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Karl Malone



Position: Power Forward
Full Name: Karl Malone
Nickname: The Mailman
Born: July 24, 1963 in Summerfield, Louisiana
Height: 6-9
Weight: 250
High School: Summerfield in Summerfield, Louisiana
College: Louisiana Tech University
Drafted: 1st Round, 13th Pick - Utah Jazz, 1985
Jersey#: 11 (LA Lakers), 32 (Utah)

Played for the Lakers from 2003 to 2004


Malone is regarded as one of the best forwards ever. He collected two regular-season MVP Awards, 11 NBA First Team nominations and also three NBA All-Defensive Team callups.

Statistically, he is even the ultimate power forward. He scored 36,928 points (25.0 per game), second best all-time, on remarkable .516 shooting. His high field goal percentage benefitted from two factors, namely on one hand the superior passing of John Stockton, and secondly his extreme physical power, enabling to safely slam dunk on most forwards. Malone grabbed an average 10.1 rebounds (thus avaraging a double-double in his career) and also stole an average 1.41 balls per game.

Karl was a very physical player. He liked to draw contact, dunk over them and put other players in foul trouble. As a result, he would lead the NBA in free throws made seven separate seasons (an NBA record). He was also a physical defender and rebounder, and one of the most durable players ever in the NBA, missing a total of five regular season games in his first 13 years (!) and still playing well at age 40, becoming the oldest player to log a triple-double and being a starter on the NBA Finalists, the Los Angeles Lakers. Malone's work ethic features prominently in his formative years in the NBA where he raised his free throw shooting percentage from below 50% to 75% in a few years. He also added a long range jump shot which made him virtually unguardable.



Regular Season Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1986 UTA 81 2475 504 1016 .496 195 405 .481 0 2 - 718 8.9 236 295 105 279 44 1203 14.9
1987 UTA 82 2857 728 1422 .512 323 540 .598 0 7 - 855 10.4 158 323 104 237 60 1779 21.7
1988 UTA 82 3198 858 1650 .520 552 789 .700 0 5 - 986 12.0 199 296 117 325 50 2268 27.7
1989 UTA 80 3126 809 1559 .519 703 918 .766 5 16 .313 853 10.7 219 286 144 285 70 2326 29.1
1990 UTA 82 3122 914 1627 .562 696 913 .762 16 43 .372 911 11.1 226 259 121 304 50 2540 31.0
1991 UTA 82 3302 847 1608 .527 684 888 .770 4 14 .286 967 11.8 270 268 89 244 79 2382 29.0
1992 UTA 81 3054 798 1516 .526 673 865 .778 3 17 .176 909 11.2 241 226 108 248 51 2272 28.0
1993 UTA 82 3099 797 1443 .552 619 836 .740 4 20 .200 919 11.2 308 261 124 240 85 2217 27.0
1994 UTA 82 3329 772 1552 .497 511 736 .694 8 32 .250 940 11.5 328 268 125 234 126 2063 25.2
1995 UTA 82 3126 830 1548 .536 516 695 .742 11 41 .268 870 10.6 285 269 129 236 85 2187 26.7
1996 UTA 82 3113 789 1520 .519 512 708 .723 16 40 .400 804 9.8 345 245 138 199 56 2106 25.7
1997 UTA 82 2998 864 1571 .550 521 690 .755 0 13 - 809 9.9 368 217 113 233 48 2249 27.4
1998 UTA 81 3030 780 1472 .530 628 825 .761 2 6 .333 834 10.3 316 237 96 247 70 2190 27.0
1999 UTA 49 1832 393 797 .493 378 480 .787 0 1 - 463 9.4 201 134 62 162 28 1164 23.8
2000 UTA 82 2947 752 1476 .509 589 739 .797 2 8 .250 779 9.5 304 229 79 231 71 2095 25.5
2001 UTA 81 2895 670 1345 .498 536 676 .793 2 5 .400 669 8.3 361 216 93 244 62 1878 23.2
2002 UTA 80 3040 635 1399 .454 509 639 .797 9 25 .360 686 8.6 341 229 152 263 59 1788 22.4
2003 UTA 81 2936 595 1289 .462 474 621 .763 3 14 .214 628 7.8 379 204 136 210 31 1667 20.6
2004 LAL 42 1373 193 400 .482 168 225 .747 0 1 - 367 8.7 163 116 50 103 20 554 13.2
CAREER 1476 54852 13528 26210 .516 9787 13188 .742 85 310 .274 14967 10.1 5248 4578 2085 4524 1145 36928 25.0


Playoff Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1986 UTA 4 144 38 72 .528 11 26 .423 0 0 - 30 7.5 4 18 8 6 0 87 21.8
1987 UTA 5 200 37 88 .420 26 36 .722 0 0 - 48 9.6 6 20 11 17 4 100 20.0
1988 UTA 11 494 123 255 .482 81 112 .723 0 1 - 130 11.8 17 35 13 39 7 327 29.7
1989 UTA 3 136 33 66 .500 26 32 .813 0 0 - 49 16.3 4 16 3 13 1 92 30.7
1990 UTA 5 203 46 105 .438 34 45 .756 0 1 - 51 10.2 11 22 11 12 5 126 25.2
1991 UTA 9 383 95 209 .455 77 91 .846 0 8 - 120 13.3 29 35 9 26 11 267 29.7
1992 UTA 16 688 148 284 .521 169 210 .805 0 2 - 181 11.3 42 57 22 46 19 465 29.1
1993 UTA 5 216 44 97 .454 31 38 .816 1 2 .500 52 10.4 10 21 6 20 2 120 24.0
1994 UTA 16 703 158 338 .467 118 160 .738 0 4 - 198 12.4 54 59 23 34 13 434 27.1
1995 UTA 5 216 48 103 .466 54 78 .692 1 3 .333 66 13.2 19 18 7 14 2 151 30.2
1996 UTA 18 725 188 401 .469 101 176 .574 0 3 - 186 10.3 79 60 34 45 10 477 26.5
1997 UTA 20 816 187 430 .435 144 200 .720 1 2 .500 228 11.4 57 59 27 54 15 519 25.9
1998 UTA 20 795 198 420 .471 130 165 .788 0 3 - 217 10.8 68 69 22 60 20 526 26.3
1999 UTA 11 451 86 206 .417 68 86 .791 0 1 - 124 11.3 52 37 13 40 8 240 21.8
2000 UTA 10 386 103 198 .520 64 79 .810 2 2 1.000 89 8.9 31 31 7 27 7 272 27.2
2001 UTA 5 199 49 121 .405 39 49 .796 1 2 .500 44 8.8 17 13 5 19 4 138 27.6
2002 UTA 4 163 30 73 .411 20 28 .714 0 1 - 30 7.5 18 11 5 11 3 80 20.0
2003 UTA 5 191 34 84 .405 30 41 .732 0 1 - 34 6.8 20 15 8 20 2 98 19.6
2004 LAL 21 798 98 218 .450 46 73 .630 0 1 - 185 8.8 72 64 24 47 2 242 11.5
CAREER 193 7907 1743 3768 .463 1269 1725 .736 6 37 .162 2062 10.7 610 660 258 550 135 4761 24.7