most total minutes in nba history

LeBron James has played the most career minutes, with 61,031 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:
most total minutes by a player in NBA history
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1LeBron James
L. James
61,031
1,622
43,440
12,095
12,016
2,417
1,185
15,961
31,502
50.7
2,636
7,565
34.8
8,882
12,051
73.7
59.0
1,842
10,253
5,650
2,862
+7508
37.6
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
3.5
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
57,446
1,560
38,387
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
15,837
28,307
55.9
1
18
5.6
6,712
9,304
72.1
59.2
2,975
9,394
2,527
4,657
36.8
24.6
11.2
3.6
0.9
2.6
2.7
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
54,852
1,476
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
13,528
26,210
51.6
85
310
27.4
9,787
13,188
74.2
57.7
3,562
11,406
4,524
4,578
+3010
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
3.1
4Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
51,368
1,522
31,560
11,489
3,651
1,210
1,281
11,169
23,734
47.1
1,982
5,210
38.0
7,240
8,239
87.9
57.7
1,468
10,021
2,494
3,601
+6541
33.8
20.7
7.5
2.4
0.8
0.8
1.6
5Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
50,418
1,462
26,071
14,662
5,445
1,859
2,037
10,505
21,142
49.7
174
632
27.5
4,887
6,190
78.9
54.6
3,209
11,453
3,179
3,561
+4913
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
2.2
6Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
50,111
1,391
17,529
8,725
12,091
2,684
450
6,219
15,557
40.0
1,988
5,701
34.9
3,103
3,954
78.5
50.7
1,768
6,957
4,003
2,572
+3868
36.0
12.6
6.3
8.7
1.9
0.3
2.9
7Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
50,000
1,303
27,313
16,279
2,398
864
1,771
10,976
24,272
45.2
5
34
14.7
5,356
7,999
67.0
49.1
2,778
6,973
1,358
4,193
38.4
21.0
12.5
1.8
1.0
2.0
2.4
8Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
48,637
1,346
33,643
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
11,719
26,200
44.7
1,827
5,546
32.9
8,378
10,011
83.7
55.0
1,499
5,548
4,010
3,353
+4153
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
3.0
9Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
47,859
1,045
31,419
23,924
4,643
12,681
23,497
54.0
6,057
11,862
51.1
54.7
2,075
45.8
30.1
22.9
4.4
10John Stockton
J. Stockton
47,764
1,504
19,711
4,051
15,806
3,265
315
7,039
13,658
51.5
845
2,202
38.4
4,788
5,796
82.6
60.8
966
3,085
4,244
3,942
+2941
31.8
13.1
2.7
10.5
2.2
0.2
2.8
11Reggie Miller
R. Miller
47,619
1,389
25,279
4,182
4,141
1,505
299
8,241
17,499
47.1
2,560
6,486
39.5
6,237
7,026
88.8
61.4
883
3,299
2,409
2,730
+2015
34.3
18.2
3.0
3.0
1.1
0.2
1.7
12Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
47,368
1,392
26,496
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
10,285
20,334
50.6
30
168
17.9
5,896
8,468
69.6
55.1
3,859
11,232
3,381
3,304
+8910
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
2.4
13Gary Payton
G. Payton
47,117
1,335
21,813
5,269
8,966
2,445
285
8,708
18,698
46.6
1,132
3,570
31.7
3,265
4,480
72.9
52.8
1,392
3,877
3,030
3,217
+1928
35.3
16.3
3.9
6.7
1.8
0.2
2.3
14John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
46,471
1,270
26,395
8,007
6,114
476
117
10,513
23,930
43.9
5,369
6,589
81.5
49.2
610
1,389
204
3,281
36.6
20.8
6.3
4.8
1.2
0.3
2.5
15Vince Carter
V. Carter
46,367
1,541
25,728
6,606
4,714
1,530
888
9,293
21,339
43.5
2,290
6,168
37.1
4,852
6,082
79.8
53.6
1,658
4,948
2,590
3,995
+1817
30.1
16.7
4.3
3.1
1.0
0.6
1.7
16Ray Allen
R. Allen
46,344
1,300
24,505
5,272
4,361
1,451
244
8,567
18,955
45.2
2,973
7,429
40.0
4,398
4,920
89.4
58.0
1,230
4,042
2,709
2,858
+3491
35.6
18.9
4.1
3.4
1.1
0.2
2.1
17Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
45,880
1,343
26,397
7,527
4,708
1,752
745
8,668
19,465
44.5
2,143
5,816
36.8
6,918
8,578
80.6
56.8
1,092
6,435
3,532
3,643
+3345
34.2
19.7
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
2.6
18Chris Paul
C. Paul
45,836
1,370
23,058
6,006
12,552
2,728
222
8,165
17,408
46.9
1,870
5,059
37.0
4,858
5,581
87.0
58.0
798
5,208
3,109
3,208
+6029
33.5
16.8
4.4
9.2
2.0
0.2
2.3
19Robert Parish
R. Parish
45,704
1,611
23,334
14,715
2,180
1,219
2,361
9,614
17,914
53.7
0
6
0.0
4,106
5,694
72.1
57.1
4,598
10,117
3,183
4,443
+105
28.4
14.5
9.1
1.4
0.8
1.5
2.1
20Moses Malone
M. Malone
45,071
1,329
27,409
16,212
1,796
1,089
1,733
9,435
19,225
49.1
8
80
10.0
8,531
11,090
76.9
56.9
6,731
9,481
3,804
3,076
33.9
20.6
12.2
1.4
0.8
1.3
3.1
21Joe Johnson
J. Johnson
44,236
1,277
20,407
5,059
5,001
1,071
260
7,823
17,720
44.1
1,978
5,331
37.1
2,783
3,468
80.2
53.0
1,067
3,992
2,451
2,252
+828
34.6
16.0
4.0
3.9
0.8
0.2
1.9
22Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
44,222
1,238
26,946
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
10,749
20,991
51.2
25
124
20.2
5,423
7,621
71.2
55.3
4,034
9,714
3,667
4,383
+564
35.7
21.8
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
3.0
23Kevin Durant
K. Durant
44,076
1,201
32,597
8,254
5,280
1,235
1,344
11,258
22,376
50.3
2,377
6,070
39.2
7,704
8,738
88.2
62.2
781
7,473
3,799
2,279
+5072
36.7
27.1
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
3.2
24Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
43,886
1,040
26,710
7,804
9,887
77
4
9,508
19,620
48.5
7,694
9,185
83.8
56.4
71
208
2,931
42.2
25.7
7.5
9.5
1.1
0.1
25DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
43,635
1,264
26,711
5,434
5,185
1,250
416
9,563
20,320
47.1
662
2,194
30.2
6,923
8,209
84.3
55.8
870
4,564
2,475
2,808
-384
34.5
21.1
4.3
4.1
1.0
0.3
2.0
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.732
2
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.683
4.0
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53
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.646
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.634
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2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
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53
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.646
11.0
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52
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.634
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.598
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.549
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