Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Calvin Garrett

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Calvin Garrett 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:
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They faced each other a total of 10 times in NBA games. Overall, they are tied 5-5, but Calvin Garrett won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 2-0 postseason record.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
1969-70 to 1988-89
Calvin Garrett:
1980-81 to 1983-84
10 Games played
8 in Regular Season
2 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5
5
0
Calvin Garrett
5
3
2

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 23.6 9.9 3.8 0.93.3
Calvin Garrett 5.1 2.8 1.91.20.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 36 18 7 37
Calvin Garrett 13 11 10 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 9

games
8

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8

games
4

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9

games
Calvin Garrett 1

game
2

games
1

game
4

games
0

games
Both had same stat 0

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0

games
1

game
2

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1

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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
%
Oct. 12, 1980
1. Lakers 114   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 10 4 3 0 7 0 2 22 5-8 .625 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 103   Calvin Garrett 13 3 0 2 0 2 2 19 6-9 .667 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Nov. 12, 1980
2. Lakers 104   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 18 10 4 2 3 3 4 40 7-21 .333 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Rockets 107   Calvin Garrett 10 11 2 1 0 0 1 27 5-10 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 13, 1981
3. Lakers 114   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 30 12 4 1 2 2 4 40 11-17 .647 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Rockets 105   Calvin Garrett 0 5 1 1 0 1 2 14 0-4 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 20, 1981
4. Lakers 107   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 36 12 3 0 1 1 4 37 14-26 .538 0-0 - 8-10 .800
Rockets 110   Calvin Garrett 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 19 0-2 .000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1981 Playoffs - Western Conference First Round
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 01, 1981
5. Lakers 107   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21 15 7 1 3 3 5 44 9-19 .474 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Rockets 111   Calvin Garrett 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 05, 1981
6. Lakers 86   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 32 18 4 1 4 5 5 46 11-23 .478 0-0 - 10-12 .833
Rockets 89   Calvin Garrett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
1981-82 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 30, 1981
7. Lakers 112   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 33 10 2 0 4 6 5 49 11-25 .440 0-0 - 11-16 .688
2OT Rockets 113   Calvin Garrett 8 1 2 2 0 4 3 39 4-7 .571 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nov. 11, 1981
8. Lakers 95   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21 9 3 3 3 4 40 9-21 .429 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Rockets 93   Calvin Garrett 6 3 1 1 0 3 23 3-7 .429 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nov. 29, 1981
9. Lakers 122   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 23 3 4 0 4 5 31 10-14 .714 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Rockets 104   Calvin Garrett 12 4 10 3 0 4 39 5-11 .455 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500
Mar. 21, 1982
10. Lakers 107   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12 6 4 1 2 1 16 6-9 .667 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Rockets 102   Calvin Garrett 0 0 0 1 0 0 04 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -