Moses Malone had the most minutes per game in 1981-82 with 42.0 minutes per game.

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NBA most mpg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in 1982

	NAME	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	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	Moses Malone M. Malone	42.0	1981-82	HOU	81	31.1	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	11.7	22.5	51.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.8	10.2	76.2	57.6	6.9	7.8	3.6	3,398	2,520	1,188	142	76	125	294	208
2	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	39.8	1981-82	UTA	81	30.3	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	11.2	19.6	57.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	8.0	10.1	79.2	63.1	2.9	3.5	3.7	3,222	2,457	514	324	95	14	299	252
3	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	39.6	1981-82	POR	79	20.8	11.7	4.0	0.9	1.4	8.6	16.5	52.3	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.6	62.8	54.8	3.3	8.4	3.1	3,129	1,642	921	319	69	107	245	233
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	38.3	1981-82	LAL	78	18.6	9.6	9.5	2.7	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.7	0.1	0.4	20.7	4.2	5.6	76.0	59.0	3.2	6.4	3.7	2,991	1,447	751	743	208	34	286	223
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	38.0	1981-82	BOS	77	22.9	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.2	18.4	50.3	0.1	0.7	21.2	4.3	4.9	86.3	55.7	2.6	8.3	3.3	2,923	1,761	837	447	143	66	254	244
6	Robert Reid R. Reid	37.8	1981-82	HOU	77	13.4	6.6	4.1	1.5	0.6	5.7	12.4	45.6	0.0	0.1	10.0	2.1	2.8	74.8	49.2	2.3	4.4	2.0	2,913	1,035	511	314	115	48	157	297
7	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	37.5	1981-82	DET	82	21.6	5.4	3.3	1.1	0.2	7.8	15.6	49.6	0.1	0.3	22.7	6.0	7.6	79.7	57.0	2.7	2.7	3.4	3,077	1,772	443	270	89	16	280	241
8	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	37.3	1981-82	WAS	79	18.8	8.0	3.2	1.7	0.3	7.9	16.5	47.5	0.1	0.3	40.9	3.0	3.6	83.0	51.9	1.7	6.3	1.5	2,946	1,486	633	250	137	22	119	204
9	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	37.3	1981-82	MIL	80	19.8	6.7	4.8	1.7	0.3	7.0	13.3	52.3	0.0	0.2	7.1	5.9	7.2	81.7	60.1	2.8	3.9	2.6	2,980	1,581	534	382	138	22	208	206
10	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	37.2	1981-82	SEA	82	19.6	12.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	7.1	14.8	47.9	0.0	0.2	15.4	5.5	6.4	85.5	55.9	2.7	9.9	2.6	3,049	1,611	1,038	277	102	107	213	268
11	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	37.1	1981-82	NYK	82	17.9	6.9	7.0	2.6	0.5	7.5	16.4	46.1	0.2	1.2	18.8	2.6	3.7	70.0	49.8	2.2	4.7	3.5	3,044	1,469	565	572	213	41	291	317
12	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	37.1	1981-82	PHX	74	19.1	9.7	2.4	0.6	0.4	7.8	15.2	51.3	0.0	0.0	100.0	3.4	5.0	68.7	54.8	2.7	7.0	2.7	2,745	1,414	721	179	42	28	202	215
13	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	37.0	1981-82	HOU	82	16.1	9.1	1.8	0.8	1.3	6.3	13.4	47.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.4	5.1	66.4	51.3	3.3	5.9	2.5	3,032	1,318	747	144	62	104	208	287
14	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	36.9	1981-82	LAL	82	17.6	2.1	8.0	1.6	0.1	7.7	15.5	49.3	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.2	2.7	80.8	52.5	0.5	1.7	2.9	3,024	1,440	176	652	132	7	238	264
15	Alex English A. English	36.8	1981-82	DEN	82	25.4	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	10.4	18.9	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	5.4	84.0	59.6	2.6	4.2	3.2	3,015	2,082	558	433	87	120	261	261
16	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	36.7	1981-82	PHX	80	19.5	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	7.2	15.4	47.0	0.1	0.5	19.0	5.0	6.2	80.6	54.0	1.8	3.4	2.9	2,937	1,561	410	369	105	55	233	253
17	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	36.5	1981-82	TOT	84	20.5	7.0	1.0	0.7	0.5	9.0	17.6	51.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.6	72.8	53.6	2.9	4.1	1.8	3,063	1,726	590	82	60	43	153	277
18	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	36.3	1981-82	ATL	61	18.6	11.8	2.7	1.0	1.5	7.0	14.9	46.6	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.7	6.1	76.0	52.7	3.7	8.1	3.0	2,217	1,134	721	162	64	93	183	210
19	Bernard King B. King	36.2	1981-82	GSW	79	23.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	9.4	16.5	56.6	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.5	6.3	70.5	60.0	1.8	4.2	3.4	2,861	1,833	469	282	78	23	267	285
20	Gus Williams G. Williams	36.0	1981-82	SEA	80	23.4	3.1	6.9	2.2	0.5	9.7	19.9	48.6	0.1	0.5	22.5	4.0	5.5	73.4	52.6	1.2	1.9	2.5	2,876	1,875	244	549	172	36	197	163
21	World B. Free W. B. Free	35.8	1981-82	GSW	78	22.9	3.2	5.4	0.9	0.1	8.3	18.6	44.8	0.1	0.7	17.9	6.1	8.3	74.0	51.5	1.5	1.7	2.7	2,796	1,789	248	419	71	8	208	222
22	George Gervin G. Gervin	35.7	1981-82	SAS	79	32.3	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	2,817	2,551	392	187	77	45	210	215
23	Dave Greenwood D. Greenwood	35.5	1981-82	CHI	82	14.6	9.6	3.2	0.9	1.1	5.9	12.4	47.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.5	82.5	52.5	2.3	7.2	2.2	2,914	1,200	786	262	70	93	180	292
24	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	35.4	1981-82	LAL	82	21.1	4.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	9.1	17.3	52.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.1	73.2	55.4	1.9	2.9	2.0	2,906	1,734	393	143	89	24	164	240
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	35.2	1981-82	LAL	76	23.9	8.7	3.0	0.8	2.7	9.9	17.1	57.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.6	60.8	2.3	6.4	3.0	2,677	1,818	659	225	63	207	230	224

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Moses Malone had the most minutes per game in 1981-82 with 42.0 minutes per game.

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