List of career achievements by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

This page details the career achievements of American basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Awards

NBA achievements

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1995^[1]
6-time NBA champion: 1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988

10 NBA Finals appearances: 1971, 1974, 1980, 1982-1985, 1987-1989

6-time NBA Most Valuable Player: 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980^[2]
2-time scoring champion: 1971, 1972^[3]
1-time rebounding leader: 1976
4-time blocks leader: 1975-1976, 1979-1980
1-time field goal percentage leader: 1977
19-time NBA All-Star: 1970-1977, 1979-1989^[4]
- Selected, but did not play due to personal reasons in 1973.
2-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player: 1971, 1985^[5]
15-time All-NBA selection:

First Team: 1971-1974, 1976-1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986^[6]^[7]
Second Team: 1970, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985^[6]^[7]

11-time All-Defensive selection:

First Team: 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981^[8]^[9]
Second Team: 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984^[8]^[9]

NBA All-Rookie selection:

First Team: 1970^[10]^[11]

NBA Rookie of the Year: 1970^[12]
6-time The Sporting News Most Valuable Player: 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980
Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year: 1985
Ranked #7 by SLAM Magazine's Top 50 Players of All-time^[13]
Selected in 1996 as one of the "50 Greatest Players in NBA History"
Selected in 1996 as member of one of the "Top 10 Teams in NBA History"

1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers (65–17; .793)

A statue of Abdul-Jabbar was unveiled in front of Staples Center on Chick Hearn Court in Los Angeles on November 16, 2012.

College

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (2007)
Three-time NCAA champion (1967, 1968, 1969)
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament (1967, 1968, 1969)
Player of the Year (1967, 1969)
Three-time First Team All-American (1967, 1968, 1969)
Naismith College Player of the Year (1969)
3× First-team All-Pac-8 (1967–1969)

NBA statistics

†	Denotes seasons in which Abdul-Jabbar won an NBA Championship
	Led the league
Bold	Denotes career highs

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	W-L	Games won-Games lost
MIN	Minutes per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
OFF	Offensive rebounds per game	DEF	Defensive rebounds per game	REB	Total rebounds per game
AST	Assists per game	STL	Steals per game	BLK	Blocks per game
TOV	Turnovers per game	PF	Fouls per game	PTS	Points per game

Averages

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FT%	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1969–70	22-23	Milwaukee	82		43.1	.518	.653			14.5	4.1				3.5	28.8
1970–71†	23-24	Milwaukee	82	82	40.1	.577	.690			16.0	3.3				3.2	31.7
1971–72	24-25	Milwaukee	81	81	44.2	.574	.689			16.6	4.6				2.9	34.8
1972–73	25-26	Milwaukee	76	76	42.8	.554	.713			16.1	5.0				2.7	30.2
1973–74	26-27	Milwaukee	81	81	43.8	.539	.702	3.5	11.0	14.5	4.8	1.4	3.5		2.9	27.0
1974–75	27-28	Milwaukee	65	64	42.3	.513	.763	3.0	11.0	14.0	4.1	1.0	3.3		3.2	30.0
1975–76	28-29	Los Angeles	82	82	41.2	.529	.703	3.3	13.5	16.9	5.0	1.5	4.1		3.6	27.7
1976–77	29-30	Los Angeles	82	82	36.8	.579	.701	3.2	10.0	13.3	3.9	1.2	3.2		3.2	26.2
1977–78	30-31	Los Angeles	62	62	36.5	.550	.783	3.0	9.9	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	3.4	2.9	25.8
1978–79	31-32	Los Angeles	80	80	39.5	.577	.736	2.6	10.2	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	3.5	2.9	23.8
1979–80†	32-33	Los Angeles	82	81	38.3	.604	.765	2.3	8.5	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6	2.6	24.8
1980–81	33-34	Los Angeles	80	80	37.2	.574	.766	2.5	7.8	10.3	3.4	.7	2.9	3.1	3.1	26.2
1981–82†	34-35	Los Angeles	76	76	35.2	.579	.706	2.3	6.4	8.7	3.0	.8	2.7	3.0	2.9	23.9
1982–83	35-36	Los Angeles	79	79	32.3	.588	.749	2.1	5.4	7.5	2.5	.8	2.2	2.5	2.8	21.8
1983–84	36-37	Los Angeles	80	80	32.8	.578	.723	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.6	.7	1.8	2.8	2.6	21.5
1984–85†	37-38	Los Angeles	79	79	33.3	.599	.732	2.1	5.8	7.9	3.2	.8	2.1	2.5	3.0	22.0
1985–86	38-39	Los Angeles	79	79	33.3	.564	.765	1.7	4.4	6.1	3.5	.8	1.6	2.6	3.1	23.4
1986–87†	39-40	Los Angeles	78	78	31.3	.564	.714	1.9	4.8	6.7	2.6	.6	1.2	2.4	3.1	17.5
1987–88†	40-41	Los Angeles	80	80	28.9	.532	.762	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.7	.6	1.2	2.0	2.7	14.6
1988–89	41-42	Los Angeles	74	74	22.9	.475	.739	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.0	.5	1.1	1.3	2.6	10.1
Career			1,560		36.8	.559	.721	2.4	7.6	11.2	3.6	.9	2.6	2.7	3.0	24.6
Playoffs			237		37.3	.533	.740	2.6	6.5	10.5	3.2	1.0	2.4	2.6	3.4	24.3
All-Star			18	13	24.9	.493	.820	2.2	7.8	8.3	2.8	.4	2.1	2.5	3.2	13.9

Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	W-L	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1969–70	22-23	Milwaukee	82		56-26	3,534	938	1,810	485	743			1,190	337				283	2,361
1970–71†	23-24	Milwaukee	82	82	66-16	3,288	1,063	1,843	470	681			1,311	272				264	2,596
1971–72	24-25	Milwaukee	81	81	62-19	3,583	1,159	2,019	504	732			1,346	370				235	2,822
1972–73	25-26	Milwaukee	76	76	54-22	3,254	982	1,772	328	460			1,224	379				208	2,292
1973–74	26-27	Milwaukee	81	81	58-23	3,548	948	1,759	295	420	287	891	1,178	386	112	283		238	2,191
1974–75	27-28	Milwaukee	65	64	35-30	2,747	812	1,584	325	426	194	718	912	264	65	212		205	1,949
1975–76	28-29	Los Angeles	82	82	40-42	3,379	914	1,728	447	636	272	1,111	1,383	413	119	338		292	2,275
1976–77	29-30	Los Angeles	82	82	53-29	3,016	888	1,533	376	536	266	824	1,090	319	101	261		262	2,152
1977–78	30-31	Los Angeles	62	62	37-25	2,265	663	1,205	274	350	186	615	801	269	103	185	208	182	1,600
1978–79	31-32	Los Angeles	80	80	46-34	3,157	777	1,347	349	474	207	818	1,025	431	76	316	282	230	1,903
1979–80†	32-33	Los Angeles	82	81	60-22	3,143	835	1,383	364	476	190	696	886	371	81	280	297	216	2,034
1980–81	33-34	Los Angeles	80	80	52-28	2,976	836	1,457	423	552	197	624	821	272	59	228	249	244	2,095
1981–82†	34-35	Los Angeles	76	76	51-25	2,677	753	1,301	312	442	172	487	659	225	63	207	230	224	1,818
1982–83	35-36	Los Angeles	79	79	57-22	2,554	722	1,228	278	371	167	425	592	200	61	170	200	220	1,722
1983–84	36-37	Los Angeles	80	80	53-27	2,622	716	1,238	285	394	169	418	587	211	55	143	221	211	1,717
1984–85†	37-38	Los Angeles	79	79	60-19	2,630	723	1,207	289	395	162	460	622	249	63	162	197	238	1,735
1985–86	38-39	Los Angeles	79	79	61-18	2,629	755	1,338	336	439	133	345	478	280	67	130	203	248	1,846
1986–87†	39-40	Los Angeles	78	78	63-15	2,441	560	993	245	343	152	371	523	203	49	97	186	245	1,366
1987–88†	40-41	Los Angeles	80	80	60-20	2,308	480	903	205	269	118	360	478	135	48	92	159	216	1,165
1988–89	41-42	Los Angeles	74	74	50-24	1,695	313	659	122	165	103	231	334	74	38	85	95	196	748
Career			1,560		1,074-486	57,446	15,837	28,307	6,712	9,304	2,975	9,394	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657	38,387
Playoffs			237		154-83	8,851	2,356	4,422	1,050	1,419	505	1,273	2,481	767	189	476	447	797	5,762
All-Star			18	13	9-9	449	105	213	41	50	33	84	149	51	6	31	28	57	251

