Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jim Farmer

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jim Farmer 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 4 times in NBA games. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a 3-1 winning record over Jim Farmer, including a 2-0 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
1969-70 to 1988-89
Jim Farmer:
1987-88 to 1993-94
4 Games played
2 in Regular Season
2 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
3
1
2
Jim Farmer
1
1
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 14.5 6.8 1.5 0.82.0
Jim Farmer 0.5 1.0 0.30.00.0
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21 9 3 15
Jim Farmer 2 2 1 00
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4

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Jim Farmer 0

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Both had same stat 0

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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
%
Nov. 20, 1987
1. Lakers 119   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12 9 3 1 1 2 2 33 6-8 .750 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Mavericks 116   Jim Farmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
1988 Playoffs - Western Conference Finals
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 25, 1988
2. Lakers 123   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 19 7 2 1 0 2 2 24 8-15 .533 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Mavericks 101   Jim Farmer 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 04 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 31, 1988
3. Lakers 119   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21 5 1 1 2 1 5 35 10-16 .625 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mavericks 102   Jim Farmer 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 03 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 22, 1989
4. Lakers 79   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 6 6 0 0 5 2 2 21 3-9 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 105   Jim Farmer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 03 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -