most minutes per game in a season by a nba forward since 1997

Since 1996-97, Anthony Mason has the most minutes per game by a forward in a season with 43.1 minutes per game in 1996-97.

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57.4+ games per 82 team games

	NAME	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	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	Anthony Mason A. Mason	43.1	1996-97	CHA	73	16.2	11.4	5.7	1.0	0.5	5.9	11.3	52.5	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.4	5.9	74.5	58.5	2.5	8.8	2.3	3,143	1,186	829	414	76	33	165	202	+118
2	Glen Rice G. Rice	42.6	1996-97	CHA	79	26.8	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	9.1	19.2	47.7	2.6	5.6	47.0	5.9	6.8	86.7	60.5	0.8	3.2	2.2	3,362	2,115	318	160	72	26	177	190	+176
3	LeBron James L. James	42.5	2005-06	CLE	79	31.4	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	11.1	23.1	48.0	1.6	4.8	33.5	7.6	10.3	73.8	56.8	0.9	6.1	3.3	3,361	2,478	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
4	LeBron James L. James	42.4	2004-05	CLE	80	27.2	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	177	52	262	146	+152
5	Michael Finley M. Finley	42.2	1999-00	DAL	82	22.6	6.3	5.3	1.3	0.4	9.1	20.0	45.7	1.2	3.0	40.1	3.2	3.9	82.0	52.2	1.5	4.8	2.4	3,464	1,855	518	438	109	32	196	171	+6
6	Antoine Walker A. Walker	42.0	2001-02	BOS	81	22.1	8.8	5.0	1.5	0.5	8.2	20.9	39.4	2.7	8.0	34.4	3.0	4.0	74.1	49.0	1.9	7.0	3.1	3,406	1,794	714	407	122	38	251	237	+240
7	Michael Finley M. Finley	42.0	2000-01	DAL	82	21.5	5.2	4.4	1.4	0.4	8.7	18.9	45.8	1.1	3.2	34.6	3.1	4.0	77.5	52.1	1.3	3.9	2.3	3,443	1,765	425	360	118	32	190	174	+407
8	Antoine Walker A. Walker	41.9	2000-01	BOS	81	23.4	8.9	5.5	1.7	0.6	8.8	21.2	41.3	2.7	7.4	36.7	3.1	4.3	71.6	50.5	1.9	7.0	3.7	3,396	1,892	719	445	138	49	301	251	-122
9	Shawn Marion S. Marion	41.6	2002-03	PHX	81	21.2	9.5	2.4	2.3	1.2	8.2	18.1	45.2	1.7	4.5	38.7	3.1	3.6	85.1	53.8	2.5	7.1	1.9	3,373	1,716	773	198	185	95	157	208	+53
10	Antoine Walker A. Walker	41.5	2002-03	BOS	78	20.1	7.2	4.8	1.5	0.4	7.7	19.9	38.8	2.4	7.5	32.3	2.3	3.7	61.5	46.7	1.3	5.9	3.3	3,235	1,570	563	373	116	31	260	221	+83
11	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	41.4	2000-01	GSW	82	24.9	8.7	2.0	1.4	0.3	9.8	22.1	44.2	0.8	2.5	30.2	4.7	6.5	71.5	49.9	3.4	5.3	2.4	3,394	2,044	715	164	114	28	199	225	-554
12	Michael Finley M. Finley	41.4	1997-98	DAL	82	21.5	5.3	4.9	1.6	0.4	8.2	18.4	44.9	1.1	3.0	35.7	4.0	5.1	78.4	52.2	1.8	3.5	2.7	3,394	1,763	438	405	132	30	219	163	-410
13	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	41.1	2001-02	NYK	81	19.4	3.7	3.9	1.2	0.2	7.1	17.5	40.4	1.8	5.0	36.0	3.5	4.3	82.1	50.1	0.7	3.0	2.8	3,326	1,575	298	313	94	14	223	161	-239
