nba playoffs most minutes played leader 1987

Larry Bird played the most minutes in the 1987 playoffs, with 1,015 minutes on the court.

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

	NAME	MIN	SEASON	TM	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	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,015	1986-87	BOS	23	44.1	27.0	10.0	7.2	1.2	0.8	9.4	19.7	47.6	0.6	1.8	34.1	7.7	8.4	91.2	57.7	1.8	8.3	3.1	622	231	165	27	19	71	55
2	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	964	1986-87	BOS	23	41.9	18.9	4.0	8.9	0.7	0.3	7.3	15.7	46.5	0.1	1.1	11.5	4.2	4.9	85.0	53.0	1.0	2.9	1.9	435	91	205	16	8	44	71
3	Kevin McHale K. McHale	827	1986-87	BOS	21	39.4	21.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	8.3	14.2	58.4	0.0	0.0		4.6	6.0	76.2	62.8	3.1	6.1	2.6	444	194	39	7	30	54	71
4	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	762	1986-87	BOS	20	38.1	14.8	2.6	4.6	1.2	0.2	5.8	11.9	48.7	1.6	3.7	43.8	1.6	1.8	86.1	58.1	0.7	2.0	2.1	295	52	92	24	4	41	62
5	Robert Parish R. Parish	734	1986-87	BOS	21	35.0	18.0	9.4	1.3	0.9	1.7	7.1	12.5	56.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	4.9	76.7	61.1	2.8	6.6	1.8	377	198	28	18	35	38	79
6	James Worthy J. Worthy	681	1986-87	LAL	18	37.8	23.6	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	9.8	16.6	59.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	5.4	75.3	62.4	1.7	3.9	2.2	425	101	63	28	22	40	42
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	666	1986-87	LAL	18	37.0	21.8	7.7	12.2	1.7	0.4	8.1	15.1	53.9	0.1	0.6	20.0	5.4	6.6	83.1	60.7	1.6	6.2	2.8	392	139	219	31	7	51	37
8	Byron Scott B. Scott	608	1986-87	LAL	18	33.8	14.8	3.4	3.2	1.1	0.2	5.7	11.7	49.0	0.4	1.9	20.6	2.9	3.7	79.1	55.5	1.1	2.3	1.4	266	62	57	19	4	25	52
9	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	562	1986-87	DET	15	37.5	24.1	4.5	8.7	2.6	0.3	8.9	19.8	45.1	0.7	2.2	30.3	5.5	7.3	75.5	52.3	1.4	3.1	2.8	361	67	130	39	4	42	51
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	559	1986-87	LAL	18	31.1	19.2	6.8	2.0	0.4	1.9	6.9	13.0	53.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.4	6.8	79.5	60.0	2.2	4.7	2.2	345	123	36	8	35	40	56
11	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	543	1986-87	DET	15	36.2	12.3	10.4	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.6	10.9	51.5	0.1	0.3	20.0	1.0	1.6	62.5	53.0	2.0	8.4	1.3	184	156	37	15	12	20	53
12	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	530	1986-87	SEA	14	37.9	25.2	6.4	2.6	0.7	0.4	10.6	21.7	48.7	0.9	2.6	36.1	3.1	3.9	81.5	53.9	2.6	3.8	2.4	353	90	37	10	6	33	54
13	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	528	1986-87	SEA	14	37.7	20.3	8.4	3.0	1.5	0.6	8.9	18.1	48.8	0.1	0.7	20.0	2.4	4.0	60.7	51.0	3.7	4.6	3.0	284	117	42	21	9	42	63
14	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	522	1986-87	LAL	18	29.0	13.0	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.8	4.3	8.8	48.4	1.9	3.9	48.6	2.6	3.0	85.2	64.0	0.4	2.8	2.1	234	59	90	25	14	37	46
15	A.C. Green	505	1986-87	LAL	18	28.1	11.5	7.9	0.6	0.5	0.4	3.9	7.2	54.6	0.0	0.0		3.6	4.8	74.7	61.5	3.0	4.9	0.9	207	142	11	9	8	17	47
16	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	500	1986-87	DET	15	33.3	20.5	4.5	2.3	0.9	0.0	7.4	13.7	53.9	0.0	0.0		5.7	7.4	77.5	60.4	1.9	2.6	2.2	308	68	35	13	0	33	36
17	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	498	1986-87	SEA	14	35.6	23.0	6.4	2.3	0.9	0.9	8.4	18.8	44.9	0.4	1.3	33.3	5.7	7.1	80.8	52.5	2.3	4.1	2.4	322	90	32	12	13	34	51
18	Rick Mahorn R. Mahorn	483	1986-87	DET	15	32.2	9.7	9.5	0.3	0.4	0.7	3.9	7.3	54.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	2.3	80.0	58.7	2.8	6.7	1.1	146	142	5	6	11	16	60
19	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	473	1986-87	DET	15	31.5	12.7	1.3	4.8	0.8	0.1	5.2	9.7	53.8	0.1	0.2	66.7	2.1	2.7	78.0	58.3	0.5	0.7	1.8	190	19	72	12	1	27	26
20	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	465	1986-87	MIL	12	38.8	14.3	5.2	8.6	2.3	0.7	5.7	12.2	46.6	0.1	0.7	12.5	2.8	3.8	73.9	51.4	2.3	2.8	2.9	171	62	103	28	8	35	51
21	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	443	1986-87	MIL	12	36.9	22.3	7.9	2.3	1.0	1.1	8.8	17.9	48.8	0.0	0.0		4.8	6.9	68.7	53.1	2.4	5.5	1.3	267	95	28	12	13	15	51
22	Rodney McCray R. McCray	436	1986-87	HOU	10	43.6	15.7	8.3	5.6	0.5	0.9	5.7	10.1	56.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.3	5.4	79.6	62.9	3.2	5.1	2.6	157	83	56	5	9	26	21
23	Robert Reid R. Reid	431	1986-87	HOU	10	43.1	12.9	3.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	5.6	15.5	36.1	0.2	1.7	11.8	1.5	2.3	65.2	39.1	0.6	3.0	2.7	129	36	48	10	3	27	36
24	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	426	1986-87	MIL	12	35.5	19.4	4.5	3.0	1.1	0.5	6.5	13.8	47.3	0.3	1.2	28.6	6.1	7.5	81.1	56.9	1.8	2.8	2.0	233	54	36	13	6	24	43
25	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	426	1986-87	MIL	12	35.5	16.2	10.8	1.9	1.3	0.8	6.1	12.5	48.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.0	4.1	98.0	56.5	2.8	8.1	1.5	194	130	23	15	10	18	56

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2	Pistons	6	1	.857	0.5
3	Celtics	5	2	.714	1.5
4	Wizards	4	3	.571	2.5
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15	Jazz	1	6	.143	5.5