Fat Lever vs Michael Jordan

Fat LeverMichael Jordan

Fat Lever and Michael Jordan compared on their NBA careers: Fat Lever played 11 seasons, 1982-83 to 1993-94, Michael Jordan 15 seasons, 1984-85 to 2002-03. Fat Lever averaged 13.9 points a game to Michael Jordan's 30.1. Michael Jordan won 6 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Fat Lever and Michael Jordan career per game
752GP1,072
31.7MIN38.3
13.9PTS30.1
6REB6.2
6.2AST5.3
2.2STL2.3
0.3BLK0.8
44.7FG%49.7
313P%32.7
77.1FT%83.5
49.6TS%56.9

Career totals

Fat Lever and Michael Jordan career totals
10,433PTS32,292
4,523REB6,672
4,696AST5,633
1,666STL2,514
209BLK893
44.7FG%49.7
313P%32.7
77.1FT%83.5
49.6TS%56.9

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Fat Lever and Michael Jordan postseason
48GP179
30MIN41.8
12.4PTS33.4
5.8REB6.4
6.2AST5.7
1.9STL2.1
0.2BLK0.9
41.4FG%48.7
40.93P%33.2
77.5FT%82.8
48.2TS%56.8

Where each stands all time

Fat Lever and Michael Jordan all-time places
299th (10,433)Points6th (32,292)
233rd (4,523)Rebounds100th (6,672)
75th (4,696)Assists47th (5,633)
27th (1,666)Steals4th (2,514)
—Blocks113th (893)

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Fat Lever: 0 championships; All-NBA Second Team
  • Michael Jordan: 6 championships; Rookie of the Year, All-Rookie First Team, All-NBA Second Team, All-NBA First Team ×10, All-Defensive First Team ×9, All-Star MVP ×3, Defensive Player of the Year, MVP ×5, Finals MVP ×6

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Fat Lever and Michael Jordan season by season
PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.
1st1982-837.82.85.31984-8528.26.55.9
2nd1983-849.72.74.61985-8622.73.62.9
3rd1984-8512.857.51986-8737.15.24.6
4th1985-8613.85.47.51987-88355.55.9
5th1986-8718.98.981988-8932.588
6th1987-8818.98.17.81989-9033.66.96.3
7th1988-8919.89.37.91990-9131.565.5
8th1989-9018.39.36.51991-9230.16.46.1
9th1990-917.33.831992-9332.66.75.5
10th1991-9211.25.23.51994-9526.96.95.3
11th1993-946.93.52.61995-9630.46.64.3
12th————1996-9729.65.94.3
13th————1997-9828.75.83.5
14th————2001-0222.95.75.2
15th————2002-03206.13.8

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST