which nba player has the most career games with 36 minutes played

LeBron James has the most games with 36+ minutes played, with 1,052 games.

Interpreted as:

Which NBA player has the most career regular-season games with 36 or more minutes played?

	NAME	GP	MIN	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	1,052	42,648	40.5	28.6	7.8	7.6	1.6	0.8	10.4	20.8	50.1	1.7	4.8	34.1	6.1	8.3	73.5	58.4	1.2	6.6	3.6	30,101	8,231	7,992	1,723	844	3,799	2,042	+3401
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,016	40,949	40.3	27.4	11.0	3.7	1.5	0.9	10.0	19.4	51.4	0.1	0.2	27.7	7.3	9.8	74.6	57.6	2.7	8.3	3.1	27,792	11,152	3,734	1,492	869	3,197	3,252	+1638
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	823	33,977	41.3	29.0	6.0	5.4	1.6	0.6	10.1	22.6	44.7	1.5	4.5	33.4	7.3	8.6	84.2	54.9	1.3	4.8	3.3	23,837	4,961	4,426	1,308	474	2,740	2,254	+1902
4	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	808	32,620	40.4	21.6	11.9	4.6	1.4	1.8	8.5	17.4	49.1	0.2	0.6	27.6	4.3	5.5	78.3	54.4	2.8	9.1	2.7	17,427	9,637	3,723	1,157	1,425	2,168	2,105	+2171
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	808	32,973	40.8	32.2	6.6	5.5	2.4	0.9	12.1	24.5	49.4	0.5	1.7	30.2	7.6	9.1	83.6	56.6	1.6	4.9	2.9	26,054	5,298	4,458	1,978	716	2,347	2,232	+691
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	793	31,988	40.3	15.1	7.2	9.8	2.1	0.4	5.3	13.3	40.0	1.5	4.3	34.1	3.0	3.8	79.3	50.6	1.5	5.7	3.2	11,973	5,735	7,772	1,702	284	2,557	1,640	+1873
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	791	33,872	42.8	28.4	3.9	6.4	2.3	0.2	9.8	23.0	42.8	1.2	3.9	31.6	7.4	9.5	78.1	52.1	0.8	3.0	3.7	22,426	3,074	5,065	1,816	148	2,927	1,554	+992
8	Ray Allen R. Allen	740	29,945	40.5	22.4	4.7	4.0	1.3	0.2	7.8	17.3	45.2	2.7	6.6	40.1	4.1	4.6	89.6	58.0	1.1	3.5	2.4	16,564	3,459	2,931	942	152	1,812	1,666	+1865
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	727	29,580	40.7	25.6	12.8	3.0	2.0	3.6	10.2	19.8	51.4	0.0	0.1	19.6	5.3	7.3	72.3	55.7	3.7	9.0	3.3	18,645	9,295	2,150	1,450	2,642	2,418	2,684	+278
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	720	28,830	40.0	29.6	7.5	4.5	1.1	1.2	10.1	20.5	49.4	2.1	5.5	38.0	7.3	8.3	88.3	61.4	0.7	6.8	3.4	21,327	5,430	3,222	765	888	2,471	1,474	+1846
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	720	29,609	41.1	20.5	4.7	7.9	2.0	0.3	8.1	17.7	46.0	1.2	3.6	32.0	3.1	4.3	72.6	52.5	1.2	3.6	2.7	14,781	3,397	5,707	1,458	194	1,914	1,808	+890
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	694	28,139	40.5	25.5	9.3	3.0	1.0	1.1	8.9	18.8	47.3	1.4	3.6	37.5	6.3	7.2	87.8	58.0	1.3	8.0	2.1	17,698	6,461	2,053	680	771	1,469	1,825	+3604
13	Reggie Miller R. Miller	693	27,464	39.6	21.6	3.5	3.3	1.2	0.2	7.0	14.8	47.0	2.1	5.4	39.4	5.5	6.3	88.7	61.4	0.8	2.8	2.0	14,991	2,440	2,319	850	165	1,386	1,474	+576
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	669	27,493	41.1	25.4	13.1	4.4	1.7	0.9	8.9	16.3	54.8	0.6	2.1	26.7	7.0	9.5	73.8	62.1	4.5	8.6	3.5	17,024	8,770	2,968	1,158	631	2,349	2,121	+327
15	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	664	27,406	41.3	20.0	4.6	5.0	1.0	0.2	7.7	17.2	44.4	1.8	4.9	37.2	2.9	3.6	80.3	53.2	1.1	3.6	2.4	13,313	3,086	3,292	675	153	1,591	1,296	+809
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	664	27,003	40.7	24.4	6.7	4.3	1.6	0.7	7.9	17.9	44.3	1.8	4.8	36.3	6.8	8.5	80.3	56.5	1.0	5.7	3.2	16,180	4,452	2,839	1,045	440	2,113	1,908	+1184
17	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	659	27,619	41.9	20.4	4.4	4.4	1.6	0.5	7.4	17.2	43.2	1.4	4.0	34.2	4.2	5.2	81.4	52.5	0.9	3.5	2.9	13,470	2,905	2,925	1,038	328	1,909	1,262	+216
18	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	650	26,252	40.4	19.1	7.5	5.9	2.3	0.9	7.4	15.7	47.2	1.0	3.1	33.1	3.2	4.6	70.1	53.8	2.0	5.4	3.2	12,418	4,848	3,847	1,468	602	2,048	2,021	+1319
19	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	648	26,054	40.2	25.4	11.5	2.2	1.1	2.9	9.9	19.6	50.7	0.0	0.1	17.6	5.5	7.5	73.8	55.5	2.7	8.9	3.4	16,476	7,480	1,443	698	1,860	2,189	2,333	+351
20	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	647	25,875	40.0	28.9	7.6	2.9		0.7	10.7	22.9	46.9	0.7			6.7	8.1	82.2	54.5				18,686	4,917	1,855		441		1,355	-110
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	636	25,677	40.4	28.0	12.8	3.0	0.7	2.7	11.1	19.2	57.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.9	11.1	52.8	58.1	4.2	8.6	3.0	17,828	8,140	1,893	452	1,737	1,928	2,198	+2248
22	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	625	25,501	40.8	21.6	3.3	8.2	1.4	0.1	7.6	17.5	43.6	1.3	4.0	32.7	5.1	6.4	79.0	53.3	0.8	2.5	3.2	13,524	2,047	5,134	845	90	1,995	1,561	-223
23	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	607	24,897	41.0	22.9	9.0	2.0	1.1	0.4	8.7	19.1	45.5	1.3	3.7	35.8	4.2	5.7	74.2	53.1	2.7	6.3	1.9	13,921	5,485	1,204	678	272	1,154	1,598	-352
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	602	24,487	40.7	23.4	12.7	3.4	0.8	2.5	8.9	17.9	50.1	0.0	0.2	15.6	5.5	8.0	68.8	54.8	3.4	9.3	3.1	14,103	7,672	2,026	474	1,502	1,845	1,672	+2978
25	James Harden J. Harden	599	23,675	39.5	28.7	6.5	8.6	1.7	0.7	8.4	19.4	43.4	3.1	8.9	35.2	8.7	10.1	86.1	60.0	0.9	5.6	4.4	17,173	3,905	5,165	1,019	403	2,610	1,616	+2012

