Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Herb Williams

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Herb Williams 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 12-3 winning record over Herb Williams. 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
Herb Williams:
1981-82 to 1998-99
15 Games played
15 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
12
12
0
Herb Williams
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21.9 8.8 2.9 2.7
Herb Williams 16.5 8.6 3.22.3
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 33 20 7 5
Herb Williams 31 16 7 9
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 9

games
7

games
5

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9

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Herb Williams 6

games
7

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8

games
4

games
Both had same stat 0

games
1

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2

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2

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1981-82 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 15, 1981
1. Lakers 124   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 23 20 5 1 4 6 2 49 11-23 .478 0-0 - 1-2 .500
2OT Pacers 123   Herb Williams 14 6 4 1 8 2 44 7-13 .538 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Jan. 15, 1982
2. Lakers 97   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 30 9 2 3 5 2 38 11-17 .647 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Pacers 92   Herb Williams 6 16 3 9 3 30 3-8 .375 0-0 - 0-0 -
1982-83 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 23, 1983
3. Lakers 105   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 26 7 7 2 3 4 39 12-17 .706 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Pacers 102   Herb Williams 30 10 1 1 2 2 38 13-26 .500 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Feb. 20, 1983
4. Lakers 126   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 26 13 2 1 3 2 3 30 12-16 .750 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Pacers 112   Herb Williams 14 8 4 1 0 4 2 32 7-20 .350 0-1 .000 0-3 .000
1983-84 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 07, 1984
5. Lakers 106   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 33 9 3 1 0 5 1 37 15-24 .625 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Pacers 105   Herb Williams 22 10 7 1 1 8 3 42 10-18 .556 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 10, 1984
6. Lakers 114   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 25 6 5 1 2 6 4 34 10-17 .588 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Pacers 126   Herb Williams 12 3 0 0 0 2 3 22 4-7 .571 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
1984-85 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 03, 1985
7. Lakers 122   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 17 5 6 0 5 0 3 31 8-13 .615 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Pacers 100   Herb Williams 12 4 4 1 3 1 2 32 6-17 .353 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Feb. 22, 1985
8. Lakers 113   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 28 7 1 0 3 4 6 31 10-14 .714 0-0 - 8-15 .533
Pacers 122   Herb Williams 31 8 4 0 3 9 4 40 12-19 .632 0-0 - 7-13 .538
1985-86 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 10, 1986
9. Lakers 124   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 31 8 2 1 3 3 1 33 12-21 .571 0-1 .000 7-8 .875
Pacers 102   Herb Williams 13 7 2 2 2 3 2 34 6-17 .353 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Feb. 19, 1986
10. Lakers 90   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21 8 3 0 4 5 4 36 9-17 .529 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Pacers 81   Herb Williams 24 13 3 1 2 6 3 38 9-18 .500 0-0 - 6-8 .750
1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 22, 1987
11. Lakers 118   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 20 6 1 2 4 2 4 36 8-19 .421 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Pacers 108   Herb Williams 14 15 4 0 1 3 2 42 5-11 .455 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Feb. 13, 1987
12. Lakers 113   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 14 8 4 0 4 1 2 38 6-12 .500 0-0 - 2-5 .400
Pacers 108   Herb Williams 18 8 5 1 1 1 4 37 8-17 .471 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 09, 1988
13. Lakers 101   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 9 8 1 0 0 3 2 29 4-11 .364 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Pacers 98   Herb Williams 11 9 0 1 2 0 5 35 5-15 .333 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Feb. 09, 1988
14. Lakers 108   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21 7 0 0 0 2 3 29 7-16 .438 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Pacers 110   Herb Williams 18 4 3 0 0 3 3 33 9-13 .692 0-0 - 0-0 -
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 17, 1989
15. Lakers 106   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 5 11 1 0 3 2 4 32 2-11 .182 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mavericks 103   Herb Williams 8 8 4 1 1 1 2 38 4-12 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 -