List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career games played leaders

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In the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the statistic for total games played in Division I men's basketball helps opposing coaches to monitor the extent that a particular player is used on a team. By definition, a player has "played in a game" when he enters the contest via substitution or by starting the contest. All that is required is that he is one of the five players for a team on the court for a minimal time of one second according to the game clock.[citation needed]

Through the 2023–24 season, the all-time leader in games played is Jordan Bohannon, who played six seasons at Iowa and appeared in 179 games.[1] Bohannon benefited from two special provisions of NCAA rules that allowed him to play in more than the standard four seasons.

Normally, the only way for a player to play in more than four NCAA seasons is to qualify for a "medical redshirt", officially known by the NCAA as a "hardship waiver". To be eligible, a player must have participated in fewer than one third of his team's scheduled games in that season, and cannot have participated in any games in the second half of the season.[2] Bohannon received a medical redshirt in 2019–20, a season in which he played 10 games. Several other players on the career leaders list benefited from this rule. Bohannon also benefited from a special NCAA eligibility waiver for the 2020–21 season, which was so heavily disrupted by COVID-19 that the NCAA announced it would not count that season against any player's period of eligibility.[3] He chose to play a final season in 2021–22.[4]

Key[edit]

Top 25 games played leaders[edit]

Jordan Bohannon is the all-time leader in games played with 179.

Includes ties for 25th.

Player Pos. Team(s) Games played Career start Career end Medical
redshirt? 		COVID
waiver? 		Ref.
Jordan Bohannon G Iowa 179 2016 2022 Green tickY Green tickY [1]
Jake Wolfe G Lipscomb /
Morehead State /
Indiana State 		173 2018 2024[n 1] Green tickY Green tickY [5]
Jalen Coleman-Lands G Illinois /
DePaul /
Iowa State /
Kansas 		172 2015 2022[n 2] Green tickY Green tickY [6]
Chevez Goodwin F Charleston /
Wofford /
USC 		172 2016 2022[n 3] Red XN Green tickY [7]
Justin Kier G George Mason /
Georgia /
Arizona 		170 2016 2022 Green tickY Green tickY [8]
Armando Bacot C/F North Carolina 169 2019 2024 Red XN Green tickY [9]
Quincy Guerrier F Syracuse /
Oregon /
Illinois (2) 		169 2019 2024 Red XN Green tickY [10]
Robert Allen F Samford /
Ole Miss /
North Texas 		168 2018 2024[n 4] Green tickY Green tickY [11]
Darius McGhee G Liberty 168 2018 2023 Red XN Green tickY [12]
Garrison Brooks F North Carolina (2) /
Mississippi State 		167 2017 2022 Red XN Green tickY [13]
Reggie Chaney F Arkansas /
Houston 		167 2018 2023 Red XN Green tickY [14]
Mitch Lightfoot F Kansas (2) 167 2016 2022[n 5] Red XN Green tickY [15]
Garrett Sturtz G Drake 167 2018 2023 Red XN Green tickY [16]
Connor McCaffery G Iowa (2) 166 2017 2023 Green tickY Green tickY [17]
Joe Toussaint G Iowa (3) /
West Virginia /
Texas Tech 		166 2019 2024 Red XN Green tickY [18]
Angelo Allegri F UNC Greensboro /
Eastern Washington 		165 2018 2023 Red XN Green tickY [19]
Darius Brown II G UNC Greensboro /
Eastern Washington 		165 2018 2024[n 6] Green tickY Green tickY [20]
KJ Buffen F Ole Miss (2) /
UAB 		165 2018 2023 Red XN Green tickY [21]
D.J. Burns F/C Tennessee /
Winthrop /
NC State 		165 2018 2024[n 7] Green tickY Green tickY [22]
Javian Davis F Alabama /
Mississippi State (2) /
UAB 		165 2018 2024[n 8] Green tickY Green tickY [23]
John Fulkerson F Tennessee (2) 165 2016 2022 Green tickY Green tickY [24]
Marcus Carr G Pittsburgh /
Minnesota /
Texas 		164 2017 2023[n 9] Green tickY Green tickY [25]
Aaron Cook Jr. G Southern Illinois /
Gonzaga /
Georgia (2) 		164 2016 2022 Green tickY Green tickY [26]
RayJ Dennis G Boise State /
Toledo /
Baylor 		164 2019 2024 Red XN Green tickY [27]
Tavin Lovan G UAB (2) 164 2018 2023 Red XN Green tickY [28]
Drew Peterson G Rice /
USC (2) 		164 2018 2023 Red XN Green tickY [29]
Andrew Platek G North Carolina (3) /
Siena 		164 2017 2023 Green tickY Green tickY [30]
David Singleton G UCLA 164 2018 2023 Red XN Green tickY [31]

Leaders without COVID-19 waiver[edit]

The overall top 25 is completely occupied by players who were active in the 2020–21 season and benefited from the COVID-19 waiver. The last players eligible to take advantage of this waiver will not complete their college eligibility until 2024–25, not counting any potential medical redshirt season in 2021–22 or later. For this reason, a separate list consisting solely of players who did not benefit from the waiver is being maintained.

Includes ties for 25th.

David Lighty has the most all-time games among pre-COVID era players.
Przemek Karnowski played in 152 games between 2012 and 2017.
Darius Miller, who also played in 152 games, is tied for first among players who participated in the standard four seasons.
Player Pos. Team(s) Games played Career start Career end Medical
redshirt? 		Ref.
David Lighty G/F Ohio State 157 2006 2011 Green tickY [32]
Jakob Gollon F Mercer 154 2008 2014 Green tickY (×2) [33]
Nate Austin F/C BYU 153 2011 2016 Green tickY [34]
Josh Perkins G Gonzaga 153 2014 2019 Green tickY [35]
Przemek Karnowski C Gonzaga (2) 152 2012 2017 Green tickY [36]
Darius Miller G/F Kentucky 152 2008 2012 Red XN [37]
Deon Thompson F North Carolina 152 2006 2010 Red XN [38]
Nate Britt G North Carolina (2) 151 2013 2017 Red XN [39]
Isaiah Hicks F North Carolina (3) 151 2013 2017 Red XN [40]
Walter Hodge G Florida 151 2005 2009 Red XN [41]
Wayne Turner G Kentucky (2) 151 1995 1999 Red XN [42]
Antonio Anderson F Memphis 150 2005 2009 Red XN [43]
Nigel Hayes F Wisconsin (2) 150 2013 2017 Red XN [44]
Amile Jefferson F Duke 150 2012 2017 Green tickY [45]
Patric Young C/F Florida (2) 150 2010 2014 Red XN [46]
Joey Dorsey C Memphis (2) 149 2004 2008 Red XN [47]
Lamar Patterson G/F Pittsburgh 149 2009 2014 Green tickY [48]
Ethan Wragge F Creighton 149 2009 2014 Green tickY [49]
Mike Best F/C UC Irvine 148 2011 2016 Green tickY [50]
Phil Booth G Villanova 148 2014 2019 Green tickY [51]
Aaron Craft G Ohio State (2) 148 2010 2014 Red XN [52]
Robert Dozier F Memphis (3) 148 2005 2009 Red XN [53]
Josh Gasser G Wisconsin (2) 148 2010 2015[n 10] Red XN [54]
Brice Johnson F North Carolina (4) 148 2012 2016 Red XN [55]
Bronson Koenig G Wisconsin (3) 148 2013 2017 Red XN [56]
Christian Laettner F/C Duke (2) 148 1988 1992 Red XN [57]
Kyle Singler F Duke (3) 148 2007 2011 Red XN [58]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Wolfe got injured in his sophomore season at Lipscomb and used a medical redshirt after appearing in just 9 games.
  2. ^ Although Coleman-Lands' career has spanned seven seasons, he has only played in six. He played from 2015–2017 at Illinois before transferring to DePaul, sitting out the 2017–18 season due to then-current NCAA transfer regulations. He then received a medical redshirt season in 2018–19, and played the full 2019–20 season at DePaul. Coleman-Lands then received a sixth season of eligibility from the NCAA for 2020–21, playing at Iowa State, and then transferred to Kansas, taking advantage of the NCAA's COVID-19 eligibility waiver.
  3. ^ Although Goodwin's career has spanned six seasons, he has only played in five. He played at Charleston in the 2016–17 season before transferring to Wofford, sitting out the 2017–18 season due to then-current NCAA transfer regulations. After graduating from Wofford in 2020, Goodwin transferred to USC and was immediately eligible to play as a graduate transfer.
  4. ^ Allen got injured in his senior season at Ole Miss and used a medical redshirt after appearing in just 8 games.
  5. ^ Although Lightfoot's career has spanned six seasons, he has only played in five. He played no games as a redshirt in the 2019–20 season.
  6. ^ Brown got injured in his senior season at Cal State Northridge and used a medical redshirt after appearing in just 8 games.
  7. ^ Although Burns' career spanned five seasons, he only played in four. He redshirted his true freshman season at Tennessee in 2018–19 without playing in a game before transferring to Winthrop in 2019–20.
  8. ^ Although Davis' career spanned six seasons, he only played in five. He redshirted his true freshman season at Alabama in 2018–19 without playing in a game.
  9. ^ Although Carr's career spanned six seasons, he only played in five. He played at Pittsburgh in the 2017–18 season before transferring to Minnesota, sitting out the 2018–19 season due to then-current NCAA transfer regulations. He spent two more seasons at Minnesota before transferring to Texas, where he took advantage of the COVID-19 blanket waiver and played as a graduate student.
  10. ^ Although Gasser's career spanned five seasons, he only played in four. He played no games as a redshirt in the 2012–13 season.

