List of NBA career games played leaders explained

This is a list of basketball players who are the leaders in career regular season games played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Statistics accurate as of the 2023–24 NBA season.

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Career leaders

Rank	Player	Pos	Team(s)	Seasons	Games played
1		C	Golden State Warriors (–) Boston Celtics (–) Charlotte Hornets (–) Chicago Bulls	21	1,611
2		C	Milwaukee Bucks (–) Los Angeles Lakers (–)	20	1,560
3		SG/SF	Toronto Raptors (–) New Jersey Nets (–) Orlando Magic (–) Phoenix Suns Dallas Mavericks (–) Memphis Grizzlies (–) Sacramento Kings Atlanta Hawks (–)	22	1,541
4		PF	Dallas Mavericks (–)	21	1,522
5		PG	Utah Jazz (–)	19	1,504
6	^	SF	Cleveland Cavaliers (–, –) Miami Heat (–) Los Angeles Lakers (–present)	21	1,492
7		PF	Utah Jazz (–) Los Angeles Lakers	19	1,476
8		PF	Minnesota Timberwolves (–, –) Boston Celtics (–) Brooklyn Nets (–)	21	1,462
9		PF/C	Atlanta Hawks (–,) Miami Heat (–) Golden State Warriors Houston Rockets (–,) Toronto Raptors (–) Denver Nuggets San Antonio Spurs (–) Dallas Mavericks	21	1,424
10		SG/PG	Atlanta Hawks (–) Dallas Mavericks (–) Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets Houston Rockets (–) Milwaukee Bucks (–)	19	1,410
11		PF/C	San Antonio Spurs (–)	19	1,392
12		PG	Dallas Mavericks (–, –) Phoenix Suns (–) New Jersey Nets (–) New York Knicks	19	1,391
13		SG	Indiana Pacers (–)	18	1,389
14		PF/SF	Portland Trail Blazers (–) Phoenix Suns (–) Detroit Pistons (–) Golden State Warriors (–) New Jersey Nets (–)	18	1,380
15		SG	Los Angeles Lakers (–)	20	1,346
16		SF/SG	Boston Celtics (–) Brooklyn Nets Washington Wizards Los Angeles Clippers (–)	19	1,343
17		PG	Seattle SuperSonics (–) Milwaukee Bucks Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics Miami Heat (–)	17	1,335
18		C	Buffalo Braves Houston Rockets (–) Philadelphia 76ers (–,) Washington Bullets (–) Atlanta Hawks (–) Milwaukee Bucks (–) San Antonio Spurs	19	1,329
19		SG	Chicago Bulls (–) New York Knicks (–) Golden State Warriors Atlanta Hawks (–) Portland Trail Blazers Los Angeles Clippers (–) Minnesota Timberwolves Phoenix Suns Brooklyn Nets	20	1,327
20		PF	New Jersey Nets (–) Portland Trail Blazers (–) New York Knicks (–)	17	1,307
21		PG	Cleveland Cavaliers (–) Los Angeles Clippers Denver Nuggets (–, –) Philadelphia 76ers (–) Portland Trail Blazers (–) Washington Wizards (–) Sacramento Kings Minnesota Timberwolves San Antonio Spurs	17	1,304
22		PF/C	San Diego/Houston Rockets (–, –) Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets (–)	16	1,303
23		SG	Milwaukee Bucks (–) Seattle SuperSonics (–) Boston Celtics (–) Miami Heat (–)	18	1,300
24		PG	New York Knicks (–, –) Los Angeles Clippers (–) Indiana Pacers (–, –) Denver Nuggets Toronto Raptors Utah Jazz Houston Rockets	17	1,296
25		PG	Los Angeles Lakers (–, –) Golden State Warriors (–) Utah Jazz Oklahoma City Thunder (–) Dallas Mavericks	18	1,287
26		PF	Dallas Mavericks (–) Los Angeles Lakers (–) Seattle SuperSonics (–) Indiana Pacers (–)	17	1,286
27		PF	Chicago Bulls (–,) New York Knicks (–) Toronto Raptors (–) Washington Wizards Houston Rockets	19	1,282
28		PF	Los Angeles Lakers (–,) Phoenix Suns (–) Dallas Mavericks (–) Miami Heat	16	1,278
