Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Rick Mahorn

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Rick Mahorn 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 28 times in NBA games. Overall, they are tied 14-14, but Rick Mahorn won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 7-4 postseason record.

Games Played Against Each Other

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
vs.
Rick Mahorn
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
1969-70 to 1988-89
Rick Mahorn:
1980-81 to 1998-99
28 Games played
17 in Regular Season
11 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
14
10
4
Rick Mahorn
14
7
7

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16.8 6.4 2.2
Rick Mahorn 7.0 6.3 0.9
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 38 16 6
Rick Mahorn 25 17 5
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 25

games		 14

games		 20

games
Rick Mahorn 2

games 		13

games		 2

games
Both had same stat 1

game		 1

game		 6

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 06, 1981
1. Lakers 107   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 22 16 2 1 3 0 3 39 8-16 .500 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Bullets 98   Rick Mahorn 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 07 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 08, 1981
2. Lakers 102   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16 13 4 3 41 6-16 .375 0-0 - 4-8 .500
Bullets 98   Rick Mahorn 16 6 2 3 36 8-14 .571 0- .000 0-1 .000
Feb. 05, 1982
3. Lakers 90   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 10 8 3 0 3 33 3-9 .333 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Bullets 87   Rick Mahorn 8 17 5 0 5 46 4-13 .308 0-0 - 0-0 -
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 19, 1982
4. Lakers 122   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 23 5 3 1 2 2 3 26 10-13 .769 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Bullets 92   Rick Mahorn 13 7 1 1 1 4 35 6-12 .500 0-0 - 1-7 .143
Mar. 04, 1983
5. Lakers 93   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21 8 6 1 2 2 37 8-20 .400 0-1 .000 5-8 .625
Bullets 96   Rick Mahorn 25 13 0 1 4 4 41 11-13 .846 0-0 - 3-5 .600
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 17, 1984
6. Lakers 108   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 23 9 3 2 3 2 1 36 10-11 .909 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Bullets 95   Rick Mahorn 10 10 3 3 0 3 5 35 4-6 .667 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Feb. 10, 1984
7. Lakers 93   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 15 8 2 0 4 7 0 38 5-13 .385 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Bullets 96   Rick Mahorn 10 12 1 1 0 3 4 37 5-10 .500 0-0 - 0-1 .000
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 08, 1984
8. Lakers 98   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 17 9 3 0 0 4 3 37 7-14 .500 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Bullets 101   Rick Mahorn 0 7 1 1 2 3 5 19 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Dec. 16, 1984
9. Lakers 109   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 17 9 4 0 0 1 1 36 8-13 .615 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Bullets 101   Rick Mahorn 0 6 0 2 0 1 3 23 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 15, 1985
10. Lakers 132   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 18 4 2 1 2 2 3 27 7-11 .636 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Pistons 119   Rick Mahorn 13 14 2 1 1 2 4 26 5-7 .714 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Jan. 19, 1986
11. Lakers 115   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 38 5 3 0 1 2 1 39 17-26 .654 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Pistons 118   Rick Mahorn 2 4 0 0 1 0 3 14 1-5 .200 0-0 - 0-1 .000
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 13, 1986
12. Lakers 114   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 18 11 3 0 1 0 2 38 7-12 .583 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Pistons 119   Rick Mahorn 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 13 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 26, 1987
13. Lakers 128   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 22 7 3 1 0 1 4 30 9-16 .563 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Pistons 111   Rick Mahorn 4 5 1 0 1 0 5 20 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 08, 1988
14. Lakers 106   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 7 2 2 0 1 4 33 6-14 .429 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Pistons 104   Rick Mahorn 11 11 0 1 1 1 2 34 3-7 .429 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Feb. 21, 1988
15. Lakers 117   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 20 6 2 1 3 1 4 26 6-13 .462 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Pistons 110   Rick Mahorn 14 7 2 0 3 3 2 31 4-7 .571 1-1 1.000 5-8 .625
1988 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jun. 07, 1988
16. Lakers 93   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8 2 1 1 0 1 1 28 4-13 .308 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 105   Rick Mahorn 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 10 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jun. 09, 1988
17. Lakers 108   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 15 1 1 2 1 0 4 32 6-15 .400 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Pistons 96   Rick Mahorn 11 9 1 0 1 1 2 19 4-9 .444 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Jun. 12, 1988
18. Lakers 99   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12 7 1 0 3 1 2 28 4-7 .571 0-0 - 4-8 .500
Pistons 86   Rick Mahorn 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 06 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jun. 14, 1988
19. Lakers 86   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 4 1 0 0 2 2 24 5-10 .500 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Pistons 111   Rick Mahorn 8 3 0 0 2 0 2 16 3-4 .750 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jun. 16, 1988
20. Lakers 94   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 26 6 0 0 1 4 3 34 12-21 .571 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Pistons 104   Rick Mahorn 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jun. 19, 1988
21. Lakers 103   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 14 6 1 1 2 3 5 32 3-14 .214 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Pistons 102   Rick Mahorn 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jun. 21, 1988
22. Lakers 108   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4 3 2 0 1 3 5 29 2-7 .286 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 105   Rick Mahorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 26, 1988
23. Lakers 99   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 14 1 1 0 0 0 2 24 7-10 .700 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 102   Rick Mahorn 13 11 0 1 1 0 2 29 6-8 .750 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Feb. 14, 1989
24. Lakers 103   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21 3 1 0 1 1 2 31 8-17 .471 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Pistons 111   Rick Mahorn 7 5 0 1 1 2 1 14 3-4 .750 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1989 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jun. 06, 1989
25. Lakers 97   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8 2 0 1 0 1 4 14 4-7 .571 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 109   Rick Mahorn 2 8 1 0 0 0 3 21 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jun. 08, 1989
26. Lakers 105   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 11 2 2 0 1 3 3 28 4-12 .333 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Pistons 108   Rick Mahorn 2 2 2 0 3 0 4 21 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jun. 11, 1989
27. Lakers 110   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 24 13 2 1 0 2 1 33 10-19 .526 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Pistons 114   Rick Mahorn 7 4 0 0 0 0 4 21 3-4 .750 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jun. 13, 1989
28. Lakers 97   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7 3 3 0 2 2 3 29 2-8 .250 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Pistons 105   Rick Mahorn 13 7 1 1 0 1 6 35 5-7 .714 0-0 - 3-4 .750
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