nba leaders in first minute

Dale Ellis has played the most minutes per game in a game with 69.0 minutes per game against the Bucks on November 9, 1989.

Interpreted as:
NBA leaders in first minute in a regular-season game
NAMEMPGDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
69.0
11/9/1989
@
69
53
7
1
1
1
18
39
46.2
3
7
42.9
14
17
82.4
57.0
2
5
8
4
2Xavier McDaniel
X. McDaniel
68.0
11/9/1989
@
68
37
13
6
1
2
12
27
44.4
0
1
0.0
13
20
65.0
51.7
4
9
3
4
3Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
64.0
2/1/1987
vs
64
29
3
13
2
0
10
24
41.7
0
3
0.0
9
11
81.8
50.3
0
3
4
2
4Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
64.0
1/29/1980
@
64
20
1
6
3
1
9
19
47.4
0
0
2
2
100.0
50.3
0
1
9
4
5Vince Carter
V. Carter
63.0
2/23/2001
vs
63
38
10
6
1
0
14
32
43.8
1
8
12.5
9
11
81.8
51.6
2
8
2
5
-1
6Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
63.0
2/2/1969
vs
63
23
35
3
7
10
70.0
9
17
52.9
65.8
5
7Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
63.0
2/2/1969
@
63
24
34
2
10
30
33.3
4
10
40.0
34.9
5
8Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
63.0
12/8/1961
vs
63
78
43
1
31
62
50.0
16
31
51.6
51.6
4
9Larry Costello
L. Costello
63.0
1/8/1959
@
63
26
9
8
9
88.9
5
10Ray Felix
R. Felix
63.0
2/22/1954
63
29
12
5
14
35.7
2
11Bob Houbregs
B. Houbregs
63.0
2/22/1954
63
29
8
13
16
81.3
3
12Don Henriksen
D. Henriksen
63.0
3/11/1953
63
20
9
2
8
25.0
6
13Leo Barnhorst
L. Barnhorst
63.0
2/3/1953
vs
63
27
12
3
5
60.0
4
14Joe Graboski
J. Graboski
63.0
2/3/1953
vs
63
18
6
6
7
85.7
4
15George Mikan
G. Mikan
63.0
2/3/1953
@
63
29
11
7
12
58.3
2
16Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
63.0
12/26/1951
@
63
22
5
12
16
75.0
5
17Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
63.0
12/26/1951
@
63
21
8
5
8
62.5
5
18Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
63.0
12/21/1951
vs
63
34
14
2
12
24
50.0
10
13
76.9
57.2
4
19Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
63.0
12/21/1951
vs
63
19
7
13
6
21
28.6
7
7
100.0
39.5
0
20Jay Humphries
J. Humphries
62.0
11/9/1989
vs
62
11
8
10
2
0
4
15
26.7
0
0
3
5
60.0
32.0
1
7
3
5
21Jim Baechtold
J. Baechtold
62.0
2/25/1955
@
62
30
5
6
10
17
58.8
10
13
76.9
66.0
3
22Jalen Rose
J. Rose
61.0
3/13/2001
@
61
39
11
9
0
0
16
34
47.1
2
4
50.0
5
6
83.3
53.2
1
10
5
5
-12
23Brian Grant
B. Grant
61.0
11/14/1997
vs
61
34
17
5
2
1
13
19
68.4
0
0
8
10
80.0
72.6
11
6
3
3
+9
24Eddie Johnson
E. Johnson
61.0
2/19/1982
@
61
34
7
8
2
0
10
22
45.5
0
0
14
18
77.8
56.8
2
5
5
3
25Geoff Petrie
G. Petrie
61.0
10/18/1974
vs
61
24
5
7
0
0
10
29
34.5
4
5
80.0
38.5
1
4
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes per game going back to the 1982-83 season.

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36.1

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TEAMWLPCTGB
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56
15
.789
2
53
18
.746
3.0
3
46
25
.648
10.0
4
43
27
.614
12.5
5
44
28
.611
12.5
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Fri
3/27
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3/29
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7:30 PM
Mon
3/30
@
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Thu
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@
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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
51
19
.729
2
47
24
.662
4.5
3
47
25
.653
5.0
4
44
27
.620
7.5
5
39
31
.557
12.0
6
39
32
.549
12.5
7
39
32
.549
12.5
8
38
32
.543
13.0
9
38
33
.535
13.5
10
37
34
.521
14.5
11
29
41
.414
22.0
12
28
42
.400
23.0
13
Nets Nets - e
17
54
.239
34.5
14
16
55
.225
35.5
15
15
56
.211
36.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
56
15
.789
2
Spurs Spurs - x
53
18
.746
3.0
3
46
25
.648
10.0
4
43
27
.614
12.5
5
44
28
.611
12.5
6
44
28
.611
12.5
7
40
32
.556
16.5
8
35
36
.493
21.0
9
35
37
.486
21.5
10
33
38
.465
23.0
11
25
47
.347
31.5
12
24
46
.343
31.5
13
23
48
.324
33.0
14
Jazz Jazz - e
21
50
.296
35.0
15
Kings Kings - e
19
53
.264
37.5

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
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2/23
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Tue
2/24
@
116-124
Tue
2/24
@
133-112

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
3/23
@
9:30 PM
Mon
3/23
@
10:00 PM
Mon
3/23
@
10:30 PM
Tue
3/24
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7:30 PM