
17,529
8,725
12,091
2,684
450
4,003
2,572
+3868
7Elvin 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
8Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
48,637
1,346
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
33,643
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
9Wilt 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
10John Stockton
J. Stockton
47,764
1,504
31.8
13.1
2.7
10.5
2.2
0.2
4.7
9.1
51.5
0.6
1.5
38.4
3.2
3.9
82.6
60.8
0.6
2.1
2.8
19,711
4,051
15,806
3,265
315
4,244
3,942
+2941
11Reggie Miller
R. Miller
47,619
1,389
34.3
18.2
3.0
3.0
1.1
0.2
5.9
12.6
47.1
1.8
4.7
39.5
4.5
5.1
88.8
61.4
0.6
2.4
1.7
25,279
4,182
4,141
1,505
299
2,409
2,730
+2015
12Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
47,368
1,392
34.0
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
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
26,496
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
13Gary Payton
G. Payton
47,117
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
21,813
5,269
8,966
2,445
285
3,030
3,217
+1928
14John 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
15Vince Carter
V. Carter
46,367
1,541
30.1
16.7
4.3
3.1
1.0
0.6
6.0
13.8
43.5
1.5
4.0
37.1
3.1
3.9
79.8
53.6
1.1
3.2
1.7
25,728
6,606
4,714
1,530
888
2,590
3,995
+1817
16Ray Allen
R. Allen
46,344
1,300
35.6
18.9
4.1
3.4
1.1
0.2
6.6
14.6
45.2
2.3
5.7
40.0
3.4
3.8
89.4
58.0
0.9
3.1
2.1
24,505
5,272
4,361
1,451
244
2,709
2,858
+3491
17Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
45,880
1,343
34.2
19.7
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.2
6.4
80.6
56.8
0.8
4.8
2.6
26,397
7,527
4,708
1,752
745
3,532
3,643
+3345
18Chris Paul
C. Paul
45,836
1,370
33.5
16.8
4.4
9.2
2.0
0.2
6.0
12.7
46.9
1.4
3.7
37.0
3.5
4.1
87.0
58.0
0.6
3.8
2.3
23,058
6,006
12,552
2,728
222
3,109
3,208
+6029
19Robert Parish
R. Parish
45,704
1,611
28.4
14.5
9.1
1.4
0.8
1.5
6.0
11.1
53.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.5
72.1
57.1
2.9
6.3
2.1
23,334
14,715
2,180
1,219
2,361
3,183
4,443
+105
20Moses Malone
M. Malone
45,071
1,329
33.9
20.6
12.2
1.4
0.8
1.3
7.1
14.5
49.1
0.0
0.1
10.0
6.4
8.3
76.9
56.9
5.1
7.1
3.1
27,409
16,212
1,796
1,089
1,733
3,804
3,076
21Joe Johnson
J. Johnson
44,236
1,277
34.6
16.0
4.0
3.9
0.8
0.2
6.1
13.9
44.1
1.5
4.2
37.1
2.2
2.7
80.2
53.0
0.8
3.1
1.9
20,407
5,059
5,001
1,071
260
2,451
2,252
+828
22Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
44,222
1,238
35.7
21.8
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
8.7
17.0
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.2
4.4
6.2
71.2
55.3
3.3
7.8
3.0
26,946
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
23Kevin Durant
K. Durant
44,113
1,202
36.7
27.1
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.6
50.3
2.0
5.1
39.2
6.4
7.3
88.1
62.2
0.6
6.2
3.2
32,627
8,260
5,283
1,236
1,345
3,803
2,281
+5085
24Oscar 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
25DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
43,663
1,265
34.5
21.1
4.3
4.1
1.0
0.3
7.6
16.1
47.1
0.5
1.7
30.2
5.5
6.5
84.3
55.8
0.7
3.6
2.0
26,724
5,436
5,185
1,250
416
2,480
2,811
-394
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