Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Bernard King and Karl Malone

This is the detail of NBA games in which Bernard King 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 8 times in NBA games. Karl Malone has an 8-0 winning record over Bernard King. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Bernard King:
1977-78 to 1992-93
Karl Malone:
1985-86 to 2003-04
8 Games played
8 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Bernard King
0
0
0
Karl Malone
8
8
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Bernard King 19.0 4.5 2.6 1.30.1
Karl Malone 30.3 11.4 1.92.01.5
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Bernard King 50 8 6 41
Karl Malone 38 16 5 73
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Bernard King 1

game
0

games
5

games
3

games
0

games
Karl Malone 7

games
8

games
3

games
4

games
7

games
Both had same stat 0

games
0

games
0

games
1

game
1

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 24, 1987
1. Bullets 83   Bernard King 7 8 2 0 0 2 3 24 3-14 .214 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jazz 100   Karl Malone 22 10 0 0 1 7 4 32 9-21 .429 0-0 - 4-8 .500
Mar. 11, 1988
2. Bullets 107   Bernard King 10 5 2 0 0 2 5 25 3-10 .300 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Jazz 109   Karl Malone 34 8 0 2 3 4 2 46 14-24 .583 0-0 - 6-9 .667
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 07, 1988
3. Bullets 94   Bernard King 23 2 3 1 1 3 2 34 7-17 .412 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Jazz 111   Karl Malone 34 13 4 2 3 5 3 37 14-22 .636 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Dec. 21, 1988
4. Bullets 82   Bernard King 12 1 3 2 0 3 5 24 5-14 .357 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jazz 98   Karl Malone 34 9 1 1 1 3 2 45 11-25 .440 0-0 - 12-13 .923
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 13, 1989
5. Bullets 93   Bernard King 7 4 1 0 0 2 1 21 3-7 .429 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jazz 106   Karl Malone 33 16 2 3 0 2 5 33 13-26 .500 0-0 - 7-11 .636
Dec. 02, 1989
6. Bullets 98   Bernard King 19 7 6 1 0 4 4 37 6-17 .353 0-1 .000 7-10 .700
Jazz 100   Karl Malone 28 8 3 7 1 5 4 43 9-23 .391 0-0 - 10-14 .714
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 03, 1990
7. Bullets 101   Bernard King 24 3 2 2 0 5 3 26 10-21 .476 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Jazz 135   Karl Malone 38 15 0 1 2 6 2 36 11-15 .733 0-0 - 16-22 .727
Mar. 06, 1991
8. Bullets 93   Bernard King 50 6 2 4 0 4 2 48 18-31 .581 0-2 .000 14-16 .875
Jazz 104   Karl Malone 19 12 5 0 1 3 1 43 8-22 .364 0-0 - 3-5 .600