Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Seasons 1969-70–1988-89 · 20 on record · Ht 7-2 · b. 1947

★ Hall of Fame★ 6× MVP★ 2× Finals MVP★ Rookie of the Year★ 2× Scoring champion19× All-Star15× All-NBA11× All-Defense

Player info

Position	C
Number	#33 (also #40, #50)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	7-2
Weight	225 lb
Born	1947-04-16
College	UCLA
Drafted	1969 · Round 1, Pick 1 · Milwaukee Bucks
Seasons	1969-70–1988-89 (20)

Career averages

24.6 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 3.6 APG · 1560 games · .559 FG% · .056 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1969-70	MIL	22	82	43.1	.518	—	.653	14.5	4.1	—	—	28.8	22.5	.552
1970-71	MIL	23	82	40.1	.577	—	.690	16.0	3.3	—	—	31.7	29.0	.606
1971-72	MIL	24	81	44.2	.574	—	.689	16.6	4.6	—	—	34.8	29.9	.603
1972-73	MIL	25	76	42.8	.554	—	.713	16.1	5.0	—	—	30.2	28.5	.580
1973-74	MIL	26	81	43.8	.539	—	.702	14.5	4.8	1.4	3.5	27.0	24.4	.564
1974-75	MIL	27	65	42.3	.513	—	.763	14.0	4.1	1.0	3.3	30.0	26.4	.550
1975-76	LAL	28	82	41.2	.529	—	.703	16.9	5.0	1.5	4.1	27.7	27.2	.567
1976-77	LAL	29	82	36.8	.579	—	.701	13.3	3.9	1.2	3.2	26.2	27.8	.608
1977-78	LAL	30	62	36.5	.550	—	.783	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	25.8	29.2	.589
1978-79	LAL	31	80	39.5	.577	—	.736	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	23.8	25.5	.612
1979-80	LAL	32	82	38.3	.604	0.000	.765	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	24.8	25.3	.639
1980-81	LAL	33	80	37.2	.574	0.000	.766	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	26.2	25.5	.616
1981-82	LAL	34	76	35.2	.579	0.000	.706	8.7	3.0	0.8	2.7	23.9	23.4	.608
1982-83	LAL	35	79	32.3	.588	0.000	.749	7.5	2.5	0.8	2.2	21.8	23.6	.619
1983-84	LAL	36	80	32.8	.578	0.000	.723	7.3	2.6	0.7	1.8	21.5	21.3	.608
1984-85	LAL	37	79	33.3	.599	0.000	.732	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	22.0	22.9	.628
1985-86	LAL	38	79	33.3	.564	0.000	.765	6.1	3.5	0.8	1.6	23.4	22.7	.603
1986-87	LAL	39	78	31.3	.564	.333	.714	6.7	2.6	0.6	1.2	17.5	17.9	.597
1987-88	LAL	40	80	28.9	.532	0.000	.762	6.0	1.7	0.6	1.2	14.6	15.8	.570
1988-89	LAL	41	74	22.9	.475	0.000	.739	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.1	10.1	12.9	.511

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1969-70	MIL	82	—	3,534	938	1,810	.518	—	—	485	743	1190	337	—	—	—	2,361
1970-71	MIL	82	—	3,288	1,063	1,843	.577	—	—	470	681	1311	272	—	—	—	2,596
1971-72	MIL	81	—	3,583	1,159	2,019	.574	—	—	504	732	1346	370	—	—	—	2,822
1972-73	MIL	76	—	3,254	982	1,772	.554	—	—	328	460	1224	379	—	—	—	2,292
1973-74	MIL	81	—	3,548	948	1,759	.539	—	—	295	420	1178	386	112	283	—	2,191
1974-75	MIL	65	—	2,747	812	1,584	.513	—	—	325	426	912	264	65	212	—	1,949
1975-76	LAL	82	82	3,379	914	1,728	.529	—	—	447	636	1383	413	119	338	—	2,275
1976-77	LAL	82	82	3,016	888	1,533	.579	—	—	376	536	1090	319	101	261	—	2,152
1977-78	LAL	62	—	2,265	663	1,205	.550	—	—	274	350	801	269	103	185	208	1,600
1978-79	LAL	80	—	3,157	777	1,347	.577	—	—	349	474	1025	431	76	316	282	1,903
1979-80	LAL	82	—	3,143	835	1,383	.604	0	1	364	476	886	371	81	280	297	2,034
1980-81	LAL	80	—	2,976	836	1,457	.574	0	1	423	552	821	272	59	228	249	2,095
1981-82	LAL	76	76	2,677	753	1,301	.579	0	3	312	442	659	225	63	207	230	1,818
1982-83	LAL	79	79	2,554	722	1,228	.588	0	2	278	371	592	200	61	170	200	1,722
1983-84	LAL	80	80	2,622	716	1,238	.578	0	1	285	394	587	211	55	143	221	1,717
1984-85	LAL	79	79	2,630	723	1,207	.599	0	1	289	395	622	249	63	162	197	1,735
1985-86	LAL	79	79	2,629	755	1,338	.564	0	2	336	439	478	280	67	130	203	1,846
1986-87	LAL	78	78	2,441	560	993	.564	1	3	245	343	523	203	49	97	186	1,366
1987-88	LAL	80	80	2,308	480	903	.532	0	1	205	269	478	135	48	92	159	1,165
1988-89	LAL	74	74	1,695	313	659	.475	0	3	122	165	334	74	38	85	95	748
Career		1560	—	—	15,837	28,307	.559	1	18	6712	9304	17440	5660	1160	3189	2527	38,387

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1969-70	MIL	82	43.1	9.6	18.4	.518	—	—	4.9	7.6	12.1	3.4	—	—	—	24.1
1970-71	MIL	82	40.1	11.6	20.2	.577	—	—	5.1	7.5	14.4	3.0	—	—	—	28.4
1971-72	MIL	81	44.2	11.6	20.3	.574	—	—	5.1	7.4	13.5	3.7	—	—	—	28.4
1972-73	MIL	76	42.8	10.9	19.6	.554	—	—	3.6	5.1	13.5	4.2	—	—	—	25.4
1973-74	MIL	81	43.8	9.6	17.8	.539	—	—	3.0	4.3	12.0	3.9	1.1	2.9	—	22.2
1974-75	MIL	65	42.3	10.6	20.8	.513	—	—	4.3	5.6	12.0	3.5	0.9	2.8	—	25.5
1975-76	LAL	82	41.2	9.7	18.4	.529	—	—	4.8	6.8	14.7	4.4	1.3	3.6	—	24.2
1976-77	LAL	82	36.8	10.6	18.3	.579	—	—	4.5	6.4	13.0	3.8	1.2	3.1	—	25.7
1977-78	LAL	62	36.5	10.5	19.2	.550	—	—	4.4	5.6	12.7	4.3	1.6	2.9	3.3	25.4
1978-79	LAL	80	39.5	8.9	15.4	.577	—	—	4.0	5.4	11.7	4.9	0.9	3.6	3.2	21.7
1979-80	LAL	82	38.3	9.6	15.8	.604	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.5	10.1	4.2	0.9	3.2	3.4	23.3
1980-81	LAL	80	37.2	10.1	17.6	.574	0.0	0.0	5.1	6.7	9.9	3.3	0.7	2.8	3.0	25.3
1981-82	LAL	76	35.2	10.1	17.5	.579	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.9	8.9	3.0	0.8	2.8	3.1	24.4
1982-83	LAL	79	32.3	10.2	17.3	.588	0.0	0.0	3.9	5.2	8.3	2.8	0.9	2.4	2.8	24.3
1983-84	LAL	80	32.8	9.8	17.0	.578	0.0	0.0	3.9	5.4	8.1	2.9	0.8	2.0	3.0	23.6
1984-85	LAL	79	33.3	9.9	16.5	.599	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.4	8.5	3.4	0.9	2.2	2.7	23.7
1985-86	LAL	79	33.3	10.3	18.3	.564	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.0	6.5	3.8	0.9	1.8	2.8	25.3
1986-87	LAL	78	31.3	8.3	14.6	.564	0.0	0.0	3.6	5.1	7.7	3.0	0.7	1.4	2.7	20.1
1987-88	LAL	80	28.9	7.5	14.1	.532	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.2	7.5	2.1	0.7	1.4	2.5	18.2
1988-89	LAL	74	22.9	6.6	14.0	.475	0.0	0.1	2.6	3.5	7.1	1.6	0.8	1.8	2.0	15.9

