most playoff games started by nba player since 2009

Since 2008-09, LeBron James has the most starts in the playoffs, with 246 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	246	246	40.7	28.5	9.2	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.3	20.3	50.9	1.7	5.0	34.0	6.1	8.3	74.1	59.5	1.5	7.7	3.5	10,013	7,022	2,260	1,761	418	248	862	546	+1182
2	Al Horford A. Horford	182	190	33.5	11.9	7.8	3.2	0.8	1.2	4.8	9.6	49.3	1.0	2.7	39.1	1.4	1.8	77.8	57.2	1.8	6.1	1.3	6,365	2,265	1,488	600	156	236	245	457	+136
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	170	170	40.5	29.3	7.8	4.2	1.0	1.2	9.9	20.8	47.7	2.2	6.1	35.6	7.4	8.5	86.8	59.9	0.8	7.0	3.2	6,893	4,985	1,327	709	172	204	550	427	+643
4	Danny Green D. Green	159	169	25.3	7.9	3.2	1.2	1.0	0.7	2.8	7.0	40.4	1.9	4.8	38.8	0.4	0.6	74.5	54.9	0.7	2.5	0.8	4,271	1,338	541	200	176	125	143	347	+602
5	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	158	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	5,830	3,032	626	351	150	85	274	411	+615
6	Draymond Green D. Green	152	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	5,834	1,934	1,457	1,020	257	225	447	637	+970
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	149	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	5,772	4,147	828	953	231	50	516	388	+971
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	146	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	5,193	3,133	1,142	432	256	99	278	323	+643
9	Chris Paul C. Paul	137	137	36.2	19.6	4.9	8.0	1.9	0.2	7.3	15.1	48.2	1.7	4.6	37.8	3.4	3.9	86.4	58.5	0.7	4.2	2.6	4,956	2,692	671	1,098	259	29	355	394	+73
10	James Harden J. Harden	130	173	36.2	22.5	5.5	6.5	1.6	0.6	6.8	16.0	42.5	2.5	7.4	34.0	6.4	7.4	86.9	58.6	0.7	4.8	3.4	6,268	3,895	948	1,125	282	98	590	512	+246
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	127	130	37.8	21.1	6.2	4.7	1.7	0.5	7.1	15.5	45.9	1.2	3.5	34.4	5.7	6.9	82.7	57.0	1.8	4.4	1.8	4,908	2,745	807	608	217	71	229	230	-28
12	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	121	121	39.0	24.3	8.2	4.9	1.2	0.9	8.1	18.5	43.9	2.4	6.9	34.8	5.6	6.7	84.1	56.6	1.0	7.2	2.9	4,725	2,936	989	592	143	106	352	318	+489
13	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	118	123	36.5	21.0	5.2	4.4	1.4	1.0	7.9	16.8	47.1	0.7	2.0	34.7	4.5	5.9	76.9	54.2	1.3	3.9	2.9	4,495	2,588	642	547	178	127	354	295	+248
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	116	135	35.5	22.5	6.7	7.1	1.7	0.3	7.8	19.3	40.5	1.4	4.6	29.9	5.5	6.7	82.0	50.5	1.8	4.9	3.7	4,787	3,035	905	955	223	42	501	391	+6
15	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	115	135	33.5	19.3	5.7	2.6	1.0	0.4	7.2	15.0	48.2	1.9	5.5	35.4	2.9	4.0	72.7	57.6	1.1	4.6	2.4	4,524	2,608	771	346	134	56	323	380	+265
16	Paul George P. George	114	114	39.0	21.2	7.5	4.1	1.5	0.5	6.8	16.2	42.3	2.4	6.9	35.2	5.1	6.2	82.6	56.1	0.9	6.6	3.1	4,444	2,416	854	473	172	62	354	376	+174
17	Mike Conley M. Conley	108	108	33.5	13.8	3.5	6.0	1.2	0.2	4.7	11.6	40.9	1.6	4.4	36.0	2.8	3.5	80.7	52.9	0.6	2.9	1.8	3,621	1,495	374	646	128	24	190	241	+156
18	Kendrick Perkins K. Perkins	104	112	24.2	5.0	6.1	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.0	4.2	48.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	66.3	51.8	1.9	4.2	1.6	2,710	562	684	89	38	121	184	355	+31
19	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	102	152	27.1	10.6	6.3	0.7	0.4	1.9	4.3	8.6	49.9	0.6	1.6	38.2	1.4	1.7	78.9	56.4	1.8	4.5	0.9	4,119	1,608	965	109	61	292	141	449	+263
20	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	101	136	32.8	13.5	4.3	5.4	1.3	0.4	4.5	10.9	41.1	1.8	5.2	33.8	2.8	3.4	80.3	54.2	0.7	3.6	2.2	4,465	1,836	582	730	174	48	305	447	+188
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	96	96	37.4	23.0	3.7	4.9	1.3	0.6	8.5	18.6	45.8	2.3	6.0	39.2	3.7	4.2	88.3	56.5	0.9	2.8	2.2	3,595	2,211	353	471	128	53	215	233	+517
22	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	96	96	33.0	16.1	9.2	2.3	0.6	1.6	6.5	13.0	50.3	0.0	0.1	14.3	3.0	4.4	68.4	53.9	2.5	6.7	1.6	3,167	1,547	884	219	60	153	155	234	+432
23	Tony Parker T. Parker	96	109	31.9	17.3	2.8	5.3	0.8	0.1	6.9	14.8	46.7	0.5	1.5	32.3	3.0	4.0	75.2	52.3	0.4	2.4	2.4	3,479	1,888	307	580	86	10	267	170	+305
24	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	96	107	34.4	16.5	5.0	2.7	1.0	0.5	5.5	12.9	42.5	1.6	4.3	37.6	3.9	4.5	84.8	55.2	0.5	4.6	2.3	3,683	1,761	540	285	110	55	245	337	+38
25	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	95	99	34.3	13.4	7.5	3.2	0.8	1.4	4.7	10.6	44.4	0.5	1.5	36.6	3.5	4.3	80.8	53.7	1.5	6.1	1.4	3,394	1,331	747	321	83	140	141	336	+40

