most minutes played in first 15 seasons

Elvin Hayes played the most minutes by a player in his first 15 seasons, with 49,006 minutes on the court.

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most minutes played by a player in first 15 seasons
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1Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
49,006
1,222
40.1
22.0
13.1
1.9
1.0
2.1
8.9
19.5
45.3
0.0
0.1
15.6
4.3
6.4
67.0
49.2
3.3
8.4
2.6
26,911
16,019
2,327
848
1,743
1,276
4,070
2Wilt 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
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
45,743
1,170
39.1
26.9
12.8
4.0
1.1
3.1
11.1
19.8
56.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.7
6.6
71.7
59.3
2.7
9.0
3.1
31,527
15,005
4,719
895
2,623
1,687
3,514
4Karl Malone
K. Malone
44,608
1,192
37.4
26.0
10.6
3.4
1.4
0.8
9.6
18.3
52.5
0.1
0.2
26.8
6.8
9.3
73.5
58.3
2.6
8.0
3.1
31,041
12,618
4,004
1,654
973
3,704
3,813
+2188
5LeBron James
L. James
44,299
1,143
38.8
27.2
7.4
7.2
1.6
0.8
9.9
19.6
50.4
1.4
4.1
34.4
6.0
8.1
73.9
58.6
1.2
6.1
3.5
31,038
8,415
8,208
1,865
888
3,966
2,113
+6283
6Oscar 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
7John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
43,674
1,188
36.8
21.1
6.5
4.9
1.2
0.3
8.4
19.1
43.9
4.3
5.3
81.3
49.2
1.7
3.7
25,073
7,675
5,786
386
95
3,096
8Gary Payton
G. Payton
43,309
1,186
36.5
17.6
4.1
7.2
2.0
0.2
7.0
15.0
46.9
0.9
2.7
32.1
2.6
3.6
72.8
52.9
1.1
3.0
2.4
20,829
4,904
8,508
2,331
272
2,862
2,931
+2011
9Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
41,695
1,124
37.1
19.8
10.8
4.2
1.3
1.6
7.9
15.9
49.7
0.1
0.5
28.3
3.8
4.9
78.5
54.8
2.5
8.3
2.4
22,267
12,188
4,719
1,513
1,790
2,716
2,816
+3976
10Moses Malone
M. Malone
41,689
1,164
35.8
22.1
13.0
1.4
0.9
1.4
7.6
15.5
49.3
0.0
0.1
5.8
6.9
8.9
76.9
57.0
5.4
7.6
3.3
25,737
15,150
1,656
1,001
1,641
3,574
2,867
11Joe Johnson
J. Johnson
41,186
1,143
36.0
16.9
4.1
4.2
0.9
0.2
6.5
14.6
44.2
1.6
4.3
37.2
2.3
2.9
80.1
53.1
0.9
3.2
2.0
19,318
4,644
4,774
1,017
235
2,333
2,092
+799
12Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
41,155
1,107
37.2
13.8
6.7
9.2
2.0
0.3
4.9
12.3
40.2
1.3
3.9
34.2
2.6
3.3
78.2
50.3
1.5
5.2
3.1
15,318
7,408
10,199
2,198
351
3,462
2,103
+3175
13Reggie Miller
R. Miller
41,143
1,173
35.1
19.3
3.1
3.0
1.1
0.2
6.3
13.3
47.5
1.9
4.7
40.0
4.8
5.4
88.5
61.6
0.7
2.4
1.9
22,623
3,666
3,576
1,328
279
2,198
2,436
+1079
14Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
41,011
1,072
38.3
30.1
6.2
5.3
2.3
0.8
11.4
22.9
49.7
0.5
1.7
32.7
6.8
8.2
83.5
56.9
1.6
4.7
2.7
32,292
6,672
5,633
2,514
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
15Ray Allen
R. Allen
40,808
1,102
37.0
20.2
4.3
3.6
1.2
0.2
7.1
15.7
45.2
2.4
5.9
39.9
3.7
4.1
89.3
57.8
1.0
3.2
2.2
22,286
4,708
3,974
1,281
213
2,454
2,531
+3055
16Bill 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
17Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
40,360
1,102
36.6
21.8
6.0
3.9
1.4
0.6
7.2
16.0
44.7
1.7
4.5
37.0
5.8
7.2
80.6
56.8
0.9
5.1
2.9
24,021
6,651
4,305
1,583
668
3,213
3,124
+3025
18Hakeem 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
19Buck Williams
B. Williams
40,230
1,192
33.8
13.5
10.4
1.3
0.9
0.9
5.2
9.4
55.0
0.0
0.0
17.2
3.2
4.8
66.4
58.8
3.6
6.8
2.2
16,117
12,437
1,572
1,023
1,047
2,667
3,970
20Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
40,145
1,103
36.4
25.3
5.3
4.7
1.5
0.5
8.8
19.4
45.4
1.3
3.8
33.9
6.4
7.6
83.7
55.6
1.2
4.1
2.9
27,868
5,829
5,154
1,653
576
3,228
2,886
+4775
21Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
39,975
1,108
36.1
22.6
8.2
2.6
0.9
0.9
7.9
16.7
47.5
1.2
3.2
38.1
5.6
6.3
87.7
58.1
1.2
7.1
1.9
25,051
9,096
2,923
964
1,050
2,091
2,780
+5857
22Hal 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
23Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
39,369
1,111
35.4
20.3
11.3
3.1
0.7
2.2
7.8
15.5
50.7
0.0
0.1
17.7
4.6
6.7
68.8
55.1
3.0
8.3
2.6
22,558
12,533
3,428
822
2,469
2,854
2,763
+7422
24Shawn Marion
S. Marion
38,996
1,106
35.3
15.8
9.0
1.9
1.6
1.1
6.5
13.4
48.5
0.7
2.1
33.2
2.1
2.6
81.1
54.3
2.4
6.5
1.6
17,424
9,899
2,147
1,732
1,206
1,717
2,477
+1918
25Walt 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
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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
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46
36
.561
14.0
7
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45
37
.549
15.0
8
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45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
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32
50
.390
28.0
12
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31
51
.378
29.0
13
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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
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22
60
.268
42.0