Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs Artis Gilmore — NBA career head-to-head | StatVault

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Kareem Abdul-JabbarvsArtis Gilmore

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1970–1989 · 20 seasons

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Artis Gilmore

1972–1988 · 17 seasons

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At a glance

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Artis Gilmore: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Stat	Artis Gilmore
20	Seasons	17
318.6	Career VAL	211.9
24.6 (1972)	Peak-season VAL	18.5 (1981)
Inducted 1995	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2011

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board).

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Artis Gilmore have
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Stat	Artis Gilmore
Career
1,560	Games	1,329
Per game
24.6	Points / game	18.8
11.2	Rebounds / game	12.3
3.6	Assists / game	2.3
Shooting
55.9%	FG %	58.2%
5.6%	3P %

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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View data (20 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Artis Gilmore
22	12.8	18.4
23	21.7	14
24	24.6	8.5
25	19.2	17.6
26	17.6	14.8
27	13.2	8.3
28	19.5	13.6
29	21.6	15.3
30	15	7.1
31	19.8	18.5
32	22.7	18.4
33	18.6	15.4
34	14.9	9.5
35	16.1	14.6
36	13.2	10.2
37	16	7.7
38	14.7	0
39	9.9	—
40	6.3	—
41	1.2	—