Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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.

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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.

Note: per game rankings include players with a minimum of games played.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Career Totals,
Regular Season Rankings

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,
Playoffs Rankings

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,
Regular Season Rankings

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,
Playoffs Rankings

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.