Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Cliff Levingston

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Cliff Levingston 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 13 times in NBA games. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a 9-4 winning record over Cliff Levingston. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
1969-70 to 1988-89
Cliff Levingston:
1982-83 to 1994-95
13 Games played
13 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
9
9
0
Cliff Levingston
4
4
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 19.6 6.1 2.9 0.41.2
Cliff Levingston 9.1 7.3 0.70.61.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 35 12 8 24
Cliff Levingston 29 16 4 24
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 11

games
4

games
9

games
3

games
4

games
Cliff Levingston 2

games
8

games
2

games
5

games
5

games
Both had same stat 0

games
1

game
2

games
5

games
4

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1982-83 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 05, 1983
1. Lakers 122   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 22 8 3 1 4 4 34 10-16 .625 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Pistons 108   Cliff Levingston 5 2 0 0 0 1 06 2-4 .500 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
1983-84 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 04, 1984
2. Lakers 118   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 29 8 4 0 1 4 4 39 13-16 .813 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Pistons 114   Cliff Levingston 8 12 1 1 0 2 5 25 4-10 .400 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Mar. 23, 1984
3. Lakers 118   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 35 3 4 0 4 3 3 36 15-22 .682 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Pistons 121   Cliff Levingston 6 4 0 0 0 0 3 17 3-9 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
1984-85 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 18, 1984
4. Lakers 117   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 20 8 1 0 1 3 5 27 9-18 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Hawks 116   Cliff Levingston 9 10 2 0 2 3 2 36 4-11 .364 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Feb. 15, 1985
5. Lakers 120   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 4 2 1 2 2 2 36 5-10 .500 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Hawks 111   Cliff Levingston 12 9 4 0 4 1 2 37 5-10 .500 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1985-86 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 14, 1986
6. Lakers 141   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 25 5 6 0 0 3 4 24 10-13 .769 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Hawks 117   Cliff Levingston 8 3 0 0 0 1 4 23 4-8 .500 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Feb. 24, 1986
7. Lakers 93   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 22 12 2 2 0 1 2 36 9-20 .450 0-0 - 4-8 .500
Hawks 102   Cliff Levingston 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 18 2-4 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 25, 1986
8. Lakers 107   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16 6 8 1 0 2 4 38 6-14 .429 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Hawks 113   Cliff Levingston 19 15 0 2 0 0 4 33 5-7 .714 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Jan. 21, 1987
9. Lakers 112   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 26 7 3 0 1 0 4 34 10-14 .714 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Hawks 109   Cliff Levingston 12 8 1 0 3 1 4 24 5-12 .417 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 29, 1988
10. Lakers 117   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 15 3 2 0 2 3 4 28 6-11 .545 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Hawks 107   Cliff Levingston 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 16 0-5 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 19, 1988
11. Lakers 126   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12 5 0 0 0 1 3 40 3-11 .273 0-0 - 6-7 .857
OT Hawks 119   Cliff Levingston 29 16 0 2 0 3 3 39 11-13 .846 0-0 - 7-10 .700
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 07, 1989
12. Lakers 106   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16 4 0 0 0 2 4 29 7-13 .538 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Hawks 97   Cliff Levingston 4 7 0 1 0 3 4 25 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 19, 1989
13. Lakers 111   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4 6 3 0 0 5 4 20 2-7 .286 0-0 - 0-0 -
Hawks 113   Cliff Levingston 2 2 0 1 3 2 3 16 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -