Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 years in the NBA, 4 more than JaVale McGee, who played 16. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, while JaVale McGee had his rookie season in 2008-09. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1969-70	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	43.1	28.8	-	-	14.5	4.1	-	-	-	3.5	11.4	22.1	.518	-	-	-	5.9	9.1	.653
difference:	+7	+27.9	+22.3			+10.6	+3.8				-1.4	+8.9	+16.9	+.024				+4.5	+6.9	+.007
JaVale McGee	75	15.2	6.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.5	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	10	43.5	35.2	-	-	16.8	4.1	-	-	-	2.5	13.9	24.5	.567	-	-	-	7.4	10.1	.733
JaVale McGee	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1970-71	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	40.1	31.7	-	-	16.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.2	13.0	22.5	.577	-	-	-	5.7	8.3	.690
difference:	+22	+24.0	+25.3			+11.9	+3.1				-1.2	+10.4	+17.4	+.069				+4.5	+6.4	+.052
JaVale McGee	60	16.1	6.4	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.2	0.3	1.7	0.9	2.0	2.6	5.1	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.638
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	41.2	26.6	-	-	17.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	10.9	21.1	.515	-	-	-	4.9	7.2	.673
JaVale McGee	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1971-72	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	81	44.2	34.8	-	-	16.6	4.6	-	-	-	2.9	14.3	24.9	.574	-	-	-	6.2	9.0	.689
difference:	+2	+16.4	+24.7			+8.6	+4.1					+10.1	+17.3	+.024				+4.5	+6.1	+.106
JaVale McGee	79	27.8	10.1	2.8	5.2	8.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.6	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.583
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11	46.4	28.7	-	-	18.2	5.1	-	-	-	3.2	12.6	28.9	.437	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.704
JaVale McGee	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1972-73	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	76	42.8	30.2	-	-	16.1	5.0	-	-	-	2.7	12.9	23.3	.554	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	.713
difference:	+15	+17.6	+18.9			+8.3	+4.5					+7.9	+14.3	+.002				+3.0	+3.4	+.252
JaVale McGee	61	25.2	11.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.5	0.6	2.2	1.4	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.7	.461
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	6	46.0	22.8	-	-	16.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	9.8	23.0	.428	-	-	-	3.2	5.8	.543
difference:	+1	+20.1	+14.2			+6.6	+2.1				-1.3	+6.5	+15.4	+.006				+1.2	+2.1	+.005
JaVale McGee	7	25.9	8.6	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.7	0.7	3.1	0.6	3.0	3.3	7.6	.434	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.538

Season 5
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1973-74	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	81	43.8	27.0	3.5	11.0	14.5	4.8	1.4	3.5	-	2.9	11.7	21.7	.539	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.702
difference:	+2	+25.7	+17.9	+1.5	+8.2	+9.7	+4.5	+1.0	+1.5		-0.6	+7.9	+15.0	+.036				+2.2	+2.8	+.111
JaVale McGee	79	18.1	9.1	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.8	6.7	.575	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.4	.591
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	16	47.4	32.2	4.2	11.6	15.8	4.9	1.3	2.4	-	2.6	14.0	25.1	.557	-	-	-	4.2	5.7	.736
difference:	+10	+28.7	+25.0	+1.4	+9.3	+10.6	+4.9	+0.6	+1.4		-0.2	+11.0	+19.9	+.024				+3.0	+2.7	+.347
JaVale McGee	6	18.7	7.2	2.8	2.3	5.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	3.0	5.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.389

