Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has played the most career minutes, with 57,446 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:

most minutes played by a player in NBA history

	NAME	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	57,446	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
2	LeBron James L. James	57,164	1,508	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.6	7.6	73.6	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	40,852	11,315	11,155	2,287	1,118	5,272	2,703	+7398
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	54,852	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	51,368	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
5	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	50,418	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	50,111	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
7	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	50,000	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.4	18.6	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	49.1	3.1	7.8	2.4	27,313	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	48,637	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	47,859	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	47,764	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
11	Reggie Miller R. Miller	47,619	1,389	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	5.9	12.6	47.1	1.8	4.7	39.5	4.5	5.1	88.8	61.4	0.6	2.4	1.7	25,279	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	2,730	+2015
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	47,368	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
13	Gary Payton G. Payton	47,117	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	52.8	1.0	2.9	2.3	21,813	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
14	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	46,471	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.8	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	26,395	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
15	Vince Carter V. Carter	46,367	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	25,728	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
16	Ray Allen R. Allen	46,344	1,300	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	6.6	14.6	45.2	2.3	5.7	40.0	3.4	3.8	89.4	58.0	0.9	3.1	2.1	24,505	5,272	4,361	1,451	244	2,709	2,858	+3491
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	45,880	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	26,397	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
18	Robert Parish R. Parish	45,704	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	6.3	2.1	23,334	14,715	2,180	1,219	2,361	3,183	4,443	+105
19	Moses Malone M. Malone	45,071	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
20	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	44,236	1,277	34.6	16.0	4.0	3.9	0.8	0.2	6.1	13.9	44.1	1.5	4.2	37.1	2.2	2.7	80.2	53.0	0.8	3.1	1.9	20,407	5,059	5,001	1,071	260	2,451	2,252	+828
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	44,222	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
22	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	43,886	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
23	Chris Paul C. Paul	43,802	1,289	34.0	17.4	4.5	9.3	2.0	0.2	6.2	13.1	47.1	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.7	4.3	87.0	58.1	0.6	3.9	2.3	22,470	5,747	12,039	2,636	203	2,997	3,066	+6165
24	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	43,514	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	28,289	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1528
25	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	42,561	1,380	30.8	14.2	4.6	2.2	1.0	1.0	5.4	12.2	43.8	0.9	2.5	35.6	2.6	3.7	68.9	51.2	1.3	3.2	1.8	19,591	6,306	3,094	1,402	1,390	2,502	4,175	+704