Career highs

Regular season

Stat	High	Opponent	Date
Points	55	vs. Boston Celtics	December 10, 1971
Field goals made, no misses	11–11	vs. Phoenix Suns	December 12, 1985
Field goals made	24 (2 OT)	vs. Houston Rockets	January 25, 1973
Field goal attempts	39	at Los Angeles Lakers	March 17, 1972
Free throws made	20	at Boston Celtics	March 8, 1970
Free throw attempts	25	at Boston Celtics	March 8, 1970
Rebounds	34	vs. Detroit Pistons	December 14, 1975
Defensive rebounds	29	vs. Detroit Pistons	December 14, 1975
Assists	14	at Seattle SuperSonics	March 21, 1973
Minutes played	60 (4 OT)	at Cleveland Cavaliers	January 29, 1980

Playoffs

Stat	High	Opponent	Date
Points	46	vs. Philadelphia 76ers	April 3, 1970
Field goals made	20	at Chicago Bulls	April 18, 1974
Field goal attempts	37	vs. Los Angeles Lakers	April 14, 1972
Free throws made	13	vs. Golden State Warriors	April 29, 1977
Free throw attempts	18	vs. Golden State Warriors	April 29, 1977
Rebounds	31	vs. New York Knicks	April 17, 1970
Defensive rebounds	18	vs. Golden State Warriors	May 4, 1977
Assists	11	at New York Knicks	April 13, 1970
Steals	6	at Portland Trail Blazers	May 5, 1985
Blocked shots	9	vs. Golden State Warriors	April 22, 1977

40-point games

70 times in the regular season
55 with Milwaukee Bucks
15 with Los Angeles Lakers

50-point games

All of Abdul-Jabbar's 50-point efforts occurred while he played for the Milwaukee Bucks.
His career high as a Laker was 48 points against the Portland Trail Blazers on November 26, 1975.

Points	Opponent	Home/Away	Date	Minutes played	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	Rebounds	Assists
55	Boston Celtics	Home	December 10, 1971	47	23	36	9	11	18	3
53	Cleveland Cavaliers	Away	November 4, 1970	45	20	32	13	14	11	3
53	Boston Celtics	Away	January 27, 1971	48	22	31	9	14	14	7
53	Cleveland Cavaliers	Away	February 9, 1972	48	23	31	7	9	14	8
53	Philadelphia 76ers	Home	February 18, 1972	48	18	28	17	22	13	9
52	Atlanta Hawks	Home	January 2, 1975	43	18	29	16	20	10	1
51	Seattle SuperSonics	Neutral	February 21, 1970	min	18	25	15	23	reb	ast
51	Boston Celtics	Away	February 13, 1972	48	21	36	9	14	17	7
50	Los Angeles Lakers	Away	March 17, 1972	46	22	39	6	8	8	2
50	Portland Trail Blazers	Home	January 19, 1975	45	18	30	14	16	15	11

30-rebound games

3 times in the regular season

Offensive rebounds	Defensive rebounds	Rebounds	Team	Opponent	Home/Away	Date
5	29	34	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons	Home	December 14, 1975
—	—	30	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics	Away	February 28, 1971
7	23	30	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets	Away	February 3, 1978

