Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Elvin Hayes played the most minutes, with 33,863 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:

the most minutes by a player in the 1970s

	NAME	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	33,863	815	41.5	23.2	14.2	2.1	1.2	2.5	9.3	20.7	45.1	4.6	6.7	67.7	49.1	3.5	9.7	2.8	18,922	11,565	1,685	606	1,198	464	2,676
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31,771	773	41.1	28.6	14.8	4.5	1.3	3.5	11.8	21.5	55.1	5.0	7.1	70.6	58.3	3.1	11.0	3.5	22,141	11,460	3,440	576	1,595	490	2,399
3	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	28,643	719	39.8	21.9	6.4	5.8	1.2	0.3	8.7	19.1	45.4	4.5	5.4	83.9	50.9	1.5	3.5	2.5	15,747	4,603	4,185	476	117	204	1,813
4	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	27,857	757	36.8	10.8	13.9	4.1	1.1	0.6	4.5	8.7	51.2	1.9	2.9	63.5	53.9	3.5	8.4	2.1	8,192	10,511	3,073	511	270	329	2,066
5	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	27,653	746	37.1	18.2	4.2	5.1	1.3	0.2	7.8	17.6	44.3	2.6	3.1	83.5	47.9	0.9	2.9	2.7	13,546	3,143	3,819	587	98	329	1,849
6	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	27,326	760	36.0	19.0	7.1	3.4	1.4	0.6	7.9	16.2	48.7	3.3	4.2	78.0	52.8	1.8	4.6	3.0	14,465	5,369	2,595	611	256	463	2,749
7	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	26,401	668	39.5	20.2	6.0	6.1	1.9	0.2	8.0	16.3	49.0	4.2	5.3	80.0	54.3	1.1	4.3	2.1	13,502	4,015	4,092	679	62	135	1,734
8	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	26,392	660	40.0	18.6	14.6	4.0	1.2	1.0	7.9	17.1	46.1	2.8	3.6	78.2	49.7	3.3	10.8	2.7	12,252	9,636	2,622	500	412	391	2,567
9	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	26,171	746	35.1	11.8	4.8	7.0	1.8	0.2	4.4	10.7	41.4	2.9	3.7	78.0	47.6	1.3	3.0	2.1	8,770	3,596	5,217	767	71	249	2,661
10	Paul Silas P. Silas	25,490	809	31.5	10.7	10.8	2.5	0.7	0.3	3.9	8.9	43.5	2.9	4.2	69.4	49.7	3.7	6.1	1.5	8,619	8,737	2,060	333	133	250	2,135
11	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	25,446	729	34.9	20.2	3.1	5.2	1.3	0.2	7.9	17.1	46.2	4.3	5.2	83.0	51.9	1.1	1.6	2.5	14,692	2,262	3,769	545	72	390	1,997
12	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	25,331	723	35.0	11.9	11.2	3.7	1.5	1.8	4.9	11.2	44.1	2.0	2.8	73.4	48.0	2.6	8.4	2.7	8,579	8,120	2,700	742	868	431	2,516
13	Dave Bing D. Bing	23,759	665	35.7	19.2	3.5	6.0	1.3	0.2	7.2	16.2	44.5	4.8	6.0	79.9	51.0	1.1	1.9	2.7	12,784	2,306	4,012	483	89	216	1,888
14	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	23,513	683	34.4	20.7	4.0	3.0	1.4	0.3	8.5	17.3	49.2	3.6	4.4	81.3	53.6	1.2	1.9	1.6	14,125	2,765	2,056	516	98	249	1,801
15	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	23,352	615	38.0	25.0	4.3	5.7	1.4	0.3	9.7	21.9	44.1	5.6	6.9	81.9	50.0	1.1	3.5	4.5	15,359	2,669	3,480	563	102	448	1,786
16	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	23,290	722	32.3	19.0	2.4	4.9	1.7	0.1	7.6	15.6	48.6	3.8	4.3	88.4	54.1	0.7	1.5	2.3	13,692	1,731	3,560	809	31	360	2,467
17	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	23,248	644	36.1	22.8	11.9	3.3	1.2	2.0	9.3	18.3	50.6	4.3	5.6	77.5	55.1	3.2	8.5	3.4	14,686	7,690	2,134	466	799	400	2,100
18	Randy Smith R. Smith	23,129	650	35.6	18.7	4.5	5.1	2.1	0.1	7.6	16.2	47.2	3.4	4.4	76.8	51.5	1.3	3.1	3.3	12,143	2,897	3,306	1,018	35	541	1,896
19	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	22,916	713	32.1	18.3	2.8	3.9	1.1	0.3	7.3	15.5	46.9	3.7	4.5	81.8	52.1	0.6	2.3	2.0	13,020	2,015	2,786	452	118	277	1,827
20	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	22,616	654	34.6	18.2	8.6	2.1	0.8	0.4	7.6	15.1	50.5	2.9	3.7	78.2	54.2	2.3	5.8	1.8	11,900	5,632	1,383	323	159	176	1,655
21	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	22,533	640	35.2	18.7	9.4	3.3	1.0	0.7	7.4	16.0	46.1	4.0	5.7	69.9	50.6	2.8	6.0	2.5	11,974	5,988	2,113	476	340	406	2,115
22	Bob Love B. Love	22,436	602	37.3	21.1	6.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	8.3	19.2	43.0	4.6	5.6	81.8	48.7	2.0	3.7		12,705	4,037	1,002	232	56		1,777
23	Dick Snyder D. Snyder	21,270	753	28.2	13.0	2.8	3.1	0.7	0.4	5.4	10.9	49.7	2.1	2.5	84.3	54.0	0.6	1.7	0.7	9,795	2,119	2,333	300	157	84	1,943
24	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	21,195	570	37.2	22.0	10.7	2.0	0.7	1.2	8.7	18.8	46.5	4.5	5.6	80.0	51.7	2.9	6.8	2.5	12,534	6,087	1,164	263	477	340	1,627
25	Dick Van Arsdale D. Van Arsdale	20,854	605	34.5	17.2	3.1	3.3	0.9	0.2	6.1	12.9	47.6	4.9	5.9	83.3	55.5	0.7	1.7		10,382	1,904	2,011	264	44		1,606