Karl Malone

Karl Malone (The Mailman)
Position: F
Height: 6' 9'' Weight: 250
Born: 7/24/1963, in Summerfield, LA, USA
High School:Summerfield, in Summerfield, LA
College:Louisiana Tech University

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Draft History
1985 NBA - Round 1 by UTA

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Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO	PF	?	?
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1985-86	22	UTA	NBA	81	2475	1203	14.9	504	1016	.496	195	405	.481	0	2	.000	174	544	718	8.9	236	2.9	105	44	279	295	??	?
1986-87	23	UTA	NBA	82	2857	1779	21.7	728	1422	.512	323	540	.598	0	7	.000	278	577	855	10.4	158	1.9	104	60	237	323	??	?
1987-88	24	UTA	NBA	82	3198	2268	27.7	858	1650	.520	552	789	.700	0	5	.000	277	709	986	12.0	199	2.4	117	50	325	296	A	?
1988-89	25	UTA	NBA	80	3126	2326	29.1	809	1559	.519	703	918	.766	5	16	.313	259	594	853	10.7	219	2.7	144	70	285	286	N A	?
1989-90	26	UTA	NBA	82	3122	2540	31.0	914	1627	.562	696	913	.762	16	43	.372	232	679	911	11.1	226	2.8	121	50	304	259	N A	?
1990-91	27	UTA	NBA	82	3302	2382	29.0	847	1608	.527	684	888	.770	4	14	.286	236	731	967	11.8	270	3.3	89	79	244	268	N A	?
1991-92	28	UTA	NBA	81	3054	2272	28.0	798	1516	.526	673	865	.778	3	17	.176	225	684	909	11.2	241	3.0	108	51	248	226	N A	Log
1992-93	29	UTA	NBA	82	3099	2217	27.0	797	1443	.552	619	836	.740	4	20	.200	227	692	919	11.2	308	3.8	124	85	240	261	N A	Log
1993-94	30	UTA	NBA	82	3329	2063	25.2	772	1552	.497	511	736	.694	8	32	.250	235	705	940	11.5	328	4.0	125	126	234	268	N A	Log
1994-95	31	UTA	NBA	82	3126	2187	26.7	830	1548	.536	516	695	.742	11	41	.268	156	714	870	10.6	285	3.5	129	85	236	269	N A	Log
1995-96	32	UTA	NBA	82	3113	2106	25.7	789	1520	.519	512	708	.723	16	40	.400	175	629	804	9.8	345	4.2	138	56	199	245	N A	Log
1996-97	33	UTA	NBA	82	2998	2249	27.4	864	1571	.550	521	690	.755	0	13	.000	193	616	809	9.9	368	4.5	113	48	233	217	M N A	Log
1997-98	34	UTA	NBA	81	3030	2190	27.0	780	1472	.530	628	825	.761	2	6	.333	189	645	834	10.3	316	3.9	96	70	247	237	N A	Log
1998-99	35	UTA	NBA	49	1832	1164	23.8	393	797	.493	378	480	.788	0	1	.000	107	356	463	9.4	201	4.1	62	28	162	134	M N?	Log
1999-00	36	UTA	NBA	82	2947	2095	25.5	752	1476	.509	589	739	.797	2	8	.250	169	610	779	9.5	304	3.7	79	71	231	229	A	Log
2000-01	37	UTA	NBA	81	2895	1878	23.2	670	1345	.498	536	676	.793	2	5	.400	114	555	669	8.3	361	4.5	93	62	244	216	A	Log
2001-02	38	UTA	NBA	80	3040	1788	22.4	635	1399	.454	509	639	.797	9	25	.360	142	544	686	8.6	341	4.3	152	59	263	229	??	Log
2002-03	39	UTA	NBA	81	2936	1667	20.6	595	1289	.462	474	621	.763	3	14	.214	113	515	628	7.8	379	4.7	136	31	210	204	??	Log
2003-04	40	LAL	NBA	42	1373	554	13.2	193	400	.483	168	225	.747	0	1	.000	61	306	367	8.7	163	3.9	50	20	103	116	??	Log
19 Season Totals		?	?	1476	54852	36928	25.0	13528	26210	.516	9787	13188	.742	85	310	.274	3562	11405	14967	10.1	5248	3.6	2085	1145	4524	4578	?	?

