Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Buck Johnson

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Buck Johnson 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 / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 10 times in NBA games. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a 7-3 winning record over Buck Johnson. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
vs.
Buck Johnson
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
1969-70 to 1988-89
Buck Johnson:
1986-87 to 1992-93
10 Games played
10 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
7
7
0
Buck Johnson
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16.1 6.5 1.3 0.51.3
Buck Johnson 3.9 2.3 0.60.50.0
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 27 13 4 23
Buck Johnson 12 4 2 20
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 10

games		 9

games		 5

games		 1

game		7

games
Buck Johnson 0

games 		1

game		 3

games		 2

games		0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 2

games		 7

games		3

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 01, 1986
1. Lakers 102   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 27 4 4 0 0 1 2 40 13-22 .591 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 112   Buck Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 28, 1987
2. Lakers 123   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 12 1 2 3 1 2 29 6-10 .600 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 109   Buck Johnson 6 4 0 0 0 0 3 16 3-6 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 31, 1987
3. Lakers 111   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16 5 0 1 1 4 4 23 6-10 .600 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Rockets 96   Buck Johnson 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 11 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 08, 1987
4. Lakers 101   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 11 2 0 1 2 2 5 28 3-9 .333 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Rockets 92   Buck Johnson 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 05 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 18, 1988
5. Lakers 121   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 20 5 1 0 1 0 3 33 8-12 .667 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Rockets 110   Buck Johnson 12 2 2 0 0 2 5 22 6-9 .667 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Feb. 18, 1988
6. Lakers 111   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16 8 2 0 2 5 1 32 8-11 .727 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 96   Buck Johnson 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 10 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Mar. 22, 1988
7. Lakers 117   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 7 3 0 0 3 1 25 3-7 .429 0-0 - 7-10 .700
Rockets 95   Buck Johnson 5 2 0 0 0 1 3 11 0-2 .000 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Apr. 17, 1988
8. Lakers 119   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 17 6 1 1 2 2 2 28 6-13 .462 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Rockets 127   Buck Johnson 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 11 1-3 .333 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 05, 1989
9. Lakers 83   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7 3 0 0 0 1 3 19 3-6 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 88   Buck Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 13, 1989
10. Lakers 97   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21 13 1 0 2 2 4 33 8-15 .533 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Rockets 96   Buck Johnson 6 4 2 1 0 1 6 28 2-6 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
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