Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Profile: Information, Highlights and Stats with the Lakers

Lakers players: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar basketball profile with complete information including full name, position, height, weight, years as a Laker, career stats, NBA titles won and more.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Profile

NBA Career:

Seasons Games Titles
NBA 20 Season
1,560
Playoffs
237
NBA Titles6
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 24.6 11.2 3.6
Playoffs 24.3 10.5 3.2

Lakers Career:

Seasons Games Titles
LAL 14 Season
1,093
Playoffs
180
NBA Trophy5
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 22.1 9.4 3.3
Playoffs 22.6 8.5 3.0

* Stats updated on Apr 18, 2024 *

Full Name: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Profile
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Position: Center
Jersey Number: 33 (Bucks, Lakers)
Height: 7-2 / 2.18 mt
Weight: 225 lbs / 102 kg
Nickname: Lew, Cap
All-Star: 19 times (played 18 times)
Born: April 16, 1947 in New York City, New York, USA
High-School: Power Memorial in New York, New York
College: University of California, Los Angeles
Drafted: by the Milwaukee Bucks with No. 1 overall pick, in round 1 of the 1969 NBA Draft
NBA Teams: Milwaukee Bucks, 1969-70 to 1974-75
Los Angeles Lakers, 1975-76 to 1988-89
Lakers Seasons: 1975-76 to 1988-89

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Lakers History - Timeline

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Highlights

NBA Championships Details:
NBA Champion
1970-71 with Milwaukee Bucks
NBA Champion
1979-80 with Los Angeles Lakers
NBA Champion
1981-82 with Los Angeles Lakers
NBA Champion
1984-85 with Los Angeles Lakers
NBA Champion
1986-87 with Los Angeles Lakers
NBA Champion
1987-88 with Los Angeles Lakers

Career Totals:

Points Rebounds Assists
Season 38,387 17,440 5,660
Playoffs 5,762 2,481 767

- Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1995

- In Kareem's first season as a Laker (1975-76) he won his fourth Season MVP, but the team missed the playoffs. After that, L.A. advanced to the postseason the next 13 years in a row with Kareem at center, reaching the NBA Finals 8 times and winning 5 championships.

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson were the key members of one of the best basketball teams in history: the "Showtime" Lakers. The incredible collection of players around them included James Worthy, Norm Nixon, Jamaal Wilkes, Michael Cooper, Bob McAdoo, Byron Scott, Kurt Rambis and A.C. Green among others. Those Lakers were part of the greatest NBA rivalry of all times: the 80's version of Lakers vs. Celtics that marked and era and revitalized the league making it famous around the world.

- Abdul-Jabar spent 14 of his 20 seasons with the Lakers and in that time he earned 3 Season MVPs (1975-76, 1976-77 and 1979-80) and one Finals MVP (1985). He also led the league in rebounds once (1975-76) and 3 times in blocked shots (1975-76, 1978-79 and 1979-80). He was selected for 10 All-NBA Teams (6 First Teams), 7 All-Defensive Teams (3 First Team) and 13 All-Star Games.

- On April 5, 1984, playing for the Lakers, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar broke Wilt Chamberlain's record for career points, and characteristically he did it with one of his trademarked skyhooks.

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is currently a member of the Lakers coaching staff, where his job is mainly to be a teacher for Andrew Bynum.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Career Stats

Season by season statistics including his numbers with the Lakers.

Season Stats:

