Karl Malone

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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.

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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

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

Karl Malone Career Totals,
Regular Season Rankings

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,
Playoffs Rankings

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,
Regular Season Rankings

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,
Playoffs Rankings

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.