most playoff minutes per game career

Wilt Chamberlain has played the most career minutes per game in the playoffs with 47.2 minutes per game.

Interpreted as:
most playoff minutes per game by a player career
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1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
47.2
160
22.5
24.5
4.2
8.9
17.1
52.2
4.7
10.2
46.5
52.4
7,559
3,607
3,913
673
412
2Eddie Miller
E. Miller
46.5
2
16.5
18.0
2.5
6.5
17.0
38.2
3.5
8.0
43.8
40.2
93
33
36
5
9
3Bill Russell
B. Russell
45.4
165
16.2
24.9
4.7
6.1
14.2
43.0
4.0
6.7
60.3
47.4
7,497
2,673
4,104
770
546
4Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
45.1
71
29.7
3.8
6.0
2.1
0.2
10.6
26.5
40.1
1.7
5.3
32.7
6.7
8.8
76.4
48.9
0.8
3.0
3.1
3,203
2,111
273
425
147
14
221
157
-138
5Steve Francis
S. Francis
44.4
5
19.2
8.4
7.6
1.4
0.2
6.0
14.0
42.9
1.4
3.4
41.2
5.8
8.0
72.5
54.8
1.2
7.2
4.2
222
96
42
38
7
1
21
18
-25
6Bob Love
B. Love
43.9
47
22.9
7.5
1.9
1.0
0.4
9.4
21.8
43.1
4.1
5.3
77.6
47.5
2.4
4.3
2,061
1,076
352
87
24
10
144
7Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
43.3
96
22.9
13.0
1.9
1.1
2.6
9.2
19.8
46.4
0.0
0.0
4.5
6.8
65.2
50.1
4.0
9.0
2.8
4,160
2,194
1,244
185
97
222
124
378
8Jo Jo White
J. Jo White
42.9
80
21.5
4.5
5.7
1.1
0.1
9.2
20.4
44.9
3.2
3.9
82.8
48.7
1.0
3.2
3,428
1,720
358
452
63
7
241
9Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
42.7
86
22.2
6.7
8.9
0.9
0.3
7.8
17.0
46.0
6.5
7.6
85.5
54.4
0.9
2.4
3,673
1,910
578
769
15
4
267
10Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
42.5
93
20.7
7.2
6.4
2.1
0.3
8.2
16.1
51.1
4.2
5.6
75.1
55.7
1.6
6.1
3,953
1,927
666
599
32
4
285
11Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
42.3
89
18.9
14.4
3.7
1.2
0.9
8.2
18.3
45.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
2.4
3.3
74.4
48.0
3.7
10.4
0.9
3,768
1,684
1,285
333
78
56
8
398
12Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
42.2
46
18.5
14.8
3.0
7.0
14.9
47.1
4.4
6.9
64.2
51.5
1,939
850
680
136
160
13Larry Bird
L. Bird
42.0
164
23.8
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
6,886
3,897
1,683
1,062
296
145
506
466
14Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
41.8
179
33.4
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
7,474
5,987
1,152
1,022
376
158
546
541
+294
15Connie Hawkins
C. Hawkins
41.7
12
19.3
11.4
4.8
1.4
0.2
6.9
17.5
39.5
5.5
6.8
81.5
47.2
2.8
5.2
500
232
137
57
7
1
35
16Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
41.3
6
25.0
8.3
8.7
1.8
1.3
9.2
21.5
42.6
0.8
4.7
17.9
5.8
7.0
83.3
50.9
1.0
7.3
5.3
248
150
50
52
11
8
32
20
+9
17Jerry West
J. West
41.3
153
29.1
5.6
6.3
0.0
0.0
10.6
22.6
46.9
7.9
9.8
80.5
54.1
0.0
2.0
6,321
4,457
855
970
0
0
451
18LeBron James
L. James
41.3
292
28.4
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
12,062
8,289
2,628
2,095
493
284
1,047
663
+1270
19Anfernee Hardaway
A. Hardaway
41.3
64
20.4
4.7
6.2
1.9
0.8
7.1
15.9
44.8
1.6
4.2
38.0
4.5
6.1
74.6
54.8
1.6
3.2
2.9
2,640
1,304
303
394
119
48
188
197
-109
20Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
41.1
134
27.0
12.9
4.0
10.4
23.6
43.9
6.3
8.2
77.1
49.7
5,510
3,623
1,724
541
435
21Latrell Sprewell
L. Sprewell
41.1
62
19.7
4.3
3.4
1.2
0.4
7.2
17.2
41.8
1.0
3.0
33.0
4.3
5.4
80.3
50.4
0.8
3.5
2.8
2,548
1,223
269
211
73
27
171
135
+22
22Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
41.1
119
10.6
14.9
3.8
0.8
0.7
4.3
8.7
49.3
0.0
0.5
0.0
2.0
3.2
60.8
52.1
3.9
9.4
1.8
4,889
1,260
1,777
453
67
55
69
371
23Karl Malone
K. Malone
41.0
193
24.7
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
7,907
4,761
2,062
610
258
135
550
662
+123
24Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
40.8
38
13.9
5.0
6.2
1.7
0.3
5.2
13.4
38.9
3.5
4.5
78.4
45.4
1.3
3.5
1,549
530
191
234
47
9
154
25Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
40.7
145
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
5,895
3,663
1,446
360
149
129
328
407
+48
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes per game going back to the 1952 playoffs.

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