Moses Malone played the most minutes in 1981-82, with 3,398 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:

most minutes by a player in the 1981-82 season

	NAME	MIN	SEASON	TM	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	Moses Malone M. Malone	3,398	1981-82	HOU	81	42.0	31.1	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	11.7	22.5	51.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.8	10.2	76.2	57.6	6.9	7.8	3.6	2,520	1,188	142	76	125	294	208
2	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	3,222	1981-82	UTA	81	39.8	30.3	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	11.2	19.6	57.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	8.0	10.1	79.2	63.1	2.9	3.5	3.7	2,457	514	324	95	14	299	252
3	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	3,129	1981-82	POR	79	39.6	20.8	11.7	4.0	0.9	1.4	8.6	16.5	52.3	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.6	62.8	54.8	3.3	8.4	3.1	1,642	921	319	69	107	245	233
4	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	3,077	1981-82	DET	82	37.5	21.6	5.4	3.3	1.1	0.2	7.8	15.6	49.6	0.1	0.3	22.7	6.0	7.6	79.7	57.0	2.7	2.7	3.4	1,772	443	270	89	16	280	241
5	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	3,063	1981-82	TOT	84	36.5	20.5	7.0	1.0	0.7	0.5	9.0	17.6	51.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.6	72.8	53.6	2.9	4.1	1.8	1,726	590	82	60	43	153	277
6	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	3,049	1981-82	SEA	82	37.2	19.6	12.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	7.1	14.8	47.9	0.0	0.2	15.4	5.5	6.4	85.5	55.9	2.7	9.9	2.6	1,611	1,038	277	102	107	213	268
7	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3,044	1981-82	NYK	82	37.1	17.9	6.9	7.0	2.6	0.5	7.5	16.4	46.1	0.2	1.2	18.8	2.6	3.7	70.0	49.8	2.2	4.7	3.5	1,469	565	572	213	41	291	317
8	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	3,032	1981-82	HOU	82	37.0	16.1	9.1	1.8	0.8	1.3	6.3	13.4	47.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.4	5.1	66.4	51.3	3.3	5.9	2.5	1,318	747	144	62	104	208	287
9	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	3,024	1981-82	LAL	82	36.9	17.6	2.1	8.0	1.6	0.1	7.7	15.5	49.3	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.2	2.7	80.8	52.5	0.5	1.7	2.9	1,440	176	652	132	7	238	264
10	Alex English A. English	3,015	1981-82	DEN	82	36.8	25.4	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	10.4	18.9	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	5.4	84.0	59.6	2.6	4.2	3.2	2,082	558	433	87	120	261	261
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2,991	1981-82	LAL	78	38.3	18.6	9.6	9.5	2.7	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.7	0.1	0.4	20.7	4.2	5.6	76.0	59.0	3.2	6.4	3.7	1,447	751	743	208	34	286	223
12	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	2,980	1981-82	MIL	80	37.3	19.8	6.7	4.8	1.7	0.3	7.0	13.3	52.3	0.0	0.2	7.1	5.9	7.2	81.7	60.1	2.8	3.9	2.6	1,581	534	382	138	22	208	206
13	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	2,946	1981-82	WAS	79	37.3	18.8	8.0	3.2	1.7	0.3	7.9	16.5	47.5	0.1	0.3	40.9	3.0	3.6	83.0	51.9	1.7	6.3	1.5	1,486	633	250	137	22	119	204
14	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	2,937	1981-82	PHX	80	36.7	19.5	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	7.2	15.4	47.0	0.1	0.5	19.0	5.0	6.2	80.6	54.0	1.8	3.4	2.9	1,561	410	369	105	55	233	253
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	2,923	1981-82	BOS	77	38.0	22.9	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.2	18.4	50.3	0.1	0.7	21.2	4.3	4.9	86.3	55.7	2.6	8.3	3.3	1,761	837	447	143	66	254	244
16	Dave Greenwood D. Greenwood	2,914	1981-82	CHI	82	35.5	14.6	9.6	3.2	0.9	1.1	5.9	12.4	47.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.5	82.5	52.5	2.3	7.2	2.2	1,200	786	262	70	93	180	292
17	Robert Reid R. Reid	2,913	1981-82	HOU	77	37.8	13.4	6.6	4.1	1.5	0.6	5.7	12.4	45.6	0.0	0.1	10.0	2.1	2.8	74.8	49.2	2.3	4.4	2.0	1,035	511	314	115	48	157	297
18	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	2,906	1981-82	LAL	82	35.4	21.1	4.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	9.1	17.3	52.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.1	73.2	55.4	1.9	2.9	2.0	1,734	393	143	89	24	164	240
19	Gus Williams G. Williams	2,876	1981-82	SEA	80	36.0	23.4	3.1	6.9	2.2	0.5	9.7	19.9	48.6	0.1	0.5	22.5	4.0	5.5	73.4	52.6	1.2	1.9	2.5	1,875	244	549	172	36	197	163
20	Bernard King B. King	2,861	1981-82	GSW	79	36.2	23.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	9.4	16.5	56.6	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.5	6.3	70.5	60.0	1.8	4.2	3.4	1,833	469	282	78	23	267	285
21	Kyle Macy K. Macy	2,845	1981-82	PHX	82	34.7	14.2	3.2	4.7	1.7	0.1	5.9	11.5	51.4	0.5	1.2	39.0	1.9	2.1	89.9	57.0	1.0	2.2	1.5	1,163	261	384	143	9	125	185
22	Reggie Theus R. Theus	2,838	1981-82	CHI	82	34.6	18.4	3.8	5.8	1.1	0.2	6.8	14.6	46.9	0.3	1.2	25.0	4.4	5.5	80.8	54.2	1.4	2.4	3.4	1,508	312	476	87	16	277	243
23	Buck Williams B. Williams	2,825	1981-82	NJN	82	34.5	15.5	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	6.3	10.7	58.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.7	62.4	60.3	4.2	8.0	2.9	1,268	1,005	107	84	84	235	285
24	Rickey Green R. Green	2,822	1981-82	UTA	81	34.8	14.8	3.0	7.8	2.3	0.1	6.2	12.5	49.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.3	76.5	53.1	1.0	2.0	2.4	1,202	243	630	185	9	198	183
25	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,817	1981-82	SAS	79	35.7	32.3	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	2,551	392	187	77	45	210	215