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Team Leaders

PPG

30.7

Mitchell

RPG

9.3

Mobley

APG

5.4

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.0

9th

DRTG

115.2

16th

NETRTG

1.8

12th

3P%

34.6

22nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Raptors	17	13	.567	6.5
6	Magic	16	13	.552	7.0
7	Cavaliers	16	14	.533	7.5
8	Heat	15	14	.517	8.0
9	Hawks	15	15	.500	8.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 12/23	NOP	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Thu 12/25	CLE	@	NYK	12:00 PM
Sat 12/27	CLE	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Mon 12/29	CLE	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Wed 12/31	PHX	@	CLE	3:30 PM

Last Game

Hornets

9 - 20

132

Final

139

Cavaliers

16 - 14

Mon 22 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

34.1

Dončić

32.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.7

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.1

Jokić

11.6

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.2

Cunningham

8.9

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.4

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Suggs

BPG Leaders

2.4

Huff

2.0

Stewart

1.8

Kalkbrenner

3PM Leaders

4.9

Curry

4.1

Mitchell

3.8

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.1

Jokić

71.0

Ayton

70.2

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.4

122.6

122.4

121.2

120.4

119.1

DRtg Rankings

104.5

110.3

112.3

112.6

112.8

113.0

NetRtg Rankings

15.8

9.1

8.9

7.9

6.7

6.3

Tank Leaderboard

5-22

6-23

7-22

7-21

8-22

8-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,757

Jokić

1,487.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,371.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,869

Jokić

1,492.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,450.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.2

Brown

33.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.9

Reaves

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.81

Jokić

1.63

Dončić

1.60

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.93

Jokić

1.73

Dončić

1.60

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

20-10

17-9-1

18-10

17-11

17-12

17-11

Worst Record ATS

8-22

9-19

10-19

10-17

11-18

12-18

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	23	6	.793
2	Knicks	20	8	.714	2.5
3	Celtics	18	11	.621	5.0
4	76ers	16	11	.593	6.0
5	Raptors	17	13	.567	6.5
6	Magic	16	13	.552	7.0
7	Cavaliers	16	14	.533	7.5
8	Heat	15	14	.517	8.0
9	Hawks	15	15	.500	8.5
10	Bulls	13	15	.464	9.5
11	Bucks	11	18	.379	12.0
12	Hornets	9	20	.310	14.0
13	Nets	8	19	.296	14.0
14	Pacers	6	23	.207	17.0
15	Wizards	5	22	.185	17.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	26	3	.897
2	Spurs	21	7	.750	4.5
3	Nuggets	21	7	.750	4.5
4	Lakers	19	8	.704	6.0
5	Timberwolves	19	10	.655	7.0
6	Rockets	17	9	.654	7.5
7	Suns	15	13	.536	10.5
8	Warriors	15	15	.500	11.5
9	Grizzlies	13	16	.448	13.0
10	Trail Blazers	12	17	.414	14.0
11	Mavericks	11	19	.367	15.5
12	Jazz	10	18	.357	15.5
13	Pelicans	8	22	.267	18.5
14	Clippers	7	21	.250	18.5
15	Kings	7	22	.241	19.0