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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar



Position: Center
Full Name: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
AKA: Ferdinand Lewis 'Lew' Alcindor, Jr.
Nickname: Cap
Born: April 16, 1947 in New York, New York
Height: 7-2
Weight: 235
High School: Power Memorial in New York, New York
College: UCLA
Drafted: 1st Round, 1st Pick - Milwaukee Bucks, 1969
Jersey#: 33

Played for the Lakers from 1975 to 1989
Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1995


Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was truly a unique basketball player and athlete. The world might never again see an athlete dominate a sport for as long and as thorougly as Abdul-Jabbar did. During his entire career, both in college and the pros, Abdul-Jabbar stablished himself as basketball's most talented and recognizable figure. After earning three All-America selections at Power Memorial High School, where he guided the team to a 95-6 record, Abdul-Jabbar became part of one of the greatest tems in the history of college basketball. Under Hall of Fame coach John Wooden, Abdul-Jabbar guided the UCLA Bruins to a three-year mark of 88-2, three consecutive NCAA titles (1963-65) and was the first and only player to be named the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player three times. The tree-time college All-America simply ruled the game at the college level, earning the title of college Player of the Year in 1967, 1968 and 1969 from The Sporting News, United Press International, The Associated Press, and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Upon the time of his graduation, Abdul-Jabbar was the Bruins' all-time leading scorer with 2,325 points. He was named NBA Rookie of the Year in his first year in the league after averaging 28.8 ppg and 14.5 rpg for the Milwaukee Bucks. Abdul-Jabbar became an instant force in the league, bringing finesse and agility to the center position, which had periously seen brute force and strenght as the rule. Abdul-Jabbar joined Oscar Robertson to capture Milwaukee's only NBA title in 1971. Abdul-Jabbar averaged 30 or more points in four of his six years with the Bucks and was named NBA MVP in 1971, 1972 and 1974. Prior to the 1975-76 season, Abdul-Jabbar was acquired by the Lakers in exchange for Junior Bridgeman, Dave Myers, Elmore Smith and Brian Winters after demanding a trade to either Los Angeles or New York. Here, he won five NBA championships (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988) on a team that featured Magic Johnson, Michael Cooper, Jamaal Wilkes (1980, 1982, 1985) and James Worthy (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988). He won another three MVP awards (1976, 1977 and 1980), for a record total of six, and was named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1995, Upon his retirement in 1989, Abdul-Jabbar was the current record holder in nine NBA statistical categories, including scoring (5,762), MVP awards (6), minutes played (57,446), games played (1,560, later surpassed by Robert Parish), field goals made and attempted (15,837 of 28,307), and blocked shots (3,189).

In 1995, Abdul-Jabbar toured Europe with the Kareem All-Stars on a tour that featured matchups against the Harlem Globetrotters. The Kareem All-Stars won one of the games, the first time the Harlem Globetrotters has been beaten since 1971.



