nba most playoff minutes by active player

LeBron James has played the most career minutes by an active player in the playoffs, with 12,446 minutes on the court.

	NAME	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	12,446	302	41.2	28.2	8.9	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.1	20.4	49.5	1.6	5.0	33.2	6.3	8.5	74.1	58.3	1.5	7.4	3.6	8,521	2,695	2,168	506	287	1,085	679	+1234
2	James Harden J. Harden	6,940	191	36.3	22.2	5.4	6.4	1.6	0.6	6.7	15.8	42.4	2.5	7.3	33.7	6.4	7.4	86.6	58.4	0.7	4.7	3.5	4,240	1,040	1,224	313	110	674	558	+253
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	6,934	171	40.5	29.3	7.8	4.2	1.0	1.2	9.9	20.7	47.8	2.1	6.0	35.5	7.4	8.5	86.8	59.9	0.8	7.0	3.3	5,008	1,333	713	173	205	559	431	+641
4	Al Horford A. Horford	6,642	197	33.7	11.9	7.9	3.2	0.8	1.2	4.8	9.7	49.3	1.0	2.6	39.1	1.4	1.8	77.5	57.0	1.8	6.1	1.3	2,353	1,561	625	159	243	260	483	+50
5	Draymond Green D. Green	5,834	169	34.5	11.4	8.6	6.0	1.5	1.3	4.1	9.2	44.5	1.0	3.4	30.0	2.2	3.0	72.6	54.2	1.6	7.0	2.6	1,934	1,457	1,020	257	225	447	637	+970
6	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	5,830	158	36.9	19.2	4.0	2.2	0.9	0.5	7.1	16.4	43.6	3.2	7.8	40.5	1.8	2.1	84.5	55.5	0.5	3.5	1.7	3,032	626	351	150	85	274	411	+615
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,772	155	37.2	26.8	5.3	6.1	1.5	0.3	9.0	19.7	45.4	4.2	10.6	39.7	4.7	5.2	88.9	60.8	0.7	4.6	3.3	4,147	828	953	231	50	516	388	+971
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	5,193	146	35.6	21.5	7.8	3.0	1.8	0.7	7.7	15.0	51.3	1.7	4.3	39.9	4.4	5.2	84.1	62.1	1.8	6.0	1.9	3,133	1,142	432	256	99	278	323	+643
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4,943	127	38.9	24.2	8.3	5.0	1.2	0.8	8.1	18.4	44.0	2.4	7.0	34.9	5.5	6.6	83.9	56.7	1.0	7.3	2.9	3,076	1,053	633	150	106	369	329	+517
10	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	4,908	130	37.8	21.1	6.2	4.7	1.7	0.5	7.1	15.5	45.9	1.2	3.5	34.4	5.7	6.9	82.7	57.0	1.8	4.4	1.8	2,745	807	608	217	71	229	230	-28
11	Paul George P. George	4,838	125	38.7	20.8	7.2	4.0	1.5	0.5	6.8	15.9	42.5	2.5	6.8	36.4	4.8	5.8	82.3	56.4	0.9	6.3	3.0	2,596	897	506	186	67	376	403	+107
12	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	4,773	142	33.6	19.6	5.7	2.6	1.0	0.5	7.3	15.3	48.0	2.0	5.5	35.7	3.0	4.1	72.6	57.4	1.1	4.6	2.5	2,788	811	369	140	64	348	401	+242
13	Marcus Smart M. Smart	3,917	118	33.2	12.8	4.3	4.9	1.4	0.5	4.2	10.5	39.6	1.9	5.7	33.5	2.5	3.3	76.5	53.3	1.0	3.3	2.4	1,506	504	575	168	61	287	335	+20
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3,837	100	38.4	27.4	12.4	7.7	1.2	0.9	10.3	19.9	52.0	1.7	4.6	37.3	5.0	6.0	83.3	60.8	3.0	9.4	3.3	2,735	1,238	769	122	87	334	335	+124
15	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	3,827	102	37.5	16.0	5.3	6.2	1.4	0.5	6.2	14.4	43.1	1.8	5.2	34.5	1.8	2.3	79.3	52.1	1.3	4.0	2.2	1,634	542	633	141	50	228	227	+250
16	Mike Conley M. Conley	3,789	120	31.6	12.9	3.2	5.7	1.1	0.2	4.4	10.7	41.2	1.5	4.2	36.7	2.5	3.1	80.9	53.3	0.5	2.7	1.6	1,548	389	678	136	24	195	256	+148
17	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	3,595	96	37.4	23.0	3.7	4.9	1.3	0.6	8.5	18.6	45.8	2.3	6.0	39.2	3.7	4.2	88.3	56.5	0.9	2.8	2.2	2,211	353	471	128	53	215	233	+517
18	Jamal Murray J. Murray	3,338	85	39.3	23.7	4.9	6.0	1.1	0.4	8.8	19.5	44.9	2.6	6.8	37.4	3.7	4.0	91.3	55.8	0.9	4.0	2.5	2,018	416	508	94	32	213	176	+227
19	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	3,132	93	33.7	18.1	6.6	3.2	0.9	0.6	7.1	14.5	49.0	1.0	3.3	30.9	2.9	4.0	71.9	55.7	1.6	5.0	1.3	1,684	610	294	86	56	124	266	+220
20	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	3,096	96	32.3	11.6	10.4	1.3	0.7	1.5	4.3	6.9	62.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	59.7	63.8	3.4	7.1	1.4	1,117	1,001	122	71	140	132	321	-23
21	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	3,086	86	35.9	26.0	3.7	5.5	0.8	0.1	9.3	20.1	46.1	2.1	5.9	34.7	5.4	6.5	83.1	56.6	0.7	3.0	2.2	2,240	320	476	71	9	187	195	+239
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	3,041	84	36.2	27.0	12.2	5.3	1.0	1.3	10.1	19.1	53.2	0.7	2.8	25.9	6.0	9.6	62.5	58.0	2.4	9.7	3.4	2,270	1,022	446	85	110	283	271	+243
23	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	3,004	80	37.6	20.6	6.5	4.8	1.2	0.2	7.4	16.7	44.1	2.5	6.3	39.0	3.4	3.9	86.6	55.9	0.8	5.7	2.7	1,650	521	383	96	15	216	250	+261
24	Tobias Harris T. Harris	2,980	81	36.8	16.5	8.0	2.5	1.0	0.6	6.4	13.8	46.3	1.4	4.2	34.4	2.3	2.7	86.2	55.1	1.3	6.8	1.2	1,340	649	206	78	52	99	207	+34
25	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	2,972	81	36.7	27.8	5.0	4.4	1.3	0.3	9.7	22.0	44.2	3.1	8.9	34.9	5.2	6.4	82.4	56.0	0.8	4.1	2.9	2,251	401	358	107	26	237	211	-61

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0