Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Joe Kleine

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Joe Kleine 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 14 times in NBA games. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a 12-2 winning record over Joe Kleine. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
vs.
Joe Kleine
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
1969-70 to 1988-89
Joe Kleine:
1985-86 to 1999-00
14 Games played
14 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
12
12
0
Joe Kleine
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 14.4 6.2 1.9 0.61.2
Joe Kleine 8.2 6.6 0.60.30.4
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 27 10 5 24
Joe Kleine 22 13 2 22
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 10

games		 3

games		 9

games		 4

games		8

games
Joe Kleine 3

games 		8

games		 1

game		 1

game		1

game
Both had same stat 1

game		 3

games		 4

games		 9

games		5

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 28, 1985
1. Lakers 133   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 20 5 1 2 2 0 2 28 10-13 .769 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 111   Joe Kleine 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 14 1-4 .250 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Mar. 08, 1986
2. Lakers 122   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21 10 4 0 1 2 6 34 9-18 .500 0-0 - 3-6 .500
2OT Kings 121   Joe Kleine 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 05 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 03, 1986
3. Lakers 135   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12 4 2 0 2 1 3 23 6-8 .750 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Kings 105   Joe Kleine 6 7 2 0 2 0 2 21 3-8 .375 0-0 - 0-0 -
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 16, 1986
4. Lakers 113   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12 5 5 0 4 5 3 39 4-6 .667 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Kings 111   Joe Kleine 6 9 0 0 0 3 1 26 3-9 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 10, 1987
5. Lakers 114   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 8 1 0 0 2 3 29 4-14 .286 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Kings 98   Joe Kleine 2 8 0 0 0 1 4 17 1-5 .200 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Mar. 22, 1987
6. Lakers 129   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 15 9 2 0 1 3 5 27 7-18 .389 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Kings 121   Joe Kleine 22 10 0 1 0 1 3 30 7-15 .467 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 01, 1987
7. 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   Joe Kleine 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 07 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 23, 1987
8. Lakers 117   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 14 7 2 0 2 1 2 26 7-11 .636 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 103   Joe Kleine 14 13 1 0 0 0 2 32 6-11 .545 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 28, 1988
9. Lakers 115   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 6 1 1 2 1 1 26 5-11 .455 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Kings 94   Joe Kleine 8 6 1 1 1 1 4 16 4-7 .571 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 26, 1988
10. Lakers 92   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8 5 2 0 0 0 2 25 3-12 .250 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Kings 114   Joe Kleine 6 11 1 0 0 1 4 26 2-10 .200 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Apr. 03, 1988
11. Lakers 108   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 19 6 3 2 1 1 4 30 9-12 .750 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Kings 104   Joe Kleine 16 8 1 0 2 2 4 38 6-12 .500 0-0 - 4-5 .800
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 23, 1988
12. Lakers 120   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16 7 2 0 0 0 3 23 5-7 .714 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Kings 102   Joe Kleine 13 10 0 0 0 1 3 26 4-11 .364 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Jan. 10, 1989
13. Lakers 97   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4 3 0 1 1 1 3 17 2-7 .286 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 106   Joe Kleine 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 11 2-6 .333 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Feb. 20, 1989
14. Lakers 100   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8 3 1 2 0 1 5 21 4-9 .444 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 97   Joe Kleine 12 6 0 2 0 2 3 32 5-8 .625 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
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