most nba games started by a player including playoffs

LeBron James has the most career starts in the regular-season and playoffs, with 1,870 starts.

	NAME	GS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	1,870	1,872	38.3	27.2	7.7	7.4	1.5	0.8	9.9	19.7	50.5	1.6	4.7	34.6	5.7	7.7	73.8	58.9	1.2	6.5	3.5	71,704	50,864	14,456	13,801	2,856	1,445	6,563	3,472	+8631
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,664	1,669	37.6	25.0	10.2	3.5	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.0	50.9	0.1	0.2	26.2	6.6	8.9	74.1	57.0	2.4	7.8	3.0	62,759	41,689	17,030	5,858	2,343	1,280	5,074	5,240	+3133
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,640	1,643	34.5	19.3	10.9	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.5	14.8	50.5	0.0	0.1	17.2	4.3	6.2	69.5	55.0	2.8	8.1	2.4	56,738	31,668	17,950	4,989	1,193	3,588	4,014	4,005	+10000
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,605	1,667	34.4	21.1	7.8	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.4	15.8	47.0	1.3	3.4	37.9	5.0	5.7	88.0	57.7	1.0	6.8	1.7	57,263	35,223	12,935	4,011	1,359	1,410	2,822	4,008	+6589
5	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,568	1,605	34.7	17.9	10.1	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.6	49.5	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.4	2.2	7.9	2.2	55,701	28,672	16,196	5,916	2,037	2,223	3,521	3,992	+5211
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1,496	1,549	36.3	12.6	6.3	8.6	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	39.9	1.4	4.2	34.6	2.2	2.9	78.4	50.6	1.3	5.0	2.9	56,199	19,572	9,783	13,354	2,986	502	4,453	2,920	+3978
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,465	1,686	32.1	13.1	2.8	10.5	2.1	0.2	4.7	9.2	51.0	0.6	1.5	37.6	3.2	3.9	82.4	60.3	0.7	2.1	2.8	54,162	22,147	4,659	17,645	3,603	365	4,761	4,481	+3046
8	Chris Paul C. Paul	1,463	1,519	33.8	17.1	4.4	9.1	2.0	0.2	6.1	13.0	47.1	1.4	3.8	37.0	3.5	4.1	86.9	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	51,278	26,039	6,736	13,785	3,015	253	3,486	3,645	+6159
9	Reggie Miller R. Miller	1,448	1,533	34.5	18.4	3.0	2.9	1.1	0.2	6.0	12.8	46.9	1.9	4.8	39.4	4.6	5.1	88.8	61.2	0.6	2.4	1.7	52,927	28,251	4,598	4,498	1,651	333	2,666	3,005	+2185
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1,444	1,513	34.4	19.5	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.4	14.5	44.3	1.6	4.4	36.7	5.1	6.4	80.9	56.6	0.8	4.8	2.6	52,109	29,577	8,512	5,287	1,956	850	4,008	4,190	+3505
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1,411	1,423	35.1	23.8	11.0	2.5	0.6	2.2	9.4	16.2	57.9	0.0	0.0	4.5	5.0	9.5	52.3	58.2	3.6	7.4	2.8	50,016	33,846	15,607	3,608	856	3,191	3,959	4,915	+5525
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,398	1,566	36.6	25.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.8	19.6	44.7	1.4	4.1	33.0	6.2	7.4	83.4	54.8	1.1	4.1	3.0	57,278	39,283	8,166	7,346	2,254	784	4,657	4,013	+4708
13	Tony Parker T. Parker	1,364	1,480	31.1	15.9	2.7	5.5	0.8	0.1	6.3	13.1	48.6	0.4	1.3	32.1	2.8	3.7	74.8	54.1	0.4	2.4	2.3	46,037	23,518	4,062	8,179	1,251	117	3,459	2,488	+6271
14	Gary Payton G. Payton	1,362	1,489	35.3	16.1	3.9	6.6	1.8	0.2	6.4	13.9	46.3	0.9	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.3	72.7	52.6	1.0	2.9	2.2	52,598	23,968	5,844	9,777	2,661	317	3,327	3,651	+1913
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,326	1,383	36.1	22.2	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.9	17.2	51.4	0.0	0.1	20.4	4.5	6.3	71.2	55.5	3.3	7.9	3.0	49,971	30,701	15,369	3,516	2,407	4,302	4,091	4,945	+535
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,321	1,324	37.2	27.5	7.0	4.3	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.9	49.9	2.0	5.1	38.5	6.6	7.5	88.0	61.8	0.7	6.4	3.2	49,248	36,353	9,314	5,759	1,367	1,508	4,199	2,633	+5630
17	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	1,301	1,426	31.8	9.8	9.6	2.5	1.1	0.3	3.8	8.1	47.0	0.1	0.2	26.8	2.1	2.8	76.0	52.5	3.1	6.5	2.2	45,388	13,967	13,650	3,500	1,529	426	3,093	4,924	+111
18	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	1,275	1,287	34.8	21.2	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.3	46.7	0.5	1.7	29.8	5.5	6.5	84.3	55.4	0.7	3.7	2.0	44,822	27,347	5,630	5,241	1,294	417	2,565	2,901	-460
19	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	1,272	1,362	33.6	16.9	9.2	3.2	0.5	1.6	6.5	12.7	50.7	0.1	0.4	36.3	3.8	5.1	75.2	56.4	2.5	6.7	2.1	45,826	22,992	12,551	4,363	677	2,174	2,888	2,988	+2051
20	Ray Allen R. Allen	1,270	1,471	35.6	18.5	4.0	3.3	1.1	0.2	6.5	14.3	45.1	2.3	5.7	40.0	3.3	3.7	89.3	58.1	0.9	3.1	2.0	52,408	27,254	5,920	4,810	1,615	285	2,983	3,260	+4077
21	Al Horford A. Horford	1,268	1,353	31.7	12.7	7.8	3.2	0.8	1.2	5.2	10.3	50.6	0.9	2.3	37.8	1.4	1.8	76.6	57.2	1.9	5.9	1.4	42,910	17,178	10,585	4,282	1,041	1,560	1,846	2,920	+3541
22	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1,257	1,322	34.6	20.9	9.9	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.0	0.0	0.1	18.2	4.5	6.1	73.8	54.9	2.3	7.5	2.9	45,801	27,628	13,042	2,490	1,258	3,197	3,882	4,556	+420
23	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1,253	1,386	35.5	16.3	6.5	5.2	1.9	0.8	6.3	13.5	46.8	0.8	2.6	32.2	2.8	4.0	70.7	53.4	1.8	4.7	2.8	49,174	22,582	9,077	7,183	2,702	1,132	3,859	4,015	+2254
24	Mike Conley M. Conley	1,242	1,312	31.1	13.8	3.0	5.6	1.3	0.2	4.8	11.1	43.5	1.6	4.2	38.5	2.5	3.1	82.4	55.4	0.5	2.5	1.8	40,814	18,125	3,885	7,368	1,751	273	2,389	2,563	+2897
25	Buck Williams B. Williams	1,232	1,415	32.6	12.7	9.9	1.2	0.8	0.8	4.8	8.8	54.7	0.0	0.0	18.8	3.0	4.6	66.5	58.6	3.4	6.4	2.1	46,174	17,995	13,958	1,759	1,170	1,170	2,974	4,653	+157

