Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Travis Best and Karl Malone

This is the detail of NBA games in which Travis Best and Karl Malone 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 16 times in NBA games. Karl Malone has a 11-5 winning record over Travis Best. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Travis Best:
1995-96 to 2004-05
Karl Malone:
1985-86 to 2003-04
16 Games played
16 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Travis Best
5
5
0
Karl Malone
11
11
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Travis Best 7.3 1.4 3.1 1.10.0
Karl Malone 24.1 10.5 4.91.50.4
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Travis Best 18 4 6 30
Karl Malone 38 20 9 53
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Travis Best 0

games
0

games
3

games
3

games
0

games
Karl Malone 16

games
16

games
9

games
7

games
4

games
Both had same stat 0

games
0

games
4

games
6

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12

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1995-96 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 06, 1996
1. Pacers 94   Travis Best 5 1 4 0 0 1 4 15 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Jazz 101   Karl Malone 24 20 4 1 0 2 2 44 9-20 .450 1-1 1.000 5-7 .714
Mar. 15, 1996
2. Pacers 86   Travis Best 9 3 2 1 0 2 4 14 2-3 .667 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Jazz 95   Karl Malone 27 7 9 2 0 1 3 40 11-19 .579 0-0 - 5-8 .625
1996-97 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 10, 1996
3. Pacers 86   Travis Best 8 0 1 3 0 2 4 22 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 2-3 .667
Jazz 110   Karl Malone 22 12 3 3 3 1 2 32 8-21 .381 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Mar. 14, 1997
4. Pacers 96   Travis Best 11 2 0 1 0 0 4 20 4-8 .500 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000
Jazz 105   Karl Malone 38 11 3 0 0 3 2 36 11-21 .524 0-0 - 16-19 .842
1997-98 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 08, 1997
5. Pacers 97   Travis Best 5 1 1 1 0 5 2 17 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Jazz 106   Karl Malone 31 8 6 1 0 6 2 38 13-19 .684 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Jan. 23, 1998
6. Pacers 106   Travis Best 6 2 3 0 0 2 1 16 2-6 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jazz 102   Karl Malone 26 8 3 0 0 3 3 35 11-19 .579 0-0 - 4-5 .800
1999-00 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 03, 1999
7. Pacers 100   Travis Best 3 2 4 1 0 1 4 17 1-5 .200 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jazz 75   Karl Malone 16 10 3 2 0 3 1 35 6-14 .429 0-0 - 4-8 .500
Dec. 17, 1999
8. Pacers 89   Travis Best 11 1 5 1 0 0 3 23 2-7 .286 0-2 .000 7-9 .778
Jazz 74   Karl Malone 16 13 5 1 0 1 3 30 6-22 .273 0-0 - 4-8 .500
2000-01 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 22, 2000
9. Pacers 101   Travis Best 9 3 6 1 0 1 5 32 3-9 .333 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000
Jazz 109   Karl Malone 29 7 7 2 0 2 2 36 9-18 .500 0-0 - 11-12 .917
Jan. 09, 2001
10. Pacers 99   Travis Best 9 2 6 0 0 0 6 27 3-7 .429 1-1 1.000 2-4 .500
Jazz 103   Karl Malone 35 10 4 1 0 4 4 43 10-20 .500 0-0 - 15-21 .714
2001-02 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 01, 2001
11. Pacers 100   Travis Best 12 0 4 3 0 2 3 22 6-9 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Jazz 97   Karl Malone 18 9 2 1 0 5 3 34 5-13 .385 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Feb. 12, 2002
12. Pacers 82   Travis Best 18 1 4 3 0 2 4 27 7-12 .583 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Jazz 98   Karl Malone 34 14 6 5 2 5 2 41 11-23 .478 0-0 - 12-16 .750
2002-03 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 10, 2003
13. Heat 73   Travis Best 8 4 5 1 0 0 6 30 3-13 .231 1-5 .200 1-2 .500
Jazz 83   Karl Malone 29 13 5 1 0 4 4 39 10-22 .455 0-0 - 9-11 .818
2003-04 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 28, 2003
14. Mavericks 93   Travis Best 0 0 4 2 0 1 2 16 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 109   Karl Malone 15 10 9 1 1 1 4 30 5-11 .455 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Dec. 04, 2003
15. Mavericks 103   Travis Best 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 114   Karl Malone 11 9 6 3 0 2 2 34 3-8 .375 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Dec. 12, 2003
16. Mavericks 110   Travis Best 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0-2 .000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Lakers 93   Karl Malone 14 7 3 0 1 2 2 32 6-11 .545 0-0 - 2-3 .667