Games StartedGS

GS stands for games started in basketball. Games in which a player was on the floor for the opening tip.

How GS is calculated

Counted from the announced starting five.

Games started minus games played tells you a rotation role in one subtraction: a full-time starter, a swing man, or a bench scorer.

What counts as a good GS?

Half of the 420 qualified NBA players in 2025-26 were at or below 19. Clearing 70 put a season in the top tenth of the league.

Median
19
Top 10%
70
Leader
82

By position, the median was 21.5 for F, 19 for G and 18.5 for C.

Qualified: non-zero, 2025-26 regular season.

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