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<div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.1.3 MVP recognition and trade request (1971–1975) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MVP_recognition_and_trade_request_(1971–1975)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Los_Angeles_Lakers_(1975–1989)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Los_Angeles_Lakers_(1975–1989)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2 Los Angeles Lakers (1975–1989) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Los_Angeles_Lakers_(1975–1989)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Fourth_and_fifth_MVP_awards_(1975–1977)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fourth_and_fifth_MVP_awards_(1975–1977)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2.1 Fourth and fifth MVP awards (1975–1977) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fourth_and_fifth_MVP_awards_(1975–1977)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Playoff_disappointments_(1977–1979)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Playoff_disappointments_(1977–1979)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2.2 Playoff disappointments (1977–1979) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Playoff_disappointments_(1977–1979)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Last_MVP_award_and_championship_success_(1979–1985)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Last_MVP_award_and_championship_success_(1979–1985)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2.3 Last MVP award and championship success (1979–1985) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Last_MVP_award_and_championship_success_(1979–1985)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final_playing_years_and_sixth_ring_(1985–1989)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_playing_years_and_sixth_ring_(1985–1989)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2.4 Final playing years and sixth ring (1985–1989) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_playing_years_and_sixth_ring_(1985–1989)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Coaching_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Coaching_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Coaching career </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coaching_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Player_profile" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Player_profile"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Player profile </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Player_profile-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Player profile subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Player_profile-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Skyhook" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Skyhook"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Skyhook </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Skyhook-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Legacy </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NBA_career_statistics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NBA_career_statistics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 NBA career statistics </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-NBA_career_statistics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle NBA career statistics subsection </button> <ul id="toc-NBA_career_statistics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Regular_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regular_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1 Regular season </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regular_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Playoffs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Playoffs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.2 Playoffs </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Playoffs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Athletic_honors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Athletic_honors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Athletic honors </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Athletic_honors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Film_and_television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Film_and_television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Film and television </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Film_and_television-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Film and television subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Film_and_television-sublist" 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data-title="كريم عبد الجبار" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aragonés</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C9%99rim_%C6%8Fbd%C3%BCl-Cabbar" title="Kərim Əbdül-Cabbar – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kərim Əbdül-Cabbar" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="کریم عبدالجبار – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کریم عبدالجبار" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D3%99%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB-%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Кәрим Абдул-Джаббар – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Кәрим Абдул-Джаббар" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target">Башҡортса</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB-%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Карым Абдул-Джабар – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Карым Абдул-Джабар" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaeerem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kaeerem Abdul-Jabbar – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Kaeerem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bikol Central</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB-%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Карийм Абдул-Джабар – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Карийм Абдул-Джабар" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BC_%CE%91%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%81" title="Καρίμ Αμπντούλ Τζαμπάρ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Καρίμ Αμπντούλ Τζαμπάρ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="کریم عبدالجبار – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کریم عبدالجبار" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EB%A6%BC_%EC%95%95%EB%91%98_%EC%9E%90%EB%B0%94" title="카림 압둘 자바 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="카림 압둘 자바" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B4_%D4%B1%D5%A2%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC-%D5%8B%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A1%D6%80" title="Քարիմ Աբդուլ-Ջաբար – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Քարիմ Աբդուլ-Ջաբար" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9C-%D7%92%27%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A8" title="כרים עבדול-ג'באר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="כרים עבדול-ג'באר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C3%A9%C3%A9m_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Karéém Abdul-Jabbar – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Karéém Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B_%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%93%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A-%E1%83%AF%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="კარიმ აბდულ-ჯაბარი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კარიმ აბდულ-ჯაბარი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB-%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC" title="Абдул-Джаббар Карим – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Абдул-Джаббар Карим" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB-%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Карим Абдул-Жаббар – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Карим Абдул-Жаббар" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target">Кыргызча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C4%ABms_Abduld%C5%BEab%C4%81rs" title="Karīms Abduldžabārs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Karīms Abduldžabārs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lingála</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB-%D0%8F%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Карим Абдул-Џабар – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Карим Абдул-Џабар" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="كريم عبد الجبار – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كريم عبد الجبار" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Карим Абдул Жаббар – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Карим Абдул Жаббар" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%96%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC" title="カリーム・アブドゥル＝ジャバー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カリーム・アブドゥル＝ジャバー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Abdul-Jabbor" title="Karim Abdul-Jabbor – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Karim Abdul-Jabbor" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AE_%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B2_%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B0" title="ਕਰੀਮ ਅਬਦੁਲ ਜੱਬਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਕਰੀਮ ਅਬਦੁਲ ਜੱਬਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Runa Simi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB-%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80,_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC" title="Абдул-Джаббар, Карим – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Абдул-Джаббар, Карим" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sakizaya</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%B9%DB%95%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AC%DB%95%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="کەریم عەبدولجەبار – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="کەریم عەبدولجەبار" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%8F%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Карим Абдул Џабар – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Карим Абдул Џабар" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D" title="கரீம் அப்துல்-ஜப்பார் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கரீம் அப்துல்-ஜப்பார்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_May_2014.jpg/220px-Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_May_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_May_2014.jpg/330px-Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_May_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_May_2014.jpg/440px-Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_May_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2315" data-file-height="3207" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Abdul-Jabbar in 2014</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1947-04-16) April 16, 1947 (age 77) <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">225 lb (102 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Power_Memorial_Academy" title="Power Memorial Academy">Power Memorial</a> (New York City)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball">UCLA</a> (1966–1969)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_draft" title="1969 NBA draft">1969</a>: 1st round, <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">1st overall pick</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1969–1989</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">33</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Coaching career</th><td class="infobox-data">1998–2011</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">As player:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_NBA_season" title="1969–70 NBA season">1969</a>–<a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1975</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975</a>–<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1989</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">As coach:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">1998–1999</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Alchesay_High_School" title="Alchesay High School">Alchesay HS</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_NBA_season" title="1999–2000 NBA season">2000</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">2002</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Storm" title="Oklahoma Storm">Oklahoma Storm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005</a>–<a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2011</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li>6× <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971</a>, <a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a>)</li> <li>6× <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Most Valuable Player</a> (<a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1971</a>, <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NBA_season" title="1971–72 NBA season">1972</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1976</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1977</a>, <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1980</a>)</li> <li>19× <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Stars" title="List of NBA All-Stars">NBA All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1970 NBA All-Star Game">1970</a>–<a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1977 NBA All-Star Game">1977</a>, <a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1979 NBA All-Star Game">1979</a>–<a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">1989</a>)</li> <li>10× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Team" title="All-NBA Team">All-NBA First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1971</a>–<a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1976</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1977</a>, <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1981</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1984</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1986</a>)</li> <li>5× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Team" title="All-NBA Team">All-NBA Second Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_NBA_season" title="1969–70 NBA season">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1979</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1983</a>, <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1985</a>)</li> <li>5× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_Team" title="NBA All-Defensive Team">NBA All-Defensive First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1975</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1979</a>–<a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1981</a>)</li> <li>6× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_Team" title="NBA All-Defensive Team">NBA All-Defensive Second Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_NBA_season" title="1969–70 NBA season">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1971</a>, <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1976</a>–<a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1984</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Rookie of the Year Award">NBA Rookie of the Year</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_NBA_season" title="1969–70 NBA season">1970</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Rookie First Team">NBA All-Rookie First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_NBA_season" title="1969–70 NBA season">1970</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_annual_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders">NBA scoring champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1971</a>, <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NBA_season" title="1971–72 NBA season">1972</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_annual_rebounding_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders">NBA rebounding leader</a> (<a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1976</a>)</li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_annual_blocks_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association annual blocks leaders">NBA blocks leader</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1975</a>, <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1976</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1979</a>, <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1980</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_anniversary_teams" title="NBA anniversary teams">NBA anniversary teams</a> (<a href="/wiki/NBA_35th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 35th Anniversary Team">35th</a>, <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">50th</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">75th</a>)</li> <li><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 33 <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks_retired_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Bucks retired numbers">retired by Milwaukee Bucks</a></li> <li>No. 33 <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers_retired_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Lakers retired numbers">retired by Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">NCAA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1967_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1967 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1967</a>–<a href="/wiki/1969_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1969</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player</a> (<a href="/wiki/1967_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1967 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1967</a>–<a href="/wiki/1969_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1969</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._men%27s_college_basketball_national_player_of_the_year_awards" title="List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards">National college player of the year</a> (1967–1969)</li> <li>3× Consensus first-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1967_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1967 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1967</a>–<a href="/wiki/1969_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1969 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1969</a>)</li> <li>No. 33 <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_retired_numbers" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball retired numbers">retired by UCLA Bruins</a></li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Mr._Basketball_USA" title="Mr. Basketball USA">Mr. Basketball USA</a> (1964, 1965)</li> <li>3× First-team <a href="/wiki/Parade_All-America_Boys_Basketball_Team" title="Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team">Parade All-American</a> (1963–1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> (2016)</li></ul> As head coach: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Basketball_League" title="United States Basketball League">USBL</a> champion (2002)</li></ul> As assistant coach: <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/NBA_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA champion">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career NBA statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">38,387 (24.6 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">17,440 (11.2 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">5,660 (3.6 apg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/76003">Stats</a> at NBA.com <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179051#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Help:IPA/English">/kəˈriːm æbˈduːl dʒəˈbɑːr/</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key">kə-REEM ab-DOOL jə-BAR</a>; born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ælˈsɪndər/</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key">al-SIN-dər</a>); April 16, 1947) is an American former <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> player. He played professionally for 20 seasons for the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA), and played <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> for the <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball">UCLA Bruins</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a>. Abdul-Jabbar won a record six <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player" title="NBA Most Valuable Player">NBA Most Valuable Player</a> (MVP) awards. He was a 19-time <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Star</a>, a 15-time <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Team" title="All-NBA Team">All-NBA Team</a> member, and an 11-time <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_Team" title="NBA All-Defensive Team">NBA All-Defensive Team</a> selection. He was a member of six <a href="/wiki/NBA_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA championship">NBA championship</a> teams as a player and two more as an assistant coach, and was twice voted the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP</a>. He was named to three <a href="/wiki/NBA_anniversary_teams" title="NBA anniversary teams">NBA anniversary teams</a> (<a href="/wiki/NBA_35th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 35th Anniversary Team">35th</a>, <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">50th</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">75th</a>).<a href="#cite_note-nba_encyc_bio-1">[1]</a> Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time,<a href="#cite_note-The_Game's_Greatest_Giants_Ever-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-All-Time_#NBArank-4">[4]</a> he has been called the greatest basketball player of all time by many of his contemporaries such as <a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Mitchell_article-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-Julius_Erving_interview-7">[7]</a> Abdul-Jabbar broke the <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_career_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders">NBA's career scoring record</a> in 1984, and held it until <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> surpassed him in 2023. Abdul-Jabbar was known as Lew Alcindor when he played at parochial high school <a href="/wiki/Power_Memorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Power Memorial">Power Memorial</a> in New York City, where he led their team to 71 consecutive wins. He played <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> for the <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball">UCLA Bruins</a>, winning three consecutive national championships under head coach <a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">John Wooden</a>.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Alcindor was a record three-time <a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">most outstanding player</a> of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA tournament</a>. Drafted with the <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">first overall pick</a> by the one-season-old Milwaukee Bucks franchise in the <a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_draft" title="1969 NBA draft">1969 NBA draft</a>, he spent six seasons with the team. After leading the Bucks to their first NBA championship at age 24 in 1971, he took the <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Using his trademark <a href="/wiki/Skyhook_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skyhook (basketball)">skyhook</a> 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 final 14 seasons of his career, during which time the team won five NBA championships. Abdul-Jabbar's contributions were a key component in the <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(basketball)" title="Showtime (basketball)">Showtime</a> era of Lakers basketball. Over his 20-year NBA career, his teams reached the playoffs 18 times and got past the first round 14 times; his teams reached the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> ten times.<a href="#cite_note-nba_encyc_bio-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> At the time of his retirement at age 42 in 1989, Abdul-Jabbar was the NBA's regular season career leader in <a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">points</a> (38,387), <a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">games played</a> (1,560), <a href="/wiki/Minute_(basketball)" title="Minute (basketball)">minutes</a> (57,446), <a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">field goals</a> made (15,837), field goal attempts (28,307), <a href="/wiki/Blocked_shots" class="mw-redirect" title="Blocked shots">blocked shots</a> (3,189), defensive <a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">rebounds</a> (9,394), and <a href="/wiki/Personal_foul_(basketball)" title="Personal foul (basketball)">personal fouls</a> (4,657). He remains the all-time leader in minutes played and field goals made. He ranks second in career points and field goal attempts, and is third all-time in both total rebounds (17,440) and blocked shots.<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a> <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> named him the greatest center of all time in 2007,<a href="#cite_note-The_Game's_Greatest_Giants_Ever-2">[2]</a> the greatest player in college basketball history in 2008,<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> and the second best player in NBA history (behind <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>) in 2016.<a href="#cite_note-All-Time_#NBArank-4">[4]</a> Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, a best-selling author,<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Martial_artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Martial artist">martial artist</a>, having trained in <a href="/wiki/Jeet_Kune_Do" title="Jeet Kune Do">Jeet Kune Do</a> under <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Lee" title="Bruce Lee">Bruce Lee</a> and appeared in his film <a href="/wiki/Game_of_Death" title="Game of Death">Game of Death</a> (1972).<a href="#cite_note-Raymond_2021-14">[14]</a> In 2012, Abdul-Jabbar was selected by Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> to be a U.S. global cultural <a href="/wiki/Ambassador" title="Ambassador">ambassador</a>.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> In 2016, President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> awarded him the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a>.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. was born in <a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>,<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> the only child of Cora Lillian, a department store price checker, and Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Sr., a transit police officer and jazz musician.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> Cora was born in <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> but came to Harlem as part of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)" title="Great Migration (African American)">Great Migration</a>. Ferdinand Sr. was the child of immigrants from <a href="/wiki/Trinidad" title="Trinidad">Trinidad</a>; his uncle was the Black activist and medical pioneer Dr. <a href="/wiki/John_Alcindor" title="John Alcindor">John Alcindor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Alcindor grew up in the <a href="/wiki/Dyckman_Street" title="Dyckman Street">Dyckman Street</a> projects in the <a href="/wiki/Inwood,_Manhattan" title="Inwood, Manhattan">Inwood neighborhood</a> of <a href="/wiki/Upper_Manhattan" title="Upper Manhattan">Upper Manhattan</a>, which he moved to at the age of 3 in 1950.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> At birth, Alcindor weighed 12 lb 11 oz (5.75 kg) and was <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>22+1⁄2 inches (57 cm) long.<a href="#cite_note-ebony_031967-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> Always very tall for his age,<a href="#cite_note-ebony_031967-23">[23]</a> he was already 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) by the age of nine.<a href="#cite_note-bio-25">[25]</a> Alcindor was often depressed as a teenager because of the stares and comments about his height.<a href="#cite_note-ebony_031967-23">[23]</a> By the eighth grade (age 13–14), he had grown to 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) and could already <a href="/wiki/Slam_dunk" title="Slam dunk">dunk</a> a basketball.<a href="#cite_note-bio-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> Alcindor began his record-breaking basketball accomplishments when he was in high school, where he led coach <a href="/wiki/Jack_Donohue_(basketball)" title="Jack Donohue (basketball)">Jack Donohue</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Power_Memorial_Academy" title="Power Memorial Academy">Power Memorial Academy</a> team to three straight New York City Catholic championships, a 71–game winning streak, and a 79–2 overall record.<a href="#cite_note-greatath-27">[27]</a> This earned him "The Tower from Power" nickname.<a href="#cite_note-PhillyDotCom-28">[28]</a> His 2,067 total points were a New York City high school record.<a href="#cite_note-EB-29">[29]</a> The team won the national high school boys basketball championship when Alcindor was in 10th and 11th grade and was runner-up his senior year.<a href="#cite_note-PhillyDotCom-28">[28]</a> He had a strained relationship in his final year with Donohue after the coach called him a <a href="/wiki/Nigger" title="Nigger">nigger</a>.<a href="#cite_note-olympictak_05222017-30">[30]</a> Alcindor wrote for the Harlem Youth Action Project newspaper. The <a href="/wiki/Harlem_riot_of_1964" title="Harlem riot of 1964">Harlem riot of 1964</a>, which was prompted by the fatal shooting of 15-year old black boy James Powell by a New York police officer, triggered Alcindor's interest in racial politics. "Right then and there, I knew who I was, who I had to be. I was going to be black rage personified, Black Power in the flesh", he said.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-smith_03302018-32">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lew_Alcindor_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_UCLA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Lew_Alcindor_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_UCLA.jpg/170px-Lew_Alcindor_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_UCLA.