Career Minutes Per Game Leaders Rank Player Games Minutes MPG* 1 Bill Russell 963 40,726 42.29 2 Antoine Walker 514 20,265 39.43 3 Dave Cowens 726 28,551 39.33 4 Ed Macauley 348 13,385 38.46 5 Larry Bird 897 34,443 38.40 6 Paul Pierce 350 13,181 37.66 7 JoJo White 717 26,770 37.34 8 John Havlicek 1270 46,471 36.59 9 Charlie Scott 156 5,574 35.73 10 Bob Cousy 848 30,131 35.53 11 Ron Mercer 121 4,213 34.82 12 Dennis Johnson 541 18,321 33.87 13 Dino Radja 224 7,308 32.63 14 Reggie Lewis 450 14,676 32.61 15 Paul Silas 325 10,540 32.43 16 Bill Sharman 680 21,793 32.05 17 Robert Parish 1106 34,977 31.62 18 David Wesley 207 6,475 31.28 19 Nate Archibald 363 11,324 31.20 20 Kevin McHale 971 30,118 31.02 21 Sidney Wicks 163 5,055 31.01 22 Brian Shaw 178 5,509 30.95 23 Bailey Howell 323 9,909 30.68 24 Cedric Maxwell 607 18,495 30.47 25 Kenny Anderson 241 7,268 30.16 26 Tom Heinsohn 654 19,254 29.44 27 Chris Ford 309 9,058 29.31 28 Dee Brown 476 13,665 28.71 29 Sherman Douglas 269 7,657 28.46 30 Danny Ainge 556 15,603 28.06 * - Minimum of 90 Games Played Record Index