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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar advanced stats and career rankings
1.0 average league finish
10,294 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks #1 all time. He finished #1 in 9 seasons and in the top five 13 times, giving him an exceptional peak. His full-career value ranks #2 across 20 seasons, supporting the same overall standing. Explore Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
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Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
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Equal average of Best 3, Prime 5, and Best 10 league finishes. The overlapping windows make this explicitly peak-weighted. Lower is better.
- Best 3 weight
- 63.3%
- Score
- 1.0
- Qualified seasons
- 20
- All-time rank
- #1
Strongest seasons
Every season
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 41 | 74 | 1,695 | -2.68 | 22.1 | #206 | -24.1 | 15th | Strong |
| 1987–88Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 40 | 80 | 2,308 | -0.43 | 53.2 | #118 | 74.6 | 64th | Strong |
| 1986–87Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 39 | 78 | 2,441 | +0.90 | 77.3 | #59 | 149.9 | 79th | Strong |
| 1985–86Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 38 | 79 | 2,629 | +4.21 | 96.1 | #11 | 349.0 | 96th | Strong |
| 1984–85Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 37 | 79 | 2,630 | +4.32 | 95.7 | #12 | 357.6 | 97th | Strong |
| 1983–84Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 36 | 80 | 2,622 | +2.93 | 92.7 | #19 | 279.1 | 93rd | Strong |
| 1982–83Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 35 | 79 | 2,554 | +4.60 | 97.6 | #7 | 364.6 | 97th | Strong |
| 1981–82Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 34 | 76 | 2,677 | +5.47 | 98.4 | #5 | 429.8 | 98th | Strong |
| 1980–81Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 33 | 80 | 2,976 | +6.72 | 99.2 | #3 | 555.2 | 100th | Strong |
| 1979–80Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 32 | 82 | 3,143 | +6.89 | 99.6 | #2 | 606.0 | 100th | Strong |
| 1978–79Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 31 | 80 | 3,157 | +7.87 | 100.0 | #1 | 687.1 | 100th | Strong |
| 1977–78Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 30 | 62 | 2,265 | +9.72 | 100.0 | #1 | 586.9 | 100th | Strong |
| 1976–77Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 29 | 82 | 3,016 | +10.17 | 100.0 | #1 | 800.7 | 100th | Strong |
| 1975–76Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 28 | 82 | 3,379 | +9.44 | 100.0 | #1 | 869.9 | 100th | Strong |
| 1974–75Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 27 | 65 | 2,747 | +8.01 | 100.0 | #1 | 584.7 | 100th | Strong |
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 26 | 81 | 3,548 | +7.49 | 100.0 | #1 | 739.3 | 100th | Strong |
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 25 | 76 | 3,254 | +8.64 | 100.0 | #1 | 781.1 | 100th | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 24 | 81 | 3,583 | +8.31 | 100.0 | #1 | 855.5 | 100th | Modeled |
| 1970–71Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 23 | 82 | 3,288 | +6.77 | 100.0 | #1 | 681.0 | 100th | Modeled |
| 1969–70Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 22 | 82 | 3,534 | +4.63 | 99.3 | #2 | 565.5 | 99th | Modeled |
Career movement
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's career impact by season
Peak +10.17 in 1976–77 · 20 seasons · 57,446 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
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