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Lew_Alcindor_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_UCLA.jpg/255px-Lew_Alcindor_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_UCLA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Lew_Alcindor_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_UCLA.jpg/340px-Lew_Alcindor_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_UCLA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2965" data-file-height="3578" /></a><figcaption>Alcindor with the reverse two-hand dunk against <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_men%27s_basketball" title="Stanford Cardinal men's basketball">Stanford</a></figcaption></figure> Alcindor was not able to play professionally in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> out of high school. At the time, the league only accepted players beginning with the year that they could have hypothetically graduated from college.<a href="#cite_note-irving_02092023-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-abduljabbar_04192012-34">[34]</a> His other options to play basketball professionally would have been to join the <a href="/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters" title="Harlem Globetrotters">Harlem Globetrotters</a> or play overseas. However, Alcindor's goal was to attend college.<a href="#cite_note-abduljabbar_04192012-34">[34]</a> <a href="/wiki/College_recruiting" title="College recruiting">Recruited</a> by hundreds of schools, he was the most sought-after prospect since <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a>. <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern</a> teams that were <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">segregated</a> were willing to break the <a href="/wiki/Color_line_(racism)" title="Color line (racism)">color line</a> to acquire Alcindor.<a href="#cite_note-smith_03302018-32">[32]</a> He chose to attend the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a>,<a href="#cite_note-abduljabbar_04192012-34">[34]</a> after being recruited by <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball">Bruins</a> assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Norman_(basketball)" title="Jerry Norman (basketball)">Jerry Norman</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> By now 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) tall, Alcindor was relegated to the freshman team in his first year with the Bruins,<a href="#cite_note-almbgrts-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-lopresti_03032017-37">[37]</a> as freshman were ineligible to play <a href="/wiki/Varsity_team" title="Varsity team">varsity</a> until 1972.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> The freshman squad included <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Allen" title="Lucius Allen">Lucius Allen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Heitz" title="Kenny Heitz">Kenny Heitz</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Shackelford" title="Lynn Shackelford">Lynn Shackelford</a>, who were fellow high-school <a href="/wiki/All-America" title="All-America">All-Americans</a>.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> On November 27, 1965, Alcindor made his first public performance in UCLA's annual varsity–freshman exhibition game, attended by 12,051 fans in the inaugural game at the Bruins' new <a href="/wiki/Pauley_Pavilion" title="Pauley Pavilion">Pauley Pavilion</a>.<a href="#cite_note-lopresti_03032017-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-florence_11281965-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> The <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1965–66 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">1965–66 varsity team</a> was the two-time defending national champions and the top-ranked team in preseason polls.<a href="#cite_note-lopresti_03032017-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-crowe_05271990-42">[42]</a> The freshman team won 75–60 behind Alcindor's 31 points and 21 <a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">rebounds</a>.<a href="#cite_note-florence_11281965-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-ebony_031967-23">[23]</a> It was the first time a freshman team had beaten the UCLA varsity squad.<a href="#cite_note-ebony_031967-23">[23]</a> The varsity had lost <a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Gail Goodrich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keith_Erickson" title="Keith Erickson">Keith Erickson</a> from the championship squad to graduation, and starting guard <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Goss" title="Freddie Goss">Freddie Goss</a> was out sick.<a href="#cite_note-florence_11281965-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-UPI_11291965-43">[43]</a> After the game, <a href="/wiki/UPI" class="mw-redirect" title="UPI">UPI</a> wrote: "UCLA's Bruins open defense of their national basketball title this week, but right now they're only the second best team on campus."<a href="#cite_note-UPI_11291965-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> The freshman team was 21–0 that year, dominating against <a href="/wiki/Junior_college" title="Junior college">junior college</a> and other freshman teams.<a href="#cite_note-crowe_05271990-42">[42]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lew_Alcindor_vs_USC_1966-67.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Lew_Alcindor_vs_USC_1966-67.jpg/170px-Lew_Alcindor_vs_USC_1966-67.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="367" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Lew_Alcindor_vs_USC_1966-67.jpg/255px-Lew_Alcindor_vs_USC_1966-67.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Lew_Alcindor_vs_USC_1966-67.jpg/340px-Lew_Alcindor_vs_USC_1966-67.jpg 2x" data-file-width="554" data-file-height="1196" /></a><figcaption>Alcindor versus <a href="/wiki/USC_Trojans_men%27s_basketball" title="USC Trojans men's basketball">USC</a></figcaption></figure> Alcindor made his varsity debut as a sophomore in 1966 and received national coverage. <a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a> described him as "The New Superstar" after he scored 56 points in his first game, which broke the UCLA single-game record held by <a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Gail Goodrich</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ebony_031967-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-EB-29">[29]</a> He averaged 29 points per game during the season and led UCLA to an undefeated 30–0 record and a national championship,<a href="#cite_note-time_04141967-45">[45]</a> their third title in four years.<a href="#cite_note-smith_03302018-32">[32]</a> After the season, the dunk was banned in college basketball in an attempt to curtail his dominance;<a href="#cite_note-greatath-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-time_04141967-45">[45]</a> critics dubbed it the "Alcindor Rule".<a href="#cite_note-greatath-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-smith_03302018-32">[32]</a> It was not rescinded until the 1976–77 season.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> Alcindor was the main contributor to the team's three-year record of 88 wins and only two losses: one to the <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Houston_Cougars_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1967–68 Houston Cougars men's basketball team">University of Houston</a> in which Alcindor had an eye injury, and the other to crosstown rival <a href="/wiki/USC_Trojans_men%27s_basketball" title="USC Trojans men's basketball">USC</a> who played a "stall game";<a href="#cite_note-lopresti_03032017-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-WBURJabbar-47">[47]</a> there was no <a href="/wiki/Shot_clock" title="Shot clock">shot clock</a> in that era, allowing the Trojans to hold the ball as long as it wanted before attempting to score. They limited Alcindor to only four shots and 10 points.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> During his college career, Alcindor was a three-time <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._men%27s_college_basketball_national_player_of_the_year_awards" title="List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards">national player of the year</a> (1967–1969), a three-time unanimous first-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> (1967–1969), played on three NCAA basketball champion teams (<a href="/wiki/1967_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1967 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1967</a>, <a href="/wiki/1968_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1968</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1969_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1969</a>), was honored as the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">Most Outstanding Player</a> in the NCAA Tournament three times, and became the first-ever <a href="/wiki/Naismith_College_Player_of_the_Year" title="Naismith College Player of the Year">Naismith College Player of the Year</a> in 1969.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> He was the only player to win the <a href="/wiki/Helms_Foundation_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Helms Foundation Player of the Year">Helms Foundation Player of the Year</a> award three times.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> He had considered transferring to <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan Wolverines men's basketball">Michigan</a> because of unfulfilled recruiting promises. UCLA player <a href="/wiki/Willie_Naulls" title="Willie Naulls">Willie Naulls</a> introduced Alcindor and teammate <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Allen" title="Lucius Allen">Lucius Allen</a> to athletic booster <a href="/wiki/Sam_Gilbert_(businessman)" title="Sam Gilbert (businessman)">Sam Gilbert</a>, who convinced the pair to remain at UCLA.<a href="#cite_note-SAMCAGERS-52">[52]</a> During his junior year, Alcindor suffered a scratched left <a href="/wiki/Cornea" title="Cornea">cornea</a> on January 12, 1968, in a game against <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_men%27s_basketball" title="California Golden Bears men's basketball">California</a> (UC Berkeley) when he was struck by Tom Henderson in a rebound battle.<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-53">[53]</a> He missed the next two games against <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_men%27s_basketball" title="Stanford Cardinal men's basketball">Stanford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portland_Pilots_men%27s_basketball" title="Portland Pilots men's basketball">Portland</a>.<a href="#cite_note-greatath-27">[27]</a> His cornea would again be scratched during his pro career, which subsequently caused him to wear <a href="/wiki/Goggles" title="Goggles">goggles</a> for eye protection.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> On January 20, the Bruins faced coach <a href="/wiki/Guy_Lewis" title="Guy Lewis">Guy Lewis</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_men%27s_basketball" title="Houston Cougars men's basketball">Houston Cougars</a> in the first-ever nationally televised regular-season college basketball game, with 52,693 in attendance at the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>. In a contest billed as the "<a href="/wiki/Game_of_the_Century_(college_basketball)" title="Game of the Century (college basketball)">Game of the Century</a>", Cougar forward <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> scored 39 points and had 15 rebounds, while Alcindor, suffering from his eye injury, was held to just 15 points as Houston won 71–69, ending UCLA's 47-game winning streak.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Hayes and Alcindor had a rematch in the semifinals of <a href="/wiki/1968_NCAA_College_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1968 NCAA College Division basketball tournament">the NCAA tournament</a>, where UCLA, with a healthy Alcindor, defeated Houston 101–69 en route to the national championship. UCLA limited Hayes, who was averaging 37.7 points per game, to only ten points. Wooden credited his assistant Norman for devising the diamond-and-one defense that contained Hayes.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> Sports Illustrated ran a cover story on the game and used the headline: "Lew's Revenge: The Rout of Houston."<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> As a <a href="/wiki/Senior_(education)" title="Senior (education)">senior</a> in <a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1968–69 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">1968–69</a>, Alcindor led the Bruins to their third consecutive national title.<a href="#cite_note-smith_03302018-32">[32]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_NCAA_Championship.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_NCAA_Championship.jpeg/170px-Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_NCAA_Championship.jpeg" decoding="async" width="170" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_NCAA_Championship.jpeg/255px-Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_NCAA_Championship.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_NCAA_Championship.jpeg/340px-Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_NCAA_Championship.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1833" /></a><figcaption>Alcindor performs ceremonial <a href="/wiki/Net_cutting" class="mw-redirect" title="Net cutting">net cutting</a> at <a href="/wiki/Freedom_Hall" title="Freedom Hall">Freedom Hall</a> in Louisville in 1969 after a 20-point win over <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_men%27s_basketball" title="Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball">Purdue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Mount" title="Rick Mount">Rick Mount</a> in unprecedented third-straight national title en route to seven consecutive national championships for UCLA.</figcaption></figure> During the summer of 1968, Alcindor took the <a href="/wiki/Shahada" title="Shahada">shahada</a> twice and converted to <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a> from <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholicism</a>. He adopted the Arabic name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, though he did not begin using it publicly until 1971.<a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_of_Muslim-American_History-60">[60]</a> He boycotted the <a href="/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics" title="1968 Summer Olympics">1968 Summer Olympics</a>, deciding not to try out for the <a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1968 United States men's Olympic basketball team">U.S. Olympic basketball team</a>, who went on to win the gold medal.<a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-61">[61]</a> Alcindor was protesting the unequal treatment of <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African Americans</a> in the United States,<a href="#cite_note-olympictak_05222017-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-smith_03302018-32">[32]</a> stating that he was "trying to point out to the world the futility of winning the gold medal for this country and then coming back to live under oppression."<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> As the NBA did not allow college underclassmen to make an early <a href="/wiki/NBA_draft_declaration" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA draft declaration">NBA draft declaration</a>, Alcindor completed his studies and earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> with a major in history in 1969. In his free time, he practiced martial arts. He studied <a href="/wiki/Aikido" title="Aikido">aikido</a> in New York between his sophomore and junior year before learning <a href="/wiki/Jeet_Kune_Do" title="Jeet Kune Do">Jeet Kune Do</a> under <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Lee" title="Bruce Lee">Bruce Lee</a> in Los Angeles.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_records">School records</h3></div> As of the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2019–20 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">2019–20 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team</a> season,<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> he still holds or shares a number of individual records at UCLA:<a href="#cite_note-UCLA_Bruins-66">[66]</a> <ul><li>Highest career scoring average: 26.4</li> <li>Most career field goals: 943 — tied with <a href="/wiki/Don_MacLean_(basketball)" title="Don MacLean (basketball)">Don MacLean</a></li> <li>Most points in a season: 870 (1967)</li> <li>Highest season scoring average: 29.0 (1967)</li> <li>Most field goals in a season: 346 (1967) — also the second most at 303 (1969) and the third most at 294 (1968)</li> <li>Most free throw attempts in a season: 274 (1967)</li> <li>Most points in a single game: 61</li> <li>Most field goals in a single game: 26 (vs. Washington State, February 25, 1967)</li></ul> He is represented in the top ten in a number of other school records, including season and career rebounds, second only to <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a>.<a href="#cite_note-UCLA_Bruins-66">[66]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Milwaukee_Bucks_(1969–1975)">Milwaukee Bucks (1969–1975)</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rookie_of_the_Year_(1969–1970)">Rookie of the Year (1969–1970)</h4></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wes_Unseld_and_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Wes_Unseld_and_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpeg/180px-Wes_Unseld_and_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpeg" decoding="async" width="180" height="321" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Wes_Unseld_and_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpeg/270px-Wes_Unseld_and_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Wes_Unseld_and_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpeg/360px-Wes_Unseld_and_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="487" data-file-height="869" /></a><figcaption>Alcindor displaying the skyhook over <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a>. The shot was almost impossible to block.</figcaption></figure> The Globetrotters offered Alcindor $1 million to play for them, but he declined and was <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">picked first overall</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_draft" title="1969 NBA draft">1969 NBA draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>, who were in only their second season of existence. The Bucks had won a coin toss with the <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1969–70 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a> for the first pick. He was also chosen first overall in the 1969 <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> draft by the <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_New_York_Nets_season" title="1969–70 New York Nets season">New York Nets</a>.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> The Nets believed that they had the upper hand in securing Alcindor's services because he was from New York; however, when Alcindor told both the Bucks and the Nets that he would accept only one offer from each team, he rejected the Nets' bid as too low. Sam Gilbert negotiated the contract along with Los Angeles businessman Ralph Shapiro at no charge.<a href="#cite_note-SAMCAGERS-52">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> After Alcindor chose the Milwaukee Bucks' offer of $1.4 million, the Nets offered a guaranteed $3.25 million. Alcindor declined the offer, saying: "A bidding war degrades the people involved. It would make me feel like a flesh peddler, and I don't want to think like that."<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> Alcindor's presence enabled the <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1969–70 Milwaukee Bucks season">Bucks</a> to claim second place in the NBA's Eastern Division with a 56–26 record (improved from 27–55 the previous year). On February 21, 1970, he scored 51 points in a 140–127 win over the SuperSonics.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> Alcindor was an instant star, ranking second in the league in scoring (<a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_top_rookie_scoring_averages" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association top rookie scoring averages">28.8 ppg</a>) and third in rebounding (<a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_top_rookie_rebounding_averages" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association top rookie rebounding averages">14.5 rpg</a>), for which he was awarded the title of <a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year" title="NBA Rookie of the Year">NBA Rookie of the Year</a>.<a href="#cite_note-greatath-27">[27]</a> In the series-clinching game against the <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1969–70 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a>, he recorded 46 points and 25 rebounds.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> He was the second rookie to score at least 40 points and 25 rebounds in a playoff game, the first being <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a>.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> He also set an NBA rookie record with 10 or more games of 20+ points scored during the playoffs, tied by <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Tatum" title="Jayson Tatum">Jayson Tatum</a> in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_championship,_MVP,_and_Finals_MVP_(1970–1971)">First championship, MVP, and Finals MVP (1970–1971)</h4></div> The next season, the Bucks acquired All-Star guard <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a>. Milwaukee went on to record the <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_teams_by_single_season_win_percentage" title="List of NBA teams by single season win percentage">best record in the league</a> with 66 victories in the <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1970–71 season</a>,<a href="#cite_note-greatath-27">[27]</a> including a then-record <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_longest_winning_streaks" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks">20 straight wins</a>.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> Alcindor was awarded his first of six <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Most Valuable Player Awards</a>, along with his first scoring title (31.7 ppg).<a href="#cite_note-greatath-27">[27]</a> He also led the league in total points, with 2,596.<a href="#cite_note-EB-29">[29]</a> The Bucks won the NBA title, sweeping the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%931973)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973)">Baltimore Bullets</a> 4–0 in the <a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971 NBA Finals</a>. Alcindor posted 27 points, 12 rebounds and seven <a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">assists</a> in Game 4,<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> and he was named the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">Finals MVP</a> after averaging 27 points per game on 60.5% shooting in the series.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="MVP_recognition_and_trade_request_(1971–1975)">MVP recognition and trade request (1971–1975)</h4></div> During the offseason, Alcindor and Robertson joined Bucks head coach <a href="/wiki/Larry_Costello" title="Larry Costello">Larry Costello</a> on a three-week basketball tour of Africa on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/State_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="State Department">State Department</a>. In a press conference at the State Department on June 3, 1971, he stated that going forward he wanted to be called by his Muslim name, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, its translation roughly "noble one, servant of the Almighty [i.e., servant of <a href="/wiki/God_in_Islam" title="God in Islam">God</a>]".<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_1974.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_1974.jpeg/175px-Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_1974.jpeg" decoding="async" width="175" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_1974.jpeg/263px-Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_1974.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_1974.jpeg/350px-Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_1974.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1335" data-file-height="1815" /></a><figcaption>Abdul-Jabbar lines up a free throw. He started wearing goggles in order to avoid damage to his corneas.</figcaption></figure> Abdul-Jabbar remained a dominant force for the Bucks. The following year, he repeated as scoring champion (<a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_top_individual_scoring_season_averages" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association top individual scoring season averages">34.8 ppg</a> and 2,822 total points)<a href="#cite_note-EB-29">[29]</a> and became the first player to be named the NBA Most Valuable Player twice in his first three years.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> In 1974, Abdul-Jabbar led the Bucks to their fourth consecutive <a href="/wiki/Midwest_Division_(NBA)" title="Midwest Division (NBA)">Midwest Division</a> title,<a href="#cite_note-nea_10242974-80">[80]</a> and he won his third MVP Award in four years.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> He was among the top five NBA players in scoring (27.0 ppg, third), rebounding (14.5 rpg, fourth), <a href="/wiki/Blocked_shot" class="mw-redirect" title="Blocked shot">blocked shots</a> (283, second), and <a href="/wiki/Field_goal_percentage" title="Field goal percentage">field goal percentage</a> (.539, second).<a href="#cite_note-nea_10242974-80">[80]</a> Milwaukee advanced to the <a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_Finals" title="1974 NBA Finals">1974 finals</a>, losing to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> in seven games.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> Robertson, who became a free agent in the offseason, retired in September 1974 after he was unable to agree on a contract with the Bucks.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> On October 3, Abdul-Jabbar privately requested a trade to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>, with his second choice being the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a> (now the Wizards) and his third, the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bonk_12251987-85">[85]</a> He had never spoken negatively of the city of <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a> or its fans, but he said that being in the Midwest did not fit his cultural needs.<a href="#cite_note-bonk_12251987-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> Two days later in a pre-season game before the <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1974–75 season</a> against the Celtics in <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>, Abdul-Jabbar caught a fingernail in his left eye from <a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Don Nelson</a> and suffered a <a href="/wiki/Corneal_abrasion" title="Corneal abrasion">corneal abrasion</a>; this angered him enough to punch the <a href="/wiki/Backboard_(basketball)" title="Backboard (basketball)">backboard</a> stanchion, breaking two bones in his right hand.<a href="#cite_note-bonk_12251987-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-wisc_11251974-89">[89]</a> He missed the first 16 games of the season, during which the Bucks were 3–13, and returned in late November wearing protective goggles.<a href="#cite_note-wisc_11251974-89">[89]</a> On March 13, 1975, sportscaster <a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a> reported that Abdul-Jabbar requested a trade to either New York or Los Angeles, preferably to the Knicks.<a href="#cite_note-bonk_12251987-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> The following day after a loss in Milwaukee to the Lakers, Abdul-Jabbar confirmed to reporters his desire to play in another city.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> He averaged 30.0 points during the season, but Milwaukee finished in last place in the division at 38–44.<a href="#cite_note-cady_06171975-92">[92]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Los_Angeles_Lakers_(1975–1989)">Los Angeles Lakers (1975–1989)</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fourth_and_fifth_MVP_awards_(1975–1977)">Fourth and fifth MVP awards (1975–1977)</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Press_conference_announcing_Lakers%27_signing_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Press_conference_announcing_Lakers%27_signing_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg/220px-Press_conference_announcing_Lakers%27_signing_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Press_conference_announcing_Lakers%27_signing_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg/330px-Press_conference_announcing_Lakers%27_signing_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Press_conference_announcing_Lakers%27_signing_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg/440px-Press_conference_announcing_Lakers%27_signing_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3607" data-file-height="2386" /></a><figcaption>Bill Sharman and Jack Kent Cooke at a press conference announcing the signing of Abdul-Jabbar</figcaption></figure> In 1975, the Lakers acquired Abdul-Jabbar and reserve center <a href="/wiki/Walt_Wesley" title="Walt Wesley">Walt Wesley</a> from the Bucks for center <a href="/wiki/Elmore_Smith" title="Elmore Smith">Elmore Smith</a>, guard <a href="/wiki/Brian_Winters" title="Brian Winters">Brian Winters</a>, blue-chip rookies <a href="/wiki/David_Meyers_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Meyers (basketball)">Dave Meyers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Junior_Bridgeman" title="Junior Bridgeman">Junior Bridgeman</a>, and cash.