The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24

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KA

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Los Angeles Lakers · 1969-70–1988-89

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15 All-NBA19 All-Star11 All-Def1 ROY1 All-Rk

Scoring

94th

Efficiency

88th

Playmaking

78th

Rebounding

93rd

Defense

75th

55

Career-high PTS

70

40-pt games

14

Triple-Dbls

1560

Games

Per Game

	Games		Field Goals			3-Pointers			Shooting	Free Throws			Rebounds			Playmaking					Scoring	Awards
Season	GP	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1969-70	82	39.3	11.4	21.3	51.7%	—	—	—	—	5.9	9.1	65.3%	—	—	14.5	4.0	—	—	—	3.3	28.8	NBA2 AS DEF2 ROY R1
1970-71	82	37.5	13.0	22.5	57.6%	—	—	—	—	5.7	8.3	69.0%	—	—	16	3.2	—	—	—	3.0	31.7	MVP FMVP NBA1 AS DEF2
1971-72	81	36.7	14.3	24.4	57.5%	—	—	—	—	6.2	9.0	68.9%	—	—	16.6	4.6	—	—	—	2.3	34.8	MVP NBA1 AS
1972-73	76	41.1	12.9	23.3	55.4%	—	—	—	—	4.3	6.1	71.3%	—	—	16.1	5.0	—	—	—	2.6	30.2	NBA1 AS
1973-74	81	43.8	11.7	21.7	53.9%	—	—	—	—	3.6	5.2	70.2%	0.4	1.8	14.5	4.8	0.6	3.5	—	2.9	27.0	MVP NBA1 AS DEF1
1974-75	65	40.9	12.5	24.1	51.2%	—	—	—	—	5	6.6	76.3%	0.6	2.4	14.0	4.1	0.9	3.2	—	3.0	30.0	AS DEF1
1975-76	82	40.7	11.1	21.1	52.9%	—	—	—	—	5.5	7.8	70.3%	2.9	11.1	16.9	5.0	1.3	4.1	—	3.6	27.7	MVP NBA1 AS DEF2
1976-77	82	36.8	10.8	18.7	57.9%	—	—	—	—	4.6	6.5	70.1%	0.5	2.4	13.3	3.9	0.5	2.5	—	3.2	26.2	MVP NBA1 AS DEF2
1977-78	62	36.5	10.7	19.4	55.0%	—	—	—	—	4.4	5.6	78.3%	2.8	9.3	12.9	4.3	1.6	2.7	3.2	2.9	25.8	NBA2 DEF2
1978-79	80	39.5	9.7	16.8	57.7%	—	—	—	—	4.4	5.9	73.6%	2.3	9.4	12.8	5.4	0.9	4.0	3.3	2.9	23.8	NBA2 AS DEF1
1979-80	82	38.3	10.2	16.9	60.4%	0	0.0	0.0%	60.4%	4.4	5.8	76.8%	2.3	8.3	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6	2.6	24.8	MVP NBA1 AS DEF1
1980-81	80	37.2	10.4	18.2	57.4%	0	0.0	0.0%	57.4%	5.3	6.9	76.6%	2.3	7.0	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.8	2.9	3.0	26.2	NBA1 AS DEF1
1981-82	76	35.2	9.9	17.1	57.9%	0	0.0	0.0%	57.9%	4.1	5.8	70.6%	0.9	2.4	8.7	3.0	0.4	1.9	1.6	2.9	23.9	AS
1982-83	79	32.3	9.1	15.5	58.8%	0	0.0	0.0%	58.8%	3.5	4.7	74.9%	1.6	3.9	7.5	2.5	0.7	1.9	1.9	2.8	21.8	NBA2 AS
1983-84	80	32.8	8.9	15.5	57.8%	0	0.0	0.0%	57.8%	3.6	4.9	72.3%	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.6	0.7	1.8	2.8	2.6	21.5	NBA1 AS DEF2
1984-85	79	33.2	9.2	15.3	59.9%	0	0.0	0.0%	59.9%	3.7	5	73.2%	2.1	5.8	7.9	3.1	0.8	2.1	2.5	3.0	22.0	FMVP NBA2 AS
1985-86	79	33.3	9.6	16.9	56.4%	0	0.0	0.0%	56.4%	4.3	5.6	76.5%	1.7	4.4	6.1	3.5	0.8	1.6	2.6	3.1	23.4	NBA1 AS
1986-87	78	31.3	7.2	12.7	56.4%	0.0	0.0	33.3%	56.4%	3.1	4.4	71.4%	1.9	4.8	6.7	2.6	0.6	1.2	2.4	3.1	17.5	AS
1987-88	80	28.9	6	11.3	53.2%	0	0.0	0.0%	53.2%	2.6	3.4	76.2%	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.7	0.6	1.1	2.0	2.7	14.6	AS
1988-89	74	22.9	4.2	8.9	47.5%	0	0.0	0.0%	47.5%	1.6	2.2	73.9%	1.4	3.1	4.5	1	0.5	1.1	1.3	2.6	10.1	AS
Career	1560	35.9	10.2	18.1	55.9%	0.0	0.0	5.6%	57.2%	4.3	6.0	72.2%	1.4	4.3	11.2	3.6	0.6	1.9	1.5	2.9	24.6
6 yrs	467	39.8	12.6	22.8	54.7%	—	—	—	—	5.2	7.4	69.5%	0.1	0.6	15.3	4.3	0.2	1.1	—	2.8	30.4
14 yrs	1093	34.3	9.1	16.0	56.7%	0.0	0.0	5.6%	57.2%	3.9	5.3	73.7%	1.9	5.8	9.4	3.3	0.8	2.3	2.1	3.0	22.1

