in minutes played per game from 1959-60 to 1968-69 or one full decade

2. Bill Russell - 42.29
Bill Russell led the NBA in minutes played twice in his career and once he led the league in minutes played per game. The one year Russell led the league in minutes played per game was in 1958-59. That year Wilt Chamberlain played for the Harlem Globetrotters because the NBA had dumb rule prohibiting players from joining the league until their college eligibility was up Christian Dior Sunglasses. Wilt quit college after his junior year at Kansas.
Once Wilt joined the NBA in 1959-60 everybody else was playing for second in minutes played per game. In 1964-65 Russell did lead the league in minutes played. Wilt was traded that season from the San Francisco Warriors to the Philadelphia 76ers and only played in 73 games Oakley Sunglasses Cheap.
3. Oscar Robertson - 42.20
Oscar Robertson led the NBA in minutes played per game during the 1964-65 season when he averaged 45.6 minutes per game Arnette Sunglasses. The Big O was the only player other than Wilt Chamberlain to lead the league in minutes played per game from 1959-60 to 1968-69 or one full decade.