<a href="#cite_note-bonk_12251987-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-cady_06171975-92">[92]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975–76 season</a>, his first with the Lakers, he had a dominating season, averaging 27.7 points per game and leading the league in rebounding (16.9), blocked shots (4.12), and total minutes played (3,379).<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> His 1,111 defensive rebounds remains the NBA single-season record (defensive rebounds were not recorded prior to the <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1973–74 season</a>).<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> He earned his fourth MVP award, becoming the first winner in Lakers' franchise history,<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> but missed the post-season for the second straight year as the Lakers finished 40–42.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> After acquiring a cast of no-name free agents, the Lakers were projected to finished near the bottom of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Division_(NBA)" title="Pacific Division (NBA)">Pacific Division</a> in <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976–77</a>. Abdul-Jabbar helped lead the team to the best record (53–29) in the NBA, and he won his fifth MVP award, tying <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a>'s record. Abdul-Jabbar led the league in field goal percentage (.579), was third in scoring (26.2), and was second in rebounds (13.3) and blocked shots (3.18).<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> In the playoffs, the Lakers beat the <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1976–77 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> semifinals, setting up a confrontation with the <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1976–77 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a>. The result was a memorable matchup, pitting Abdul-Jabbar against a young, injury-free <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a>. Although Abdul-Jabbar dominated the series statistically, Walton and the Trail Blazers (who were experiencing their first-ever run in the playoffs) swept the Lakers, behind Walton's skillful passing and timely plays.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Playoff_disappointments_(1977–1979)">Playoff disappointments (1977–1979)</h4></div> Two minutes into the opening game of the <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1977–78 season</a>, Abdul-Jabbar broke his right hand punching Milwaukee's <a href="/wiki/Kent_Benson" title="Kent Benson">Kent Benson</a> in retaliation to the rookie's elbow to his stomach. Benson suffered a black right eye and required two stitches.<a href="#cite_note-green_10191977-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-montgomery_10211977-102">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-wolfley_02202011-103">[103]</a> According to Benson, Abdul-Jabbar initiated the elbowing, but there were no witnesses and it was not captured on replays.<a href="#cite_note-green_10191977-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-wolfley_02202011-103">[103]</a> Abdul-Jabbar, who broke the same bone in 1975 after he punched the backboard support,<a href="#cite_note-montgomery_10211977-102">[102]</a> was out for almost two months and missed 20 games.<a href="#cite_note-wolfley_02202011-103">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-simmons2009_p133-104">[104]</a> He was fined a then-league record $5,000 but was not suspended.<a href="#cite_note-montgomery_10211977-102">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-simmons2009_p133-104">[104]</a> Benson missed one game but was not punished by the league.<a href="#cite_note-wolfley_02202011-103">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> The Lakers were 8–13 when Abdul-Jabbar returned.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> He was not named to the <a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1978 NBA All-Star Game">1978 NBA All-Star Game</a>, the only time in his 20-year career he was not selected to an All-Star Game.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis Gilmore</a> and Detroit's <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Bob Lanier</a> were chosen as reserves for the West, with Walton starting at center.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> Amid criticism from the media over his performance, Abdul-Jabbar had 39 points, 20 rebounds, six assists and four blocks in a win over the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> the day the All-Star rosters were announced.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> He added 37 points and 30 rebounds in a victory over the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> (now Brooklyn) in the final game before the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_break" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star break">All-Star break</a>.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> Abdul-Jabbar's play remained strong during the next two seasons, being named to the All-NBA Second Team twice, the All-Defense First Team once, and the All-Defense Second Team once.<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a> The Lakers, however, continued to be stymied in the playoffs, being eliminated by the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> in both <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1978</a> (first round) and <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1979</a> (semifinals).<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Last_MVP_award_and_championship_success_(1979–1985)">Last MVP award and championship success (1979–1985)</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar_Lipofsky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar_Lipofsky.jpg" decoding="async" width="202" height="250" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="202" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Abdul-Jabbar against the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> in the 1980s</figcaption></figure> The Lakers selected <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> with the first overall pick of <a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_draft" title="1979 NBA draft">1979 NBA draft</a>. They had acquired the pick from the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Jazz_(NBA_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Jazz (NBA team)">New Orleans Jazz</a> (later Utah) in 1976, when league rules required that they compensate Los Angeles for their signing of free agent <a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Gail Goodrich</a>.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> The addition of Johnson paved the way for the Lakers' <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(basketball)" title="Showtime (basketball)">Showtime</a> dynasty of the 1980s, appearing in the finals eight times and winning five NBA championships.<a href="#cite_note-knocblach_10112011-113">[113]</a> While less dominant than in his younger years, Abdul-Jabbar reinforced his status as one of the greatest basketball players ever,<a href="#cite_note-knocblach_10112011-113">[113]</a> adding an additional four All-NBA First Team selections and two All-Defense First Team honors.<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a> He won his record sixth MVP award in his first season with Johnson in <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1979–80 Los Angeles Lakers season">1979–80</a>.<a href="#cite_note-knocblach_10112011-113">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-mahoney_03022022-114">[114]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980 finals</a>, Abdul-Jabbar averaged 33.4 points in five games, spraining his ankle in Game 5, but returning to finish the contest with 40 points and leading the team to a win. He missed Game 6, when the Lakers clinched the title, and Johnson was named the Finals MVP after recording 42 points, 15 rebounds, and seven assists in the finale.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-johnson_06021985-117">[117]</a> Abdul-Jabbar continued to average 20 or more points per game in the following six seasons.<a href="#cite_note-knocblach_10112011-113">[113]</a> The Lakers won another championship in <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Los_Angeles_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers">1981–82</a>, but he suffered <a href="/wiki/Migraine" title="Migraine">migraines</a> in <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">the finals</a>, averaging just 18 points per game against Philadelphia.<a href="#cite_note-johnson_06021985-117">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-penner_03082013-118">[118]</a> In 14 playoff games, he finished with a 20.4 point average, the lowest of his career at the time.<a href="#cite_note-johnson_06021985-117">[117]</a> The Lakers advanced to the <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983 NBA Finals</a> in a rematch against the 76ers, who had acquired <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> to shore up their center position after Abdul-Jabbar had outplayed their big-man duo of <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Dawkins" title="Darryl Dawkins">Darryl Dawkins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Jones" title="Caldwell Jones">Caldwell Jones</a> in the previous finals.<a href="#cite_note-penner_03082013-118">[118]</a> The 76ers swept the Lakers 4–0, and Malone was named the Finals MVP after outrebounding Abdul-Jabbar 72–30 in the series.<a href="#cite_note-aschburner_09132015-119">[119]</a> Malone had 27 offensive rebounds, which nearly equaled Abdul-Jabbar's total rebounds (30).<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> On the <a href="/wiki/Traveling_team" title="Traveling team">road</a> against Utah on April 5, 1984, Abdul-Jabbar broke Chamberlain's record for <a href="/wiki/Most_career_points_in_the_NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="Most career points in the NBA">most career points in the NBA</a>. He received a pass from Johnson and scored from 15 feet (4.6 m) on his patent skyhook over the 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) shot-blocking specialist <a href="/wiki/Mark_Eaton" title="Mark Eaton">Mark Eaton</a>.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-ganguli_02022023-123">[123]</a> The game was played at the <a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Mack_Center" title="Thomas & Mack Center">Thomas & Mack Center</a>, one of 11 <a href="/wiki/Home_(sports)" title="Home (sports)">home</a> games for the Jazz in the <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Las Vegas Valley</a> that season. The contest drew 18,389 fans, the Jazz's largest home crowd since moving from <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> before the 1979–80 season.<a href="#cite_note-ganguli_02022023-123">[123]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kareem_Magic_Lipofsky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Kareem_Magic_Lipofsky.jpg" decoding="async" width="167" height="250" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="167" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Abdul-Jabbar receiving a pass from <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985 NBA Finals</a></figcaption></figure> Abdul-Jabbar won his second Finals MVP in <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a>,<a href="#cite_note-knocblach_10112011-113">[113]</a> when he became the oldest to win the award at 38 years and 54 days old.<a href="#cite_note-dodson_06092017-124">[124]</a> He averaged 25.7 points, 9 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.5 blocks in the series against Boston.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> He was initially outplayed in Game 1, scoring 12 points with three rebounds against 30-year-old Celtics center <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a>, who had 18 points and eight rebounds in a 148–114 win over the Lakers, dubbed the "Memorial Day Massacre".<a href="#cite_note-dodson_06092017-124">[124]</a> At the team's film session the following day, Abdul-Jabbar—who normally sat near the back—was seated in the front row, and accepted all of head coach <a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a>'s criticism. Before Game 2, Abdul-Jabbar asked if his father could ride on the team bus to the game. Typically a hard-liner on rules, Riley agreed to make an exception. Abdul-Jabbar bounced back with 30 points, 17 rebounds, eight assists and three blocks in a 109–102 victory. In the Lakers’ four wins, he averaged 30.2 points, 11.3 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.0 blocks.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> The title ended the Celtics' streak of eight consecutive championships against the Lakers.<a href="#cite_note-knocblach_10112011-113">[113]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_playing_years_and_sixth_ring_(1985–1989)">Final playing years and sixth ring (1985–1989)</h4></div> Abdul-Jabbar played in his 17th season in <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season">1985–86</a>, breaking the previous <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_seasons_played_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association seasons played leaders">NBA record for seasons played</a> of 16, held by <a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">Dolph Schayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Silas" title="Paul Silas">Paul Silas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a>.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> Prior to the <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">1986–87 season</a>, he gained 13 pounds (5.9 kg), reaching close to 270 pounds (120 kg), to compete against the growing number of 7-footers (2.1 m) in the league.<a href="#cite_note-Edes_1986-130">[130]</a> The Lakers advanced to the NBA Finals in each of his final three seasons, defeating <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1986–87 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> in 1987, and <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1987–88 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> in 1988.<a href="#cite_note-nba_encyc_bio-1">[1]</a> The Lakers lost to the Pistons in a four-game sweep in his final season.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> After winning Game 7 of the 1988 finals, the 41-year-old Abdul-Jabbar announced in the locker room that he would return for one more season before retiring.<a href="#cite_note-baker_06221988-132">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-newsjournal_06231988-133">[133]</a> His points, rebounds, and minutes had dropped in his 19th season,<a href="#cite_note-newsjournal_06231988-133">[133]</a><a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> and there were reports prior to the game that he was retiring after the contest.<a href="#cite_note-baker_06221988-132">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> On his "retirement tour" he received standing ovations at games, both home and away, and gifts ranging from a yacht that said "Captain Skyhook" to framed jerseys from his career to a Persian rug.<a href="#cite_note-mcmanis_04231989-137">[137]</a> At the <a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood,_California)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood, California)">Forum</a> against Seattle in his final regular season game,<a href="#cite_note-mcmanis_04231989-137">[137]</a> every Laker came onto the court wearing Abdul-Jabbar's trademark goggles.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> At the time of his retirement, Abdul-Jabbar held the record for <a href="/wiki/Most_career_games_played_in_the_NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="Most career games played in the NBA">most career games played in the NBA</a>.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> He was also the all-time record holder for most field goals made (15,837) and most minutes played (57,446), as well as most points (38,387) until <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> broke the record in 2023.<a href="#cite_note-EB-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-LeBron38388-140">[140]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2></div> In 1995, Abdul-Jabbar began expressing an interest in coaching and imparting knowledge from his playing days.<a href="#cite_note-broussard_04252004-141">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-plaschke_12021997-142">[142]</a> His opportunities were limited despite the success he enjoyed during his playing days. During his playing years, Abdul-Jabbar had developed a reputation for being introverted and sullen. He was often unfriendly with the media.<a href="#cite_note-broussard_04252004-141">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-plaschke_12021997-142">[142]</a><a href="#cite_note-johnson_p121-143">[143]</a> His sensitivity and shyness created a perception of him being aloof and surly.<a href="#cite_note-broussard_04252004-141">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> At the time, his mentality was that he either did not have the time or did not owe anything to anyone.<a href="#cite_note-lat_01272006-145">[145]</a> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> recalled as a kid being brushed off after asking him for an autograph. Abdul-Jabbar might freeze out a reporter if they touched him, and he once refused to stop reading the newspaper while giving an interview.<a href="#cite_note-johnson_p121-143">[143]</a> Abdul-Jabbar had spent most of his career with a reserved attitude towards media attention (since he did not have to deal with it as a star at UCLA) before he softened up near the end of his career. Abdul-Jabbar said: "I didn't understand that I also had affected people that way and that's what it was all about. I always saw it like they were trying to pry. I was way too suspicious and I paid a price for it."<a href="#cite_note-lakersblog.latimes.com-146">[146]</a> However, he believes it was his reputation as a "difficult person", alongside his attempts at trying to break into coaching while nearing the age of fifty, that affected his chances of becoming a head coach within the NBA or NCAA.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> Abdul-Jabbar worked as an assistant for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a>, helping mentor, among others, their young centers, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Olowokandi" title="Michael Olowokandi">Michael Olowokandi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerome_James" title="Jerome James">Jerome James</a>.<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> Abdul-Jabbar was the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Storm" title="Oklahoma Storm">Oklahoma Storm</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Basketball_League" title="United States Basketball League">United States Basketball League</a> in 2002, leading the team to the league's championship that season, but he failed to land the head coaching position at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> a year later.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> He then worked as a <a href="/wiki/Scout_(sport)" title="Scout (sport)">scout</a> for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> He returned to the Lakers as a special assistant coach to <a href="/wiki/Phil_Jackson" title="Phil Jackson">Phil Jackson</a> for six seasons (2005–2011). Early on, he mentored their young center, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bynum" title="Andrew Bynum">Andrew Bynum</a>.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a><a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> Abdul-Jabbar also served as a volunteer coach at Alchesay High School on the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Apache_Indian_Reservation" title="Fort Apache Indian Reservation">Fort Apache Indian Reservation</a> in <a href="/wiki/Whiteriver,_Arizona" title="Whiteriver, Arizona">Whiteriver, Arizona</a>, in 1998.<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> He moved on from coaching in 2013 after unsuccessfully lobbying for open head coach positions with UCLA and the Milwaukee Bucks.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_profile">Player profile</h2></div> On offense, Abdul-Jabbar was a dominant low-post threat. In contrast to other low-post specialists like <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> or <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a>, he was a slender giant, standing 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) tall while weighing around 240 to 250 lb (110 to 115 kg), although he bulked to 270 lb (120 kg) in 1986;<a href="#cite_note-Edes_1986-130">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-windhost_02082023-155">[155]</a> in his early years, he used that frame for agility and speed while in later years he utilized a bigger frame for trying to guard under the basket.<a href="#cite_note-Edes_1986-130">[130]</a> Abdul-Jabbar was famous for his ambidextrous <a href="/wiki/Skyhook_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skyhook (basketball)">skyhook</a> shot. It contributed to his .559 career field goal percentage, which ranked eighth in NBA history at the time of his retirement,<a href="#cite_note-158">[a]</a> and reputation as a feared clutch shooter.<a href="#cite_note-159">[158]</a> He shot above 50% in every season but his last.<a href="#cite_note-secrets-160">[159]</a> Abdul-Jabbar maintained a dominant presence on defense. He was selected to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_Team" title="NBA All-Defensive Team">NBA All-Defensive Team</a> eleven times.<a href="#cite_note-nba_encyc_bio-1">[1]</a> He frustrated opponents with his superior shot-blocking ability and denied an average of 2.6 shots a game. He was not an aggressive rebounder, relying more on his size as a 7-footer instead of positioning.<a href="#cite_note-161">[160]</a><a href="#cite_note-162">[161]</a> After the pounding he endured early in his career, his rebounding average fell to between six or eight a game in his latter years.<a href="#cite_note-nba_encyc_bio-1">[1]</a> As a teammate, Abdul-Jabbar exuded natural leadership and was affectionately called "Cap",<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a> or "Captain", by his colleagues.<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a> He had an even temperament, which Riley said made him coachable.<a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a> A strict fitness regime made Abdul-Jabbar one of the most durable players of all time.<a href="#cite_note-165">[164]</a> He began a year-around conditioning program at age 26.<a href="#cite_note-bonk_05291984-166">[165]</a> While in Los Angeles, Abdul-Jabbar started doing <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">yoga</a> in 1976 to improve his flexibility, and was notable for his physical fitness regimen.<a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> He said: "There is no way I could have played as long as I did without yoga."<a href="#cite_note-168">[167]</a> Because of his metabolism, he had difficulty putting on weight. Prior to the 1979–80 season, he gained 10 pounds (4.5 kg) from 240 to 250 pounds (110 kg) after switching from <a href="/wiki/Free_weight_(equipment)" class="mw-redirect" title="Free weight (equipment)">free weights</a> to <a href="/wiki/Nautilus,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Nautilus, Inc.">Nautilus</a> equipment. He also switched that offseason from <a href="/wiki/Tai_chi" title="Tai chi">tai chi</a> to yoga.<a href="#cite_note-169">[168]</a> To reduce wear during his later years, Riley did not have him inbound the ball on made baskets, and had him wait at the opposite end of the court on free throws.<a href="#cite_note-smith_12231985-170">[169]</a> In what he described as playing a "smarter game" to conserve energy, Abdul-Jabbar sometimes would be the last player to set up on offense by several seconds after staying behind on defense to see if the Lakers scored on a <a href="/wiki/Fast_break" title="Fast break">fast break</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bonk_05291984-166">[165]</a><a href="#cite_note-171">[170]</a> In 1981, he responded to criticism that he did not hustle: "You have to understand I have to play 42 to 45 minutes a night, and it's like mowing a huge estate lawn. If you rush out and run around furiously, it's self-defeating. You'll be worn out just at the point when you're most needed."<a href="#cite_note-172">[171]</a> Abdul-Jabbar finished his career with then-NBA records of 20 seasons and 1,560 games played,<a href="#cite_note-173">[172]</a> later broken by former Celtics center <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a>.<a href="#cite_note-174">[173]</a> Abdul-Jabbar began wearing his trademark goggles after getting poked in the eye during preseason in 1974. He continued wearing them for years until abandoning them in the 1979 playoffs. He resumed wearing goggles in October 1980 after being accidentally poked in the right eye by <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a>.<a href="#cite_note-175">[174]</a> After years of being jabbed in the eyes, Abdul-Jabbar developed <a href="/wiki/Corneal_erosion_syndrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Corneal erosion syndrome">corneal erosion syndrome</a>, occasionally experiencing pain when his eyes dry up. He missed three games in December 1986 due to the condition.<a href="#cite_note-176">[175]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Skyhook">Skyhook</h3></div> Abdul-Jabbar was well known for his trademark skyhook, a <a href="/wiki/Hook_shot" title="Hook shot">hook shot</a> in which he raised the ball and released it at the highest point of his arm's arching motion. He could shoot the skyhook from up to 16 feet (4.9 m). With his long arms and great height, he released the ball so high that it was difficult for a defender to block without committing a <a href="/wiki/Goaltending" class="mw-redirect" title="Goaltending">goaltending</a> violation.<a href="#cite_note-dupree_03261983-177">[176]</a><a href="#cite_note-178">[177]</a> His body being between the defender and the ball made it further difficult to block,<a href="#cite_note-dupree_03261983-177">[176]</a> as did extending his non-shooting arm to fend off opponents.<a href="#cite_note-secrets-160">[159]</a> He was stronger shooting the skyhook with his right hand than he was with his left, which he developed in his later years.<a href="#cite_note-secrets-160">[159]</a> According to Abdul-Jabbar, he learned the move in fifth grade after practicing with the ambidextrious <a href="/wiki/Mikan_Drill" title="Mikan Drill">Mikan Drill</a> and soon learned to value it, as it was "the only shot I could use that didn't get smashed back in my face".<a href="#cite_note-lat_01272006-145">[145]</a> He also watched <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Hagan" title="Cliff Hagan">Cliff Hagan</a> shoot the hook with the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Hawks">St. Louis Hawks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-secrets-160">[159]</a> To prevent his hook from being blocked from behind, he was advised by Wooden to do away with the typical sweeping motion of a hook shot, instead keeping the ball close to his body and shooting with a straighter motion. Abdul-Jabbar's hook shot improved in his junior year at UCLA, after the dunk was banned. In his final college years, he often released the ball several feet above the <a href="/wiki/Rim_(basketball)" title="Rim (basketball)">rim</a>.<a href="#cite_note-179">[178]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2></div> Abdul-Jabbar won a record six MVP awards.<a href="#cite_note-nba_encyc_bio-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-All-Time_#NBArank-4">[4]</a> His 38,387 career points remained the <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_career_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders">NBA's career scoring record</a> until February 7, 2023, when he was surpassed by <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> of the Lakers in Los Angeles.<a href="#cite_note-LeBron38388-140">[140]</a> Abdul-Jabbar attended the game, and passed the game ball to James during the in-game ceremony after the record was broken.<a href="#cite_note-180">[179]</a> Abdul-Jabbar held the scoring mark for nearly 39 years, the longest span in league history.<a href="#cite_note-181">[180]</a> His skyhook is considered one of the most unstoppable shots ever.<a href="#cite_note-windhost_02082023-155">[155]</a> He won six NBA championships and two Finals MVP awards, was voted to 15 All-NBA and 11 All-Defensive Teams, and was selected to 19 All-Star teams,<a href="#cite_note-turner_11122009-182">[181]</a> a record which stood until it was surpassed by James in 2024.<a href="#cite_note-183">[182]</a> Abdul-Jabbar was named to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_35th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 35th Anniversary Team">NBA's 35th</a>, <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">50th</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">75th anniversary teams</a>.<a href="#cite_note-184">[183]</a> He averaged 24.6 points, 11.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 2.6 blocks per game in his career,<a href="#cite_note-turner_11122009-182">[181]</a> including three straight seasons where he averaged at least 30 points and 16 rebounds, and six times he averaged at least 27 points and 14.5 rebounds in the same season.<a href="#cite_note-185">[184]</a> He is ranked as the NBA's third leading all-time rebounder (17,440).<a href="#cite_note-186">[185]</a> He is the third all-time in registered blocks (3,189),<a href="#cite_note-187">[186]</a> which is impressive because this <a href="/wiki/Basketball_statistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball statistic">basketball statistic</a> was not recorded until the fourth year of his career (1974).<a href="#cite_note-188">[187]</a> He is one of five players who have led the NBA in rebounding and blocks in the same season.<a href="#cite_note-191">[b]</a> Abdul-Jabbar combined dominance during his career peak with the longevity and sustained excellence of his later years.<a href="#cite_note-All-Time_#NBArank-4">[4]</a> A pioneer in using yoga in the NBA,<a href="#cite_note-windhost_02082023-155">[155]</a> he also credited <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Lee" title="Bruce Lee">Bruce Lee</a> with teaching him "the discipline and spirituality of martial arts, which was greatly responsible for me being able to play competitively in the NBA for 20 years with very few injuries".