Anthony Mason had the most minutes per game in 1996-97 with 43.1 minutes per game.

Interpreted as:

What led the NBA in mpg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in 1996/97?

	NAME	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Anthony Mason A. Mason	43.1	1996-97	CHA	73	16.2	11.4	5.7	1.0	0.5	5.9	11.3	52.5	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.4	5.9	74.5	58.5	2.5	8.8	2.3	3,143	1,186	829	414	76	33	165	202	+118
2	Glen Rice G. Rice	42.6	1996-97	CHA	79	26.8	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	9.1	19.2	47.7	2.6	5.6	47.0	5.9	6.8	86.7	60.5	0.8	3.2	2.2	3,362	2,115	318	160	72	26	177	190	+176
3	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	41.9	1996-97	GSW	80	24.2	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	8.1	18.1	44.9	1.8	5.2	35.4	6.2	7.3	84.3	57.0	0.7	3.9	4.0	3,353	1,938	366	507	132	45	322	153	-215
4	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	40.9	1996-97	TOR	81	20.2	4.1	8.8	1.5	0.2	7.0	17.4	40.1	2.2	6.1	35.5	4.1	5.0	82.3	51.6	1.1	3.0	3.6	3,311	1,634	330	709	123	13	288	162	-213
5	Juwan Howard J. Howard	40.5	1996-97	WAS	82	19.1	8.0	3.8	1.1	0.3	7.8	16.0	48.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.7	75.6	52.9	2.5	5.5	3.0	3,324	1,570	652	311	93	23	246	259	+81
6	Vin Baker V. Baker	40.5	1996-97	MIL	78	21.0	10.3	2.7	1.0	1.4	8.1	16.0	50.5	0.2	0.7	27.8	4.6	6.7	68.7	55.3	3.4	6.9	3.1	3,159	1,637	804	211	81	112	245	275	-63
7	David Wesley D. Wesley	40.4	1996-97	BOS	74	16.8	3.6	7.3	2.2	0.2	6.2	13.2	46.8	1.4	3.9	36.0	3.0	3.9	78.1	56.3	0.9	2.7	2.9	2,991	1,240	264	537	162	13	211	221	-407
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	40.1	1996-97	PHI	76	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
9	Chris Mills C. Mills	39.6	1996-97	CLE	80	13.4	6.2	2.5	1.1	0.5	5.1	11.2	45.3	1.1	2.8	39.1	2.2	2.6	84.2	54.4	1.5	4.7	1.5	3,167	1,072	497	198	86	41	120	222	+219
10	Grant Hill G. Hill	39.3	1996-97	DET	80	21.4	9.0	7.3	1.8	0.6	7.8	15.7	49.6	0.1	0.4	30.3	5.6	7.9	71.1	55.6	1.5	7.5	3.2	3,147	1,710	721	583	144	48	259	186	+413
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	39.2	1996-97	SEA	82	21.8	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	8.6	18.1	47.6	1.5	4.6	31.3	3.1	4.3	71.5	54.5	1.3	3.3	2.6	3,213	1,785	378	583	197	13	215	208	+624
12	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	39.2	1996-97	ATL	78	17.4	5.3	5.9	2.7	0.3	6.4	14.9	43.2	2.8	7.7	36.6	1.7	2.2	75.3	54.8	1.5	3.8	2.4	3,056	1,354	413	463	212	20	185	141	+585
13	Steve Smith S. Smith	39.1	1996-97	ATL	72	20.1	3.3	4.2	0.9	0.3	6.8	15.9	42.9	1.8	5.4	33.5	4.6	5.5	84.7	54.8	1.3	2.1	2.4	2,818	1,445	238	305	62	23	176	173	+345
14	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	39.1	1996-97	PHI	81	20.7	4.2	3.1	1.1	0.8	6.6	16.1	40.7	1.3	4.2	29.8	6.3	8.2	76.6	52.4	1.9	2.2	3.9	3,166	1,679	338	253	93	63	316	219	-440
15	Kendall Gill K. Gill	39.0	1996-97	NJN	82	21.8	6.1	4.0	1.9	0.6	7.9	17.7	44.3	0.9	2.7	33.6	5.2	6.5	79.7	53.0	2.2	3.9	2.7	3,199	1,789	499	326	154	46	218	225	-185
16	Chris Webber C. Webber	39.0	1996-97	WAS	72	20.1	10.3	4.6	1.7	1.9	8.4	16.2	51.8	0.8	2.1	39.7	2.5	4.3	56.5	55.4	3.3	7.0	3.2	2,806	1,445	743	331	122	137	230	258	+158
17	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	38.9	1996-97	MIL	80	21.1	6.3	3.1	1.3	0.9	8.4	18.0	46.5	0.8	2.3	35.0	3.6	4.6	79.1	52.8	1.6	4.7	3.4	3,114	1,689	502	248	103	68	269	225	-145
18	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	38.9	1996-97	MIN	77	17.0	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	7.1	14.3	49.9	0.1	0.3	28.6	2.7	3.5	75.4	53.7	2.5	5.6	2.3	2,995	1,309	618	236	105	163	175	199	+116
19	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	38.7	1996-97	MIA	81	20.3	3.4	8.6	1.9	0.1	7.1	17.1	41.5	2.5	7.3	34.4	3.6	4.5	79.9	53.2	0.6	2.8	2.8	3,136	1,644	277	695	151	9	230	165	+535
20	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	38.7	1996-97	MIN	81	20.6	8.7	4.1	1.6	1.1	7.3	16.5	44.2	0.3	1.1	25.8	5.7	7.0	82.0	52.6	2.3	6.4	3.6	3,131	1,672	702	335	130	89	293	237	-154
21	Doug Christie D. Christie	38.6	1996-97	TOR	81	14.5	5.3	3.9	2.5	0.6	4.9	11.7	41.7	1.8	4.7	38.4	2.9	3.8	77.5	54.3	1.0	4.3	2.5	3,127	1,176	432	315	201	45	200	245	-121
22	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	38.6	1996-97	SAC	81	25.9	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	8.9	19.5	45.4	2.5	5.9	42.8	5.6	6.6	86.1	57.8	0.7	3.2	2.9	3,125	2,095	319	338	118	24	237	211	-109
23	Joe Smith J. Smith	38.6	1996-97	GSW	80	18.7	8.5	1.6	0.9	1.1	7.3	16.2	45.4	0.2	0.6	26.1	3.8	4.7	81.4	51.2	3.3	5.2	2.4	3,086	1,493	679	125	74	86	192	244	-217
24	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	38.3	1996-97	ATL	82	18.1	8.8	2.7	1.2	0.8	6.7	13.8	48.6	0.4	1.1	35.2	4.4	5.4	81.6	56.2	2.6	6.2	2.7	3,140	1,486	720	223	102	64	218	277	+582
25	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	38.0	1996-97	POR	81	15.1	4.0	3.2	1.2	0.8	5.5	12.9	42.6	1.5	4.3	34.6	2.7	3.8	69.6	51.9	1.1	2.9	2.1	3,077	1,224	321	261	99	66	172	251	+284