who started the most games in nba history

LeBron James has the most career starts, with 1,560 starts.

Interpreted as:
Who started in the regular season the most games in NBA history?
NAMEGSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,560
1,562
37.8
27.0
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.9
19.6
50.6
1.6
4.7
34.9
5.5
7.5
73.7
59.0
1.2
6.4
3.5
59,042
42,184
11,731
11,584
2,345
1,150
5,471
2,781
+7389
2Karl Malone
K. Malone
1,471
1,476
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
54,852
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
3Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
1,460
1,522
33.8
20.7
7.5
2.4
0.8
0.8
7.3
15.6
47.1
1.3
3.4
38.0
4.8
5.4
87.9
57.7
1.0
6.6
1.6
51,368
31,560
11,489
3,651
1,210
1,281
2,494
3,601
+6541
4Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
1,425
1,462
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
50,418
26,071
14,662
5,445
1,859
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
5Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
1,389
1,392
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
47,368
26,496
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
6Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
1,350
1,391
36.0
12.6
6.3
8.7
1.9
0.3
4.5
11.2
40.0
1.4
4.1
34.9
2.2
2.8
78.5
50.7
1.3
5.0
2.9
50,111
17,529
8,725
12,091
2,684
450
4,003
2,572
+3868
7Chris Paul
C. Paul
1,314
1,358
33.6
17.0
4.4
9.2
2.0
0.2
6.0
12.8
46.9
1.4
3.7
37.0
3.6
4.1
87.1
58.1
0.6
3.8
2.3
45,668
23,021
5,984
12,515
2,724
222
3,097
3,194
+6094
8Reggie Miller
R. Miller
1,304
1,389
34.3
18.2
3.0
3.0
1.1
0.2
5.9
12.6
47.1
1.8
4.7
39.5
4.5
5.1
88.8
61.4
0.6
2.4
1.7
47,619
25,279
4,182
4,141
1,505
299
2,409
2,730
+2015
9John Stockton
J. Stockton
1,300
1,504
31.8
13.1
2.7
10.5
2.2
0.2
4.7
9.1
51.5
0.6
1.5
38.4
3.2
3.9
82.6
60.8
0.6
2.1
2.8
47,764
19,711
4,051
15,806
3,265
315
4,244
3,942
+2941
10Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
1,285
1,343
34.2
19.7
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.2
6.4
80.6
56.8
0.8
4.8
2.6
45,880
26,397
7,527
4,708
1,752
745
3,532
3,643
+3345
11Gary Payton
G. Payton
1,233
1,335
35.3
16.3
3.9
6.7
1.8
0.2
6.5
14.0
46.6
0.8
2.7
31.7
2.4
3.4
72.9
52.8
1.0
2.9
2.3
47,117
21,813
5,269
8,966
2,445
285
3,030
3,217
+1928
12Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1,198
1,346
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
48,637
33,643
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
13Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
1,197
1,207
34.7
23.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
41,918
28,596
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
14Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
1,186
1,238
35.7
21.8
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
8.7
17.0
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.2
4.4
6.2
71.2
55.3
3.3
7.8
3.0
44,222
26,946
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
15DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
1,179
1,191
34.7
21.3
4.4
4.1
1.0
0.3
7.6
16.3
46.9
0.5
1.7
30.0
5.5
6.5
84.2
55.6
0.7
3.7
2.0
41,376
25,368
5,224
4,890
1,177
394
2,382
2,664
+194
16Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
1,159
1,282
31.4
9.7
9.5
2.5
1.1
0.3
3.8
8.0
47.1
0.1
0.2
25.3
2.1
2.7
76.1
52.6
3.1
6.5
2.2
40,280
12,417
12,205
3,217
1,351
384
2,785
4,421
+171
17Tony Parker
T. Parker
1,151
1,254
30.5
15.5
2.7
5.6
0.8
0.1
6.2
12.6
49.1
0.4
1.3
32.4
2.7
3.6
75.1
54.6
0.4
2.4
2.3
38,279
19,473
3,396
7,036
1,053
98
2,865
2,059
+5690
18Pau Gasol
P. Gasol
1,150
1,226
33.4
17.0
9.2
3.2
0.5
1.6
6.5
12.8
50.7
0.1
0.4
36.8
3.9
5.1
75.3
56.5
2.5
6.7
2.2
41,001
20,894
11,305
3,925
606
1,941
2,638
2,632
+1826
19Ray Allen
R. Allen
1,149
1,300
35.6
18.9
4.1
3.4
1.1
0.2
6.6
14.6
45.2
2.3
5.7
40.0
3.4
3.8
89.4
58.0
0.9
3.1
2.1
46,344
24,505
5,272
4,361
1,451
244
2,709
2,858
+3491
20Buck Williams
B. Williams
1,140
1,307
32.5
12.8
10.0
1.3
0.8
0.8
4.9
8.9
54.9
0.0
0.0
16.7
3.0
4.6
66.4
58.7
3.5
6.5
2.1
42,464
16,784
13,017
1,646
1,080
1,100
2,784
4,267
+155
21Mike Conley
M. Conley
1,129
1,176
31.2
14.0
2.9
5.6
1.4
0.2
4.9
11.2
43.8
1.6
4.2
38.9
2.5
3.1
82.5
55.7
0.5
2.5
1.9
36,668
16,489
3,462
6,634
1,605
243
2,185
2,280
+2697
22Kevin Durant
K. Durant
1,123
1,126
36.7
27.2
7.0
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.7
50.2
1.9
5.0
39.0
6.5
7.4
88.2
62.0
0.7
6.3
3.2
41,345
30,650
7,846
4,915
1,177
1,274
3,560
2,150
+4741
23Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
1,122
1,183
34.3
21.0
9.8
1.9
1.0
2.4
8.2
16.3
50.4
0.0
0.1
15.2
4.6
6.2
74.0
55.3
2.3
7.5
3.0
40,594
24,815
11,607
2,215
1,136
2,894
3,537
4,034
+412
24Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
1,120
1,260
34.5
22.5
6.2
2.7
1.0
0.5
8.0
18.0
44.7
1.4
3.9
35.5
5.0
6.2
81.4
54.3
1.6
4.6
2.4
43,514
28,289
7,808
3,422
1,223
644
3,052
3,543
+1528
25Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
1,092
1,296
30.2
9.6
3.8
8.0
1.2
0.1
3.7
8.3
44.7
0.6
1.7
33.2
1.7
2.2
77.0
52.2
1.0
2.8
2.4
39,121
12,489
4,963
10,334
1,608
117
3,155
2,230
+402
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