oldest player to average 35 minutes per game

LeBron James, Michael Jordan and Karl Malone are tied for the oldest with 35.0+ minutes per game in a season. They were 39 years old.

Interpreted as:
oldest player to average 35 or higher minutes per game in a regular season
NAMEAgeMPGSEASONTMGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
39
35.3
2023-24
LAL LAL
71
25.7
7.3
8.3
1.3
0.5
9.6
17.9
54.0
2.1
5.1
41.0
4.3
5.7
75.0
63.0
0.9
6.4
3.5
2,504
1,822
518
589
89
38
245
78
+220
2Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
39
37.0
2002-03
WAS WAS
82
20.0
6.1
3.8
1.5
0.5
8.3
18.6
44.5
0.2
0.7
29.1
3.2
4.0
82.1
49.1
0.9
5.2
2.1
3,031
1,640
497
311
123
39
173
171
+6
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
39
36.2
2002-03
UTA UTA
81
20.6
7.8
4.7
1.7
0.4
7.3
15.9
46.2
0.0
0.2
21.4
5.9
7.7
76.3
53.4
1.4
6.4
2.6
2,936
1,667
628
379
136
31
210
204
+172
4LeBron James
L. James
38
35.5
2022-23
LAL LAL
55
28.9
8.3
6.8
0.9
0.6
11.1
22.2
50.0
2.2
6.9
32.1
4.6
5.9
76.8
58.3
1.2
7.1
3.2
1,954
1,590
457
375
50
32
178
88
+214
5Karl Malone
K. Malone
38
38.0
2001-02
UTA UTA
80
22.4
8.6
4.3
1.9
0.7
7.9
17.5
45.4
0.1
0.3
36.0
6.4
8.0
79.7
53.2
1.8
6.8
3.3
3,040
1,788
686
341
152
59
263
229
+50
6Kevin Durant
K. Durant
37
36.4
2025-26
HOU HOU
78
26.0
5.5
4.8
0.8
0.9
9.2
17.6
52.0
2.4
5.8
41.3
5.2
6.0
87.4
64.1
0.5
4.9
3.2
2,840
2,026
426
372
62
71
246
142
+340
7LeBron James
L. James
37
37.2
2021-22
LAL LAL
56
30.3
8.2
6.2
1.3
1.1
11.4
21.8
52.4
2.9
8.0
35.9
4.5
6.0
75.6
61.9
1.1
7.1
3.5
2,084
1,695
459
349
73
59
196
121
-117
8Karl Malone
K. Malone
37
35.7
2000-01
UTA UTA
81
23.2
8.3
4.5
1.1
0.8
8.3
16.6
49.8
0.0
0.1
40.0
6.6
8.3
79.3
57.2
1.4
6.9
3.0
2,895
1,878
669
361
93
62
244
216
+381
9Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
37
35.5
2000-01
TOR TOR
78
9.6
9.5
3.4
1.0
0.6
3.9
10.1
38.8
0.1
0.6
22.4
1.6
1.9
83.6
43.9
1.8
7.7
1.8
2,767
748
741
264
76
48
139
258
+240
10Kevin Durant
K. Durant
36
36.5
2024-25
PHX PHX
62
26.6
6.0
4.2
0.8
1.2
9.5
18.1
52.7
2.6
6.0
43.0
4.9
5.8
83.9
64.2
0.4
5.7
3.1
2,265
1,647
374
263
50
77
190
104
-39
11Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
36
36.0
2009-10
DAL DAL
80
10.3
5.6
9.1
1.8
0.4
3.6
8.4
42.3
2.2
5.2
42.5
1.0
1.2
80.8
57.7
0.6
5.0
2.4
2,881
824
445
724
145
35
195
142
+271
12Reggie Miller
R. Miller
36
36.6
2001-02
IND IND
79
16.5
2.8
3.2
1.1
0.1
5.2
11.6
45.3
2.3
5.6
40.6
3.7
4.1
91.1
61.7
0.3
2.5
1.5
2,889
1,304
219
253
88
10
120
143
-7
13Karl Malone
K. Malone
36
35.9
1999-00
UTA UTA
82
25.5
9.5
3.7
1.0
0.9
9.2
18.0
50.9
0.0
0.1
25.0
7.2
9.0
79.7
58.2
2.1
7.4
2.8
2,947
2,095
779
304
79
71
231
229
+481
14Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
36
35.7
1998-99
HOU HOU
50
18.9
9.6
1.8
1.6
2.5
7.5
14.5
51.4
0.1
0.3
30.8
3.9
5.4
71.7
55.9
2.1
7.4
2.8
1,784
945
478
88
82
123
139
160
+61
15Detlef Schrempf
D. Schrempf
36
35.3
