nba player most seasons 82 or more games starter in career

LeBron James has played the most seasons by a player as a starter with 82+ games played, with 23 seasons.

	NAME	SEAS	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	23	1,577	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.5	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	59,556	42,509	11,809	11,690	2,360	1,159	5,506	2,803	+7320
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	21	1,460	34.6	21.4	7.8	2.5	0.8	0.9	7.6	16.0	47.2	1.3	3.5	38.4	4.9	5.6	87.9	57.8	1.0	6.8	1.7	50,542	31,203	11,349	3,614	1,194	1,259	2,459	3,503	+6658
3	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	21	1,425	34.9	18.1	10.2	3.8	1.3	1.4	7.3	14.7	49.8	0.1	0.4	27.2	3.4	4.3	79.0	54.7	2.2	8.0	2.2	49,698	25,839	14,523	5,402	1,828	2,003	3,136	3,494	+4913
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	20	1,314	34.0	17.3	4.4	9.3	2.0	0.2	6.1	13.0	47.0	1.4	3.7	37.1	3.7	4.2	87.1	58.2	0.6	3.8	2.3	44,628	22,693	5,827	12,237	2,672	221	3,041	3,113	+5991
5	Vince Carter V. Carter	20	982	35.7	21.3	5.1	3.9	1.2	0.7	7.8	17.5	44.4	1.5	4.1	37.5	4.2	5.3	79.9	53.7	1.4	3.7	2.2	35,088	20,957	4,978	3,815	1,139	664	2,114	2,833	+1496
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	20	1,198	38.0	26.6	5.6	5.0	1.5	0.5	9.3	20.8	44.9	1.4	4.3	32.8	6.6	7.8	83.9	55.0	1.1	4.4	3.1	45,545	31,897	6,675	6,016	1,827	581	3,741	3,072	+3847
7	Mike Conley M. Conley	19	1,134	31.6	14.3	3.0	5.8	1.4	0.2	5.0	11.4	43.9	1.7	4.3	39.0	2.6	3.1	82.6	55.8	0.5	2.5	1.9	35,819	16,179	3,365	6,533	1,586	243	2,137	2,228	+2710
8	Al Horford A. Horford	19	1,079	32.0	13.2	8.0	3.3	0.8	1.2	5.5	10.7	51.0	0.8	2.2	37.8	1.5	1.9	76.3	57.3	1.9	6.0	1.4	34,503	14,285	8,598	3,524	847	1,245	1,530	2,330	+3368
9	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	19	1,120	35.7	23.6	6.5	2.9	1.0	0.5	8.5	18.9	44.8	1.3	3.7	34.9	5.4	6.7	81.2	54.1	1.7	4.8	2.6	39,995	26,428	7,292	3,254	1,135	556	2,931	3,223	+1692
10	Tyson Chandler T. Chandler	19	886	29.5	9.1	9.8	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.5	5.7	60.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.3	64.7	63.5	3.3	6.5	1.5	26,172	8,097	8,689	802	498	1,020	1,346	2,564	+252
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	19	1,285	35.0	20.3	5.7	3.6	1.3	0.6	6.7	14.9	44.6	1.6	4.4	36.9	5.3	6.6	80.6	56.9	0.8	4.9	2.7	44,976	26,075	7,375	4,647	1,733	732	3,480	3,546	+3399
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	19	1,389	34.1	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.7	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,304	26,452	15,067	4,223	1,025	3,019	3,377	3,301	+8896
13	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	19	1,350	36.3	12.8	6.3	8.8	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.4	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.8	2.3	2.9	78.6	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	49,039	17,268	8,553	11,934	2,618	436	3,949	2,493	+3674
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	19	1,197	34.8	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.8	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,672	28,414	13,007	3,011	737	2,719	3,287	4,116	+4831
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	19	1,471	37.2	25.1	10.2	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,718	36,865	14,933	5,234	2,078	1,142	4,505	4,557	+3010
16	John Stockton J. Stockton	19	1,300	33.6	14.1	2.9	11.2	2.2	0.2	5.0	9.8	51.7	0.6	1.6	38.9	3.4	4.1	83.1	61.1	0.7	2.2	3.0	43,690	18,352	3,713	14,496	2,915	286	3,870	3,415	+2941
17	Kevin Willis K. Willis	19	891	32.7	15.2	10.4	1.2	0.8	0.6	6.3	12.7	49.5	0.0	0.2	21.9	2.6	3.6	71.7	53.2	3.6	6.9	2.2	29,128	13,558	9,299	1,097	725	522	1,925	2,884	-251
18	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	18	792	29.7	10.1	11.6	1.0	0.6	1.7	4.1	6.0	67.9	0.0	0.0	10.0	2.0	4.2	47.0	64.6	3.4	8.2	1.5	23,528	8,029	9,159	804	502	1,341	1,156	2,148	+1610
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	18	1,105	34.5	22.3	7.4	8.4	1.7	0.3	8.0	18.2	44.1	1.2	3.8	30.9	5.1	6.6	77.8	52.9	1.6	5.7	4.1	38,081	24,621	8,124	9,254	1,828	341	4,503	2,905	+2886
20	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	18	1,071	30.6	16.0	6.1	1.5	0.6	1.9	6.1	12.2	49.8	1.0	2.9	35.4	2.8	3.5	79.7	58.0	1.9	4.2	1.6	32,763	17,103	6,521	1,602	616	2,013	1,703	2,760	+1086
21	Kevin Love K. Love	18	695	32.0	18.3	11.0	2.5	0.7	0.4	6.0	13.7	43.9	1.9	5.2	37.0	4.4	5.3	83.1	57.2	2.5	8.5	1.9	22,260	12,725	7,651	1,714	478	287	1,335	1,401	+629
22	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	18	874	31.2	11.1	5.2	3.6	1.0	0.6	4.0	9.1	43.7	1.7	4.5	36.6	1.5	1.8	83.6	56.3	1.0	4.2	1.7	27,252	9,722	4,526	3,168	847	549	1,488	1,527	+1260
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	18	1,150	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.3	88.2	62.1	0.7	6.3	3.2	42,250	31,284	7,958	5,032	1,192	1,300	3,638	2,198	+4940
24	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	18	769	33.7	12.0	5.2	2.5	1.7	0.3	4.3	10.3	41.5	1.8	5.3	35.1	1.6	2.2	75.0	53.4	0.9	4.3	1.4	25,922	9,240	4,013	1,923	1,273	264	1,114	1,609	+575
25	Dwight Howard D. Howard	18	1,078	34.0	17.0	12.4	1.4	0.9	1.9	6.1	10.6	58.3	0.0	0.1	12.3	4.7	8.3	56.7	59.9	3.5	9.0	2.9	36,642	18,357	13,421	1,563	1,005	2,077	3,099	3,451	+2685