Top shot-blocking efforts

	Occurred in playoff competition

Blocks	Opponent	Home/Away	Date	Minutes played	Points	Rebounds	Assists
11	Detroit Pistons	Away	December 3, 1975	46	29	21	2
11	Detroit Pistons	Home	November 28, 1978	43	27	16	4
11	Kansas City Kings	Home	November 25, 1979	41	25	15	3
10 (OT)	Detroit Pistons	Home	November 3, 1973	53	19	16	5
10 (OT)	Atlanta Hawks	Home	November 2, 1975	49	39	23	5
10	Atlanta Hawks	Home	January 18, 1980	39	28	15	2
10	Detroit Pistons	Home	January 22, 1982	35	19	10	0
9	Phoenix Suns	Away	October 12, 1973	39	18	17	2
9	Milwaukee Bucks	Away	October 28, 1975	45	30	20	5
9	Portland Trail Blazers	Home	December 26, 1975	46	41	20	3
9	Phoenix Suns	Home	March 25, 1977	26	28	12	1
9	Golden State Warriors	Home	April 22, 1977	40	40	19	3
9	New Orleans Jazz	Away	March 29, 1978	48	34	16	6
9	Chicago Bulls	Away	November 7, 1978	44	18	10	8
9	Indiana Pacers	Away	November 8, 1978	40	25	13	8

NBA records and former records

Regular season

Service

Seasons: 20 (Milwaukee Bucks, 1969–70—1974–75; Los Angeles Lakers, 1975–76—1988–89)

Broken by Robert Parish in 1996–97

Games, career: 1,560

Broken by Robert Parish on April 6, 1996

Minutes, career: 57,446

Scoring

Points, career: 38,387

Seasons scoring 2,000 or more points: 9 (1969–70—1973–74, 1975–76—1976–77, 1979–80—1980–81)

Broken by Michael Jordan and Karl Malone in 1997–98

Seasons scoring 1,000 or more points: 19 (1969–70—1987–88)

Consecutive games scoring 10 or more points: 787, December 4, 1977 to December 2, 1987

Broken by Michael Jordan on December 30, 1997

Field goals

Field goals made, career: 15,837

Field goal attempts, career: 28,307

Rebounding

Defensive rebounds, career: 9,394

Broken by Robert Parish on January 26, 1994

Defensive rebounds, season: 1,111 (1975–76)

Defensive rebounds, game: 29, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons, December 14, 1975

Personal fouls

Personal fouls, career: 4,657

Blocked shots

Seasons leading the league in blocked shots: 4 (1974–75—1975–76, 1978–79—1979–80)

Tied by Mark Eaton and Marcus Camby

Consecutive seasons leading the league in blocked shots: 2 (1974–75—1975–76, 1978–79—1979–80)

Broken by Dikembe Mutombo in 1995–96

Blocked shots, career: 3,189

Broken by Hakeem Olajuwon on April 21, 1996

Playoffs

Service

Years played: 18

Games, career: 237

Broken by Robert Horry on May 13, 2008

Minutes played, career: 8,851

Broken by Tim Duncan on June 12, 2014

Minutes played, 7-game series: 345, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics, 1974 NBA Finals

Scoring

Points, career: 5,762

Broken by Michael Jordan on May 31, 1998

Consecutive games scoring 20 or more points: 57, April 13, 1973 to April 5, 1981

Broken by Michael Jordan on May 2, 1993

Consecutive games scoring 20 or more points, from start of playoff career: 27

Games scoring 10 or more points, career: 223

Broken by Tim Duncan on June 12, 2014

Field goals

Field goals made, career: 2,356

Field goals made, 4-game series: 65, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Chicago Bulls, 1974 Western Conference Finals

Field goal attempts, career: 4,422

Broken by Michael Jordan on June 10, 1998

Rebounding

Offensive rebounds, 5-game series: 29, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 1974 Western Conference Semifinals

