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Kareem Abdul-JabbarvsTim Duncan

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

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1970–1989 · 20 seasons

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Tim Duncan

1998–2016 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Tim Duncan: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Stat	Tim Duncan
20	Seasons	19
318.6	Career VAL	243.1
24.6 (1972)	Peak-season VAL	21.4 (2002)
Inducted 1995	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2020
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	21

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 2002 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Tim Duncan have
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Stat	Tim Duncan
Career
1,560	Games	1,391
Per game
24.6	Points / game	19.0
11.2	Rebounds / game	10.8
3.6	Assists / game	3.0

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Tim Duncan's career line covers 2002–2016 only (the table behind it does not cover 4 early-career seasons).

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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Age	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Tim Duncan
21	—	13.8
22	12.8	7.1
23	21.7	11.4
24	24.6	11
25	19.2	21.4
26	17.6	19.7
27	13.2	16.6
28	19.5	15.3
29	21.6	14.9
30	15	18.3
31	19.8	13.8
32	22.7	12.9
33	18.6	13.1
34	14.9	9.1
35	16.1	6.6
36	13.2	11.2
37	16	9.7
38	14.7	11.5
39	9.9	5.7
40	6.3	—
41	1.2	—