Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Career Highs: Points - 3-Pointers / Scoring Breakdown / Points Thresholds: 30+, 40+, 50+ / Comparison
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Career Stats: All-Time NBA Rankings
Explore how Kareem Abdul-Jabbar statistics rank in NBA history. See his all-time rankings in the key categories for both total numbers and per game averages across his entire NBA career, including regular season and playoffs performance.
In his 20 seasons playing in the NBA—from 1970 to 1989—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar placed himself among the league's all-time leaders in most statistical categories, even reaching the top 10 in many of them.
Here you can take a look at a summary of how he ranks in NBA history in the main categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Then you can explore in detail all his stats and their rankings.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Career Stats Rankings Summary | ||||
NBA Career |
Totals Stats | Per Game Stats | ||
Season | Playoffs | Season | Playoffs | |
Points | 2nd | 3rd | 20th | 36th |
Rebounds | 3rd | 6th | 25th | 45th |
Assists | 50th | 32nd | 296th | 296th |
Steals | 112nd | 36th | +300th | +300th |
Blocks | 3rd | 2nd | 8th | 9th |
* Steals, blocks, offensive and defensive rebounds started to be recorded in the 1973-74 season. The 3-point shot was implemented in the 1979-80 season. Some years on this player's career don't have data for these stats.
Rankings on this page: |
Season Totals - Playoffs Totals / |
Note: per game rankings include players with a minimum of games played.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Career Totals, | |
Stats Rankings: | |
2nd | in points (38,387 pts) |
3rd | in rebounds (17,440 trb) |
50th | in assists (5,660 ast) |
112nd | in steals (1,160 stl) |
3rd | in blocks (3,189 blk) |
32nd | in offensive rebounds (2,975 orb) |
10th | in defensive rebounds (9,394 drb) |
1st | in field goals made (15,837 fgm) |
2nd | in field goals attempted (28,307 fga) |
+300th | in 3-pointers made (1 3pm) |
+300th | in 3-pointers attempted (18 3pa) |
13th | in free throws made (6,712 ftm) |
9th | in free throws attempted (9,304 fta) |
Games and Years: | |
3rd | in games played (1,560 games) |
8th | in seasons (20 years) |
Triple-Doubles: | |
24th | in triple-doubles (21 games) |
Rankings by Points Scored: | |
11th | in 40+ point games (70 games) |
11th | in 50+ point games (10 games) |
- | in 60+ point games (0 games) |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Career Totals, | |
Stats Rankings: | |
3rd | in points (5,762 pts) |
6th | in rebounds (2,481 trb) |
32nd | in assists (767 ast) |
36th | in steals (189 stl) |
2nd | in blocks (476 blk) |
9th | in offensive rebounds (505 orb) |
6th | in defensive rebounds (1,273 drb) |
2nd | in field goals made (2,356 fgm) |
4th | in field goals attempted (4,422 fga) |
+300th | in 3-pointers made (0 3pm) |
+300th | in 3-pointers attempted (4 3pa) |
12th | in free throws made (1,050 ftm) |
10th | in free throws attempted (1,419 fta) |
Games and Years: | |
5th | in games played (237 games) |
3rd | in Playoffs (18 years) |
Triple-Doubles: | |
38th | in triple-doubles (1 game) |
Rankings by Points Scored: | |
12th | in 40+ point games (9 games) |
- | in 50+ point games (0 games) |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Career Per Game Data, | |
Stats Rankings: | |
20th | in points per game (24.6 pts) |
25th | in rebounds per game (11.2 trb) |
296th | in assists per game (3.6 ast) |
+300th | in steals per game (0.9 stl) |
8th | in blocks per game (2.6 blk) |
114th | in offensive rebounds per game (2.4 orb) |
27th | in defensive rebounds per game (7.6 drb) |
5th | in field goals made per game (10.2 fgm) |
28th | in field goals attempted per game (18.1 fga) |
+300th | in 3-pointers made per game (0.0 3pm) |
+300th | in 3-pointers attempted per game (0.0 3pa) |
100th | in free throws made per game (4.3 ftm) |
76th | in free throws attempted per game (6.0 fta) |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Career Per Game Data, | |
Stats Rankings: | |
36th | in points per game (24.3 pts) |
45th | in rebounds per game (10.5 trb) |
296th | in assists per game (3.2 ast) |
+300th | in steals per game (1.0 stl) |
9th | in blocks per game (2.4 blk) |
101st | in offensive rebounds per game (2.6 orb) |
66th | in defensive rebounds per game (6.5 drb) |
14th | in field goals made per game (9.9 fgm) |
50th | in field goals attempted per game (18.7 fga) |
+300th | in 3-pointers made per game (0.0 3pm) |
+300th | in 3-pointers attempted per game (0.0 3pa) |
116th | in free throws made per game (4.4 ftm) |
104th | in free throws attempted per game (6.0 fta) |
Note: the per game rankings on this page respect the minimums usually applied by the NBA for all-time leaders, 400 games for regular season stats unless the player reached these thresholds before: 10,000 points; 4,000 rebounds; 2,000 assists; 625 steals; 500 blocks; 250 3-pointers made. Also 3 minimum games for the Playoffs are applied.