Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Karl Malone and Harold Pressley

This is the detail of NBA games in which Karl Malone and Harold Pressley 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 20 times in NBA games. Karl Malone has a 16-4 winning record over Harold Pressley. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Karl Malone:
1985-86 to 2003-04
Harold Pressley:
1986-87 to 1989-90
20 Games played
20 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Karl Malone
16
16
0
Harold Pressley
4
4
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Karl Malone 25.9 10.5 2.9 1.71.2
Harold Pressley 4.9 3.0 1.80.90.5
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Karl Malone 41 16 5 45
Harold Pressley 17 8 6 33
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Karl Malone 20

games
20

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13

games
10

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11

games
Harold Pressley 0

games
0

games
4

games
3

games
1

game
Both had same stat 0

games
0

games
3

games
7

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8

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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
%
Dec. 06, 1986
1. Jazz 114   Karl Malone 11 4 3 0 0 5 5 20 3-9 .333 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Kings 111   Harold Pressley 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 03 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 01, 1987
2. Jazz 121   Karl Malone 12 6 1 2 1 1 2 17 6-12 .500 0-0 - 0-3 .000
Kings 113   Harold Pressley 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 19 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 03, 1987
3. Jazz 101   Karl Malone 11 11 5 1 0 1 4 31 4-12 .333 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Kings 95   Harold Pressley 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 15 1-5 .200 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 12, 1987
4. Jazz 113   Karl Malone 37 11 2 0 1 2 3 42 17-24 .708 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Kings 109   Harold Pressley 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 04 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 14, 1987
5. Jazz 123   Karl Malone 29 14 2 2 0 1 3 41 11-21 .524 0-0 - 7-11 .636
Kings 116   Harold Pressley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 05 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 06, 1987
6. Jazz 104   Karl Malone 13 12 4 2 0 2 4 38 6-18 .333 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Kings 110   Harold Pressley 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 15 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 0-0 -
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 07, 1987
7. Jazz 121   Karl Malone 22 10 4 2 0 5 4 32 9-14 .643 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Kings 100   Harold Pressley 14 5 0 3 0 3 0 27 6-11 .545 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Dec. 05, 1987
8. Jazz 126   Karl Malone 23 11 2 3 1 6 4 32 9-15 .600 0-0 - 5-10 .500
Kings 117   Harold Pressley 6 4 3 3 0 1 1 19 3-4 .750 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Jan. 02, 1988
9. Jazz 105   Karl Malone 26 11 0 3 2 1 5 34 12-25 .480 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Kings 107   Harold Pressley 4 5 6 1 0 2 0 36 1-5 .200 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Feb. 03, 1988
10. Jazz 123   Karl Malone 25 10 4 2 1 3 3 35 11-20 .550 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Kings 91   Harold Pressley 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 08 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 29, 1988
11. Jazz 115   Karl Malone 41 15 3 0 2 2 2 41 15-20 .750 0-0 - 11-15 .733
Kings 110   Harold Pressley 12 1 2 1 1 0 1 17 6-10 .600 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Mar. 24, 1988
12. Jazz 117   Karl Malone 29 10 5 0 0 2 3 38 12-16 .750 0-0 - 5-9 .556
Kings 97   Harold Pressley 17 5 1 0 3 2 3 35 7-14 .500 1-5 .200 2-4 .500
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 09, 1988
13. Jazz 105   Karl Malone 35 11 4 4 5 5 3 36 14-21 .667 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Kings 81   Harold Pressley 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 14 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 03, 1988
14. Jazz 107   Karl Malone 26 14 3 3 3 2 2 30 11-16 .688 0-0 - 4-7 .571
Kings 73   Harold Pressley 5 5 3 0 2 2 1 24 1-7 .143 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000
Dec. 28, 1988
15. Jazz 96   Karl Malone 21 16 4 3 4 4 2 38 8-17 .471 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Kings 80   Harold Pressley 0 8 3 3 1 1 2 26 0-10 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Apr. 01, 1989
16. Jazz 97   Karl Malone 27 10 4 2 2 7 4 41 10-16 .625 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Kings 117   Harold Pressley 6 1 1 0 0 2 2 18 2-5 .400 2-5 .400 0-0 -
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 20, 1990
17. Jazz 94   Karl Malone 21 8 1 2 1 3 1 39 6-18 .333 0-0 - 9-11 .818
Kings 81   Harold Pressley 6 5 3 1 1 1 2 22 2-10 .200 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Feb. 17, 1990
18. Jazz 110   Karl Malone 41 8 3 1 0 2 4 37 15-23 .652 0-0 - 11-17 .647
Kings 106   Harold Pressley 7 3 2 0 0 2 0 28 3-5 .600 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Mar. 17, 1990
19. Jazz 109   Karl Malone 35 8 3 0 0 1 5 48 10-23 .435 0-0 - 15-17 .882
OT Kings 122   Harold Pressley 10 2 3 1 0 0 0 23 3-6 .500 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000
Mar. 19, 1990
20. Jazz 105   Karl Malone 32 10 1 1 1 4 4 37 12-25 .480 0-1 .000 8-10 .800
Kings 97   Harold Pressley 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 17 1-6 .167 0-3 .000 0-0 -