References[edit]

General
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Specific
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  6. ^ "Jaden Coleman-Lands". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "Chevez Goodwin". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  8. ^ "Justin Kier". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  9. ^ "Armando Bacot". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  10. ^ "Quincy Guerrier". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  11. ^ "Robert Allen". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  12. ^ "Darius McGhee". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  13. ^ "Garrison Brooks". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  14. ^ "Reggie Chaney". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  15. ^ "Mitch Lightfoot". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  16. ^ "Garrett Sturtz". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  17. ^ "Connor McCaffery". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  18. ^ "Connor McCaffery". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  19. ^ "Angelo Allegri". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  20. ^ "Darius Brown II". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  21. ^ "KJ Buffen". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  22. ^ "D.J. Burns". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  23. ^ "Javian Davis". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  24. ^ "John Fulkerson". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  25. ^ "Marcus Carr". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  26. ^ "Aaron Cook". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  27. ^ "RayJ Dennis". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  28. ^ "Tavin Lovan". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  29. ^ "Drew Peterson". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  30. ^ "Andrew Platek". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  31. ^ "David Singleton". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
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  33. ^ "Jake Gollon". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  34. ^ "Nate Austin". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  35. ^ "Josh Perkins". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  36. ^ "Przemek Karnowski". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
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  40. ^ "Isaiah Hicks". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
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  42. ^ "Wayne Turner". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  43. ^ "Antonio Anderson stats". ESPN.com. 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  44. ^ "Nigel Hayes". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  45. ^ "Amile Jefferson". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  46. ^ "Patric Young". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  47. ^ "Joey Dorsey stats". ESPN.com. 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  48. ^ "Lamar Patterson". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  49. ^ "Ethan Wragge". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  50. ^ "Mike Best". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  51. ^ "Phil Booth". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  52. ^ "Aaron Craft". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  53. ^ "Robert Dozier stats". ESPN.com. 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  54. ^ "Josh Gasser". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  55. ^ "Brice Johnson". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  56. ^ "Bronson Koenig". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  57. ^ "Christian Laettner". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  58. ^ "Kyle Singler stats". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
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