most minutes per game in a single nba playoff run minimum 15 games

Bill Russell has played the most minutes per game with 15+ games played in a single NBA playoff run with 47.9 minutes per game in 1965-66.

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most minutes per game by a player in a single NBA playoff run minimum 15 games
NAME MPG GP SEASON TM 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 Bill Russell
B. Russell
47.9
17
1965-66
BOS BOS
19.1
25.2
5.0
7.3
15.4
47.5
4.5
7.2
61.8
51.4
814
324
428
85
60
2 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
47.9
15
1966-67
PHI PHI
21.7
29.1
9.0
8.8
15.2
57.9
4.1
10.7
38.8
54.6
718
326
437
135
37
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
47.4
16
1973-74
MIL MIL
32.2
15.8
4.9
1.3
2.4
14.0
25.1
55.7
4.2
5.7
73.6
58.3
4.2
11.6
758
515
253
78
20
39
41
4 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
47.3
18
1969-70
LAL LAL
22.1
22.2
4.5
8.8
16.0
54.9
4.6
11.2
40.6
52.8
851
398
399
81
42
5 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
47.2
18
1968-69
BOS BOS
25.4
9.9
5.6
9.4
21.2
44.5
6.6
7.7
85.5
51.7
850
458
179
100
58
6 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
47.1
17
1972-73
LAL LAL
10.4
22.5
3.5
3.8
6.8
55.2
2.9
5.8
50.0
55.6
801
177
383
60
48
7 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
46.9
15
1971-72
LAL LAL
14.7
21.0
3.3
5.3
9.5
56.3
4.0
8.1
49.2
56.2
703
220
315
49
47
8 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
46.2
18
1968-69
LAL LAL
13.9
24.7
2.6
5.3
9.8
54.5
3.2
8.2
39.2
51.8
832
250
444
46
56
9 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
46.2
22
2000-01
PHI PHI
32.9
4.7
6.1
2.4
0.3
11.7
30.0
38.9
2.2
6.5
33.8
7.3
9.5
77.4
48.0
0.7
4.0
2.9
1,016
723
104
134
52
7
63
55
+1
10 Jerry West
J. West
46.1
18
1969-70
LAL LAL
31.2
3.7
8.4
10.9
23.2
46.9
9.4
11.8
80.2
55.0
830
562
66
151
55
11 Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
46.1
16
1971-72
NYK NYK
18.6
10.8
5.3
7.4
14.9
50.0
3.7
4.4
83.1
55.2
737
297
173
85
49
12 Bill Russell
B. Russell
46.1
18
1968-69
BOS BOS
10.8
20.5
5.4
4.3
10.1
42.3
2.3
4.5
50.6
44.8
829
195
369
98
65
13 Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
46.0
15
1966-67
SFW SFW
15.9
23.1
3.1
6.2
14.3
43.3
3.5
6.1
57.1
46.7
690
238
346
47
52
14 Hal Greer
H. Greer
45.9
15
1966-67
PHI PHI
27.7
5.9
5.3
10.7
25.0
42.9
6.3
7.9
79.7
48.7
688
416
88
79
55
15 Bill Russell
B. Russell
45.7
19
1967-68
BOS BOS
14.4
22.8
5.2
5.2
12.7
40.9
4.0
6.8
58.5
45.8
869
274
434
99
73
16 Moses Malone
M. Malone
45.5
21
1980-81
HOU HOU
26.8
14.5
1.7
0.6
1.6
9.9
20.6
47.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
7.0
9.9
71.2
53.7
6.0
8.6
2.8
955
562
305
35
13
34
59
54
17 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
45.4
19
1967-68
BOS BOS
25.9
8.6
7.5
9.7
21.4
45.2
6.6
7.9
82.8
52.1
862
493
164
142
67
18 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
45.1
18
1973-74
BOS BOS
27.1
6.4
6.0
1.3
0.3
11.1
22.8
48.4
4.9
5.6
88.1
53.5
1.6
4.9
811
487
116
108
24
6
43
19 Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
45.0
17
1972-73
NYK NYK
21.9
7.3
6.2
8.8
17.2
51.4
4.3
5.5
77.7
55.9
765
373
124
106
52
20 Larry Bird
L. Bird
44.9
17
1987-88
BOS BOS
24.5
8.8
6.8
2.1
0.8
8.9
19.9
45.0
0.7
1.9
37.5
5.9
6.6
89.4
53.8
1.7
7.1
2.9
763
417
150
115
36
14
49
45
21 LeBron James
L. James
44.7
20
2006-07
CLE CLE
25.1
8.1
8.0
1.7
0.5
8.3
20.0
41.6
1.1
3.8
28.0
7.4
9.8
75.5
51.6
1.3
6.8
3.3
893
501
161
159
34
10
66
40
+71
22 Dan Majerle
D. Majerle
44.6
24
1992-93
PHX PHX
15.4
5.8
3.7
1.4
1.2
5.6
13.0
43.1
2.3
5.7
39.4
2.0
2.9
69.6
54.2
1.2
4.6
1.3
1,071
370
140
88
33
28
32
57
23 Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
44.3
18
1975-76
BOS BOS
21.0
16.4
4.6
1.2
0.7
8.7
18.9
45.7
3.7
4.8
75.9
49.8
4.8
11.6
798
378
296
83
22
13
85
24 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
44.2
22
2003-04
LAL LAL
24.5
4.7
5.5
1.9
0.3
8.6
20.9
41.3
1.1
4.4
24.7
6.1
7.5
81.3
50.6
0.8
3.9
2.8
973
539
104
121
42
7
61
59
+30
25 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
44.2
17
1974-75
WAS WAS
25.5
10.9
2.2
1.5
2.3
10.2
21.9
46.8
5.1
7.5
67.7
50.7
2.7
8.2
751
434
186
37
26
39
70
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes per game going back to the 1952 playoffs.

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111.1

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36.8

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
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Pacers Pacers
50
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.610
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Bucks Bucks
48
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.585
16.0
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Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
3/30
SAC SAC
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IND IND
109-111
Sun
3/30
MIA MIA
@
WAS WAS
120-94
Sun
3/30
LAC LAC
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ORL ORL
96-87
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UTA UTA
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6/19
OKC OKC
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IND IND
8:30 PM
Sun
6/22
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