has a player ever played 83 games or more in the reg season?

nycballer718 · Post #1 » by **nycballer718** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:21 am

inspired by all these trades , with not all teams having played the same amount of games changing throughout each day could a player play every game for his former team that get traded to a team that has played 1-2 games less then his former team and play every game for them and end up with 83-84 games played , has this ever happened before?

rewill17 · Post #2 » by **rewill17** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:29 am

yes ratliff in 04 or 05.

Post #3 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:29 am

Payton when he got traded to Milwaukee.

Blame Rasho · Post #4 » by **Blame Rasho** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:31 am

Many ABA players played 84 games...

DanniIce · Post #5 » by **DanniIce** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:33 am

According to wikipedia the record is 88 by Walt Bellamy, 1968-69

No idea whether that's correct or not.

phoolishly_insane · Post #6 » by **phoolishly_insane** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:37 am

J.R. Reid played 83 games.

CupcakeNoFillin · Post #7 » by **CupcakeNoFillin** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:40 am

Shareef

10scott10 · Post #8 » by **10scott10** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:47 am

DanniIce wrote:According to wikipedia the record is 88 by Walt Bellamy, 1968-69

No idea whether that's correct or not.

yep,

he played 35 with new york and 53 with detroit

Post #9 » by **tkb** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:47 am

DanniIce wrote:According to wikipedia the record is 88 by Walt Bellamy, 1968-69

No idea whether that's correct or not.

That is correct. Got traded from the Knicks to the Pistons that year.

Cassius · Post #10 » by **Cassius** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:13 am

How does that affect a paycheque?

Or are players paid on a bi-weekly basis regardless.

rednecksbasketball · Post #11 » by **rednecksbasketball** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:35 am

There has been several occasions of players playing 83-84 games in a season becuase of a mid season trade. the record is 88 by Bellemy, but some other guys have played 87 in a year. about 5 years ago, somebody had they played in every game for their teams would have been close to playing 100 games. I forget who it was though, but I remember reading something about it at the time.

mattyj · Post #12 » by **mattyj** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:46 am

according to basketball-reference.com 38 times a player has played 83 games or more in an NBA season

Rk Player Season Age Lg G
1 Walt Bellamy 1968-69 29 NBA 88
2 Tom Henderson 1976-77 25 NBA 87
3 Gar Heard 1975-76 27 NBA 86
4 McCoy McLemore 1970-71 28 NBA 86
5 John Tresvant 1967-68 28 NBA 85
6 Nate Williams 1974-75 24 NBA 85
7 Shareef Abdur-Rahim 2003-04 27 NBA 85
8 Chris Gatling 1999-00 32 NBA 85
9 Howard Komives 1968-69 27 NBA 85
10 Theo Ratliff 2003-04 30 NBA 85
11 Tyrone Corbin 1987-88 25 NBA 84
12 Dave Robisch 1980-81 31 NBA 84
13 Casey Jacobsen 2004-05 23 NBA 84
14 Jim Washington 1971-72 28 NBA 84
15 Thurl Bailey 1991-92 30 NBA 84
16 Fred Hetzel 1968-69 26 NBA 84
17 Al Tucker 1968-69 25 NBA 84
18 Billy McKinney 1980-81 25 NBA 84
19 Billy Paultz 1979-80 31 NBA 84
20 Mike Mitchell 1981-82 26 NBA 84
21 J.R. Reid 1992-93 24 NBA 83
22 Aaron McKie 1996-97 24 NBA 83
23 Flynn Robinson 1968-69 27 NBA 83
24 Michael Finley 1996-97 23 NBA 83
25 Bo Outlaw 2001-02 30 NBA 83
26 James Posey 2002-03 26 NBA 83
27 Benoit Benjamin 1995-96 31 NBA 83
28 A.C. Green 1996-97 33 NBA 83
29 Jalen Rose 2001-02 29 NBA 83
30 Mike Woodson 1981-82 23 NBA 83
31 Jim Price 1977-78 28 NBA 83
32 Leonard Gray 1976-77 25 NBA 83
33 Clemon Johnson 1982-83 26 NBA 83
34 Mark West 1987-88 27 NBA 83
35 Phil Hubbard 1981-82 25 NBA 83
36 James Donaldson 1985-86 28 NBA 83
37 James Edwards 1977-78 22 NBA 83
38 Mark Jackson 2000-01 35 NBA 83