nba player most seasons played who started in the 80s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, 50 players were tied for playing the most seasons, with 8 seasons. The first three are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mark Aguirre and Danny Ainge.

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	NAME	SEAS	GS	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	8	625	625	31.3	19.4	6.8	2.5	0.7	1.7	8.0	14.2	56.6	0.0	0.0	6.3	3.3	4.5	73.5	59.9	1.9	5.0	2.4	19,556	12,117	4,273	1,577	444	1,086	1,491	1,798
2	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	8	559	602	33.6	24.1	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.1	49.2	0.4	1.4	30.4	4.9	6.5	74.2	54.7	2.2	3.5	3.0	20,222	14,488	3,395	2,252	518	231	1,814	1,819
3	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	8	432	584	28.5	11.7	2.8	4.5	1.2	0.1	4.7	9.7	48.4	0.7	1.8	38.6	1.6	1.8	86.1	55.5	0.8	2.0	1.6	16,631	6,824	1,635	2,609	712	65	938	1,498
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	8	526	553	38.6	26.1	10.1	6.5	1.8	0.9	10.2	20.0	51.0	0.7	1.8	38.1	5.0	5.6	88.7	57.9	2.1	8.0	3.1	21,366	14,413	5,572	3,575	996	487	1,709	1,388
5	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	8	317	388	29.5	15.5	2.5	3.5	1.1	0.2	6.8	13.7	49.9	0.1	0.3	26.9	1.8	3.0	59.0	51.7	1.0	1.5	2.0	11,432	6,005	954	1,370	430	74	794	951
6	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	8	547	630	33.7	19.2	3.7	3.1	0.7	0.3	7.4	14.8	50.3	0.1	0.3	27.2	4.3	5.1	83.3	56.4	1.2	2.4	2.0	21,258	12,127	2,308	1,954	472	196	1,234	990
7	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	8	512	634	34.0	20.3	6.8	2.4	0.9	0.6	7.5	15.7	47.6	0.2	0.7	31.0	5.2	6.5	79.5	54.8	2.2	4.7	2.9	21,559	12,896	4,341	1,500	564	406	1,808	2,418
8	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	8	610	611	34.6	13.2	2.9	7.6	2.3	0.3	5.3	10.0	52.8	0.1	0.2	23.1	2.6	3.3	79.7	57.7	0.7	2.2	2.3	21,136	8,083	1,765	4,665	1,392	189	1,387	1,308
9	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	8	84	627	27.4	9.1	3.2	4.6	1.2	0.6	3.5	7.5	46.7	0.6	1.7	34.7	1.5	1.8	84.2	55.0	0.7	2.4	1.6	17,179	5,723	1,977	2,898	746	371	1,031	1,658
10	Wayne Cooper W. Cooper	8	460	588	23.8	9.5	7.2	1.1	0.4	2.0	3.9	8.6	45.6	0.0	0.1	13.5	1.7	2.3	74.2	49.6	2.5	4.7	1.4	14,012	5,595	4,240	650	221	1,178	836	2,173
11	Dave Corzine D. Corzine	8	306	638	27.0	9.9	6.5	1.9	0.5	1.1	4.0	8.2	48.5	0.0	0.1	20.0	1.8	2.4	75.6	52.9	2.1	4.4	1.7	17,228	6,289	4,158	1,242	301	699	1,086	1,511
12	Pat Cummings P. Cummings	8	299	497	24.4	10.6	6.4	1.4	0.6	0.3	4.5	9.1	49.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.3	74.3	52.7	1.9	4.5	1.9	12,115	5,276	3,197	679	295	131	930	1,636
13	Earl Cureton E. Cureton	8	130	602	19.4	5.6	4.9	1.1	0.5	0.6	2.4	5.0	47.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.5	54.2	49.3	1.9	3.0	1.1	11,657	3,373	2,960	646	321	335	691	1,437
14	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	8	501	536	35.7	25.8	5.0	3.2	0.8	0.1	8.9	16.4	54.5	0.0	0.1	14.8	7.9	9.6	82.0	62.4	2.1	3.0	2.8	19,110	13,802	2,696	1,693	442	60	1,524	1,377
