When Kareem Kareem Abdul-Jabbar left the game in 1989 at age 42, no NBA player had ever scored more points (38,387), blocked more shots (3,189, 3rd most in NBA history [Note: blocks were not officially tabulated until the 1973–74 season]), won more Most Valuable Player Awards, played in more All-Star Games or logged more seasons. His list of personal and team accomplishments is perhaps the most awesome in league history: Rookie of the Year, member of six NBA championship teams, six-time NBA MVP, two-time NBA Finals MVP, 19-time All-Star, two-time scoring champion, and a member of the NBA 35th and 50th Anniversary All-Time Teams. He also owned eight playoff records and seven All-Star records. No player achieved as much individual and team success as did Abdul-Jabbar.
In college at UCLA, he played on three consecutive national championship teams, and his high school team won 71 consecutive games.
Abdul-Jabbar holds NBA career record for:
– Most points (38,387)
– Most minutes played (57,446)
– Most field goals made (15,837)
– Most field goals attempted (28,307)
– Most All-Star selections (19)
– Most All-Star games played (18)
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