14	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	41.0	2009-10	CHA	76	18.2	10.0	2.1	1.5	1.1	6.0	12.4	48.4	0.7	1.8	37.1	5.6	7.2	77.6	58.6	2.0	8.1	2.3	3,119	1,386	762	161	117	83	178	194	+137
15	Michael Finley M. Finley	41.0	1998-99	DAL	50	20.2	5.3	4.4	1.3	0.3	7.8	17.5	44.4	0.9	2.7	33.1	3.7	4.5	82.3	51.7	1.4	3.9	2.1	2,051	1,009	263	218	66	15	107	96	-62
16	Chris Webber C. Webber	40.9	1998-99	SAC	42	20.0	13.0	4.1	1.4	2.1	9.0	18.5	48.6	0.1	0.8	11.8	1.9	4.1	45.4	49.1	3.5	9.4	3.5	1,719	839	545	173	60	89	148	145	+37
17	LeBron James L. James	40.9	2006-07	CLE	78	27.3	6.7	6.0	1.6	0.7	9.9	20.8	47.6	1.3	4.0	31.9	6.3	9.0	69.8	55.2	1.1	5.7	3.2	3,190	2,132	526	470	125	55	250	171	+377
18	Jalen Rose J. Rose	40.9	2000-01	IND	72	20.5	5.0	6.0	0.9	0.6	7.9	17.3	45.7	0.8	2.4	33.9	4.0	4.8	82.8	53.0	0.5	4.5	2.9	2,943	1,478	359	435	65	43	211	230	-41
19	Jalen Rose J. Rose	40.9	2002-03	CHI	82	22.1	4.3	4.8	0.9	0.3	7.8	19.3	40.6	1.6	4.4	37.0	4.9	5.7	85.4	50.8	0.8	3.5	3.5	3,351	1,816	351	395	72	23	285	271	-395
20	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	40.8	2004-05	HOU	78	25.7	6.2	5.7	1.7	0.7	9.2	21.3	43.1	1.8	5.6	32.6	5.5	7.1	77.4	52.6	0.9	5.3	2.6	3,182	2,003	484	448	135	52	201	167	+292
21	Shawn Marion S. Marion	40.7	2003-04	PHX	79	19.0	9.3	2.7	2.1	1.3	7.5	17.0	44.0	1.1	3.4	34.0	2.9	3.4	85.1	51.3	2.7	6.6	2.0	3,217	1,498	737	214	167	104	156	203	-232
22	Anthony Mason A. Mason	40.7	2000-01	MIA	80	16.1	9.6	3.1	1.0	0.3	5.8	11.9	48.2	0.0	0.0		4.6	5.9	78.1	55.5	2.1	7.5	2.2	3,254	1,290	770	248	80	25	179	231	+110
23	Grant Hill G. Hill	40.7	1997-98	DET	81	21.1	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	7.6	16.8	45.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	5.9	8.0	74.0	52.0	1.1	6.5	3.5	3,294	1,712	623	551	143	53	285	196	+214
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	40.6	2001-02	SAS	82	25.5	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	9.3	18.3	50.8	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.8	8.5	79.9	57.6	3.3	9.4	3.2	3,329	2,089	1,042	307	61	203	263	217	+563
25	Juwan Howard J. Howard	40.5	1996-97	WAS	82	19.1	8.0	3.8	1.1	0.3	7.8	16.0	48.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.7	75.6	52.9	2.5	5.5	3.0	3,324	1,570	652	311	93	23	246	259	+81

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Team Leaders

PPG

20.2

Miller

RPG

8.7

Diabaté

APG

7.1

Ball

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.4

5th

DRTG

114.4

12th

NETRTG

5.0

8th

3P%

37.8

3rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	CHA	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIA	@	CHA	6:00 PM
Mon 10/26	WAS	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	CHA	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Hornets

1 - 1

Final

121

Magic

1 - 1

Fri 17 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0