player with most games started in career while playing less than 985 games

Isiah Thomas has the most career starts with fewer than 985 games played, with 971 starts.

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Data note: Games Started: player game data complete from 1981-82

	NAME	GS	GP	MPG	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	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	971	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3			7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4			4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6				35,514	18,822	3,478	9,061				2,970
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	910	910	36.2	25.1	4.3	6.7	1.0	0.3	8.0	18.4	43.9	3.1	8.4	37.1	5.8	6.5	89.9	59.0	0.6	3.7	2.8	32,898	22,798	3,877	6,112	882	268	2,562	1,720	+2495
3	Paul George P. George	907	955	33.5	20.5	6.2	3.7	1.7	0.4	7.0	15.9	44.0	2.6	6.8	38.4	3.8	4.5	85.2	57.1	0.8	5.4	2.6	31,951	19,558	5,932	3,540	1,622	421	2,516	2,530	+3571
4	Eddie Jones E. Jones	902	954	34.4	14.8	4.0	2.9	1.7	0.6	5.2	11.8	43.7	1.6	4.3	37.3	2.9	3.6	80.9	55.4	0.8	3.2	1.6	32,778	14,155	3,857	2,812	1,620	580	1,507	2,483	+2491
5	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	902	976	35.2	21.0	3.9	3.5	1.2	0.3	7.5	16.4	45.5	1.4	3.5	38.8	4.7	5.5	85.0	55.7	0.9	3.0	2.6	34,309	20,497	3,801	3,398	1,211	254	2,579	2,503	-406
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	901	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,583	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
7	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	896	983	32.6	14.7	3.6	2.9	1.7	0.3	5.0	10.8	46.1	1.2	3.2	39.4	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.5	0.8	2.8	1.9	32,026	14,470	3,555	2,860	1,622	302	1,828	2,043	+680
8	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	881	893	35.8	19.2	8.5	2.0	0.8	1.0	7.0	14.1	49.4	0.3	1.0	33.5	5.0	6.3	79.9	57.1	2.2	6.3	2.0	31,935	17,189	7,592	1,795	730	932	1,807	2,159	+2067
9	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	868	913	38.6	18.3	4.1	4.0	1.4	0.4	6.7	15.7	42.5	1.2	3.6	33.7	3.8	4.7	80.4	51.6	0.8	3.2	2.7	35,270	16,712	3,724	3,664	1,294	399	2,450	1,689	-111
10	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	866	891	32.2	14.0	7.4	3.4	0.9	1.4	5.2	10.8	48.1	0.5	1.3	36.0	3.2	4.1	77.6	55.7	1.6	5.8	2.0	28,721	12,514	6,604	2,996	792	1,254	1,755	2,551	+1139
11	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	842	857	34.1	17.1	5.0	2.7	1.2	0.4	6.5	14.8	43.8	1.9	5.1	37.0	2.2	3.2	70.7	52.8	1.2	3.7	1.8	29,243	14,644	4,245	2,284	995	367	1,503	1,963	-106
12	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	841	906	32.7	24.1	10.0	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	16.0	55.4	0.6	2.2	28.4	5.8	8.4	69.0	61.3	1.9	8.0	3.0	29,631	21,836	9,021	4,541	1,005	1,099	2,738	2,648	+3091
13	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	833	945	31.3	18.5	3.4	2.2	0.8	0.5	6.9	15.4	44.8	3.1	7.6	40.9	1.7	1.9	85.8	57.1	0.4	2.9	1.6	29,578	17,504	3,201	2,105	761	473	1,499	1,801	+3684
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	831	845	33.4	18.1	4.5	2.3	1.0	0.7	6.7	14.9	45.1	1.5	4.3	36.1	3.1	4.3	72.8	53.9	1.3	3.2	1.8	28,234	15,310	3,785	1,953	823	595	1,540	1,830	-542
15	Luol Deng L. Deng	828	902	34.3	14.8	6.1	2.3	1.0	0.5	5.7	12.5	45.6	0.7	2.2	33.2	2.7	3.5	76.9	52.8	1.6	4.4	1.6	30,940	13,361	5,468	2,042	880	444	1,459	1,499	+1357
16	Chris Webber C. Webber	827	831	37.1	20.7	9.8	4.2	1.4	1.4	8.7	18.1	47.9	0.3	1.1	29.9	3.0	4.7	64.9	51.3	2.7	7.0	2.8	30,846	17,182	8,124	3,526	1,197	1,200	2,313	2,700	+1550
17	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	823	915	30.7	12.4	11.7	1.4	0.7	2.0	4.7	7.1	65.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.9	63.1	67.1	3.4	8.3	1.6	28,109	11,365	10,693	1,265	637	1,851	1,456	2,430	+3790
18	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	816	846	37.7	19.3	3.0	7.6	1.2	0.1	6.8	15.7	43.3	1.2	3.6	32.5	4.5	5.7	78.4	52.8	0.7	2.3	3.0	31,892	16,297	2,516	6,471	1,022	121	2,547	2,014	-1016
19	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	816	875	28.8	6.0	7.9	1.0		3.5	2.4	5.2	45.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.9	64.9	49.6				25,160	5,216	6,943	840		3,060		2,956
20	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	815	980	32.7	18.0	3.3	3.0			7.0	14.3	49.3	0.2			3.7	4.4	84.0	55.5				32,087	17,620	3,276	2,981				1,631
21	Anthony Davis A. Davis	809	816	34.3	24.0	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.6	5.5	7.0	79.3	59.1	2.7	8.0	2.0	28,005	19,616	8,724	2,083	1,067	1,857	1,633	1,900	+878
22	Draymond Green D. Green	803	958	28.6	8.6	6.8	5.6	1.3	1.0	3.2	7.1	44.7	0.9	2.8	32.0	1.4	1.9	70.9	54.1	1.1	5.7	2.3	27,391	8,260	6,506	5,392	1,253	938	2,236	2,754	+4514
23	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	802	907	33.0	18.4	5.4	4.4	1.6	0.4	5.9	12.5	47.4	0.8	2.4	33.0	5.7	6.7	84.4	59.2	1.7	3.7	1.6	29,970	16,658	4,858	3,957	1,455	387	1,459	1,242	+2678
24	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	800	889	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	2.3	0.3	5.3	12.9	40.9	1.4	4.3	33.6	1.4	1.9	73.6	48.8	1.1	3.0	2.3	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	2,075	300	2,067	1,687	+347
25	David Wesley D. Wesley	796	949	31.9	12.5	2.5	4.4	1.3	0.2	4.5	10.6	42.4	1.2	3.2	36.8	2.3	3.0	78.6	52.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	30,272	11,842	2,405	4,159	1,280	161	1,808	2,310	-95

