The 50 players with the most minutes, 2002–2026

Every player on this list is ranked on one number: minutes 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.

Minutes — the leading 15. Every one of the 50 is in the table below.

#	Player	Pos	Seasons	Minutes	Games	Points	Rebounds
1	LeBron James	F	2004–2026	61,047	1,683	43,435	12,098
2	Chris Paul	G	2006–2026	45,860	1,512	23,058	6,005
3	Dirk Nowitzki	F	2002–2019	44,308	1,370	27,930	10,038
4	Joe Johnson	G	2002–2022	44,225	1,351	20,407	5,059
5	Kevin Durant	F	2008–2026	44,053	1,227	32,564	8,247
6	DeMar DeRozan	G	2010–2026	43,662	1,292	26,711	5,434
7	Carmelo Anthony	PF	2004–2022	43,476	1,370	28,244	7,801
8	Russell Westbrook	G	2009–2026	43,010	1,329	27,155	9,014
9	James Harden	G	2010–2026	42,444	1,263	29,339	6,809
10	Pau Gasol	PF	2002–2020	40,957	1,360	20,876	11,291
11	Andre Iguodala	F	2005–2023	39,478	1,302	13,954	6,044
12	Dwight Howard	C	2005–2022	39,370	1,328	19,442	14,611
13	Paul Pierce	SF	2002–2017	38,559	1,281	22,108	6,300
14	Vince Carter	G	2002–2020	38,476	1,484	20,629	5,428
15	Tony Parker	G	2002–2019	38,246	1,372	19,435	3,392
16	Kobe Bryant	SF	2002–2016	38,125	1,084	27,355	5,570
17	Jamal Crawford	G	2002–2020	37,950	1,369	19,137	2,859
18	Mike Conley	G	2008–2026	37,570	1,312	16,715	3,547
19	Jason Terry	G	2002–2018	37,059	1,327	16,605	2,839
20	Al Horford	C	2008–2026	36,875	1,304	15,067	9,153
21	Kyle Lowry	G	2007–2026	36,788	1,392	16,368	4,967
22	Stephen Curry	G	2010–2026	36,304	1,141	26,528	4,973
23	LaMarcus Aldridge	C	2007–2022	36,211	1,152	20,529	8,724
24	Tim Duncan	C	2002–2016	36,114	1,161	20,131	11,617
25	Shawn Marion	SG	2002–2015	35,907	1,099	15,780	8,900
26	Jrue Holiday	G	2010–2026	35,720	1,192	17,287	4,585
27	Dwyane Wade	G	2004–2019	35,403	1,189	22,914	4,896
28	Andre Miller	PG	2002–2016	35,333	1,211	14,068	4,155
29	Brook Lopez	C	2009–2026	35,204	1,273	18,164	7,019
30	Zach Randolph	F	2002–2018	34,622	1,318	18,578	10,208
31	Rudy Gay	SF	2007–2023	34,579	1,212	17,642	6,283
32	Richard Jefferson	F	2002–2018	34,285	1,335	14,901	4,719
33	Nicolas Batum	F	2009–2026	33,908	1,331	11,543	5,652
34	Kevin Garnett	PF	2002–2016	33,702	1,146	17,791	10,391
35	Jeff Green	F	2008–2026	33,439	1,375	14,480	4,906
36	Harrison Barnes	F	2013–2026	33,056	1,080	14,583	4,958
37	Thaddeus Young	F	2008–2024	33,027	1,311	14,225	6,614
38	Trevor Ariza	SF	2005–2022	32,973	1,332	11,593	5,356
39	Damian Lillard	G	2013–2026	32,610	965	22,611	3,848
40	Ray Allen	SG	2002–2014	32,536	1,012	17,298	3,532
41	Tobias Harris	F	2012–2026	32,483	1,113	16,438	6,289
42	Nikola Vucevic	C	2012–2026	32,301	1,097	17,656	10,698
43	Chris Bosh	PF	2004–2016	31,880	974	17,146	7,579
44	Paul George	F	2011–2026	31,637	999	19,323	5,875
45	Jason Kidd	PG	2002–2013	31,604	943	10,602	5,667
46	Antawn Jamison	PF	2002–2014	31,602	1,010	16,692	6,775
47	Tyson Chandler	C	2002–2020	31,596	1,414	9,503	10,452
48	Tayshaun Prince	SF	2003–2016	31,559	1,123	11,262	4,326
49	Kyle Korver	G	2004–2020	31,159	1,315	11,938	3,638
50	Luol Deng	F	2005–2019	30,915	1,072	13,347	5,462

How this list is made

Ranked on minutes 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. Dirk Nowitzki, Joe Johnson, Pau Gasol, Paul Pierce, Vince Carter and Tony Parker — and 13 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. 19 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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