nba centers most minutes 1953-54 to 1957-58

Between the 1953-54 and 1957-58 seasons, Neil Johnston played the most minutes by a center, with 13,746 minutes on the court.

NAMEMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Neil Johnston
N. Johnston
13,746
354
38.8
22.3
12.4
2.9
7.4
16.5
44.5
7.6
9.6
78.9
53.7
7,900
4,399
1,012
1,229
2Ed Macauley
E. Macauley
12,342
357
34.6
16.9
7.0
3.1
5.8
13.3
43.6
5.3
6.9
76.6
51.6
6,038
2,511
1,102
859
3Clyde Lovellette
C. Lovellette
11,215
353
31.8
18.5
11.4
1.7
7.4
17.0
43.3
3.7
5.2
71.5
47.8
6,518
4,007
588
1,204
4Larry Foust
L. Foust
10,714
347
30.9
15.6
10.8
1.7
5.1
12.0
42.7
5.4
7.2
74.9
51.5
5,414
3,746
585
1,305
5Ray Felix
R. Felix
9,729
360
27.0
13.7
10.4
0.8
4.6
10.8
42.5
4.6
6.8
67.4
49.9
4,938
3,733
284
1,399
6Chuck Share
C. Share
8,733
353
24.7
10.5
9.6
1.4
3.4
8.2
41.2
3.8
5.5
68.9
49.7
3,722
3,404
504
1,349
7Johnny Kerr
J. Kerr
8,218
288
28.5
12.8
9.9
1.2
4.9
12.2
40.5
3.0
4.4
67.8
45.6
3,700
2,851
342
720
8Arnie Risen
A. Risen
8,006
315
25.4
9.6
8.3
1.3
3.2
8.8
36.9
3.1
4.3
71.3
44.8
3,020
2,630
423
1,195
9Nathaniel Clifton
N. Clifton
6,800
215
31.6
11.1
7.9
2.5
4.3
11.4
37.8
2.5
3.8
66.2
42.6
2,394
1,697
538
679
10Red Rocha
R. Rocha
5,510
216
25.5
8.9
5.4
1.8
3.2
8.7
36.2
2.6
3.3
77.7
43.6
1,913
1,177
390
648
11Walter Dukes
W. Dukes
5,340
203
26.3
9.8
10.8
0.7
3.2
8.8
36.6
3.3
4.9
68.8
44.7
1,988
2,191
145
795
12Art Spoelstra
A. Spoelstra
5,248
278
18.9
7.2
4.6
1.0
2.7
7.0
39.1
1.7
2.5
69.3
44.5
2,012
1,273
266
811
13Bob Houbregs
B. Houbregs
4,755
211
22.5
9.5
5.6
1.8
3.3
8.0
41.4
2.9
4.0
72.3
48.8
2,003
1,177
377
481
14Bill Russell
B. Russell
4,335
117
37.1
15.8
21.4
2.5
6.3
14.4
43.6
3.3
6.4
50.8
45.9
1,848
2,507
290
324
15Connie Simmons
C. Simmons
3,771
176
21.4
8.1
5.3
1.5
3.0
8.7
35.1
2.0
3.1
65.7
40.5
1,432
939
271
485
16Alex Hannum
A. Hannum
3,187
143
22.3
5.9
4.9
1.8
2.2
6.7
33.6
1.4
2.2
61.3
38.2
837
694
262
550
17George Mikan
G. Mikan
3,127
109
28.7
15.6
12.3
2.1
5.4
14.1
38.4
4.8
6.1
77.5
46.4
1,696
1,336
227
421
18Ed Kalafat
E. Kalafat
2,741
144
19.0
6.4
5.3
1.4
2.2
6.4
34.1
2.1
2.9
70.7
41.9
921
757
205
441
19Dolph Schayes
D. Schayes
2,655
72
36.9
17.1
12.1
3.0
5.1
13.5
38.0
6.8
8.2
82.7
49.8
1,228
870
214
232
20George Ratkovicz
G. Ratkovicz
2,170
69
31.4
8.3
7.6
2.2
2.9
7.3
39.3
2.6
4.0
64.5
45.9
570
523
154
255
21Dick Ricketts
D. Ricketts
2,114
72
29.4
11.2
6.1
1.8
4.2
12.1
34.4
2.9
4.1
69.4
40.2
804
437
127
307
22Joe Graboski
J. Graboski
2,077
72
28.8
12.6
7.9
1.7
4.7
14.1
33.5
3.2
4.2
74.9
39.5
909
570
125
249
23Bob Hopkins
B. Hopkins
1,988
131
15.2
7.0
4.8
0.5
2.7
6.8
39.1
1.7
2.2
75.6
44.9
919
625
67
268
24Lew Hitch
L. Hitch
1,774
74
24.0
6.1
5.9
1.7
2.3
5.6
40.0
1.6
2.3
68.0
45.7
449
438
125
110
25Red Morrison
R. Morrison
1,306
84
15.5
4.0
5.7
1.0
1.5
3.7
41.6
0.9
1.4
63.0
45.9
333
477
82
234
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