nba record for most games played not as a starter

LeBron James has the most career games by a player as a starter, with 1,586 games.

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NBA record for most regular-season games played not as a starter

	NAME	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	1,586	37.7	26.9	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	59,855	42,733	11,875	11,756	2,372	1,166	5,537	2,813	+7347
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	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
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	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
4	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	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
5	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	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
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	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
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	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
8	Reggie Miller R. Miller	1,304	35.1	18.7	3.1	3.1	1.1	0.2	6.1	12.9	47.0	1.9	4.8	39.6	4.7	5.2	89.0	61.5	0.6	2.5	1.8	45,762	24,446	3,995	4,010	1,449	279	2,304	2,570	+2015
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	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
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	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
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	1,233	36.4	17.2	4.1	7.1	1.9	0.2	6.9	14.7	46.7	0.9	2.7	32.0	2.6	3.5	72.9	52.8	1.1	3.0	2.4	44,827	21,221	5,047	8,697	2,370	275	2,938	3,035	+1864
12	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	1,221	34.8	21.3	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.3	47.0	0.5	1.8	30.3	5.5	6.6	84.3	55.7	0.7	3.7	2.0	42,522	26,048	5,329	5,043	1,229	402	2,425	2,734	-159
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	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
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,186	36.4	22.3	11.3	2.5	1.8	3.2	8.9	17.4	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	6.3	71.4	55.4	3.3	8.0	3.0	43,188	26,482	13,452	3,012	2,116	3,747	3,602	4,268	+429
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,161	36.8	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	42,680	31,590	8,033	5,081	1,200	1,309	3,670	2,219	+4943
17	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	1,159	33.2	10.3	10.1	2.7	1.1	0.3	4.0	8.5	47.1	0.1	0.2	25.6	2.2	2.9	76.6	52.6	3.2	6.8	2.3	38,444	11,940	11,658	3,074	1,302	360	2,653	4,119	+181
18	Tony Parker T. Parker	1,151	31.6	16.1	2.8	5.8	0.9	0.1	6.4	13.0	49.3	0.4	1.3	32.6	2.8	3.7	75.3	54.8	0.4	2.4	2.4	36,371	18,547	3,235	6,664	1,011	91	2,728	1,954	+5694
19	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	1,150	34.4	17.6	9.4	3.3	0.5	1.6	6.7	13.2	50.8	0.1	0.4	34.0	4.0	5.3	75.5	56.4	2.6	6.8	2.2	39,591	20,218	10,851	3,780	585	1,877	2,546	2,509	+1759
20	Ray Allen R. Allen	1,149	36.9	20.0	4.2	3.6	1.2	0.2	7.0	15.4	45.3	2.4	5.9	40.0	3.6	4.1	89.4	58.0	1.0	3.2	2.2	42,437	22,943	4,866	4,087	1,330	221	2,519	2,620	+3209
21	Buck Williams B. Williams	1,140		13.8	10.7				5.3			0.0			3.3	4.9	66.5						15,763	12,171						+30
22	Mike Conley M. Conley	1,136	31.6	14.3	3.0	5.8	1.4	0.2	5.0	11.4	43.8	1.7	4.3	39.0	2.5	3.1	82.6	55.7	0.5	2.5	1.9	35,866	16,194	3,369	6,539	1,587	243	2,139	2,228	+2718
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1,122	35.4	21.8	10.1	1.9	1.0	2.5	8.5	16.9	50.5	0.0	0.1	15.3	4.7	6.4	74.0	55.4	2.4	7.7	3.1	39,762	24,445	11,363	2,185	1,119	2,852	3,472	3,914	+464
24	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	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
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,115	34.4	22.2	7.3	8.4	1.7	0.3	8.0	18.1	44.1	1.2	3.8	31.0	5.1	6.5	77.8	52.9	1.6	5.7	4.1	38,405	24,806	8,166	9,319	1,840	342	4,537	2,925	+2833

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.0

Mitchell

RPG

8.8

Mobley

APG

6.9

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Team Rankings

ORTG

117.2

10th

DRTG

115.2

15th

NETRTG

2.0

11th

3P%

35.4

16th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Knicks	26	18	.591	6.5
4	Raptors	27	19	.587	6.5
5	Cavaliers	26	20	.565	7.5
6	76ers	24	19	.558	8.0
7	Magic	23	20	.535	9.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/24	CLE	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Mon 1/26	ORL	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 1/28	LAL	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Fri 1/30	CLE	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Sun 2/1	CLE	@	POR	9:00 PM

Last Game

Kings

12 - 34

118

Final

123

Cavaliers

26 - 20

Fri 23 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.4

Dončić

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.1

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.5

Towns

11.3

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

8.9

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Leonard

2.1

Maxey

2.1

Wallace

BPG Leaders

2.1

Sarr

2.1

Huff

2.0

Mobley

3PM Leaders

4.6

Curry

3.8

Mitchell

3.8

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

69.4

Williams

68.6

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.5

122.0

120.1

119.7

118.4

DRtg Rankings

106.6

109.2

112.3

113.2

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

13.4

7.2

6.9

6.3

5.3

4.8

Tank Leaderboard

10-36

10-35

10-33

12-34

12-30

15-30

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,193.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,137.7

Maxey

2,120.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,246.3

Johnson

2,202.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,165.8

Jokić

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.9

Brown

33.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.5

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.9

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.68

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

31-14

25-17-1

25-18

26-19

Worst Record ATS

16-30

18-28

17-26

19-26

18-24

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	32	11	.744
2	Celtics	27	16	.628	5.0
3	Knicks	26	18	.591	6.5
4	Raptors	27	19	.587	6.5
5	Cavaliers	26	20	.565	7.5
6	76ers	24	19	.558	8.0
7	Magic	23	20	.535	9.0
8	Heat	23	22	.511	10.0
9	Bulls	22	22	.500	10.5
10	Hawks	22	25	.468	12.0
11	Bucks	18	25	.419	14.0
12	Hornets	17	28	.378	16.0
13	Nets	12	30	.286	19.5
14	Wizards	10	33	.233	22.0
15	Pacers	10	35	.222	23.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	37	8	.822
2	Spurs	31	14	.689	6.0
3	Nuggets	30	15	.667	7.0
4	Rockets	27	16	.628	9.0
5	Lakers	26	17	.605	10.0
6	Suns	27	18	.600	10.0
7	Timberwolves	27	18	.600	10.0
8	Warriors	25	21	.543	12.5
9	Trail Blazers	23	22	.511	14.0
10	Clippers	20	24	.455	16.5
11	Grizzlies	18	24	.429	17.5
12	Mavericks	19	26	.422	18.0
13	Jazz	15	30	.333	22.0
14	Kings	12	34	.261	25.5
15	Pelicans	10	36	.217	27.5