Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Eddie Hughes

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Eddie Hughes 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 8 times in NBA games. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a 5-3 winning record over Eddie Hughes, but Eddie Hughes won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 3-2 postseason record.

Games Played Against Each Other

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
vs.
Eddie Hughes
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
1969-70 to 1988-89
Eddie Hughes:
1987-88 to 1989-90
8 Games played
3 in Regular Season
5 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5
3
2
Eddie Hughes
3
0
3

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12.1 6.4 1.4 0.61.6
Eddie Hughes 1.1 0.1 0.50.10.1
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21 11 4 23
Eddie Hughes 3 1 2 11
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8

games		 8

games		 4

games		 3

games		7

games
Eddie Hughes 0

games 		0

games		 2

games		 0

games		0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 2

games		 5

games		1

game

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
%
Mar. 29, 1988
1. Lakers 122   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21 5 4 1 1 3 5 31 9-14 .643 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Jazz 111   Eddie Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
1988 Playoffs - Western Conference Semifinals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 08, 1988
2. Lakers 110   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16 10 4 1 2 2 3 28 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Jazz 91   Eddie Hughes 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 02 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 10, 1988
3. Lakers 97   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 10 6 0 2 1 1 1 29 3-13 .231 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Jazz 101   Eddie Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 13, 1988
4. Lakers 89   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 6 5 0 1 2 2 5 24 3-14 .214 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 96   Eddie Hughes 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 03 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 15, 1988
5. Lakers 113   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 20 11 1 0 3 0 5 35 9-16 .563 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Jazz 100   Eddie Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 19, 1988
6. Lakers 80   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 10 5 0 0 1 4 2 21 4-10 .400 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jazz 108   Eddie Hughes 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 -
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 09, 1988
7. Lakers 128   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 6 2 0 0 2 1 1 18 3-4 .750 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nuggets 110   Eddie Hughes 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 06 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nov. 15, 1988
8. Lakers 148   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8 7 2 0 1 1 2 20 3-11 .273 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2OT Nuggets 146   Eddie Hughes 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 03 0-1 .000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
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