player with most games started in career while playing less than 503 games

Trae Young has the most starts when playing <503 games, with 498 starts.

Interpreted as:
player with most regular-season games started in career while playing less than 503 games
NAMEGSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Trae Young
T. Young
498
498
34.1
25.1
3.4
9.8
1.0
0.2
7.9
18.3
43.3
2.6
7.4
35.2
6.6
7.6
87.2
58.0
0.6
2.8
4.2
17,005
12,489
1,717
4,868
518
76
2,090
874
-187
2Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
490
490
31.9
27.6
10.8
3.7
0.9
1.6
9.1
18.2
50.0
1.2
3.5
33.9
8.3
9.9
83.0
61.3
2.2
8.6
3.4
15,609
13,544
5,280
1,808
432
784
1,656
1,451
+2645
3Yao Ming
Y. Ming
476
486
32.5
19.0
9.2
1.6
0.4
1.9
7.0
13.3
52.4
0.0
0.0
20.0
5.1
6.1
83.3
59.6
2.5
6.7
2.7
15,818
9,247
4,494
769
189
920
1,311
1,596
+1491
4Lauri Markkanen
L. Markkanen
466
492
31.3
18.9
7.1
1.5
0.7
0.5
6.5
14.3
45.8
2.6
6.9
37.0
3.4
3.8
87.1
59.4
1.5
5.6
1.4
15,399
9,323
3,490
746
357
243
689
919
-585
5Deandre Ayton
D. Ayton
463
470
30.3
15.8
10.1
1.5
0.7
1.0
7.0
11.8
59.9
0.1
0.3
23.0
1.7
2.3
74.1
62.0
3.0
7.1
1.6
14,229
7,439
4,742
708
333
450
771
1,208
-162
6Jaren Jackson Jr.
J. Jackson Jr.
446
455
28.8
18.6
5.6
1.5
1.0
1.9
6.6
14.1
46.7
1.7
4.9
35.1
3.7
4.6
79.3
57.6
1.3
4.3
1.9
13,093
8,449
2,530
696
467
846
869
1,664
+384
7RJ Barrett
RJ Barrett
443
444
32.7
18.9
5.5
3.3
0.7
0.3
6.9
15.4
44.7
1.7
4.8
34.5
3.5
5.0
70.0
53.7
0.9
4.6
2.2
14,540
8,391
2,450
1,465
301
126
968
1,044
-520
8Julius Erving
J. Erving
442
442
33.5
20.7
5.9
3.5
1.7
1.6
8.1
16.0
50.7
0.1
0.3
27.5
4.4
5.7
76.9
55.8
2.4
3.6
2.8
14,820
9,149
2,628
1,563
738
696
1,220
1,180
9Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
423
442
34.8
24.6
5.2
4.1
1.3
0.6
8.6
19.0
45.3
3.0
8.0
36.9
4.4
5.5
80.2
57.4
0.7
4.5
2.9
15,399
10,854
2,319
1,826
587
282
1,273
888
+942
10Luguentz Dort
L. Dort
423
432
28.9
11.6
3.8
1.6
0.9
0.4
4.0
9.8
40.5
2.0
5.6
35.8
1.7
2.1
78.8
54.1
1.0
2.8
1.1
12,468
5,018
1,648
670
410
177
460
1,238
+730
11Wendell Carter Jr.
