Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Harold Pressley

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Harold Pressley 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 15 times in NBA games. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a 13-2 winning record over Harold Pressley. 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
Harold Pressley:
1986-87 to 1989-90
15 Games played
15 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
13
13
0
Harold Pressley
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12.8 6.1 1.5 0.61.4
Harold Pressley 10.4 4.1 3.11.00.3
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 27 9 5 24
Harold Pressley 21 12 7 52
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 9

games
9

games
2

games
3

games
8

games
Harold Pressley 6

games
4

games
12

games
5

games
1

game
Both had same stat 0

games
2

games
1

game
7

games
6

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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. 16, 1986
1. Lakers 113   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12 5 5 0 4 5 3 39 4-6 .667 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Kings 111   Harold Pressley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 04, 1987
2. Lakers 128   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12 5 1 0 2 0 3 23 4-9 .444 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Kings 92   Harold Pressley 6 5 4 2 0 2 3 18 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Feb. 10, 1987
3. Lakers 114   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 8 1 0 0 2 3 29 4-14 .286 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Kings 98   Harold Pressley 8 2 2 0 0 0 2 13 4-8 .500 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Mar. 22, 1987
4. Lakers 129   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 15 9 2 0 1 3 5 27 7-18 .389 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Kings 121   Harold Pressley 2 2 4 0 0 0 4 11 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 01, 1987
5. Lakers 125   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 27 9 1 1 1 5 2 40 11-21 .524 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
OT Kings 120   Harold Pressley 11 1 2 0 0 1 2 17 4-6 .667 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Dec. 23, 1987
6. Lakers 117   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 14 7 2 0 2 1 2 26 7-11 .636 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 103   Harold Pressley 4 2 6 0 0 0 3 24 1-8 .125 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 28, 1988
7. Lakers 115   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 6 1 1 2 1 1 26 5-11 .455 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Kings 94   Harold Pressley 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 14 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 26, 1988
8. Lakers 92   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8 5 2 0 0 0 2 25 3-12 .250 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Kings 114   Harold Pressley 20 4 3 0 0 3 3 42 8-15 .533 4-8 .500 0-2 .000
Apr. 03, 1988
9. Lakers 108   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 19 6 3 2 1 1 4 30 9-12 .750 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Kings 104   Harold Pressley 13 5 7 0 0 3 2 43 6-17 .353 1-7 .143 0-0 -
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 23, 1988
10. Lakers 120   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16 7 2 0 0 0 3 23 5-7 .714 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Kings 102   Harold Pressley 18 3 5 2 0 3 5 33 7-13 .538 1-2 .500 3-3 1.000
Jan. 10, 1989
11. Lakers 97   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4 3 0 1 1 1 3 17 2-7 .286 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 106   Harold Pressley 17 6 1 1 1 2 1 34 7-11 .636 3-3 1.000 0-0 -
Feb. 20, 1989
12. Lakers 100   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8 3 1 2 0 1 5 21 4-9 .444 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 97   Harold Pressley 14 7 0 1 1 0 0 33 5-10 .500 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Feb. 24, 1989
13. Lakers 115   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 3 1 0 4 1 2 20 4-7 .571 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Kings 103   Harold Pressley 10 5 2 1 0 1 3 29 4-9 .444 2-3 .667 0-0 -
Mar. 23, 1989
14. Lakers 115   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 6 8 0 1 3 1 3 21 3-7 .429 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 92   Harold Pressley 10 12 3 1 1 1 1 27 4-13 .308 2-4 .500 0-2 .000
Apr. 20, 1989
15. Lakers 118   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12 7 1 1 0 2 1 22 6-9 .667 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Kings 115   Harold Pressley 21 7 6 5 0 0 6 34 7-12 .583 4-6 .667 3-4 .750