most minutes per game by a player in nba history including the playoffs

Wilt Chamberlain has the most career minutes per game in the regular-season and playoffs with 46.0 minutes per game.

NAMEMPGGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
46.0
1,205
29.1
23.1
4.4
11.7
21.8
53.8
5.7
11.2
50.5
54.5
55,418
35,026
27,837
5,316
2,487
2Bill Russell
B. Russell
42.8
1,128
15.2
22.8
4.3
5.9
13.5
43.8
3.4
6.0
56.8
47.2
48,223
17,195
25,724
4,870
3,138
3Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
42.2
1,126
25.4
7.4
9.5
1.1
0.1
9.0
18.7
48.3
7.3
8.7
83.9
56.3
1.0
2.9
47,559
28,620
8,382
10,656
92
8
3,198
4Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
41.4
985
26.9
3.7
6.1
2.2
0.2
9.4
22.1
42.3
1.2
3.8
31.4
7.0
8.9
77.9
51.6
0.8
2.9
3.5
40,787
26,479
3,667
6,049
2,130
178
3,483
1,934
+661
5Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
40.2
980
27.3
13.5
4.3
10.3
23.8
43.2
6.7
8.7
77.9
49.5
39,373
26,772
13,187
4,191
3,031
6Jerry West
J. West
39.5
1,085
27.3
5.7
6.6
2.5
0.7
9.8
20.7
47.3
7.7
9.5
81.2
54.9
0.9
2.8
42,892
29,649
6,231
7,208
81
23
2,886
7Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
39.0
855
17.8
13.7
3.8
1.1
0.9
7.6
16.5
45.9
0.0
0.1
6.3
2.6
3.4
77.9
49.4
3.1
9.8
2.1
33,333
15,200
11,729
3,243
677
544
551
3,318
8Larry Bird
L. Bird
39.0
1,061
24.2
10.0
6.4
1.7
0.8
9.5
19.2
49.2
0.7
1.9
36.9
4.6
5.2
88.7
56.2
2.0
8.0
3.1
41,329
25,688
10,657
6,757
1,852
900
3,322
2,745
9Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
38.9
880
26.3
16.1
3.0
9.2
21.3
43.4
7.8
10.3
76.3
51.0
34,235
23,120
14,153
2,610
2,806
10Latrell Sprewell
L. Sprewell
38.8
975
18.4
4.1
4.0
1.4
0.4
6.7
15.8
42.5
1.2
3.5
33.7
3.8
4.8
80.4
51.5
0.8
3.3
2.7
37,818
17,935
3,993
3,875
1,367
426
2,621
1,824
-89
11Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
38.8
1,251
30.6
6.3
5.3
2.3
0.8
11.5
23.2
49.5
0.6
1.8
32.8
7.0
8.4
83.4
56.8
1.6
4.7
2.8
48,485
38,279
7,824
6,655
2,890
1,051
3,470
3,324
+1732
12VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
38.7
7
19.1
5.9
4.9
1.6
0.3
7.1
15.0
47.6
2.6
5.9
43.9
2.3
2.7
84.2
59.1
2.0
3.9
2.0
271
134
41
34
11
2
14
22
+36
13Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
38.7
1,399
21.1
12.5
1.8
1.0
2.0
8.5
18.7
45.3
0.0
0.1
14.7
4.1
6.2
66.8
49.2
3.2
7.9
2.4
54,160
29,507
17,523
2,583
961
1,993
1,482
4,571
14Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
38.4
695
23.4
8.5
2.4
8.2
19.4
42.1
7.1
8.8
81.2
50.5
26,712
16,290
5,873
1,652
2,647
15LeBron James
L. James
38.4
1,854
27.2
7.7
7.4
1.5
0.8
10.0
19.7
50.5
1.6
4.7
34.7
5.7
7.7
73.8
58.9
1.2
6.5
3.5
71,104
50,473
14,359
13,679
2,838
1,434
6,518
3,444
+8659
16Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
38.3
901
16.6
15.2
3.3
0.4
0.3
6.7
13.6
49.7
3.1
4.0
78.3
54.2
0.8
3.9
34,501
14,949
13,659
2,944
32
24
2,586
17Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
38.0
918
19.1
6.0
6.1
1.9
0.2
7.5
15.3
49.2
0.0
0.3
0.0
4.0
5.2
78.2
54.4
1.1
4.3
2.1
34,918
17,508
5,496
5,639
713
67
139
2,465
18Mel Hutchins
M. Hutchins
37.9
464
11.1
9.5
2.9
4.4
11.4
38.7
2.3
3.4
67.2
43.1
17,598
5,167
4,423
1,368
1,346
19Geoff Petrie
G. Petrie
37.6
446
21.8
2.8
4.6
1.1
0.1
8.9
19.5
45.5
4.0
5.0
80.5
50.2
0.6
2.0
16,787
9,732
1,271
2,057
247
33
1,075
20Steve Francis
S. Francis
37.6
581
18.1
5.6
6.0
1.5
0.4
6.1
14.3
42.9
1.0
2.9
34.2
4.8
6.1
79.6
53.3
1.7
3.9
3.5
21,854
10,542
3,257
3,511
853
224
2,051
1,831
+26
21Karl Malone
K. Malone
37.6
1,669
25.0
10.2
3.5
1.4
0.8
9.1
18.0
50.9
0.1
0.2
26.2
6.6
8.9
74.1
57.0
2.4
7.8
3.0
62,759
41,689
17,030
5,858
2,343
1,280
5,074
5,240
+3133
22Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
37.5
1,089
20.0
13.7
2.5
0.7
0.6
7.6
14.7
51.4
4.9
7.7
63.3
55.2
3.4
6.2
40,879
21,791
14,921
2,680
52
48
3,696
23Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
37.4
878
19.0
3.0
7.5
1.2
0.1
6.7
15.7
43.1
1.2
3.6
32.3
4.4
5.6
78.4
52.5
0.7
2.3
3.0
32,829
16,699
2,598
6,617
1,051
121
2,621
2,089
-1194
24Maurice Stokes
M. Stokes
37.4
203
16.4
17.3
5.2
6.2
17.6
35.0
4.0
5.8
69.9
40.6
7,583
3,327
3,507
1,064
792
25Kevin Durant
K. Durant
37.2
1,299
27.5
7.1
4.3
1.0
1.1
9.4
19.0
49.8
2.0
5.1
38.4
6.6
7.5
88.0
61.7
0.7
6.4
3.2
48,342
35,713
9,188
5,631
1,352
1,483
4,117
2,583
+5424
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119.0