<a href="#cite_note-192">[190]</a> Abdul-Jabbar played in 95 percent of his team's regular-season games during his career,<a href="#cite_note-mahoney_03022022-114">[114]</a> including 80 or more games in 11 of his 20 seasons. Five times he played in all 82 games.<a href="#cite_note-windhost_02082023-155">[155]</a> After claiming his sixth and final MVP in 1980, he continued to average above 20 points in the following six seasons,<a href="#cite_note-nba_encyc_bio-1">[1]</a> including 23 points per game in his 17th season at age 38.<a href="#cite_note-espn_greatest_center-193">[191]</a> He earned first-team All-NBA selections that were 15 years apart and Finals MVPs 14 seasons from each other.<a href="#cite_note-194">[192]</a> Among the most graceful basketball players ever,<a href="#cite_note-mahoney_03022022-114">[114]</a> Abdul-Jabbar is regarded as one of the best centers ever and one of the greatest players in NBA history;<a href="#cite_note-The_Game's_Greatest_Giants_Ever-2">[2]</a> he was voted the best center of all time by <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> ahead of <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> in 2007,<a href="#cite_note-195">[193]</a> and ranked <abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 4 in <a href="/wiki/Slam_(magazine)" title="Slam (magazine)">Slam</a>'s "Top 100 Players Of All-Time" in 2018,<a href="#cite_note-196">[194]</a> and No. 3 in ESPN's list of the top 74 NBA players of all time in 2020, the best center ever ahead of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a> and Chamberlain.<a href="#cite_note-197">[195]</a> League experts and basketball legends frequently mentioned him when considering the greatest player of all time.<a href="#cite_note-espn_greatest_center-193">[191]</a><a href="#cite_note-198">[196]</a> Riley said in 1985: "Why judge anymore? When a man has broken records, won championships, endured tremendous criticism and responsibility, why judge? Let's toast him as the greatest player ever."<a href="#cite_note-nba_encyc_bio-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-smith_12231985-170">[169]</a> In 2023, as James was on the verge of breaking the NBA career scoring record, Abdul-Jabbar remained as Riley's choice as the greatest: "We don't win championships without the greatest player in the history of the game, who had the greatest weapon in the history of the game. The skyhook was unstoppable. Last minute of the game, it's going to one guy". As president of the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>, Riley had won two NBA titles with James on their roster.<a href="#cite_note-199">[197]</a> <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> remarked: "If they say the numbers don't lie, then Kareem is the greatest ever to play the game."<a href="#cite_note-Mitchell_article-5">[5]</a> In 2013, <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> said: "In terms of players all-time, Kareem is still the number one guy. He's the guy you gotta start your franchise with."<a href="#cite_note-Julius_Erving_interview-7">[7]</a> In 2015, ESPN named Abdul-Jabbar the best center in NBA history,<a href="#cite_note-espn_greatest_center-193">[191]</a> and ranked him No. 2 behind <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> among the greatest NBA players ever.<a href="#cite_note-All-Time_#NBArank-4">[4]</a> While Jordan's shots were enthralling and considered unfathomable, Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook appeared automatic, and he himself called the shot "unsexy".<a href="#cite_note-nba_encyc_bio-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-All-Time_#NBArank-4">[4]</a> In 2016, Abdul-Jabbar's only recognized <a href="/wiki/Rookie_card" title="Rookie card">rookie card</a> became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_sports_cards" title="List of most expensive sports cards">most expensive basketball card</a> ever sold (the record has since been surpassed) when it went for $501,900 at auction.<a href="#cite_note-200">[198]</a> In 2022, he was ranked No. 3 (first in his position) in ESPN's NBA 75th Anniversary Team list,<a href="#cite_note-201">[199]</a> and No. 3 (behind Jordan and James) in a similar list by <a href="/wiki/The_Athletic" title="The Athletic">The Athletic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-202">[200]</a> Abdul-Jabbar was also the first ever NBA player to sign a <a href="/wiki/Sneakers" title="Sneakers">sneakers</a> endorsement deal with <a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a> in 1978. He went on to become the first ever player overall with a signature shoe shortly after.<a href="#cite_note-203">[201]</a><a href="#cite_note-204">[202]</a> In 2014, <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball">UCLA Bruins</a> wore "The Blueprint" Crazy 8 against Colorado on Feb. 13, and the shoes were sold online and at an Adidas store in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>—during NBA All-Star weekend—starting on Feb. 14.<a href="#cite_note-205">[203]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_career_statistics">NBA career statistics</h2></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> Bold  </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #afe6ba; border: 1px solid black;"> †  </td> <td>Won an <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA championship</a></td> <td style="background-color: #CFECEC; border: 1px solid black;"> *  </td> <td>Led the league</td> <td style="background-color: #E0CEF2; border: 1px solid black;"> ‡  </td> <td>NBA record </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_NBA_season" title="1969–70 NBA season">1969–70</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1969–70 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">82*</td> <td>—</td> <td>43.1</td> <td>.518</td> <td>—</td> <td>.653</td> <td>14.5</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>28.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1970–71</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1970–71 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>—</td> <td>40.1</td> <td>.577</td> <td>—</td> <td>.690</td> <td>16.0</td> <td>3.3</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td style="background-color:#cfecec">31.7* </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NBA_season" title="1971–72 NBA season">1971–72</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>81</td> <td>—</td> <td>44.2</td> <td>.574</td> <td>—</td> <td>.689</td> <td>16.6</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td style="background-color:#cfecec">34.8* </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_NBA_season" title="1972–73 NBA season">1972–73</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1972–73 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>76</td> <td>—</td> <td>42.8</td> <td>.554</td> <td>—</td> <td>.713</td> <td>16.1</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>30.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1973–74</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1973–74 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>81</td> <td>—</td> <td>43.8</td> <td>.539</td> <td>—</td> <td>.702</td> <td>14.5</td> <td>4.8</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>27.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1974–75</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1974–75 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>65</td> <td>—</td> <td>42.3</td> <td>.513</td> <td>—</td> <td>.763</td> <td>14.0</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>1.0</td> <td style="background-color:#cfecec">3.3*</td> <td>30.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975–76</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1975–76 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>82</td> <td>41.2</td> <td>.529</td> <td>—</td> <td>.703</td> <td style="background-color:#cfecec">16.9*</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>1.5</td> <td style="background-color:#cfecec">4.1*</td> <td>27.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976–77</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1976–77 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>82</td> <td>36.8</td> <td style="background-color:#cfecec">.579*</td> <td>—</td> <td>.701</td> <td>13.3</td> <td>3.9</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>3.2</td> <td>26.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1977–78</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1977–78 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>62</td> <td>—</td> <td>36.5</td> <td>.550</td> <td>—</td> <td>.783</td> <td>12.9</td> <td>4.3</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>25.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1978–79</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1978–79 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>—</td> <td>39.5</td> <td>.577</td> <td>—</td> <td>.736</td> <td>12.8</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>1.0</td> <td style="background-color:#cfecec">4.0*</td> <td>23.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1979–80</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1979–80 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>—</td> <td>38.3</td> <td>.604</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.765</td> <td>10.8</td> <td>4.5</td> <td>1.0</td> <td style="background-color:#cfecec">3.4*</td> <td>24.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1980–81</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1980–81 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>—</td> <td>37.2</td> <td>.574</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.766</td> <td>10.3</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>.7</td> <td>2.9</td> <td>26.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>76</td> <td>76</td> <td>35.2</td> <td>.579</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.706</td> <td>8.7</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>.8</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>23.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982–83</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1982–83 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td>79</td> <td>32.3</td> <td>.588</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.749</td> <td>7.5</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>.8</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>21.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983–84</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1983–84 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>80</td> <td>32.8</td> <td>.578</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.723</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>.7</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>21.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1984–85</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td>79</td> <td>33.3</td> <td>.599</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.732</td> <td>7.9</td> <td>3.2</td> <td>.8</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>22.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1985–86</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td>79</td> <td>33.3</td> <td>.564</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.765</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>.8</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>23.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1986–87</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>78</td> <td>78</td> <td>31.3</td> <td>.564</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.714</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>.6</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>17.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987–88</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>80</td> <td>28.9</td> <td>.532</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.762</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>.6</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>14.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988–89</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>74</td> <td>74</td> <td>22.9</td> <td>.475</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.739</td> <td>4.5</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.5</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>10.1 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a> </td> <td>1,560</td> <td>789</td> <td>36.8</td> <td>.559</td> <td>.056</td> <td>.721</td> <td>11.2</td> <td>3.6</td> <td>.9</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>24.6 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">All-Star<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a> </td> <td>18</td> <td>13</td> <td>24.9</td> <td>.493</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.820</td> <td>8.3</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>.4</td> <td bgcolor="EOCEF2">2.1‡</td> <td>13.9 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_playoffs" title="1970 NBA playoffs">1970</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1969–70 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>10</td> <td>—</td> <td>43.5</td> <td>.567</td> <td>—</td> <td>.733</td> <td>16.8</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>35.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_playoffs" title="1971 NBA playoffs">1971</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1970–71 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>—</td> <td>41.2</td> <td>.515</td> <td>—</td> <td>.673</td> <td>17.0</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>26.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_playoffs" title="1972 NBA playoffs">1972</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>11</td> <td>—</td> <td>46.4</td> <td>.437</td> <td>—</td> <td>.704</td> <td>18.2</td> <td>5.1</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>28.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_playoffs" title="1973 NBA playoffs">1973</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1972–73 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>—</td> <td>46.0</td> <td>.428</td> <td>—</td> <td>.543</td> <td>16.2</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>22.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_playoffs" title="1974 NBA playoffs">1974</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1973–74 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>16</td> <td>—</td> <td>47.4</td> <td>.557</td> <td>—</td> <td>.736</td> <td>15.8</td> <td>4.9</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>32.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_playoffs" title="1977 NBA playoffs">1977</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1976–77 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>11</td> <td>—</td> <td>42.5</td> <td>.607</td> <td>—</td> <td>.725</td> <td>17.7</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>34.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_playoffs" title="1978 NBA playoffs">1978</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1977–78 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>—</td> <td>44.7</td> <td>.521</td> <td>—</td> <td>.556</td> <td>13.7</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>.7</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>27.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_playoffs" title="1979 NBA playoffs">1979</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1978–79 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>8</td> <td>—</td> <td>45.9</td> <td>.579</td> <td>—</td> <td>.839</td> <td>12.6</td> <td>4.8</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>28.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_playoffs" title="1980 NBA playoffs">1980</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1979–80 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>15</td> <td>—</td> <td>41.2</td> <td>.572</td> <td>—</td> <td>.790</td> <td>12.1</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>3.9</td> <td>31.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_playoffs" title="1981 NBA playoffs">1981</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1980–81 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>—</td> <td>44.7</td> <td>.462</td> <td>—</td> <td>.714</td> <td>16.7</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>26.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_playoffs" title="1982 NBA playoffs">1982</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>—</td> <td>35.2</td> <td>.520</td> <td>—</td> <td>.632</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>3.6</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>3.2</td> <td>20.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_playoffs" title="1983 NBA playoffs">1983</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1982–83 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>15</td> <td>—</td> <td>39.2</td> <td>.568</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.755</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>27.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_playoffs" title="1984 NBA playoffs">1984</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1983–84 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>21</td> <td>—</td> <td>36.5</td> <td>.555</td> <td>—</td> <td>.750</td> <td>8.2</td> <td>3.8</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>23.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_playoffs" title="1985 NBA playoffs">1985</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>32.1</td> <td>.560</td> <td>—</td> <td>.777</td> <td>8.1</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>21.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_playoffs" title="1986 NBA playoffs">1986</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>34.9</td> <td>.557</td> <td>—</td> <td>.787</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>25.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_playoffs" title="1987 NBA playoffs">1987</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>31.1</td> <td>.530</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.795</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>.4</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>19.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_playoffs" title="1988 NBA playoffs">1988</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>29.9</td> <td>.464</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.789</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>.6</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>14.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_playoffs" title="1989 NBA playoffs">1989</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>23.4</td> <td>.463</td> <td>—</td> <td>.721</td> <td>3.9</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.7</td> <td>11.1 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a> </td> <td>237</td> <td>90</td> <td>37.3</td> <td>.533</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.740</td> <td>10.5</td> <td>3.2</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>24.3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletic_honors">Athletic honors</h2></div> <ul><li>Naismith Memorial <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Hall of Fame">Basketball Hall of Fame</a> (May 15, 1995)<a href="#cite_note-206">[204]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NYC_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="NYC Basketball Hall of Fame">NYC Basketball Hall of Fame</a> - Inaugural Class, 1990</li> <li>College <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year">Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year</a> (1967, 1969)<a href="#cite_note-cbbsr-207">[205]</a></li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson_Trophy" title="Oscar Robertson Trophy">Oscar Robertson Trophy</a> winner (1967, 1968)<a href="#cite_note-cbbsr-207">[205]</a></li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/UPI_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="UPI College Basketball Player of the Year">UPI College Basketball Player of the Year</a> (1967, 1969)<a href="#cite_note-cbbsr-207">[205]</a></li> <li>3× Consensus first-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> (1967–1969)<a href="#cite_note-cbbsr-207">[205]</a></li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> champion (1967–1969)<a href="#cite_note-cbbsr-207">[205]</a></li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player</a> (1967–1969)<a href="#cite_note-cbbsr-207">[205]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naismith_College_Player_of_the_Year" title="Naismith College Player of the Year">Naismith College Player of the Year</a> (1969)<a href="#cite_note-cbbsr-207">[205]</a></li> <li>3× First-team <a href="/wiki/List_of_All-Pacific-12_Conference_men%27s_basketball_teams" class="mw-redirect" title="List of All-Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball teams">All-Pac-8</a> (1967–1969)<a href="#cite_note-cbbsr-207">[205]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame">National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame</a> (2007)<a href="#cite_note-208">[206]</a></li></ul></li> <li>NBA <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a> (1970)<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a></li> <li>6× <a href="/wiki/NBA_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA champion">NBA champion</a> (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a></li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_MVP_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals MVP Award">NBA Finals MVP</a> (1971, 1985)<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a></li> <li>6× <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA MVP</a> (1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980)<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a></li> <li>6× <a href="/wiki/Sporting_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News">Sporting News</a> NBA MVP (1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980)<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a></li> <li>19× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Star</a> (1970–1977, 1979–1989)<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a></li> <li>15× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA">All-NBA</a><a href="#cite_note-bbr_allnba-209">[207]</a> <ul><li>10× First team (1971–1974, 1976–1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986)<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-bbr_allnba-209">[207]</a></li> <li>5× Second team (1970, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985)<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-bbr_allnba-209">[207]</a></li></ul></li> <li>11× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_Team" title="NBA All-Defensive Team">NBA All-Defensive Team</a><a href="#cite_note-bbr_alldef-210">[208]</a> <ul><li>5× First team (1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981)<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-bbr_alldef-210">[208]</a></li> <li>6× Second team (1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984)<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-bbr_alldef-210">[208]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a> magazine's "<a href="/wiki/Sportsman_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Sportsman of the Year">Sportsman of the Year</a>" (1985)<a href="#cite_note-211">[209]</a></li> <li>Elected to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_35th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 35th Anniversary Team">NBA 35th Anniversary Team</a><a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a></li> <li>One of the <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">50 Greatest Players in NBA History</a> (1996)<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a></li> <li>Elected to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">NBA 75th Anniversary Team</a> (2021)<a href="#cite_note-br-10">[10]</a></li></ul></li> <li>November 16, 2012 – <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Statue of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">a statue of Abdul-Jabbar</a> was unveiled in front of <a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a> in Los Angeles<a href="#cite_note-212">[210]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_and_television">Film and television</h2></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kareem_and_I.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Kareem_and_I.jpg/180px-Kareem_and_I.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Kareem_and_I.jpg/270px-Kareem_and_I.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Kareem_and_I.jpg/360px-Kareem_and_I.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="521" /></a><figcaption>Actor <a href="/wiki/Shavar_Ross" title="Shavar Ross">Shavar Ross</a> and Abdul-Jabbar on the set of <a href="/wiki/Diff%27rent_Strokes" title="Diff'rent Strokes">Diff'rent Strokes</a>, c. 1982</figcaption></figure> Playing in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> facilitated Abdul-Jabbar's trying his hand at acting. He made his film debut in <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Lee" title="Bruce Lee">Bruce Lee</a>'s 1972 film <a href="/wiki/Game_of_Death" title="Game of Death">Game of Death</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Raymond_2021-14">[14]</a> In 1980, Abdul-Jabbar played co-pilot Roger Murdock in <a href="/wiki/Airplane!" title="Airplane!">Airplane!</a><a href="#cite_note-greatath-27">[27]</a> He has a scene in which a little boy looks at him and remarks that he is in fact Abdul-Jabbar,<a href="#cite_note-zupanic_04052017-213">[211]</a> spoofing the appearance of football star <a href="/wiki/Elroy_Hirsch" title="Elroy Hirsch">Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch</a> as an airplane pilot in the 1957 drama that served as the inspiration for Airplane!, <a href="/wiki/Zero_Hour!" title="Zero Hour!">Zero Hour!</a><a href="#cite_note-214">[212]</a> Staying in character, Abdul-Jabbar states that he is merely Roger Murdock, an airline co-pilot; the boy continues to insist that Abdul-Jabbar is "the greatest", but that according to his father he does not "work hard on defense" and that he does not "really try, except during the playoffs".<a href="#cite_note-zupanic_04052017-213">[211]</a> This causes Abdul-Jabbar's character to snap and break character: "The hell I don't!" He then grabs the boy and snarls that he has "been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA" and been "busting my buns every night!" He instructs the boy: "Tell your old man to drag <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">[Bill] Walton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">[Bob] Lanier</a> up and down the court for 48 minutes."<a href="#cite_note-zupanic_04052017-213">[211]</a><a href="#cite_note-215">[213]</a> When Murdock loses consciousness later in the film, he collapses at the controls wearing Abdul-Jabbar's goggles and yellow Lakers' shorts.<a href="#cite_note-zupanic_04052017-213">[211]</a> In 2014, Abdul-Jabbar and Airplane! co-star <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hays" title="Robert Hays">Robert Hays</a> (character Ted Striker) reprised their Airplane! roles in a parody commercial promoting Wisconsin tourism.<a href="#cite_note-216">[214]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_Rally_to_Restore_Sanity_andor_Fear.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_Rally_to_Restore_Sanity_andor_Fear.jpg/220px-Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_Rally_to_Restore_Sanity_andor_Fear.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_Rally_to_Restore_Sanity_andor_Fear.jpg/330px-Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_Rally_to_Restore_Sanity_andor_Fear.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_Rally_to_Restore_Sanity_andor_Fear.jpg/440px-Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar_Rally_to_Restore_Sanity_andor_Fear.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2259" data-file-height="1113" /></a><figcaption>Abdul-Jabbar (center) at the <a href="/wiki/Rally_to_Restore_Sanity_and/or_Fear" title="Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a> with <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> hosts <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a></figcaption></figure> Abdul-Jabbar has had numerous other television and film appearances, often playing himself. He has had roles in movies such as <a href="/wiki/Fletch_(film)" title="Fletch (film)">Fletch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Troop_Beverly_Hills" title="Troop Beverly Hills">Troop Beverly Hills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Forget_Paris" title="Forget Paris">Forget Paris</a>, and television series such as <a href="/wiki/Full_House" title="Full House">Full House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Living_Single" title="Living Single">Living Single</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amen_(TV_series)" title="Amen (TV series)">Amen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Everybody_Loves_Raymond" title="Everybody Loves Raymond">Everybody Loves Raymond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_(TV_series)" title="Martin (TV series)">Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diff%27rent_Strokes" title="Diff'rent Strokes">Diff'rent Strokes</a> (his height humorously contrasted with that of diminutive child star <a href="/wiki/Gary_Coleman" title="Gary Coleman">Gary Coleman</a>), <a href="/wiki/The_Fresh_Prince_of_Bel-Air" title="The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air">The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scrubs_(TV_series)" title="Scrubs (TV series)">Scrubs</a>, <a href="/wiki/21_Jump_Street" title="21 Jump Street">21 Jump Street</a>,<a href="#cite_note-217">[215]</a> <a href="/wiki/Emergency!" title="Emergency!">Emergency!</a>, <a href="/wiki/Man_from_Atlantis" title="Man from Atlantis">Man from Atlantis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Girl_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Girl (TV series)">New Girl</a>.<a href="#cite_note-218">[216]</a> Abdul-Jabbar played a genie in a lamp in a 1984 episode of <a href="/wiki/Tales_from_the_Darkside" title="Tales from the Darkside">Tales from the Darkside</a>. He also played himself on the February 10, 1994, episode of the <a href="/wiki/Sketch_comedy" title="Sketch comedy">sketch comedy</a> television series <a href="/wiki/In_Living_Color" title="In Living Color">In Living Color</a>.