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1969-70	MIL	82	3,534	22.5	.552	—	9.3	4.5	13.8	.187	—	—	—	—
1970-71	MIL	82	3,288	29.0	.606	—	17.0	5.3	22.3	.326	—	—	—	—
1971-72	MIL	81	3,583	29.9	.603	—	18.3	7.1	25.4	.340	—	—	—	—
1972-73	MIL	76	3,254	28.5	.580	—	14.4	7.5	21.9	.322	—	—	—	—
1973-74	MIL	81	3,548	24.4	.564	—	10.6	7.9	18.4	.250	+5.0	+2.5	+7.5	+8.6
1974-75	MIL	65	2,747	26.4	.550	—	8.1	4.8	12.9	.225	+5.8	+1.8	+7.6	+6.7
1975-76	LAL	82	3,379	27.2	.567	—	9.8	7.2	17.0	.242	+5.5	+3.0	+8.5	+9.0
1976-77	LAL	82	3,016	27.8	.608	—	11.9	5.9	17.8	.283	+6.8	+2.6	+9.4	+8.7
1977-78	LAL	62	2,265	29.2	.589	27.0	7.7	4.4	12.1	.257	+6.5	+2.9	+9.3	+6.5
1978-79	LAL	80	3,157	25.5	.612	23.3	8.8	5.6	14.4	.219	+4.6	+3.0	+7.6	+7.7
1979-80	LAL	82	3,143	25.3	.639	24.1	9.5	5.3	14.8	.227	+4.8	+2.4	+7.2	+7.3
1980-81	LAL	80	2,976	25.5	.616	26.3	9.6	4.6	14.3	.230	+4.7	+1.4	+6.1	+6.1
1981-82	LAL	76	2,677	23.4	.608	25.6	6.9	3.9	10.7	.192	+3.8	+1.2	+5.0	+4.7
1982-83	LAL	79	2,554	23.6	.619	24.6	8.0	2.9	10.9	.205	+4.0	+0.5	+4.5	+4.2
1983-84	LAL	80	2,622	21.3	.608	25.1	5.9	3.1	8.9	.163	+2.8	+0.2	+3.0	+3.3
1984-85	LAL	79	2,630	22.9	.628	24.3	7.6	3.6	11.2	.204	+3.9	+1.2	+5.1	+4.8
1985-86	LAL	79	2,629	22.7	.603	26.6	7.6	3.2	10.8	.197	+4.4	+1.0	+5.4	+4.9
1986-87	LAL	78	2,441	17.9	.597	22.1	4.5	3.0	7.5	.148	+1.4	+0.1	+1.6	+2.2
1987-88	LAL	80	2,308	15.8	.570	21.4	2.6	2.7	5.3	.111	-0.1	+0.1	+0.0	+1.2
1988-89	LAL	74	1,695	12.9	.511	20.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	.082	-1.9	-0.2	-2.1	+0.0
Career		1560	—	—	—	—	—	—	273.3	—	—	—	—	+85.9