Season 6
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1974-75	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	65	42.3	30.0	3.0	11.0	14.0	4.1	1.0	3.3	-	3.2	12.5	24.4	.513	-	-	-	5.0	6.6	.763
difference:	+60	+26.5	+23.0	+1.0	+9.6	+10.6	+3.7	+0.8	+1.9			+9.1	+16.8	+.066				+4.8	+6.4	+.237
JaVale McGee	5	15.8	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kareem Abdul-Jabbar nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1975-76	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	41.2	27.7	3.3	13.5	16.9	5.0	1.5	4.1	-	3.6	11.1	21.1	.529	-	-	-	5.5	7.8	.703
difference:	+59	+30.1	+23.1	+2.5	+11.6	+14.2	+4.9	+1.4	+3.2		-2.3	+9.3	+17.7	+.003				+4.5	+6.4	+.036
JaVale McGee	23	11.1	4.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.667
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kareem Abdul-Jabbar nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1976-77	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	36.8	26.2	3.2	10.0	13.3	3.9	1.2	3.2	-	3.2	10.8	18.7	.579	-	-	-	4.6	6.5	.701
difference:	+48	+25.9	+21.1	+1.6	+7.6	+9.4	+3.8	+1.1	+2.4		-1.8	+8.5	+14.8	+.004				+4.1	+5.4	+.201
JaVale McGee	34	10.9	5.1	1.6	2.4	3.9	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.9	.575	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.1	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11	42.5	34.6	4.6	13.1	17.7	4.1	1.7	3.5	-	3.8	13.4	22.0	.607	-	-	-	7.9	10.9	.725
difference:	+9	+35.5	+32.6	+3.6	+12.6	+16.2	+4.1	+1.2	+3.5		-2.3	+12.9	+21.0	+.107				+6.9	+7.9	+.392
JaVale McGee	2	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333

Season 9
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1977-78	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	62	36.5	25.8	3.0	9.9	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	3.4	2.9	10.7	19.4	.550	-	-	-	4.4	5.6	.783
difference:	+15	+26.9	+19.7	+1.7	+8.0	+9.7	+4.1	+1.5	+2.1	-2.9	-1.5	+8.0	+15.3	+.102				+3.7	+4.2	+.278
JaVale McGee	77	9.6	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.505
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	3	44.7	27.0	4.7	9.0	13.7	3.7	0.7	4.0	4.7	4.7	12.7	24.3	.521	-	-	-	1.7	3.0	.556
difference:	+13	+35.4	+21.1	+3.3	+7.4	+10.7	+3.4	+0.6	+3.1	-4.2	-2.8	+10.1	+20.8	+.211				+0.9	+1.9	+.166
JaVale McGee	16	9.3	5.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.5	.732	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.722

Season 10
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1978-79	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	39.5	23.8	2.6	10.2	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	3.5	2.9	9.7	16.8	.577	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.736
difference:	+15	+30.0	+19.0	+1.7	+8.5	+10.2	+4.9	+0.7	+3.1	-3.1	-1.5	+7.6	+13.4	+.044				+3.8	+5.1	+.005
JaVale McGee	65	9.5	4.8	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	.621	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	8	45.9	28.5	2.3	10.4	12.6	4.8	1.0	4.1	3.6	3.3	11.0	19.0	.579	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.839
difference:	+5	+33.7	+22.0	+1.1	+8.4	+9.4	+4.5	+0.8	+3.3	-3.2	-1.8	+8.0	+14.5	+.093				+6.0	+7.1	+.172
JaVale McGee	13	12.2	6.5	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	.672	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.667

Season 11
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1979-80	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	38.3	24.8	2.3	8.5	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6	2.6	10.2	16.9	.604	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.8	.765
difference:	+7	+16.0	+12.8	+0.3	+3.6	+3.3	+3.8	+0.4	+1.4	-2.2	-0.2	+4.9	+8.4	+.020		+0.2		+3.1	+3.8	+.133
JaVale McGee	75	22.3	12.0	2.6	4.9	7.5	0.7	0.6	2.0	1.4	2.8	5.3	8.5	.624	0.0	0.2	.083	1.3	2.0	.632
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	15	41.2	31.9	3.4	8.7	12.1	3.1	1.1	3.9	3.7	3.4	13.2	23.1	.572	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	7.0	.790
JaVale McGee	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	37.2	26.2	2.5	7.8	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	3.1	3.1	10.5	18.2	.574	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	6.9	.766
difference:	+12	+20.6	+19.6	+0.7	+3.9	+4.6	+2.9	+0.2	+1.5	-2.3	-0.8	+7.6	+13.7	+.063		+0.1		+4.5	+5.7	+.120
JaVale McGee	68	16.6	6.6	1.8	3.9	5.7	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.5	.637	0.0	0.1	.500	0.8	1.2	.646
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	3	44.7	26.7	4.3	12.3	16.7	4.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	4.7	10.0	21.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	9.3	.714
difference:	+11	+35.1	+23.8	+3.2	+10.3	+13.6	+3.5	+0.9	+2.0	-3.1	-3.1	+8.6	+19.4	+.163		+0.1		+6.6	+9.2	+.214
JaVale McGee	14	9.6	2.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.6	1.4	2.3	.625	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.1	.500

Season 13
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1981-82	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	76	35.2	23.9	2.3	6.4	8.7	3.0	0.8	2.7	3.0	2.9	9.9	17.1	.579	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.8	.706
difference:	+30	+20.5	+16.6	+0.6	+2.9	+3.5	+2.2	+0.4	+1.5	-1.7	-0.3	+6.8	+11.0	+.068	+0.1	+0.5		+3.1	+4.3	+.049
JaVale McGee	46	14.7	7.3	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.1	6.1	.511	0.1	0.5	.208	1.0	1.5	.657
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	35.2	20.4	2.4	6.1	8.5	3.6	1.0	3.2	2.9	3.2	8.2	15.8	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	6.2	.632
difference:	+10	+26.7	+18.4	+1.6	+3.8	+5.5	+2.8	+0.7	+1.9	-2.6	-2.2	+7.4	+13.3	+.220		+0.5		+3.4	+4.7	+.299
JaVale McGee	4	8.5	2.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.5	.333

Season 14
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1982-83	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	32.3	21.8	2.1	5.4	7.5	2.5	0.8	2.2	2.5	2.8	9.1	15.5	.588	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.7	.749
difference:	+5	+16.5	+12.6	+0.1	+0.9	+0.8	+1.9	+0.5	+1.1	-1.2	-0.4	+5.2	+9.3	+.041		+0.1		+2.1	+2.7	+.050
JaVale McGee	74	15.8	9.2	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.4	3.9	6.2	.629	0.0	0.1	.222	1.4	2.0	.699
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	15	39.2	27.1	1.7	6.0	7.7	2.8	1.1	3.7	3.3	4.1	10.9	19.1	.568	0.0	0.1	.000	5.3	7.1	.755
difference:	+3	+28.1	+20.3	+0.4	+3.3	+3.7	+2.2	+0.8	+3.3	-2.5	-1.8	+8.0	+14.9	+.132				+4.4	+6.0	+.091
JaVale McGee	12	11.1	6.8	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.2	.700	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.846

Season 15
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1983-84	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	32.8	21.5	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.6	0.7	1.8	2.8	2.6	9.0	15.5	.578	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.9	.723
difference:	+38	+24.3	+17.1	+1.4	+3.4	+4.8	+2.3	+0.6	+1.2	-1.9	-1.3	+7.1	+12.5	+.062		+0.1		+3.0	+3.9	+.138
JaVale McGee	42	8.5	4.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.3	1.9	3.0	.640	0.0	0.1	.400	0.6	1.0	.585
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	21	36.5	23.9	2.7	5.6	8.2	3.8	1.1	2.1	2.1	3.4	9.8	17.7	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.7	.750
JaVale McGee	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 16
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JaVale McGee
Season	1984-85	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	33.3	22.0	2.1	5.8	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	2.5	3.0	9.2	15.3	.599	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.732
difference:	+33	+25.9	+18.0	+1.2	+4.0	+5.2	+2.8	+0.5	+1.7	-1.8	-2.0	+7.5	+12.4	+.001		+0.2		+3.1	+4.0	+.154
JaVale McGee	46	7.4	4.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.9	.598	0.0	0.2	.143	0.6	1.0	.578
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	19	32.1	21.9	2.6	5.5	8.1	4.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	3.5	8.8	15.8	.560	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.4	.777
JaVale McGee	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 4 seasons more than JaVale McGee in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 17 to 20, from 1986 to 1989—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played in 4 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 4 extra years over JaVale McGee, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-Star Game