<a href="#cite_note-219">[217]</a> Abdul-Jabbar appeared in the television version of <a href="/wiki/Stephen_King" title="Stephen King">Stephen King</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Stand_(1994_miniseries)" title="The Stand (1994 miniseries)">The Stand</a>, played the Archangel of Basketball in <a href="/wiki/Slam_Dunk_Ernest" title="Slam Dunk Ernest">Slam Dunk Ernest</a>, and had a brief non-speaking cameo appearance in <a href="/wiki/BASEketball" title="BASEketball">BASEketball</a>.<a href="#cite_note-tvguide-220">[218]</a> Abdul-Jabbar was also the co-executive producer of the 1994 TV film The Vernon Johns Story.<a href="#cite_note-221">[219]</a> He has also made appearances on <a href="/wiki/The_Colbert_Report" title="The Colbert Report">The Colbert Report</a> in a 2006 skit called "HipHopKetball II: The ReJazzebration Remix '06",<a href="#cite_note-222">[220]</a> and in 2008 as a <a href="/wiki/Stage_manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Stage manager">stage manager</a> who is sent out on a mission to find <a href="/wiki/Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi">Nazi</a> gold.<a href="#cite_note-223">[221]</a> Abdul-Jabbar also voiced himself in a 2011 episode of <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a> titled "<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_a_Many_Strangled_Thing" title="Love Is a Many Strangled Thing">Love Is a Many Strangled Thing</a>".<a href="#cite_note-224">[222]</a> He had a recurring role as himself on the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> series <a href="/wiki/Guys_with_Kids" title="Guys with Kids">Guys with Kids</a>, which aired from 2012 to 2013.<a href="#cite_note-tvguide-220">[218]</a> On <a href="/wiki/Al_Jazeera_English" title="Al Jazeera English">Al Jazeera English</a> he expressed his desire to be remembered not just as a player, but also as somebody who used their mind and made other contributions.<a href="#cite_note-225">[223]</a> Abdul-Jabbar appeared in the music video for "<a href="/wiki/Good_Goodbye" title="Good Goodbye">Good Goodbye</a>", a 2017 song by rock band <a href="/wiki/Linkin_Park" title="Linkin Park">Linkin Park</a> featuring rappers <a href="/wiki/Pusha_T" title="Pusha T">Pusha T</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stormzy" title="Stormzy">Stormzy</a>. In the video, Abdul-Jabbar plays the role of a warlord or emperor of a dunk contest where Linkin Park lead singer <a href="/wiki/Chester_Bennington" title="Chester Bennington">Chester Bennington</a> has to dunk on several people in order to save his own life. In an interview about the video, Bennington said that he believes Abdul-Jabbar is the "greatest [basketball] player of all-time".<a href="#cite_note-226">[224]</a> In February 2019, he appeared in season 12 episode 16 of <a href="/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory" title="The Big Bang Theory">The Big Bang Theory</a>, "<a href="/wiki/The_D%26D_Vortex" title="The D&D Vortex">The D&D Vortex</a>".<a href="#cite_note-227">[225]</a> In 2021, Abdul-Jabbar made a guest appearance as himself in a season 2 episode of <a href="/wiki/Dave_(TV_series)" title="Dave (TV series)">Dave</a>. The episode he appeared in was also named after him.<a href="#cite_note-228">[226]</a> Abdul-Jabbar makes a cameo appearance as himself in the 2022 <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> film <a href="/wiki/Glass_Onion:_A_Knives_Out_Mystery" title="Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery">Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery</a>.<a href="#cite_note-229">[227]</a> In 2023, Abdul-Jabbar appeared as himself in season 7, episode 3 of the Showtime series <a href="/wiki/Billions_(TV_series)" title="Billions (TV series)">Billions</a>.<a href="#cite_note-230">[228]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing">Writing</h3></div> In September 2018, Abdul-Jabbar was announced as one of the writers for the July 2019 <a href="/wiki/Veronica_Mars_season_4" title="Veronica Mars season 4">revival</a> of <a href="/wiki/Veronica_Mars" title="Veronica Mars">Veronica Mars</a>.<a href="#cite_note-231">[229]</a><a href="#cite_note-232">[230]</a><a href="#cite_note-233">[231]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Documentaries">Documentaries</h3></div> On February 10, 2011, Abdul-Jabbar debuted his film <a href="/wiki/On_the_Shoulders_of_Giants_(film)" title="On the Shoulders of Giants (film)">On the Shoulders of Giants</a>, documenting the tumultuous journey of the famed yet often-overlooked <a href="/wiki/New_York_Renaissance" title="New York Renaissance">New York Renaissance</a> professional basketball team, at <a href="/wiki/Science_Park_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Science Park High School (New Jersey)">Science Park High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a>. The event was simulcast live throughout the school, city, and state.<a href="#cite_note-234">[232]</a> In 2015, he appeared in Kareem: Minority of One, an <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> documentary on his life.<a href="#cite_note-235">[233]</a> In 2020, Abdul-Jabbar was the executive producer and narrator of the <a href="/wiki/History_(American_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="History (American TV channel)">History channel</a> special Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution.<a href="#cite_note-236">[234]</a> He was nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a> for his narration.<a href="#cite_note-emmys.com-237">[235]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reality_television">Reality television</h3></div> Abdul-Jabbar participated in the 2013 <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> reality series <a href="/wiki/Splash_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Splash (TV series)">Splash</a>, a celebrity diving competition.<a href="#cite_note-238">[236]</a> In April 2018, Abdul-Jabbar competed in the all-athlete season of <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_season_26)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (American season 26)">season 26</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_TV_series)" title="Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)">Dancing with the Stars</a> and partnered with professional dancer <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Arnold" title="Lindsay Arnold">Lindsay Arnold</a>.<a href="#cite_note-239">[237]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing_and_activism">Writing and activism</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kareem1vl1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Kareem1vl1.jpg/220px-Kareem1vl1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Kareem1vl1.jpg/330px-Kareem1vl1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Kareem1vl1.jpg/440px-Kareem1vl1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Book signing, 2007</figcaption></figure> In 1967, Abdul-Jabbar was the only college athlete to attend the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Summit" title="Cleveland Summit">Cleveland Summit</a>, a meeting of prominent black athletes who convened in support of <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a>'s refusal to fight in the Vietnam War.<a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-61">[61]</a> Abdul-Jabbar became a best-selling author and cultural critic.<a href="#cite_note-240">[238]</a><a href="#cite_note-241">[239]</a> He published several books, mostly on <a href="/wiki/African-American_history" title="African-American history">African-American history</a>.<a href="#cite_note-rhoden_06142017-242">[240]</a> His first book, his autobiography <a href="/wiki/Giant_Steps_(book)" title="Giant Steps (book)">Giant Steps</a>, was written in 1983 with co-author <a href="/wiki/Peter_Knobler" title="Peter Knobler">Peter Knobler</a>. The book's title is an homage to jazz great <a href="/wiki/John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a>, referring to his album <a href="/wiki/Giant_Steps" title="Giant Steps">Giant Steps</a>. Others include On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance,<a href="#cite_note-Jabbar-Obstfeld-2007-243">[241]</a> co-written with <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Obstfeld" title="Raymond Obstfeld">Raymond Obstfeld</a>, and Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the <a href="/wiki/761st_Tank_Battalion_(United_States)" title="761st Tank Battalion (United States)">761st Tank Battalion</a>, World War II's Forgotten Heroes, co-written with <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Walton_(poet)" title="Anthony Walton (poet)">Anthony Walton</a>, which is a history of the first black armored unit to fight in World War II.<a href="#cite_note-244">[242]</a> In 2015, Abdul-Jabbar made his adult fiction writing debut with the Victorian mystery novel <a href="/wiki/Mycroft_Holmes" title="Mycroft Holmes">Mycroft Holmes</a>, based around <a href="/wiki/Mycroft_Holmes" title="Mycroft Holmes">the titular character</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> stories.<a href="#cite_note-245">[243]</a> Two sequels followed: <a href="/wiki/Mycroft_and_Sherlock" title="Mycroft and Sherlock">Mycroft and Sherlock</a> (2018) and <a href="/wiki/Mycroft_and_Sherlock:_The_Empty_Birdcage" title="Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage">Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage</a> (2019). All three titles were co-written with Anna Waterhouse.<a href="#cite_note-246">[244]</a><a href="#cite_note-247">[245]</a> A regular contributor to discussions about issues of race and religion, among other topics, in national magazines and on television, Abdul-Jabbar has written a regular column for <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a>. He appeared on <a href="/wiki/Meet_the_Press" title="Meet the Press">Meet the Press</a> on January 25, 2015, to talk about a column saying that Islam should not be blamed for the actions of violent extremists, just as Christianity has not been blamed for the actions of violent extremists who profess Christianity.<a href="#cite_note-248">[246]</a><a href="#cite_note-249">[247]</a> When asked about being Muslim, he said: "I don't have any misgiving about my faith. I'm very concerned about the people who claim to be Muslims that are murdering people and creating all this mayhem in the world. That is not what Islam is about, and that should not be what people think of when they think about Muslims. But it's up to all of us to do something about all of it."<a href="#cite_note-250">[248]</a> In November 2014, Abdul-Jabbar published an essay in <a href="/wiki/Jacobin_(magazine)" title="Jacobin (magazine)">Jacobin</a> calling for just compensation for <a href="/wiki/College_athletics_in_the_United_States" title="College athletics in the United States">college athletes</a>, writing that "in the name of fairness, we must bring an end to the indentured servitude of college athletes and start paying them what they are worth."<a href="#cite_note-jacobin-251">[249]</a> Commenting on <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s 2017 travel ban, he condemned it, saying: "The absence of reason and compassion is the very definition of pure evil because it is a rejection of our sacred values, distilled from millennia of struggle."<a href="#cite_note-252">[250]</a> In June 2021, he published an essay in Jacobin on the negative impact on <a href="/wiki/Public_health" title="Public health">public health</a> of those refusing to receive the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine" title="COVID-19 vaccine">COVID-19 vaccine</a>, criticizing <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Kyrie Irving</a>, among others.<a href="#cite_note-253">[251]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_appointments">Government appointments</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural_ambassador">Cultural ambassador</h3></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Clinton_with_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Secretary_Clinton_with_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg/240px-Secretary_Clinton_with_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Secretary_Clinton_with_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg/360px-Secretary_Clinton_with_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Secretary_Clinton_with_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg/480px-Secretary_Clinton_with_Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1331" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> and Abdul-Jabbar, 2012</figcaption></figure> In January 2012, United States Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> announced that Abdul-Jabbar had accepted a position as a cultural <a href="/wiki/Ambassador" title="Ambassador">ambassador</a> for the United States.<a href="#cite_note-254">[252]</a> During the announcement press conference, Abdul-Jabbar commented on the historical legacy of African-Americans as representatives of U.S. culture: "I remember when <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a> first did it back for <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">President Kennedy</a>, one of my heroes. So it's nice to be following in his footsteps."<a href="#cite_note-255">[253]</a> As part of this role, Abdul-Jabbar has traveled to <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> to promote education for local youths.<a href="#cite_note-256">[254]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="President's_Council_on_Fitness,_Sports,_and_Nutrition">President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition</h3></div> Former President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> announced in his last days of office that he has appointed Abdul-Jabbar along with <a href="/wiki/Gabrielle_Douglas" class="mw-redirect" title="Gabrielle Douglas">Gabrielle Douglas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carli_Lloyd" title="Carli Lloyd">Carli Lloyd</a> to the <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Council_on_Fitness,_Sports,_and_Nutrition" class="mw-redirect" title="President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition">President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition</a>.<a href="#cite_note-257">[255]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citizens_Coinage_Advisory_Committee">Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee</h3></div> In January 2017, Abdul-Jabbar was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Coinage_Advisory_Committee" title="Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee">Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee</a> by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">United States Secretary of the Treasury</a> <a href="/wiki/Steven_Mnuchin" title="Steven Mnuchin">Steven Mnuchin</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Mint" title="United States Mint">United States Mint</a>, Abdul-Jabbar is a keen coin collector whose interest in the life of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a> had led him into the hobby. He resigned in 2018 due to what the Mint described as "increasing personal obligations".<a href="#cite_note-258">[256]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Basketball_Legends.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Basketball_Legends.jpg/220px-Basketball_Legends.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Basketball_Legends.jpg/330px-Basketball_Legends.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Basketball_Legends.jpg/440px-Basketball_Legends.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Abdul-Jabbar (below, far right) and other former NBA players visit the New York <a href="/wiki/NBA_Store" title="NBA Store">NBA Store</a> in January 2005</figcaption></figure> Abdul-Jabbar met Habiba Abdul-Jabbar (born Janice Brown) at a Lakers game during his senior year at UCLA.<a href="#cite_note-259">[257]</a> They married in 1971,<a href="#cite_note-260">[258]</a> and together had three children: daughters Habiba and Sultana and son Kareem Jr., who played basketball at <a href="/wiki/Western_Kentucky_Hilltoppers_basketball" title="Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball">Western Kentucky</a> after attending <a href="/wiki/Valparaiso_Crusaders_men%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball">Valparaiso</a>.<a href="#cite_note-261">[259]</a><a href="#cite_note-262">[260]</a> Abdul-Jabbar and Janice divorced in 1978. He has another son, Amir, with Cheryl Pistono. Another son, Adam, made an appearance on the TV sitcom Full House with him.<a href="#cite_note-263">[261]</a> In 1983, Abdul-Jabbar's house burned down. Many of his belongings, including his beloved <a href="/wiki/Jazz_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazz music">jazz</a> LP collection of about 3,000 albums, were destroyed.<a href="#cite_note-USAToday-264">[262]</a> Many Lakers fans sent and brought him albums, which he found uplifting.<a href="#cite_note-lakersblog.latimes.com-146">[146]</a> In 2016, Abdul-Jabbar performed a tribute to friend Muhammad Ali along with <a href="/wiki/Chance_the_Rapper" title="Chance the Rapper">Chance the Rapper</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Special_Award_Presenters-265">[263]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion_and_name">Religion and name</h3></div> Alcindor grew up in the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>, but abandoned the faith when he left his home in New York for UCLA.<a href="#cite_note-266">[264]</a> At age 24 in 1971, he converted to Islam and legally became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, which means "noble one, servant of the Almighty."<a href="#cite_note-Jabbar2015-267">[265]</a> He was named by <a href="/wiki/Hamaas_Abdul_Khaalis" title="Hamaas Abdul Khaalis">Hamaas Abdul Khaalis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Jabbar2015-267">[265]</a><a href="#cite_note-268">[266]</a> Abdul-Jabbar purchased and donated <a href="/wiki/7700_16th_Street_NW" title="7700 16th Street NW">7700 16th Street NW</a>, a house in Washington, D.C., for Khaalis to use as the Hanafi Madh-Hab Center; a few years later, the location would become the place of the <a href="/wiki/1973_Hanafi_Muslim_massacre" title="1973 Hanafi Muslim massacre">1973 Hanafi Muslim massacre</a>. Eventually, Kareem "found that [he] disagreed with some of Hamaas' teachings about the Quran, and [they] parted ways." In 1973, Abdul-Jabbar embarked on a pilgrimage to <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> with the goal of learning enough <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> for self-study of the Quran, and he "emerged from this pilgrimage with [his] beliefs clarified and [his] faith renewed."<a href="#cite_note-Jabbar2015-267">[265]</a> Abdul-Jabbar was also heavily influenced by <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X" title="Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a>, a leader of the <a href="/wiki/Nation_of_Islam" title="Nation of Islam">Nation of Islam</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Jabbar2015-267">[265]</a> Abdul-Jabbar was invited to join the group, but he declined.<a href="#cite_note-Jabbar2015-267">[265]</a><a href="#cite_note-269">[267]</a> Abdul-Jabbar has spoken about the thinking that was behind his name change when he converted to Islam.<a href="#cite_note-270">[268]</a> He stated that he was "latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Muslims. My family was brought to America by a French planter named Alcindor, who came here from <a href="/wiki/Trinidad" title="Trinidad">Trinidad</a> in the 18th century. My people were <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a>, and their culture survived <a href="/wiki/Slavery" title="Slavery">slavery</a> ... My father found out about that when I was a kid, and it gave me all I needed to know that, hey, I was somebody, even if nobody else knew about it. When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. And that's a terrible burden on black people, because they don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted."<a href="#cite_note-271">[269]</a> His name change further eroded his public image in the United States, mostly in white areas.<a href="#cite_note-272">[270]</a> In 1998, Abdul-Jabbar reached a settlement after he sued <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> running back Karim Abdul-Jabbar (now <a href="/wiki/Abdul-Karim_al-Jabbar" title="Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar">Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar</a>, born Sharmon Shah) because he felt Karim was profiting off the name he made famous by having the Abdul-Jabbar moniker and number 33 on his Dolphins jersey. As a result, the younger Abdul-Jabbar had to change his jersey nameplate to "Abdul" while playing for the Dolphins.<a href="#cite_note-273">[271]</a> The football player had also been an athlete at UCLA.<a href="#cite_note-274">[272]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_problems">Health problems</h3></div> Abdul-Jabbar suffers from <a href="/wiki/Migraine" title="Migraine">migraines</a>,<a href="#cite_note-275">[273]</a> and his use of <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)" title="Cannabis (drug)">cannabis</a> to reduce the symptoms has had legal ramifications.<a href="#cite_note-276">[274]</a> In November 2009, Abdul-Jabbar announced that he was suffering from a form of <a href="/wiki/Leukemia" title="Leukemia">leukemia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_chromosome" title="Philadelphia chromosome">Philadelphia chromosome</a>-positive <a href="/wiki/Chronic_myeloid_leukemia" class="mw-redirect" title="Chronic myeloid leukemia">chronic myeloid leukemia</a>, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. The disease was diagnosed in December 2008, but Abdul-Jabbar said his condition could be managed by taking oral medication daily, seeing his specialist every other month, and having his blood analyzed regularly. He expressed in a 2009 press conference that he did not believe the illness would stop him from leading a normal life.<a href="#cite_note-277">[275]</a><a href="#cite_note-278">[276]</a> Abdul-Jabbar is a spokesman for <a href="/wiki/Novartis" title="Novartis">Novartis</a>, the company that produces <a href="/wiki/Gleevec" class="mw-redirect" title="Gleevec">Gleevec</a>, his cancer medication.<a href="#cite_note-kaj_health_update-279">[277]</a> In February 2011, Abdul-Jabbar announced via Twitter that his leukemia was gone and he was "100% cancer free".<a href="#cite_note-280">[278]</a> A few days later, he clarified his misstatement: "You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that. My cancer right now is at an absolute minimum."<a href="#cite_note-kaj_health_update-279">[277]</a> In April 2015, Abdul-Jabbar was admitted to hospital when he was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease" title="Cardiovascular disease">cardiovascular disease</a>. Later that week, on his 68th birthday, he underwent quadruple coronary bypass surgery at the <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_UCLA_Medical_Center" title="Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center">UCLA Medical Center</a>.<a href="#cite_note-281">[279]</a> In 2020 Abdul-Jabbar revealed that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer eleven years earlier.<a href="#cite_note-282">[280]</a> In February 2023, he spoke out about his <a href="/wiki/Atrial_fibrillation" title="Atrial fibrillation">atrial fibrillation</a> diagnosis. He partnered with <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Myers_Squibb" title="Bristol Myers Squibb">Bristol Myers Squibb</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pfizer" title="Pfizer">Pfizer</a>'s "No Time to Wait"<a href="#cite_note-283">[281]</a> to raise awareness of the symptoms of the irregular and rapid heart rhythm condition which increase the risk of <a href="/wiki/Stroke" title="Stroke">stroke</a>.<a href="#cite_note-284">[282]</a> In December 2023, he was hospitalized after he fell and broke his hip while attending a concert.<a href="#cite_note-285">[283]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-athletic_honors">Non-athletic honors</h3></div> In 2011, Abdul-Jabbar was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Double_Helix_Medal" title="Double Helix Medal">Double Helix Medal</a> for his work in raising awareness for cancer research.<a href="#cite_note-286">[284]</a><a href="#cite_note-287">[285]</a> Also in 2011, Abdul-Jabbar received an honorary degree from <a href="/wiki/New_York_Institute_of_Technology" title="New York Institute of Technology">New York Institute of Technology</a>.<a href="#cite_note-288">[286]</a> In 2016, Abdul-Jabbar was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> by outgoing U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.<a href="#cite_note-289">[287]</a> In 2020, Abdul-Jabbar was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Narrator" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator</a> for his work on the documentary special Black Patriots: Heroes of The Revolution.<a href="#cite_note-emmys.com-237">[235]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. (May 2016)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAbdul-JabbarKnobler1983" class="citation book cs1">Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem; Knobler, Peter (1983). <a href="/wiki/Giant_Steps_(book)" title="Giant Steps (book)">Giant Steps</a>. New York: Bantam Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0553050443" title="Special:BookSources/0553050443"><bdi>0553050443</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Giant+Steps&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Bantam+Books&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0553050443&rft.aulast=Abdul-Jabbar&rft.aufirst=Kareem&rft.au=Knobler%2C+Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKareem+Abdul-Jabbar" class="Z3988"></li> <li>Kareem, with Mignon McCarthy (1990) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-55927-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-394-55927-4">0-394-55927-4</a>.</li> <li>Selected from Giant Steps (Writers' Voices) (1999) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7857-9912-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-7857-9912-5">0-7857-9912-5</a>.</li> <li>Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American Achievement, with Alan Steinberg (1996) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-688-13097-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-688-13097-6">0-688-13097-6</a>.</li> <li>A Season on the Reservation: My Sojourn with the White Mountain Apaches, with Stephen Singular (2000) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-688-17077-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-688-17077-3">0-688-17077-3</a>.</li> <li>Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the <a href="/wiki/761st_Tank_Battalion_(United_States)" title="761st Tank Battalion (United States)">761st Tank Battalion</a>, World War II's Forgotten Heroes with <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Walton_(poet)" title="Anthony Walton (poet)">Anthony Walton</a> (2004) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7679-0913-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7679-0913-6">978-0-7679-0913-6</a>.</li> <li>On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance with Raymond Obstfeld (2007) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4165-3488-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4165-3488-4">978-1-4165-3488-4</a>.</li> <li>What Color Is My World? The Lost History of African American Inventors with Raymond Obstfeld (2012) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7636-4564-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7636-4564-9">978-0-7636-4564-9</a>.</li> <li>Streetball Crew Book One Sasquatch in the Paint with Raymond Obstfeld (2013) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4231-7870-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4231-7870-5">978-1-4231-7870-5</a>.</li> <li>Streetball Crew Book Two Stealing the Game with Raymond Obstfeld (2015) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1423178712" title="Special:BookSources/978-1423178712">978-1423178712</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mycroft_Holmes_(novel)" title="Mycroft Holmes (novel)">Mycroft Holmes</a> with Anna Waterhouse (September 2015) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-7832-9153-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-7832-9153-3">978-1-7832-9153-3</a>.</li> <li>Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White with Raymond Obstfeld (2016) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-6189-3171-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-6189-3171-9">978-1-6189-3171-9</a>.</li> <li>Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court (2017) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1538760468" title="Special:BookSources/978-1538760468">978-1538760468</a>.</li> <li>Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court (2017) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0316555388" title="Special:BookSources/978-0316555388">978-0316555388</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Mycroft Holmes and The Apocalypse Handbook. Illustrated by Josh Cassara. Titan Comics. 2017. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1785853005" title="Special:BookSources/978-1785853005"><bdi>978-1785853005</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mycroft+Holmes+and+The+Apocalypse+Handbook&rft.pub=Titan+Comics&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-1785853005&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKareem+Abdul-Jabbar" class="Z3988"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: others (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others" title="Category:CS1 maint: others">link</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mycroft_and_Sherlock" title="Mycroft and Sherlock">Mycroft and Sherlock</a> with Anna Waterhouse (October 9, 2018) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1785659256" title="Special:BookSources/978-1785659256">978-1785659256</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mycroft_and_Sherlock:_The_Empty_Birdcage" title="Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage">Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage</a> with Anna Waterhouse (September 24, 2019) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1785659300" title="Special:BookSources/978-1785659300">978-1785659300</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Audio_book">Audio book</h3></div> <ul><li>On the Shoulders of Giants: An Audio Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance 8-CD Set Vol. 1–4, with <a href="/wiki/Avery_Brooks" title="Avery Brooks">Avery Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jesse_L._Martin" title="Jesse L. Martin">Jesse L. Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Crystal" title="Billy Crystal">Billy Crystal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a>, Coach <a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">John Wooden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Crouch" title="Stanley Crouch">Stanley Crouch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a> and other chart-topping musicians, as well as legendary actors and performers such as <a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Jackson" title="Samuel L. Jackson">Samuel L. Jackson</a>. (2008) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-615-18301-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-615-18301-5">978-0-615-18301-5</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-158"><a href="#cite_ref-158">^</a> Minimum 2,000 field goals made.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> Ranked 23rd through 2023–24 season<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar&action=edit">[update]</a>.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-191"><a href="#cite_ref-191">^</a> The others are <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a>.<a href="#cite_note-189">[188]</a><a href="#cite_note-190">[189]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-nba_encyc_bio-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nba_encyc_bio_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-nba_encyc_bio_1-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-nba_encyc_bio_1-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-nba_encyc_bio_1-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-nba_encyc_bio_1-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-nba_encyc_bio_1-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-nba_encyc_bio_1-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-nba_encyc_bio_1-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-nba_encyc_bio_1-8">i</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160119225446/http://www.nba.com/history/players/abduljabbar_bio.html">"Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Bio"</a>. 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Born">Born</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Russell</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Hal_Lear" title="Hal Lear">Lear</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hogue" title="Paul Hogue">Hogue</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Art_Heyman" title="Art Heyman">Heyman</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Hazzard" title="Walt Hazzard">Hazzard</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Chambers" title="Jerry Chambers">Chambers</a></li> <li>1967: 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title="Emeka Okafor">Okafor</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Sean_May" title="Sean May">May</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Joakim_Noah" title="Joakim Noah">Noah</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Corey_Brewer" title="Corey Brewer">Brewer</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Mario_Chalmers" title="Mario Chalmers">Chalmers</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Ellington" title="Wayne Ellington">Ellington</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Singler" title="Kyle Singler">Singler</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Kemba_Walker" title="Kemba Walker">Walker</a> </li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a> </li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Hancock" title="Luke Hancock">Hancock</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Shabazz_Napier" title="Shabazz Napier">Napier</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Tyus_Jones" title="Tyus Jones">Jones</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Arcidiacono" title="Ryan Arcidiacono">Arcidiacono</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Joel_Berry_II" title="Joel Berry II">Berry</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Donte_DiVincenzo" title="Donte DiVincenzo">DiVincenzo</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Guy" title="Kyle Guy">Guy</a></li> <li>2020: None</li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Jared_Butler" title="Jared Butler">Butler</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Ochai_Agbaji" title="Ochai Agbaji">Agbaji</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Adama_Sanogo" title="Adama Sanogo">Sanogo</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Tristen_Newton" title="Tristen Newton">Newton</a></li></ul> *Ruled ineligible after tournament </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Mr._Basketball_USA_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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Reid">Reid</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1969)" title="Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)">Johnson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Kenny Anderson (basketball)">Anderson</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Damon_Bailey" title="Damon Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Rasheed_Wallace" title="Rasheed Wallace">Wallace</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Felipe_L%C3%B3pez_(basketball)" title="Felipe López (basketball)">Lopez</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bibby" title="Mike Bibby">Bibby</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">McGrady</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Rashard_Lewis" title="Rashard Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bender" title="Jonathan Bender">Bender</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Darius_Miles" title="Darius Miles">Miles</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Dajuan_Wagner" title="Dajuan Wagner">Wagner</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Telfair" title="Sebastian Telfair">Telfair</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Monta_Ellis" title="Monta Ellis">Ellis</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Oden" title="Greg Oden">Oden</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Mayo" title="O. J. Mayo">Mayo</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Jennings" title="Brandon Jennings">Jennings</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Favors" title="Derrick Favors">Favors</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Barnes" title="Harrison Barnes">Barnes</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kidd-Gilchrist" title="Michael Kidd-Gilchrist">Kidd-Gilchrist</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Shabazz_Muhammad" title="Shabazz Muhammad">Muhammad</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wiggins" title="Andrew Wiggins">Wiggins</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Alexander" title="Cliff Alexander">Alexander</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Simmons" title="Ben Simmons">Simmons</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Lonzo_Ball" title="Lonzo Ball">Ball</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Porter_Jr." title="Michael Porter Jr.">Porter</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/RJ_Barrett" title="RJ Barrett">Barrett</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Stewart" title="Isaiah Stewart">Stewart</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Cade_Cunningham" title="Cade Cunningham">Cunningham</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Chet_Holmgren" title="Chet Holmgren">Holmgren</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Dariq_Whitehead" title="Dariq Whitehead">Whitehead</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Boozer" title="Cameron Boozer">Boozer</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Flagg" title="Cooper Flagg">Flagg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Associated_Press_Men&#039;s_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" 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title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li>1969: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Austin_Carr" title="Austin Carr">Carr</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Scott_May" title="Scott May">May</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Marques_Johnson" title="Marques Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Butch_Lee" title="Butch Lee">Lee</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Aguirre</a></li> <li>1981: <a 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Robinson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Hersey_Hawkins" title="Hersey Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Sean_Elliott" title="Sean Elliott">Elliott</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Simmons" title="Lionel Simmons">Simmons</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Christian_Laettner" title="Christian Laettner">Laettner</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Calbert_Cheaney" title="Calbert Cheaney">Cheaney</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robinson" title="Glenn Robinson">G. Robinson</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Smith_(basketball)" title="Joe Smith (basketball)">Smith</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Camby" title="Marcus Camby">Camby</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Antawn_Jamison" title="Antawn Jamison">Jamison</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Elton_Brand" title="Elton Brand">Brand</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Martin</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Shane_Battier" title="Shane Battier">Battier</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Jay_Williams_(basketball)" title="Jay Williams (basketball)">Williams</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/David_West_(basketball)" title="David West (basketball)">West</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Jameer_Nelson" title="Jameer Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bogut" title="Andrew Bogut">Bogut</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">Redick</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Hansbrough" title="Tyler Hansbrough">Hansbrough</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Blake_Griffin" title="Blake Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Evan_Turner" title="Evan Turner">Turner</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Jimmer_Fredette" title="Jimmer Fredette">Fredette</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Trey_Burke" title="Trey Burke">Burke</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Doug_McDermott" title="Doug McDermott">McDermott</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Kaminsky" title="Frank Kaminsky">Kaminsky</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Denzel_Valentine" title="Denzel Valentine">Valentine</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mason_III" title="Frank Mason III">Mason III</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Brunson</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Zion_Williamson" title="Zion Williamson">Williamson</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Obi_Toppin" title="Obi Toppin">Toppin</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Luka_Garza" title="Luka Garza">Garza</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Tshiebwe" title="Oscar Tshiebwe">Tshiebwe</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Zach_Edey" title="Zach Edey">Edey</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Zach_Edey" title="Zach Edey">Edey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Naismith_Men&#039;s_College_Player_of_the_Year" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Naismith_Player_of_the_Year_men" title="Template:Naismith Player of the Year men"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Naismith_Player_of_the_Year_men" title="Template talk:Naismith Player of the Year men"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Naismith_Player_of_the_Year_men" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Naismith Player of the Year men"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Naismith_Men&#039;s_College_Player_of_the_Year" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Naismith_College_Player_of_the_Year" title="Naismith College Player of the Year">Naismith Men's College Player of the Year</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1969: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Austin_Carr" title="Austin Carr">Carr</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Scott_May" title="Scott May">May</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Marques_Johnson" title="Marques Johnson">M. Johnson</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Butch_Lee" title="Butch Lee">Lee</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Aguirre</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Dawkins" title="Johnny Dawkins">Dawkins</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">D. Robinson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Manning" title="Danny Manning">Manning</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Ferry" title="Danny Ferry">Ferry</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Simmons" title="Lionel Simmons">Simmons</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1969)" title="Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)">L. Johnson</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Christian_Laettner" title="Christian Laettner">Laettner</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Calbert_Cheaney" title="Calbert Cheaney">Cheaney</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robinson" title="Glenn Robinson">G. 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Ford">Ford</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Jameer_Nelson" title="Jameer Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bogut" title="Andrew Bogut">Bogut</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">Redick</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Hansbrough" title="Tyler Hansbrough">Hansbrough</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Blake_Griffin" title="Blake Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Evan_Turner" title="Evan Turner">Turner</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Jimmer_Fredette" title="Jimmer Fredette">Fredette</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Trey_Burke" title="Trey Burke">Burke</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Doug_McDermott" title="Doug McDermott">McDermott</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Kaminsky" title="Frank Kaminsky">Kaminsky</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Hield" title="Buddy Hield">Hield</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mason_III" title="Frank Mason III">Mason III</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Brunson</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Zion_Williamson" title="Zion Williamson">Williamson</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Obi_Toppin" title="Obi Toppin">Toppin</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Luka_Garza" title="Luka Garza">Garza</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Tshiebwe" title="Oscar Tshiebwe">Tshiebwe</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Zach_Edey" title="Zach Edey">Edey</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Zach_Edey" title="Zach Edey">Edey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Helms_Foundation_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" 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href="/wiki/Charles_Keinath" title="Charles Keinath">Keinath</a> </li> <li>1909: <a href="/wiki/John_Schommer" title="John Schommer">Schommer</a> </li> <li>1910: <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Page" title="Harlan Page">Page</a> </li> <li>1911: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kiendl" title="Ted Kiendl">Kiendl</a> </li> <li>1912: <a href="/wiki/Otto_Stangel" title="Otto Stangel">Stangel</a> </li> <li>1913: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Calder" title="Eddie Calder">Calder</a> </li> <li>1914: <a href="/wiki/Gil_Halstead" title="Gil Halstead">Halstead</a> </li> <li>1915: <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Houghton" title="Ernest Houghton">Houghton</a> </li> <li>1916: <a href="/wiki/George_Levis" title="George Levis">Levis</a> </li> <li>1917: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Woods" title="Ray Woods">Woods</a> </li> <li>1918: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Chandler" title="Bill Chandler">Chandler</a> </li> <li>1919: <a href="/wiki/Erling_Platou" title="Erling Platou">Platou</a> </li> <li>1920: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Cann" title="Howard Cann">Cann</a> </li> <li>1921: <a href="/wiki/George_Williams_(basketball,_born_1899)" title="George Williams (basketball, born 1899)">Williams</a> </li> <li>1922: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Carney" title="Chuck Carney">Carney</a> </li> <li>1923: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Endacott" title="Paul Endacott">Endacott</a> </li> <li>1924: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_T._Black" title="Charlie T. Black">Black</a> </li> <li>1925: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Mueller" title="Earl Mueller">Mueller</a> </li> <li>1926: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Cobb" title="Jack Cobb">Cobb</a> </li> <li>1927: <a href="/wiki/Vic_Hanson" title="Vic Hanson">Hanson</a> </li> <li>1928: <a href="/wiki/Victor_Holt" title="Victor Holt">Holt</a> </li> <li>1929: <a href="/wiki/Cat_Thompson" title="Cat Thompson">C. Thompson</a> </li> <li>1930: <a href="/wiki/Charley_Hyatt" title="Charley Hyatt">Hyatt</a> </li> <li>1931: <a href="/wiki/Bart_Carlton" title="Bart Carlton">Carlton</a> </li> <li>1932: <a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a> </li> <li>1933: <a href="/wiki/Forest_Sale" title="Forest Sale">Sale</a> </li> <li>1934: <a href="/wiki/Wesley_Bennett" title="Wesley Bennett">Bennett</a> </li> <li>1935: <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Edwards" title="Leroy Edwards">Edwards</a> </li> <li>1936: <a href="/wiki/John_Moir_(basketball)" title="John Moir (basketball)">Moir</a> </li> <li>1937: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Luisetti" title="Hank Luisetti">Luisetti</a> </li> <li>1938: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Luisetti" title="Hank Luisetti">Luisetti</a> </li> <li>1939: <a href="/wiki/Chet_Jaworski" title="Chet Jaworski">Jaworski</a> </li> <li>1940: <a href="/wiki/George_Glamack" title="George Glamack">Glamack</a> </li> <li>1941: <a href="/wiki/George_Glamack" title="George Glamack">Glamack</a> </li> <li>1942: <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Stutz" title="Stanley Stutz">Modzelewski</a> </li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/George_Senesky" title="George Senesky">Senesky</a> </li> <li>1944: <a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a> </li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a> </li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a> </li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Tucker" title="Gerald Tucker">Tucker</a> </li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Macauley" title="Ed Macauley">Macauley</a> </li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Lavelli" title="Tony Lavelli">Lavelli</a> </li> <li>1950: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a> </li> <li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Groat" title="Dick Groat">Groat</a> </li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette" title="Clyde Lovellette">Lovellette</a> </li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Houbregs" title="Bob Houbregs">Houbregs</a> </li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a> </li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. 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Russell</a> </li> <li>1967: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a> </li> <li>1968: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a> </li> <li>1969: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a> </li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Wicks" title="Sidney Wicks">Wicks</a> </li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Austin_Carr" title="Austin Carr">Carr</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Wicks" title="Sidney Wicks">Wicks</a> </li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a> </li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a> </li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a> & <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a> </li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Kent_Benson" title="Kent Benson">Benson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Scott_May" title="Scott May">May</a> </li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Marques_Johnson" title="Marques Johnson">Johnson</a> </li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Givens" title="Jack Givens">Givens</a> </li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Griffith" title="Darrell Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Aguirre</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a> & <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Oscar_Robertson_Trophy_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Oscar_Robertson_Trophy" title="Template:Oscar Robertson Trophy"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Oscar_Robertson_Trophy" title="Template talk:Oscar Robertson Trophy"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Oscar_Robertson_Trophy" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Oscar Robertson Trophy"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Oscar_Robertson_Trophy_winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson_Trophy" title="Oscar Robertson Trophy">Oscar Robertson Trophy</a> winners</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Art_Heyman" title="Art Heyman">Heyman</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Hazzard" title="Walt Hazzard">Hazzard</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">Russell</a></li> <li>1967: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1968: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Wicks" title="Sidney Wicks">Wicks</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Marques_Johnson" title="Marques Johnson">M. Johnson</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Ford_(basketball)" title="Phil Ford (basketball)">Ford</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Aguirre</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin" title="Chris Mullin">Mullin</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Berry_(basketball)" title="Walter Berry (basketball)">Berry</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">D. Robinson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Hersey_Hawkins" title="Hersey Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Ferry" title="Danny Ferry">Ferry</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Simmons" title="Lionel Simmons">Simmons</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1969)" title="Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)">L. Johnson</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Christian_Laettner" title="Christian Laettner">Laettner</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Calbert_Cheaney" title="Calbert Cheaney">Cheaney</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robinson" title="Glenn Robinson">G. Robinson</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Ed_O%27Bannon" title="Ed O'Bannon">O'Bannon</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Camby" title="Marcus Camby">Camby</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Antawn_Jamison" title="Antawn Jamison">Jamison</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Elton_Brand" title="Elton Brand">Brand</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Martin</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Shane_Battier" title="Shane Battier">Battier</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Jay_Williams_(basketball)" title="Jay Williams (basketball)">Williams</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/David_West_(basketball)" title="David West (basketball)">West</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Jameer_Nelson" title="Jameer Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bogut" title="Andrew Bogut">Bogut</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Adam_Morrison" title="Adam Morrison">Morrison</a> & <a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">Redick</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Hansbrough" title="Tyler Hansbrough">Hansbrough</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Blake_Griffin" title="Blake Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Evan_Turner" title="Evan Turner">Turner</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Jimmer_Fredette" title="Jimmer Fredette">Fredette</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Trey_Burke" title="Trey Burke">Burke</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Doug_McDermott" title="Doug McDermott">McDermott</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Kaminsky" title="Frank Kaminsky">Kaminsky</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Hield" title="Buddy Hield">Hield</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mason_III" title="Frank Mason III">Mason III</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Brunson</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Zion_Williamson" title="Zion Williamson">Williamson</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Obi_Toppin" title="Obi Toppin">Toppin</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Luka_Garza" title="Luka Garza">Garza</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Tshiebwe" title="Oscar Tshiebwe">Tshiebwe</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Zach_Edey" title="Zach Edey">Edey</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Zach_Edey" title="Zach Edey">Edey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="UPI_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year_Award_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:UPI_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Template:UPI College Basketball Player of the Year"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:UPI_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Template talk:UPI College Basketball Player of the Year"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:UPI_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Special:EditPage/Template:UPI College Basketball Player of the Year"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="UPI_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year_Award_winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/UPI_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="UPI College Basketball Player of the Year">UPI College Basketball Player of the Year Award</a> winners</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Chet_Forte" title="Chet Forte">Forte</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Art_Heyman" title="Art Heyman">Heyman</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bradds" title="Gary Bradds">Bradds</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">C. Russell</a></li> <li>1967: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li>1969: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Austin_Carr" title="Austin Carr">Carr</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Scott_May" title="Scott May">May</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Marques_Johnson" title="Marques Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Butch_Lee" title="Butch Lee">Lee</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Aguirre</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin" title="Chris Mullin">Mullin</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Berry_(basketball)" title="Walter Berry (basketball)">Berry</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">D. Robinson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Hersey_Hawkins" title="Hersey Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Ferry" title="Danny Ferry">Ferry</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Simmons" title="Lionel Simmons">Simmons</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Jackson_(basketball)" title="Jim Jackson (basketball)">Jackson</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Calbert_Cheaney" title="Calbert Cheaney">Cheaney</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robinson" title="Glenn Robinson">G. Robinson</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Smith_(basketball)" title="Joe Smith (basketball)">Smith</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Allen" title="Ray Allen">Allen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Sporting_News_Men&#039;s_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Sporting_News_College_Men%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Template:Sporting News College Men's Basketball Player of the Year"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Sporting_News_College_Men%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Template talk:Sporting News College Men's Basketball Player of the Year"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Sporting_News_College_Men%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Sporting News College Men's Basketball Player of the Year"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Sporting_News_Men&#039;s_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_Men%27s_College_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year">Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Phillip" title="Andy Phillip">Phillip</a></li> <li>1944: <a href="/wiki/Dale_Hall" title="Dale Hall">Hall</a></li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a></li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a></li> <li>1947–49: None