Karl Malone

Seasons 1985-86–2003-04 · 19 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1963

★ Hall of Fame★ 2× MVP14× All-Star14× All-NBA4× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	The Mailman
Position	PF
Number	#32 (also #11)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-9
Weight	250 lb
Born	1963-07-24
College	Louisiana Tech
Drafted	1985 · Round 1, Pick 13 · Utah Jazz
Seasons	1985-86–2003-04 (19)

Career averages

25.0 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 3.6 APG · 1476 games · .516 FG% · .274 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1985-86	UTA	22	81	30.6	.496	0.000	.481	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	14.9	13.7	.504
1986-87	UTA	23	82	34.8	.512	0.000	.598	10.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	21.7	18.0	.536
1987-88	UTA	24	82	39.0	.520	0.000	.700	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	27.7	20.7	.568
1988-89	UTA	25	80	39.1	.519	.313	.766	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	29.1	24.4	.592
1989-90	UTA	26	82	38.1	.562	.372	.762	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	31.0	27.2	.626
1990-91	UTA	27	82	40.3	.527	.286	.770	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	29.0	24.8	.596
1991-92	UTA	28	81	37.7	.526	.176	.778	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	28.0	25.4	.599
1992-93	UTA	29	82	37.8	.552	.200	.740	11.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	27.0	26.2	.612
1993-94	UTA	30	82	40.6	.497	.250	.694	11.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	25.2	22.9	.550
1994-95	UTA	31	82	38.1	.536	.268	.742	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	26.7	25.1	.590
1995-96	UTA	32	82	38.0	.519	.400	.723	9.8	4.2	1.7	0.7	25.7	26.0	.575
1996-97	UTA	33	82	36.6	.550	0.000	.755	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	27.4	28.9	.600
1997-98	UTA	34	81	37.4	.530	.333	.761	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	27.0	27.9	.597
1998-99	UTA	35	49	37.4	.493	0.000	.788	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	23.8	25.6	.577
1999-00	UTA	36	82	35.9	.509	.250	.797	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	25.5	27.1	.582
2000-01	UTA	37	81	35.7	.498	.400	.793	8.3	4.5	1.1	0.8	23.2	24.7	.572
2001-02	UTA	38	80	38.0	.454	.360	.797	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	22.4	21.1	.532
2002-03	UTA	39	81	36.2	.462	.214	.763	7.8	4.7	1.7	0.4	20.6	21.7	.534
2003-04	LAL	40	42	32.7	.483	0.000	.747	8.7	3.9	1.2	0.5	13.2	17.8	.555

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1985-86	UTA	81	76	2,475	504	1,016	.496	0	2	195	405	718	236	105	44	279	1,203
1986-87	UTA	82	82	2,857	728	1,422	.512	0	7	323	540	855	158	104	60	237	1,779
1987-88	UTA	82	82	3,198	858	1,650	.520	0	5	552	789	986	199	117	50	325	2,268
1988-89	UTA	80	80	3,126	809	1,559	.519	5	16	703	918	853	219	144	70	285	2,326
1989-90	UTA	82	82	3,122	914	1,627	.562	16	43	696	913	911	226	121	50	304	2,540
1990-91	UTA	82	82	3,302	847	1,608	.527	4	14	684	888	967	270	89	79	244	2,382
1991-92	UTA	81	81	3,054	798	1,516	.526	3	17	673	865	909	241	108	51	248	2,272
1992-93	UTA	82	82	3,099	797	1,443	.552	4	20	619	836	919	308	124	85	240	2,217
1993-94	UTA	82	82	3,329	772	1,552	.497	8	32	511	736	940	328	125	126	234	2,063
1994-95	UTA	82	82	3,126	830	1,548	.536	11	41	516	695	871	285	129	85	236	2,187
1995-96	UTA	82	82	3,113	789	1,520	.519	16	40	512	708	804	345	138	56	199	2,106
1996-97	UTA	82	82	2,998	864	1,571	.550	0	13	521	690	809	368	113	48	233	2,249
1997-98	UTA	81	81	3,030	780	1,472	.530	2	6	628	825	834	316	96	70	247	2,190
1998-99	UTA	49	49	1,832	393	797	.493	0	1	378	480	463	201	62	28	162	1,164
1999-00	UTA	82	82	2,947	752	1,476	.509	2	8	589	739	779	304	79	71	231	2,095
2000-01	UTA	81	81	2,895	670	1,345	.498	2	5	536	676	669	361	93	62	244	1,878
2001-02	UTA	80	80	3,040	635	1,399	.454	9	25	509	639	686	341	152	59	263	1,788
2002-03	UTA	81	81	2,936	595	1,289	.462	3	14	474	621	628	379	136	31	210	1,667
2003-04	LAL	42	42	1,373	193	400	.483	0	1	168	225	367	163	50	20	103	554
Career		1476	—	—	13,528	26,210	.516	85	310	9787	13188	14968	5248	2085	1145	4524	36,928

