Career Leaders and Records for Minutes Per Game

Leaders and Records: Season / Career / Active / Yearly

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Members of the Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

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Rank	Player	MPG
1.	Wilt Chamberlain*	45.80
2.	Bill Russell*	42.29
3.	Oscar Robertson*	42.20
4.	Allen Iverson	41.77
5.	LeBron James	41.15
6.	Elgin Baylor*	40.03
7.	Jerry West*	39.24
8.	Jerry Lucas*	38.76
9.	Bob Pettit*	38.75
10.	Latrell Sprewell	38.63
11.	Dave Cowens*	38.60
12.	Paul Arizin*	38.42
13.	Larry Bird*	38.40
14.	Elvin Hayes*	38.37
15.	Elton Brand	38.27
16.	Michael Jordan	38.26
17.	Stephon Marbury	38.25
18.	Kevin Garnett	37.94
19.	Mel Hutchins	37.93
20.	Shawn Marion	37.80
21.	Vince Carter	37.77
22.	Geoff Petrie	37.64
23.	Steve Francis	37.56
24.	Paul Pierce	37.55
25.	Walt Frazier*	37.53
26.	Rick Barry*	37.40
27.	Lamar Odom	37.39
28.	Gilbert Arenas	37.39
29.	Ray Allen	37.34
30.	Walt Bellamy*	37.33
31.	Jason Kidd	37.30
32.	Jamal Mashburn	37.25
33.	Nate Thurmond*	37.21
34.	Karl Malone	37.16
35.	Tim Duncan	37.16
36.	Chris Webber	37.12
37.	Cuttino Mobley	37.03
38.	Pete Maravich*	36.95
39.	Glenn Robinson	36.84
40.	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	36.82
41.	Magic Johnson*	36.69
42.	Charles Barkley*	36.65
43.	Antawn Jamison	36.62
44.	John Havlicek*	36.59
45.	Brad Daugherty	36.55
46.	Dirk Nowitzki	36.47
47.	Kobe Bryant	36.46
48.	Grant Hill	36.42
49.	Wes Unseld*	36.41
50.	Julius Erving*	36.39
51.	Dave Bing*	36.37
52.	Joe Johnson	36.37
53.	Larry Johnson	36.33
54.	Isiah Thomas*	36.28
55.	Mike Bibby	36.22
56.	Shaquille O'Neal	36.16
57.	Caron Butler	36.11
58.	Connie Hawkins*	36.09
59.	Jason Richardson	35.93
60.	Slater Martin*	35.88
61.	Michael Finley	35.81
62.	Richard Jefferson	35.78
63.	Jo Jo White	35.77
64.	Adrian Dantley*	35.76
65.	Hakeem Olajuwon*	35.72
66.	Ed Macauley*	35.71
67.	Dave DeBusschere*	35.66
68.	Charlie Scott	35.60
69.	Tiny Archibald*	35.57
70.	Willis Reed*	35.50
71.	Baron Davis	35.49
72.	Dominique Wilkins*	35.49
73.	Norm Nixon	35.48
74.	Artis Gilmore	35.48
75.	Hal Greer*	35.46
76.	Neil Johnston*	35.46
	Roger Brown	35.46
78.	Pau Gasol	35.43
79.	Lenny Wilkens*	35.34
80.	Tim Hardaway	35.32
81.	Antoine Walker	35.31
82.	Gary Payton	35.29
83.	Bob Cousy*	35.28
84.	Bob Dandridge	35.16
85.	Mel Daniels	35.16
86.	Mitch Richmond	35.15
87.	Tracy McGrady	35.09
88.	Norm Van Lier	35.08
89.	Glen Rice	34.98
90.	Mookie Blaylock	34.90
91.	Scottie Pippen	34.86
92.	Billy Cunningham*	34.86
93.	Spencer Haywood	34.84
94.	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	34.79
95.	Andre Miller	34.77
96.	Ron Artest	34.74
97.	David Robinson	34.72
