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

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and John 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 4 times in NBA games. John Williams has a 3-1 winning record over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 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
John Williams:
1986-87 to 1994-95
4 Games played
4 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1
1
0
John Williams
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 18.3 5.8 1.5 0.81.5
John Williams 13.0 6.3 2.32.00.0
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 25 6 3 24
John Williams 22 10 4 30
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 3

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3

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John Williams 1

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3

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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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1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 18, 1987
1. Lakers 115   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 15 6 2 0 1 2 4 30 6-13 .462 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Bullets 101   John Williams 10 4 1 2 0 1 4 24 3-10 .300 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Feb. 17, 1987
2. Lakers 99   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 17 6 3 0 1 4 5 35 6-13 .462 0-1 .000 5-6 .833
Bullets 114   John Williams 6 5 1 2 0 1 1 23 2-6 .333 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 09, 1987
3. Lakers 112   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 25 6 0 2 4 3 3 40 12-22 .545 0-0 - 1-2 .500
OT Bullets 120   John Williams 14 6 3 1 0 0 3 25 6-10 .600 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 18, 1988
4. Lakers 110   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 16 5 1 1 0 1 4 24 6-10 .600 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Bullets 115   John Williams 22 10 4 3 0 0 3 33 7-11 .636 0-0 - 8-9 .889