M - MVP
N - All NBA First Team
A - All Star

Extended Stats Explanations

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Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	MPG	PPG	EFF	AV	VI	PPFGA	PPR	RbRate
1985-86	22	UTA	NBA	81	30.6	14.9	16.11	10.3	7.3	1.007	-4.92	15.8
1986-87	23	UTA	NBA	82	34.8	21.7	22.05	13.2	7.5	1.072	-4.61	15.6
1987-88	24	UTA	NBA	82	39.0	27.7	27.63	15.6	9.3	1.136	-6.01	16.7
1988-89	25	UTA	NBA	80	39.1	29.1	29.53	16.1	9.4	1.185	-4.45	15.2
1989-90	26	UTA	NBA	82	38.1	31.0	31.88	17.4	9.9	1.252	-4.91	17.1
1990-91	27	UTA	NBA	82	40.3	29.0	31.44	17.2	10.4	1.192	-1.94	17.3
1991-92	28	UTA	NBA	81	37.7	28.0	29.91	16.4	9.8	1.198	-2.86	16.8
1992-93	29	UTA	NBA	82	37.8	27.0	31.10	17.0	10.5	1.224	-1.12	17.0
1993-94	30	UTA	NBA	82	40.6	25.2	28.57	16.0	10.5	1.100	-0.46	16.3
1994-95	31	UTA	NBA	82	38.1	26.7	29.55	16.4	10.0	1.180	-1.47	17.5
1995-96	32	UTA	NBA	82	38.0	25.7	28.33	15.9	10.2	1.150	1.00	15.9
1996-97	33	UTA	NBA	82	36.6	27.4	30.22	16.7	10.7	1.200	0.41	16.8
1997-98	34	UTA	NBA	81	37.4	27.0	29.26	16.1	10.3	1.193	-1.20	17.2
1998-99	35	UTA	NBA	49	37.4	23.8	25.51	10.0	9.7	1.155	-1.53	15.3
1999-00	36	UTA	NBA	82	35.9	25.5	27.11	15.4	9.6	1.163	-0.96	16.2
2000-01	37	UTA	NBA	81	35.7	23.2	24.74	14.2	9.5	1.143	-0.11	14.4
2001-02	38	UTA	NBA	80	38.0	22.4	23.36	13.5	9.4	1.064	-1.17	13.6
2002-03	39	UTA	NBA	81	36.2	20.6	22.10	13.1	9.1	1.067	1.44	13.0
2003-04	40	LAL	NBA	42	32.7	13.2	18.74	7.1	7.6	1.110	0.33	15.1
19 Season Totals		?	?	1476	37.2	25.0	26.94	134.1	9.7	1.154	-1.93	0.0