98.	Anthony Mason	34.70
99.	Clyde Drexler*	34.56
100.	Joe Dumars*	34.52
101.	Dick Van Arsdale	34.50
102.	Peja Stojakovic	34.43
103.	Dolph Schayes*	34.41
104.	Larry Jones	34.40
105.	Rashard Lewis	34.38
106.	Eddie Jones	34.36
107.	Patrick Ewing*	34.31
108.	Dan Issel*	34.31
109.	Marques Johnson	34.29
110.	Reggie Miller	34.28
111.	Jimmy Jones	34.20
112.	Warren Jabali	34.15
113.	Jerry Sloan	34.11
114.	Kevin Johnson	34.10
115.	Moses Malone*	33.98
116.	Rasheed Wallace	33.98
117.	Jason Terry	33.98
118.	Sidney Wicks	33.90
119.	George Carter	33.89
120.	Michael Redd	33.86
121.	Jimmy Walker	33.80
122.	Allan Houston	33.74
123.	Reggie Theus	33.73
124.	Anfernee Hardaway	33.68
125.	Juwan Howard	33.68
126.	Gerald Govan	33.66
127.	Bernard King	33.66
128.	George Gervin*	33.58
129.	Jerry Stackhouse	33.58
130.	Louie Dampier	33.54
131.	Rudy Tomjanovich	33.48
132.	Lou Hudson	33.48
133.	Bob Lanier*	33.48
134.	Shane Battier	33.47
135.	George McGinnis	33.47
136.	Rich Jones	33.45
137.	Micheal Ray Richardson	33.43
138.	George Yardley*	33.40
139.	Willie Wise	33.40
140.	Kerry Kittles	33.39
141.	Gene Shue	33.39
142.	Zelmo Beaty	33.38
143.	Jack Sikma	33.37
144.	Larry Nance	33.37
145.	Bill Bridges	33.35
146.	Rudy LaRusso	33.27
147.	Bob Netolicky	33.26
148.	Richard Hamilton	33.25
149.	Bob McAdoo*	33.25
150.	Freddie Lewis	33.23
151.	Derrick Coleman	33.17
152.	Horace Grant	33.15
153.	Damon Stoudamire	33.15
154.	Tony Parker	33.11
155.	Jack Coleman	33.09
156.	Phil Chenier	33.07
157.	Gus Johnson	33.06
158.	Sean Elliott	33.02
159.	Jamaal Wilkes	32.94
160.	Nick Van Exel	32.92
161.	Glen Combs	32.85
162.	Jim Jackson	32.84
163.	David Thompson*	32.78
164.	Jeff Malone	32.77
165.	Rolando Blackman	32.74
166.	Dennis Johnson	32.69
167.	Chris Mullin	32.62
168.	Larry Kenon	32.59
169.	Hersey Hawkins	32.59
170.	Truck Robinson	32.57
171.	Kenyon Martin	32.56
172.	Vin Baker	32.54
173.	Vern Mikkelsen*	32.53
174.	Archie Clark	32.53
175.	Gail Goodrich*	32.52
176.	Buck Williams	32.49
177.	Donnie Freeman	32.45
178.	James Worthy*	32.40
179.	Chet Walker	32.40
180.	Joe Barry Carroll	32.39
181.	Rodney McCray	32.39
182.	Richie Guerin	32.37
183.	Mike Mitchell	32.33
184.	Joe Caldwell	32.30
185.	Tom Gola*	32.28
186.	Mike Miller	32.26
187.	Randy Smith	32.22
188.	Bailey Howell*	32.20
189.	Andy Phillip*	32.17
190.	Guy Rodgers	32.13
191.	Wally Szczerbiak	32.11
192.	Jim McMillian	32.06
193.	Bill Sharman*	32.05
194.	Earl Monroe*	32.00
195.	Red Robbins	31.99
196.	Alex English*	31.91
197.	David Wesley	31.90
198.	Jamal Crawford	31.89
199.	Harry Gallatin*	31.88
200.	Brian Taylor	31.86
201.	Bob Love	31.84
202.	Elmore Smith	31.81
203.	Larry Hughes	31.81
204.	Sam Lacey	31.81
205.	Bill Laimbeer	31.79
206.	Chauncey Billups	31.78
