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Karl MalonevsPaul Pierce

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

PF · VAL group F

Karl Malone

1986–2004 · 19 seasons

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SF · VAL group F

Paul Pierce

1999–2017 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Karl Malone and Paul Pierce: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Karl Malone	Stat	Paul Pierce
19	Seasons	19
241.3	Career VAL	188.7
20.4 (1997)	Peak-season VAL	17.8 (2002)
Inducted 2010	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2021
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
2	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	8

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 Karl Malone and Paul Pierce have
Karl Malone	Stat	Paul Pierce
Career
1,476	Games	1,343
Per game
25.0	Points / game	19.7
10.1	Rebounds / game	5.6
3.6	Assists / game	3.5

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Karl Malone's career line covers 2002–2004 only (the table behind it does not cover 16 early-career seasons); Paul Pierce's career line covers 2002–2017 only (the table behind it does not cover 3 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	Karl Malone	Paul Pierce
21	—	3.7
22	2.2	7.9
23	5.4	10.4
24	9.8	17.8
25	13	14.3
26	18.1	9
27	13.1	14.8
28	13.1	15.7
29	16.1	6.8
30	10.9	17.4
31	16.1	12.9
32	14.4	10.5
33	20.4	15.3
34	17.6	11
35	9.3	10.5
36	16	5.2
37	15.9	5.5
38	12	0
39	13.4	0
40	4.5	—