minutes leaders from 1981-82 to 1990-91 season

Between the 1981-82 and 1990-91 seasons, Michael Jordan played the most minutes per game with 38.7 minutes per game.

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  • Assumption:41+ GP/82TG
  • Data note: Minutes Per Game: player season data complete from 1951-52
NAMEMPGGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
38.7
509
32.6
6.3
5.9
2.8
1.1
12.1
23.2
52.0
0.4
1.2
28.6
8.1
9.6
84.9
59.4
1.8
4.5
3.1
19,673
16,596
3,186
3,018
1,412
548
1,599
1,555
2Larry Bird
L. Bird
38.6
688
25.3
9.9
6.6
1.8
0.9
9.9
19.8
50.2
0.8
2.0
37.6
4.7
5.3
89.1
57.2
1.9
8.0
3.1
26,587
17,397
6,793
4,568
1,210
606
2,139
1,679
3Lionel Simmons
L. Simmons
37.7
79
18.0
8.8
4.0
1.4
1.1
6.9
16.5
42.2
0.0
0.1
27.3
4.1
5.5
73.6
47.6
2.4
6.4
2.9
2,978
1,421
697
315
113
85
230
249
4David Robinson
D. Robinson
37.2
164
25.0
12.5
2.3
1.6
3.9
8.8
16.3
54.2
0.0
0.1
11.1
7.3
9.8
74.7
60.6
3.9
8.6
3.2
6,097
4,094
2,046
372
265
639
527
523
5Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
37.2
535
23.3
11.7
3.7
1.6
1.1
8.2
14.2
58.0
0.3
1.4
24.2
6.5
8.8
73.8
64.5
4.5
7.2
3.5
19,880
12,454
6,249
1,968
871
562
1,892
1,849
6Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
37.0
760
19.8
7.2
11.9
1.8
0.4
6.9
13.3
52.0
0.4
1.3
30.3
5.6
6.5
85.5
61.2
1.7
5.5
3.9
28,121
15,054
5,460
9,041
1,384
293
2,955
1,684
7Karl Malone
K. Malone
37.0
489
25.6
10.8
2.7
1.4
0.7
9.5
18.2
52.5
0.1
0.2
28.7
6.4
9.1
70.8
57.6
3.0
7.8
3.4
18,080
12,498
5,290
1,308
680
353
1,674
1,727
8Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
37.0
720
26.1
7.0
2.5
1.5
0.7
9.9
21.2
46.9
0.4
1.3
29.8
5.8
7.2
80.7
53.6
2.9
4.0
2.6
26,610
18,796
5,037
1,822
1,060
515
1,860
1,493
9Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
36.6
524
23.0
12.6
2.2
2.0
3.4
9.1
17.7
51.4
0.0
0.1
6.9
4.8
7.0
68.5
55.3
4.3
8.3
3.2
19,176
12,065
6,596
1,145
1,043
1,798
1,665
2,097
10Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
36.6
764
19.8
3.7
9.7
2.0
0.3
7.6
16.5
45.9
0.4
1.3
28.3
4.3
5.6
76.3
52.1
1.0
2.7
3.9
27,926
15,130
2,840
7,431
1,552
210
2,944
2,429
11Tim Hardaway
T. Hardaway
36.5
161
18.9
4.0
9.2
2.4
0.1
7.5
15.8
47.4
0.7
2.1
35.7
3.2
4.1
78.7
53.9
0.9
3.1
3.3
5,878
3,043
642
1,482
379
24
530
460
12Mitch Richmond
M. Richmond
36.5
234
22.7
5.5
3.4
1.3
0.3
8.5
17.5
48.6
0.5
1.3
35.7
5.2
6.2
84.0
56.0
1.7
3.7
3.0
8,543
5,301
1,280
795
306
71
700
640
13Brad Daugherty
B. Daugherty
36.3
354
18.5
9.1
3.7
0.7
0.6
6.9
13.2
52.1
0.0
0.0
10.0
4.7
6.6
72.4
57.6
2.0
7.1
3.0
12,857
6,543
3,233
1,305
263
227
1,066
957
14Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
35.8
438
23.6
9.6
2.2
1.2
3.1
9.3
17.5
53.2
0.0
0.1
3.2
5.0
6.7
74.2
57.7
2.7
7.0
3.5
15,688
10,323
4,220
945
522
1,361
1,523
1,694
15Buck Williams
B. Williams
35.7
797
15.7
11.5
1.5
0.9
1.0
6.0
10.8
55.4
0.0
0.0
9.5
3.7
5.7
65.7
59.0
3.8
7.6
