nba career games started leader including playoffs

LeBron James has the most career starts in the regular-season and playoffs, with 1,932 starts.

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Data note: Games Started: player season data complete from 1981-82

	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	1,932	1,934	38.2	26.9	7.7	7.4	1.5	0.8	9.9	19.5	50.5	1.6	4.7	34.5	5.6	7.6	73.8	58.9	1.2	6.5	3.5	73,803	52,112	14,862	14,249	2,936	1,479	6,762	3,561	+8743
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,664	1,669	37.6	25.0	10.2	3.5	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.0	50.9	0.1	0.2	26.2	6.6	8.9	74.1	57.0	2.4	7.8	3.0	62,759	41,689	17,030	5,858	2,343	1,280	5,074	5,240	+3133
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,640	1,643	34.5	19.3	10.9	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.5	14.8	50.5	0.0	0.1	17.2	4.3	6.2	69.5	55.0	2.8	8.1	2.4	56,738	31,668	17,950	4,989	1,193	3,588	4,014	4,005	+10000
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,605	1,667	34.4	21.1	7.8	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.4	15.8	47.0	1.3	3.4	37.9	5.0	5.7	88.0	57.7	1.0	6.8	1.7	57,263	35,223	12,935	4,011	1,359	1,410	2,822	4,008	+6589
5	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,568	1,605	34.7	17.9	10.1	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.6	49.5	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.4	2.2	7.9	2.2	55,701	28,672	16,196	5,916	2,037	2,223	3,521	3,992	+5211
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1,496	1,549	36.3	12.6	6.3	8.6	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	39.9	1.4	4.2	34.6	2.2	2.9	78.4	50.6	1.3	5.0	2.9	56,199	19,572	9,783	13,354	2,986	502	4,453	2,920	+3978
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,465	1,686	32.1	13.1	2.8	10.5	2.1	0.2	4.7	9.2	51.0	0.6	1.5	37.6	3.2	3.9	82.4	60.3	0.7	2.1	2.8	54,162	22,147	4,659	17,645	3,603	365	4,761	4,481	+3046
8	Chris Paul C. Paul	1,463	1,519	33.8	17.1	4.4	9.1	2.0	0.2	6.1	13.0	47.1	1.4	3.8	37.0	3.5	4.1	86.9	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	51,278	26,039	6,736	13,785	3,015	253	3,486	3,645	+6159
9	Reggie Miller R. Miller	1,448	1,533	34.5	18.4	3.0	2.9	1.1	0.2	6.0	12.8	46.9	1.9	4.8	39.4	4.6	5.1	88.8	61.2	0.6	2.4	1.7	52,927	28,251	4,598	4,498	1,651	333	2,666	3,005	+2185
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1,444	1,513	34.4	19.5	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.4	14.5	44.3	1.6	4.4	36.7	5.1	6.4	80.9	56.6	0.8	4.8	2.6	52,109	29,577	8,512	5,287	1,956	850	4,008	4,190	+3505
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1,411	1,423	35.1	23.8	11.0	2.5	0.6	2.2	9.4	16.2	57.9	0.0	0.0	4.5	5.0	9.5	52.3	58.2	3.6	7.4	2.8	50,016	33,846	15,607	3,608	856	3,191	3,959	4,915	+5525
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,398	1,566	36.6	25.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.8	19.6	44.7	1.4	4.1	33.0	6.2	7.4	83.4	54.8	1.1	4.1	3.0	57,278	39,283	8,166	7,346	2,254	784	4,657	4,013	+4708
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,382	1,385	37.2	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.8	50.0	2.0	5.2	38.6	6.5	7.4	88.0	61.9	0.7	6.3	3.2	51,454	37,878	9,663	6,042	1,415	1,564	4,399	2,737	+5810
14	Tony Parker T. Parker	1,364	1,480	31.1	15.9	2.7	5.5	0.8	0.1	6.3	13.1	48.6	0.4	1.3	32.1	2.8	3.7	74.8	54.1	0.4	2.4	2.3	46,037	23,518	4,062	8,179	1,251	117	3,459	2,488	+6271
15	Gary Payton G. Payton	1,362	1,489	35.3	16.1	3.9	6.6	1.8	0.2	6.4	13.9	46.3	0.9	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.3	72.7	52.6	1.0	2.9	2.2	52,598	23,968	5,844	9,777	2,661	317	3,327	3,651	+1913
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,326	1,383	36.1	22.2	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.9	17.2	51.4	0.0	0.1	20.4	4.5	6.3	71.2	55.5	3.3	7.9	3.0	49,971	30,701	15,369	3,516	2,407	4,302	4,091	4,945	+535
17	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	1,315	1,336	34.6	21.1	4.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.2	46.7	0.5	1.7	29.7	5.5	6.5	84.4	55.5	0.7	3.6	2.0	46,215	28,176	5,748	5,444	1,328	432	2,628	2,992	-790
18	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	1,301	1,426	31.8	9.8	9.6	2.5	1.1	0.3	3.8	8.1	47.0	0.1	0.2	26.8	2.1	2.8	76.0	52.5	3.1	6.5	2.2	45,388	13,967	13,650	3,500	1,529	426	3,093	4,924	+111
19	Al Horford A. Horford	1,281	1,391	31.4	12.6	7.7	3.2	0.8	1.2	5.1	10.2	50.5	0.9	2.4	37.8	1.4	1.8	76.5	57.2	1.9	5.9	1.3	43,716	17,477	10,763	4,392	1,059	1,603	1,877	2,964	+3636
20	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	1,272	1,362	33.6	16.9	9.2	3.2	0.5	1.6	6.5	12.7	50.7	0.1	0.4	36.3	3.8	5.1	75.2	56.4	2.5	6.7	2.1	45,826	22,992	12,551	4,363	677	2,174	2,888	2,988	+2051
21	Ray Allen R. Allen	1,270	1,471	35.6	18.5	4.0	3.3	1.1	0.2	6.5	14.3	45.1	2.3	5.7	40.0	3.3	3.7	89.3	58.1	0.9	3.1	2.0	52,408	27,254	5,920	4,810	1,615	285	2,983	3,260	+4077
22	Mike Conley M. Conley	1,257	1,350	30.7	13.5	2.9	5.5	1.3	0.2	4.7	10.9	43.4	1.6	4.2	38.6	2.5	3.0	82.4	55.4	0.5	2.4	1.8	41,408	18,275	3,939	7,462	1,776	281	2,411	2,613	+2871
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1,257	1,322	34.6	20.9	9.9	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.0	0.0	0.1	18.2	4.5	6.1	73.8	54.9	2.3	7.5	2.9	45,801	27,628	13,042	2,490	1,258	3,197	3,882	4,556	+420
24	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1,253	1,386	35.5	16.3	6.5	5.2	1.9	0.8	6.3	13.5	46.8	0.8	2.6	32.2	2.8	4.0	70.7	53.4	1.8	4.7	2.8	49,174	22,582	9,077	7,183	2,702	1,132	3,859	4,015	+2254
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,249	1,436	33.3	21.0	6.9	7.9	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.4	43.5	1.2	3.8	30.7	4.8	6.1	77.6	52.4	1.6	5.3	3.9	47,812	30,211	9,930	11,306	2,261	460	5,539	3,695	+2589