Broken by Hakeem Olajuwon in 1985

Defensive rebounds, 4-game series: 62, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Chicago Bulls, 1974 Western Conference Finals

Defensive rebounds, 5-game series: 61, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 1974 Western Conference Semifinals

Broken by Jack Sikma in 1979

Defensive rebounds, 7-game series: 95, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors, 1977 Western Conference Semifinals

Blocked shots

Blocked shots, career: 476

Broken by Tim Duncan on May 31, 2012

Blocked shots, 3-game series: 15, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets, 1979 Western Conference First Round

Broken by Manute Bol in 1989

Blocked shots, 4-game series: 15, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers, 1977 Western Conference Finals

Broken by Mark Eaton in 1986

Blocked shots, game: 9, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors, April 22, 1977

Broken by Mark Eaton on April 26, 1985

Personal fouls

Personal fouls, career: 797

Finals

Service

Highest average, minutes per game, any championship series: 49.3, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics, 1974 (345/7)

Minutes, 7-game series: 345, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics, 1974

Minutes, game: 58, Milwaukee Bucks at Boston Celtics, May 10, 1974 (2 OT)

Broken by Garfield Heard and Jo Jo White on June 4, 1976 (3 OT)

Scoring

Points, 4-game series: 108, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Baltimore Bullets, 1971

Broken by Rick Barry in 1975

Scoring 20 or more points in all games, 7-game series: Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics, 1974

Also achieved by Bob Pettit (1960), Elgin Baylor (1962), Jerry West (1962, 1969, 1970), Larry Bird (1984), Hakeem Olajuwon (1994) and Kobe Bryant (2010)

Field goals

Highest field goal percentage, 4-game series: .605 (46—76), Milwaukee Bucks vs. Baltimore Bullets, 1971

Broken by Derrek Dickey in 1975

Field goals, 4-game series: 46, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Baltimore Bullets, 1971

Blocked shots

Blocked shots, career: 116

Blocked shots, 6-game series: 23, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 1980

Broken by Tim Duncan in 2003

All-Star

Points, career: 251

Broken by Michael Jordan in 2003

Games, career: 18

Minutes, career: 449

Field goals made, career: 105

Broken by Michael Jordan in 2003

Field goal attempts, career: 213

Broken by Michael Jordan in 2003

Blocked shots, career: 31

Personal fouls, career: 57

Personal fouls, game: 6 (1970)

Other records

All-NBA Team selections: 15

Tied by Kobe Bryant

NBA Most Valuable Player Awards (regular season): 6

One of five players in NBA history to lead the league in blocks and rebounding in the same season (1975–76)^[14]

Averaged 4.1 blocks and 16.9 rebounds per game.
The other four players are Bill Walton (1976–77), Hakeem Olajuwon (1989–90), Ben Wallace (2001–02), and Dwight Howard (2008–09, 2009–10).

Only player in NBA history to win the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award with two different teams

Abdul-Jabbar won the award with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971 and with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1985.

One of thirteen players in NBA history to win at least six NBA championships

Also includes Scottie Pippen (6), Michael Jordan (6), Bob Cousy (6), Robert Horry (7), Frank Ramsey (7), Jim Loscutoff (7), John Havlicek (8), Satch Sanders (8), K. C. Jones (8), Tom Heinsohn (8), Sam Jones (10), and Bill Russell (11)

References

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External links

Official Kareem Abdul-Jabbar website
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Blog
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List of career achievements by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Contents

Awards

NBA achievements

College

NBA statistics

Averages

Totals

Career highs

Regular season

Playoffs

40-point games

50-point games

30-rebound games

Top shot-blocking efforts

NBA records and former records

Regular season

Service

Scoring

Field goals

Rebounding

Personal fouls

Blocked shots

Playoffs

Service

Scoring

Field goals

Rebounding

Blocked shots

Personal fouls

Finals

Service

Scoring

Field goals

Blocked shots

All-Star

Other records

See also

NBA

College

References

External links

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