who had the most games started for the lakers in the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most starts for the Lakers, with 625 starts.

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	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	Kareem 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
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	596	602	37.0	19.5	7.3	11.9	1.9	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.0	0.2	0.7	24.2	5.2	6.2	84.1	60.9	1.8	5.5	3.9	22,251	11,758	4,387	7,145	1,150	242	2,352	1,367
3	James Worthy J. Worthy	438	552	32.6	17.9	5.7	2.8	1.1	0.9	7.5	13.5	55.6	0.0	0.1	6.1	2.8	3.7	75.6	58.9	1.9	3.7	2.2	17,969	9,857	3,141	1,544	625	472	1,211	1,412
4	Byron Scott B. Scott	412	468	31.0	16.8	3.2	3.1	1.4	0.3	6.9	13.6	50.8	0.6	1.4	38.5	2.4	2.9	84.4	56.5	0.8	2.4	1.8	14,514	7,856	1,484	1,432	660	123	826	1,086
5	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	301	493	18.7	5.3	5.9	0.9	0.9	0.6	2.1	3.8	55.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.7	68.4	59.0	1.9	4.0	1.3	9,229	2,608	2,911	435	456	287	635	1,221
6	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	244	279	31.3	17.7	4.2	2.1	0.9	0.3	7.6	14.6	52.1	0.0	0.1	10.5	2.5	3.4	74.5	55.2	1.7	2.5	1.8	8,726	4,946	1,170	580	245	85	500	731
7	A.C. Green	219	325	27.5	10.5	7.5	1.0	0.9	0.7	3.8	7.3	52.6	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.8	3.7	75.6	58.7	2.7	4.8	1.4	8,928	3,398	2,445	334	300	229	440	776
8	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	161	161	35.6	16.3	2.4	7.6	1.5	0.1	7.2	14.9	48.4	0.0	0.2	12.0	1.9	2.4	78.1	51.2	0.6	1.8	3.0	5,735	2,631	381	1,218	236	11	475	440
9	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	84	627	27.4	9.1	3.2	4.6	1.2	0.6	3.5	7.5	46.7	0.6	1.7	34.7	1.5	1.8	84.2	55.0	0.7	2.4	1.6	17,179	5,723	1,977	2,898	746	371	1,031	1,658
10	Mike McGee M. McGee	74	302	15.0	8.2	2.0	0.9	0.6	0.1	3.6	6.9	51.9	0.2	0.7	33.2	0.8	1.4	59.3	54.6	1.1	0.9	1.1	4,541	2,465	600	277	170	28	323	563
11	Larry Spriggs L. Spriggs	39	156	13.6	5.4	2.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	2.1	4.0	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.6	75.9	56.9	0.8	1.6	1.3	2,126	838	369	211	77	26	203	328
12	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	32	173	15.3	6.4	3.9	0.5	0.3	0.2	2.5	5.1	50.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.9	69.0	54.4	1.4	2.5	1.0	2,644	1,113	672	78	47	43	177	332
13	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	9	193	24.3	10.3	5.7	0.7	0.6	0.9	4.1	7.8	52.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.2	66.8	55.9	2.1	3.6	1.4	4,681	1,996	1,092	142	110	168	267	560
14	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	9	71	13.6	2.4	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.5	46.3	0.0	0.1	16.7	0.1	0.3	36.8	46.4	1.5	2.2	0.5	966	170	264	42	39	46	37	127
15	Wes Matthews W. Matthews	8	101	12.3	4.9	1.1	2.4	0.5	0.1	2.0	4.3	46.7	0.1	0.3	24.2	0.8	1.0	82.2	51.8	0.3	0.8	1.2	1,238	497	113	238	48	7	120	118
16	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	8	77	22.7	10.2	7.4	1.1	0.6	0.3	3.9	8.5	46.2	0.0	0.0	50.0	2.3	3.0	78.3	52.0	2.1	5.2	1.6	1,750	785	566	84	45	24	121	253
17	Mike Smrek M. Smrek	5	83	7.9	2.5	1.5	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.9	2.0	45.4	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.1	65.9	51.2	0.5	1.0	0.6	654	208	122	13	11	55	49	175
18	Mark Landsberger M. Landsberger	5	114	13.1	3.7	4.6	0.4	0.2	0.1	1.6	3.8	43.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.8	50.0	44.5	1.9	2.7	0.6	1,490	419	529	44	18	11	69	182
19	Milt Wagner M. Wagner	4	40	9.5	3.8	0.7	1.5	0.2	0.1	1.6	3.7	42.2	0.1	0.3	20.0	0.7	0.7	89.7	47.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	380	152	28	61	6	4	22	42
20	Tony Campbell T. Campbell	3	76	13.5	7.0	2.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	2.8	5.9	48.2	0.0	0.3	12.5	1.3	1.6	80.3	53.1	0.8	1.3	1.2	1,029	531	157	62	48	8	88	149
21	Petur Gudmundsson P. Gudmundsson	2	8	16.0	7.3	4.8	0.4	0.4	0.5	2.5	4.6	54.1	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.4	66.7	59.3	2.1	2.6	1.4	128	58	38	3	3	4	11	25
22	Ronnie Lester R. Lester	1	59	8.5	2.6	0.6	2.3	0.4	0.1	1.0	2.3	44.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.8	72.0	50.0	0.1	0.5	1.3	500	156	36	134	24	6	74	52
23	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	1	224	20.0	12.1	4.4	0.9	0.5	0.8	4.8	9.8	49.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	3.2	75.9	54.0	1.3	3.2	1.5	4,475	2,701	990	212	122	179	341	614

StatMuse has season-level data for games started going back to the 1981-82 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

33.5

Dončić

RPG

8.0

Ayton

APG

8.3

Dončić

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.2

9th

DRTG

116.4

19th

NETRTG

1.8

14th

3P%

35.9

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	GSW	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Fri 10/23	LAC	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Sun 10/25	LAL	@	UTA	5:00 PM
Tue 10/27	POR	@	LAL	11:00 PM
Wed 10/28	LAL	@	LAC	10:30 PM

Last Game

Thunder

4 - 0

115

Final

110

Lakers

0 - 4

Mon 11 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most starts for the Lakers, with 625 starts.

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