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List of NBA career games played leaders
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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 January 31, 2026.
| § | 1st time eligible for Hall of Fame in 2026 |
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| Rank | Player | Pos | Team(s) | Seasons | Games played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | * | C | Golden State Warriors (–) | ||
| Boston Celtics (–) | |||||
| Charlotte Hornets (–) | |||||
| Chicago Bulls () | 21 | 1,611 | |||
| 2 | ^ | SF | Cleveland Cavaliers (–, –) | ||
| Miami Heat (–) | |||||
| Los Angeles Lakers (–present) | 23 | 1,592 | |||
| 3 | * | C | Milwaukee Bucks (–) | ||
| Los Angeles Lakers (–) | 20 | 1,560 | |||
| 4 | * | SG/SF | Toronto Raptors (–) | ||
| New Jersey Nets (–) | |||||
| Orlando Magic (–) | |||||
| Phoenix Suns () | |||||
| Dallas Mavericks (–) | |||||
| Memphis Grizzlies (–) | |||||
| Sacramento Kings () | |||||
| Atlanta Hawks (–) | 22 | 1,541 | |||
| 5 | * | PF | Dallas Mavericks (–) | 21 | 1,522 |
| 6 | * | PG | Utah Jazz (–) | 19 | 1,504 |
| 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 | ^ | PG | New Orleans Hornets (–) | ||
| Los Angeles Clippers (–, ) | |||||
| Houston Rockets (–) | |||||
| Oklahoma City Thunder () | |||||
| Phoenix Suns (–) | |||||
| Golden State Warriors () | |||||
| San Antonio Spurs () | 21 | 1,370 | |||
| 16 | * | SG | Los Angeles Lakers (–) | 20 | 1,346 |
| 17 | * | SF/SG | Boston Celtics (–) | ||
| Brooklyn Nets () | |||||
| Washington Wizards () | |||||
| Los Angeles Clippers (–) | 19 | 1,343 | |||
| 18 | * | PG | Seattle SuperSonics (–) | ||
| Milwaukee Bucks () | |||||
| Los Angeles Lakers () | |||||
| Boston Celtics () | |||||
| Miami Heat (–) | 17 | 1,335 | |||
| 19 | * | C | Buffalo Braves () | ||
| Houston Rockets (–) | |||||
| Philadelphia 76ers (–, ) | |||||
| Washington Bullets (–) | |||||
| Atlanta Hawks (–) | |||||
| Milwaukee Bucks (–) | |||||
| San Antonio Spurs () | 19 | 1,329 | |||
| 20 | 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 | |||
| 21 | PF | New Jersey Nets (–) | |||
| Portland Trail Blazers (–) | |||||
| New York Knicks (–) | 17 | 1,307 | |||
| 22 | 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 | |||
| 23 | * | PF/C | San Diego/Houston Rockets (–, –) | ||
| Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets (–) | 16 | 1,303 | |||
| 24 | * | SG | Milwaukee Bucks (–) | ||
| Seattle SuperSonics (–) | |||||
| Boston Celtics (–) | |||||
| Miami Heat (–) | 18 | 1,300 | |||
| 25 | PG | New York Knicks (–, –) | |||
| Los Angeles Clippers (–) | |||||
| Indiana Pacers (–, –) | |||||
| Denver Nuggets () | |||||
| Toronto Raptors () | |||||
| Utah Jazz () | |||||
| Houston Rockets () | 17 | 1,296 | |||
| 26 | PG | Los Angeles Lakers (–, –) | |||
| Golden State Warriors (–) | |||||
| Utah Jazz () | |||||
| Oklahoma City Thunder (, –) | |||||
| Dallas Mavericks () | 18 | 1,287 | |||
| 27 | PF | Dallas Mavericks (–) | |||
| Los Angeles Lakers (–) | |||||
| Seattle SuperSonics (–) | |||||
| Indiana Pacers (–) | 17 | 1,286 | |||
| 28 | ^ | PG | Oklahoma City Thunder (–) | ||
| Houston Rockets () | |||||
| Washington Wizards () | |||||
| Los Angeles Lakers (–) | |||||
| Los Angeles Clippers (–) | |||||
| Denver Nuggets () | |||||
| Sacramento Kings (–present) | 18 | 1,285 | |||
| 29 | PF | Chicago Bulls (–, ) | |||
| New York Knicks (–) | |||||
| Toronto Raptors (–) | |||||
| Washington Wizards () | |||||
| Houston Rockets () | 19 | 1,282 | |||
| 30 | PF | Los Angeles Lakers (–, ) | |||
| Phoenix Suns (–) | |||||
| Dallas Mavericks (–) | |||||
| Miami Heat () | 16 | 1,278 | |||
| 31 | SG/SF | Boston Celtics (, ) | |||
| Phoenix Suns (–) | |||||
| Atlanta Hawks (–) | |||||
| Brooklyn Nets (–) | |||||
| Miami Heat () | |||||
| Utah Jazz (–) | |||||
| Houston Rockets () | 18 | 1,277 | |||
| 32 | PG | Portland Trail Blazers (–) | |||
| Minnesota Timberwolves (–) | |||||
| Miami Heat () | |||||
| San Antonio Spurs (–) | 17 | 1,274 | |||
| 33 | * | SF/SG | Boston Celtics (–) | 16 | 1,270 |
| 34 | * | SF | Denver Nuggets (–) | ||
| New York Knicks (–) | |||||
| Oklahoma City Thunder () | |||||
| Houston Rockets () | |||||
| Portland Trail Blazers (–) | |||||
| Los Angeles Lakers () | 19 | 1,260 | |||
| 35 | PF | Kansas City/Sacramento Kings (–, ) | |||
| Houston Rockets (–) | |||||
| Portland Trail Blazers () | |||||
| Detroit Pistons (–) | |||||
| Vancouver Grizzlies () | |||||
| Washington Wizards () | |||||
| Miami Heat () | |||||
| Charlotte Hornets () | 17 | 1,257 | |||
| 36 | * | PG | San Antonio Spurs (–) | ||
| Charlotte Hornets () | 18 | 1,254 | |||
| PF | St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks (–) | ||||
| Phoenix Suns (–) | |||||
| Boston Celtics (–) | |||||
| Denver Nuggets () | |||||
| Seattle SuperSonics (–) | 16 | ||||
| 38 | * | C | Orlando Magic (–) | ||
| Los Angeles Lakers (, , ) | |||||
| Houston Rockets (–) | |||||
| Atlanta Hawks () | |||||
| Charlotte Hornets () | |||||
| Washington Wizards () | |||||
| Philadelphia 76ers () | 18 | 1,242 | |||
| 39 | * | C | Houston Rockets (–) | ||
| Toronto Raptors () | 18 | 1,238 | |||
| 40 | ^ | SG/SF | Toronto Raptors (–) | ||
| San Antonio Spurs (–) | |||||
| Chicago Bulls (–) | |||||
| Sacramento Kings (–present) | 17 | 1,237 | |||
| 41 | ^ | 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 (–) | 18 | 1,233 | |||
| 42 | SG/SF | Philadelphia 76ers (–) | |||
| Utah Jazz (–, ) | |||||
| Chicago Bulls (–) | |||||
| Atlanta Hawks (–) | |||||
| Cleveland Cavaliers (–) | |||||
| Milwaukee Bucks () | 17 | 1,232 | |||
| 43 | § | SF/SG | Philadelphia 76ers (–) | ||
| Denver Nuggets (–) | |||||
| Golden State Warriors (–, –) | |||||
| Miami Heat (–) | 19 | 1,231 | |||
| 44 | * | PF/C | Memphis Grizzlies (–) | ||
| Los Angeles Lakers (–) | |||||
| Chicago Bulls (–) | |||||
| San Antonio Spurs (–) | |||||
| Milwaukee Bucks () | 18 | 1,226 | |||
| 45 | * | PG | Phoenix Suns (–, –) | ||
| Dallas Mavericks (–) | |||||
| Los Angeles Lakers (–) | 19 | 1,217 | |||
| 46 | ^ | PG | Memphis Grizzlies (–) | ||
| Utah Jazz (–) | |||||
| Minnesota Timberwolves (–present) | 19 | 1,215 | |||
| 47 | SF/SG | Dallas Mavericks (–) | |||
| Seattle SuperSonics (–, –) | |||||
| Milwaukee Bucks (–, ) | |||||
| San Antonio Spurs (–) | |||||
| Denver Nuggets (–) | |||||
| Charlotte Hornets () | 17 | 1,209 | |||
| 48 | PF | Washington Bullets/Wizards (–) | |||
| Dallas Mavericks (–, ) | |||||
| Denver Nuggets (–, ) | |||||
| Orlando Magic () | |||||
| Houston Rockets (–) | |||||
| Charlotte Bobcats () | |||||
| Portland Trail Blazers () | |||||
| Miami Heat (–) | 19 | 1,208 | |||
| 49 | * | C | Orlando Magic (–) | ||
| Los Angeles Lakers (–) | |||||
| Miami Heat (–) | |||||
| Phoenix Suns (–) | |||||
| Cleveland Cavaliers () | |||||
| Boston Celtics () | 19 | 1,207 | |||
| 50 | PG | Dallas Mavericks (–, ) | |||
| New York Knicks (–) | |||||
| Orlando Magic () | |||||
| Los Angeles Lakers () | 16 | 1,199 | |||
| SF | Kansas City / Sacramento Kings (–) | ||||
| Phoenix Suns (–) | |||||
| Seattle SuperSonics (–) | |||||
| Charlotte Hornets () | |||||
| Indiana Pacers (–) | |||||
| Houston Rockets (–) | 17 |
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