The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24

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KM

Karl Malone

Utah Jazz · 1985-86–2003-04

×2MVP

14 All-NBA14 All-Star4 All-Def2 ASG MVP1 All-Rk

Scoring

97th

Efficiency

84th

Playmaking

81st

Rebounding

97th

Defense

87th

61

Career-high PTS

44

40-pt games

4

Triple-Dbls

1476

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
1985-86	81	30.6	6.2	12.5	49.6%	0	0.0	0.0%	49.6%	2.4	5	48.1%	2.1	6.7	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	3.4	3.6	14.9	R1
1986-87	82	34.8	8.9	17.3	51.2%	0	0.1	0.0%	51.2%	3.9	6.6	59.8%	3.4	7.0	10.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.9	21.7
1987-88	82	39	10.5	20.1	52.0%	0	0.1	0.0%	52.0%	6.7	9.6	70.0%	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	27.7	NBA2 AS DEF2
1988-89	80	39.1	10.1	19.5	51.9%	0.1	0.2	31.3%	52.1%	8.8	11.5	76.6%	3.2	7.4	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	3.6	3.6	29.1	NBA1 AS ASMVP
1989-90	82	38.1	11.1	19.8	56.2%	0.2	0.5	37.2%	56.7%	8.5	11.1	76.2%	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	3.7	3.2	31.0	NBA1 AS
1990-91	82	40.3	10.3	19.6	52.7%	0.0	0.2	28.6%	52.8%	8.3	10.8	77.0%	2.9	8.9	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.3	29.0	NBA1 AS
1991-92	81	37.7	9.9	18.7	52.6%	0.0	0.2	17.6%	52.7%	8.3	10.7	77.8%	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	3.1	2.8	28.0	NBA1 AS
1992-93	82	37.8	9.7	17.6	55.2%	0.0	0.2	20.0%	55.4%	7.5	10.2	74.0%	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	2.9	3.2	27.0	NBA1 AS ASMVP
1993-94	82	40.6	9.4	18.9	49.7%	0.1	0.4	25.0%	50.0%	6.2	9.0	69.4%	2.9	8.6	11.5	4	1.5	1.5	2.9	3.3	25.2	NBA1 AS
1994-95	82	38.1	10.1	18.9	53.6%	0.1	0.5	26.8%	54.0%	6.3	8.5	74.2%	1.9	8.7	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	2.9	3.3	26.7	NBA1 AS
1995-96	82	38.0	9.6	18.5	51.9%	0.2	0.5	40.0%	52.4%	6.2	8.6	72.3%	2.1	7.7	9.8	4.2	1.7	0.7	2.4	3.0	25.7	NBA1 AS
1996-97	82	36.6	10.5	19.2	55.0%	0	0.2	0.0%	55.0%	6.4	8.4	75.5%	2.4	7.5	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8	2.6	27.4	MVP NBA1 AS DEF1
1997-98	81	37.4	9.6	18.2	53.0%	0.0	0.1	33.3%	53.1%	7.8	10.2	76.1%	2.3	8.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	3.0	2.9	27.0	NBA1 AS DEF1
1998-99	49	37.4	8.0	16.3	49.3%	0	0.0	0.0%	49.3%	7.7	9.8	78.8%	2.2	7.3	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	3.3	2.7	23.8	MVP NBA1 DEF1
1999-00	82	35.9	9.2	18	50.9%	0.0	0.1	25.0%	51.0%	7.2	9.0	79.7%	2.1	7.4	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.8	2.8	25.5	NBA2 AS
2000-01	81	35.7	8.3	16.6	49.8%	0.0	0.1	40.0%	49.9%	6.6	8.3	79.3%	1.4	6.9	8.3	4.5	1.1	0.8	3.0	2.7	23.2	NBA3 AS
2001-02	80	38.0	7.9	17.5	45.4%	0.1	0.3	36.0%	45.7%	6.4	8.0	79.7%	1.8	6.8	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	3.3	2.9	22.4	AS
2002-03	81	36.2	7.3	15.9	46.2%	0.0	0.2	21.4%	46.3%	5.9	7.7	76.3%	1.4	6.4	7.8	4.7	1.7	0.4	2.6	2.5	20.6
2003-04	42	32.7	4.6	9.5	48.3%	0	0.0	0.0%	48.3%	4	5.4	74.7%	1.5	7.3	8.7	3.9	1.2	0.5	2.5	2.8	13.2
Career	1476	37.2	9.2	17.8	51.6%	0.1	0.2	27.4%	51.8%	6.6	8.9	74.2%	2.4	7.7	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1	3.1	25.0
7 yrs	536	36.7	8.7	17.4	50.2%	0.0	0.1	25.0%	50.3%	6.8	8.7	77.8%	1.9	7.2	9.1	4.2	1.4	0.7	3.0	2.7	24.3
1 yrs	42	32.7	4.6	9.5	48.3%	0	0.0	0.0%	48.3%	4	5.4	74.7%	1.5	7.3	8.7	3.9	1.2	0.5	2.5	2.8	13.2

