Hakeem Olajuwon vs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Who has the better career numbers?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar leads in 6 of the 9 lines, Hakeem Olajuwon in 3. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Hakeem Olajuwon vs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar head to head

They have faced each other 28 times: Hakeem Olajuwon's team won 9, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 19. In the playoffs Hakeem Olajuwon leads 4-1.

Every game against each other

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Hakeem Olajuwon vs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, every game

Date↓	Game↓	Olajuwon's team↓	Hakeem Olajuwon↓	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar↓
Mar 13, 1989	HOU at LAL	L 97-96	30 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 37 MIN	21 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 33 MIN
Mar 5, 1989	LAL at HOU	W 88-83	22 PTS, 17 REB, 3 AST, 43 MIN	7 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 19 MIN
Jan 31, 1989	LAL at HOU	L 125-114	25 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 35 MIN	6 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 18 MIN
Jan 16, 1989	HOU at LAL	L 124-113	19 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 34 MIN	12 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 29 MIN
Apr 17, 1988	LAL at HOU	W 127-119	38 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 42 MIN	17 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 28 MIN
Mar 22, 1988	HOU at LAL	L 117-95	11 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 28 MIN	13 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 25 MIN
Feb 18, 1988	LAL at HOU	L 111-96	20 PTS, 20 REB, 0 AST, 42 MIN	16 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 32 MIN
Jan 18, 1988	HOU at LAL	L 121-110	24 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 41 MIN	20 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 33 MIN
Nov 8, 1987	HOU at LAL	L 101-92	26 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 38 MIN	11 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 28 MIN
Mar 31, 1987	HOU at LAL	L 111-96	11 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST, 35 MIN	16 PTS, 5 REB, 0 AST, 23 MIN
Mar 28, 1987	LAL at HOU	L 123-109	10 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 37 MIN	13 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 29 MIN
Dec 26, 1986	HOU at LAL	L 134-111	22 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 35 MIN	19 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 32 MIN
Nov 1, 1986	LAL at HOU	W 112-102	26 PTS, 17 REB, 3 AST, 44 MIN	27 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 40 MIN
May 21, 1986	HOU at LAL (playoffs)	W 114-112	30 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 36 MIN	26 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 37 MIN
May 18, 1986	LAL at HOU (playoffs)	W 105-95	35 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 42 MIN	24 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 36 MIN
May 16, 1986	LAL at HOU (playoffs)	W 117-109	40 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 46 MIN	33 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 42 MIN
May 13, 1986	HOU at LAL (playoffs)	W 112-102	22 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 41 MIN	21 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 38 MIN
May 10, 1986	HOU at LAL (playoffs)	L 119-107	28 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST, 45 MIN	31 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 35 MIN
Apr 10, 1986	HOU at LAL	L 117-113	34 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 38 MIN	23 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 36 MIN
Apr 6, 1986	LAL at HOU	W 109-103	25 PTS, 11 REB, 0 AST, 43 MIN	18 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 38 MIN
Mar 16, 1986	HOU at LAL	L 116-111	21 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 37 MIN	43 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 40 MIN
Feb 6, 1986	LAL at HOU	L 117-95	18 PTS, 14 REB, 0 AST, 38 MIN	46 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 37 MIN
Dec 6, 1985	HOU at LAL	L 120-112	29 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 40 MIN	35 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 39 MIN
Mar 22, 1985	LAL at HOU	L 130-107	10 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 37 MIN	30 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 36 MIN
Feb 26, 1985	HOU at LAL	L 100-94	21 PTS, 16 REB, 0 AST, 34 MIN	19 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 33 MIN
Feb 5, 1985	LAL at HOU	L 113-104	30 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 43 MIN	40 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 41 MIN
Jan 30, 1985	HOU at LAL	W 116-113	24 PTS, 9 REB, 0 AST, 31 MIN	34 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 39 MIN
Dec 19, 1984	LAL at HOU	L 123-116	18 PTS, 9 REB, 0 AST, 33 MIN	32 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 38 MIN

Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.

Career totals

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Where each stands all time

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

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.