player with most games started in career while playing less than 649 games

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most starts when playing <649 games, with 625 starts.

Interpreted as:
player with most regular-season games started in career while playing less than 649 games
NAMEGSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
625
625
31.3
19.4
6.8
2.5
0.7
1.7
8.0
14.2
56.6
0.0
0.0
6.3
3.3
4.5
73.5
59.9
1.9
5.0
2.4
19,556
12,117
4,273
1,577
444
1,086
1,491
1,798
2John Wall
J. Wall
604
647
34.9
18.7
4.2
8.9
1.6
0.7
6.8
15.7
43.0
1.0
3.1
32.2
4.2
5.4
77.6
51.7
0.6
3.6
3.7
22,588
12,088
2,704
5,735
1,045
439
2,412
1,394
-125
3Emeka Okafor
E. Okafor
603
616
30.9
12.0
9.7
0.8
0.7
1.6
4.9
9.5
51.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.2
3.8
58.6
53.5
3.2
6.5
1.6
19,055
7,370
5,967
520
414
1,003
984
1,696
-927
4Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
601
601
34.5
23.5
7.4
3.9
1.1
0.6
8.2
17.8
45.8
2.7
7.2
36.8
4.5
5.4
83.9
58.2
0.9
6.5
2.4
20,707
14,132
4,453
2,328
662
387
1,428
1,258
+3763
5Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
601
609
33.8
25.1
4.3
4.8
1.4
0.3
8.9
19.6
45.3
3.0
8.3
36.6
4.3
5.1
84.4
57.5
0.8
3.5
2.7
20,586
15,272
2,640
2,928
844
193
1,645
1,463
+2960
6De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
589
603
33.0
21.1
3.9
6.1
1.4
0.4
7.8
16.6
47.2
1.6
4.7
33.1
3.9
5.2
74.7
55.9
0.6
3.3
2.7
19,891
12,735
2,352
3,707
845
240
1,613
1,545
-61
7Jamal Mashburn
J. Mashburn
584
611
37.3
19.1
5.4
4.0
1.0
0.2
7.0
16.7
41.8
1.3
3.6
34.5
3.8
5.0
76.6
50.4
1.1
4.2
2.6
22,762
11,644
3,271
2,414
632
109
1,585
1,533
+1003
8Mikal Bridges
M. Bridges
571
638
33.2
14.7
3.9
2.9
1.2
0.6
5.5
11.4
48.5
1.8
4.8
37.1
1.9
2.2
84.2
59.4
0.9
3.1
1.2
21,206
9,385
2,519
1,821
757
379
774
1,192
+1127
9Jarrett Allen
J. Allen
559
624
28.1
13.1
9.2
1.7
0.7
1.2
5.2
8.1
64.1
0.0
0.2
15.9
2.6
3.7
71.1
67.0
2.8
6.3
1.3
17,538
8,148
5,715
1,048
426
750
842
1,208
+985
10Bernard King
B. King
547
613
32.8
22.9
4.9
3.3
0.9
0.2
9.0
17.5
51.6
0.0
0.2
16.4
4.8
6.3
76.9
56.6
1.6
3.3
3.0
20,133
14,030
3,001
2,036
547
117
1,842
1,887
11Brad Daugherty
B. Daugherty
546
548
36.5
19.0
9.5
3.7
0.8
0.7
7.0
13.1
53.2
0.0
0.0
14.3
5.0
6.7
74.7
59.0
2.2
7.3
2.8
20,029
10,389
5,227
2,028
422
397
1,511
1,466
12Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
546
591
34.7
24.6
4.9
3.0
0.8
0.1
8.5
15.8
54.0
0.0
0.1
15.6
7.5
9.2
81.8
62.0
2.0
2.9
2.7
20,536
14,521
2,881
1,782
467
67
1,605
1,484
13Steve Francis
S. Francis
543
576
37.6
18.1
5.6
6.0
1.5
0.4
6.2
14.4
42.9
1.0
2.9
34.1
4.8
6.1
79.7
53.3
1.7
3.9
3.5
21,632
10,446
3,215
3,473
846
223
2,030
1,813
+51
14Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
536
640
30.8
16.2
9.0
3.6
1.1
0.8
6.1
11.8
52.2
0.4
1.1
31.6
3.6
4.7
75.9
58.6
2.2
6.8
2.1
19,718
10,391
5,756
2,276
693
538
1,338
1,490
+1080
15Jamal Murray
J. Murray
536
611
31.8
18.9
3.8
5.0
1.0
0.4
6.9
15.0
45.9
2.3
5.8
39.0
2.8
3.2
87.4
57.5
0.7
3.1
2.1
19,451
11,528
2,348
3,044
608
226
1,257
1,112
+2463
16Brandon Ingram
B. Ingram
533
572
33.1
19.8
5.2
4.2
0.7
0.6
7.2
15.4
46.9
1.4
3.9
36.6
3.9
4.9
79.2
56.2
0.7
4.5
2.5
18,918
11,311
2,996
2,414
416
335
1,455
1,346
-261
17Joe Barry Carroll
J. Barry Carroll
533
623
32.0
17.5
7.5
1.8
1.0
1.6
7.1
15.0
47.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.4
4.5
75.1
51.7
2.3
5.2
2.8
19,919
10,908
4,645
1,147
637
1,001
1,721
1,899
18Jusuf Nurkić
J. Nurkić
526
631
24.5
11.8
8.9
2.6
0.9
1.1
4.6
9.2
50.2
0.2
0.8
29.4
2.3
3.5
66.1
54.8
2.5
6.4
2.2
15,429
7,438
5,644
1,664
588
669
1,362
1,990
+698
19Kristaps Porziņģis
K. Porziņģis
523
533
30.3
19.5
7.6
1.9
0.7
1.8
6.8
14.8
46.1
1.9
5.2
36.4
4.0
4.8
83.0
57.7
1.7
5.9
1.6
16,173
10,372
4,055
994
383
947
876
1,587
+952
20Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
521
530
33.1
25.3
4.7
5.3
1.4
0.8
8.8
17.3
50.8
1.4
3.8
36.0
6.3
7.3
86.4
61.6
0.7
4.0
2.3
17,550
13,411
2,503
2,810
761
422
1,223
1,183
+2062
21Dillon Brooks
D. Brooks
521
548
29.6
14.8
3.3
2.0
0.9
0.2
5.5
13.0
42.1
1.9
5.3
35.3
2.0
2.4
81.0
52.5
0.8
2.5
1.5
16,198
8,101
1,797
1,081
506
133
802
1,809
+400
22Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
514
514
35.0
29.2
8.5
8.2
1.3
0.5
9.8
21.0
46.9
3.2
9.0
35.2
6.4
8.5
75.5
59.2
0.9
7.6
4.0
18,000
15,021
4,376
4,230
661
237
2,032
1,181
+1423
23Sidney Moncrief
S. Moncrief
513
610
31.4
16.6
4.6
3.9
1.2
0.3
5.7
11.5
50.0
0.2
0.6
28.6
5.0
5.9
83.6
59.0
1.8
2.9
2.1
19,176
10,155
2,831
2,396
762
173
1,289
1,373
24Trae 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
25Ivica Zubac
I. Zubac
498
632
23.5
10.5
8.3
1.4
0.4
1.0
4.3
7.1
61.4
0.0
0.0
8.3
1.8
2.5
72.5
64.2
2.7
5.6
1.3
14,878
6,630
5,251
899
236
615
791
1,487
+853
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