most minutes played in first 3 seasons

Elvin Hayes and Wilt Chamberlain were tied for playing the most minutes by a player in their first 3 seasons, with 10,993 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:
most minutes played by a player in first 3 seasons
NAMEMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
10,993
246
44.7
28.2
16.9
1.9
11.3
25.7
44.2
5.5
8.3
66.0
48.0
6,933
4,154
461
761
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
10,993
231
47.6
42.3
26.6
2.2
16.9
34.3
49.4
8.4
14.8
57.0
51.8
9,769
6,142
508
403
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
10,405
245
42.5
31.8
15.7
4.0
12.9
23.2
55.7
6.0
8.8
67.7
58.7
7,779
3,847
979
782
4Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
10,056
230
43.7
29.8
11.0
10.2
10.6
21.8
48.9
8.6
10.5
81.1
56.5
6,861
2,536
2,347
770
5Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
10,044
239
42.0
28.8
17.4
2.4
11.0
21.1
51.9
6.9
10.5
65.6
56.0
6,887
4,170
569
864
6LeBron James
L. James
9,871
238
41.5
26.5
6.6
6.6
1.8
0.7
9.6
21.0
45.8
1.3
3.8
33.0
6.0
8.0
74.6
54.0
1.2
5.4
3.3
6,307
1,576
1,563
430
176
795
476
+283
7Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
9,820
238
41.3
25.9
2.9
8.7
9.4
19.8
47.7
7.0
8.6
81.7
55.0
6,172
687
2,061
623
8Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
9,687
242
40.0
18.8
15.5
3.3
8.0
17.8
45.3
2.7
3.6
74.3
48.5
4,546
3,748
806
975
9Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
9,654
224
43.1
20.1
19.5
2.6
8.0
16.4
48.7
4.1
5.2
79.3
53.8
4,511
4,364
574
788
10Michael Finley
M. Finley
9,396
247
38.0
17.2
4.8
3.7
1.2
0.3
6.5
14.4
45.5
1.0
2.9
35.1
3.1
4.0
77.8
53.3
1.5
3.3
2.1
4,245
1,184
918
285
85
516
500
-725
11Glenn Robinson
G. Robinson
9,321
242
38.5
21.1
6.3
3.0
1.3
0.5
8.0
17.5
45.7
1.0
2.9
33.6
4.1
5.2
80.0
53.4
1.8
4.5
3.6
5,104
1,519
738
313
132
864
695
-145
12Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
9,286
236
39.3
27.7
12.7
2.1
1.2
2.7
10.9
21.5
50.8
5.8
7.3
79.5
56.0
3.8
10.8
6,533
3,000
488
180
420
786
13Sidney Wicks
S. Wicks
9,250
237
39.0
23.6
10.5
4.7
1.2
0.9
9.4
21.2
44.5
4.8
6.6
72.8
49.1
2.6
6.5
5,599
2,497
1,116
90
64
653
14Vin Baker
V. Baker
9,240
246
37.6
17.4
9.2
2.7
0.9
1.3
7.0
14.3
49.0
0.1
0.3
23.4
3.3
5.4
61.3
52.1
3.4
5.9
2.4
4,285
2,275
671
214
321
599
780
15Rick Barry
R. Barry
9,240
240
38.5
27.8
9.6
3.6
10.4
23.2
44.8
7.0
8.0
88.0
52.0
6,666
2,292
854
800
16Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
9,218
241
38.2
27.3
12.8
2.3
0.9
2.9
10.9
18.6
58.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.6
10.1
55.8
59.3
4.4
8.5
3.0
6,585
3,095
561
209
709
733
860
17Tim Hardaway
T. Hardaway
9,210
242
38.1
20.4
3.9
9.5
2.2
0.2
8.0
17.1
46.9
1.0
2.9
34.7
3.4
4.3
77.9
53.8
0.9
3.0
3.3
4,936
952
2,289
543
37
797
668
18Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
9,209
246
37.4
21.7
12.9
3.0
0.6
2.2
8.2
14.9
55.4
5.3
7.5
70.1
59.8
3.8
9.2
4.1
5,346
3,184
736
136
540
676
807
19Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
9,150
245
37.3
16.2
2.9
7.9
2.0
0.2
7.1
13.7
51.9
0.0
0.1
12.5
1.9
2.5
76.1
54.5
0.6
2.3
3.1
3,957
699
1,932
486
38
770
750
20Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
9,138
244
37.5
24.5
4.1
4.7
9.2
20.6
44.6
6.1
7.7
79.4
51.1
5,978
1,002
1,143
801
21Larry Bird
L. Bird
9,117
241
37.8
21.8
10.7
5.3
1.9
0.8
8.8
18.2
48.5
0.4
1.1
33.1
3.8
4.4
85.4
54.1
2.5
8.2
3.3
5,247
2,584
1,268
447
182
806
762
22Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
9,108
238
38.3
14.7
17.3
3.3
5.8
11.6
49.9
3.1
5.0
63.0
53.4
3,503
4,114
797
761
23Grant Hill
G. Hill
9,085
230
39.5
20.5
8.5
6.5
1.6
0.7
7.4
15.4
47.9
0.1
0.4
22.1
5.7
7.8
73.1
54.5
1.6
6.8
3.1
4,722
1,949
1,484
368
158
724
631
+413
24Latrell Sprewell
L. Sprewell
9,045
228
39.7
19.0
4.1
4.2
1.8
0.8
6.8
15.6
43.6
1.3
4.0
33.2
4.0
5.2
77.0
53.0
1.0
3.1
2.9
4,322
928
959
418
174
659
432
25Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
9,029
246
36.7
20.2
3.8
6.1
1.0
0.3
6.9
16.1
42.9
2.4
6.6
36.8
4.0
4.7
86.1
55.8
0.5
3.2
2.7
4,977
923
1,495
235
62
658
533
+598
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes played going back to the 1951-52 season.

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Thunder Thunder
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Heat Heat
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Knicks Knicks
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
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OKC OKC
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10/20
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LAL LAL
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10/21
CLE CLE
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NYK NYK
111-119
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BKN BKN
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CHA CHA
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