most nba playoffs minutes since 2000

Since 1999-00, LeBron James has played the most minutes in the playoffs, with 12,446 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:
most NBA playoffs minutes by a player since 2000
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1LeBron James
L. James
12,446
302
41.2
28.2
8.9
7.2
1.7
1.0
10.1
20.4
49.5
1.6
5.0
33.2
6.3
8.5
74.1
58.3
1.5
7.4
3.6
8,521
2,695
2,168
506
287
1,085
679
+1234
2Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
8,263
225
36.7
20.4
11.5
3.1
0.7
2.2
7.8
15.6
50.0
0.0
0.1
16.1
4.8
6.9
68.5
54.6
3.1
8.4
2.5
4,591
2,583
699
150
500
556
627
+963
3Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
7,973
192
41.5
27.7
5.4
5.1
1.5
0.6
9.9
22.0
45.0
1.4
4.3
33.5
6.4
7.8
82.0
54.3
1.1
4.3
3.1
5,312
1,032
976
289
124
591
585
+587
4Tony Parker
T. Parker
7,758
226
34.3
17.9
2.9
5.1
0.9
0.1
7.1
15.5
46.1
0.5
1.7
30.9
3.1
4.2
73.1
51.6
0.5
2.5
2.6
4,045
666
1,143
198
19
594
429
+581
5Kevin Durant
K. Durant
6,934
171
40.5
29.3
7.8
4.2
1.0
1.2
9.9
20.7
47.8
2.1
6.0
35.5
7.4
8.5
86.8
59.9
0.8
7.0
3.3
5,008
1,333
713
173
205
559
431
+641
6James Harden
J. Harden
6,907
190
36.4
22.3
5.5
6.4
1.6
0.6
6.7
15.8
42.4
2.5
7.3
33.8
6.4
7.4
86.6
58.5
0.7
4.7
3.5
4,228
1,036
1,222
312
109
669
556
+272
7Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
6,697
177
37.8
22.3
5.2
4.9
1.5
1.0
8.2
17.3
47.4
0.6
1.7
33.8
5.4
6.9
78.0
54.9
1.3
3.9
3.3
3,954
928
870
273
175
583
467
+432
8Al Horford
A. Horford
6,642
197
33.7
11.9
7.9
3.2
0.8
1.2
4.8
9.7
49.3
1.0
2.6
39.1
1.4
1.8
77.5
57.0
1.8
6.1
1.3
2,353
1,561
625
159
243
260
483
+50
9Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
6,306
232
27.2
8.5
2.2
2.2
1.1
0.1
2.9
6.9
42.5
1.2
2.8
40.7
1.5
1.9
81.8
55.5
0.3
2.0
0.9
1,982
521
504
246
16
205
588
+659
10Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
6,229
170
36.6
18.7
5.8
3.4
1.2
0.6
6.0
14.2
42.3
1.6
4.6
35.5
5.1
6.1
83.0
55.4
0.7
5.1
2.8
3,180
985
579
204
105
476
547
+160
11Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
6,075
218
27.9
14.0
4.0
3.8
1.3
0.3
4.4
10.1
43.3
1.5
4.2
35.8
3.8
4.6
81.7
57.6
0.7
3.3
2.2
3,054
874
827
292
61
481
588
+951
12Ray Allen
R. Allen
5,944
168
35.4
16.0
3.7
2.6
1.0
0.2
5.4
12.2
44.1
2.2
5.6
40.0
3.0
3.3
89.0
58.4
0.8
3.0
1.6
2,682
626
436
161
40
263
393
+588
13Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
5,895
145
40.7
25.3
10.0
2.5
1.0
0.9
8.4
18.2
46.2
1.0
2.8
36.5
7.4
8.3
89.2
57.7
1.5
8.5
2.3
3,663
1,446
360
149
129
328
407
+48
14Draymond Green
D. Green
5,834
169
34.5
11.4
8.6
6.0
1.5
1.3
4.1
9.2
44.5
1.0
3.4
30.0
2.2
3.0
72.6
54.2
1.6
7.0
2.6
1,934
1,457
1,020
257
225
447
637
+970
15Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
5,830
158
36.9
19.2
4.0
2.2
0.9
0.5
7.1
16.4
43.6
3.2
7.8
40.5
1.8
2.1
84.5
55.5
0.5
3.5
1.7
3,032
626
351
150
85
274
411
+615
16Stephen Curry
S. Curry
5,772
155
37.2
26.8
5.3
6.1
1.5
0.3
9.0
19.7
45.4
4.2
10.6
39.7
4.7
5.2
88.9
60.8
0.7
4.6
3.3
4,147
828
953
231
50
516
388
+971
17Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
5,584
146
38.2
12.9
6.8
7.9
1.8
0.3
4.5
11.6
39.0
1.5
4.7
32.6
2.3
2.9
79.2
50.1
1.4
5.4
2.8
1,881
998
1,152
270
47
416
312
+225
18Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
5,566
150
37.1
23.3
11.9
2.4
0.5
2.1
9.1
16.3
55.9
0.0
0.0
5.0
10.1
49.8
56.1
3.8
8.0
2.9
3,488
1,778
365
69
321
439
525
+572
19Chris Paul
C. Paul
5,442
149
36.5
20.0
4.9
8.3
1.9
0.2
7.4
15.3
48.4
1.6
4.4
37.3
3.5
4.1
85.4
58.3
0.7
4.2
2.5
2,981
730
1,233
287
31
377
437
+130
20Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
5,321
146
36.4
17.3
3.4
5.7
1.0
0.2
5.0
12.3
41.1
1.8
5.0
36.6
5.4
6.1
88.0
57.8
0.5
2.9
2.2
2,526
492
831
148
23
322
373
+578
21Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
5,266
177
29.8
9.4
4.4
3.5
1.2
0.5
3.4
7.5
45.8
1.0
2.9
35.5
1.5
2.6
58.3
54.5
1.0
3.4
1.3
1,661
776
618
217
88
237
351
+185
22Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
5,193
146
35.6
21.5
7.8
3.0
1.8
0.7
7.7
15.0
51.3
1.7
4.3
39.9
4.4
5.2
84.1
62.1
1.8
6.0
1.9
3,133
1,142
432
256
99
278
323
+643
23Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
5,065
156
32.5
13.2
6.4
1.5
0.8
1.3
5.0
11.6
43.3
1.2
3.3
35.1
1.9
2.6
73.3
51.5
1.3
5.1
1.3
2,054
993
227
121
210
201
562
+357
24Richard Hamilton
R. Hamilton
5,039
130
38.8
19.8
3.9
3.6
0.9
0.2
7.3
16.5
43.9
0.5
1.6
34.0
4.7
5.5
86.0
52.2
1.2
2.7
2.7
2,571
506
467
122
24
348
401
+415
25Tayshaun Prince
T. Prince
4,977
140
35.6
11.4
5.2
2.6
0.8
0.6
4.4
10.3
42.7
0.7
2.1
34.3
1.9
2.4
77.4
50.2
1.6
3.6
1.3
1,602
732
368
109
86
181
244
+451
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes played going back to the 1952 playoffs.

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2
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.683
4.0
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.646
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.634
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WesternWLPCTGB
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.780
2
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54
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.659
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.634
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