Karl Malone
Career Highs: Points - 3-Pointers / Triple-Doubles / Comparison
Karl Malone Career Stats: All-Time NBA Rankings
Explore how Karl Malone 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 19 seasons playing in the NBA—from 1986 to 2004—Karl Malone placed himself among the league's all-time leaders in most statistical categories, becoming the historic leader in some of them and reaching the top 10 in many others.
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.
Karl Malone Career Stats Rankings Summary | ||||
NBA Career |
Totals Stats | Per Game Stats | ||
| Season | Playoffs | Season | Playoffs | |
| Points | 3rd | 8th | 15th | 33rd |
| Rebounds | 7th | 7th | 51st | 38th |
| Assists | 63rd | 45th | +300th | +300th |
| Steals | 12th | 17th | 107th | 118th |
| Blocks | 74th | 50th | 255th | 299th |
Rankings on this page: |
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Season Totals - Playoffs Totals / |
Note: per game rankings include players with a minimum of games played.
Karl Malone Career Totals, | |
Stats Rankings: | |
3rd | in points (36,928 pts) |
7th | in rebounds (14,968 trb) |
63rd | in assists (5,248 ast) |
12th | in steals (2,085 stl) |
74th | in blocks (1,145 blk) |
14th | in offensive rebounds (3,562 orb) |
2nd | in defensive rebounds (11,406 drb) |
3rd | in field goals made (13,528 fgm) |
3rd | in field goals attempted (26,210 fga) |
+300th | in 3-pointers made (85 3pm) |
+300th | in 3-pointers attempted (310 3pa) |
1st | in free throws made (9,787 ftm) |
1st | in free throws attempted (13,188 fta) |
Games and Years: | |
7th | in games played (1,476 games) |
12th | in seasons (19 years) |
Triple-Doubles: | |
134th | in triple-doubles (4 games) |
Rankings by Points Scored: | |
29th | in 40+ point games (44 games) |
29th | in 50+ point games (4 games) |
11th | in 60+ point games (1 game) |
- | in 70+ point games (0 games) |
Karl Malone Career Totals, | |
Stats Rankings: | |
8th | in points (4,761 pts) |
7th | in rebounds (2,062 trb) |
45th | in assists (610 ast) |
17th | in steals (258 stl) |
50th | in blocks (135 blk) |
10th | in offensive rebounds (502 orb) |
4th | in defensive rebounds (1,560 drb) |
7th | in field goals made (1,743 fgm) |
6th | in field goals attempted (3,768 fga) |
+300th | in 3-pointers made (6 3pm) |
+300th | in 3-pointers attempted (37 3pa) |
4th | in free throws made (1,269 ftm) |
5th | in free throws attempted (1,725 fta) |
Games and Years: | |
12th | in games played (193 games) |
1st | in Playoffs (19 years) |
Triple-Doubles: | |
+300th | in triple-doubles (0 games) |
Rankings by Points Scored: | |
36th | in 40+ point games (4 games) |
9th | in 50+ point games (1 game) |
- | in 60+ point games (0 games) |
Karl Malone Career Per Game Data, | |
Stats Rankings: | |
15th | in points per game (25.0 pts) |
51st | in rebounds per game (10.1 trb) |
+300th | in assists per game (3.6 ast) |
107th | in steals per game (1.4 stl) |
255th | in blocks per game (0.8 blk) |
112nd | in offensive rebounds per game (2.4 orb) |
20th | in defensive rebounds per game (7.7 drb) |
16th | in field goals made per game (9.2 fgm) |
36th | in field goals attempted per game (17.8 fga) |
+300th | in 3-pointers made per game (0.1 3pm) |
+300th | in 3-pointers attempted per game (0.2 3pa) |
14th | in free throws made per game (6.6 ftm) |
6th | in free throws attempted per game (8.9 fta) |
Karl Malone Career Per Game Data, | |
Stats Rankings: | |
33rd | in points per game (24.7 pts) |
38th | in rebounds per game (10.7 trb) |
+300th | in assists per game (3.2 ast) |
118th | in steals per game (1.3 stl) |
299th | in blocks per game (0.7 blk) |
98th | in offensive rebounds per game (2.6 orb) |
18th | in defensive rebounds per game (8.1 drb) |
33rd | in field goals made per game (9.0 fgm) |
37th | in field goals attempted per game (19.5 fga) |
+300th | in 3-pointers made per game (0.0 3pm) |
+300th | in 3-pointers attempted per game (0.2 3pa) |
17th | in free throws made per game (6.6 ftm) |
14th | in free throws attempted per game (8.9 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.