most minutes in season nba single player post 1980

Elvin Hayes played the most minutes by a big man in 1979-80, with 3,183 minutes on the court.

	NAME	MIN	SEASON	TM	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	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	3,183	1979-80	WAS	81	39.3	23.0	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	9.4	20.7	45.4	0.0	0.2	23.1	4.1	5.9	69.9	49.2	3.3	7.7	2.7	1,859	896	129	62	189	215	309
2	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	3,150	1979-80	NYK	82	38.4	21.7	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	8.1	14.8	54.7	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	79.7	60.8	2.4	6.5	2.7	1,781	726	165	48	101	222	279
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3,143	1979-80	LAL	82	38.3	24.8	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	10.2	16.9	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.8	76.5	63.9	2.3	8.5	3.6	2,034	886	371	81	280	297	216
4	Moses Malone M. Malone	3,140	1979-80	HOU	82	38.3	25.8	14.5	1.8	1.0	1.3	9.5	18.9	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	9.5	71.9	56.0	7.0	7.5	3.7	2,119	1,190	147	80	107	300	210
5	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	2,973	1979-80	WAS	82	36.3	9.7	13.3	4.5	0.8	0.7	4.0	7.8	51.3	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.7	2.5	66.5	54.5	4.1	9.3	1.9	794	1,094	366	65	61	153	249
6	Dan Issel D. Issel	2,938	1979-80	DEN	82	35.8	23.8	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	8.7	17.3	50.5	0.0	0.1	33.3	6.3	8.1	77.5	57.1	2.9	5.9	2.0	1,951	719	198	88	54	163	190
7	Swen Nater S. Nater	2,860	1979-80	SDC	81	35.3	13.4	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.5	5.5	9.9	55.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.4	71.8	58.9	4.3	10.7	3.2	1,082	1,216	233	45	37	257	259
8	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	2,798	1979-80	SAS	78	35.9	20.1	9.9	3.0	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.1	48.5	0.0	0.1	11.1	3.5	4.4	78.3	52.7	3.3	6.6	3.0	1,565	775	231	111	18	232	192
9	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	2,793	1979-80	SEA	82	34.1	14.3	11.1	3.4	0.8	0.9	5.7	12.1	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.6	80.5	52.6	2.4	8.7	2.5	1,175	908	279	68	77	202	232
10	Dave Greenwood D. Greenwood	2,791	1979-80	CHI	82	34.0	16.3	9.4	2.2	0.7	1.6	6.1	12.8	47.4	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.1	5.1	81.0	54.1	2.7	6.7	2.6	1,334	773	182	60	129	210	313
11	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	2,771	1979-80	PHI	80	34.6	7.4	11.9	2.1	0.5	2.0	2.9	6.7	43.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.2	69.7	48.2	2.7	9.1	2.7	588	950	164	43	162	218	298
12	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	2,744	1979-80	BOS	80	34.3	16.9	8.8	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.7	9.4	60.9	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	78.7	67.9	3.6	5.3	2.9	1,350	704	199	76	61	230	266
13	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	2,710	1979-80	PHX	82	33.0	17.3	9.4	1.7	0.7	0.7	6.6	13.0	51.2	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.9	66.7	55.3	2.6	6.8	3.1	1,415	770	142	58	59	251	262
14	Dave Robisch D. Robisch	2,670	1979-80	CLE	82	32.6	15.3	8.0	2.3	0.6	0.6	6.0	11.5	52.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.0	84.2	57.8	2.7	5.3	1.7	1,255	658	192	53	53	138	211
15	Kermit Washington K. Washington	2,657	1979-80	POR	80	33.2	13.4	10.5	2.1	0.9	1.6	5.3	9.5	55.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.5	64.2	58.4	4.1	6.5	2.1	1,073	842	167	73	131	170	307
16	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	2,588	1979-80	ATL	81	32.0	16.5	10.3	2.3	1.2	1.7	6.2	12.4	49.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.7	71.0	55.1	3.6	6.7	2.9	1,334	837	184	101	139	233	317
17	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	2,541	1979-80	PHI	80	31.8	14.7	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.8	6.2	11.8	52.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	3.6	65.3	54.8	2.5	6.2	2.9	1,178	693	149	49	142	230	328
18	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	2,412	1979-80	KCK	81	29.8	9.2	8.0	5.7	1.4	1.3	3.7	8.4	44.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.3	74.1	49.0	2.1	5.8	2.6	743	645	460	111	109	211	307
19	Jim Chones J. Chones	2,394	1979-80	LAL	82	29.2	10.6	6.9	1.8	0.7	0.8	4.5	9.3	48.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.1	74.0	52.1	1.7	5.1	2.1	869	564	151	56	65	175	271
20	Ben Poquette B. Poquette	2,349	1979-80	UTA	82	28.6	8.9	6.8	1.6	0.5	2.0	3.6	6.9	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.0	83.2	57.2	1.5	5.3	1.3	731	560	131	45	162	103	283
21	Tom Owens T. Owens	2,337	1979-80	POR	76	30.8	16.4	7.5	2.6	0.6	0.7	6.8	13.3	51.4	0.0	0.0	50.0	2.8	3.7	75.3	55.2	2.5	5.1	2.3	1,250	573	194	45	53	174	270
22	Mike Bantom M. Bantom	2,330	1979-80	IND	77	30.3	11.8	5.9	3.6	1.1	0.6	5.0	9.9	50.5	0.0	0.0	33.3	1.8	2.7	66.5	53.3	2.5	3.4	2.5	908	456	279	85	49	189	268
23	Joe Bryant J. Bryant	2,328	1979-80	SDC	81	28.7	9.3	6.4	1.8	1.3	0.5	3.6	8.4	43.1	0.1	0.4	14.7	2.0	2.7	74.2	48.5	2.1	4.3	2.1	754	516	144	102	39	170	258
24	James Edwards J. Edwards	2,314	1979-80	IND	82	28.2	15.7	7.0	1.5	0.7	1.3	6.4	12.6	51.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.1	68.1	54.5	2.2	4.9	1.6	1,287	578	127	55	104	131	324
25	Allan Bristow A. Bristow	2,304	1979-80	UTA	82	28.1	11.6	6.2	4.2	1.1	0.1	4.6	9.6	48.0	0.0	0.1	28.6	2.4	3.0	81.1	53.4	2.1	4.2	2.2	953	512	341	88	6	179	211

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Tue 1/6	ORL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	WAS	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Fri 1/9	NOP	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Sun 1/11	WAS	@	PHX	8:00 PM
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1	Pistons	26	9	.743
2	Knicks	23	12	.657	3.0
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Thu 12/4	MIA	@	ORL	105-106
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