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1969-70	10	43.5	35.2	16.8	4.1	0.0	0.0	.567	—	.608
1970-71	14	41.2	26.6	17.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	.515	—	.548
1971-72	11	46.4	28.7	18.2	5.1	0.0	0.0	.437	—	.462
1972-73	6	46.0	22.8	16.2	2.8	0.0	0.0	.428	—	.447
1973-74	16	47.4	32.2	15.8	4.9	1.4	2.4	.557	—	.583
1976-77	11	42.5	34.6	17.7	4.1	1.7	3.5	.607	—	.646
1977-78	3	44.7	27.0	13.7	3.7	0.7	4.0	.521	—	.526
1978-79	8	45.9	28.5	12.6	4.8	0.5	2.8	.579	—	.636
1979-80	15	41.2	31.9	12.1	3.1	0.6	2.5	.572	—	.611
1980-81	3	44.7	26.7	16.7	4.0	1.0	2.7	.462	—	.517
1981-82	14	35.2	20.4	8.5	3.6	1.0	3.2	.520	—	.550
1982-83	15	39.2	27.1	7.7	2.8	1.1	3.7	.568	0.000	.608
1983-84	21	36.5	23.9	8.2	3.8	1.1	2.1	.555	—	.592
1984-85	19	32.1	21.9	8.1	4.0	1.2	1.9	.560	—	.602
1985-86	14	34.3	25.9	5.9	3.5	1.1	1.7	.557	—	.586
1986-87	18	31.1	19.2	6.8	2.0	0.4	1.9	.530	0.000	.600
1987-88	24	29.9	14.1	5.5	1.5	0.6	1.5	.464	0.000	.504
1988-89	15	23.4	11.1	3.9	1.3	0.3	0.7	.463	—	.503
Career	237	37.3	24.3	10.5	3.2	0.8	1.9	.533	0.000	.571

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	785	24.6	11.2	3.8	638–147
Away	775	24.7	11.2	3.4	436–339
In wins	1074	24.6	11.2	3.7	1074–0
In losses	486	24.7	11.2	3.4	0–486

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	61	25.4	13.0	3.7	42–19
BOS Boston Celtics	62	28.9	12.7	3.8	35–27
BKN Brooklyn Nets	29	21.0	10.1	4.0	22–7
CHA Charlotte Hornets	2	14.5	7.5	1.0	2–0
CHI Chicago Bulls	76	24.9	11.9	3.8	46–30
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	52	26.2	11.4	4.0	42–10
DAL Dallas Mavericks	42	21.6	8.0	3.0	32–10
DEN Denver Nuggets	61	20.2	8.8	3.4	38–23
DET Detroit Pistons	75	26.8	12.4	3.9	54–21
GSW Golden State Warriors	107	22.4	10.3	3.3	74–33
HOU Houston Rockets	85	25.6	10.2	3.6	67–18
IND Indiana Pacers	28	23.5	10.5	3.3	23–5
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	61	19.8	7.4	2.9	47–14
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	31	31.1	16.9	3.7	13–18
MIA Miami Heat	3	10.0	3.0	0.3	3–0
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	40	23.4	10.7	4.0	23–17
NYK New York Knicks	62	27.3	13.2	4.1	36–26
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	64	27.0	12.8	4.0	43–21
PHX Phoenix Suns	102	25.1	11.2	3.4	67–35
POR Portland Trail Blazers	100	25.4	10.6	3.5	69–31
SAC Sacramento Kings	85	22.4	10.4	3.3	66–19
SAS San Antonio Spurs	55	22.3	8.7	3.3	34–21
UTA Utah Jazz	65	22.0	9.6	3.6	49–16

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Frequently asked questions

What team does Kareem Abdul-Jabbar play for?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays C for the Los Angeles Lakers.

What are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's career stats?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has averaged 24.6 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 3.6 APG over 20 seasons (1969-70–1988-89).

How tall is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 7-2 (225 lb).

When was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar drafted?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was drafted in 1969, round 1, pick 1, by the Milwaukee Bucks.