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Team Leaders

PPG

22.3

Cunningham

RPG

8.4

Thompson

APG

7.6

Cunningham

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.4

16th

DRTG

106.1

2nd

NETRTG

8.2

7th

3P%

37.0

9th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	9	2	.818
2	76ers	9	3	.750	0.5
3	Pistons	7	3	.700	1.5
4	Knicks	6	4	.600	2.5
5	Hawks	7	5	.583	2.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	DET	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Tue 11/17	DET	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Wed 11/18	DET	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Fri 11/20	TOR	@	DET	7:30 PM

Last Game

Wizards

4 - 7

111

Final

122

Pistons

7 - 3

Mon 9 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

39.3

Dončić

30.6

Curry

30.1

Wembanyama

RPG Leaders

13.8

Towns

13.3

Sabonis

12.6

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.1

Jokić

8.7

Young

8.6

Wagner

SPG Leaders

3.0

Daniels

2.3

Dunn

2.3

Barnes

BPG Leaders

4.4

Wembanyama

2.4

Turner

2.3

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.7

Curry

4.2

Robinson

TS% Leaders

73.4

Gafford

72.2

Curry

70.5

Carter

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.4

120.9

120.4

120.3

119.2

119.1

DRtg Rankings

106.1

107.4

107.5

108.2

NetRtg Rankings

12.2

11.8

11.0

9.4

9.2

8.7

Tank Leaderboard

1-10

1-8

2-8

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

694.7

Wembanyama

639.1

Dončić

583.3

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

675.3

Wembanyama

673.5

Dončić

610.3

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

39.9

Dončić

37.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

36.6

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.4

Acuff

36.9

Murray

36.6

Wagner

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.12

Wembanyama

1.76

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.06

Wembanyama

1.86

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

10-1

9-3

8-3

7-3

Worst Record ATS

2-9

3-8

3-7

4-8

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	9	2	.818
2	76ers	9	3	.750	0.5
3	Pistons	7	3	.700	1.5
4	Knicks	6	4	.600	2.5
5	Hawks	7	5	.583	2.5
6	Raptors	5	5	.500	3.5
7	Cavaliers	5	6	.455	4.0
8	Heat	5	6	.455	4.0
9	Hornets	4	7	.364	5.0
10	Wizards	4	7	.364	5.0
11	Magic	3	7	.300	5.5
12	Pacers	3	8	.273	6.0
13	Nets	2	8	.200	6.5
14	Bulls	1	8	.111	7.0
15	Bucks	1	10	.091	8.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	10	2	.833
2	Spurs	9	2	.818	0.5
3	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	1.5
4	Rockets	8	3	.727	1.5
5	Thunder	8	3	.727	1.5
6	Warriors	8	3	.727	1.5
7	Grizzlies	7	3	.700	2.0
8	Trail Blazers	7	3	.700	2.0
9	Mavericks	7	4	.636	2.5
10	Nuggets	5	4	.556	3.5
11	Suns	4	6	.400	5.0
12	Pelicans	4	7	.364	5.5
13	Clippers	2	8	.200	7.0
14	Kings	1	10	.091	8.5
15	Jazz	1	10	.091	8.5