207.	Jack Twyman*	31.77
208.	John Stockton	31.76
209.	Stephen Jackson	31.72
210.	Isaiah Rider	31.71
211.	Otis Thorpe	31.68
212.	Fat Lever	31.67
213.	Alvin Robertson	31.67
214.	Dennis Rodman	31.66
215.	Maurice Cheeks	31.65
216.	Dan Majerle	31.63
217.	Keith Van Horn	31.57
218.	Rony Seikaly	31.56
219.	Doug Christie	31.54
	Jeff Hornacek	31.54
221.	Derek Harper	31.51
222.	Andrei Kirilenko	31.46
223.	Charles Oakley	31.42
224.	Calvin Natt	31.42
225.	Ben Wallace	31.38
226.	Happy Hairston	31.35
227.	Jack George	31.34
228.	Michael Adams	31.31
229.	Jason Williams	31.21
230.	Nick Anderson	31.15
231.	Ron Boone	31.12
232.	Cincinnatus Powell	31.11
233.	Ricky Davis	31.09
234.	Gus Williams	31.08
235.	Otis Birdsong	31.07
236.	P.J. Brown	31.06
237.	Kevin McHale*	31.02
238.	Alonzo Mourning	31.00
239.	Curtis Rowe	30.98
240.	Ron Harper	30.92
241.	Dikembe Mutombo	30.91
242.	Desmond Mason	30.90
243.	Tom Van Arsdale	30.87
244.	Tom Gugliotta	30.87
245.	Steve Nash	30.85
246.	Clifford Robinson	30.84
247.	Don Ohl	30.83
248.	Rod Strickland	30.74
249.	Bill Bradley*	30.73
250.	Red Kerr	30.70

NBA

Rank	Player	MPG
1.	Wilt Chamberlain*	45.80
2.	Bill Russell*	42.29
3.	Oscar Robertson*	42.20
4.	Allen Iverson	41.77
5.	LeBron James	41.15
6.	Elgin Baylor*	40.03
7.	Jerry West*	39.24
8.	Jerry Lucas*	38.76
9.	Bob Pettit*	38.75
10.	Latrell Sprewell	38.63
11.	Dave Cowens*	38.60
12.	Paul Arizin*	38.42
13.	Larry Bird*	38.40
14.	Elvin Hayes*	38.37
15.	Elton Brand	38.27
16.	Michael Jordan	38.26
17.	Stephon Marbury	38.25
18.	Kevin Garnett	37.94
19.	Mel Hutchins	37.93
20.	Shawn Marion	37.80
21.	Vince Carter	37.77
22.	Geoff Petrie	37.64
23.	Steve Francis	37.56
24.	Paul Pierce	37.55
25.	Walt Frazier*	37.53
26.	Lamar Odom	37.39
27.	Gilbert Arenas	37.39
28.	Ray Allen	37.34
29.	Walt Bellamy*	37.33
30.	Jason Kidd	37.30
31.	Jamal Mashburn	37.25
32.	Nate Thurmond*	37.21
33.	Karl Malone	37.16
34.	Tim Duncan	37.16
35.	Chris Webber	37.12
36.	Cuttino Mobley	37.03
37.	Pete Maravich*	36.95
38.	Glenn Robinson	36.84
39.	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	36.82
40.	Magic Johnson*	36.69
41.	Charles Barkley*	36.65
42.	Antawn Jamison	36.62
43.	John Havlicek*	36.59
44.	Brad Daugherty	36.55
45.	Dirk Nowitzki	36.47
46.	Kobe Bryant	36.46
47.	Grant Hill	36.42
48.	Wes Unseld*	36.41
49.	Dave Bing*	36.37
50.	Joe Johnson	36.37
51.	Larry Johnson	36.33
52.	Rick Barry*	36.30
53.	Isiah Thomas*	36.28
54.	Mike Bibby	36.22
55.	Shaquille O'Neal	36.16
56.	Caron Butler	36.11
57.	Jason Richardson	35.93
58.	Slater Martin*	35.88
59.	Michael Finley	35.81
60.	Richard Jefferson	35.78
61.	Jo Jo White	35.77
62.	Adrian Dantley*	35.76
63.	Hakeem Olajuwon*	35.72
64.	Ed Macauley*	35.71
65.	Dave DeBusschere*	35.66