29	^†	SG/SF	Boston Celtics Phoenix Suns (–) Atlanta Hawks (–) Brooklyn Nets (–) Miami Heat Utah Jazz (–) Houston Rockets	18	1,277
30		PG	Portland Trail Blazers (–) Minnesota Timberwolves (–) Miami Heat San Antonio Spurs (–)	17	1,274
31	^	PG	New Orleans Hornets (–) Los Angeles Clippers (–) Houston Rockets (–) Oklahoma City Thunder Phoenix Suns (–) Golden State Warriors (–present)	19	1,272
32		SF/SG	Boston Celtics (–)	16	1,270
33	^†	SF	Denver Nuggets (–) New York Knicks (–) Oklahoma City Thunder Houston Rockets Portland Trail Blazers (–) Los Angeles Lakers	19	1,260
34		PF	Kansas City/Sacramento Kings (–,) Houston Rockets (–) Portland Trail Blazers Detroit Pistons (–) Vancouver Grizzlies Washington Wizards Miami Heat Charlotte Hornets	17	1,257
35		PG	San Antonio Spurs (–) Charlotte Hornets	18	1,254
		PF	St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks (–) Phoenix Suns (–) Boston Celtics (–) Denver Nuggets Seattle SuperSonics (–)	16
37	^†	C	Orlando Magic (–) Los Angeles Lakers Houston Rockets (–) Atlanta Hawks Charlotte Hornets Washington Wizards Philadelphia 76ers	18	1,242
38		C	Houston Rockets (–) Toronto Raptors	18	1,238
39		SG/SF	Philadelphia 76ers (–) Utah Jazz (–,) Chicago Bulls (–) Atlanta Hawks (–) Cleveland Cavaliers (–) Milwaukee Bucks	17	1,232
40	^†	SF/SG	Philadelphia 76ers (–) Denver Nuggets (–) Golden State Warriors (–, –) Miami Heat (–)	19	1,231
41		PF/C	Memphis Grizzlies (–) Los Angeles Lakers (–) Chicago Bulls (–) San Antonio Spurs (–) Milwaukee Bucks	18	1,226
42		PG	Phoenix Suns (–, –) Dallas Mavericks (–) Los Angeles Lakers (–)	19	1,217
43		SF/SG	Dallas Mavericks (–) Seattle SuperSonics (–, –) Milwaukee Bucks (–,) San Antonio Spurs (–) Denver Nuggets (–) Charlotte Hornets	17	1,209
44		PF	Washington Bullets/Wizards (–) Dallas Mavericks (–,) Denver Nuggets (–,) Orlando Magic Houston Rockets (–) Charlotte Bobcats Portland Trail Blazers Miami Heat (–)	19	1,208
45		C	Orlando Magic (–) Los Angeles Lakers (–) Miami Heat (–) Phoenix Suns (–) Cleveland Cavaliers Boston Celtics	19	1,207
46		SF	Kansas City / Sacramento Kings (–) Phoenix Suns (–) Seattle SuperSonics (–) Charlotte Hornets Indiana Pacers (–) Houston Rockets (–)	17	1,199
		PG	Dallas Mavericks (–,) New York Knicks (–) Orlando Magic Los Angeles Lakers	16
48		C	Denver Nuggets (–) Atlanta Hawks (–) Philadelphia 76ers (–) New Jersey Nets New York Knicks Houston Rockets (–)	18	1,196
49		SF	Milwaukee Bucks (–) Indiana Pacers (–) Denver Nuggets (–) Dallas Mavericks	15	1,193
50	^	PF/SF	Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder (–) Boston Celtics (–) Memphis Grizzlies (–) Los Angeles Clippers Orlando Magic Cleveland Cavaliers Washington Wizards Utah Jazz Houston Rockets (–present) Brooklyn Nets Denver Nuggets (–)	16	1,185

See also

• List of NBA regular season records
• List of National Basketball Association career minutes played leaders
• List of National Basketball Association seasons played leaders
• List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise
• List of oldest and youngest National Basketball Association players

External links

• NBA & ABA Career Leaders and Records for Games – BasketballReference.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2025 Hall of Fame Candidates. basketball-reference.com . April 9, 2024.