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.8

Mitchell

RPG

8.9

Mobley

APG

6.9

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Team Rankings

ORTG

117.0

10th

DRTG

114.7

13th

NETRTG

2.3

10th

3P%

35.1

20th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
6	Magic	20	16	.556	7.0
7	Heat	20	16	.556	7.0
8	Cavaliers	20	17	.541	7.5
9	Bulls	17	19	.472	10.0
10	Hawks	17	21	.447	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 1/6	CLE	@	IND	7:00 PM
Thu 1/8	CLE	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Sat 1/10	MIN	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Mon 1/12	UTA	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 1/14	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM

Last Game

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26 - 9

114

Final

110

Cavaliers

20 - 17

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.5

Towns

11.1

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.3

Sarr

2.2

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.8

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.2

Ayton

69.4

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

124.5

122.9

122.0

121.0

120.0

119.1

DRtg Rankings

106.5

111.0

112.2

112.6

113.3

113.4

NetRtg Rankings

13.5

8.6

7.6

6.7

6.1

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

6-30

8-29

8-28

9-25

11-22

12-23

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,828.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,724.4

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,837.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,825.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

40.0

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.4

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

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Best Record ATS

25-11

20-13-1

21-14

21-15

Worst Record ATS

12-25

12-24

14-20

15-21

15-20

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	27	9	.750
2	Celtics	23	12	.657	3.5
3	Knicks	23	13	.639	4.0
4	Raptors	22	15	.595	5.5
5	76ers	19	15	.559	7.0
6	Magic	20	16	.556	7.0
7	Heat	20	16	.556	7.0
8	Cavaliers	20	17	.541	7.5
9	Bulls	17	19	.472	10.0
10	Hawks	17	21	.447	11.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	11.0
12	Hornets	13	23	.361	14.0
13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.5
14	Wizards	9	25	.265	17.0
15	Pacers	6	30	.167	21.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	7	.811
2	Spurs	25	10	.714	4.0
3	Lakers	22	11	.667	6.0
4	Nuggets	24	12	.667	5.5
5	Rockets	22	11	.667	6.0
6	Timberwolves	23	13	.639	6.5
7	Suns	21	15	.583	8.5
8	Warriors	19	18	.514	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	17	20	.459	13.0
10	Grizzlies	15	20	.429	14.0
11	Clippers	13	22	.371	16.0
12	Mavericks	13	23	.361	16.5
13	Jazz	12	23	.343	17.0
14	Kings	8	28	.222	21.5
15	Pelicans	8	29	.216	22.0