selected</li> <li>1950: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a></li> <li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Sherman_White_(basketball)" title="Sherman White (basketball)">White</a></li> <li>1952–57: None selected</li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Art_Heyman" title="Art Heyman">Heyman</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">Russell</a></li> <li>1967: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li>1969: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Wicks" title="Sidney Wicks">Wicks</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Scott_May" title="Scott May">May</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Marques_Johnson" title="Marques Johnson">M. Johnson</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Ford_(basketball)" title="Phil Ford (basketball)">P. Ford</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Griffith" title="Darrell Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Aguirre</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Berry_(basketball)" title="Walter Berry (basketball)">Berry</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">D. Robinson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Hersey_Hawkins" title="Hersey Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Stacey_King" title="Stacey King">King</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Scott_(basketball)" title="Dennis Scott (basketball)">Scott</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1969)" title="Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)">L. Johnson</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Christian_Laettner" title="Christian Laettner">Laettner</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Calbert_Cheaney" title="Calbert Cheaney">Cheaney</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robinson" title="Glenn Robinson">G. Robinson</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Respert" title="Shawn Respert">Respert</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Camby" title="Marcus Camby">Camby</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Antawn_Jamison" title="Antawn Jamison">Jamison</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Elton_Brand" title="Elton Brand">Brand</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Martin</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Shane_Battier" title="Shane Battier">Battier</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Jay_Williams_(basketball)" title="Jay Williams (basketball)">Williams</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/T._J._Ford" title="T. J. Ford">T. J. Ford</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Jameer_Nelson" title="Jameer Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Dee_Brown_(basketball,_born_1984)" title="Dee Brown (basketball, born 1984)">Brown</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">Redick</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Hansbrough" title="Tyler Hansbrough">Hansbrough</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Blake_Griffin" title="Blake Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Evan_Turner" title="Evan Turner">Turner</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Jimmer_Fredette" title="Jimmer Fredette">Fredette</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Victor_Oladipo" title="Victor Oladipo">Oladipo</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Doug_McDermott" title="Doug McDermott">McDermott</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Kaminsky" title="Frank Kaminsky">Kaminsky</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Hield" title="Buddy Hield">Hield</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mason_III" title="Frank Mason III">Mason III</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Brunson</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Zion_Williamson" title="Zion Williamson">Williamson</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Luka_Garza" title="Luka Garza">Garza</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Luka_Garza" title="Luka Garza">Garza</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Tshiebwe" title="Oscar Tshiebwe">Tshiebwe</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Zach_Edey" title="Zach Edey">Edey</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Zach_Edey" title="Zach Edey">Edey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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White">Jo Jo White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butch_Beard" title="Butch Beard">Butch Beard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Warren_(basketball)" title="John Warren (basketball)">John Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_McCarter" title="Willie McCarter">Willie McCarter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Ogden" title="Bud Ogden">Bud Ogden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Davis_(basketball,_born_1946)" title="Mike Davis (basketball, born 1946)">Mike Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Roberson" title="Rick Roberson">Rick Roberson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Second round</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simmie_Hill" title="Simmie Hill">Simmie Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Greacen" title="Bob Greacen">Bob Greacen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Ron_Taylor" title="Tiny Ron Taylor">Ron Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Norwood_(basketball)" title="Willie Norwood (basketball)">Willie Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Spain" title="Ken Spain">Ken Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Williams_(basketball)" title="Bernie Williams (basketball)">Bernie Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Siudut" title="Ed Siudut">Ed Siudut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Baum" title="Johnny Baum">Johnny Baum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Williams_(basketball)" title="Gene Williams (basketball)">Gene Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wally_Anderzunas" title="Wally Anderzunas">Wally Anderzunas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bunting" title="Bill Bunting">Bill Bunting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Garrett" title="Dick Garrett">Dick Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Taylor_(basketball)" title="Willie Taylor (basketball)">Willie Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Scott_(basketball)" title="Willie Scott (basketball)">Willie 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href="/wiki/1949_BAA_draft" title="1949 BAA draft">1949</a>: <a href="/wiki/Howie_Shannon" title="Howie Shannon">Shannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_NBA_draft" title="1950 NBA draft">1950</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Share" title="Chuck Share">Share</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_NBA_draft" title="1951 NBA draft">1951</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Melchiorre" title="Gene Melchiorre">Melchiorre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_NBA_draft" title="1952 NBA draft">1952</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Workman" title="Mark Workman">Workman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_NBA_draft" title="1953 NBA draft">1953</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Felix" title="Ray Felix">Felix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_NBA_draft" title="1954 NBA draft">1954</a>: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Selvy" title="Frank Selvy">Selvy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_NBA_draft" title="1955 NBA draft">1955</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Ricketts" title="Dick Ricketts">Ricketts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_NBA_draft" title="1956 NBA draft">1956</a>: <a href="/wiki/Si_Green" title="Si Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_NBA_draft" title="1957 NBA draft">1957</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_NBA_draft" title="1958 NBA draft">1958</a>: <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_draft" title="1959 NBA draft">1959</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Boozer" title="Bob Boozer">Boozer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_draft" title="1960 NBA draft">1960</a>: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_draft" title="1961 NBA draft">1961</a>: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_draft" title="1962 NBA draft">1962</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bill_McGill" title="Bill McGill">McGill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_NBA_draft" title="1963 NBA draft">1963</a>: <a href="/wiki/Art_Heyman" title="Art Heyman">Heyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_NBA_draft" title="1964 NBA draft">1964</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jim_%22Bad_News%22_Barnes" title="Jim "Bad News" Barnes">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_draft" title="1965 NBA draft">1965</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Hetzel" title="Fred Hetzel">Hetzel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_draft" title="1966 NBA draft">1966</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_draft" title="1967 NBA draft">1967</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Walker_(basketball,_born_1944)" title="Jimmy Walker (basketball, born 1944)">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_draft" title="1968 NBA draft">1968</a>: <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_draft" title="1969 NBA draft">1969</a>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_draft" title="1970 NBA draft">1970</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_draft" title="1971 NBA draft">1971</a>: <a href="/wiki/Austin_Carr" title="Austin Carr">Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_draft" title="1972 NBA draft">1972</a>: <a href="/wiki/LaRue_Martin" title="LaRue Martin">L. Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_draft" title="1973 NBA draft">1973</a>: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_draft" title="1974 NBA draft">1974</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_draft" title="1975 NBA draft">1975</a>: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_draft" title="1976 NBA draft">1976</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_Lucas_II" title="John Lucas II">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_draft" title="1977 NBA draft">1977</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kent_Benson" title="Kent Benson">Benson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_draft" title="1978 NBA draft">1978</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mychal_Thompson" title="Mychal Thompson">M. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_draft" title="1979 NBA draft">1979</a>: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">E. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_draft" title="1980 NBA draft">1980</a>: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Barry_Carroll" title="Joe Barry Carroll">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_draft" title="1981 NBA draft">1981</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Aguirre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_draft" title="1982 NBA draft">1982</a>: <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_draft" title="1983 NBA draft">1983</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_draft" title="1984 NBA draft">1984</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_draft" title="1985 NBA draft">1985</a>: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_draft" title="1986 NBA draft">1986</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Daugherty_(basketball)" title="Brad Daugherty (basketball)">Daugherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_draft" title="1987 NBA draft">1987</a>: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">D. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_draft" title="1988 NBA draft">1988</a>: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Manning" title="Danny Manning">Manning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_draft" title="1989 NBA draft">1989</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pervis_Ellison" title="Pervis Ellison">Ellison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_draft" title="1990 NBA draft">1990</a>: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Coleman" title="Derrick Coleman">Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_draft" title="1991 NBA draft">1991</a>: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1969)" title="Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)">L. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_draft" title="1992 NBA draft">1992</a>: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_draft" title="1993 NBA draft">1993</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_draft" title="1994 NBA draft">1994</a>: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robinson" title="Glenn Robinson">G. 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Malone</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">K. 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Johnson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Pierce</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Nowitzki</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Iguodala</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Antetokounmpo</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Jokić</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Jaylen_Brown" title="Jaylen Brown">Brown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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Sauldsberry">Sauldsberry</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Dischinger" title="Terry Dischinger">Dischinger</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Bing</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a></li> <li>1970: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a> & <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Petrie" title="Geoff Petrie">Petrie</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Wicks" title="Sidney Wicks">Wicks</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Ernie_DiGregorio" title="Ernie DiGregorio">DiGregorio</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Alvan_Adams" title="Alvan Adams">Adams</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Davis_(basketball)" title="Walter Davis (basketball)">Davis</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Ford_(basketball)" title="Phil Ford (basketball)">Ford</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Griffith" title="Darrell Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Buck_Williams" title="Buck Williams">Williams</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Cummings" title="Terry Cummings">Cummings</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Person" title="Chuck Person">Person</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson" title="Mark Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Coleman" title="Derrick Coleman">Coleman</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1969)" title="Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)">Johnson</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Damon_Stoudamire" title="Damon Stoudamire">Stoudamire</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Carter</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Elton_Brand" title="Elton Brand">Brand</a> & <a href="/wiki/Steve_Francis" title="Steve Francis">Francis</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Miller_(basketball,_born_1980)" title="Mike Miller (basketball, born 1980)">Miller</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Amar%27e_Stoudemire" title="Amar'e Stoudemire">Stoudemire</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Emeka_Okafor" title="Emeka Okafor">Okafor</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Paul</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Roy" title="Brandon Roy">Roy</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Rose" title="Derrick Rose">Rose</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Tyreke_Evans" title="Tyreke Evans">Evans</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Blake_Griffin" title="Blake Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Irving</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Damian_Lillard" title="Damian Lillard">Lillard</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Carter-Williams" title="Michael Carter-Williams">Carter-Williams</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wiggins" title="Andrew Wiggins">Wiggins</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Towns</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Brogdon" title="Malcolm Brogdon">Brogdon</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Simmons" title="Ben Simmons">Simmons</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Luka_Don%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Luka Dončić">Dončić</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Ja_Morant" title="Ja Morant">Morant</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/LaMelo_Ball" title="LaMelo Ball">Ball</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Barnes" title="Scottie Barnes">Barnes</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Banchero" title="Paolo Banchero">Banchero</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Victor_Wembanyama" title="Victor Wembanyama">Wembanyama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NBA_annual_scoring_leaders" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/George_Yardley" title="George Yardley">Yardley</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Bing</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li>1971: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1972: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Nate_Archibald" title="Nate Archibald">Archibald</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">English</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Bernard_King" title="Bernard King">King</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Wilkins</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">McGrady</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">McGrady</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony" title="Carmelo Anthony">Anthony</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Westbrook</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Westbrook</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">Harden</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">Harden</a></li> <li>2020: <a 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0.25em"> <ul><li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">Schayes</a></li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Foust" title="Larry Foust">Foust</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mel_Hutchins" title="Mel Hutchins">Hutchins</a></li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Gallatin" title="Harry Gallatin">Gallatin</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Neil_Johnston" title="Neil Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stokes" title="Maurice Stokes">Stokes</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Russell</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Russell</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Russell</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Russell</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1974: <a 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Robinson</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Malone</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Swen_Nater" title="Swen Nater">Nater</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Malone</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Malone</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Malone</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Malone</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Malone</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Laimbeer</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cage" title="Michael Cage">Cage</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">D. 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Mutombo">Mutombo</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Bradley" title="Shawn Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Camby" title="Marcus Camby">Camby</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Theo_Ratliff" title="Theo Ratliff">Ratliff</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Wallace</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Theo_Ratliff" title="Theo Ratliff">Ratliff</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Theo_Ratliff" title="Theo Ratliff">Ratliff</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Andrei_Kirilenko" title="Andrei Kirilenko">Kirilenko</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Camby" title="Marcus Camby">Camby</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Camby" title="Marcus Camby">Camby</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Camby" title="Marcus Camby">Camby</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Howard</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Howard</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bogut" title="Andrew Bogut">Bogut</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Serge_Ibaka" title="Serge Ibaka">Ibaka</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Serge_Ibaka" title="Serge Ibaka">Ibaka</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Whiteside" title="Hassan Whiteside">Whiteside</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Gobert" title="Rudy Gobert">Gobert</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Myles_Turner" title="Myles Turner">Turner</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Whiteside" title="Hassan 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colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Bannister" title="Roger Bannister">Roger Bannister</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Podres" title="Johnny Podres">Johnny Podres</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Morrow" title="Bobby Morrow">Bobby Morrow</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Rafer_Johnson" title="Rafer Johnson">Rafer Johnson</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Ingemar_Johansson" title="Ingemar Johansson">Ingemar Johansson</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Palmer" title="Arnold Palmer">Arnold Palmer</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Baker" title="Terry Baker">Terry Baker</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rozelle" title="Pete Rozelle">Pete Rozelle</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Venturi" title="Ken Venturi">Ken Venturi</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ryun" title="Jim Ryun">Jim Ryun</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orr" title="Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Trevino" title="Lee Trevino">Lee Trevino</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean_King" title="Billie Jean King">Billie Jean King</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">John Wooden</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Stewart" title="Jackie Stewart">Jackie Stewart</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Evert" title="Chris Evert">Chris Evert</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cauthen" title="Steve Cauthen">Steve Cauthen</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nicklaus" title="Jack Nicklaus">Jack Nicklaus</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Terry Bradshaw</a> & <a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Willie Stargell</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice" title="Miracle on Ice">U.S. Olympic Hockey Team</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Ray_Leonard" title="Sugar Ray Leonard">Sugar Ray Leonard</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky" title="Wayne Gretzky">Wayne Gretzky</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Mary_Decker" title="Mary Decker">Mary Decker</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Moses" title="Edwin Moses">Edwin Moses</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_Retton" title="Mary Lou Retton">Mary Lou Retton</a></li> <li>1985: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Paterno" title="Joe Paterno">Joe Paterno</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Bourne" title="Bob Bourne">Bob Bourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judi_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Judi Brown">Judi Brown King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kipchoge_Keino" title="Kipchoge Keino">Kipchoge Keino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dale_Murphy" title="Dale Murphy">Dale Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chip_Rives" title="Chip Rives">Chip Rives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patty_Sheehan" title="Patty Sheehan">Patty Sheehan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rory_Sparrow" title="Rory Sparrow">Rory Sparrow</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Williams_(linebacker)" title="Reggie Williams (linebacker)">Reggie Williams</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Orel_Hershiser" title="Orel Hershiser">Orel Hershiser</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Greg_LeMond" title="Greg LeMond">Greg LeMond</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Joe Montana</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ashe" title="Arthur Ashe">Arthur Ashe</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Don Shula</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Blair" title="Bonnie Blair">Bonnie Blair</a> & <a href="/wiki/Johann_Olav_Koss" title="Johann Olav Koss">Johann Olav Koss</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Cal Ripken Jr.</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Dean_Smith" title="Dean Smith">Dean Smith</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Mark_McGwire" title="Mark McGwire">Mark McGwire</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Sosa" title="Sammy Sosa">Sammy Sosa</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">U.S. Women's Soccer Team</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></li> <li>2001: <a 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J. Watt">J. J. Watt</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2017–18 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Megan_Rapinoe" title="Megan Rapinoe">Megan Rapinoe</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Laurent_Duvernay-Tardif" title="Laurent Duvernay-Tardif">Laurent Duvernay-Tardif</a>, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Patrick Mahomes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naomi_Osaka" title="Naomi Osaka">Naomi Osaka</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Breanna_Stewart" title="Breanna Stewart">Breanna Stewart</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Deion_Sanders" title="Deion Sanders">Deion Sanders</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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href="/wiki/List_of_players_in_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Players</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Guards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Allen" title="Ray Allen">R. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Archibald" title="Nate Archibald">Archibald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Barnett" title="Dick Barnett">Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Beckman" title="John Beckman">Beckman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Belov" title="Sergei Belov">Belov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Bing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Blazejowski" title="Carol Blazejowski">Blazejowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_Borgmann" title="Bennie Borgmann">Borgmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Braun_(basketball)" title="Carl Braun (basketball)">Braun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brennan_(basketball)" title="Joseph Brennan (basketball)">Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Cervi" title="Al Cervi">Cervi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Cheeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zack_Clayton" title="Zack Clayton">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Cooper-Dyke" title="Cynthia Cooper-Dyke">Cooper-Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louie_Dampier" title="Louie Dampier">Dampier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Davies" title="Bob Davies">Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Drexler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Edwards" title="Teresa Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Endacott" title="Paul Endacott">Endacott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Frazier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Friedman_(basketball)" title="Marty Friedman (basketball)">Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikos_Galis" title="Nikos Galis">Galis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Ginóbili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Greer" title="Hal Greer">Greer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Grentz" title="Theresa Grentz">Grentz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Guerin" title="Richie Guerin">Guerin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becky_Hammon" title="Becky Hammon">Hammon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Hanson" title="Vic Hanson">Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Hardaway" title="Tim Hardaway">Hardaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marques_Haynes" title="Marques Haynes">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Holman" title="Nat Holman">Holman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Hyatt" title="Charley Hyatt">Hyatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Isaacs" title="John Isaacs">Isaacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Jeannette" title="Buddy Jeannette">Jeannette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fats_Jenkins" title="Fats Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">D. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">M. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._C._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="K. C. Jones">K. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Jones_(basketball,_born_1933)" title="Sam Jones (basketball, born 1933)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Lieberman" title="Nancy Lieberman">Lieberman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hort%C3%AAncia_Marcari" title="Hortência Marcari">Marcari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Mar%C4%8Diulionis" title="Šarūnas Marčiulionis">Marčiulionis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slater_Martin" title="Slater Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_McDermott" title="Bobby McDermott">McDermott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">McGrady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_McGuire" title="Dick McGuire">D. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Meyers" title="Ann Meyers">Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">R. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Moncrief" title="Sidney Moncrief">Moncrief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Moore" title="Pearl Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">C. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Page" title="Harlan Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Petrović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Phillip" title="Andy Phillip">Phillip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Posey" title="Cumberland Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Rodgers" title="Guy Rodgers">Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Roosma" title="John Roosma">Roosma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honey_Russell" title="Honey Russell">J. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Schommer" title="John Schommer">Schommer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Scott_(basketball)" title="Charlie Scott (basketball)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Sedran" title="Barney Sedran">Sedran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Smith" title="Katie Smith">K. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Staley" title="Dawn Staley">Staley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Steinmetz" title="Christian Steinmetz">Steinmetz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Swoopes" title="Sheryl Swoopes">Swoopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Timms" title="Michele Timms">Timms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuzzy_Vandivier" title="Fuzzy Vandivier">Vandivier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Wanzer" title="Bobby Wanzer">Wanzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Weatherspoon" title="Teresa Weatherspoon">Weatherspoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Westphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Whalen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">J. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynette_Woodard" title="Lynette Woodard">Woodard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Forwards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Augustus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Bosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Boswell" title="Sonny Boswell">Boswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swin_Cash" title="Swin Cash">Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamika_Catchings" title="Tamika Catchings">Catchings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Cooper_(basketball)" title="Chuck Cooper (basketball)">C. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">M. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Curry" title="Denise Curry">Curry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Dalipagi%C4%87" title="Dražen Dalipagić">Dalipagić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Dandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Davis_(basketball)" title="Walter Davis (basketball)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">DeBusschere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Dehnert" title="Dutch Dehnert">Dehnert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_E._Foster" title="Harold E. Foster">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Fulks" title="Joe Fulks">Fulks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laddie_Gale" title="Laddie Gale">Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Gates" title="Pop Gates">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Hagan" title="Cliff Hagan">Hagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Howell" title="Bailey Howell">Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Hudson" title="Lou Hudson">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Jackson" title="Lauren Jackson">L. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">G. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">B. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_King" title="Bernard King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Luisetti" title="Hank Luisetti">Luisetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">K. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katrina_McClain" title="Katrina McClain">McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_McCracken" title="Branch McCracken">B. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McCracken" title="Jack McCracken">J. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">McGinnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">McHale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen" title="Vern Mikkelsen">Mikkelsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Miller" title="Cheryl Miller">C. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin" title="Chris Mullin">Mullin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Nowitzki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pullins" title="Albert Pullins">Pullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Ra%C4%91a" title="Dino Rađa">Radja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ramsey_(basketball)" title="Frank Ramsey (basketball)">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Rodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">Schayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Schmidt" title="Ernest Schmidt">E. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt" title="Oscar Schmidt">O. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stokes" title="Maurice Stokes">Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Thompson" title="Cat Thompson">C. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Thompson" title="Tina Thompson">T. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Walker" title="Chet Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nera_White" title="Nera White">N. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Yardley" title="George Yardley">Yardley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barlow_(basketball)" title="Thomas Barlow (basketball)">Barlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelmo_Beaty" title="Zelmo Beaty">Beaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_Cooper" title="Tarzan Cooper">T. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_%C4%86osi%C4%87" title="Krešimir Ćosić">Ćosić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Crawford_(basketball)" title="Joan Crawford (basketball)">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Daniels" title="Mel Daniels">Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_DeBernardi" title="Forrest DeBernardi">DeBernardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Divac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Donovan" title="Anne Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gallatin" title="Harry Gallatin">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yolanda_Griffith" title="Yolanda Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Gruenig" title="Ace Gruenig">Gruenig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusia_Harris" title="Lusia Harris">Harris-Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Houbregs" title="Bob Houbregs">Houbregs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Issel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inman_Jackson" title="Inman Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinny_Johnson" title="Skinny Johnson">W. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Johnston" title="Neil Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moose_Krause" title="Moose Krause">M. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Leslie" title="Lisa Leslie">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette" title="Clyde Lovellette">Lovellette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lapchick" title="Joe Lapchick">Lapchick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Macauley" title="Ed Macauley">Macauley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubiratan_Pereira_Maciel" title="Ubiratan Pereira Maciel">Maciel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Meneghin" title="Dino Meneghin">Meneghin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stretch_Murphy" title="Stretch Murphy">S. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Risen" title="Arnie Risen">Risen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uljana_Semjonova" title="Uljana Semjonova">Semjonova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Sikma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Thurmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Wachter" title="Ed Wachter">Wachter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ora_Washington" title="Ora Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_coaches_in_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Coaches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Adelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lidiya_Alekseyeva" title="Lidiya Alekseyeva">Alexeeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phog_Allen" title="Phog Allen">P. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Harold Anderson (basketball)">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geno_Auriemma" title="Geno Auriemma">Auriemma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Barmore" title="Leon Barmore">Barmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Barry" title="Sam Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Bess" title="Gene Bess">Bess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Blair" title="Gary Blair">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Blood" title="Ernest Blood">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Boeheim" title="Jim Boeheim">Boeheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">L. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Calhoun" title="Jim Calhoun">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Calipari" title="John Calipari">Calipari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cann" title="Howard Cann">Cann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Carlson" title="Doc Carlson">Carlson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Carnesecca" title="Lou Carnesecca">Carnesecca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Carnevale" title="Ben Carnevale">Carnevale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Carril" title="Pete Carril">Carril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Case" title="Everett Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Chancellor" title="Van Chancellor">Chancellor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chaney_(basketball,_born_1932)" title="John Chaney (basketball, born 1932)">Chaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jody_Conradt" title="Jody Conradt">Conradt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Crum" title="Denny Crum">Crum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dean" title="Everett Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_D%C3%ADaz-Miguel" title="Antonio Díaz-Miguel">Díaz-Miguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Diddle" title="Edgar Diddle">Diddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Drake" title="Bruce Drake">Drake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Driesell" title="Lefty Driesell">Driesell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Ferr%C3%A1ndiz" title="Pedro Ferrándiz">Ferrándiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Fitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Fitzsimmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Gaines" title="Clarence Gaines">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandro_Gamba" title="Sandro Gamba">Gamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Gardner_(basketball)" title="Jack Gardner (basketball)">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Gaze" title="Lindsay Gaze">Gaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slats_Gill" title="Slats Gill">Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Gomelsky" title="Alexander Gomelsky">Gomelsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Gunter" title="Sue Gunter">Gunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Hannum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Harshman" title="Marv Harshman">Harshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Haskins" title="Don Haskins">Haskins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Hatchell" title="Sylvia Hatchell">Hatchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hickey" title="Eddie Hickey">Hickey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hixon" title="David Hixon">Hixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Hobson" title="Howard Hobson">Hobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Holzman" title="Red Holzman">Holzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Huggins" title="Bob Huggins">Huggins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hughes_(basketball)" title="Robert Hughes (basketball)">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hurley" title="Bob Hurley">Hurley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Iba" title="Henry Iba">Iba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Izzo" title="Tom Izzo">Izzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Jackson" title="Phil Jackson">P. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doggie_Julian" title="Doggie Julian">Julian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Keady" title="Gene Keady">Keady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Keaney" title="Frank Keaney">Keaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Keogan" title="George Keogan">Keogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Knight" title="Bob Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski" title="Mike Krzyzewski">Krzyzewski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kundla" title="John Kundla">Kundla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_Lambert" title="Ward Lambert">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Leonard" title="Bobby Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Lewis" title="Guy Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Litwack" title="Harry Litwack">Litwack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Loeffler" title="Ken Loeffler">Loeffler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Lonborg" title="Dutch Lonborg">Lonborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Magee" title="Herb Magee">Magee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arad_McCutchan" title="Arad McCutchan">McCutchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muffet_McGraw" title="Muffet McGraw">McGraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_McGuire" title="Al McGuire">A. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McGuire" title="Frank McGuire">F. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Meanwell" title="Walter Meanwell">Meanwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Meyer" title="Ray Meyer">Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Miller" title="Ralph Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Moore" title="Billie Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Mulkey" title="Kim Mulkey">Mulkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_Nikoli%C4%87" title="Aleksandar Nikolić">Nikolić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirko_Novosel" title="Mirko Novosel">Novosel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lute_Olson" title="Lute Olson">Olson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Pitino" title="Rick Pitino">Pitino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Popovich" title="Gregg Popovich">Popovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Redin" title="Harley Redin">Redin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Richardson" title="Nolan Richardson">Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Rubini" title="Cesare Rubini">Rubini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Rupp" title="Adolph Rupp">Rupp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Rush" title="Cathy Rush">Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Ryan" title="Bo Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Sachs" title="Lenny Sachs">Sachs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Self" title="Bill Self">Self</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Shelton" title="Everett Shelton">Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sloan" title="Jerry Sloan">Sloan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Smith_(basketball_coach)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Smith (basketball coach) (page does not exist)">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Smith" title="Dean Smith">D. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Stanley" title="Marianne Stanley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stevens_(basketball)" title="Barbara Stevens (basketball)">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Vivian_Stringer" title="C. Vivian Stringer">Stringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Summitt" title="Pat Summitt">Summitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sutton" title="Eddie Sutton">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Tarkanian" title="Jerry Tarkanian">Tarkanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Taylor_(basketball,_born_1924)" title="Fred Taylor (basketball, born 1924)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertha_Teague" title="Bertha Teague">Teague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thompson_(basketball)" title="John Thompson (basketball)">J. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Tomjanovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_VanDerveer" title="Tara VanDerveer">VanDerveer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wade_(basketball)" title="Margaret Wade (basketball)">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Watts" title="Stan Watts">Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Williams" title="Gary Williams">G. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Williams_(basketball_coach)" title="Roy Williams (basketball coach)">R. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Woolpert" title="Phil Woolpert">Woolpert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Wootten" title="Morgan Wootten">Wootten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Yow" title="Kay Yow">Yow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Contributors" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Contributors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senda_Berenson_Abbott" title="Senda Berenson Abbott">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Ackerman" title="Val Ackerman">Ackerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Attles" title="Al Attles">Attles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Barksdale" title="Don Barksdale">Barksdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Baumann_(basketball)" title="Patrick Baumann (basketball)">Baumann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clair_Bee" title="Clair Bee">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Biasone" title="Danny Biasone">Biasone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">H. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Brown" title="Walter A. Brown">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bunn_(basketball)" title="John Bunn (basketball)">Bunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Buss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Clifton" title="Nat Clifton">Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Colangelo" title="Jerry Colangelo">Colangelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Costello" title="Larry Costello">Costello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Davidson_(businessman)" title="Bill Davidson (businessman)">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Douglas" title="Bob Douglas">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alva_Duer" title="Alva Duer">Duer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Embry" title="Wayne Embry">Embry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Fagan" title="Cliff Fagan">Fagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_A._Fisher" title="Harry A. Fisher">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Fleisher" title="Larry Fleisher">Fleisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Garfinkel" title="Howard Garfinkel">Garfinkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gavitt" title="Dave Gavitt">Gavitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gottlieb" title="Eddie Gottlieb">Gottlieb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Granik" title="Russ Granik">Granik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Gulick_(physician)" title="Luther Gulick (physician)">Gulick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Harrison_(basketball)" title="Les Harrison (basketball)">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Henderson" title="Edwin Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Hepp" title="Ferenc Hepp">Hepp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Hickox" title="Edward J. Hickox">Hickox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hinkle" title="Tony Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Irish" title="Ned Irish">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannie_Jackson" title="Mannie Jackson">M. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Jernstedt" title="Tom Jernstedt">Jernstedt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renato_William_Jones" title="Renato William Jones">R. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy" title="J. Walter Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Knight" title="Phil Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Krause" title="Jerry Krause">J. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowlark_Lemon" title="Meadowlark Lemon">Lemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Liston" title="Emil Liston">Liston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Lloyd" title="Earl Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Lobo" title="Rebecca Lobo">Lobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mokray" title="Bill Mokray">Mokray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Morgan_(basketball)" title="Ralph Morgan (basketball)">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Morgenweck" title="Pop Morgenweck">Morgenweck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Naismith" title="James Naismith">Naismith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Newell" title="Pete Newell">Newell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._M._Newton" title="C. M. Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Brien_(basketball,_born_1888)" title="John O'Brien (basketball, born 1888)">J. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_O%27Brien" title="Larry O'Brien">L. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Olsen" title="Harold Olsen">Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff" title="Maurice Podoloff">Podoloff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._V._Porter" title="H. V. Porter">Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Raveling" title="George Raveling">Raveling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Reid_(basketball)" title="William Reid (basketball)">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Reinsdorf" title="Jerry Reinsdorf">Reinsdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Ripley" title="Elmer Ripley">Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satch_Sanders" title="Satch Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abe_Saperstein" title="Abe Saperstein">Saperstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Schabinger" title="Arthur Schabinger">Schabinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Simon_(businessman)" title="Herb Simon (businessman)">Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_St._John" title="Lynn St. John">St. John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Alonzo_Stagg" title="Amos Alonzo Stagg">Stagg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borislav_Stankovi%C4%87" title="Borislav Stanković">Stanković</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Steitz" title="Ed Steitz">Steitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Stern" title="David Stern">Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Taylor_(salesman)" title="Chuck Taylor (salesman)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Thorn" title="Rod Thorn">Thorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oswald_Tower" title="Oswald Tower">Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Trester" title="Arthur Trester">Trester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Valvano" title="Jim Valvano">Valvano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Vitale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_Wells" title="Clifford Wells">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Welts" title="Rick Welts">Welts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Wilke" title="Louis Wilke">Wilke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tex_Winter" title="Tex Winter">Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Zollner" title="Fred Zollner">Zollner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Referees" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Referees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Bavetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Enright_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Enright (referee)">Enright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Evans_(basketball)" title="Hugh Evans (basketball)">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darell_Garretson" title="Darell Garretson">Garretson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hepbron" title="George Hepbron">Hepbron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hoyt" title="George Hoyt">Hoyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_P._Kennedy" title="Matthew P. Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Leith" title="Lloyd Leith">Leith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Mihalik" title="Red Mihalik">Mihalik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Nichols" title="Hank Nichols">Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Nucatola" title="John Nucatola">Nucatola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_C._Quigley" title="Ernest C. 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Fascitelli">Mike Fascitelli</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Junior_Bridgeman" title="Junior Bridgeman">Junior Bridgeman</a></dd> <dt>President</dt> <dd>Peter Feigin</dd> <dt>General manager</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jon_Horst" title="Jon Horst">Jon Horst</a></dd> <dt>Head coach</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doc_Rivers" title="Doc Rivers">Doc Rivers</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EEE1C6 !important; color: #00471B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #00471B, inset -2px -2px 0 #00471B; !important;;;width:1%">G League affiliate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Herd" title="Wisconsin Herd">Wisconsin Herd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EEE1C6 !important; color: #00471B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #00471B, inset -2px -2px 0 #00471B; 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href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks#Mascot" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Bango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1970–71 Milwaukee Bucks season">1970–71 championship season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_Finals" title="1974 NBA Finals">1974 NBA Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Indiana" title="Robert Indiana">MECCA Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="2009–10 Milwaukee Bucks season">Fear the Deer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Kohl" title="Herb Kohl">Herb Kohl</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><link 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Detroit (1946–1947) and Minneapolis (1947–1960)</li> <li>Based in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles, California</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="History of the Los Angeles Lakers">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers_all-time_roster" title="Los Angeles Lakers all-time roster">All-time roster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers_draft_history" title="Los Angeles Lakers draft history">Draft history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers_accomplishments_and_records" title="Los Angeles Lakers accomplishments and records">Records</a></li> 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href="/wiki/Patrick_Soon-Shiong" title="Patrick Soon-Shiong">Patrick Soon-Shiong</a> (minority)</dd> <dt>President</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jeanie_Buss" title="Jeanie Buss">Jeanie Buss</a></dd> <dt>General manager</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rob_Pelinka" title="Rob Pelinka">Rob Pelinka</a></dd> <dt>Head coach</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">JJ Redick</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">G League affiliate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Bay_Lakers" title="South Bay Lakers">South Bay Lakers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 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