which small forward has the most minutes in nba history

LeBron James has played the most career minutes by a small forward, with 50,626 minutes on the court.

	NAME	MIN	GP	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	50,626	1,345	37.6	27.2	7.6	7.6	1.5	0.8	10.0	19.7	50.5	1.7	4.8	34.6	5.6	7.6	73.6	59.0	1.1	6.4	3.5	36,535	10,174	10,162	1,989	1,009	4,713	2,407	+6235
2	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	41,069	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	18,940	7,494	6,135	2,307	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	38,113	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
4	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	37,007	1,025	36.1	20.5	6.1	4.6	1.2	0.3	8.2	18.6	44.1				4.0	4.9	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	20,964	6,256	4,739	476	117	204	2,586
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36,203	981	36.9	27.8	7.2	4.5	1.1	1.1	9.5	18.9	50.6	2.0	5.1	39.1	6.7	7.6	88.5	62.6	0.7	6.6	3.2	27,300	7,106	4,453	1,045	1,121	3,131	1,911	+5422
6	Alex English A. English	35,863	1,051	34.1	23.3	5.7	4.0	1.0	0.7	9.7	19.1	50.6	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.9	4.7	83.6	55.0	2.4	3.2	2.6	24,513	5,975	4,197	1,009	760	2,684	2,771
7	Glen Rice G. Rice	34,985	1,000	35.0	18.3	4.4	2.1	1.0	0.3	6.8	14.9	45.6	1.6	3.9	40.0	3.2	3.8	84.6	55.4	0.9	3.4	1.7	18,336	4,387	2,097	958	265	1,733	2,361	+1039
8	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	34,293	1,181	29.0	12.6	4.0	2.0	0.7	0.3	4.4	9.4	46.4	0.9	2.3	37.6	3.0	3.9	76.8	56.7	0.8	3.2	1.5	14,904	4,720	2,412	787	347	1,768	2,637	+749
9	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	34,151	955	35.8	24.3	5.7	3.0	1.0	0.2	8.6	15.8	54.0	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.7	81.8	61.7	2.3	3.4	2.9	23,177	5,455	2,830	944	150	2,503	2,550
10	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	33,863	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				23,149	11,463	3,650				2,596
11	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	32,912	1,118	29.4	10.4	4.8	2.1	1.5	0.3	3.7	8.8	42.2	1.4	4.1	35.1	1.5	2.1	73.1	53.5	1.0	3.8	1.3	11,593	5,356	2,379	1,628	355	1,473	2,205	+936
12	Grant Hill G. Hill	32,767	961	34.1	16.9	6.2	4.3	1.2	0.6	6.2	13.0	48.2	0.2	0.7	31.7	4.1	5.4	76.9	55.0	1.2	5.0	2.4	16,203	5,932	4,114	1,187	551	2,315	2,231	+1865
13	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	32,604	1,199	27.2	16.0	4.0	2.1	0.6	0.2	6.4	13.6	47.2	0.5	1.4	33.5	2.7	3.2	84.0	53.3	1.5	2.5	1.7	19,202	4,832	2,550	739	180	2,076	2,962	-15
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	32,545	980	33.2	18.6	5.3	3.4	1.2	0.5	6.1	13.5	45.4	1.5	4.0	37.5	4.8	6.0	80.5	57.6	0.8	4.6	2.4	18,186	5,236	3,316	1,194	501	2,395	2,633	+2898
15	Rudy Gay R. Gay	31,971	1,000	32.0	16.3	5.7	2.1	1.1	0.7	6.2	13.6	45.2	1.0	3.0	34.4	2.9	3.7	80.0	53.5	1.3	4.4	2.1	16,271	5,689	2,119	1,140	720	2,102	2,311	-355
16	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	31,957	911	35.1	23.2	6.2	3.0	1.0	0.5	8.3	18.4	45.1	1.1	3.3	33.7	5.5	6.8	80.8	54.3	1.7	4.6	2.7	21,177	5,691	2,717	934	447	2,419	2,602	+844
17	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	31,576	1,017	31.0	11.1	4.3	2.4	0.6	0.5	4.5	9.9	45.5	0.6	1.5	36.7	1.5	2.0	75.6	51.3	1.1	3.2	1.0	11,272	4,332	2,407	571	500	1,064	1,251	+1536
18	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	31,440	991	31.7	13.2	4.5	2.7	1.7	0.5	4.7	11.4	41.4	1.2	3.4	33.9	2.6	3.6	71.5	50.8	1.2	3.3	1.8	13,058	4,448	2,631	1,721	522	1,791	2,586	+1818
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	30,504	792	38.5	24.9	10.1	6.3	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.0	0.7	1.8	37.1	4.6	5.2	88.4	56.7	2.1	8.0	3.2	19,719	8,031	4,958	1,406	664	2,504	2,079
20	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	29,502	839	35.2	18.5	6.8	3.4	1.3	0.6	7.7	15.9	48.4	0.0	0.2	16.7	3.1	4.0	78.0	52.4	1.7	4.4	2.7	15,530	5,715	2,846	661	303	630	2,940
21	Bernard King B. King	29,417	874	33.7	22.5	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3	9.0	17.3	51.8	0.0	0.2	17.2	4.5	6.2	73.0	56.1	1.9	3.8	3.2	19,655	5,060	2,863	866	230	2,791	2,885
22	Shawn Marion S. Marion	29,363	871	33.7	14.4	8.1	1.8	1.4	1.0	6.0	12.5	47.6	0.6	1.7	33.1	1.9	2.4	81.6	53.2	2.3	5.8	1.5	12,578	7,059	1,600	1,236	845	1,311	1,852	+843
23	Chuck Person C. Person	28,941	943	30.7	14.7	5.1	2.8	0.7	0.2	5.9	12.9	45.8	1.3	3.6	36.2	1.6	2.2	72.3	53.0	1.2	3.8	2.1	13,858	4,763	2,645	683	197	1,952	2,565	+122
24	Rick Barry R. Barry	28,825	794	36.3	23.2	6.5	5.1	2.0	0.5	9.1	20.4	44.9	1.0	3.1	33.0	4.8	5.3	90.0	51.0	0.9	4.3	2.5	18,395	5,168	4,017	1,104	269	574	2,264
25	Chet Walker C. Walker	28,666	878	32.6	18.9	6.8	2.2	0.7	0.1	6.9	14.5	47.3				5.1	6.3	80.9	54.5	1.6	3.8		16,560	5,969	1,919	117	10		2,275

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.3

Mitchell

RPG

7.8

Mobley

APG

6.4

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 5/15	DET	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Sun 5/17	CLE	@	DET	1:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

3 - 2

117

Final

113

Pistons

2 - 3

Wed 13 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

30.0

Cunningham

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.2

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.2

Wembanyama

2.0

Allen

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.8

126.0

116.5

114.6

113.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.4

105.7

107.4

108.1

108.5

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

13.1

3.0

2.9

1.0

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

571.2

Cunningham

475.7

Harden

464.8

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

616.5

Cunningham

493.8

Harden

471.3

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

44.2

Lanier

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.1

Cunningham

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

2.00

Lanier

1.72

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

2.00

Lanier

1.72

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

54-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

40-54

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0