oldest players with 40 minutes per game

Wilt Chamberlain is the oldest with 40.0+ minutes per game in a season. He was 36 years old in 1972-73.

Interpreted as:
oldest players with 40 or higher minutes per game in a regular season
NAME AGE MPG SEASON TM GP 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 Wilt 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
2 Dahntay 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
3 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
35
42.3
1971-72
LAL LAL
82
14.8
19.2
4.0
6.0
9.3
64.9
2.7
6.4
42.2
61.0
3,469
1,213
1,572
329
196
4 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
35
41.0
1969-70
LAL LAL
54
24.0
10.4
5.4
9.5
19.5
48.6
5.1
6.6
77.3
53.7
2,213
1,298
559
292
132
5 Gary Payton
G. Payton
34
40.1
2002-03
TOT
80
20.4
4.2
8.3
1.7
0.3
8.3
18.3
45.4
0.7
2.3
29.7
3.1
4.4
71.0
50.4
1.0
3.2
2.3
3,208
1,634
334
663
133
20
187
181
-50
6 Anthony Mason
A. Mason
34
40.7
2000-01
MIA MIA
80
16.1
9.6
3.1
1.0
0.3
5.8
11.9
48.2
0.0
0.0
4.6
5.9
78.1
55.5
2.1
7.5
2.2
3,254
1,290
770
248
80
25
179
231
+110
7 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34
44.3
1970-71
LAL LAL
82
20.7
18.2
4.3
8.1
15.0
54.5
4.4
8.2
53.8
55.8
3,630
1,696
1,493
352
174
8 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
34
40.3
1968-69
LAL LAL
76
24.8
10.6
5.4
9.6
21.5
44.7
5.5
7.5
74.3
50.0
3,064
1,881
805
408
204
9 Bill Russell
B. Russell
34
42.7
1968-69
BOS BOS
77
9.9
19.3
4.9
3.6
8.4
43.3
2.6
5.0
52.6
46.7
3,291
762
1,484
374
231
10 Gary Payton
G. Payton
33
40.3
2001-02
SEA SEA
82
22.1
4.8
9.0
1.6
0.3
9.0
19.2
46.7
0.9
2.9
31.4
3.3
4.1
79.7
52.6
1.0
3.9
2.5
3,301
1,815
396
737
131
26
209
179
+199
11 Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
33
40.2
1998-99
HOU HOU
50
14.5
6.5
5.9
2.0
0.7
5.2
12.1
43.2
1.4
4.2
34.0
2.6
3.7
72.1
53.0
1.3
5.2
3.2
2,011
726
323
293
98
37
159
118
+62
12 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
33
40.7
1973-74
BOS BOS
76
22.6
6.4
5.9
1.3
0.4
9.0
19.8
45.6
4.6
5.5
83.2
50.9
1.8
4.6
3,091
1,716
487
447
95
32
196
13 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33
42.1
1969-70
LAL LAL
12
27.3
18.4
4.1
10.8
18.9
56.8
5.8
13.1
44.6
55.4
505
328
221
49
31
14 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
32
41.8
2007-08
DEN DEN
82
26.4
3.0
7.1
2.0
0.1
8.7
19.0
45.8
1.2
3.4
34.5
7.9
9.7
80.9
56.7
0.6
2.4
3.0
3,424
2,164
243
586
160
12
245
109
+361
15 Gary Payton
G. Payton
32
41.1
2000-01
SEA SEA
79
23.1
4.6
8.1
1.6
0.3
9.2
20.1
45.6
1.3
3.4
37.5
3.4
4.5
76.6
52.2
0.9
3.6
2.6
3,244
1,823
361
642
127
26
209
184
-14
16 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
32
40.1
1977-78
WAS WAS
81
19.7
13.3
1.8
1.2
2.0
7.9
17.4
45.1
4.0
6.3
63.4
48.9
4.1
9.1
2.8
3,246
1,598
1,075
149
96
159
229
313
17 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
32
42.1
1972-73
BOS BOS
80
23.8
7.1
6.6
9.6
21.3
45.0
4.6
5.4
85.8
50.2
3,367
1,902
567
529
195
18 Jerry West
J. West
32
41.2
1970-71
LAL LAL
69
26.9
4.6
9.5
9.7
19.6
49.4
7.6
9.1
83.2
57.1
2,845
1,859
320
655
180
19 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
45.3
1968-69
LAL LAL
81
20.5
21.1
4.5
7.9
13.6
58.3
4.7
10.6
44.6
56.4
3,669
1,664
1,712
366
142
20 Hal Greer
H. Greer
32
40.4
1968-69
PHI PHI
82
23.1
5.3
5.0
8.9
19.5
45.9
5.3
6.6
79.6
51.7
3,311
1,896
435
414
294
21 Bill Russell
B. Russell
32
40.7
1966-67
BOS BOS
81
13.3
21.0
5.8
4.9
10.7
45.4
3.5
5.8
61.0
50.0
3,297
1,075
1,700
472
258
22 Ray Allen
R. Allen
31
40.3
2006-07
SEA SEA
55
26.4
4.5
4.1
1.5
0.2
9.2
21.0
43.8
3.0
8.1
37.2
5.1
5.6
90.3
56.4
1.0
3.5
2.8
2,219
1,454
247
228
82
11
154
113
-50
23 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
31
42.5
2006-07
TOT
65
26.3
3.0
7.2
1.9
0.2
8.9
20.2
44.2
1.0
3.0
31.5
7.5
9.4
79.5
54.0
0.4
2.6
4.1
2,761
1,709
193
468
123
13
268
95
-8
24 Latrell Sprewell
L. Sprewell
31
41.1
2001-02
NYK NYK
81
19.4
3.7
3.9
1.2
0.2
7.1
17.5
40.4
1.8
5.0
36.0
3.5
4.3
82.1
50.1
0.7
3.0
2.8
3,326
1,575
298
313
94
14
223
161
-239
25 Gary Payton
G. Payton
31
41.8
1999-00
SEA SEA
82
24.2
6.5
8.9
1.9
0.2
9.1
20.3
44.8
2.2
6.3
34.0
3.8
5.2
73.5
53.5
1.2
5.2
2.7
3,425
1,982
529
732
153
18
224
178
+224
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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
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5
Clippers Clippers
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32
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
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50
32
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48
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.585
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44
38
.537
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
3/29
POR POR
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NYK NYK
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3/29
DET DET
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MIN MIN
104-123
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3/29
GSW GSW
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SAS SAS
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MIL MIL
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NOP NOP
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
5/28
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Thu
5/29
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Fri
5/30
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM
Sat
5/31
NYK NYK
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IND IND
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6/1
MIN MIN
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OKC OKC
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