most playoff minutes by a player before turning 29

LeBron James has played the most career minutes by a player younger than 29 in the playoffs, with 5,954 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:

most playoff minutes by a player before turning 29 years old

	NAME	MIN	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	LeBron James L. James	5,954	138	43.1	28.1	8.6	6.7	1.7	0.9	9.6	20.4	47.2	1.4	4.4	32.2	7.4	9.9	74.9	56.7	1.6	7.0	3.5	3,871	1,191	924	236	127	482	316	+614
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5,686	144	39.5	19.0	7.9	12.5	2.1	0.4	6.9	13.3	52.0	0.1	0.5	16.7	5.1	6.2	81.8	59.3			3.6	2,741	1,137	1,800	297	60	518	420
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5,085	131	38.8	23.3	4.9	4.5	1.3	0.7	8.4	19.1	43.9	1.1	3.3	33.1	5.4	6.8	79.6	52.7	1.1	3.8	2.9	3,053	647	586	174	94	374	411	+251
4	Tony Parker T. Parker	5,017	138	36.4	18.8	3.1	4.9	1.0	0.1	7.5	16.2	46.1	0.5	1.8	29.3	3.3	4.6	70.8	51.4	0.5	2.6	2.8	2,591	434	682	132	12	390	302	+246
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4,943	127	38.9	24.2	8.3	5.0	1.2	0.8	8.1	18.4	44.0	2.4	7.0	34.9	5.5	6.6	83.9	56.7	1.0	7.3	2.9	3,076	1,053	633	150	106	369	329	+517
6	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	4,523	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	2,608	771	346	134	56	323	380	+265
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,348	106	41.0	28.8	8.0	3.8	1.0	1.2	9.7	20.7	46.8	2.1	6.1	34.4	7.3	8.6	85.3	58.8	0.9	7.1	3.3	3,048	849	404	111	126	345	263	+424
8	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	4,301	110	39.1	18.3	7.7	5.2	1.9	1.0	7.0	14.7	47.2	0.5	1.8	30.6	3.9	5.3	73.3	53.7	2.2	5.5	3.2	2,016	848	573	210	107	349	383
9	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	4,282	114	37.6	12.8	5.7	2.9	0.9	0.7	4.9	11.2	43.8	0.8	2.4	35.3	2.2	2.8	78.5	51.7	1.8	3.9	1.4	1,461	651	328	100	81	165	214	+522
10	Horace Grant H. Grant	4,106	111	37.0	11.9	8.6	2.4	1.0	1.1	4.8	8.9	54.2	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.2	3.2	70.0	57.7	3.4	5.3	1.2	1,320	958	265	115	122	132	350
11	James Worthy J. Worthy	4,050	111	36.5	21.2	5.5	3.2	1.3	0.8	8.9	15.5	57.3	0.1	0.2	22.2	3.4	4.8	71.8	60.4	1.9	3.5	2.1	2,356	607	353	139	91	229	289
12	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	3,848	111	34.7	19.5	7.7	2.4	1.7	0.6	6.9	13.6	50.6	1.6	3.9	41.1	4.1	4.9	83.5	61.8	1.8	5.9	1.8	2,164	854	263	187	72	196	245	+615
13	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,751	102	36.8	19.0	3.9	2.2	0.9	0.5	7.0	16.1	43.9	3.0	7.3	40.9	1.9	2.3	83.0	55.6	0.6	3.3	1.8	1,937	400	228	91	51	182	277	+533
14	James Harden J. Harden	3,650	105	34.8	22.0	5.2	5.5	1.7	0.4	6.5	15.5	42.0	2.2	6.7	32.6	6.7	7.7	87.2	58.0	0.7	4.5	3.3	2,306	548	577	181	47	348	319	+213
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	3,628	87	41.7	23.6	11.5	5.8			9.1	19.2	47.3	0.3	0.9	30.7	5.1	5.9	87.6	54.1				2,054	998	504				266
16	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	3,607	99	36.4	16.1	2.3	4.8	0.8	0.1	5.9	12.8	46.6	0.3	0.9	34.8	3.8	4.5	84.9	54.5	0.9	1.4	1.8	1,591	228	478	84	6	183	204
17	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	3,538	92	38.5	14.5	6.0	9.2	2.0	0.2	5.9	13.3	44.5	0.3	1.1	27.7	2.4	3.7	64.7	48.7	1.7	4.3	2.8	1,336	554	845	181	16	262	234	+262
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	3,532	89	39.7	27.7	12.2	3.2	0.7	2.2	10.8	19.0	56.9	0.0	0.0		6.1	12.3	50.0	56.8	4.6	7.6	3.0	2,469	1,085	288	61	193	266	311	+181
19	Draymond Green D. Green	3,525	101	34.9	12.3	9.2	5.6	1.6	1.5	4.2	9.8	43.2	1.3	4.0	32.7	2.6	3.5	74.1	54.6	1.8	7.4	2.4	1,244	926	567	165	147	242	373	+761
20	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	3,474	83	41.9	23.8	13.1	3.9	0.7	2.9	8.8	17.4	50.4	0.0	0.2	12.5	6.3	9.0	70.0	55.9	3.4	9.7	3.4	1,978	1,087	322	61	243	283	253	+441
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3,462	82	42.2	25.2	11.1	2.4	1.3	1.0	8.2	18.4	44.5	1.2	3.2	37.6	7.6	8.7	87.8	56.8	1.9	9.2	2.2	2,070	908	200	109	86	178	258	+19
22	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	3,420	95	36.0	14.1	3.4	6.7		0.3	5.8	11.3	51.1	0.0	0.3	12.0	2.5	3.4	74.5	55.2				1,339	319	639		33		255
23	Byron Scott B. Scott	3,366	106	31.8	15.8	3.3	2.5	1.4	0.2	6.2	12.6	49.6	0.6	1.7	36.4	2.7	3.3	81.6	56.1	0.9	2.4	1.6	1,671	351	266	149	19	172	272
24	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	3,352	83	40.4	21.0	4.0	3.6	0.9	0.1	7.7	17.5	44.1	0.6	1.7	34.3	5.0	5.9	85.0	52.3	1.2	2.8	3.0	1,745	332	297	78	10	246	261	+392
25	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	3,328	109	30.5	11.0	6.6	0.7	0.4	2.3	4.5	9.0	49.9	0.6	1.4	39.2	1.4	1.8	77.9	55.9	2.0	4.6	0.9	1,201	723	72	47	252	101	341	+145

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.9

Mitchell

RPG

8.4

Mobley

APG

6.0

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 5/21	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Sat 5/23	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Mon 5/25	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Wed 5/27	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Fri 5/29	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

0 - 1

104

Final

115

Knicks

1 - 0

Tue 19 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.4

Brunson

28.1

Cunningham

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.9

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.8

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

124.5

124.1

117.3

113.7

113.2

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.4

104.8

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.0

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

19.3

14.5

13.8

3.0

1.7

0.8

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

627.9

Cunningham

598.7

Mobley

581.1

Mitchell

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

604.5

Mitchell

590.5

Mobley

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.68

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.66

Wembanyama

1.58

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

56-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-56

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0