nba most minutes per game average career active player

LeBron James has played the most career minutes per game by an active player with 37.6 minutes per game.

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  • Assumption:200+ GP
  • Data note: Minutes Per Game: player season data complete from 1951-52
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1LeBron James
L. James
37.6
1,631
26.7
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.6
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
61,327
43,580
12,159
12,076
2,430
1,192
5,676
2,880
+7526
2Kevin Durant
K. Durant
36.7
1,211
27.1
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.3
18.6
50.3
2.0
5.0
39.1
6.4
7.3
88.1
62.2
0.6
6.2
3.2
44,417
32,805
8,311
5,310
1,242
1,358
3,830
2,299
+5151
3Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
36.2
909
25.1
4.3
6.7
1.0
0.3
8.0
18.4
43.8
3.1
8.4
37.1
5.8
6.5
89.8
59.0
0.6
3.7
2.8
32,877
22,773
3,874
6,109
881
268
2,562
1,718
+2475
4Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
35.0
523
29.4
8.5
8.2
1.3
0.5
9.9
21.0
46.9
3.2
9.1
35.4
6.5
8.5
75.8
59.4
0.9
7.6
4.0
18,324
15,382
4,446
4,299
676
243
2,076
1,204
+1563
5Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
34.8
446
24.6
5.2
4.1
1.3
0.6
8.6
19.1
45.3
3.0
8.1
37.0
4.4
5.5
80.2
57.4
0.7
4.5
2.9
15,534
10,987
2,338
1,840
595
285
1,287
896
+1006
6James Harden
J. Harden
34.8
1,231
24.0
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.1
43.8
2.8
7.6
36.4
7.0
8.2
86.2
60.7
0.7
4.8
3.7
42,783
29,496
6,859
8,931
1,801
689
4,534
3,015
+4691
7Paolo Banchero
P. Banchero
34.5
272
22.4
7.4
4.8
0.8
0.6
7.6
17.0
45.0
1.4
4.4
31.8
5.7
7.7
74.2
54.9
1.1
6.3
3.0
9,381
6,080
2,013
1,307
220
154
813
559
-258
8DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
34.5
1,271
21.1
4.3
4.1
1.0
0.3
7.5
16.0
47.0
0.5
1.7
30.1
5.5
6.5
84.3
55.8
0.7
3.6
2.0
43,807
26,786
5,447
5,206
1,256
417
2,484
2,824
-404
9Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
34.5
787
23.6
4.1
5.6
1.3
0.4
8.7
18.4
47.4
2.4
6.1
39.3
3.8
4.3
88.8
58.4
0.8
3.2
2.5
27,115
18,604
3,202
4,400
1,033
340
1,957
1,791
+1994
10Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
34.4
610
23.6
7.4
3.9
1.1
0.6
8.2
17.9
45.7
2.6
7.2
36.8
4.6
5.5
84.1
58.2
0.9
6.5
2.4
21,011
14,376
4,507
2,398
669
392
1,454
1,279
+3836
11Devin Booker
D. Booker
34.3
745
24.6
4.0
5.3
0.9
0.3
8.5
18.4
46.3
2.1
6.0
35.2
5.4
6.2
87.4
58.1
0.6
3.4
3.0
25,574
18,322
2,988
3,947
637
210
2,257
2,168
+148
12Anthony Davis
A. Davis
34.3
815
24.0
10.7
2.6
1.3
2.3
9.0
17.3
52.2
0.5
1.6
29.6
5.5
7.0
79.3
59.1
2.7
8.0
2.0
27,972
19,572
8,711
2,082
1,066
1,857
1,630
1,896
+888
13Bradley Beal
B. Beal
34.3
807
21.4
4.0
4.3
1.1
0.4
7.9
17.0
46.4
2.1
5.7
37.6
3.5
4.3
82.1
56.8
0.9
3.2
2.4
27,681
17,306
3,250
3,442
885
339
1,947
1,819
+137
14Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
34.3
364
17.6
7.5
5.2
1.3
1.1
6.8
14.4
47.5
1.0
3.4
29.8
