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    The “minutes played” became an official stat in 1951-52 season. Since then, 27 players have crossed 40,000 career minutes and only four of them went over 50,000 mark.

    Kareem Abdul Jabbar holds the top spot in this category with 57, 446 minutes while Karl Malone played 54,852 total minutes in his career. He is No. 2 on the list, followed by Jason Kidd, Elvin Hayes and Kevin Garnett respectively.

    If you want to know who else is among the all-time minutes played leaders in NBA history, then you need to have a look at this list.

    1.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (57446)

    2. Karl Malone (54852)

    3. Jason Kidd (50111)

    4. Elvin Hayes (50000)

    5 Kevin Garnett (48429)

    6. Wilt Chamberlain (47859)

    7. John Stockton (47764)

    8. Reggie Miller (47619)

    9. Gary Payton (47117)

    10. John Havlicek (46471)

    11. Robert Parish (45704)

    12. Kobe Bryant (45567)

    13. Ray Allan (45164)

    14. Moses Malone (45071)

    15. Hakeem Olajuwon (44222)

    16. Oscar Robertson (43886)

    17. Clifford Robinson (42561)

    18. Buck Williams (42464)

    19. Tim Duncan (42345)

    20. Shaquille O’Neal (41918)

    21. Paul Pierce (41178)

    22. Scottie Pippen (41069)

    23. Dirk Nowitzki (41060)

    24. Michael Jordan (41011)

    25. Bill Russell (40726)

    26. Patrick Ewing (40594)

    27. Charles Oakley (40280)

    28. Otis Thorpe (39822)

    29. Hal Greer (39788)

    30. Charles Barkley (39330)

    31. Mark Jackson (39121)

    32. Walt Bellamy (38940)

    33. Horace Grant (38621)

    34. Kevin Willis (38362)

    35. Andre Miller (38142)

    36. Dominique Wilkins (38113)

    37. Vince Carter (38079)

    38. Lenny Wilkens (38064)

    39. Alex English (38063)

    40. Michael Finley (37996)

    41. Steve Nash (37891)

    42. Derek Harper (37786)

    43. Shawn Marion (37671)

    44. Antawn Jamison (37588)

    45. Allen Iverson (37584)

    46. Clyde Drexler (37537)

    47. Jack Sikma (36943)

    48. Dikembe Mutombo (36791)

    49. Jason Terry (36663)

    50. Juwan Howard (36654)

    51. Sam Perkins (36598)

    52. Jerry West (36571)

    53. A. C. Green (36552)

    54. Rasheed Wallace (36243)

    55. Dennis Johnson (35954)

    56. Nate Thurmond (35881)

    57. Wes Unseld (35832)

    58. Isiah Thomas (35516)

    59. Terry Porter (35354)

    60. Latrell Sprewell (35270)

    61. Joe Dumars (35139)

    62. Paul Silas (34989)

    63. Glen Rice (34985)

    64. Maurice Cheeks (34845)

    65. Dale Ellis (34778)

    66. Grant Hill (34776)

    67. Reggie Thues (34603)

    68. Larry Bird (34443)

    69. Mitch Richmond (34309)

    70. David Robinson (34271)

    71. Joe Johnson (34205)

    72. Adrian Dantley (34151)

    73. Jeff Hornacek (33964)

    74. Mike Bibby (33962)

    75. Bill Laimbeer (33956)

    76. Tom Chambers (33922)

    77. Terry Cummings (33898)

    78. Elgin Baylor (33863)

    79. Vlade Divac (33838)

    80. P. J. Brown (33823)

    81. Rod Strickland (33634)

    82. Detlef  Schrempf (33597)

    83. Gail Goodrich (33527)

    84. Chet Walker (33433)

    85. Magic Johnson (33245)

    86. Rashard Lewis (33165)

    87. Elton Brand (33106)

    88. Chauncey Billups (32984)

    89. Eddie Jones (32778)

    90. Dave Bing (32769)

    91. Eddie Johnson (32604)

    92. Chris Mullin (32163)

    93. Jerry Lucas (32131)

    Lamar Odom (32131)

    95. Bob Lanier (32103)

    96. Rolando Blackman (32087)

    97. Ben Wallace (32085)

    98. Hersey Hawkins (32034)

    99. Stephen Marbury (31891)

    100. Sam Lacey (31873)

    (Very few active players are also on this list, in fact, only 17 current players have been able to crack the top 100).




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