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The 50 players with the most games played, 2002–2026

Every player on this list is ranked on one number: games played in the regular season between 2002 and 2026. That window is the whole of this site’s NBA data and it is not the whole of the league’s history.

LeBron JamesLeBron James: 1,6831,683Udonis HaslemUdonis Haslem: 1,5561,556Chris PaulChris Paul: 1,5121,512Vince CarterVince Carter: 1,4841,484Tyson ChandlerTyson Chandler: 1,4141,414DeAndre JordanDeAndre Jordan: 1,4121,412Kyle LowryKyle Lowry: 1,3921,392Jeff GreenJeff Green: 1,3751,375Tony ParkerTony Parker: 1,3721,372Dirk NowitzkiDirk Nowitzki: 1,3701,370Carmelo AnthonyCarmelo Anthony: 1,3701,370Jamal CrawfordJamal Crawford: 1,3691,369Pau GasolPau Gasol: 1,3601,360Joe JohnsonJoe Johnson: 1,3511,351Richard JeffersonRichard Jefferson: 1,3351,335
Games played — the leading 15. Every one of the 50 is in the table below.
#PlayerPosSeasonsGames playedPointsReboundsAssists
1LeBron JamesF2004–20261,68343,43512,09812,012
2Udonis HaslemPF2004–20231,5566,5035,723724
3Chris PaulG2006–20261,51223,0586,00512,552
4Vince CarterG2002–20201,48420,6295,4283,950
5Tyson ChandlerC2002–20201,4149,50310,452966
6DeAndre JordanC2009–20261,4129,52210,8471,055
7Kyle LowryG2007–20261,39216,3684,9677,104
8Jeff GreenF2008–20261,37514,4804,9061,792
9Tony ParkerG2002–20191,37219,4353,3927,031
10Dirk NowitzkiF2002–20191,37027,93010,0383,224
10Carmelo AnthonyPF2004–20221,37028,2447,8013,418
12Jamal CrawfordG2002–20201,36919,1372,8594,399
13Pau GasolPF2002–20201,36020,87611,2913,917
14Joe JohnsonG2002–20221,35120,4075,0595,001
15Richard JeffersonF2002–20181,33514,9014,7192,412
16Trevor ArizaSF2005–20221,33211,5935,3562,379
17Nicolas BatumF2009–20261,33111,5435,6523,606
18Russell WestbrookG2009–20261,32927,1559,01410,348
19Dwight HowardC2005–20221,32819,44214,6111,673
20Jason TerryG2002–20181,32716,6052,8394,666
21Zach RandolphF2002–20181,31818,57810,2082,049
22Kyle KorverG2004–20201,31511,9383,6382,105
23Mike ConleyG2008–20261,31216,7153,5476,782
24Thaddeus YoungF2008–20241,31114,2256,6142,135
25Al HorfordC2008–20261,30415,0679,1533,740
26Andre IguodalaF2005–20231,30213,9546,0445,144
27DeMar DeRozanG2010–20261,29226,7115,4345,185
28Paul PierceSF2002–20171,28122,1086,3004,119
29NeneC2003–20191,27810,9095,8281,719
30Brook LopezC2009–20261,27318,1647,0191,712
31Lou WilliamsSG2006–20221,26515,5922,4833,789
32James HardenG2010–20261,26329,3396,8098,873
33Mike MillerSG2002–20171,2379,9854,0412,524
34Kevin DurantF2008–20261,22732,5648,2475,277
35Zaza PachuliaC2004–20191,2267,4146,3151,432
36Kevin LoveF2009–20261,21915,6699,7122,239
37Manu GinobiliG2003–20181,21514,0353,6963,996
38Rudy GaySF2007–20231,21217,6426,2832,280
39Andre MillerPG2002–20161,21114,0684,1557,391
40Robin LopezC2009–20241,2018,3104,650817
41Jrue HolidayG2010–20261,19217,2874,5856,762
42Dwyane WadeG2004–20191,18922,9144,8965,646
43Patty MillsPG2010–20251,1748,0041,4912,009
44Marvin WilliamsF2006–20201,17010,9655,5461,373
45Taj GibsonF2010–20261,1668,4315,754952
46Tim DuncanC2002–20161,16120,13111,6173,400
47Eric GordonG2009–20261,15814,1242,1122,503
48LaMarcus AldridgeC2007–20221,15220,5298,7242,073
49James JohnsonPF2010–20251,1495,8302,7161,610
50Kevin GarnettPF2002–20161,14617,79110,3913,712

How this list is made

Ranked on games played in the regular season, 2002–2026. Players are ranked on that number alone and on nothing else: there is no judgement here about who was better. Where two are level they share a rank, and the list runs past fifty when fiftieth place is shared, because splitting a tie would mean choosing between them on no stated basis.

This is not an all-time list, and the gap is a large one. The figures begin in 2002: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West and Bill Russell are not in this data at all; Hakeem Olajuwon and Michael Jordan appear only for the part of their career that falls inside it. A ranking of the whole history of the league would look very different, which is why the years are in the title of this page.

Some of these totals are part of a career, not all of it. Vince Carter, Tyson Chandler, Tony Parker, Dirk Nowitzki, Jamal Crawford and Pau Gasol — and 9 others on this list — were already playing when these figures begin in 2002, so what is counted here starts part-way through. Their season tables show where this site’s figures start.

Some of these players are still playing. 17 of them appear in 2026, the last season counted, so their totals are not final either.

Counting statistics only. A rate — an average, a percentage — needs a minimum number of appearances before it means anything, and no such minimum is published that this site could cite. Inventing one would put a number nobody chose at the centre of a ranking. A total needs no cut-off: most goals is a fact with nothing hidden in it.

Player and team figures from hoopR open data, CC BY 4.0, counted from the box scores. Championships from Wikidata (public domain). Regular season only; the play-offs are counted separately where they appear at all.

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