nba regular season most game start 1998

23 players were tied for the most starts in 1997-98, with 82 starts. The first three are Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Ray Allen and Vin Baker.

NAMEGSSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Shareef Abdur-Rahim
S. Abdur-Rahim
82
1997-98
82
36.0
22.3
7.1
2.6
1.1
0.9
8.0
16.4
48.5
0.3
0.6
41.2
6.1
7.8
78.4
56.2
2.8
4.3
3.1
2,950
1,829
581
213
89
76
257
201
-433
2Ray Allen
R. Allen
82
1997-98
82
40.1
19.5
4.9
4.3
1.4
0.1
6.9
16.0
42.8
1.6
4.5
36.4
4.2
4.8
87.5
53.9
1.5
3.4
3.2
3,287
1,602
405
356
111
12
263
244
-71
3Vin Baker
V. Baker
82
1997-98
82
35.9
19.2
8.0
1.9
1.1
1.0
7.7
14.2
54.2
0.0
0.1
14.3
3.8
6.4
59.1
56.4
3.5
4.5
2.1
2,944
1,574
656
152
91
86
174
278
+412
4Calbert Cheaney
C. Cheaney
82
1997-98
82
34.6
12.8
4.0
2.1
1.2
0.4
5.5
12.0
45.7
0.2
0.6
28.3
1.7
2.6
64.7
48.8
1.0
3.0
1.3
2,841
1,050
324
173
96
36
104
264
-5
5Erick Dampier
E. Dampier
82
1997-98
82
32.4
11.8
8.7
1.1
0.5
1.7
4.3
9.6
44.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.3
4.9
66.9
50.2
3.3
5.4
2.1
2,656
971
715
94
39
139
175
281
-502
6Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
82
1997-98
82
39.1
21.1
11.9
2.7
0.7
2.5
8.6
15.7
54.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.9
5.9
66.2
57.7
3.3
8.6
3.4
3,204
1,731
977
224
55
206
279
254
+429
7Michael Finley
M. Finley
82
1997-98
82
41.4
21.5
5.3
4.9
1.6
0.4
8.2
18.4
44.9
1.1
3.0
35.7
4.0
5.1
78.4
52.2
1.8
3.5
2.7
3,394
1,763
438
405
132
30
219
163
-410
8Rick Fox
R. Fox
82
1997-98
82
33.0
12.0
4.4
3.4
1.2
0.6
4.4
9.4
47.1
1.0
3.2
32.5
2.1
2.8
74.3
56.4
1.0
3.4
2.5
2,709
983
358
276
100
48
201
309
+382
9Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
82
1997-98
82
39.3
18.5
9.6
4.2
1.7
1.8
7.7
15.8
49.1
0.0
0.2
18.8
3.0
4.0
73.8
52.7
2.7
6.9
2.3
3,222
1,518
786
348
139
150
192
224
+152
10Dean Garrett
D. Garrett
82
1997-98
82
32.1
7.3
7.9
1.1
0.7
1.6
3.0
6.9
42.8
0.0
0.0
1.4
2.1
64.8
46.5
2.8
5.1
1.0
2,632
598
644
90
57
133
84
197
-756
11Ron Harper
R. Harper
82
1997-98
82
27.9
9.3
3.5
2.9
1.3
0.6
3.6
8.1
44.1
0.2
1.0
19.0
2.0
2.6
75.0
50.3
1.3
2.2
1.1
2,284
764
290
241
108
48
91
181
+464
12Hersey Hawkins
H. Hawkins
82
1997-98
82
31.7
10.5
4.1
2.7
1.8
0.2
3.4
7.8
44.0
1.5
3.7
41.5
2.2
2.5
86.8
59.4
0.9
3.2
1.2
2,597
862
334
221
148
17
102
153
+487
13Allan Houston
A. Houston
82
1997-98
82
34.7
18.4
3.3
2.6
0.8
0.3
7.0
15.6
44.7
1.0
2.6
38.5
3.5
4.1
85.1
53.0
0.5
2.8
2.4
2,848
1,509
274
212
63
24
200
207
+131
14Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
82
1997-98
82
29.4
8.3
3.9
8.7
1.0
0.0
3.0
7.3
41.6
0.5
1.7
31.4
1.7
2.2
76.1
50.1
0.8
3.1
2.1
2,413
678
322
713
84
2
174
132
+443
15Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
82
1997-98
82
38.8
28.7
5.8
3.5
1.7
0.5
10.7
23.1
46.5
0.4
1.5
23.8
6.9
8.8
78.4
53.3
1.6
4.2
2.3
3,181
2,357
475
283
141
45
185
151
+598
16Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
82
1997-98
82
38.0
11.6
6.2
9.1
2.0
0.3
4.4
10.5
41.6
0.9
2.8
31.3
2.0
2.5
79.9
50.2
1.3
4.9
3.2
3,118
954
510
745
162
26
261
142
+305
17Chris Mullin
C. Mullin
82
1997-98
82
26.5
11.3
3.0
2.3
1.2
0.5
4.1
8.4
48.1
1.3
3.0
44.0
1.9
2.0
93.9
60.7
0.5
2.6
1.4
2,177
927
249
186
95
39
117
186
+454
18Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
82
1997-98
82
35.6
13.4
11.4
1.0
0.4
3.4
4.9
9.1
53.7
0.0
0.0
3.7
5.5
67.0
58.4
3.4
8.0
2.0
2,917
1,101
932
82
34
277
168
254
+421
19Gary Payton
G. Payton
82
1997-98
82
38.4
19.2
4.6
8.3
2.3
0.2
7.1
15.6
45.3
1.6
4.8
33.8
3.4
4.6
74.4
54.4
0.9
3.6
2.8
3,145
1,571
376
679
185
18
229
195
+622
20Wesley Person
W. Person
82
1997-98
82
39.0
14.7
4.4
2.3
1.6
0.6
5.4
11.7
46.0
2.3
5.5
43.0
1.6
2.1
77.6
58.3
0.8
3.6
1.3
3,198
1,204
363
188
129
49
110
108
+167
21Glen Rice
G. Rice
82
1997-98
82
40.2
22.3
4.3
2.2
0.9
0.3
7.7
16.9
45.7
1.6
3.7
43.3
5.2
6.1
84.9
56.8
1.1
3.2
2.2
3,295
1,826
353
182
77
22
182
200
+169
22Antoine Walker
A. Walker
82
1997-98
82
39.9
22.4
10.2
3.3
1.7
0.7
8.8
20.8
42.3
1.1
3.6
31.2
3.7
5.8
64.5
48.1
3.3
6.9
3.6
3,268
1,840
836
273
142
60
292
262
-267
23Charlie Ward
C. Ward
82
1997-98
82
28.3
7.8
3.3
5.7
1.8
0.5
2.9
6.3
45.5
1.0
2.6
37.7
1.1
1.4
80.5
56.7
0.4
3.0
2.1
2,317
642
274
466
144
37
175
195
+278
24Kendall Gill
K. Gill
81
1997-98
81
33.7
13.4
4.8
2.5
1.9
0.8
5.2
12.0
42.9
0.3
1.2
25.7
2.8
4.0
68.8
48.6
1.4
3.4
1.5
2,733
1,087
391
200
156
64
124
268
+49
25Tim Hardaway
T. Hardaway
81
1997-98
81
37.4
18.9
3.7
8.3
1.7
0.2
6.9
16.0
43.1
1.9
5.5
35.1
3.2
4.1
78.1
53.0
0.6
3.1
2.8
3,031
1,528
299
672
136
16
224
200
+454
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