Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has played the most career minutes, with 57,446 minutes on the court.

nba leaders in total minutes played all-time

NAME	MIN	GP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	57,446	1,560	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	15,837	28,307	55.9	1	18	5.6	6,712	9,304	72.1	4,657		36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	2.7
LeBron James	56,598	1,492	40,474	11,185	11,009	2,275	1,111	5,211	14,837	29,313	50.6	2,410	6,926	34.8	8,390	11,404	73.6	2,682	+7443	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5
Karl Malone	54,852	1,476	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	13,528	26,210	51.6	85	310	27.4	9,787	13,188	74.2	4,578	+3010	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1
Dirk Nowitzki	51,368	1,522	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	11,169	23,734	47.1	1,982	5,210	38.0	7,240	8,239	87.9	3,601	+6541	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.6
Kevin Garnett	50,418	1,462	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	10,505	21,142	49.7	174	632	27.5	4,887	6,190	78.9	3,561	+4913	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	2.2
Jason Kidd	50,111	1,391	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	4,003	6,219	15,557	40.0	1,988	5,701	34.9	3,103	3,954	78.5	2,572	+3868	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	2.9
Elvin Hayes	50,000	1,303	27,313	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	10,976	24,272	45.2	5	34	14.7	5,356	7,999	67.0	4,193		38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.4
Kobe Bryant	48,637	1,346	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	11,719	26,200	44.7	1,827	5,546	32.9	8,378	10,011	83.7	3,353	+4153	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0
Wilt Chamberlain	47,859	1,045	31,419	23,924	4,643				12,681	23,497	54.0				6,057	11,862	51.1	2,075		45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4
John Stockton	47,764	1,504	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	4,244	7,039	13,658	51.5	845	2,202	38.4	4,788	5,796	82.6	3,942	+2941	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	2.8
Reggie Miller	47,619	1,389	25,279	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	8,241	17,499	47.1	2,560	6,486	39.5	6,237	7,026	88.8	2,730	+2015	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	1.7
Tim Duncan	47,368	1,392	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	10,285	20,334	50.6	30	168	17.9	5,896	8,468	69.6	3,304	+8910	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	2.4
Gary Payton	47,117	1,335	21,813	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	3,030	8,708	18,698	46.6	1,132	3,570	31.7	3,265	4,480	72.9	3,217	+1928	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	2.3
John Havlicek	46,471	1,270	26,395	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	10,513	23,930	43.9				5,369	6,589	81.5	3,281		36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	2.5
Vince Carter	46,367	1,541	25,728	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	9,293	21,339	43.5	2,290	6,168	37.1	4,852	6,082	79.8	3,995	+1817	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	1.7
Ray Allen	46,344	1,300	24,505	5,272	4,361	1,451	244	2,709	8,567	18,955	45.2	2,973	7,429	40.0	4,398	4,920	89.4	2,858	+3491	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	2.1
Paul Pierce	45,880	1,343	26,397	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	8,668	19,465	44.5	2,143	5,816	36.8	6,918	8,578	80.6	3,643	+3345	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	2.6
Robert Parish	45,704	1,611	23,334	14,715	2,180	1,219	2,361	3,183	9,614	17,914	53.7	0	6	0.0	4,106	5,694	72.1	4,443	+105	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	2.1
Moses Malone	45,071	1,329	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	9,435	19,225	49.1	8	80	10.0	8,531	11,090	76.9	3,076		33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	3.1
Joe Johnson	44,236	1,277	20,407	5,059	5,001	1,071	260	2,451	7,823	17,720	44.1	1,978	5,331	37.1	2,783	3,468	80.2	2,252	+828	34.6	16.0	4.0	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.9
Hakeem Olajuwon	44,222	1,238	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	10,749	20,991	51.2	25	124	20.2	5,423	7,621	71.2	4,383	+564	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0
Oscar Robertson	43,886	1,040	26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		9,508	19,620	48.5				7,694	9,185	83.8	2,931		42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1
Carmelo Anthony	43,514	1,260	28,289	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	10,119	22,643	44.7	1,731	4,873	35.5	6,320	7,764	81.4	3,543	+1530	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	2.4
Chris Paul	43,316	1,272	22,288	5,682	11,894	2,614	200	2,964	7,898	16,769	47.1	1,720	4,658	36.9	4,772	5,487	87.0	3,034	+6112	34.1	17.5	4.5	9.4	2.1	0.2	2.3
Clifford Robinson	42,561	1,380	19,591	6,306	3,094	1,402	1,390	2,502	7,389	16,875	43.8	1,253	3,515	35.6	3,560	5,165	68.9	4,175	+704	30.8	14.2	4.6	2.2	1.0	1.0	1.8