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%
1985-86	50.4%	49.6%	0.0	0.4	24.2%	14.3%	18.9%	7.8%	23.5%	15.8%	13.7	1.7	0.0	-2.3	-0.2	6.5%	—	—	—	—
1986-87	53.6%	51.2%	0.0	0.4	26.4%	8.8%	12.5%	10.1%	21.2%	15.6%	18.1	6.8	0.1	0.1	1.5	9.3%	—	—	—	—
1987-88	56.8%	52.0%	0.0	0.5	29.8%	10.1%	14.0%	9.7%	22.9%	16.6%	20.8	9.9	0.1	1.5	2.8	12.5%	—	—	—	—
1988-89	59.2%	52.1%	0.0	0.6	30.5%	12.8%	12.7%	10.0%	19.6%	15.1%	24.5	15.0	0.2	5.3	5.8	14.8%	—	—	—	—
1989-90	62.6%	56.7%	0.0	0.6	32.9%	13.3%	13.0%	9.4%	24.1%	17.2%	27.1	15.7	0.2	6.1	6.4	15.7%	—	—	—	—
1990-91	59.6%	52.8%	0.0	0.6	30.3%	14.7%	10.9%	9.0%	24.5%	17.2%	24.8	15.3	0.2	5.1	5.9	15.4%	—	—	—	—
1991-92	59.9%	52.7%	0.0	0.6	30.2%	13.4%	11.6%	8.7%	24.2%	16.8%	25.2	14.8	0.2	5.2	5.6	14.4%	—	—	—	—
1992-93	61.2%	55.4%	0.0	0.6	28.1%	16.6%	11.7%	8.5%	24.3%	16.7%	26.2	15.2	0.2	6.8	6.9	15.0%	—	—	—	—
1993-94	55.0%	50.0%	0.0	0.5	28.3%	17.2%	11.1%	8.3%	24.2%	16.3%	22.8	13.1	0.2	5.1	6.0	14.5%	—	—	—	—
1994-95	59.0%	54.0%	0.0	0.4	30.6%	16.6%	11.3%	6.6%	27.3%	17.4%	25.1	13.5	0.2	4.8	5.4	14.9%	—	—	—	—
1995-96	57.5%	52.4%	0.0	0.5	30.0%	20.7%	9.8%	7.0%	24.3%	15.8%	26.0	14.8	0.2	6.5	6.7	15.2%	—	—	—	—
1996-97	60.0%	55.0%	0.0	0.4	32.7%	24.7%	11.1%	8.5%	24.6%	17.0%	28.8	16.7	0.3	7.5	7.2	16.6%	—	9.4	121	51.2%
1997-98	59.7%	53.1%	0.0	0.6	31.9%	21.1%	11.9%	8.3%	24.9%	17.2%	28.0	16.4	0.3	6.6	6.6	16.3%	—	7.3	124	62.5%
1998-99	57.7%	49.3%	0.0	0.6	30.4%	23.1%	13.8%	7.6%	22.1%	15.4%	25.4	9.6	0.3	5.9	3.7	16.0%	—	7.2	72	49.8%
1999-00	58.2%	51.0%	0.0	0.5	32.0%	20.9%	11.4%	7.1%	24.8%	16.2%	27.2	15.3	0.2	6.7	6.5	15.7%	—	5.9	115	56.9%
2000-01	57.2%	49.9%	0.0	0.5	30.1%	24.6%	12.9%	5.0%	23.4%	14.3%	24.8	13.1	0.2	5.6	5.6	14.5%	—	4.7	120	68.4%
2001-02	53.2%	45.7%	0.0	0.5	28.9%	21.9%	13.5%	5.6%	21.6%	13.6%	21.1	9.8	0.2	3.1	3.9	13.2%	—	0.6	101	50.7%
2002-03	53.4%	46.3%	0.0	0.5	27.8%	24.2%	11.8%	4.9%	20.4%	13.0%	21.8	11.2	0.2	3.7	4.3	12.8%	—	2.1	90	60.9%
2003-04	55.5%	48.3%	0.0	0.6	19.5%	19.1%	17.1%	5.2%	24.7%	15.1%	17.7	4.3	0.2	1.9	1.4	9.9%	—	5.2	20	46.7%
Career	57.7%	51.8%	0.0	0.5	29.5%	17.3%	12.4%	7.9%	23.5%	16.0%	23.9	232.3	0.2	4.6	92.1	13.9%	—	2.0	763	56.7%

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