most minutes played by a player before 2000

Before 1999-00, 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	Robert Parish R. Parish	45,704	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	6.3	2.1	23,334	14,715	2,180	1,219	2,361	3,183	4,443	+105
6	Moses Malone M. Malone	45,071	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
7	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
8	Buck Williams B. Williams	42,464	1,307	32.5	12.8	10.0	1.3	0.8	0.8	4.9	8.9	54.9	0.0	0.0	16.7	3.0	4.6	66.4	58.7	3.5	6.5	2.1	16,784	13,017	1,646	1,080	1,100	2,784	4,267	+155
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	41,661	1,110	37.5	26.1	10.7	3.3	1.4	0.8	9.6	18.3	52.6	0.1	0.2	26.8	6.8	9.3	73.0	58.3	2.7	8.0	3.1	28,946	11,839	3,700	1,575	902	3,473	3,584	+1707
10	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
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40,250	1,075	37.4	23.6	11.8	2.7	1.8	3.3	9.4	18.2	51.5	0.0	0.1	21.0	4.8	6.7	71.7	55.7	3.5	8.3	3.2	25,367	12,677	2,859	1,977	3,582	3,415	4,007	+513
12	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
13	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
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	38,710	1,053	36.8	22.3	11.7	3.9	1.6	0.8	7.9	14.6	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.7	6.0	8.1	73.6	61.3	4.0	7.7	3.2	23,468	12,337	4,152	1,634	884	3,332	3,239	+538
15	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	38,398	1,157	33.2	14.9	8.7	2.3	0.7	0.4	5.8	10.6	54.7	0.0	0.1	4.9	3.3	4.8	68.7	58.6	2.9	5.8	2.3	17,183	10,059	2,668	802	485	2,683	3,902	-327
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	38,113	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
17	John Stockton J. Stockton	38,094	1,176	32.4	13.4	2.7	11.1	2.3	0.2	4.8	9.2	51.9	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.3	4.0	82.3	61.1	0.6	2.0	3.0	15,791	3,145	13,087	2,701	239	3,472	3,163	+1460
18	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
19	Alex English A. English	38,063	1,193	31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	8.9	17.6	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	55.0	2.3	3.2	2.5	25,613	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027
20	Derek Harper D. Harper	37,786	1,199	31.5	13.3	2.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	5.2	11.2	46.3	0.9	2.5	35.4	2.1	2.9	74.5	53.7	0.6	1.8	1.9	16,006	2,884	6,577	1,957	304	2,334	2,755	-353
21	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	37,537	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	22,195	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
22	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	36,943	1,107	33.4	15.6	9.8	3.2	1.0	0.9	5.8	12.5	46.4	0.2	0.7	32.8	3.9	4.6	84.9	54.0	2.3	7.5	2.3	17,287	10,816	3,488	1,162	1,048	2,586	3,879
23	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
24	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	35,954	1,100	32.7	14.1	3.9	5.0	1.3	0.6	5.3	11.9	44.5	0.1	0.5	17.2	3.4	4.3	79.7	51.1	1.3	2.5	2.4	15,535	4,249	5,499	1,477	675	2,448	3,087
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35,887	930	38.6	31.5	6.3	5.4	2.5	0.9	11.8	23.3	50.5	0.6	1.8	33.2	7.3	8.7	83.8	58.0	1.7	4.6	2.8	29,277	5,836	5,012	2,306	828	2,589	2,493	+1416