nba player with most minutes played in 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Alex English played the most minutes, with 29,208 minutes on the court.

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Data note: Minutes Played: player season data complete from 1951-52

	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	Alex English A. English	29,208	811	36.0	25.9	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	10.7	21.0	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	5.4	83.8	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	21,018	4,780	3,596	848	634	2,294	2,286
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	29,039	778	37.3	24.5	13.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	8.4	17.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.7	9.9	77.5	57.0	5.4	7.8	3.4	19,082	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	2,659	1,898
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	27,560	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
4	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	27,557	795	34.7	16.8	10.3	3.4	1.1	1.0	6.2	13.2	47.1	0.1	0.4	31.3	4.2	5.0	85.6	54.6	2.4	7.9	2.4	13,342	8,192	2,721	871	829	1,878	2,822
5	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	27,325	783	34.9	15.3	3.9	5.6	1.3	0.6	5.7	12.9	44.6	0.1	0.6	18.0	3.7	4.5	81.9	51.4	1.2	2.7	2.5	11,954	3,078	4,381	1,055	456	1,976	2,265
6	Reggie Theus R. Theus	26,545	787	33.7	18.7	3.4	6.7	1.2	0.2	6.9	14.5	47.4	0.2	0.9	23.0	4.7	5.7	82.7	54.9	1.2	2.2	3.4	14,729	2,671	5,239	968	171	2,712	2,313
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26,417	716	36.9	19.5	7.4	11.2	2.0	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.0	0.2	0.7	23.9	5.2	6.2	83.4	60.6	1.9	5.6	3.9	13,943	5,303	8,025	1,464	310	2,800	1,685
8	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	26,174	771	33.9	12.6	3.0	7.5	2.3	0.3	5.1	9.6	52.9	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.5	3.1	79.4	57.8	0.7	2.3	2.3	9,744	2,284	5,781	1,768	260	1,777	1,736
9	Robert Parish R. Parish	25,841	786	32.9	17.9	10.4	1.8	0.8	1.7	7.3	13.4	54.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.4	72.3	58.3	3.3	7.2	2.4	14,043	8,195	1,419	660	1,346	1,924	2,424
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	25,675	787	32.6	20.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	8.5	14.9	57.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.6	4.9	74.3	60.6	2.0	5.6	2.6	16,246	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	2,037	2,258
11	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	25,201	684	36.8	26.5	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.4	17.1	55.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.8	9.5	82.0	62.5	2.2	3.3	3.0	18,157	3,721	2,206	647	92	2,039	1,833
12	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	24,198	734	33.0	14.1	10.8	2.1	0.7	1.0	5.6	11.2	50.2	0.1	0.3	29.3	2.7	3.2	83.1	55.6	3.1	7.8	1.7	10,327	7,957	1,555	512	727	1,227	2,646
13	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	23,276	635	36.7	20.3	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.3	1.2	27.8	4.4	5.8	76.1	52.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	12,862	2,372	6,220	1,338	181	2,437	2,105
14	Buck Williams B. Williams	23,100	635	36.4	16.4	11.9	1.5	0.9	1.1	6.3	11.4	55.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.9	6.0	64.9	58.6	4.1	7.9	2.9	10,440	7,576	976	599	696	1,811	2,244
15	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	22,961	679	33.8	20.9	5.8	1.4	0.7	0.5	8.8	18.0	49.2	0.0	0.1	21.6	3.1	4.0	78.2	52.8	2.1	3.7	1.8	14,161	3,917	950	479	371	1,198	1,797
16	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	22,660	720	31.5	14.9	7.8	2.6	0.8	1.2	6.0	11.9	50.6	0.0	0.0	10.0	2.9	4.4	65.7	53.9	2.5	5.4	2.5	10,742	5,642	1,901	578	843	1,773	2,103
17	Kevin McHale K. McHale	22,275	694	32.1	18.5	7.6	1.8	0.4	1.8	7.3	12.9	56.5	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.9	5.0	78.0	61.2	2.6	5.0	2.0	12,830	5,277	1,217	262	1,269	1,396	2,076
18	Dave Greenwood D. Greenwood	22,147	723	30.6	11.2	8.6	2.1	0.8	1.0	4.3	9.1	47.7	0.0	0.0	14.8	2.5	3.3	76.8	53.2	2.5	6.1	1.9	8,129	6,238	1,550	550	705	1,387	2,393
19	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	22,054	695	31.7	16.7	5.0	3.9	1.3	0.3	5.8	11.5	50.3	0.1	0.5	27.6	5.0	6.1	83.2	59.1	2.0	3.0	2.1	11,594	3,447	2,689	874	217	1,485	1,523
20	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	21,777	790	27.6	9.1	3.2	4.4	1.2	0.6	3.6	7.5	47.6	0.5	1.4	34.3	1.5	1.8	82.9	54.9	0.9	2.4	1.7	7,208	2,542	3,451	965	487	1,337	2,122
21	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	21,559	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	12,896	4,341	1,500	564	406	1,808	2,418
22	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	21,326	605	35.2	15.8	2.5	8.4	1.4	0.1	6.8	14.3	47.4	0.2	0.6	29.4	2.1	2.7	77.7	51.0	0.6	1.9	3.1	9,554	1,521	5,096	848	47	1,886	1,474
23	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	21,258	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	12,127	2,308	1,954	472	196	1,234	990
24	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	21,021	618	34.0	18.9	8.0	1.9	1.0	1.6	7.6	15.8	48.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	4.9	74.4	52.4	2.5	5.5	2.9	11,657	4,937	1,156	639	999	1,810	2,002
25	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	20,644	559	36.9	26.0	6.8	2.4	1.5	0.7	10.0	21.4	46.7	0.2	0.9	26.9	5.8	7.3	80.4	53.0	2.9	3.8	2.7	14,557	3,784	1,357	811	403	1,485	1,196

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10	Suns	1	1	.500	1.5

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Mon 10/26	GSW	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Wed 10/28	DEN	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	DEN	@	PHX	10:00 PM
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Wembanyama

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2	Pistons	2	0	1.000	0.5
3	Raptors	2	0	1.000	0.5
4	Hawks	2	1	.667	1.0
5	Hornets	2	1	.667	1.0
6	Wizards	2	1	.667	1.0
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8	Cavaliers	1	1	.500	1.5
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13	Nets	0	2	.000	2.5
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10	Suns	1	1	.500	1.5
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Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
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Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Alex English played the most minutes, with 29,208 minutes on the court.

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