Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Steve Alford and Karl Malone

This is the detail of NBA games in which Steve Alford 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 13 times in NBA games. Steve Alford has an 8-5 winning record over Karl Malone, including a 1-0 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Steve Alford
vs.
Karl Malone
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Steve Alford:
1987-88 to 1990-91
Karl Malone:
1985-86 to 2003-04
13 Games played
12 in Regular Season
1 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Steve Alford
8
7
1
Karl Malone
5
5
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steve Alford 3.8 1.3 1.3 0.80.0
Karl Malone 28.5 11.2 2.51.00.8
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steve Alford 10 4 5 40
Karl Malone 41 17 4 32
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steve Alford 0

games		 1

game		 3

games		 4

games		0

games
Karl Malone 13

games 		12

games		 10

games		 6

games		7

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 3

games		6

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 06, 1987
1. Mavericks 95   Steve Alford 6 3 5 1 0 1 3 13 3-6 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Jazz 93   Karl Malone 25 5 3 0 2 5 4 36 10-19 .526 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Nov. 11, 1987
2. Mavericks 92   Steve Alford 4 3 1 2 0 0 3 17 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Jazz 121   Karl Malone 32 10 3 1 0 3 3 32 13-17 .765 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Feb. 09, 1988
3. Mavericks 124   Steve Alford 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 07 1-6 .167 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Jazz 93   Karl Malone 18 7 2 1 0 6 4 38 7-13 .538 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Mar. 16, 1988
4. Mavericks 105   Steve Alford 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 120   Karl Malone 29 17 4 1 0 5 4 45 11-25 .440 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
Apr. 08, 1988
5. Mavericks 118   Steve Alford 6 4 3 4 0 3 4 30 1-4 .250 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Jazz 95   Karl Malone 14 2 0 1 0 1 2 31 5-10 .500 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 26, 1988
6. Mavericks 113   Steve Alford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jazz 93   Karl Malone 25 16 1 0 2 1 2 42 10-21 .476 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Dec. 09, 1988
7. Mavericks 97   Steve Alford 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 89   Karl Malone 29 9 4 2 0 2 2 44 10-22 .455 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Jan. 14, 1989
8. Warriors 131   Steve Alford 6 1 3 2 0 2 3 21 2-3 .667 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jazz 105   Karl Malone 41 13 1 1 2 3 5 38 16-22 .727 0-1 .000 9-11 .818
Mar. 10, 1989
9. Warriors 112   Steve Alford 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 3-4 .750 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Jazz 126   Karl Malone 30 14 4 1 1 4 4 40 11-24 .458 0-0 - 8-13 .615
1989 Playoffs - Western Conference First Round
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 27, 1989
10. Warriors 123   Steve Alford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 119   Karl Malone 22 13 1 1 0 7 5 46 7-15 .467 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 07, 1989
11. Mavericks 97   Steve Alford 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 02 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jazz 107   Karl Malone 31 11 3 3 2 2 3 42 10-19 .526 0-0 - 11-14 .786
Apr. 17, 1990
12. Mavericks 97   Steve Alford 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 3-6 .500 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Jazz 96   Karl Malone 39 17 3 1 1 0 2 40 14-29 .483 0-0 - 11-14 .786
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 27, 1990
13. Mavericks 102   Steve Alford 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 03 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 110   Karl Malone 35 11 4 0 1 4 2 36 12-16 .750 0-0 - 11-15 .733
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