Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Karl Malone and Vitaly Potapenko

This is the detail of NBA games in which Karl Malone and Vitaly Potapenko 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.

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They faced each other a total of 13 times in NBA games. Karl Malone has an 8-5 winning record over Vitaly Potapenko. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Karl Malone:
1985-86 to 2003-04
Vitaly Potapenko:
1996-97 to 2006-07
13 Games played
13 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Karl Malone
8
8
0
Vitaly Potapenko
5
5
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Karl Malone 23.5 9.6 3.6 1.80.5
Vitaly Potapenko 5.4 4.2 0.40.50.2
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Karl Malone 34 13 7 53
Vitaly Potapenko 12 9 1 21
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Karl Malone 13

games
11

games
12

games
8

games
4

games
Vitaly Potapenko 0

games
2

games
0

games
1

game
2

games
Both had same stat 0

games
0

games
1

game
4

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7

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1996-97 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 22, 1996
1. Jazz 94   Karl Malone 20 12 7 0 1 3 4 36 8-15 .533 0-0 - 4-9 .444
Cavaliers 100   Vitaly Potapenko 3 1 1 0 0 3 3 08 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jan. 20, 1997
2. Jazz 94   Karl Malone 32 8 5 1 1 1 3 29 10-14 .714 0-1 .000 12-16 .750
Cavaliers 74   Vitaly Potapenko 6 4 1 1 0 1 5 21 2-9 .222 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1997-98 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 21, 1997
3. Jazz 101   Karl Malone 24 13 3 2 0 5 4 36 8-17 .471 0-0 - 8-10 .800
Cavaliers 106   Vitaly Potapenko 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 11 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 12, 1998
4. Jazz 106   Karl Malone 19 11 4 4 0 5 4 39 4-14 .286 0-0 - 11-16 .688
Cavaliers 99   Vitaly Potapenko 5 0 0 0 1 1 2 10 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
1998-99 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 09, 1999
5. Jazz 88   Karl Malone 21 8 6 2 0 2 4 41 6-12 .500 0-0 - 9-15 .600
Cavaliers 75   Vitaly Potapenko 5 6 0 1 0 2 6 25 2-5 .400 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1999-00 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 15, 2000
6. Jazz 99   Karl Malone 32 9 4 1 3 2 2 39 8-19 .421 0-0 - 16-17 .941
Celtics 101   Vitaly Potapenko 4 7 0 1 0 1 4 21 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
2000-01 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 19, 2001
7. Jazz 114   Karl Malone 30 13 0 2 0 3 3 29 9-21 .429 0-0 - 12-16 .750
Celtics 99   Vitaly Potapenko 10 1 0 0 0 1 4 11 4-6 .667 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 02, 2001
8. Jazz 99   Karl Malone 17 5 4 0 0 2 4 37 7-15 .467 0-0 - 3-7 .429
Celtics 103   Vitaly Potapenko 8 9 0 0 1 0 4 27 4-9 .444 0-0 - 0-0 -
2001-02 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 21, 2001
9. Jazz 92   Karl Malone 22 13 4 3 0 2 0 42 8-15 .533 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Celtics 98   Vitaly Potapenko 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 20 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 26, 2001
10. Jazz 99   Karl Malone 17 6 3 2 0 1 3 40 8-18 .444 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Celtics 86   Vitaly Potapenko 4 8 1 1 0 0 2 29 1-9 .111 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2002-03 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 16, 2003
11. Jazz 92   Karl Malone 34 9 2 5 0 6 2 43 14-23 .609 1-1 1.000 5-8 .625
Supersonics 85   Vitaly Potapenko 7 4 0 0 0 5 1 14 2-3 .667 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Mar. 05, 2003
12. Jazz 94   Karl Malone 23 10 1 1 0 1 2 41 8-21 .381 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Supersonics 83   Vitaly Potapenko 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 06 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2003-04 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 02, 2004
13. Lakers 97   Karl Malone 14 8 4 0 1 4 1 33 6-12 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Supersonics 86   Vitaly Potapenko 12 7 1 2 0 3 4 38 6-10 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -