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 |
