How difficult is it to play 1,500 games in his career? Only 6 players in the NBA did it, James is the second in history

As we all know, the competition within the NBA is very fierce, especially considering that talented rookies from all over the world enter the league every year, even players with formal contracts cannot always occupy a place here. For example, after some players are bought out, they can only play in other leagues. In this environment, it is already quite good to be able to play 10 seasons in the NBA. However, even if a player has been in the NBA for 10 seasons and can play the regular season every year, his final game is only 820 games, and this is obviously a very big gap between 1,500 games.

Considering the influence of injuries and other factors, it is even more difficult to play 1,500 games in the NBA than to win the championship or win the MVP. Looking at NBA history, only 6 players can achieve this feat. For example, Garnett, who had played in the NBA for 21 seasons, failed to break the record of 1,500 games in the end. After he retired, his personal games were frozen in 1,462 games. In addition, there were Kevin Willis, who had played in the NBA for 21 years, Duncan, who had played in the NBA for 19 years, and other stars, who had played in the NBA for 19 years, and they had never done it.

6. Stockton (1504 games)

Average of 13.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 10.5 assists and 2.2 steals in his career. As the greatest guard in the history of the Jazz, Stockton played for this team in his 19-year career. From being able to play as a substitute at the beginning, he gradually became a top star in the league. At his peak, he was selected for the All-A-Team twice. Stockton, who is best at assists and steals, has won 9 assists and 2 steals in his career. Among them, he has been able to double-double in 10 seasons, and has been averaging at least 13 assists per game for five consecutive seasons.

In addition, Stockton's attendance is undoubtedly one of the biggest highlights of his career. He has played 82 games in the regular season for 13 consecutive years since his rookie season, and the same is true for the last four seasons of his career. Therefore, even though he has not been in the NBA as long as Garnett, he still has played enough 1,500 games. It is precisely because of such outstanding attendance that Stockton finally succeeded in becoming the NBA's historical assist king and historical steal king. As of now, it is difficult for him to break both records, especially assists. Paul, who is closest to him, is still more than 3,000 times away from him.

5. Nowitzki (1522 games)

Average of 20.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists in his career, the Mavericks who had long been in love with Nowitzki for a long time in 1998. They brought rookie Nowitzki to Dallas through trade. Although the latter averaged only 8.2 points per game in the rookie season, the team is still willing to continue to believe him, and he did not disappoint. He has made obvious progress since the second year. Later, Nowitzki became one of the best power forwards in the league. At his peak, he became a regular visitor to the All-Star and Best Lineup. In 2007, he also won the only MVP in his career.

However, before 2011, the Mavericks and Nowitzki fell into a trough, especially after being blackmailed by the Warriors in 2007, the outside world once thought they were going to disband. However, at that time Nowitzki and the Mavericks still trusted each other, and four years later they finally proved themselves, and they finally won the first championship in team history together. Later, Nowitzki retired as the Mavericks. After playing in the NBA for 21 seasons, he had no regrets when he ended his career. In addition to being ranked fifth in history in history, his total score in history can also rank 6th in history with 31,560 points.

4. Carter (1541 games)

Average of 16.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1 steal in his career, Carter, who entered the league at the age of 21, has been playing in the NBA for 22 seasons. During this period, he has played for many teams such as the Raptors and the Nets. At his peak, he was not only selected as the All-Star player, but also was elected as the All-Star vote leader. Therefore, his popularity at that time was obviously very high. In addition, Carter has also been selected into the All-Squad twice. His best performance in the year was that he could average 27.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks, a shooting percentage of 46%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 40.8%.

In the late stage of his career, Carter did not choose to join a strong team to compete for the championship, but he has always joined a team that can give him a chance to play. For example, when the Kings and Hawks signed with Carter, they were in the bad period, so when Carter was 42 years old in the retirement season, he could play 60 games and averaged 5 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.

3.Jabbar, who averaged 24.6 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists in his career, once debuted at the peak, was selected for the All-A-Second Team in his rookie season. Then in the second year, he led the Bucks to win the first championship in team history and was also elected as FMVP. In the end, he only stayed with the Bucks for 6 years and won various honors such as FMVP and MVP. Later, Jabbar, who joined the Lakers, could only count on him at first, but after the Magician and others joined, he could finally turn on the paddling mode.

In this way, Jabbar continued his form to the end of his career as much as possible. He was selected for a while at the age of 38, and then won his 6th championship ring at the age of 40. When he was retired, Jabbar still played 74 games and averaged 10.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1.1 blocks per game..

2. James (1562 games)

Average of 27 points, 7.5 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 1.5 steals in his career

After graduating from high school in 2003, James participated in the NBA draft and was selected by the Cavaliers with the first pick in the first round. Now 22 years have passed, and James has become an old man in his 40s. In his past career, he fully proved that the Cavaliers did not misjudgment at that time. He averaged 20+5+5 in his rookie season, and later he won all the honors such as MVP and FMVP.

However, many people from the outside world once said that James's style of play was not good after he was 30 years old. As a result, at the age of 40 last season, he averaged 24.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, 8.2 assists and 1 steal per game, so he became the oldest second-team member in NBA history. James will continue his career next, and judging from his competitive state, it is just around the corner to set a new record of the first history in this list.

1.Parrish averaged 14.5 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists in his career. He has played for 21 seasons in the NBA. The team he has played for the longest time is the Celtics. He has played here for 14 seasons and has played for more than 1,000 regular season games for him. During this period, Parrish's competitive state was also at its peak, so he was selected into the All-Star 9 times, the Best Team 2 times, and also helped the team win 3 championships.

At the end of his career, Parrish first joined the Hornets, and then he joined the Bulls in the 1996-1997 season. That year, he was 43 years old, played in 43 games in the regular season, averaging 3.7 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. In the end, he was lucky to get a ring with the team.