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1985-86	UTA	81	30.6	7.3	14.8	.496	0.0	0.0	2.8	5.9	10.4	3.4	1.5	0.6	4.1	17.5
1986-87	UTA	82	34.8	9.2	17.9	.512	0.0	0.1	4.1	6.8	10.8	2.0	1.3	0.8	3.0	22.4
1987-88	UTA	82	39.0	9.7	18.6	.520	0.0	0.1	6.2	8.9	11.1	2.2	1.3	0.6	3.7	25.5
1988-89	UTA	80	39.1	9.3	18.0	.519	0.1	0.2	8.1	10.6	9.8	2.5	1.7	0.8	3.3	26.8
1989-90	UTA	82	38.1	10.5	18.8	.562	0.2	0.5	8.0	10.5	10.5	2.6	1.4	0.6	3.5	29.3
1990-91	UTA	82	40.3	9.2	17.5	.527	0.0	0.2	7.5	9.7	10.5	2.9	1.0	0.9	2.7	26.0
1991-92	UTA	81	37.7	9.4	17.9	.526	0.0	0.2	7.9	10.2	10.7	2.8	1.3	0.6	2.9	26.8
1992-93	UTA	82	37.8	9.3	16.8	.552	0.0	0.2	7.2	9.7	10.7	3.6	1.4	1.0	2.8	25.8
1993-94	UTA	82	40.6	8.3	16.8	.497	0.1	0.3	5.5	8.0	10.2	3.5	1.4	1.4	2.5	22.3
1994-95	UTA	82	38.1	9.6	17.8	.536	0.1	0.5	5.9	8.0	10.0	3.3	1.5	1.0	2.7	25.2
1995-96	UTA	82	38.0	9.1	17.6	.519	0.2	0.5	5.9	8.2	9.3	4.0	1.6	0.6	2.3	24.4
1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	10.4	18.9	.550	0.0	0.2	6.3	8.3	9.7	4.4	1.4	0.6	2.8	27.0
1997-98	UTA	81	37.4	9.3	17.5	.530	0.0	0.1	7.5	9.8	9.9	3.8	1.1	0.8	2.9	26.0
1998-99	UTA	49	37.4	7.7	15.7	.493	0.0	0.0	7.4	9.4	9.1	3.9	1.2	0.6	3.2	22.9
1999-00	UTA	82	35.9	9.2	18.0	.509	0.0	0.1	7.2	9.0	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.8	25.6
2000-01	UTA	81	35.7	8.3	16.7	.498	0.0	0.1	6.7	8.4	8.3	4.5	1.2	0.8	3.0	23.4
2001-02	UTA	80	38.0	7.5	16.6	.454	0.1	0.3	6.0	7.6	8.1	4.0	1.8	0.7	3.1	21.2
2002-03	UTA	81	36.2	7.3	15.8	.462	0.0	0.2	5.8	7.6	7.7	4.6	1.7	0.4	2.6	20.4
2003-04	LAL	42	32.7	5.1	10.5	.483	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.9	9.6	4.3	1.3	0.5	2.7	14.5