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.8

Mitchell

RPG

8.8

Mobley

APG

6.9

Garland

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.0

10th

DRTG

114.6

13th

NETRTG

2.4

10th

3P%

35.1

20th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Raptors	22	15	.595	5.5
5	76ers	19	15	.559	7.0
6	Cavaliers	21	17	.553	7.0
7	Magic	20	17	.541	7.5
8	Heat	20	17	.541	7.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 1/8	CLE	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Sat 1/10	MIN	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Mon 1/12	UTA	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 1/14	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Fri 1/16	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

21 - 17

120

Final

116

Pacers

6 - 31

Tue 6 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.5

Towns

11.2

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.4

Sarr

2.2

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.8

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

69.8

Gobert

69.5

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

124.5

122.9

122.0

121.0

120.0

118.5

DRtg Rankings

106.5

111.0

112.2

112.6

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

13.5

8.6

7.6

6.7

6.1

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

6-31

8-30

8-29

10-25

11-22

12-23

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,828.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,724.4

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,837.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,825.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.8

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

40.0

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.4

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.68

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

25-11

20-13-1

21-14

21-15

21-16

Worst Record ATS

12-26

13-24

15-22

15-20

16-21

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	27	9	.750
2	Celtics	23	12	.657	3.5
3	Knicks	23	13	.639	4.0
4	Raptors	22	15	.595	5.5
5	76ers	19	15	.559	7.0
6	Cavaliers	21	17	.553	7.0
7	Magic	20	17	.541	7.5
8	Heat	20	17	.541	7.5
9	Bulls	17	19	.472	10.0
10	Hawks	17	21	.447	11.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	11.0
12	Hornets	13	23	.361	14.0
13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.5
14	Wizards	10	25	.286	16.5
15	Pacers	6	31	.162	21.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	7	.811
2	Spurs	25	11	.694	4.5
3	Lakers	23	11	.676	5.5
4	Nuggets	24	12	.667	5.5
5	Rockets	22	11	.667	6.0
6	Timberwolves	24	13	.649	6.0
7	Suns	21	15	.583	8.5
8	Warriors	19	18	.514	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	17	20	.459	13.0
10	Grizzlies	16	20	.444	13.5
11	Mavericks	14	23	.378	16.0
12	Clippers	13	22	.371	16.0
13	Jazz	12	23	.343	17.0
14	Kings	8	29	.216	22.0
15	Pelicans	8	30	.211	22.5