66.	Tiny Archibald*	35.57
67.	Willis Reed*	35.50
68.	Baron Davis	35.49
69.	Dominique Wilkins*	35.49
70.	Norm Nixon	35.48
71.	Hal Greer*	35.46
72.	Neil Johnston*	35.46
73.	Pau Gasol	35.43
74.	Lenny Wilkens*	35.34
75.	Tim Hardaway	35.32
76.	Antoine Walker	35.31
77.	Gary Payton	35.29
78.	Bob Cousy*	35.28
79.	Bob Dandridge	35.16
80.	Mitch Richmond	35.15
81.	Tracy McGrady	35.09
82.	Norm Van Lier	35.08
83.	Glen Rice	34.98
84.	Mookie Blaylock	34.90
85.	Scottie Pippen	34.86
86.	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	34.79
87.	Andre Miller	34.77
88.	Ron Artest	34.74
89.	David Robinson	34.72
90.	Anthony Mason	34.70
91.	Gus Johnson	34.60
92.	Clyde Drexler*	34.56
93.	Connie Hawkins*	34.54
94.	Joe Dumars*	34.52
95.	Dick Van Arsdale	34.50
96.	Peja Stojakovic	34.43
97.	Charlie Scott	34.42
98.	Dolph Schayes*	34.41
99.	Rashard Lewis	34.38
100.	Eddie Jones	34.36
101.	Patrick Ewing*	34.31
102.	Julius Erving*	34.30
103.	Marques Johnson	34.29
104.	Reggie Miller	34.28
105.	Billy Cunningham*	34.26
106.	Jerry Sloan	34.11
107.	Kevin Johnson	34.10
108.	Rasheed Wallace	33.98
109.	Jason Terry	33.98
110.	Moses Malone*	33.91
111.	Sidney Wicks	33.90
112.	Michael Redd	33.86
113.	Jimmy Walker	33.80
114.	Allan Houston	33.74
115.	Reggie Theus	33.73
116.	Spencer Haywood	33.68
117.	Anfernee Hardaway	33.68
118.	Juwan Howard	33.68
119.	Bernard King	33.66
120.	Jerry Stackhouse	33.58
121.	George Gervin*	33.55
122.	Rudy Tomjanovich	33.48
123.	Lou Hudson	33.48
124.	Bob Lanier*	33.48
125.	Shane Battier	33.47
126.	Micheal Ray Richardson	33.43
127.	George Yardley*	33.40
128.	Kerry Kittles	33.39
129.	Gene Shue	33.39
130.	Jack Sikma	33.37
131.	Larry Nance	33.37
132.	Bill Bridges	33.35
133.	Rudy LaRusso	33.27
134.	Richard Hamilton	33.25
135.	Bob McAdoo*	33.25
136.	Derrick Coleman	33.17
137.	Horace Grant	33.15
138.	Damon Stoudamire	33.15
139.	Tony Parker	33.11
140.	Jack Coleman	33.09
141.	Phil Chenier	33.07
142.	Sean Elliott	33.02
143.	Jamaal Wilkes	32.94
144.	Nick Van Exel	32.92
145.	Jim Jackson	32.84
146.	Jeff Malone	32.77
147.	Rolando Blackman	32.74
148.	Dennis Johnson	32.69
149.	Artis Gilmore	32.66
150.	Chris Mullin	32.62
151.	Hersey Hawkins	32.59
152.	Truck Robinson	32.57
153.	Kenyon Martin	32.56
154.	Vin Baker	32.54
155.	Vern Mikkelsen*	32.53
156.	Archie Clark	32.53
157.	Gail Goodrich*	32.52
158.	Buck Williams	32.49
159.	James Worthy*	32.40
160.	Chet Walker	32.40
161.	Joe Barry Carroll	32.39
162.	Rodney McCray	32.39
163.	Richie Guerin	32.37
164.	Mike Mitchell	32.33
165.	Tom Gola*	32.28
166.	Mike Miller	32.26
167.	Randy Smith	32.22
168.	Bailey Howell*	32.20
169.	Zelmo Beaty	32.19
170.	Andy Phillip*	32.17
171.	Guy Rodgers	32.13
172.	Wally Szczerbiak	32.11