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.8

Mitchell

RPG

8.9

Mobley

APG

6.9

Garland

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.0

10th

DRTG

114.7

13th

NETRTG

2.3

10th

3P%

35.1

21st

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
6	Magic	20	16	.556	6.5
7	Heat	20	16	.556	6.5
8	Cavaliers	20	17	.541	7.0
9	Bulls	17	18	.486	9.0
10	Hawks	17	20	.459	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 1/6	CLE	@	IND	7:00 PM
Thu 1/8	CLE	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Sat 1/10	MIN	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Mon 1/12	UTA	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 1/14	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM

Last Game

Pistons

26 - 9

114

Final

110

Cavaliers

20 - 17

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.1

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.1

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.3

Sarr

2.2

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.7

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.2

Ayton

70.2

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

124.5

123.0

122.5

121.6

120.4

119.1

DRtg Rankings

105.9

111.4

112.2

113.1

113.3

113.5

NetRtg Rankings

14.6

8.8

7.4

6.2

6.0

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

6-30

8-29

8-28

9-25

11-22

12-23

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,795.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,684.1

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,803.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,782

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.3

Brown

33.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.4

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.55

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.55

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

24-11

20-12-1

20-14

21-15

20-15

Worst Record ATS

12-25

12-24

14-20

15-21

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	26	9	.743
2	Knicks	23	12	.657	3.0
3	Celtics	22	12	.647	3.5
4	Raptors	21	15	.583	5.5
5	76ers	19	14	.576	6.0
6	Magic	20	16	.556	6.5
7	Heat	20	16	.556	6.5
8	Cavaliers	20	17	.541	7.0
9	Bulls	17	18	.486	9.0
10	Hawks	17	20	.459	10.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	10.5
12	Hornets	12	23	.343	14.0
13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.0
14	Wizards	9	25	.265	16.5
15	Pacers	6	30	.167	20.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	6	.833
2	Spurs	25	10	.714	4.5
3	Lakers	22	11	.667	6.5
4	Nuggets	23	12	.657	6.5
5	Rockets	21	11	.656	7.0
6	Timberwolves	23	13	.639	7.0
7	Suns	21	14	.600	8.5
8	Warriors	19	17	.528	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	16	20	.444	14.0
10	Grizzlies	15	20	.429	14.5
11	Mavericks	13	23	.361	17.0
12	Clippers	12	22	.353	17.0
13	Jazz	12	22	.353	17.0
14	Kings	8	28	.222	22.0
15	Pelicans	8	29	.216	22.5