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115.9

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TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
7
0
1.000
2
Spurs Spurs
5
1
.833
1.5
3
Lakers Lakers
6
2
.750
1.5
4
Nuggets Nuggets
4
2
.667
2.5
5
Rockets Rockets
4
2
.667
2.5
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
11/5
SAS SAS
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Sat
11/8
LAL LAL
@
ATL ATL
8:00 PM
Mon
11/10
LAL LAL
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Wed
11/12
LAL LAL
@
OKC OKC
9:30 PM
Fri
11/14
LAL LAL
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Last Game
LAL Lakers

6 - 2

123

Final

115

Mon 3 Nov 2025

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
7
0
1.000
2
Spurs Spurs
5
1
.833
1.5
3
Lakers Lakers
6
2
.750
1.5
4
Nuggets Nuggets
4
2
.667
2.5
5
Rockets Rockets
4
2
.667
2.5
6
Warriors Warriors
5
3
.625
2.5
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Bulls Bulls
6
1
.857
2
76ers 76ers
5
2
.714
1.0
3
Pistons Pistons
5
2
.714
1.0
4
Bucks Bucks
5
3
.625
1.5
5
Heat Heat
4
3
.571
2.0
6
Knicks Knicks
4
3
.571
2.0

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
124-125
Mon
10/20
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
119-109
Tue
10/21
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
111-119
Tue
10/21
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
117-136
Tue
10/21
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
121-125

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
11/5
PHI PHI
@
CLE CLE
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
BKN BKN
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
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DET DET
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Wed
11/5
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BOS BOS
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NYK NYK
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