Regular Season Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1970 MIL 82 3534 938 1810 .518 485 743 .653 0 0 - 1190 14.5 337 283 0 0 0 2361 28.8
1971 MIL 82 3288 1063 1843 .577 470 681 .690 0 0 - 1311 16.0 272 264 0 0 0 2596 31.7
1972 MIL 81 3583 1159 2019 .574 504 732 .689 0 0 - 1346 16.6 370 235 0 0 0 2822 34.8
1973 MIL 76 3254 982 1772 .554 328 460 .713 0 0 - 1224 16.1 379 208 0 0 0 2292 30.2
1974 MIL 81 3548 948 1759 .539 295 420 .702 0 0 - 1178 14.5 386 238 112 0 283 2191 27.0
1975 MIL 65 2747 812 1584 .513 325 426 .763 0 0 - 912 14.0 264 205 65 0 212 1949 30.0
1976 LAL 82 3379 914 1728 .529 447 636 .703 0 0 - 1383 16.9 413 292 119 0 338 2275 27.7
1977 LAL 82 3016 888 1533 .579 376 536 .701 0 0 - 1090 13.3 319 262 101 0 261 2152 26.2
1978 LAL 62 2265 663 1205 .550 274 350 .783 0 0 - 801 12.9 269 182 103 208 185 1600 25.8
1979 LAL 80 3157 777 1347 .577 349 474 .736 0 0 - 1025 12.8 431 230 76 282 316 1903 23.8
1980 LAL 82 3143 835 1383 .604 364 476 .765 0 1 - 886 10.8 371 216 81 297 280 2034 24.8
1981 LAL 80 2976 836 1457 .574 423 552 .766 0 1 - 821 10.3 272 244 59 249 228 2095 26.2
1982 LAL 76 2677 753 1301 .579 312 442 .706 0 3 - 659 8.7 225 224 63 230 207 1818 23.9
1983 LAL 79 2554 722 1228 .588 278 371 .749 0 2 - 592 7.5 200 220 61 200 170 1722 21.8
1984 LAL 80 2622 716 1238 .578 285 394 .723 0 1 - 587 7.3 211 211 55 221 143 1717 21.5
1985 LAL 79 2630 723 1207 .599 289 395 .732 0 1 - 622 7.9 249 238 63 197 162 1735 22.0
1986 LAL 79 2629 755 1338 .564 336 439 .765 0 2 - 478 6.1 280 248 67 203 130 1846 23.4
1987 LAL 78 2441 560 993 .564 245 343 .714 1 3 .333 523 6.7 203 245 49 186 97 1366 17.5
1988 LAL 80 2308 480 903 .532 205 269 .762 0 1 - 478 6.0 135 216 48 159 92 1165 14.6
1989 LAL 74 1695 313 659 .475 122 165 .739 0 3 - 334 4.5 74 196 38 95 85 748 10.1
CAREER 1560 57446 15837 28307 .559 6712 9304 .721 1 18 .056 17440 11.2 5660 4657 1160 2527 3189 38387 24.6


Playoff Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1970 MIL 10 435 139 245 .567 74 101 .733 0 0 - 168 16.8 41 25 0 0 0 352 35.2
1971 MIL 14 577 152 295 .515 68 101 .673 0 0 - 238 17.0 35 35 0 0 0 372 26.6
1972 MIL 11 510 139 318 .437 38 54 .704 0 0 - 200 18.2 56 35 0 0 0 316 28.7
1973 MIL 6 276 59 138 .428 19 35 .543 0 0 - 97 16.2 17 26 0 0 0 137 22.8
1974 MIL 16 758 224 402 .557 67 91 .736 0 0 - 253 15.8 78 41 0 0 0 515 32.2
1977 LAL 11 467 147 242 .607 87 120 .725 0 0 - 195 17.7 45 42 0 0 0 381 34.6
1978 LAL 3 134 38 73 .521 5 9 .556 0 0 - 41 13.7 11 14 2 0 12 81 27.0
1979 LAL 8 367 88 152 .579 52 62 .839 0 0 - 101 12.6 38 26 8 0 33 228 28.5
1980 LAL 15 618 198 346 .572 83 105 .790 0 0 - 181 12.1 46 51 17 55 58 479 31.9
1981 LAL 3 134 30 65 .462 20 28 .714 0 0 - 50 16.7 12 14 3 11 8 80 26.7
1982 LAL 14 493 115 221 .520 55 87 .632 0 0 - 119 8.5 51 45 14 41 45 285 20.4
1983 LAL 15 588 163 287 .568 80 106 .755 0 1 - 115 7.7 42 61 17 50 55 406 27.1
1984 LAL 21 767 206 371 .555 90 120 .750 0 0 - 173 8.2 79 71 23 45 45 502 23.9
1985 LAL 19 610 168 300 .560 80 103 .777 0 0 - 154 8.1 76 67 23 52 36 416 21.9
1986 LAL 14 489 157 282 .557 48 61 .787 0 0 - 83 5.9 49 54 15 42 24 362 25.9
1987 LAL 18 559 124 234 .530 97 122 .795 0 1 - 123 6.8 36 56 8 40 35 345 19.2
1988 LAL 24 718 141 304 .464 56 71 .789 0 2 - 131 5.5 36 81 15 46 37 338 14.1
1989 LAL 15 351 68 147 .463 31 43 .721 0 0 - 59 3.9 19 43 5 22 11 167 11.1
CAREER 237 8851 2356 4422 .533 1050 1419 .740 0 4 - 2481 10.5 767 787 150 404 399 5762 24.3