nba players who played 62 games and averaged 8.5 minutes per game in a season

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played in 79 games with 8.5+ minutes per game in 1982-83.

Interpreted as:
NBA players who played 62 or more games and averaged 8.5 or higher minutes per game in a season
NAMEGPMPGSEASONTMPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
79
32.3
1982-83
LAL LAL
21.8
7.5
2.5
9.1
15.5
58.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.5
4.7
74.9
61.9
2,555
1,722
592
200
220
2Alvan Adams
A. Adams
80
30.6
1982-83
PHX PHX
14.2
6.9
4.7
1.4
0.9
6.0
12.3
48.6
0.0
0.0
33.3
2.3
2.7
82.9
52.7
2.0
4.8
3.0
2,447
1,135
548
376
114
73
242
287
3Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
81
34.4
1982-83
DAL DAL
24.4
6.3
4.1
9.5
19.6
48.3
0.2
0.9
21.6
5.3
7.3
72.8
53.5
3.2
2,784
1,979
508
332
261
246
4Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
80
25.6
1982-83
BOS BOS
9.9
2.7
3.1
4.5
9.0
49.7
0.1
0.4
17.9
0.9
1.2
74.2
52.0
2,048
791
214
251
259
5J.J. Anderson
J.J. Anderson
65
18.4
1982-83
TOT
7.4
4.5
1.0
0.3
2.9
5.8
50.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.7
57.1
52.6
1,194
480
294
67
20
153
6Richard Anderson
R. Anderson
78
16.3
1982-83
SDC SDC
5.2
3.5
1.5
2.2
5.5
40.3
0.1
0.6
0.9
69.6
43.6
1,272
403
272
120
170
7Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
66
27.4
1982-83
BOS BOS
10.5
1.4
6.2
3.6
8.4
42.5
0.1
0.4
20.8
3.3
4.5
74.3
50.9
1,811
695
91
409
110
8John Bagley
J. Bagley
68
14.6
1982-83
CLE CLE
5.7
1.4
2.5
0.8
0.1
2.4
5.5
43.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.9
1.2
76.2
47.1
0.3
1.2
1.7
990
386
96
167
53
5
118
74
9James Bailey
J. Bailey
75
23.5
1982-83
TOT
13.3
6.3
0.9
5.1
10.3
49.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
4.3
70.2
54.4
1,765
996
474
67
271
10Greg Ballard
G. Ballard
78
36.4
1982-83
WAS WAS
18.0
6.5
3.4
7.7
16.3
47.4
0.2
2.3
3.0
78.1
50.9
2,841
1,403
508
262
176
11Gene Banks
G. Banks
81
33.6
1982-83
SAS SAS
14.9
7.6
3.4
1.0
0.3
6.2
11.3
55.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.4
3.4
70.5
57.9
2,722
1,206
612
279
78
21
229
12Larry Bird
L. Bird
79
37.7
1982-83
BOS BOS
23.6
11.0
5.8
9.5
18.7
50.4
0.3
1.0
28.6
4.4
5.3
84.0
56.1
2,982
1,867
870
458
197
13Otis Birdsong
O. Birdsong
62
30.4
1982-83
NJN NJN
15.1
2.4
3.9
6.9
13.5
51.1
0.0
1.3
2.3
56.6
52.1
1,885
936
150
239
155
14Rolando Blackman
R. Blackman
75
31.3
1982-83
DAL DAL
17.7
3.9
2.5
6.8
13.9
49.2
0.0
0.2
20.0
4.0
5.1
78.0
54.8
1.6
2,349
1,326
293
185
117
116
15Brad Branson
B. Branson
62
11.0
1982-83
IND IND
5.5
2.8
0.7
2.1
5.0
42.5
0.0
1.2
1.7
70.4
47.5
680
338
173
46
81
16Ron Brewer
R. Brewer
74
26.5
1982-83
TOT
11.3
1.9
1.3
1.2
0.3
4.6
10.9
42.6
0.1
0.2
38.9
1.9
2.3
83.5
47.5
0.8
1.1
1.3
1,964
837
144
96
90
25
97
123
17Junior Bridgeman
J. Bridgeman
70
26.5
1982-83
MIL MIL
14.4
3.5
3.0
0.6
0.1
6.0
12.2
49.2
0.0
0.2
7.7
2.3
2.8
83.7
53.4
1.7
1,855
1,007
246
207
41
10
122
155
18Michael Brooks
M. Brooks
82
30.0
1982-83
SDC SDC
12.2
6.4
3.2
4.9
10.1
48.4
0.1
2.4
3.4
69.7
52.6
2,457
1,002
521
262
297
19Fred Brown
F. Brown
80
17.9
1982-83
SEA SEA
10.2
1.2
3.0
4.6
8.9
52.0
0.2
0.7
0.9
80.6
54.6
0.4
0.8
1.4
1,432
814
97
242
110
98
20Rickey Brown
R. Brown
76
13.8
1982-83
TOT
5.3
3.5
0.3
0.3
2.2
4.6
47.9
0.0
0.9
1.4
61.9
50.5
1,048
399
266
26
26
172
21Joe Bryant
J. Bryant
81
25.4
1982-83
HOU HOU
10.0
3.4
2.3
4.2
9.5
44.8
0.1
0.4
22.9
1.4
2.0
70.3
48.3
2,055
812
277
186
258
22Quinn Buckner
Q. Buckner
72
21.9
1982-83
BOS BOS
7.9
2.6
3.8
3.4
7.8
44.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.0
1.6
63.2
46.5
1,577
570
187
275
195
23Marty Byrnes
M. Byrnes
80
18.0
1982-83
IND IND
4.9
2.4
2.2
2.0
4.7
42.0
0.1
0.9
1.2
74.7
47.0
1,436
391
191
179
149
24Kenny Carr
K. Carr
82
28.4
1982-83
POR POR
12.0
7.2
1.4
0.8
0.5
4.4
8.7
50.5
0.0
0.1
33.3
3.1
4.5
69.7
55.9
2.2
5.0
2.3
2,331
981
589
116
62
42
185
306
25M.L. Carr
M.L. Carr
77
11.5
1982-83
BOS BOS
4.3
1.8
0.9
1.8
4.1
42.9
0.0
0.2
15.8
0.8
1.1
74.1
47.5
883
333
137
72
139
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