most minutes played by a player before 1990

Before 1989-90, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played the most minutes, with 57,446 minutes on the court.

	NAME	MIN	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	57,446	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
2	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	50,000	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.4	18.6	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	49.1	3.1	7.8	2.4	27,313	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	47,859	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
4	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	46,471	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.8	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	26,395	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
5	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	43,886	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	40,726	963	42.3	15.1	22.5	4.3			5.9	13.4	44.0				3.3	5.8	56.1	47.1				14,522	21,620	4,100				2,592
7	Hal Greer H. Greer	39,788	1,122	35.5	19.2	5.0	4.0			7.6	16.8	45.2				4.1	5.1	80.1	50.6				21,586	5,665	4,540				3,855
8	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	38,940	1,043	37.3	20.1	13.7	2.4	0.7	0.6	7.6	14.7	51.6				4.9	7.8	63.2	55.4	3.4	6.2		20,941	14,241	2,544	52	48		3,536
9	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	38,064	1,077	35.3	16.5	4.7	6.7	1.3	0.2	5.7	13.3	43.2				5.0	6.5	77.4	51.1	0.8	2.0		17,772	5,030	7,211	174	26		3,285
10	Moses Malone M. Malone	37,042	1,001	37.0	23.3	13.7	1.5	0.9	1.5	8.1	16.3	49.5	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.2	9.4	76.5	57.1	5.6	8.0	3.5	23,340	13,671	1,458	924	1,483	3,205	2,575
11	Jerry West J. West	36,571	932	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	2.8		25,192	5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435
12	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	35,881	964	37.2	15.0	15.0	2.7	0.5	2.1	5.7	13.6	42.1				3.5	5.3	66.7	47.0	2.8	6.8		14,437	14,464	2,575	125	553		2,624
13	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	35,832	984	36.4	10.8	14.0	3.9	1.1	0.6	4.4	8.7	50.9	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.9	3.0	63.3	53.7	3.5	8.4	1.9	10,624	13,769	3,822	628	367	579	2,762
14	Paul Silas P. Silas	34,989	1,254	27.9	9.4	9.9	2.1	0.6	0.2	3.4	7.9	43.2	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.8	67.3	48.9	3.6	5.6	1.4	11,782	12,357	2,572	358	138	333	3,105
15	Alex English A. English	34,104	1,034	33.0	22.6	5.8	3.9	0.9	0.8	9.4	18.4	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	3.9	4.7	83.0	55.4	2.5	3.3	2.7	23,417	5,998	4,021	976	785	2,627	2,756
16	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	33,918	1,025	33.1	14.6	3.9	4.9	1.4	0.6	5.5	12.3	44.6	0.1	0.6	18.0	3.6	4.5	79.6	51.2	1.4	2.6	2.5	15,004	4,048	5,014	1,396	661	2,331	2,908
17	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	33,863	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				23,149	11,463	3,650				2,596
18	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	33,527	1,031	32.5	18.6	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.2	7.2	15.8	45.6				4.2	5.2	80.7	51.4	1.1	1.6	2.5	19,181	3,279	4,805	545	72	390	2,775
19	Chet Walker C. Walker	33,433	1,032	32.4	18.2	7.1	2.1	0.7	0.1	6.7	14.2	47.0				4.9	6.2	79.6	54.0	1.6	3.8		18,831	7,314	2,126	117	10		2,727
20	Dave Bing D. Bing	32,769	901	36.4	20.3	3.8	6.0	1.3	0.2	7.7	17.5	44.1				4.9	6.3	77.5	50.2	1.1	1.9	2.7	18,327	3,420	5,397	483	89	216	2,615
21	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	32,753	959	34.2	16.2	10.3	3.2	1.1	1.0	6.0	12.8	46.9	0.1	0.4	31.3	4.1	4.8	84.8	54.2	2.4	7.9	2.4	15,499	9,883	3,116	1,021	936	2,317	3,417
22	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	32,725	900	36.4	25.0	5.9	3.0	1.0	0.2	8.8	16.2	54.3	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.3	9.0	81.9	61.9	2.4	3.5	2.9	22,458	5,270	2,741	919	143	2,422	2,443
23	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	32,131	829	38.8	17.0	15.6	3.3	0.4	0.3	6.9	13.8	49.9				3.2	4.1	78.3	54.4	0.8	4.3		14,053	12,942	2,730	28	24		2,389
24	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	32,103	959	33.5	20.1	10.1	3.1	1.1	1.5	8.1	15.7	51.4	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.9	5.1	76.7	55.9	2.6	6.8	2.6	19,248	9,698	3,007	777	1,100	1,112	3,048
25	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	31,873	1,002	31.8	10.3	9.7	3.7	1.3	1.5	4.3	9.7	44.1	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.7	2.4	73.8	48.0	2.2	6.9	2.2	10,303	9,687	3,754	999	1,160	978	3,473