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
1985-86	UTA	81	2,475	13.7	.504	24.1	-2.4	4.3	1.9	.036	-2.4	+0.5	-1.9	+0.1
1986-87	UTA	82	2,857	18.0	.536	26.3	1.8	5.1	6.9	.116	+0.3	+0.0	+0.3	+1.7
1987-88	UTA	82	3,198	20.7	.568	29.7	4.0	6.1	10.1	.152	+1.7	-0.2	+1.5	+2.9
1988-89	UTA	80	3,126	24.4	.592	30.4	8.6	6.6	15.2	.233	+4.3	+1.2	+5.4	+5.9
1989-90	UTA	82	3,122	27.2	.626	32.6	10.5	5.4	15.9	.245	+5.9	+0.5	+6.4	+6.6
1990-91	UTA	82	3,302	24.8	.596	30.1	9.9	5.6	15.5	.225	+4.8	+0.6	+5.4	+6.2
1991-92	UTA	81	3,054	25.4	.599	30.3	9.9	5.2	15.1	.237	+5.2	+0.6	+5.7	+5.9
1992-93	UTA	82	3,099	26.2	.612	28.4	10.4	5.0	15.4	.238	+6.0	+1.4	+7.3	+7.3
1993-94	UTA	82	3,329	22.9	.550	28.0	7.4	6.1	13.4	.193	+4.1	+1.5	+5.6	+6.4
1994-95	UTA	82	3,126	25.1	.590	30.3	8.1	5.8	13.8	.212	+4.3	+1.3	+5.6	+6.0
1995-96	UTA	82	3,113	26.0	.575	29.8	9.9	5.3	15.1	.233	+5.6	+1.4	+7.0	+7.1
1996-97	UTA	82	2,998	28.9	.600	32.7	11.6	5.1	16.7	.268	+7.1	+1.2	+8.3	+7.8
1997-98	UTA	81	3,030	27.9	.597	31.8	12.1	4.3	16.4	.259	+6.6	+0.7	+7.3	+7.1
1998-99	UTA	49	1,832	25.6	.577	30.5	6.2	3.4	9.6	.252	+5.3	+1.4	+6.7	+4.0
1999-00	UTA	82	2,947	27.1	.582	31.9	10.7	4.5	15.3	.249	+6.4	+1.1	+7.5	+7.1
2000-01	UTA	81	2,895	24.7	.572	30.0	9.1	4.0	13.1	.217	+5.5	+1.1	+6.6	+6.3
2001-02	UTA	80	3,040	21.1	.532	28.8	5.5	4.3	9.8	.155	+2.9	+0.8	+3.7	+4.4
2002-03	UTA	81	2,936	21.7	.534	27.8	6.9	4.3	11.1	.182	+3.2	+1.0	+4.2	+4.6
2003-04	LAL	42	1,373	17.8	.555	19.7	2.1	2.2	4.3	.151	+1.1	+1.7	+2.8	+1.7
Career		1476	—	—	—	—	—	—	234.6	—	—	—	—	+99.1

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%
1985-86	4	36.0	21.8	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	.528	—	.521
1986-87	5	40.0	20.0	9.6	1.2	2.2	0.8	.420	—	.482
1987-88	11	44.9	29.7	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	.482	0.000	.537
1988-89	3	45.3	30.7	16.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	.500	—	.574
1989-90	5	40.6	25.2	10.2	2.2	2.2	1.0	.438	0.000	.505
1990-91	9	42.6	29.7	13.3	3.2	1.0	1.2	.455	0.000	.536
1991-92	16	43.0	29.1	11.3	2.6	1.4	1.2	.521	0.000	.618
1992-93	5	43.2	24.0	10.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	.454	.500	.528
1993-94	16	43.9	27.1	12.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	.467	0.000	.531
1994-95	5	43.2	30.2	13.2	3.8	1.4	0.4	.466	.333	.550
1995-96	18	40.3	26.5	10.3	4.4	1.9	0.6	.469	0.000	.498
1996-97	20	40.4	26.0	11.4	2.8	1.4	0.8	.435	.500	.501
1997-98	20	39.3	26.3	10.8	3.4	1.1	1.0	.471	0.000	.534
1998-99	11	40.5	21.8	11.3	4.7	1.2	0.7	.417	0.000	.492
1999-00	10	38.3	27.2	8.9	3.1	0.7	0.7	.520	1.000	.584
2000-01	5	39.4	27.6	8.8	3.4	1.0	0.8	.405	.500	.484
2001-02	4	40.2	20.0	7.5	4.5	1.2	0.8	.411	0.000	.469
2002-03	5	37.6	19.6	6.8	4.0	1.6	0.4	.405	0.000	.480
2003-04	22	37.5	11.0	8.4	3.3	1.1	0.1	.450	0.000	.484
Career	194	40.7	24.5	10.6	3.1	1.3	0.7	.463	.162	.526

