who is the oldest starter player to win an nba championship

41 players won 1 championship. The first three are Robert Parish in 1996-97 and Kevin Willis and David Robinson in 2002-03.

Interpreted as:

Who is the oldest starter player to win an NBA championship in a regular season?

	NAME	Champs	Age	SEASON	TM	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	Robert Parish R. Parish	1	43	1996-97	CHI	3	18.7	6.7	5.3	1.3	0.0	0.7	3.0	6.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.3	50.0	50.6	3.0	2.3	0.7	56	20	16	4	0	2	2	3	+15
2	Kevin Willis K. Willis	1	40	2002-03	SAS	6	22.2	5.2	5.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	2.5	5.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.5	33.3	49.5	2.2	3.5	1.8	133	31	34	4	5	4	11	10	+20
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1	40	1987-88	LAL	80	28.9	14.6	6.0	1.7	0.6	1.2	6.0	11.3	53.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.4	76.2	57.0	1.5	4.5	2.0	2,308	1,165	478	135	48	92	159	216
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1	39	1986-87	LAL	78	31.3	17.5	6.7	2.6	0.6	1.2	7.2	12.7	56.4	0.0	0.0	33.3	3.1	4.4	71.4	59.7	1.9	4.8	2.4	2,441	1,366	523	203	49	97	186	245
5	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	1	38	2007-08	TOT	34	26.8	13.6	2.9	4.9	0.8	0.1	5.2	11.1	46.8	0.4	1.5	26.9	2.9	3.1	91.5	54.8	0.4	2.6	2.1	910	463	100	166	26	2	72	66	-79
6	Al Horford A. Horford	1	37	2023-24	BOS	33	30.2	10.3	6.7	3.2	0.8	0.9	3.9	7.5	51.6	2.1	4.9	43.2	0.5	0.5	93.8	66.9	1.2	5.5	0.8	997	341	222	106	25	31	28	54	+272
7	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1	37	2013-14	SAS	74	29.2	15.1	9.7	3.0	0.6	1.9	6.0	12.2	49.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	4.3	73.1	53.5	2.1	7.6	2.1	2,158	1,119	721	220	43	139	159	134	+298
8	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1	37	2010-11	DAL	80	33.2	7.9	4.4	8.2	1.7	0.4	2.7	7.5	36.1	1.7	4.9	34.0	0.8	1.0	87.0	50.0	0.4	4.0	2.2	2,653	630	351	655	134	29	179	119	+169
9	Gary Payton G. Payton	1	37	2005-06	MIA	25	34.7	10.3	3.5	4.7	1.0	0.0	3.8	9.4	40.9	1.0	3.7	25.8	1.7	2.0	82.4	50.1	0.5	3.0	1.8	867	258	88	118	25	1	44	57	+31
10	Tony Massenburg T. Massenburg	1	37	2004-05	SAS	6	22.3	6.8	5.2	0.7	1.0	0.2	2.7	5.8	45.7	0.0	0.0		1.5	1.8	81.8	51.5	1.3	3.8	0.8	134	41	31	4	6	1	5	18	+39
11	David Robinson D. Robinson	1	37	2002-03	SAS	64	26.2	8.5	7.9	1.0	0.8	1.7	3.1	6.6	46.9	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.3	71.0	53.1	2.5	5.4	1.3	1,676	546	508	61	52	111	83	126	+340
12	Ron Harper R. Harper	1	37	2000-01	LAL	46	24.5	6.7	3.6	2.5	0.8	0.5	2.8	5.9	46.9	0.4	1.6	26.4	0.7	1.0	70.8	52.5	1.0	2.6	1.3	1,127	307	166	113	39	25	61	70	+91
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1	37	1984-85	LAL	79	33.3	22.0	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	9.2	15.3	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.0	73.2	62.8	2.1	5.8	2.5	2,630	1,735	622	249	63	162	197	238
14	Jeff Green J. Green	1	36	2022-23	DEN	4	21.7	9.0	2.3	1.5	0.0	0.3	3.3	6.0	54.2	0.3	1.8	14.3	2.3	2.5	90.0	63.4	0.3	2.0	0.8	87	36	9	6	0	1	3	8	-17
15	Matt Barnes M. Barnes	1	36	2016-17	TOT	18	28.8	7.7	5.1	3.3	0.7	0.3	2.7	6.8	39.8	1.3	3.9	33.8	0.9	1.2	72.7	52.0	0.8	4.3	1.6	519	138	92	60	12	5	29	45	-59
16	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	1	36	2013-14	SAS	3	23.9	12.0	3.3	2.7	1.3	0.7	3.7	9.0	40.7	1.0	3.0	33.3	3.7	4.7	78.6	54.3	0.3	3.0	3.0	72	36	10	8	4	2	9	1	+5
17	Robert Horry R. Horry	1	36	2006-07	SAS	8	22.2	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.4	0.8	1.3	3.4	37.0	0.6	1.9	33.3	0.6	1.1	55.6	48.4	1.5	3.1	0.6	178	30	37	14	11	6	5	19	+66
18	Danny Ferry D. Ferry	1	36	2002-03	SAS	1	23.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	8.0	25.0	1.0	6.0	16.7	0.0	0.0		31.3	0.0	2.0	0.0	23	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	+4
19	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	1	36	2001-02	LAL	2	21.5	8.5	4.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	4.0	8.0	50.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	100.0	51.7	0.0	4.5	1.0	43	17	9	3	1	1	2	4	+12
20	A.C. Green	1	36	1999-00	LAL	82	23.5	5.0	5.9	1.0	0.6	0.2	2.1	4.7	44.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	0.8	1.2	69.5	48.2	2.0	4.0	0.6	1,929	413	486	80	53	18	53	127	+328
21	Ron Harper R. Harper	1	36	1999-00	LAL	78	25.9	7.1	4.2	3.4	1.1	0.5	2.7	6.8	40.0	0.4	1.4	31.1	1.3	1.9	68.0	46.8	1.2	3.0	1.7	2,020	557	330	267	85	39	130	163	+328
22	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	1	36	1997-98	CHI	66	37.4	5.0	15.8	3.1	0.6	0.3	2.0	4.5	45.4	0.0	0.2	18.8	0.8	1.5	56.6	48.3	5.6	10.2	1.9	2,471	327	1,040	202	37	18	127	206	+279
23	P.J. Tucker	1	35	2020-21	TOT	33	29.7	4.3	4.5	1.4	0.9	0.5	1.5	4.0	36.4	0.8	2.6	31.0	0.5	0.7	78.3	49.6	1.0	3.5	1.1	979	141	149	45	30	18	35	94	-166
24	LeBron James L. James	1	35	2019-20	LAL	67	34.6	25.3	7.8	10.2	1.2	0.5	9.6	19.4	49.3	2.2	6.3	34.8	3.9	5.7	69.3	57.7	1.0	6.9	3.9	2,316	1,698	525	684	78	36	261	118	+441
25	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	1	35	2015-16	CLE	5	34.0	11.2	3.0	1.8	0.6	0.0	3.2	8.8	36.4	0.8	4.0	20.0	4.0	5.6	71.4	49.7	0.2	2.8	0.8	170	56	15	9	3	0	4	13	-26

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