most playoff minutes by a player with 15 ppg since 1977

Since 1976-77, LeBron James has played the most minutes in the playoffs when putting up 15.0+ points per game, with 12,062 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:
most playoff minutes by a player with 15 or higher ppg since 1977
NAME MIN PPG GP MPG 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
12,062
28.4
292
41.3
9.0
7.2
1.7
1.0
10.2
20.5
49.6
1.6
4.9
33.3
6.4
8.6
74.1
58.4
1.5
7.5
3.6
8,289
2,628
2,095
493
284
1,047
663
+1270
2 Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
9,370
20.6
251
37.3
11.4
3.0
0.7
2.3
7.9
15.7
50.1
0.0
0.1
14.3
4.8
7.0
68.9
54.8
3.1
8.3
2.5
5,172
2,859
764
168
568
633
701
+1090
3 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
8,641
25.6
220
39.3
5.1
4.7
1.4
0.7
9.2
20.5
44.8
1.3
4.0
33.1
6.0
7.4
81.6
54.1
1.0
4.0
2.9
5,640
1,119
1,040
310
144
647
660
+555
4 Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
8,105
17.5
208
39.0
7.6
5.0
1.9
0.9
6.4
14.5
44.4
1.0
3.2
30.3
3.7
5.1
72.4
52.4
2.2
5.4
2.9
3,642
1,583
1,048
395
185
602
686
+232
5 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
8,098
24.3
216
37.5
11.6
2.7
0.5
2.1
9.4
16.8
56.3
0.0
0.0
5.4
10.7
50.4
56.5
4.0
7.6
3.0
5,250
2,508
582
117
459
649
769
+638
6 Karl Malone
K. Malone
7,907
24.7
193
41.0
10.7
3.2
1.3
0.7
9.0
19.5
46.3
0.0
0.2
16.2
6.6
8.9
73.6
52.6
2.6
8.1
2.8
4,761
2,062
610
258
135
550
662
+123
7 Tony Parker
T. Parker
7,758
17.9
226
34.3
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
8 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
7,538
19.5
190
39.7
7.7
12.3
1.9
0.3
6.8
13.4
50.6
0.3
1.1
24.1
5.6
6.7
83.8
59.5
1.8
5.9
3.7
3,701
1,465
2,346
358
64
696
524
9 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
7,474
33.4
179
41.8
6.4
5.7
2.1
0.9
12.2
25.1
48.7
0.8
2.5
33.2
8.2
9.9
82.8
56.8
1.7
4.7
3.1
5,987
1,152
1,022
376
158
546
541
+294
10 Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
6,994
17.3
180
38.9
4.3
5.6
1.4
0.6
6.5
14.8
43.9
0.2
0.8
23.6
4.2
5.2
80.2
50.7
1.5
2.9
2.7
3,116
781
1,006
247
113
480
575
11 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
6,893
29.3
170
40.5
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
4,985
1,327
709
172
204
550
427
+643
12 Larry Bird
L. Bird
6,886
23.8
164
42.0
10.3
6.5
1.8
0.9
8.9
18.8
47.2
0.5
1.5
32.1
5.5
6.2
89.0
55.1
2.2
8.1
3.1
3,897
1,683
1,062
296
145
506
466
13 Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
6,697
22.3
177
37.8
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
14 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
6,295
22.6
180
35.0
8.5
3.0
0.9
2.4
9.1
16.8
54.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.4
5.8
75.6
58.5
2.4
6.0
2.6
4,070
1,525
540
169
437
447
625
15 James Harden
J. Harden
6,268
22.5
173
36.2
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
3,895
948
1,125
282
98
590
512
+246
16 Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
6,229
18.7
170
36.6
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
17 Robert Parish
R. Parish
6,177
15.3
184
33.6
9.6
1.3
0.8
1.7
6.2
12.2
50.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
4.2
72.2
54.7
3.1
6.5
2.1
2,820
1,765
234
145
309
365
617
-3
18 Ray Allen
R. Allen
6,064
16.1
171
35.5
3.8
2.6
1.0
0.2
5.4
12.3
44.3
2.3
5.6
40.1
3.0
3.4
88.3
58.5
0.8
3.0
1.6
2,749
648
449
164
41
274
402
+586
19 Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
5,895
25.3
145
40.7
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
20 Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
5,830
19.2
158
36.9
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
21 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
5,772
26.8
155
37.2
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
22 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
5,749
25.9
145
39.6
11.2
3.2
1.7
3.3
10.4
19.6
52.8
0.0
0.1
22.2
5.1
7.1
71.9
56.9
3.2
7.9
2.9
3,755
1,621
458
245
472
424
562
-29
23 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
5,716
18.8
169
33.8
7.4
1.6
0.4
1.7
7.1
12.7
56.1
0.0
0.1
38.1
4.5
5.8
78.8
61.8
2.7
4.7
1.9
3,182
1,253
274
65
281
326
571
24 Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
5,572
20.4
145
38.4
6.9
6.1
1.9
0.7
7.4
16.6
44.7
1.0
3.4
28.8
4.6
5.9
78.7
53.2
2.5
4.4
2.7
2,963
1,002
891
278
108
397
486
+52
25 Chris Paul
C. Paul
5,442
20.0
149
36.5
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
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes played going back to the 1952 playoffs.

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ORTG

121.7

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DRTG

112.2

8th

NETRTG

9.5

2nd

3P%

38.3

2nd

2024-25 Conference Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
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NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0

NBA 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
3/28
BOS BOS
@
SAS SAS
121-111
Fri
3/28
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
111-132
Sat
3/29
LAC LAC
@
CLE CLE
122-127
Sat
3/29
POR POR
@
NYK NYK
93-110
Sat
3/29
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
104-123

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/25
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM
Mon
5/26
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM
Tue
5/27
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM
Wed
5/28
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Thu
5/29
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM