most minutes played prior to 1957

Before 1956-57, Bob Cousy played the most minutes, with 13,997 minutes on the court.

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NAMEMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
13,997
352
39.8
20.1
6.2
7.7
6.9
18.5
37.2
6.3
7.8
81.3
45.9
7,083
2,180
2,705
989
2Mel Hutchins
M. Hutchins
13,543
347
39.0
11.1
10.2
3.0
4.4
11.2
39.0
2.3
3.5
66.6
43.4
3,835
3,529
1,054
1,033
3Ed Macauley
E. Macauley
13,385
348
38.5
18.7
7.9
3.6
6.1
13.7
44.3
6.5
8.3
77.8
53.6
6,498
2,751
1,269
859
4Slater Martin
S. Martin
13,130
349
37.6
11.4
3.2
4.7
4.0
10.6
38.1
3.3
4.2
77.8
45.6
3,967
1,100
1,624
1,093
5Neil Johnston
N. Johnston
12,966
348
37.3
19.8
11.7
2.5
6.5
14.4
45.1
6.8
9.1
74.8
53.8
6,883
4,072
879
1,167
6Joe Graboski
J. Graboski
12,857
348
36.9
13.6
9.5
2.4
4.9
13.8
35.8
3.7
5.5
68.2
42.0
4,730
3,290
821
1,311
7Jack Coleman
J. Coleman
12,828
354
36.2
11.5
9.8
3.2
4.8
11.3
42.4
1.9
2.8
67.1
45.7
4,066
3,472
1,123
1,107
8Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
12,738
341
37.4
9.6
4.7
6.7
3.3
8.9
37.5
3.0
4.2
70.5
45.0
3,288
1,610
2,286
972
9Paul Seymour
P. Seymour
12,396
333
37.2
12.5
3.7
4.9
4.3
11.9
36.1
3.9
4.9
80.5
44.6
4,173
1,223
1,637
829
10Dolph Schayes
D. Schayes
12,370
350
35.3
17.6
12.4
3.0
5.4
14.3
37.7
6.8
8.1
83.2
49.1
6,163
4,341
1,036
1,214
11Bobby Wanzer
B. Wanzer
11,969
352
34.0
13.4
4.9
3.5
4.4
11.2
39.0
4.6
5.8
79.3
48.5
4,702
1,722
1,240
892
12Larry Foust
L. Foust
11,899
347
34.3
15.7
11.4
2.2
5.3
12.7
41.7
5.1
6.9
73.5
49.8
5,450
3,964
757
1,297
13Harry Gallatin
H. Gallatin
11,880
352
33.8
13.1
12.5
2.1
4.0
9.9
40.8
5.0
6.4
77.8
51.3
4,610
4,410
738
1,081
14Vern Mikkelsen
V. Mikkelsen
11,716
351
33.4
14.6
9.3
2.2
5.1
12.4
40.9
4.5
5.9
76.1
48.7
5,142
3,280
765
1,473
15Bill Sharman
B. Sharman
11,340
346
32.8
16.4
3.8
3.4
5.9
13.8
43.1
4.5
5.2
86.4
51.0
5,660
1,325
1,190
1,041
16George King
G. King
11,136
348
32.0
10.4
3.7
4.7
3.7
9.6
38.5
3.0
4.7
64.5
44.7
3,609
1,300
1,621
920
17Nathaniel Clifton
N. Clifton
10,703
340
31.5
10.6
8.9
2.8
4.0
10.9
36.4
2.7
4.1
64.7
41.7
3,595
3,018
965
1,126
18Arnie Risen
A. Risen
10,636
343
31.0
12.3
10.4
1.8
4.2
11.1
37.7
3.9
5.6
71.0
45.5
4,210
3,570
605
1,369
19Dick McGuire
D. McGuire
10,139
326
31.1
8.3
4.5
6.0
2.8
7.2
39.2
2.7
4.3
62.3
45.7
2,722
1,464
1,942
841
20Carl Braun
C. Braun
9,484
285
33.3
14.8
3.6
3.6
5.2
13.3
38.9
4.5
5.5
82.3
47.3
4,225
1,033
1,024
969
21Jim Pollard
J. Pollard
9,391
265
35.4
12.7
7.6
3.2
5.0
14.0
35.9
2.7
3.5
76.2
40.9
3,376
2,003
839
701
22Red Rocha
R. Rocha
9,353
279
33.5
11.3
7.0
2.1
4.0
10.5
38.0
3.3
4.3
77.2
45.6
3,156
1,964
574
992
23Bob Harrison
B. Harrison
9,317
343
27.2
7.6
2.5
3.0
3.1
8.9
34.5
1.5
2.3
65.9
38.6
2,621
864
1,016
1,222
24Bob Davies
B. Davies
8,617
275
31.3
14.0
2.8
4.9
4.8
12.5
38.8
4.3
5.7
74.9
46.6
3,840
783
1,348
974
25Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
8,616
210
41.0
23.5
9.3
2.7
8.1
18.7
43.2
7.3
9.1
80.2
51.7
4,927
1,959
569
802
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes played going back to the 1951-52 season.

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