most minutes played in a season before turning 24

Elvin Hayes has played the most minutes by a player younger than 24 in a season, with 3,695 minutes on the court in his rookie season in 1968-69.

Interpreted as:
most minutes played by a player in a season before turning 24 years old
NAMEMINAgeSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
3,695
23
1968-69
SDR SDR
82
45.1
28.4
17.1
1.4
11.3
25.4
44.7
5.7
9.1
62.6
48.3
2,327
1,406
113
266
2Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
3,539
23
1974-75
BUF BUF
82
43.2
34.5
14.1
2.2
1.1
2.1
13.4
26.1
51.2
7.8
9.7
80.5
56.9
3.7
10.3
2,831
1,155
179
92
174
278
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
3,534
22
1969-70
MIL MIL
82
43.1
28.8
14.5
4.1
11.4
22.1
51.8
5.9
9.1
65.3
55.2
2,361
1,190
337
283
4Latrell Sprewell
L. Sprewell
3,533
23
1993-94
GSW GSW
82
43.1
21.0
4.9
4.7
2.2
0.9
7.5
17.3
43.3
1.7
4.8
36.1
4.3
5.6
77.4
53.2
1.0
3.9
2.8
1,720
401
385
180
76
226
158
5Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
3,503
23
1961-62
CIN CIN
79
44.3
30.8
12.5
11.4
11.0
22.9
47.8
8.9
11.0
80.3
55.4
2,432
985
899
258
6Moses Malone
M. Malone
3,390
23
1978-79
HOU HOU
82
41.3
24.8
17.6
1.8
1.0
1.5
8.7
16.2
54.0
7.3
9.9
73.9
60.4
7.2
10.5
4.0
2,031
1,444
147
79
119
326
223
7LeBron James
L. James
3,388
20
2004-05
CLE CLE
80
42.4
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
2,175
588
577
177
52
262
146
+152
8LeBron James
L. James
3,361
21
2005-06
CLE CLE
79
42.5
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
2,478
556
521
123
66
260
181
+275
9Vin Baker
V. Baker
3,361
23
1994-95
MIL MIL
82
41.0
17.7
10.3
3.6
1.0
1.4
7.2
15.0
48.3
0.1
0.3
29.2
3.1
5.3
59.3
51.1
3.5
6.8
2.7
1,451
846
296
86
116
221
277
10Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
3,344
22
1961-62
CHI CHI
79
42.3
31.6
19.0
2.7
12.3
23.7
51.9
6.9
10.8
64.4
55.4
2,495
1,500
210
281
11Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
3,338
23
1959-60
PHI PHI
72
46.4
37.6
27.0
2.3
14.8
32.1
46.1
8.0
13.8
58.2
49.3
2,707
1,941
168
150
12Joe Johnson
J. Johnson
3,331
22
2003-04
PHX PHX
82
40.6
16.7
4.7
4.4
1.1
0.3
6.8
15.7
43.0
1.0
3.3
30.5
2.1
2.8
75.0
49.1
1.0
3.7
2.4
1,367
385
362
93
26
199
177
-234
13Juwan Howard
J. Howard
3,324
23
1996-97
WAS WAS
82
40.5
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
1,570
652
311
93
23
246
259
+81
14Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
3,324
23
1970-71
CIN CIN
82
40.5
16.0
7.1
10.1
5.8
13.9
42.0
4.4
5.4
81.6
49.4
1,315
583
832
343
15Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
3,323
23
1992-93
CHA CHA
82
40.5
22.1
10.5
4.3
0.6
0.3
8.9
16.9
52.6
0.2
0.9
25.4
4.1
5.3
76.7
57.4
3.4
7.1
2.8
1,810
864
353
53
27
227
187
16Baron Davis
B. Davis
3,318
22
2001-02
CHA CHA
82
40.5
18.1
4.3
8.5
2.1
0.6
6.8
16.4
41.7
2.1
5.8
35.6
2.4
4.1
58.0
49.8
1.1
3.1
3.0
1,484
349
698
172
47
246
241
+149
17Damon Stoudamire
D. Stoudamire
3,311
23
1996-97
TOR TOR
81
40.9
20.2
4.1
8.8
1.5
0.2
7.0
17.4
40.1
2.2
6.1
35.5
4.1
5.0
82.3
51.6
1.1
3.0
3.6
1,634
330
709
123
13
288
162
-213
18Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
3,306
23
1962-63
CHI CHI
80
41.3
27.9
16.4
2.9
10.5
19.9
52.7
6.9
10.3
67.4
57.1
2,233
1,309
233
283
19Juwan Howard
J. Howard
3,294
22
1995-96
WAS WAS
81
40.7
22.1
8.1
4.4
0.8
0.5
9.0
18.5
48.9
0.0
0.2
30.8
3.9
5.3
74.9
53.0
2.3
5.8
3.7
1,789
660
360
67
39
303
269
20Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
3,288
23
1970-71
MIL MIL
82
40.1
31.7
16.0
3.3
13.0
22.5
57.7
5.7
8.3
69.0
60.6
2,596
1,311
272
264
21Ray Allen
R. Allen
3,287
22
1997-98
MIL MIL
82
40.1
19.5
4.9
4.3
1.4
0.1
6.9
16.0
42.8
1.6
4.5
36.4
4.2
4.8
87.5
53.9
1.5
3.4
3.2
1,602
405
356
111
12
263
244
-71
22Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
3,281
23
1986-87
CHI CHI
82
40.0
37.1
5.2
4.6
2.9
1.5
13.4
27.8
48.2
0.1
0.8
18.2
10.2
11.9
85.7
56.2
2.0
3.2
3.3
3,041
430
377
236
125
272
237
23Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
3,274
23
2004-05
WAS WAS
80
40.9
25.5
4.7
5.1
1.7
0.3
8.2
19.0
43.1
2.6
7.0
36.5
6.5
8.0
81.4
56.5
1.0
3.7
3.0
2,038
378
411
139
23
242
245
+95
24Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
3,273
23
1963-64
CIN CIN
79
41.4
17.7
17.4
2.6
6.9
13.1
52.7
3.9
5.0
77.9
57.8
1,400
1,375
204
300
25Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
3,272
23
1971-72
CIN CIN
76
43.1
28.2
2.9
9.2
9.7
19.9
48.6
8.9
10.8
82.2
57.2
2,145
222
701
198
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39.6

