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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).[ a]
Statistics accurate as of December 25, 2024. Robert Parish has played the most games in NBA history.
Career leaders
Rank
Player
Pos
Team(s)[ c]
Seasons[ d]
Games played
1
Robert Parish C
Golden State Warriors (1976 –1980 )Boston Celtics (1980 –1994 )Charlotte Hornets (1994 –1996 )Chicago Bulls (1996–1997 )
21
1,611
2
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar C
Milwaukee Bucks (1969 –1975 )Los Angeles Lakers (1975 –1989 )
20
1,560
3
Vince Carter SG /SF
Toronto Raptors (1998 –2004 )New Jersey Nets (2004 –2009 )Orlando Magic (2009 –2010 )Phoenix Suns (2010–2011 )Dallas Mavericks (2011 –2014 )Memphis Grizzlies (2014 –2017 )Sacramento Kings (2017–2018 )Atlanta Hawks (2018 –2020 )
22
1,541
4
Dirk Nowitzki PF
Dallas Mavericks (1998 –2019 )
21
1,522
5
LeBron James SF
Cleveland Cavaliers (2003 –2010 , 2014 –2018 )Miami Heat (2010 –2014 )Los Angeles Lakers (2018 –present)
22
1,520
6
John Stockton PG
Utah Jazz (1984 –2003 )
19
1,504
7
Karl Malone PF
Utah Jazz (1985 –2003 )Los Angeles Lakers (2003–2004 )
19
1,476
8
Kevin Garnett PF
Minnesota Timberwolves (1995 –2007 , 2015 –2016 )Boston Celtics (2007 –2013 )Brooklyn Nets (2013 –2015 )
21
1,462
9
Kevin Willis PF/C
Atlanta Hawks (1984 –1994 , 2004–2005 )Miami Heat (1994 –1996 )Golden State Warriors (1996 )Houston Rockets (1996 –1998 , 2001–2002 )Toronto Raptors (1999 –2001 )Denver Nuggets (2001 )San Antonio Spurs (2002 –2004 )Dallas Mavericks (2007 )
21
1,424
10
Jason Terry SG/PG
Atlanta Hawks (1998 –2004 )Dallas Mavericks (2004 –2012 )Boston Celtics (2012–2013 )Brooklyn Nets (2013–2014 )Houston Rockets (2014 –2016 )Milwaukee Bucks (2016 –2018 )
19
1,410
11
Tim Duncan PF/C
San Antonio Spurs (1997 –2016 )
19
1,392
12
Jason Kidd PG
Dallas Mavericks (1994 –1996 , 2008 –2012 )Phoenix Suns (1996 –2001 )New Jersey Nets (2001 –2008 )New York Knicks (2012–2013 )
19
1,391
13
Reggie Miller SG
Indiana Pacers (1987 –2005 )
18
1,389
14
Clifford Robinson PF/SF
Portland Trail Blazers (1989 –1997 )Phoenix Suns (1997 –2001 )Detroit Pistons (2001 –2003 )Golden State Warriors (2003 –2005 )New Jersey Nets (2005 –2007 )
18
1,380
15
Kobe Bryant SG
Los Angeles Lakers (1996 –2016 )
20
1,346
16
Paul Pierce SF/SG
Boston Celtics (1998 –2013 )Brooklyn Nets (2013–2014 )Washington Wizards (2014–2015 )Los Angeles Clippers (2015 –2017 )
19
1,343
17
Gary Payton PG
Seattle SuperSonics (1990 –2003 )Milwaukee Bucks (2003 )Los Angeles Lakers (2003–2004 )Boston Celtics (2004–2005 )Miami Heat (2005 –2007 )
17
1,335
18
Moses Malone C
Buffalo Braves (1976 )Houston Rockets (1976 –1982 )Philadelphia 76ers (1982 –1986 , 1993–1994 )Washington Bullets (1986 –1988 )Atlanta Hawks (1988 –1991 )Milwaukee Bucks (1991 –1993 )San Antonio Spurs (1994–1995 )
19
1,329
19
Jamal Crawford SG
Chicago Bulls (2000 –2004 )New York Knicks (2004 –2008 )Golden State Warriors (2008–2009 )Atlanta Hawks (2009 –2011 )Portland Trail Blazers (2011–2012 )Los Angeles Clippers (2012 –2017 )Minnesota Timberwolves (2017–2018 )Phoenix Suns (2018–2019 )Brooklyn Nets (2020 )
20
1,327
20
Buck Williams PF
New Jersey Nets (1981 –1989 )Portland Trail Blazers (1989 –1996 )New York Knicks (1996 –1998 )
17
1,307
21
Andre Miller PG
Cleveland Cavaliers (1999 –2002 )Los Angeles Clippers (2002–2003 )Denver Nuggets (2003 –2006 , 2011 –2014 )Philadelphia 76ers (2006 –2009 )Portland Trail Blazers (2009 –2011 )Washington Wizards (2014 –2015 )Sacramento Kings (2015 )Minnesota Timberwolves (2015–2016 )San Antonio Spurs (2016 )
17
1,304
22
Elvin Hayes PF/C
San Diego/Houston Rockets (1968 –1972 , 1981 –1984 )Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets (1972 –1981 )
16
1,303
23
Chris Paul PG
New Orleans Hornets (2005 –2011 )Los Angeles Clippers (2011 –2017 )Houston Rockets (2017 –2019 )Oklahoma City Thunder (2019–2020 )Phoenix Suns (2020 –2023 )Golden State Warriors (2023–2024 )San Antonio Spurs (2024 –present)
20
1,302
24
Ray Allen SG
Milwaukee Bucks (1996 –2003 )Seattle SuperSonics (2003 –2007 )Boston Celtics (2007 –2012 )Miami Heat (2012 –2014 )
18
1,300
25
Mark Jackson PG
New York Knicks (1987 –1992 , 2001 –2002 )Los Angeles Clippers (1992 –1994 )Indiana Pacers (1994 –1996 , 1997 –2000 )Denver Nuggets (1996–1997 )Toronto Raptors (2000–2001 )Utah Jazz (2002–2003 )Houston Rockets (2003–2004 )
17
1,296
26
Derek Fisher PG
Los Angeles Lakers (1996 –2004 , 2007 –2012 )Golden State Warriors (2004 –2006 )Utah Jazz (2006–2007 )Oklahoma City Thunder (2012 , 2013 –2014 )Dallas Mavericks (2012 )
18
1,287
27
Sam Perkins PF
Dallas Mavericks (1984 –1990 )Los Angeles Lakers (1990 –1993 )Seattle SuperSonics (1993 –1998 )Indiana Pacers (1999 –2001 )
17
1,286
28
Charles Oakley PF
Chicago Bulls (1985 –1988 , 2001–2002 )New York Knicks (1988 –1998 )Toronto Raptors (1998 –2001 )Washington Wizards (2002–2003 )Houston Rockets (2004 )
19
1,282
29
A.C. Green PF
Los Angeles Lakers (1985 –1993 , 1999–2000 )Phoenix Suns (1993 –1996 )Dallas Mavericks (1996 –1999 )Miami Heat (2000–2001 )
16
1,278
30
Joe Johnson †
SG/SF
Boston Celtics (2001–2002 , 2021–2022 )Phoenix Suns (2002 –2005 )Atlanta Hawks (2005 –2012 )Brooklyn Nets (2012 –2016 )Miami Heat (2016 )Utah Jazz (2016 –2018 )Houston Rockets (2018 )
18
1,277
31
Terry Porter PG
Portland Trail Blazers (1985 –1995 )Minnesota Timberwolves (1995 –1998 )Miami Heat (1999 )San Antonio Spurs (1999 –2002 )
17
1,274
32
John Havlicek SF/SG
Boston Celtics (1962 –1978 )
16
1,270
33
Carmelo Anthony †
SF
Denver Nuggets (2003 –2011 )New York Knicks (2011 –2017 )Oklahoma City Thunder (2017–2018 )Houston Rockets (2018–2019 )Portland Trail Blazers (2019 –2021 )Los Angeles Lakers (2021–2022 )
19
1,260
34
Otis Thorpe PF
Kansas City/Sacramento Kings (1984 –1988 , 1998 )Houston Rockets (1988 –1995 )Portland Trail Blazers (1995 )Detroit Pistons (1995 –1997 )Vancouver Grizzlies (1997–1998 )Washington Wizards (1998–1999 )Miami Heat (1999–2000 )Charlotte Hornets (2000–2001 )
17
1,257
35
Tony Parker PG
San Antonio Spurs (2001 –2018 )Charlotte Hornets (2018–2019 )
18
1,254
Paul Silas PF
St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks (1964 –1969 )Phoenix Suns (1969 –1972 )Boston Celtics (1972 –1976 )Denver Nuggets (1976–1977 )Seattle SuperSonics (1977 –1980 )
16
37
Dwight Howard †
C
Orlando Magic (2004 –2012 )Los Angeles Lakers (2012–2013 , 2019–2020 , 2021–2022 )Houston Rockets (2013 –2016 )Atlanta Hawks (2016–2017 )Charlotte Hornets (2017–2018 )Washington Wizards (2018–2019 )Philadelphia 76ers (2020–2021 )
18
1,242
38
Hakeem Olajuwon C
Houston Rockets (1984 –2001 )Toronto Raptors (2001–2002 )
18
1,238
39
Kyle Korver SG/SF
Philadelphia 76ers (2003 –2007 )Utah Jazz (2007 –2010 , 2018–2019 )Chicago Bulls (2010 –2012 )Atlanta Hawks (2012 –2017 )Cleveland Cavaliers (2017 –2018 )Milwaukee Bucks (2019–2020 )
17
1,232
40
Andre Iguodala †
SF/SG
Philadelphia 76ers (2004 –2012 )Denver Nuggets (2012 –2013 )Golden State Warriors (2013 –2019 , 2021 –2023 )Miami Heat (2020 –2021 )
19
1,231
41
Pau Gasol PF/C
Memphis Grizzlies (2001 –2008 )Los Angeles Lakers (2008 –2014 )Chicago Bulls (2014 –2016 )San Antonio Spurs (2016 –2019 )Milwaukee Bucks (2019 )
18
1,226
42
Steve Nash PG
Phoenix Suns (1996 –1998 , 2004 –2012 )Dallas Mavericks (1998 –2004 )Los Angeles Lakers (2012 –2015 )
19
1,217
43
Dale Ellis SF/SG
Dallas Mavericks (1983 –1986 )Seattle SuperSonics (1986 –1991 , 1997 –1999 )Milwaukee Bucks (1991 –1992 , 1999–2000 )San Antonio Spurs (1992 –1994 )Denver Nuggets (1994 –1997 )Charlotte Hornets (2000 )
17
1,209
44
Juwan Howard PF
Washington Bullets/Wizards (1994 –2001 )Dallas Mavericks (2001 –2002 , 2007–2008 )Denver Nuggets (2002 –2003 , 2008 )Orlando Magic (2003–2004 )Houston Rockets (2004 –2007 )Charlotte Bobcats (2008–2009 )Portland Trail Blazers (2009–2010 )Miami Heat (2010 –2013 )
19
1,208
45
Shaquille O'Neal C
Orlando Magic (1992 –1996 )Los Angeles Lakers (1996 –2004 )Miami Heat (2004 –2008 )Phoenix Suns (2008 –2009 )Cleveland Cavaliers (2009–2010 )Boston Celtics (2010–2011 )
19
1,207
46
Eddie Johnson SF
Kansas City / Sacramento Kings (1981 –1987 )Phoenix Suns (1987 –1990 )Seattle SuperSonics (1990 –1993 )Charlotte Hornets (1993–1994 )Indiana Pacers (1995 –1997 )Houston Rockets (1997 –1999 )
17
1,199
Derek Harper PG
Dallas Mavericks (1983 –1994 , 1996–1997 )New York Knicks (1994 –1996 )Orlando Magic (1997–1998 )Los Angeles Lakers (1999 )
16
48
Dikembe Mutombo C
Denver Nuggets (1991 –1996 )Atlanta Hawks (1996 –2001 )Philadelphia 76ers (2001 –2002 )New Jersey Nets (2002–2003 )New York Knicks (2003–2004 )Houston Rockets (2004 –2009 )
18
1,196
49
Alex English SF
Milwaukee Bucks (1976 –1978 )Indiana Pacers (1978 –1980 )Denver Nuggets (1980 –1990 )Dallas Mavericks (1990–1991 )
15
1,193
Jeff Green PF/SF
Seattle SuperSonics /Oklahoma City Thunder (2007 –2011 )Boston Celtics (2011 , 2012 –2015 )Memphis Grizzlies (2015 –2016 )Los Angeles Clippers (2016 )Orlando Magic (2016–2017 )Cleveland Cavaliers (2017–2018 )Washington Wizards (2018–2019 )Utah Jazz (2019 )Houston Rockets (2020 , 2023 –present)Brooklyn Nets (2020–2021 )Denver Nuggets (2021 –2023 )
17
^ Does not include NBA playoff games or games played in the American Basketball Association for players who played in the ABA prior to merging with the NBA.
^ A player is not eligible for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame until he has been fully retired for three calendar years.
^ Listed in order of the player's career. Repeated teams indicate multiple stints with that team.
^ For active players, the number listed is the number of seasons that player has completed plus the current season.
