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Which NBA player has recorded the most losses?

These ballers were familiar with the bitter taste of defeat.

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For better or worse, professional basketball is a zero-sum game, meaning that for every winner, there must also be a loser.

And as fans, players and front offices are acutely aware, there can only ever be one winner.

While the deeds of the routinely victorious are lauded, with their accrued silverware sparkling bright enough to rival a clear night's sky, those on the flip side of the coin are oft-forgotten.

Not, however, on this list.

From the journeymen to the loyal pillars, here is the full list of NBA players to have lost at least 600 career games.

Career losses Player Team/s
756 Vince Carter Toronto/New Jersey/Orlando/Phoenix/Dallas/Memphis/Sacramento/Atlanta
718 Jamal Crawford Chicago/New York/Golden State/Atlanta/Portland/Los Angeles Clippers/Minnesota/Phoenix/Brooklyn
664 Johnny Newman Cleveland/New York/Charlotte/New Jersey/Milwaukee/Denver/Dallas
  Kevin Willis Atlanta/Miami/Golden State/Houston/Toronto/Denver/San Antonio/Dallas
652* Thaddeus Young Philadelphia/Minnesota/Brooklyn/Indiana/Chicago/San Antonio/Toronto/Phoenix
649 Elvin Hayes San Diego/Houston/Baltimore/Capital/Washington
640 Johnny Green New York/Baltimore/San Diego/Philadelphia/Cincinnati/Kansas City-Omaha
638 Andre Miller Cleveland/Los Angeles Lakers/Denver/Philadelphia/Portland/Washington/Sacramento/Minnesota/San Antonio
637 Kevin Garnett Minnesota/Boston/Brooklyn
634 Juwan Howard Washington/Dallas/Denver/Orlando/Houston/Charlotte/Portland/Miami
633 Jason Terry Atlanta/Dallas/Boston/Brooklyn/Houston/Milwaukee
630 Antawn Jamison Golden State/Dallas/Washington/Cleveland/Los Angeles Lakers/Los Angeles Clippers
625 Otis Thorpe Kansas City/Sacramento/Houston/Portland/Detroit/Vancouver/Washington/Miami/Charlotte
  Herb Williams Indiana/Dallas/New York/Toronto
622 Reggie Miller Indiana
619 Reggie Theus Chicago/Kansas City/Sacramento/Atlanta/Orlando/New Jersey
613 Joe Johnson Boston/Phoenix/Atlanta/Brooklyn/Miami/Utah/Houston
  Elton Brand Chicago/Los Angeles Clippers/Philadelphia/Dallas/Atlanta
609 Rudy Gay Memphis/Toronto/Sacramento/San Antonio/Utah
608 Derek Harper Dallas/New York/Orlando/Los Angeles Lakers
606 Jeff Green Seattle/Oklahoma City/Boston/Memphis/Los Angeles Clippers/Orlando/Cleveland/Washington/Utah/Houston/Brooklyn/Denver
  Dirk Nowitzki Dallas
603 Moses Malone Utah/St.Louis/Buffalo/Houston/Philadelphia/Washington/Atlanta/Milwaukee/San Antonio
  Walt Bellamy Chicago/Baltimore/New York/Detroit/Atlanta/New Orleans
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