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TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
24
1
.960
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.5
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.5
4
Lakers Lakers
17
7
.708
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
17
7
.708
6.5
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Mon
12/15
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
9:30 PM
Thu
12/18
HOU HOU
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Sat
12/20
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
5:00 PM
Sun
12/21
HOU HOU
@
SAC SAC
10:00 PM
Tue
12/23
HOU HOU
@
LAC LAC
11:00 PM
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NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
24
1
.960
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.5
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.5
4
Lakers Lakers
17
7
.708
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
17
7
.708
6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
15
9
.625
8.5
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
19
5
.792
2
Knicks Knicks
17
7
.708
2.0
3
Celtics Celtics
15
10
.600
4.5
4
Magic Magic
15
10
.600
4.5
5
Raptors Raptors
15
11
.577
5.0
6
76ers 76ers
13
10
.565
5.5

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/11
MEM MEM
@
BOS BOS
95-131
Tue
11/11
CLE CLE
@
MIA MIA
130-116
Tue
11/11
POR POR
@
NOP NOP
125-117
Tue
11/11
WAS WAS
@
HOU HOU
112-135
Tue
11/11
GSW GSW
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SAS SAS
125-120

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/12
CLE CLE
@
WAS WAS
7:00 PM
Fri
12/12
ATL ATL
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DET DET
7:00 PM
Fri
12/12
IND IND
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PHI PHI
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