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	750	24.7	10.3	3.7	595–155
Away	736	25.0	9.9	3.3	363–373
In wins	958	25.9	10.3	3.8	958–0
In losses	528	23.0	9.7	3.1	0–528

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	34	24.1	10.2	2.9	20–14
BOS Boston Celtics	35	25.7	10.3	3.2	22–13
BKN Brooklyn Nets	34	24.2	10.9	3.2	27–7
CHA Charlotte Hornets	33	24.3	11.1	3.8	20–13
CHI Chicago Bulls	37	24.9	10.6	3.7	23–14
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	35	22.8	10.1	3.6	25–10
DAL Dallas Mavericks	87	24.6	10.2	3.3	58–29
DEN Denver Nuggets	85	25.6	10.0	3.9	61–24
DET Detroit Pistons	37	23.2	9.0	3.4	23–14
GSW Golden State Warriors	77	26.5	10.0	3.7	53–24
HOU Houston Rockets	87	24.1	10.7	3.5	51–36
IND Indiana Pacers	35	25.6	10.3	3.4	22–13
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	77	25.5	10.3	3.6	59–18
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	75	25.0	9.6	3.2	34–41
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	34	21.2	8.3	4.4	28–6
MIA Miami Heat	34	26.9	10.5	3.7	26–8
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	36	27.4	9.7	3.9	23–13
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	63	26.6	9.3	3.8	44–19
NYK New York Knicks	36	25.9	11.0	3.2	23–13
ORL Orlando Magic	30	27.0	10.9	4.3	20–10
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	34	25.2	9.6	4.0	23–11
PHX Phoenix Suns	77	25.1	10.0	2.8	44–33
POR Portland Trail Blazers	76	24.4	9.7	3.7	43–33
SAC Sacramento Kings	79	23.2	9.3	3.6	53–26
SAS San Antonio Spurs	90	23.1	10.6	3.5	48–42
TOR Toronto Raptors	15	23.2	10.2	3.9	11–4
UTA Utah Jazz	2	9.5	6.5	0.5	2–0
WAS Washington Wizards	12	23.9	9.2	4.5	9–3

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2003-04

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	32%	.688
In the paint (3-10 ft)	8%	.424
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	22%	.414
Long two (16 ft-3P)	38%	.364
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	0.000

Average shot distance 10.4 ft · 2% of attempts were dunks · 0% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
1990-91	$2,260,000
1991-92	$2,556,000
1992-93	$2,854,000
1993-94	$3,081,000
1994-95	$3,378,800
1995-96	$3,676,000
1996-97	$4,657,000
1997-98	$5,118,578
1998-99	$6,142,000
1999-00	$14,000,000
2000-01	$15,750,000
2001-02	$17,500,000
2002-03	$19,250,000
Career earnings	$100,223,378

Frequently asked questions

What team does Karl Malone play for?

Karl Malone plays PF for the Los Angeles Lakers.

What are Karl Malone's career stats?

Karl Malone has averaged 25.0 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 3.6 APG over 19 seasons (1985-86–2003-04).

How much does Karl Malone make?

Karl Malone's salary is $19,250,000 for the 2002-03 season, with career earnings of about $100.2M.

How tall is Karl Malone?

Karl Malone is 6-9 (250 lb).

When was Karl Malone drafted?

Karl Malone was drafted in 1985, round 1, pick 13, by the Utah Jazz.