1998-99
SEA SEA
50
15.0
7.4
3.7
0.8
0.5
5.2
11.0
47.2
0.7
1.7
39.5
4.0
4.9
82.3
57.3
1.5
5.9
2.1
1,765
752
370
184
41
26
103
152
+88
16Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
36
35.7
1997-98
CHI CHI
80
4.7
15.0
2.9
0.6
0.2
1.9
4.5
43.1
0.1
0.3
17.4
0.8
1.4
55.0
45.9
5.3
9.8
1.8
2,856
375
1,201
230
47
18
147
238
+345
17Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
36
35.9
1996-97
DEN DEN
82
16.6
3.6
2.0
0.7
0.1
5.8
14.0
41.4
2.3
6.4
36.4
2.6
3.2
81.7
53.7
1.2
2.4
1.8
2,940
1,361
293
165
60
7
146
178
-490
18Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
36
37.0
1981-82
HOU HOU
82
16.1
9.1
1.8
0.8
1.3
6.3
13.4
47.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.4
5.1
66.4
51.3
3.3
5.9
2.5
3,032
1,318
747
144
62
104
208
287
19John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
36
36.9
1976-77
BOS BOS
79
17.7
4.8
5.1
1.1
0.2
7.3
16.2
45.2
3.0
3.6
81.6
49.5
1.4
3.5
2,913
1,395
382
400
84
18
208
20Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
36
43.2
1972-73
LAL LAL
82
13.2
18.6
4.5
5.2
7.1
72.7
2.8
5.5
51.0
68.9
3,542
1,084
1,526
365
191
21DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
35
35.9
2024-25
SAC SAC
77
22.2
3.9
4.4
0.8
0.4
8.1
17.0
47.7
1.1
3.3
32.8
4.9
5.7
85.7
56.9
0.6
3.2
1.4
2,768
1,710
298
342
62
32
105
150
+110
22James Harden
J. Harden
35
35.3
2024-25
LAC LAC
79
22.8
5.8
8.7
1.5
0.7
6.7
16.4
41.0
3.0
8.5
35.2
6.4
7.3
87.4
58.2
0.7
5.1
4.3
2,789
1,802
456
687
118
55
341
162
+344
23Kevin Durant
K. Durant
35
37.2
2023-24
PHX PHX
75
27.1
6.6
5.0
0.9
1.2
10.0
19.2
52.3
2.2
5.4
41.3
4.8
5.6
85.6
62.6
0.5
6.1
3.2
2,791
2,032
495
378
68
91
243
133
+290
24Dahntay Jones
D. Jones
35
42.0
2015-16
CLE CLE
1
13.0
5.0
2.0
1.0
2.0
6.0
14.0
42.9
1.0
2.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
46.4
1.0
4.0
0.0
42
13
5
2
1
2
0
6
-1
25Ray Allen
R. Allen
35
36.1
2010-11
BOS BOS
80
16.5
3.4
2.7
1.0
0.2
6.0
12.2
49.1
2.1
4.7
44.4
2.4
2.7
88.1
61.5
0.6
2.8
1.5
2,890
1,321
274
219
77
16
117
147
+456
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Knicks Knicks - x
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
3/30
BOS BOS
@
ATL ATL
102-112
Mon
3/30
PHX PHX
@
MEM MEM
131-105
Mon
3/30
CHI CHI
@
SAS SAS
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Mon
3/30
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
124-94
Mon
3/30
CLE CLE
@
UTA UTA
122-113

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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NYK NYK
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SAS SAS
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Tue
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SAS SAS
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NYK NYK
8:30 PM
Fri
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NYK NYK
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SAS SAS
8:30 PM