most minutes per game in first 9 seasons

Wilt Chamberlain had the most minutes per game by a player in his first 9 seasons with 46.8 minutes per game.

Interpreted as:
most minutes per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player in first 9 seasons
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1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
46.8
706
36.0
24.6
4.5
14.6
27.8
52.7
6.8
13.0
52.1
53.8
33,044
25,434
17,400
3,182
1,341
2Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
44.3
683
29.7
8.7
10.5
10.3
21.3
48.7
9.0
10.7
83.9
57.1
30,223
20,261
5,958
7,173
2,138
3Bill Russell
B. Russell
42.8
649
16.5
23.4
3.9
6.6
14.8
44.3
3.4
6.0
56.2
47.2
27,799
10,703
15,206
2,526
1,640
4Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
42.5
734
24.3
14.9
2.1
1.3
2.6
9.8
21.8
44.7
4.8
7.1
67.7
48.8
3.3
10.2
31,207
17,862
10,902
1,506
435
849
2,321
5Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
41.6
685
18.8
17.6
3.2
7.6
15.2
50.0
3.6
4.6
78.5
54.6
28,503
12,894
12,058
2,183
2,098
6Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
41.5
610
27.4
4.1
6.0
2.4
0.2
9.6
23.1
41.8
1.3
4.2
30.9
6.9
8.9
76.9
50.8
1.0
3.1
3.8
25,338
16,738
2,474
3,642
1,453
121
2,291
1,318
+538
7Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41.3
693
29.2
15.1
4.3
1.3
3.4
12.1
22.0
54.9
5.1
7.2
70.3
58.0
3.2
11.2
3.4
28,614
20,238
10,435
3,009
500
1,279
208
2,169
8Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
40.3
616
17.9
17.1
2.6
6.8
16.2
42.1
4.3
6.3
67.2
47.1
24,853
11,035
10,544
1,625
1,646
9Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
40.2
628
28.4
14.5
4.1
10.6
24.9
42.4
7.2
9.3
78.3
49.0
25,261
17,842
9,090
2,575
2,002
10Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
40.0
660
18.6
14.6
4.0
1.2
1.0
7.9
17.1
46.1
2.8
3.6
78.2
49.7
3.3
10.8
2.7
26,392
12,252
9,636
2,622
500
412
391
2,567
11LeBron James
L. James
39.9
689
27.6
7.2
6.9
1.7
0.8
9.9
20.4
48.3
1.3
4.0
33.1
6.6
8.8
74.6
56.9
1.2
5.9
3.3
27,497
19,045
4,943
4,751
1,194
582
2,299
1,329
+3409
12Jerry West
J. West
39.6
612
27.5
6.5
5.7
9.7
20.7
46.9
8.1
10.0
81.0
54.8
24,220
16,835
3,986
3,469
1,668
13Michael Finley
M. Finley
39.5
671
19.3
5.2
3.8
1.2
0.4
7.5
16.7
45.1
1.2
3.4
36.5
3.0
3.8
80.6
52.7
1.4
3.8
2.0
26,528
12,971
3,477
2,581
803
249
1,323
1,308
+763
14Latrell Sprewell
L. Sprewell
39.5
596
19.3
4.3
4.3
1.6
0.5
6.9
16.0
43.4
1.1
3.4
32.9
4.4
5.5
80.1
52.6
0.9
3.4
3.0
23,535
11,526
2,577
2,554
957
321
1,770
1,169
-163
15Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
38.8
599
26.4
11.6
2.8
1.2
1.8
10.4
20.6
50.6
0.0
0.3
12.0
5.6
7.4
75.3
55.4
2.9
9.1
3.9
23,243
15,792
6,955
1,704
619
950
833
2,048
16Antoine Walker
A. Walker
38.8
687
19.8
8.7
4.1
1.4
0.6
7.7
18.6
41.5
1.6
4.9
32.6
2.8
4.4
64.2
48.3
2.4
6.3
3.2
26,622
13,619
5,963
2,829
957
414
2,167
2,076
-1223
17Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
38.7
667
32.3
6.3
5.9
2.7
1.0
12.1
23.5
51.6
0.4
1.4
30.1
7.6
9.0
84.6
58.9
1.7
4.6
3.0
25,842
21,541
4,219
3,935
1,815
684
2,006
1,944
18Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
38.7
662
26.5
16.6
3.0
9.3
21.5
43.3
7.9
10.5
75.5
50.8
25,640
17,566
11,004
1,982
2,062
19Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
38.7
665
20.6
3.1
8.3
1.3
0.2
7.3
16.9
43.5
1.2
3.8
32.0
4.7
6.0
79.1
52.8
0.8
2.3
3.2
25,731
13,689
2,041
5,498
857
102
2,126
1,595
-397
20Dave Bing
D. Bing
38.6
675
22.6
4.2
6.4
1.4
0.3
8.6
19.4
44.0
5.5
7.1
77.1
50.0
1.2
2.3
26,052
15,235
2,828
4,330
225
43
1,956
21Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
38.5
683
19.5
6.3
6.4
2.1
0.2
7.6
15.5
49.2
4.2
5.4
78.4
54.5
1.3
5.1
26,308
13,294
4,305
4,388
457
38
1,838
22Larry Bird
L. Bird
38.5
711
25.0
10.2
6.1
1.8
0.8
9.9
19.6
50.3
0.6
1.7
37.7
4.7
5.3
87.9
57.0
2.2
8.0
3.2
27,371
17,783
7,282
4,367
1,294
598
2,250
1,888
23Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
38.4
648
23.4
8.5
2.4
8.1
19.3
42.2
7.1
8.7
81.1
50.5
24,897
15,145
5,489
1,527
2,480
24Grant Hill
G. Hill
38.4
482
21.0
7.8
6.1
1.5
0.6
7.6
15.9
47.5
0.1
0.5
25.7
5.7
7.6
75.1
54.4
1.5
6.4
3.2
18,495
10,104
3,773
2,931
735
300
1,565
1,226
+1096
25Elton Brand
E. Brand
38.3
614
20.3
10.2
2.7
0.9
2.1
7.7
15.3
50.5
0.0
0.0
15.4
4.8
6.5
73.8
55.7
3.9
6.3
2.5
23,500
12,453
6,266
1,637
575
1,289
1,549
1,915
-1177
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42
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.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
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37
45
.451
27.0
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26
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EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0