Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Jordan

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Jordan played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

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They faced each other a total of 8 times in NBA games. Overall, they are tied 4-4. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
1969-70 to 1988-89
Michael Jordan:
1984-85 to 2002-03
8 Games played
8 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4
4
0
Michael Jordan
4
4
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16.3 5.5 2.4 0.62.0
Michael Jordan 31.3 5.8 6.82.30.8
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 32 9 6 28
Michael Jordan 42 10 16 52
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2

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4

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1

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1

game
4

games
Michael Jordan 6

games
4

games
7

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7

games
2

games
Both had same stat 0

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0

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0

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0

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2

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1984-85 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 02, 1984
1. Lakers 112   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 32 4 6 0 8 3 2 37 12-19 .632 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Bulls 113   Michael Jordan 20 2 3 1 1 4 3 42 7-13 .538 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Feb. 19, 1985
2. Lakers 127   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 27 9 6 1 3 2 4 40 11-17 .647 0-0 - 5-9 .556
Bulls 117   Michael Jordan 16 6 8 0 0 3 5 30 6-13 .462 0-2 .000 4-5 .800
1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 28, 1986
3. Lakers 110   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12 8 2 0 1 3 4 34 5-11 .455 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Bulls 103   Michael Jordan 41 10 3 1 1 3 4 45 19-43 .442 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Feb. 20, 1987
4. Lakers 110   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 17 7 1 0 1 3 4 31 7-12 .583 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Bulls 100   Michael Jordan 33 2 5 5 2 2 4 40 11-27 .407 0-0 - 11-12 .917
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 02, 1988
5. Lakers 110   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 8 2 2 2 2 2 30 4-7 .571 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Bulls 101   Michael Jordan 39 2 4 3 1 3 3 40 14-26 .538 0-0 - 11-11 1.000
Mar. 10, 1988
6. Lakers 107   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 1 2 1 0 1 2 25 6-12 .500 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Bulls 128   Michael Jordan 38 9 7 3 1 2 2 42 17-34 .500 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 20, 1988
7. Lakers 103   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 10 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Bulls 116   Michael Jordan 42 7 8 4 0 1 0 39 11-23 .478 2-3 .667 18-22 .818
Mar. 21, 1989
8. Lakers 103   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12 6 0 0 1 1 3 21 4-7 .571 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Bulls 104   Michael Jordan 21 8 16 1 0 5 3 43 7-20 .350 0-0 - 7-8 .875