most nba rookie minutes played by champion

Magic Johnson has played the most minutes by a rookie with more than 0 championships, with 2,795 minutes on the court in 1979-80.

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most NBA rookie minutes played by champion in a regular season

	NAME	MIN	Champs	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2,795	1	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	1,387	596	563	187	41	305	218
2	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	2,515	1	1974-75	GSW	82	30.7	14.2	8.2	2.2	1.3	0.3	6.1	13.8	44.2				2.0	2.7	73.4	47.3	2.5	5.7		1,164	671	183	107	22		222
3	Tom Gola T. Gola	2,346	1	1955-56	PHI	68	34.5	10.8	9.1	5.9			3.6	8.7	41.2				3.6	4.9	73.3	49.6				732	616	404				272
4	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	2,200	1	1962-63	BOS	80	27.5	14.3	6.7	2.2			6.0	13.6	44.5				2.2	3.0	72.8	47.9				1,140	534	179				189
5	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	2,150	1	1956-57	BOS	72	29.9	16.2	9.8	1.6			6.2	15.6	39.7				3.8	4.8	79.0	45.6				1,163	705	117				304
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	1,695	1	1956-57	BOS	48	35.3	14.7	19.6	1.8			5.8	13.5	42.7				3.2	6.4	49.2	45.0				706	943	88				143
7	Kevin McHale K. McHale	1,645	1	1980-81	BOS	82	20.1	10.0	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	4.3	8.1	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.9	67.9	55.6	1.9	2.5	1.3	818	359	55	27	151	110	260
8	Marc Iavaroni M. Iavaroni	1,612	1	1982-83	PHI	80	20.2	5.1	4.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	2.0	4.4	46.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	69.0	50.2	1.5	2.7	1.7	404	329	83	32	44	133	238
9	Johnny Kerr J. Kerr	1,529	1	1954-55	SYR	72	21.2	10.5	6.6	1.1			4.2	10.0	41.9				2.1	3.1	68.2	46.2				754	474	80				165
10	Johnny Davis J. Davis	1,451	1	1976-77	POR	79	18.4	8.0	1.6	1.9	0.5	0.1	3.0	6.7	44.1				2.1	2.6	79.4	50.9	0.8	0.8		634	126	148	41	11		128
11	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	1,431	1	2002-03	SAS	69	20.7	7.6	2.3	2.0	1.4	0.2	2.5	5.8	43.8	0.7	2.1	34.5	1.8	2.5	73.7	55.6	0.7	1.7	1.4	525	161	138	96	17	100	170	+145
12	Win Wilfong W. Wilfong	1,360	1	1957-58	STL	71	19.2	7.8	4.1	2.3			2.8	7.6	36.1				2.3	3.4	68.5	42.8				555	290	163				199
13	Norris Cole N. Cole	1,260	1	2011-12	MIA	65	19.4	6.8	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.0	2.7	6.9	39.3	0.3	1.2	27.6	1.0	1.3	77.6	45.2	0.3	1.1	1.6	441	91	133	44	2	105	124	-52
14	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	1,255	1	1953-54	MIN	72	17.4	8.2	5.8	0.7			3.3	7.8	42.3				1.6	2.3	69.5	46.5				588	419	51				210
15	Jonathan Kuminga J. Kuminga	1,185	1	2021-22	GSW	70	16.9	9.3	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	3.4	6.6	51.3	0.7	2.1	33.6	1.9	2.7	68.4	60.0	0.8	2.6	1.1	652	234	64	31	22	74	146	+35
16	Christian Braun C. Braun	1,181	1	2022-23	DEN	76	15.5	4.7	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.9	3.8	49.5	0.4	1.3	35.4	0.5	0.8	62.5	56.8	0.6	1.8	0.5	360	181	59	41	17	35	101	-114
17	Beno Udrih B. Udrih	1,149	1	2004-05	SAS	80	14.4	5.9	1.0	1.9	0.5	0.1	2.2	4.9	44.4	0.7	1.8	40.8	0.8	1.1	75.3	54.9	0.2	0.8	1.0	471	83	150	41	10	77	96	+128
18	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	1,131	1	1981-82	LAL	64	17.7	4.6	5.4	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.8	3.6	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.8	50.4	52.8	1.8	3.6	1.2	295	348	56	60	76	77	167
19	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	1,122	1	1993-94	HOU	66	17.0	6.7	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.1	2.5	5.9	41.8	0.4	1.3	29.5	1.4	1.6	84.1	50.6	0.4	1.7	1.4	440	134	192	59	7	94	136
20	Dick Farley D. Farley	1,113	1	1954-55	SYR	69	16.1	5.9	2.4	1.6			2.0	5.1	38.5				2.0	2.9	67.7	46.2				408	167	111				145
21	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	1,084	1	1960-61	BOS	68	15.9	5.3	5.7	0.6			2.2	5.2	42.0				1.0	1.5	67.0	45.8				363	385	44				131
22	Patrick McCaw P. McCaw	1,074	1	2016-17	GSW	71	15.1	4.0	1.4	1.1	0.5	0.2	1.5	3.5	43.3	0.6	1.7	33.3	0.4	0.5	78.4	54.0	0.3	1.1	0.5	282	100	77	32	15	36	62	-44
23	Robin Jones R. Jones	1,065	1	1976-77	POR	63	16.9	5.5	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.6	2.2	4.7	46.5				1.0	1.7	60.6	49.6	1.6	3.1		344	296	80	37	38		124
24	Phil Smith P. Smith	1,055	1	1974-75	GSW	74	14.3	7.7	1.9	1.8	0.8	0.0	3.0	6.3	47.6				1.7	2.1	80.4	53.3	0.7	1.2		569	140	135	62	0		141
25	Jim Holstein J. Holstein	989	1	1952-53	MIN	66	15.0	4.0	2.6	1.1			1.5	4.2	35.8				1.1	1.6	66.7	41.5				266	173	74				128

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