Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1969–1988

Career 1,560 G · 38,387 PTS · 24.6 PPG · 11.2 RPG · 3.6 APG

Seasons leading the NBA

23

105 Top-5 finishes

9 Title seasons

8 Categories led

1975 Best season

Spanning 1969–1979, peaking at 5 titles in 1975.

Led in Field Goals Made for 3 straight seasons (1969–1971) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1951

Among league leaders

6th League titles 23
1st Top-5 finishes 105

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

2nd Total Points 38,387
2nd Field Goals Made 15,837
3rd Total Rebounds 17,440
3rd Total Blocks 3,189
10th Defensive Rebounds 9,394
14th Free Throws Made 6,712
21st Blocks per Game 2.0
22nd Points per Game 24.6
25th Rebounds per Game 11.2
33rd Offensive Rebounds 2,975
37th Field Goal Percentage 56.0%
51st Total Assists 5,660
59th Turnovers 2,527
70th Effective FG Percentage 56.0%
82nd True Shooting Percentage 59.2%
112th Total Steals 1,160
287th Assists per Game 3.6

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Field Goals Made	5	1st	3 yrs (1969–1971)	1969 938 1970 1,063 1971 1,159 1973 948 1976 888 1972 #2 1974 #3 1975 #2 1979 #3
Total Blocks	4	1st	2 yrs (1975–1976)	1975 338 1976 261 1978 316 1979 280 1973 #2 1974 #2 1980 #2
Blocks per Game	4	1st	2 yrs (1974–1975)	1974 3.3 1975 4.1 1978 4.0 1979 3.4 1973 #2 1976 #2 1977 #2 1980 #2 1981 #3
Total Points	3	1st	3 yrs (1969–1971)	1969 2,361 1970 2,596 1971 2,822 1972 #2 1973 #2 1975 #2 1976 #2
Defensive Rebounds	2	1st	2 yrs (1975–1976)	1975 1,111 1976 824 1973 #3 1978 #2
Total Rebounds	2	1st	2 yrs (1975–1976)	1975 1,383 1976 1,090 1969 #3 1970 #3 1971 #2 1973 #3
Points per Game	2	1st	2 yrs (1970–1971)	1970 31.7 1971 34.8 1969 #2 1972 #2 1973 #3 1974 #3 1975 #2 1976 #3
Rebounds per Game	1	1st	—	1975 16.9 1969 #3 1971 #3 1976 #2 1978 #3
True Shooting Percentage	—	#2	—	1970 #2 1971 #2 1979 #2
Effective FG Percentage	—	#2	—	1970 #2 1971 #2 1973 #2 1978 #2 1979 #2
Field Goal Percentage	—	#2	—	1970 #2 1971 #2 1973 #2 1978 #2 1979 #2

Title Seasons

9 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1979	2	BPG 3.4 BLK 280
1978	2	BPG 4.0 BLK 316
1976	4	REB 1,090 FGM 888 BLK 261 DREB 824
1975	5	RPG 16.9 REB 1,383 BPG 4.1 BLK 338 DREB 1,111
1974	1	BPG 3.3
1973	1	FGM 948
1971	3	PPG 34.8 PTS 2,822 FGM 1,159
1970	3	PPG 31.7 PTS 2,596 FGM 1,063
1969	2	PTS 2,361 FGM 938

Season Averages

20 seasons

Year	Team	GP	MPG	PTS	PPG	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1969	MIL	82	43.1	2,361	28.8	1,190	14.5	337	4.1	—	—	—	51.8%	—	65.3%
1970	MIL	82	40.1	2,596	31.7	1,311	16.0	272	3.3	—	—	—	57.7%	—	69.0%
1971	MIL	81	44.2	2,822	34.8	1,346	16.6	370	4.6	—	—	—	57.4%	—	68.9%
1972	MIL	76	42.8	2,292	30.2	1,224	16.1	379	5.0	—	—	—	55.4%	—	71.3%
1973	MIL	81	43.8	2,191	27.1	1,178	14.5	386	4.8	112	283	—	53.9%	—	70.2%
1974	MIL	65	42.3	1,949	30.0	912	14.0	264	4.1	65	212	—	51.3%	—	76.3%
1975	LAL	82	41.2	2,275	27.7	1,383	16.9	413	5.0	119	338	—	52.9%	—	70.3%
1976	LAL	82	36.8	2,152	26.2	1,090	13.3	319	3.9	101	261	—	57.9%	—	70.2%
1977	LAL	62	36.5	1,600	25.8	801	12.9	269	4.3	103	185	208	55.0%	—	78.3%
1978	LAL	80	39.5	1,903	23.8	1,025	12.8	431	5.4	76	316	282	57.7%	—	73.6%
1979	LAL	82	38.3	2,034	24.8	886	10.8	371	4.5	81	280	297	60.4%	0.0%	76.5%
1980	LAL	80	37.2	2,095	26.2	821	10.3	272	3.4	59	228	249	57.4%	0.0%	76.6%
1981	LAL	76	35.2	1,818	23.9	659	8.7	225	3.0	63	207	230	57.9%	0.0%	70.6%
1982	LAL	79	32.3	1,722	21.8	592	7.5	200	2.5	61	170	200	58.8%	0.0%	74.9%
1983	LAL	80	32.8	1,717	21.5	587	7.3	211	2.6	55	143	221	57.8%	0.0%	72.3%
1984	LAL	79	33.3	1,735	22.0	622	7.9	249	3.2	63	162	197	59.9%	0.0%	73.2%
1985	LAL	79	33.3	1,846	23.4	478	6.1	280	3.5	67	130	203	56.4%	0.0%	76.5%
1986	LAL	78	31.3	1,366	17.5	523	6.7	203	2.6	49	97	186	56.4%	33.3%	71.4%
1987	LAL	80	28.9	1,165	14.6	478	6.0	135	1.7	48	92	159	53.2%	0.0%	76.2%
1988	LAL	74	22.9	748	10.1	334	4.5	74	1.0	38	85	95	47.5%	0.0%	73.9%
Career	—	1,560	36.8	38,387	24.6	17,440	11.2	5,660	3.6	1,160	3,189	2,527	56.0%	5.6%	72.1%