15	Brad Davis B. Davis	8	388	641	25.8	9.4	2.0	5.6	0.9	0.2	3.5	6.9	51.6	0.3	1.0	33.3	2.0	2.3	84.4	59.4	0.4	1.6	1.6	16,569	6,004	1,274	3,601	557	101	998	1,464
16	Walter Davis W. Davis	8	359	534	29.0	18.9	2.4	4.3	1.2	0.1	7.9	15.8	50.1	0.2	0.9	27.9	2.8	3.3	85.6	54.7	0.6	1.8	2.4	15,482	10,091	1,294	2,279	641	43	1,266	1,189
17	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	8	232	326	24.5	13.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.4	5.0	8.4	59.4	0.0	0.0	22.2	3.1	4.4	69.9	63.2	1.6	3.7	2.6	8,000	4,252	1,729	419	178	443	851	1,408
18	James Donaldson J. Donaldson	8	431	627	29.3	9.5	8.6	0.9	0.4	1.5	3.6	6.0	59.0	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.2	75.1	63.9	2.3	6.3	1.7	18,395	5,944	5,401	549	257	969	1,047	1,454
19	T.R. Dunn	8	452	604	27.1	5.1	5.1	2.0	1.6	0.3	2.0	4.3	47.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	72.7	51.7	2.0	3.1	0.9	16,342	3,081	3,075	1,188	963	156	514	1,449
20	James Edwards J. Edwards	8	314	461	24.9	13.2	5.4	1.6	0.3	0.7	5.1	10.1	51.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.2	69.9	55.4	1.6	3.8	1.9	11,467	6,101	2,475	720	141	322	858	1,632
21	Alex English A. English	8	647	652	36.4	27.3	5.4	4.7	1.0	0.7	11.3	22.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.7	5.6	84.0	55.7	2.4	3.0	2.8	23,714	17,771	3,529	3,082	669	472	1,839	1,825
22	Mike Gminski M. Gminski	8	370	623	26.6	12.6	7.2	1.4	0.6	1.1	4.7	9.9	47.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	3.8	85.5	54.7	2.4	4.9	1.6	16,565	7,879	4,515	861	345	690	1,013	1,124
23	Dave Greenwood D. Greenwood	8	407	559	29.8	10.0	8.5	2.1	0.7	0.8	3.9	8.1	47.6	0.0	0.0	16.7	2.3	3.0	76.1	53.1	2.5	6.0	1.8	16,646	5,616	4,741	1,150	413	452	985	1,798
24	Rickey Green R. Green	8	438	622	27.2	10.9	2.1	6.6	1.7	0.1	4.4	9.2	47.9	0.0	0.2	21.3	2.1	2.5	82.8	53.1	0.5	1.6	1.9	16,893	6,786	1,332	4,111	1,065	40	1,189	979
25	Bill Hanzlik B. Hanzlik	8	109	593	21.4	7.6	2.9	3.0	1.0	0.3	2.6	6.0	42.8	0.1	0.3	21.7	2.4	3.1	78.4	51.9	0.9	1.9	1.5	12,670	4,518	1,698	1,761	591	156	919	1,805

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Team Leaders

PPG

33.5

Dončić

RPG

8.0

Ayton

APG

8.3

Dončić

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.2

9th

DRTG

116.4

19th

NETRTG

1.8

14th

3P%

35.9

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	GSW	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Fri 10/23	LAC	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Sun 10/25	LAL	@	UTA	5:00 PM
Tue 10/27	POR	@	LAL	11:00 PM
Wed 10/28	LAL	@	LAC	10:30 PM

Last Game

Thunder

4 - 0

115

Final

110

Lakers

0 - 4

Mon 11 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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, 50 players were tied for playing the most seasons, with 8 seasons. The first three are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mark Aguirre and Danny Ainge.

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