A record 71 players on opening-night rosters have won an @NBA championship. That’s one more than the previous high of 70 players in 2025-26 and three more than the 68 players in 2024-25. The number could still go up, as several NBA champions remain without a team, including Pat Connaughton, Kevin Love, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Jeremy Sochan, and Bruce Brown.

Top 5: 18 - John Stockton and Karl Malone 16 - Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili 15 - Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem 15 - Tim Duncan and Tony Parker 15 - Stephen Curry and Draymond Green

Stephen Curry and Draymond Green are entering their 15th season as teammates. In @NBA history, only two duos have spent more seasons together.

Miles Bridges enters this season as the player with the most career games (501) without a playoff appearance among active players.

Players in their 20th season or later, per @Stathead

The 2026-27 season will mark the first time in @NBA history that four players are playing in their 20th or later season. Kevin Durant, Al Horford and Mike Conley are entering their 20th seasons, while LeBron James is set to play his 24th. The previous record was three players, set last season by Chris Paul, LeBron James and Kyle Lowry.

Top 10, per @bball_ref

Dennis Schröder is set to play for his 12th NBA team this season. Only six other players in league history have played for as many teams throughout their careers.

Despite being drafted in the same year, Anthony Edwards has played nearly 8,000 more minutes than LaMelo Ball. That's 7,992 to be exact (regular season plus playoffs), the equivalent of roughly 230 extra games at a starter's workload.

.....oldest player season by season, for true NBA sickos: 1946-47 - Ben Goldfaden 1947-48 - Nat Hickey 1948-49 - Chick Reiser 1949-50 - Charley Shipp 1950-51 - Al Cervi 1951-52 - Al Cervi 1952-53 - Al Cervi 1953-54 - Mike Novak 1954-55 - Bob Davies 1955-56 - Bobby Wanzer 1956-57 - Bobby Wanzer 1957-58 - Andy Phillip 1958-59 - Slater Martin 1959-60 - Slater Martin 1960-61 - Bill Sharman 1961-62 - Carl Braun 1962-63 - Dolph Schayes 1963-64 - Dolph Schayes 1964-65 - Larry Costello 1965-66 - Cliff Hagan 1966-67 - Larry Costello 1967-68 - Larry Costello 1968-69 - Richie Guerin 1969-70 - Bob Cousy 1970-71 - Johnny Green 1971-72 - Johnny Green 1972-73 - Johnny Green 1973-74 - Dick Barnett 1974-75 - Lenny Wilkens 1975-76 - John Havlicek 1976-77 - John Havlicek 1977-78 - John Havlicek 1978-79 - Gail Goodrich 1979-80 - Paul Silas 1980-81 - Elvin Hayes 1981-82 - Elvin Hayes 1982-83 - Elvin Hayes 1983-84 - Elvin Hayes 1984-85 - Kareem Abdul Jabbar 1985-86 - Kareem Abdul Jabbar 1986-87 - Kareem Abdul Jabbar 1987-88 - Kareem Abdul Jabbar 1988-89 - Kareem Abdul Jabbar 1989-90 - Caldwell Jones 1990-91 - Robert Parish 1991-92 - Robert Parish 1992-93 - Robert Parish 1993-94 - Robert Parish 1994-95 - Robert Parish 1995-96 - Robert Parish 1996-97 - Robert Parish 1997-98 - Charles Jones 1998-99 - Herb Williams 1999-00 - Dale Ellis 2000-01 - Sam Perkins 2001-02 - John Stockton 2002-03 - John Stockton 2003-04 - Kevin Willis 2004-05 - Kevin Willis 2005-06 - Dikembe Mutombo 2006-07 - Kevin Willis 2007-08 - Dikembe Mutombo 2008-09 - Dikembe Mutombo 2009-10 - Lindsey Hunter 2010-11 - Shaquille O'Neal 2011-12 - Kurt Thomas 2012-13 - Grant Hill 2013-14 - Steve Nash 2014-15 - Andre Miller 2015-16 - Andre Miller 2016-17 - Vince Carter 2017-18 - Vince Carter 2018-19 - Vince Carter 2019-20 - Vince Carter 2020-21 - Udonis Haslem 2021-22 - Udonis Haslem 2022-23 - Udonis Haslem 2023-24 - LeBron James 2024-25 - LeBron James 2025-26 - LeBron James 2026-27 - LeBron James

This season, LeBron James will be the oldest player in the league for the fourth consecutive season. In @NBA history, only Robert Parish (seven seasons) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (five) have recorded a longer such streak.

If the Jazz fail to make the playoffs this season, it would be their fifth consecutive season without a postseason appearance and their longest such streak since moving to Utah in the 1979–80 season.

Flagg was six blocks away from becoming the first rookie ever to lead his team in five major statistical categories.

Top 10: Elton Brand - 526 games Michael Olowokandi - 366 Glenn Robinson - 345 Pervis Ellison - 327 Andrew Wiggins - 327 Joe Smith - 284 Zion Williamson - 276 John Wall - 266 Kyrie Irving - 256 Kwame Brown - 253

Throughout his @NBA career, Zion Williamson has never made the playoffs. He enters this season ranked seventh in total games played before making his playoff debut among players selected first overall in the draft lottery era (since 1985).

Full list: Karl Malone - 36,374 (Jazz) Kobe Bryant - 33,643 (Lakers) Dirk Nowitzki - 31,560 (Mavericks) Michael Jordan - 29,277 (Bulls) Stephen Curry - 26,528 (Warriors) Hakeem Olajuwon - 26,511 (Rockets) Tim Duncan - 26,496 (Spurs) John Havlicek - 26,395 (Celtics) Reggie Miller - 25,279 (Pacers) Jerry West - 25,192 (Lakers) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 24,176 (Lakers) Paul Pierce - 24,021 (Celtics) Patrick Ewing - 23,665 (Knicks) Dominique Wilkins - 23,292 (Hawks) Elgin Baylor - 23,149 (Lakers) LeBron James - 23,119 (Cavaliers) Oscar Robertson - 22,009 (Royals) Larry Bird - 21,791 (Celtics) Alex English - 21,645 (Nuggets) Hal Greer - 21,586 (Sixers) Dwyane Wade - 21,556 (Heat) Giannis Antetokounmpo - 21,531 (Bucks) Bob Pettit - 20,880 (Hawks) David Robinson - 20,790 (Spurs) .....Damian Lillard - 19,376

Damian Lillard needs 624 points to become the 25th player in @NBA history (and the first in Blazers history) to score 20,000 regular-season points with a single team.