Advanced

	Shooting				Usage			Rebound %			Value						Impact		Clutch
Season	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	USG%	AST%	TOV%	OREB%	DREB%	TRB%	PER	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP	PIE	On/Off	+/-	Clutch PTS	Clutch TS%
1969-70	55.1%	—	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1970-71	60.6%	—	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1971-72	60.3%	—	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1972-73	58.0%	—	—	0.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1973-74	56.4%	—	—	0.2	—	16.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1974-75	55.0%	—	—	0.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1975-76	56.7%	—	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1976-77	60.8%	—	—	0.3	—	16.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977-78	58.9%	—	—	0.3	—	18.0%	13.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978-79	61.2%	—	—	0.4	—	19.1%	15.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979-80	63.9%	60.4%	0.0	0.3	—	16.6%	15.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980-81	61.6%	57.4%	0.0	0.4	—	13.7%	12.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981-82	60.8%	57.9%	0.0	0.3	—	12.1%	12.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982-83	61.9%	58.8%	0.0	0.3	26.3%	10.9%	12.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	60.8%	57.8%	0.0	0.3	23.8%	11.5%	13.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984-85	62.8%	59.9%	0.0	0.3	28.8%	13.2%	12.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985-86	60.3%	56.4%	0.0	0.3	26.9%	15.8%	11.7%	6.1%	14.3%	10.4%	22.7	10.7	0.2	4.4	4.3	10.1%	—	—	—	—
1986-87	59.7%	56.4%	0.0	0.3	22.3%	11.7%	14.0%	7.5%	15.9%	12.0%	18.0	7.4	0.1	0.9	1.8	7.6%	—	—	—	—
1987-88	57.0%	53.2%	0.0	0.3	21.5%	8.5%	13.5%	6.1%	16.9%	11.8%	15.8	5.3	0.1	-0.6	0.8	6.2%	—	—	—	—
1988-89	51.1%	47.5%	0.0	0.3	20.2%	6.1%	11.5%	7.2%	14.4%	11.0%	13.0	2.8	0.1	-2.5	-0.2	3.5%	—	—	—	—
Career	59.2%	57.2%	0.0	0.3	23.1%	—	13.5%	6.7%	15.4%	11.3%	17.8	26.1	0.1	0.9	6.7	27.6%	—	—	—	—

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