Position: Center Height: 7'" Weight: 225 lbs. Born: April 16, 1947 in New York, New York High School: Power Memorial in New York, New York College: University of California, Los Angeles Draft: Milwaukee Bucks, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1969 NBA Draft NBA Debut: October 18, 1969 Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1995
NBA career and statistics
Teams and years- 1969–75 Milwaukee Bucks
- 1975–89 Los Angeles Lakers
- Games played – 1560 (2nd most in NBA history)
- Field goal % – 55.9 (10th highest in NBA history)
- Free throw % – 72.1
- Three-point % – 05.6
- Rebounds – 17,440 (3rd most in NBA history)
- Rebounds per game – 11.2 (23rd highest in NBA history)
- Assists – 5,660 (34th in NBA history)
- Assist per game – 3.6
- Steals – 1,160
- Steals per game – 0.74
- Blocks – 3,189 (3rd most in NBA history) (Note: blocks were not officially tabulated until the 1973–74 season)
- Blocks per game – 2.57
- Points per game – 24.6 (14th highest in NBA history)
- Holds NBA career record for:
- Most points (38,387)
- Most minutes played (57,446)
- Most field goals made (15,837)
- Most field goals attempted (28,307)
- Most All-Star selections (19)
- Most All-Star games played (18)
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (May 15, 1995)
- College:
- Player of the Year (1967, 1969)
- Three-time First Team All-American (1967–69)
- Three-time NCAA champion (1967, 1968, 1969)
- Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament (1967, 1968, 1969)
- Naismith College Player of the Year (1969)
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (2007)
- National Basketball Association:
- Rookie of the Year (1970)
- Six-time NBA champion (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
- Most Valuable Player (1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980)
- Sporting News NBA MVP (1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980)
- Finals Most Valuable Player (1971, 1985)
- Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" (1985)
- One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)
- First player in NBA history to play 20 seasons
- #7 in SLAM Magazine's Top 50 NBA Players of all time in 2009.
- November 16, 2012 – A statue of Abdul-Jabbar was unveiled in front of Staples Center on Chick Hearn Court, in Los Angeles.