2.7
28,483
12,487
9,127
1,189
715
782
2,116
2,776
16Ron Harper
R. Harper
35.6
295
19.8
4.8
5.1
2.2
1.0
7.6
16.5
46.2
0.4
1.5
26.6
4.2
5.8
71.6
52.0
1.7
3.2
3.3
10,495
5,840
1,418
1,500
663
286
962
844
17Hersey Hawkins
H. Hawkins
35.4
241
18.6
3.5
3.3
1.8
0.4
6.4
13.9
46.3
1.1
2.6
41.4
4.6
5.3
86.8
57.1
0.8
2.7
2.3
8,543
4,478
839
799
428
104
556
583
18Chuck Person
C. Person
35.3
398
19.1
6.5
3.4
0.9
0.2
7.9
16.4
48.1
0.8
2.5
34.2
2.4
3.3
74.8
53.5
1.8
4.7
2.7
14,055
7,599
2,591
1,361
355
79
1,083
1,294
19Derrick Coleman
D. Coleman
35.2
74
18.4
10.3
2.2
1.0
1.3
6.9
14.9
46.7
0.2
0.5
34.2
4.4
6.0
73.1
52.7
3.6
6.6
2.9
2,602
1,364
759
163
71
99
217
217
20Jeff Ruland
J. Ruland
35.1
308
18.5
10.8
3.2
0.8
0.9
6.8
12.0
56.4
0.0
0.1
15.8
5.0
6.9
71.9
61.6
3.4
7.3
3.9
10,824
5,700
3,313
995
240
263
1,186
1,157
21Moses Malone
M. Malone
35.0
779
22.0
12.0
1.4
0.8
1.3
7.4
15.3
48.3
0.0
0.1
5.0
7.2
9.1
78.7
56.9
4.9
7.1
3.1
27,301
17,138
9,378
1,101
644
1,008
2,420
1,757
22Pooh Richardson
P. Richardson
35.0
164
14.3
3.1
7.9
1.6
0.2
6.5
13.9
46.6
0.4
1.3
30.8
0.9
1.7
55.9
48.8
0.8
2.2
1.9
5,735
2,339
503
1,288
264
38
315
257
23Kenny Smith
K. Smith
34.9
299
15.3
2.3
6.9
1.3
0.1
5.9
12.3
48.2
0.4
1.3
34.5
2.9
3.7
80.0
54.7
0.5
1.8
2.8
10,435
4,567
684
2,054
379
34
839
587
24Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
34.7
591
24.6
4.9
3.0
0.8
0.1
8.5
15.8
54.0
0.0
0.1
15.6
7.5
9.2
81.8
62.0
2.0
2.9
2.7
20,536
14,521
2,881
1,782
467
67
1,605
1,484
25Rodney McCray
R. McCray
34.6
629
12.9
7.1
3.9
0.8
0.7
5.0
9.8
51.1
0.0
0.2
23.3
2.8
3.7
76.5
56.4
2.3
4.8
2.0
21,751
8,115
4,461
2,450
525
448
1,251
1,455

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1
.857
2
5
1
.833
0.5
3
4
1
.800
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4
4
2
.667
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.600
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.500
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.429
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.400
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3.5
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.333
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.167
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.167
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.000
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
6
0
1.000
2
6
1
.857
0.5
3
4
1
.800
1.5
4
4
2
.667
2.0
5
4
2
.667
2.0
6
4
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.667
2.0
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.667
2.0
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.600
2.5
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.571
2.5
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.500
3.0
11
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.333
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