most minutes played in first 16 seasons

Elvin Hayes played the most minutes in his first 16 seasons, with 50,000 minutes on the court.

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  • Data note: Minutes Played: player season data complete from 1951-52
NAMEMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Elvin 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
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
48,373
1,249
38.7
26.6
12.5
4.0
1.0
3.0
11.0
19.5
56.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.6
6.5
71.8
59.5
2.7
8.7
3.0
33,262
15,627
4,968
958
2,785
1,884
3,752
3Wilt 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
4Karl Malone
K. Malone
47,503
1,273
37.3
25.9
10.4
3.4
1.4
0.8
9.5
18.2
52.4
0.1
0.2
27.0
6.8
9.2
73.8
58.2
2.5
7.9
3.1
32,919
13,287
4,365
1,747
1,035
3,948
4,029
+2569
5John 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
6LeBron James
L. James
46,236
1,198
38.6
27.2
7.4
7.2
1.6
0.8
9.9
19.6
50.4
1.4
4.2
34.3
6.0
8.1
73.6
58.6
1.2
6.2
3.5
32,543
8,880
8,662
1,937
921
4,163
2,207
+6398
7Gary Payton
G. Payton
45,614
1,267
36.0
16.9
4.1
6.9
1.9
0.2
6.8
14.5
46.7
0.9
2.7
31.9
2.5
3.5
73.0
52.9
1.1
3.0
2.3
21,455
5,137
8,765
2,402
282
2,964
3,100
+2135
8Moses Malone
M. Malone
44,200
1,246
35.5
21.7
12.8
1.4
0.9
1.4
7.5
15.2
49.2
0.0
0.1
9.1
6.7
8.8
76.9
57.0
5.3
7.5
3.2
27,016
15,894
1,749
1,075
1,705
3,724
3,003
9Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
44,036
1,187
37.1
13.6
6.6
9.2
2.0
0.3
4.8
12.0
40.3
1.4
4.0
34.9
2.5
3.2
78.2
50.6
1.4
5.2
3.1
16,142
7,853
10,923
2,343
386
3,657
2,245
+3446
10Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
43,915
1,195
36.7
19.5
10.7
4.1
1.3
1.5
7.8
15.7
49.8
0.1
0.5
28.2
3.7
4.8
78.8
54.9
2.5
8.3
2.4
23,323
12,819
4,890
1,608
1,847
2,831
2,964
+4529
11Oscar 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
12Reggie Miller
R. Miller
43,260
1,243
34.8
18.9
3.1
3.0
1.1
0.2
6.2
13.0
47.4
1.9
4.7
39.8
4.7
5.3
88.6
61.6
0.7
2.4
1.8
23,505
3,838
3,746
1,390
283
2,264
2,525
+1279
13Joe Johnson
J. Johnson
43,029
1,221
35.2
16.4
4.0
4.0
0.9
0.2
6.3
14.2
44.2
1.6
4.2
37.4
2.2
2.8
80.1
53.1
0.9
3.1
2.0
20,033
4,887
4,918
1,053
253
2,402
2,185
+917
14Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
42,603
1,188
35.9
22.5
8.1
2.6
0.9
0.9
7.9
16.6
47.6
1.2
3.2
38.3
5.5
6.2
87.9
58.2
1.1
7.0
1.9
26,786
9,594
3,139
1,037
1,095
2,208
2,945
+6180
15Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
42,458
1,177
36.1
21.3
5.9
3.8
1.4
0.6
7.0
15.6
44.7
1.6
4.4
37.0
5.7
7.0
80.7
56.9
0.9
5.1
2.9
25,031
6,999
4,483
1,669
699
3,366
3,314
+3099
16Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
42,377
1,161
36.5
25.4
5.3
4.7
1.5
0.5
8.9
19.6
45.3
1.3
3.9
33.7
6.4
7.6
83.8
55.4
1.2
4.1
3.0
29,484
6,142
5,418
1,722
594
3,432
2,991
+4912
17Ray Allen
R. Allen
42,373
1,148
36.9
20.0
4.2
3.6
1.2
0.2
7.0
15.5
45.2
2.4
5.9
40.0
3.6
4.0
89.4
57.9
1.0
3.2
2.2
22,941
4,850
4,083
1,330
221
2,522
2,614
+3153
18Buck Williams
B. Williams
41,726
1,266
33.0
13.1
10.1
1.3
0.8
0.9
5.0
9.1
55.0
0.0
0.0
16.7
3.1
4.7
66.3
58.8
3.5
6.6
2.2
16,582
12,834
1,625
1,063
1,085
2,746
4,174
+143
19Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
41,447
1,180
35.1
20.2
11.2
3.1
0.7
2.2
7.8
15.4
50.7
0.0
0.1
18.2
4.5
6.5
69.3
55.2
2.9
8.3
2.5
23,785
13,219
3,612
872
2,652
3,001
2,880
+7881
20Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
41,299
1,119
36.9
23.1
11.6
2.6
1.8
3.3
9.2
17.9
51.3
0.0
0.1
20.7
4.7
6.6
71.6
55.6
3.4
8.2
3.1
25,822
12,951
2,920
2,018
3,652
3,488
4,095
+474
21DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
41,229
1,187
34.7
21.3
4.4
4.1
1.0
0.3
7.6
16.3
46.9
0.5
1.7
30.0
5.5
6.6
84.2
55.6
0.7
3.7
2.0
25,292
5,208
4,869
1,170
393
2,379
2,659
+204
22Michael 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
23Bill 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
24Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
40,657
1,155
35.2
16.3
6.4
5.3
2.0
0.8
6.4
13.5
47.3
0.8
2.6
32.7
2.7
3.8
70.4
53.7
1.8
4.7
2.8
18,804
7,426
6,085
2,286
938
3,228
3,291
+2203
25John Stockton
J. Stockton
40,526
1,258
32.2
13.3
2.7
11.0
2.3
0.2
4.8
9.2
51.8
0.6
1.5
38.2
3.2
3.9
82.5
61.0
0.6
2.0
2.9
16,781
3,360
13,790
2,844
254
3,651
3,355
+1973

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