W. Carter Jr.
423
461
27.6
11.9
8.1
2.0
0.7
0.7
4.4
8.7
51.0
0.8
2.4
31.6
2.3
3.0
74.0
59.1
2.3
5.9
1.5
12,734
5,487
3,750
919
307
330
683
1,375
-610
12Anthony Parker
A. Parker
423
494
27.8
9.1
3.2
2.3
0.9
0.2
3.4
7.6
44.4
1.2
3.0
40.4
1.1
1.4
79.4
55.2
0.5
2.7
1.0
13,752
4,478
1,574
1,129
439
85
495
792
+210
13Darius Garland
D. Garland
421
427
32.9
18.9
2.6
6.7
1.1
0.1
6.9
15.2
45.4
2.4
6.1
38.9
2.7
3.1
86.6
56.9
0.5
2.1
2.9
14,037
8,049
1,122
2,859
490
52
1,257
787
+977
14Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
416
444
34.1
15.2
2.4
8.5
1.3
0.0
6.5
14.1
46.5
0.2
0.7
30.3
1.9
2.5
77.7
50.2
0.6
1.8
3.0
15,138
6,758
1,060
3,758
555
22
1,313
1,007
15Cliff Robinson
C. Robinson
413
496
31.9
17.4
8.6
2.1
1.1
0.7
7.2
15.5
46.5
0.0
0.1
16.1
3.0
4.1
72.6
50.3
2.2
6.4
2.5
15,801
8,643
4,250
1,046
536
355
1,252
1,476
16Miles Bridges
M. Bridges
396
501
30.9
15.9
6.1
2.8
0.7
0.7
5.9
12.9
46.1
1.8
5.2
33.8
2.3
2.7
82.5
56.5
1.1
5.1
1.6
15,457
7,956
3,077
1,381
368
328
782
921
-1136
17Michael Olowokandi
M. Olowokandi
393
500
26.3
8.3
6.8
0.7
0.5
1.4
3.6
8.2
43.5
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.9
59.7
45.7
1.9
4.9
1.8
13,129
4,135
3,414
327
226
697
898
1,518
-1463
18Kenneth Faried
K. Faried
385
478
24.5
11.4
8.1
1.0
0.7
0.8
4.6
8.4
54.6
0.0
0.1
22.2
2.2
3.3
65.4
57.7
3.1
5.1
1.3
11,728
5,430
3,884
470
351
392
626
1,180
-126
19Gus Williams
G. Williams
385
429
33.1
18.0
2.5
7.1
1.9
0.3
7.4
16.1
45.6
0.2
1.0
24.2
3.1
4.1
73.8
50.1
0.8
1.6
2.5
14,180
7,724
1,054
3,067
834
139
1,086
756
20Bobby Phills
B. Phills
379
467
28.7
11.0
3.1
2.7
1.3
0.3
4.2
9.5
44.3
0.7
1.9
39.0
1.9
2.6
73.8
52.0
0.9
2.3
1.5
13,426
5,153
1,469
1,246
592
139
711
1,106
+320
21George Gervin
G. Gervin
377
387
32.0
24.3
3.9
2.6
0.9
0.6
9.4
19.1
49.2
0.1
0.3
29.5
5.4
6.4
85.6
55.6
1.3
2.6
2.7
12,387
9,410
1,511
993
359
230
1,040
1,095
22P.J. Washington
P.J. Washington
373
446
30.6
13.3
6.0
2.2
1.0
1.0
4.9
11.0
44.8
1.7
4.8
35.4
1.7
2.4
70.5
54.9
1.2
4.8
1.6
13,653
5,914
2,676
976
433
442
721
1,093
-778
23Nenad Krstic
N. Krstic
373
419
25.2
10.0
5.4
0.8
0.4
0.7
4.1
8.3
49.4
0.0
0.0
14.3
1.8
2.5
73.0
53.3
1.8
3.6
1.2
10,547
4,210
2,261
346
162
286
497
1,251
+290
24Ryan Gomes
R. Gomes
371
487
27.6
10.1
4.6
1.5
0.7
0.2
3.9
8.7
44.5
0.7
2.0
34.9
1.7
2.1
79.9
52.5
1.3
3.3
1.1
13,463
4,926
2,239
712
351
78
550
942
-1558
25Calvin Natt
C. Natt
371
447
31.0
17.3
6.6
2.2
0.8
0.3
6.7
12.3
54.4
0.0
0.1
16.1
3.9
5.0
78.3
59.8
2.2
4.4
2.0
13,850
7,744
2,948
978
350
139
895
993
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46
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22
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2
56
26
.683
4.0
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53
29
.646
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28
.659
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53
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.646
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52
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.634
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.549
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.512
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.512
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