Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Phelps

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Phelps 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 9 times in NBA games. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a 6-3 winning record over Michael Phelps. 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
Michael Phelps:
1985-86 to 1987-88
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
6
6
0
Michael Phelps
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 21.2 6.1 2.6 0.61.0
Michael Phelps 4.3 0.8 1.80.80.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 26 11 7 13
Michael Phelps 11 3 5 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 9

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9

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4

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3

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5

games
Michael Phelps 0

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0

games
4

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3

games
1

game
Both had same stat 0

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0

games
1

game
3

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3

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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
%
Jan. 11, 1986
1. Lakers 99   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 22 5 2 0 0 3 2 36 10-21 .476 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Supersonics 105   Michael Phelps 4 3 2 3 1 0 4 22 2-8 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 09, 1986
2. Lakers 108   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 20 2 7 0 2 1 3 36 8-14 .571 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Supersonics 106   Michael Phelps 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 13, 1986
3. Lakers 105   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 20 7 5 1 1 2 4 37 10-16 .625 0-0 - 0-0 -
Supersonics 92   Michael Phelps 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 24 4-9 .444 0-2 .000 3-4 .750
Mar. 29, 1986
4. Lakers 87   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 18 4 0 0 0 2 2 37 8-17 .471 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Supersonics 88   Michael Phelps 0 3 3 1 0 2 2 16 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 01, 1986
5. Lakers 109   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 25 7 3 1 2 3 1 37 10-18 .556 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Supersonics 104   Michael Phelps 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18 0-4 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 04, 1986
6. Lakers 110   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 17 7 4 1 0 8 4 37 6-10 .600 0-0 - 5-10 .500
Supersonics 96   Michael Phelps 4 1 5 1 0 0 1 13 2-6 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nov. 12, 1986
7. Lakers 122   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 25 8 0 0 1 1 4 26 11-16 .688 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Supersonics 97   Michael Phelps 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 08 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Jan. 28, 1987
8. Lakers 101   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 18 11 0 1 0 5 4 24 6-15 .400 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Supersonics 125   Michael Phelps 7 0 2 0 0 0 3 08 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 3-6 .500
Mar. 04, 1987
9. Lakers 138   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 26 4 2 1 3 1 2 30 11-14 .786 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Supersonics 124   Michael Phelps 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 09 3-4 .750 0-0 - 2-2 1.000