2.9
3.7
77.0
54.8
2.2
5.3
2.4
12,469
6,392
2,726
1,883
463
388
882
825
+237
15Trae Young
T. Young
34.2
508
24.9
3.4
9.8
1.0
0.2
7.9
18.2
43.3
2.6
7.4
35.0
6.6
7.6
87.2
57.9
0.6
2.8
4.2
17,357
12,673
1,751
4,957
529
78
2,124
894
-223
16Stephen Curry
S. Curry
33.9
1,077
24.9
4.6
6.3
1.5
0.3
8.4
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.4
42.2
4.0
4.4
91.3
62.6
0.6
4.0
3.1
36,540
26,778
5,005
6,780
1,611
283
3,323
2,398
+6325
17Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
33.8
619
25.1
4.3
4.8
1.4
0.3
8.9
19.5
45.4
3.0
8.3
36.6
4.3
5.1
84.2
57.5
0.8
3.6
2.7
20,924
15,512
2,691
2,984
857
198
1,678
1,494
+3020
18Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
33.8
281
22.5
5.4
7.9
1.1
0.7
8.4
18.6
45.0
1.9
5.7
33.9
3.8
4.6
83.8
54.6
0.8
4.6
3.8
9,491
6,325
1,525
2,233
322
188
1,065
800
+37
19Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
33.7
729
22.7
11.2
3.1
0.8
1.1
8.3
15.9
52.2
1.7
4.3
39.8
4.4
5.3
83.9
62.4
2.8
8.3
2.7
24,577
16,572
8,147
2,291
594
815
1,962
2,479
+1710
20Paul George
P. George
33.5
954
20.5
6.2
3.7
1.7
0.4
7.0
15.9
44.0
2.6
6.8
38.4
3.8
4.5
85.2
57.1
0.8
5.4
2.6
31,922
19,522
5,927
3,539
1,622
421
2,515
2,527
+3554
21Andrew Wiggins
A. Wiggins
33.4
844
18.1
4.5
2.3
1.0
0.7
6.7
14.9
45.1
1.5
4.3
36.1
3.1
4.3
72.8
53.8
1.3
3.2
1.8
28,214
15,297
3,785
1,953
823
595
1,540
1,829
-542
22Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
33.2
399
21.2
3.2
4.8
1.1
0.4
7.6
16.4
46.2
2.4
6.3
37.6
3.7
4.2
87.2
58.1
0.3
2.9
1.6
13,249
8,478
1,283
1,924
435
169
642
813
+712
23Mikal Bridges
M. Bridges
33.1
647
14.6
3.9
2.8
1.2
0.6
5.5
11.4
48.3
1.8
4.8
37.0
1.8
2.2
84.2
59.2
0.9
3.0
1.2
21,440
9,444
2,548
1,841
764
384
782
1,204
+1101
24Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
33.1
540
25.4
4.7
5.3
1.4
0.8
8.9
17.5
50.7
1.4
3.9
36.1
6.3
7.3
86.4
61.5
0.7
4.0
2.3
17,878
13,710
2,542
2,859
771
433
1,245
1,202
+2133
25Brandon Ingram
B. Ingram
33.1
572
19.8
5.2
4.2
0.7
0.6
7.2
15.4
46.9
1.4
3.9
36.6
3.9
4.9
79.2
56.2
0.7
4.5
2.5
18,918
11,311
2,996
2,414
416
335
1,455
1,346
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.636
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.556
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.400
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.400
4.5
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5.5
11
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.300
5.5
12
2
7
.222
6.0
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14
1
8
.111
7.0
15
1
9
.100
7.5
WesternWLPCTGB
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9
2
.818
2
8
2
.800
0.5
3
8
2
.800
0.5
4
8
3
.727
1.0
5
7
3
.700
1.5
6
7
3
.700
1.5
7
6
3
.667
2.0
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6
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2.0
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.625
2.5
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