Name
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Born
1947 (76 years old)

Birth Place
New York, New York

Position
Forward/Center

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
33

Height
7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)

Weight
225 lb (102 kg)

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time.

After winning 71 consecutive basketball games on his high school team in New York City, Alcindor was recruited by Jerry Norman, the assistant coach of UCLA, where he played for coach John Wooden on three consecutive national championship teams and was a record three-time MVP of the NCAA Tournament. Drafted in the first overall pick by the one-season-old Bucks franchise in the 1969 NBA draft, Alcindor spent six seasons in Milwaukee. After winning his first NBA championship at age 24 in 1971, he took the Muslim name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Using his trademark "skyhook" shot, he established himself as one of the league's top scorers. In 1975, he was traded to the Lakers, with whom he played the last 14 seasons of his career and won five additional NBA championships. Abdul-Jabbar's contributions were a key component in the "Showtime" era of Lakers basketball. Over his 20-year NBA career his team succeeded in making the playoffs 18 times and past the 1st round in 14 of them; his team reached the NBA Finals 10 times.

At the time of his retirement in 1989, Abdul-Jabbar was the NBA's all-time leader in points scored (38,387), games played (1,560), minutes played (57,446), field goals made (15,837), field goal attempts (28,307), blocked shots (3,189), defensive rebounds (9,394), career wins (1,074), and personal fouls (4,657). He remains the all-time leader in points scored and career wins. He is ranked third all-time in both rebounds and blocks. In 2007, ESPN voted him the greatest center of all time, in 2008, they named him the "greatest player in college basketball history", and in 2016, they named him the second best player in NBA history (behind Michael Jordan). Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, and a best-selling author. In 2012, he was selected by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be a U.S. global cultural ambassador. In 2016, President Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.


