Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. Roy Hibbert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Roy Hibbert 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, 11 more than Roy Hibbert, who played 9. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, while Roy Hibbert 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	Roy Hibbert
Season	1969-70	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers
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:	+12	+28.7	+21.7			+11.0	+3.4				-0.4	+8.6	+16.1	+.047				+4.5	+7.0	+.014
Roy Hibbert	70	14.4	7.1	1.6	1.8	3.5	0.7	0.3	1.1	0.8	3.1	2.8	6.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.667
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
Roy Hibbert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Roy Hibbert
Season	1970-71	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers
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:	+1	+15.0	+20.0			+10.3	+1.3				-0.3	+8.2	+12.8	+.082				+3.6	+5.5	+.064
Roy Hibbert	81	25.1	11.7	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.0	0.4	1.6	1.8	3.5	4.8	9.7	.495	0.0	0.1	.500	2.1	2.8	.754
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
Roy Hibbert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Roy Hibbert
Season	1971-72	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+16.5	+22.1			+9.1	+2.6				-0.3	+9.2	+13.9	+.113				+3.7	+5.6	+.056
Roy Hibbert	81	27.7	12.7	2.2	5.3	7.5	2.0	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.2	5.1	11.0	.461	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.4	.745
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
difference:	+6	+20.0	+18.3			+11.4	+4.5				-1.0	+8.6	+19.9	+.007				+1.1	+1.5	+.002
Roy Hibbert	5	26.4	10.4	3.0	3.8	6.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.6	4.2	4.0	9.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706

Season 4
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Roy Hibbert
Season	1972-73	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+11	+13.0	+17.4			+7.3	+3.3				-0.3	+7.8	+13.0	+.057				+1.7	+2.4	+.002
Roy Hibbert	65	29.8	12.8	3.3	5.5	8.8	1.7	0.5	2.0	2.0	3.0	5.1	10.3	.497	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.7	.711
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:	+5	+15.1	+11.1			+5.0	+1.7				-0.8	+5.1	+13.5	+.072				+1.0	+2.5	+.124
Roy Hibbert	11	30.9	11.7	4.1	7.1	11.2	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.0	3.5	4.7	9.5	.500	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.2	3.3	.667

Season 5
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Roy Hibbert
Season	1973-74	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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	+15.1	+15.1	+0.2	+6.4	+6.2	+3.4	+0.9	+0.9		-0.6	+6.8	+10.8	+.091				+1.5	+2.4	+.039
Roy Hibbert	79	28.7	11.9	3.7	4.6	8.3	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.1	3.5	4.9	10.9	.448	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.8	.741
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:	+3	+10.9	+15.2	+0.5	+6.4	+5.9	+3.5	+1.1	+0.5		-1.3	+7.7	+12.7	+.046				+0.2	+0.3	+.070
Roy Hibbert	19	36.5	17.0	4.7	5.2	9.9	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.3	3.9	6.3	12.4	.511	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.4	.806

Season 6
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Roy Hibbert
Season	1974-75	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+16	+12.6	+19.2	+0.5	+6.9	+7.4	+3.0	+0.6	+1.1		-0.1	+8.4	+15.1	+.074				+2.4	+3.3	+.007
Roy Hibbert	81	29.7	10.8	2.5	4.1	6.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	1.8	3.3	4.1	9.3	.439	0.0	0.1	.400	2.6	3.3	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roy Hibbert	19	28.5	9.3	2.3	3.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.3	3.3	3.5	7.7	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.0	.772

Season 7
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Roy Hibbert
Season	1975-76	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
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:	+6	+15.9	+17.1	+1.2	+8.4	+9.8	+3.9	+1.3	+2.5		-0.8	+6.9	+11.8	+.083				+3.3	+5.1	+.121
Roy Hibbert	76	25.3	10.6	2.1	5.1	7.1	1.1	0.2	1.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	9.3	.446	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.7	.824
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kareem Abdul-Jabbar nor Roy Hibbert played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Roy Hibbert
Season	1976-77	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+13.6	+20.3	+1.6	+6.7	+8.4	+2.7	+0.8	+1.8		-0.1	+8.6	+13.6	+.136				+3.2	+4.7	+.106
Roy Hibbert	81	23.2	5.9	1.6	3.3	4.9	1.2	0.4	1.4	0.9	3.1	2.2	5.1	.443	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.807
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
Roy Hibbert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Roy Hibbert
Season	1977-78	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+14	+22.3	+21.2	+1.9	+7.9	+9.7	+3.9	+1.5	+2.0	-2.7	-0.8	+9.0	+16.3	+.006				+3.1	+4.0	+.030
Roy Hibbert	48	14.2	4.6	1.1	2.0	3.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.7	2.1	1.7	3.1	.544	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.6	.813
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
Roy Hibbert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 11 seasons more than Roy Hibbert in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 20, from 1979 to 1989—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played in 11 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Roy Hibbert, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Blocks Leader 11 All-Star Game