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More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

23.0

Mitchell

RPG

8.3

Allen

APG

5.8

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.0

10th

DRTG

116.0

21st

NETRTG

1.0

17th

3P%

37.0

8th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Heat	6	6	.500	4.0
6	Knicks	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Cavaliers	6	7	.462	4.5
8	Raptors	5	7	.417	5.0
9	Magic	5	7	.417	5.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	DAL	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 11/16	CHI	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 11/18	MEM	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Fri 11/20	IND	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 11/23	CLE	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

6 - 7

121

Final

133

Heat

6 - 6

Fri 13 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.6

Dončić

30.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Wembanyama

RPG Leaders

13.7

Towns

13.2

Sabonis

12.3

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.2

Mitchell

9.0

Jokić

8.8

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.9

Daniels

2.2

Flagg

2.2

Thybulle

BPG Leaders

4.2

Wembanyama

2.2

Kessler

2.2

Turner

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.3

Curry

4.1

Bane

TS% Leaders

73.7

Spencer

72.6

Gafford

71.9

Curry

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

120.4

120.3

119.2

DRtg Rankings

104.8

107.0

107.6

107.9

108.8

109.2

NetRtg Rankings

13.3

11.7

9.1

8.0

Tank Leaderboard

1-12

1-11

2-9

3-8

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

801.4

Wembanyama

685.6

Dončić

633.1

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

777

Wembanyama

723.3

Dončić

662

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.1

Dončić

36.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

35.4

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.2

Acuff

36.8

Wagner

36.4

Murray

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.10

Wembanyama

1.74

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.04

Wembanyama

1.83

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

11-1

9-4

8-4

7-4

Worst Record ATS

3-10

3-9

3-8

4-9

4-8

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	10	2	.833
2	76ers	10	3	.769	0.5
3	Pistons	8	3	.727	1.5
4	Hawks	7	6	.538	3.5
5	Heat	6	6	.500	4.0
6	Knicks	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Cavaliers	6	7	.462	4.5
8	Raptors	5	7	.417	5.0
9	Magic	5	7	.417	5.0
10	Pacers	5	8	.385	5.5
11	Hornets	4	8	.333	6.0
12	Wizards	4	9	.308	6.5
13	Nets	3	8	.273	6.5
14	Bulls	2	9	.182	7.5
15	Bucks	1	12	.077	9.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Spurs	11	2	.846
2	Lakers	11	2	.846
3	Rockets	10	3	.769	1.0
4	Trail Blazers	9	3	.750	1.5
5	Timberwolves	9	3	.750	1.5
6	Grizzlies	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Warriors	8	5	.615	3.0
8	Thunder	8	5	.615	3.0
9	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
10	Mavericks	7	5	.583	3.5
11	Suns	5	6	.455	5.0
12	Pelicans	4	9	.308	7.0
13	Clippers	3	8	.273	7.0
14	Kings	1	11	.083	9.5
15	Jazz	1	12	.077	10.0