173.	Jim McMillian	32.06
174.	Bill Sharman*	32.05
175.	David Thompson*	32.03
176.	Earl Monroe*	32.00
177.	Alex English*	31.91
178.	David Wesley	31.90
179.	Jamal Crawford	31.89
180.	Harry Gallatin*	31.88
181.	Bob Love	31.84
182.	Elmore Smith	31.81
183.	Larry Hughes	31.81
184.	Sam Lacey	31.81
185.	Bill Laimbeer	31.79
186.	Chauncey Billups	31.78
187.	Jack Twyman*	31.77
188.	John Stockton	31.76
189.	Stephen Jackson	31.72
190.	Isaiah Rider	31.71
191.	Otis Thorpe	31.68
192.	Fat Lever	31.67
193.	Alvin Robertson	31.67
194.	Dennis Rodman	31.66
195.	Maurice Cheeks	31.65
196.	Dan Majerle	31.63
197.	Keith Van Horn	31.57
198.	Rony Seikaly	31.56
199.	Doug Christie	31.54
	Jeff Hornacek	31.54
201.	Derek Harper	31.51
202.	Andrei Kirilenko	31.46
203.	Dan Roundfield	31.42
204.	Charles Oakley	31.42
205.	Calvin Natt	31.42
206.	Ben Wallace	31.38
207.	Happy Hairston	31.35
208.	Jack George	31.34
209.	Michael Adams	31.31
210.	Jason Williams	31.21
211.	Ray Scott	31.20
212.	Nick Anderson	31.15
213.	Dan Issel*	31.12
214.	Ricky Davis	31.09
215.	Gus Williams	31.08
216.	Otis Birdsong	31.07
217.	P.J. Brown	31.06
218.	Kevin McHale*	31.02
219.	Alonzo Mourning	31.00
220.	Curtis Rowe	30.98
221.	Ron Harper	30.92
222.	Dikembe Mutombo	30.91
223.	Desmond Mason	30.90
224.	Tom Van Arsdale	30.87
225.	Tom Gugliotta	30.87
226.	Larry Kenon	30.85
227.	Steve Nash	30.85
228.	Clifford Robinson	30.84
229.	Don Ohl	30.83
230.	Rod Strickland	30.74
231.	Bill Bradley*	30.73
232.	Red Kerr	30.70
233.	Jim Chones	30.70
234.	Chuck Person	30.69
235.	Brian Winters	30.67
236.	George McGinnis	30.67
237.	Cliff Robinson	30.66
238.	Roy Hinson	30.66
239.	Marcus Camby	30.65
240.	Tom Chambers	30.64
241.	Steve Smith	30.63
242.	Jeff Mullins	30.56
243.	Calvin Murphy*	30.55
244.	Kendall Gill	30.52
245.	Joe Graboski	30.50
246.	Chris Mills	30.43
247.	Pooh Richardson	30.36
248.	World B. Free	30.35
249.	Clarence Weatherspoon	30.31
250.	Kiki Vandeweghe	30.27

ABA

Rank	Player	MPG
1.	Artis Gilmore	41.58
2.	Julius Erving*	40.66
3.	Dan Issel*	38.88
4.	Jimmy Jones	38.23
5.	Louie Dampier	38.15
6.	Larry Jones	36.67
7.	Willie Wise	35.84
8.	Mel Daniels	35.57
9.	Roger Brown	35.46
10.	Freddie Lewis	35.04
11.	Billy Paultz	34.42
12.	Mack Calvin	34.27
13.	Warren Jabali	34.15
14.	Rich Jones	34.00
15.	George Carter	33.95
16.	Gerald Govan	33.66
17.	Donnie Freeman	33.47
18.	Bob Netolicky	33.26
19.	Glen Combs	32.85
20.	Ron Boone	32.62
21.	Ralph Simpson	32.12
22.	Red Robbins	31.99
23.	Steve Jones	31.58
24.	Cincinnatus Powell	31.11
25.	Wil Jones	30.94
26.	Bill Melchionni	30.55
27.	Chuck Williams	30.05
28.	Stew Johnson	29.68
29.	Fatty Taylor	28.80
30.	Byron Beck	26.97
31.	Jim Eakins	26.49

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