Playoff Stats

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Year	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
1985-86	UTA	NBA	4	144	87	21.8	38	72	.528	11	26	.423	0	0	.000	6	24	30	7.5	4	1.0	8	0	6
1986-87	UTA	NBA	5	200	100	20.0	37	88	.420	26	36	.722	0	0	.000	15	33	48	9.6	6	1.2	11	4	17
1987-88	UTA	NBA	11	494	327	29.7	123	255	.482	81	112	.723	0	1	.000	33	97	130	11.8	17	1.5	13	7	39
1988-89	UTA	NBA	3	136	92	30.7	33	66	.500	26	32	.813	0	0	.000	22	27	49	16.3	4	1.3	3	1	13
1989-90	UTA	NBA	5	203	126	25.2	46	105	.438	34	45	.756	0	1	.000	16	35	51	10.2	11	2.2	11	5	12
1990-91	UTA	NBA	9	383	267	29.7	95	209	.455	77	91	.846	0	8	.000	23	97	120	13.3	29	3.2	9	11	26
1991-92	UTA	NBA	16	688	465	29.1	148	284	.521	169	210	.805	0	2	.000	43	138	181	11.3	42	2.6	22	19	46
1992-93	UTA	NBA	5	216	120	24.0	44	97	.454	31	38	.816	1	2	.500	12	40	52	10.4	10	2.0	6	2	20
1993-94	UTA	NBA	16	703	434	27.1	158	338	.467	118	160	.738	0	4	.000	52	146	198	12.4	54	3.4	23	13	34
1994-95	UTA	NBA	5	216	151	30.2	48	103	.466	54	78	.692	1	3	.333	15	51	66	13.2	19	3.8	7	2	14
1995-96	UTA	NBA	18	725	477	26.5	188	401	.469	101	176	.574	0	3	.000	47	139	186	10.3	79	4.4	34	10	45
1996-97	UTA	NBA	20	816	519	26.0	187	430	.435	144	200	.720	1	2	.500	60	168	228	11.4	57	2.9	27	15	54
1997-98	UTA	NBA	20	795	526	26.3	198	420	.471	130	165	.788	0	3	.000	47	170	217	10.9	68	3.4	22	20	60
1998-99	UTA	NBA	11	451	240	21.8	86	206	.417	68	86	.791	0	1	.000	36	88	124	11.3	52	4.7	13	8	40
1999-00	UTA	NBA	10	386	272	27.2	103	198	.520	64	79	.810	2	2	1.000	19	70	89	8.9	31	3.1	7	7	27
2000-01	UTA	NBA	5	199	138	27.6	49	121	.405	39	49	.796	1	2	.500	9	35	44	8.8	17	3.4	5	4	19
2001-02	UTA	NBA	4	163	80	20.0	30	73	.411	20	28	.714	0	1	.000	3	27	30	7.5	18	4.5	5	3	11
2002-03	UTA	NBA	5	191	98	19.6	34	84	.405	30	41	.732	0	1	.000	7	27	34	6.8	20	4.0	8	2	20
2003-04	LAL	NBA	21	798	242	11.5	98	218	.450	46	73	.630	0	1	.000	37	148	185	8.8	72	3.4	24	2	47
Totals		?	193	7907	4761	24.7	1743	3768	.463	1269	1725	.736	6	37	.162	502	1560	2062	10.7	610	3.2	258	135	550

All Star Stats

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Year	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	3PM	3PA	OREB	DREB	TREB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	?
1987-88	UTA	NBA	1	33	22	9	19	4	5	-	-	-	-	10	2	-	-	-	-
1988-89	UTA	NBA	1	26	28	12	17	4	6	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	MVP
1989-90	UTA	NBA	DNP - Injury
1990-91	UTA	NBA	1	31	16	6	11	4	6	-	-	-	-	11	4	-	-	-	-
1991-92	UTA	NBA	1	19	11	5	7	1	2	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	-
1992-93	UTA	NBA	1	34	28	11	17	6	9	0	-	-	-	10	0	-	-	-	-	MVP
1993-94	UTA	NBA	1	21	6	3	9	0	0	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	-	-	-
1994-95	UTA	NBA	1	16	15	6	6	3	4	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-
1995-96	UTA	NBA	1	20	11	2	6	7	8	-	-	-	-	9	2	-	-	-	-
1996-97	UTA	NBA	1	20	4	2	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	1	1	0	0
1997-98	UTA	NBA	1	17	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	1
1999-00	UTA	NBA	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000-01	UTA	NBA	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		NBA	13	?	145	58	107	29	40	0	0	1	7	74	19	3	1	0	1	?

College Stats
College stats provided by JazzyJ's College Stat Page.

                  G  MIN   FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA  REB  PF AST  TO BLK STL  PTS
81-82 La Tech                      Did Not Play - Ineligible
82-83 La Tech    28  894  217  373         152 244  289 104  10  91  20  53  586
83-84 La Tech    32 1011  220  382         161 236  282 109  42  95  23  50  601
84-85 La Tech    32  926  216  399          97 170  288 116  73  83  16  48  529
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TOTALS           92 2831  653 1154         410 650  859 329 125 269  59 151 1716

                  MIN   FG%   3P%   FT%  RPG  APG  TPG  BPG  SPG   PPG
81-82 La Tech               Did Not Play - Ineligible
82-83 La Tech    31.9  58.2        62.3 10.3  0.4  3.3  0.7  1.9  20.9
83-84 La Tech    31.6  57.6        68.2  8.8  1.3  3.0  0.7  1.6  18.8
84-85 La Tech    28.9  54.1        57.1  9.0  2.3  2.6  0.5  1.5  16.5
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TOTALS           30.8  56.6        63.1  9.3  1.4  2.9  0.6  1.6  18.7

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