Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kenny Battle and Karl Malone

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kenny Battle and Karl Malone 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. Kenny Battle has a 6-3 winning record over Karl Malone, including a 2-0 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kenny Battle:
1989-90 to 1992-93
Karl Malone:
1985-86 to 2003-04
9 Games played
7 in Regular Season
2 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kenny Battle
6
4
2
Karl Malone
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kenny Battle 4.1 2.6 0.8 0.80.1
Karl Malone 30.4 11.3 2.60.90.8
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kenny Battle 11 6 3 31
Karl Malone 41 16 4 22
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kenny Battle 0

games
0

games
0

games
2

games
0

games
Karl Malone 9

games
9

games
8

games
4

games
5

games
Both had same stat 0

games
0

games
1

game
3

games
4

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 14, 1990
1. Suns 114   Kenny Battle 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 08 0-1 .000 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jazz 103   Karl Malone 21 9 1 1 0 6 3 34 8-22 .364 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Mar. 13, 1990
2. Suns 114   Kenny Battle 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 106   Karl Malone 37 9 2 2 0 4 4 40 11-20 .550 0-1 .000 15-18 .833
1990 Playoffs - Western Conference First Round
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 29, 1990
3. Suns 105   Kenny Battle 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 04 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 87   Karl Malone 20 10 2 2 1 3 6 39 7-21 .333 0-0 - 6-7 .857
May. 02, 1990
4. Suns 120   Kenny Battle 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 105   Karl Malone 26 11 3 0 2 2 4 42 8-21 .381 0-1 .000 10-11 .909
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 02, 1990
5. Suns 119   Kenny Battle 7 3 2 3 0 3 4 28 3-8 .375 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Jazz 96   Karl Malone 33 10 4 0 1 3 5 41 12-17 .706 0-0 - 9-11 .818
Nov. 03, 1990
6. Suns 101   Kenny Battle 11 4 1 1 0 2 4 31 5-9 .556 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Jazz 102   Karl Malone 29 14 3 1 0 3 3 39 7-16 .438 1-2 .500 14-19 .737
Jan. 26, 1991
7. Nuggets 120   Kenny Battle 6 2 0 2 1 0 1 08 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 115   Karl Malone 36 16 0 0 1 5 1 42 12-28 .429 0-0 - 12-15 .800
Mar. 20, 1991
8. Nuggets 98   Kenny Battle 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 24 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Jazz 106   Karl Malone 31 12 4 1 1 4 1 42 11-25 .440 0-0 - 9-15 .600
Apr. 13, 1991
9. Nuggets 110   Kenny Battle 6 5 3 1 0 2 5 21 3-9 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Jazz 121   Karl Malone 41 11 4 1 1 4 5 36 13-22 .591 0-0 - 15-16 .938