Career Honours

NBA 75th Anniversary Team
2021

_Retired Basketball

Basketball Hall of Fame
1995

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1989

_Retired Basketball

NBA
1988

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1988

_Retired Basketball

NBA
1987

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1987

_Retired Basketball

All NBA First Team
1986

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1986

_Retired Basketball

NBA
1985

_Retired Basketball

NBA Finals MVP
1985

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1985

_Retired Basketball

All NBA First Team
1984

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1984

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1983

_Retired Basketball

NBA
1982

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1982

_Retired Basketball

All NBA First Team
1981

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1981

_Retired Basketball

All NBA First Team
1980

_Retired Basketball

NBA blocks leader
1980

_Retired Basketball

NBA
1980

_Retired Basketball

NBA MVP
1980

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1980

_Retired Basketball

NBA blocks leader
1979

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1979

_Retired Basketball

All NBA First Team
1977

_Retired Basketball

NBA MVP
1977

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1977

_Retired Basketball

All NBA First Team
1976

_Retired Basketball

NBA rebounding leader
1976

_Retired Basketball

NBA blocks leader
1976

_Retired Basketball

NBA MVP
1976

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1976

_Retired Basketball

NBA blocks leader
1975

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1975

_Retired Basketball

All NBA First Team
1974

_Retired Basketball

NBA MVP
1974

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1974

_Retired Basketball

All NBA First Team
1973

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1973

_Retired Basketball

All NBA First Team
1972

_Retired Basketball

NBA scoring champion
1972

_Retired Basketball

NBA MVP
1972

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1972

_Retired Basketball

All NBA First Team
1971

_Retired Basketball

NBA scoring champion
1971

_Retired Basketball

NBA
1971

_Retired Basketball

NBA Finals MVP
1971

_Retired Basketball

NBA MVP
1971

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1971

_Retired Basketball

NBA All Star
1970

_Retired Basketball

NBA Rookie of the year
1970

_Retired Basketball

NCAA
1969

_Retired Basketball

NCAA
1968

_Retired Basketball

NCAA
1967

_Retired Basketball


Career Milestones


NBA 50 Points
1975-01-19


NBA 52 Points
1975-01-02


NBA 50 Points
1972-03-17


NBA 53 Points
1972-02-18


NBA 51 Points
1972-02-13


NBA 53 Points
1972-02-09


NBA 55 Points
1971-12-10


NBA 53 Points
1971-01-27


NBA 53 Points
1970-11-04


NBA 51 Points
1970-02-21


Former Youth Teams

1966-1969


Former Senior Teams

1969-1975

1975-1989


Former Club Staff

2000-2000
Assistant Manager

2005-2011
Assistant Manager


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Statistics


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1988-198989

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1988-198993

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1988-198996

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1988-19892,046

Los Angeles LakersPointsNBA1988-1989915

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1988-1989393

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1988-198943

Los Angeles LakersTurnoversNBA1988-1989117


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1987-1988104

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1987-1988171

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1987-1988129

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1987-19883,026

Los Angeles LakersPointsNBA1987-19881,503

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1987-1988609

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1987-198863

Los Angeles LakersTurnoversNBA1987-1988205


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1986-198796

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1986-1987239

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1986-1987132

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1986-19873,000

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1986-1987646

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1986-198757

Los Angeles LakersTurnoversNBA1986-19871,711


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1985-198693

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1985-1986329

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1985-1986154

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1985-19863,118

Los Angeles LakersPointsNBA1985-19862,208

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1985-1986561

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1985-198682

Los Angeles LakersTurnoversNBA1985-1986245


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1984-198598

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1984-1985325

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1984-1985198

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1984-19853,240

Los Angeles LakersPointsNBA1984-19852,151

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1984-1985776

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1984-198586

Los Angeles LakersTurnoversNBA1984-1985249


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1983-1984101

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1983-1984290

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1983-1984188

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1983-19843,389

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1983-1984760

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1983-198478

Los Angeles LakersTurnoversNBA1983-19842,219


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1982-198394

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1982-1983242

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1982-1983225

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1982-19833,142

Los Angeles LakersPointsNBA1982-19832,128

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1982-1983707

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1982-198378

Los Angeles LakersTurnoversNBA1982-1983250


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1981-198290

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1981-1982276

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1981-1982252

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1981-19823,170

Los Angeles LakersPointsNBA1981-19822,103

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1981-1982778

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1981-198277

Los Angeles LakersTurnoversNBA1981-1982271


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1980-198183

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1980-1981284

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1980-1981236

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1980-19813,110

Los Angeles LakersPointsNBA1980-19812,175

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1980-1981871

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1980-198162

Los Angeles LakersTurnoversNBA1980-1981260


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1979-198097

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1979-1980417

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1979-1980338

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1979-19803,761

Los Angeles LakersPointsNBA1979-19802,513

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1979-19801,067

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1979-198098

Los Angeles LakersTurnoversNBA1979-1980352


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1978-197988

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1978-1979469

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1978-1979349

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1978-19793,524

Los Angeles LakersPointsNBA1978-19792,131

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1978-19791,126

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1978-197984

Los Angeles LakersTurnoversNBA1978-1979311


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1977-197865

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1977-1978280

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1977-1978197

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1977-19782,399

Los Angeles LakersPointsNBA1977-19781,681

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1977-1978842

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1977-1978105

Los Angeles LakersTurnoversNBA1977-1978222


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1976-197793

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1976-1977364

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1976-1977299

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1976-19773,483

Los Angeles LakersPointsNBA1976-19772,533

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1976-19771,285

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1976-1977120


Los Angeles LakersAppearancesNBA1975-197682

Los Angeles LakersAssistsNBA1975-1976413

Los Angeles LakersBlocksNBA1975-1976338

Los Angeles LakersMins PlayedNBA1975-19763,379

Los Angeles LakersPointsNBA1975-19762,275

Los Angeles LakersReboundsNBA1975-19761,383

Los Angeles LakersStealsNBA1975-1976119


Milwaukee BucksAppearancesNBA1974-197565

Milwaukee BucksAssistsNBA1974-1975264

Milwaukee BucksBlocksNBA1974-1975212

Milwaukee BucksMins PlayedNBA1974-19752,747

Milwaukee BucksPointsNBA1974-19751,949

Milwaukee BucksReboundsNBA1974-1975912

Milwaukee BucksStealsNBA1974-197565


Milwaukee BucksAppearancesNBA1973-197497

Milwaukee BucksAssistsNBA1973-1974464

Milwaukee BucksBlocksNBA1973-1974322

Milwaukee BucksMins PlayedNBA1973-19744,306

Milwaukee BucksPointsNBA1973-19742,706

Milwaukee BucksReboundsNBA1973-19741,431

Milwaukee BucksStealsNBA1973-1974132


Milwaukee BucksAppearancesNBA1972-197382

Milwaukee BucksAssistsNBA1972-1973396

Milwaukee BucksMins PlayedNBA1972-19733,530

Milwaukee BucksPointsNBA1972-19732,429

Milwaukee BucksReboundsNBA1972-19731,321


Milwaukee BucksAppearancesNBA1971-197292

Milwaukee BucksAssistsNBA1971-1972426

Milwaukee BucksMins PlayedNBA1971-19724,093

Milwaukee BucksPointsNBA1971-19723,138

Milwaukee BucksReboundsNBA1971-19721,546


Milwaukee BucksAppearancesNBA1970-197196

Milwaukee BucksAssistsNBA1970-1971307

Milwaukee BucksMins PlayedNBA1970-19713,865

Milwaukee BucksPointsNBA1970-19712,968

Milwaukee BucksReboundsNBA1970-19711,549


Milwaukee BucksAppearancesNBA1969-197092

Milwaukee BucksAssistsNBA1969-1970378

Milwaukee BucksMins PlayedNBA1969-19703,969

Milwaukee BucksPointsNBA1969-19702,713

Milwaukee BucksReboundsNBA1969-19701,358



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