Season
Team Gm GS Min FG% 3P% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1969-70Bucks82 43.1 .518 .653 14.5 4.1 3.5 28.8
1970-71Bucks82 40.1 .577 .690 16.0 3.3 3.2 31.7
1971-72Bucks81 44.2 .574 .689 16.6 4.6 2.9 34.8
1972-73Bucks76 42.8 .554 .713 16.1 5.0 2.7 30.2
1973-74Bucks81 43.8 .539 .702 3.5 11.0 14.5 4.8 1.4 3.5 2.9 27.0
1974-75Bucks65 42.3 .513 .763 3.0 11.0 14.0 4.1 1.0 3.3 3.2 30.0
1975-76Lakers82 41.2 .529 .703 3.3 13.5 16.9 5.0 1.5 4.1 3.6 27.7
1976-77Lakers82 36.8 .579 .701 3.2 10.0 13.3 3.9 1.2 3.2 3.2 26.2
1977-78Lakers62 36.5 .550 .783 3.0 9.9 12.9 4.3 1.7 3.0 3.4 2.9 25.8
1978-79Lakers80 39.5 .577 .736 2.6 10.2 12.8 5.4 1.0 4.0 3.5 2.9 23.8
1979-80Lakers82 38.3 .604 .000 .765 2.3 8.5 10.8 4.5 1.0 3.4 3.6 2.6 24.8
1980-81Lakers80 37.2 .574 .000 .766 2.5 7.8 10.3 3.4 0.7 2.9 3.1 3.1 26.2
1981-82Lakers76 76 35.2 .579 .000 .706 2.3 6.4 8.7 3.0 0.8 2.7 3.0 2.9 23.9
1982-83Lakers79 79 32.3 .588 .000 .749 2.1 5.4 7.5 2.5 0.8 2.2 2.5 2.8 21.8
1983-84Lakers80 80 32.8 .578 .000 .723 2.1 5.2 7.3 2.6 0.7 1.8 2.8 2.6 21.5
1984-85Lakers79 79 33.3 .599 .000 .732 2.1 5.8 7.9 3.2 0.8 2.1 2.5 3.0 22.0
1985-86Lakers79 79 33.3 .564 .000 .765 1.7 4.4 6.1 3.5 0.8 1.6 2.6 3.1 23.4
1986-87Lakers78 78 31.3 .564 .333 .714 1.9 4.8 6.7 2.6 0.6 1.2 2.4 3.1 17.5
1987-88Lakers80 80 28.9 .532 .000 .762 1.5 4.5 6.0 1.7 0.6 1.2 2.0 2.7 14.6
1988-89Lakers74 74 22.9 .475 .000 .739 1.4 3.1 4.5 1.0 0.5 1.1 1.3 2.6 10.1
Career: 1560 36.8 .559 .056 .721 2.4 7.6 11.2 3.6 0.9 2.6 2.7 3.0 24.6

Playoffs Stats:

Playoffs Team Gm Min FG% 3P% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1970Bucks10 43.5 .567 .733 16.8 4.1 2.5 35.2
1971Bucks14 41.2 .515 .673 17.0 2.5 3.2 26.6
1972Bucks11 46.4 .437 .704 18.2 5.1 3.2 28.7
1973Bucks6 46.0 .428 .543 16.2 2.8 4.3 22.8
1974Bucks16 47.4 .557 .736 4.2 11.6 15.8 4.9 1.3 2.4 2.6 32.2
1977Lakers11 42.5 .607 .725 4.6 13.1 17.7 4.1 1.7 3.5 3.8 34.6
1978Lakers3 44.7 .521 .556 4.7 9.0 13.7 3.7 0.7 4.0 4.7 4.7 27.0
1979Lakers8 45.9 .579 .839 2.3 10.4 12.6 4.8 1.0 4.1 3.6 3.3 28.5
1980Lakers15 41.2 .572 - .790 3.4 8.7 12.1 3.1 1.1 3.9 3.7 3.4 31.9
1981Lakers3 44.7 .462 - .714 4.3 12.3 16.7 4.0 1.0 2.7 3.7 4.7 26.7
1982Lakers14 35.2 .520 - .632 2.4 6.1 8.5 3.6 1.0 3.2 2.9 3.2 20.4
1983Lakers15 39.2 .568 .000 .755 1.7 6.0 7.7 2.8 1.1 3.7 3.3 4.1 27.1
1984Lakers21 36.5 .555 - .750 2.7 5.6 8.2 3.8 1.1 2.1 2.1 3.4 23.9
1985Lakers19 19 32.1 .560 - .777 2.6 5.5 8.1 4.0 1.2 1.9 2.7 3.5 21.9
1986Lakers14 14 34.9 .557 - .787 1.9 4.1 5.9 3.5 1.1 1.7 3.0 3.9 25.9
1987Lakers18 18 31.1 .530 .000 .795 2.2 4.7 6.8 2.0 0.4 1.9 2.2 3.1 19.2
1988Lakers24 24 29.9 .464 .000 .789 2.0 3.4 5.5 1.5 0.6 1.5 1.9 3.4 14.1
1989Lakers15 15 23.4 .463 - .721 0.9 3.1 3.9 1.3 0.3 0.7 1.5 2.9 11.1
Career: 237 37.3 .533 .000 .740 2.6 6.5 10.5 3.2 1.0 2.4 2.6 3.4 24.3

* Stats updated on Apr 18, 2024 *

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