Lew Alcindor

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Abdul-Jabbar in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1947-04-16) April 16, 1947 (age 69) New York City, New York
Nationality	American
Listed height	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Power Memorial (Manhattan, New York)
College	UCLA (1966–1969)
NBA draft	1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career	1969–1989
Position	Center
Number	33
Career history
1969–1975	Milwaukee Bucks
1975–1989	Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
6× NBA champion (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988) 2× NBA Finals MVP (1971, 1985) 6× NBA Most Valuable Player (1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980) 19× NBA All-Star (1970–1977, 1979–1989) 10× All-NBA First Team (1971–1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986) 5× All-NBA Second Team (1970, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985) 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1974, 1975, 1979–1981) 6× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1970, 1971, 1976–1978, 1984) NBA Rookie of the Year (1970) 2× NBA scoring champion (1971, 1972) 4× NBA blocks leader (1975, 1976, 1979, 1980) NBA rebounding champion (1976) No. 33 retired by Milwaukee Bucks No. 33 retired by Los Angeles Lakers NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team 3× NCAA champion (1967–1969) 3× NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1967–1969) 3× National college player of the year (1967–1969) 3× Consensus first-team All-American (1967–1969) No. 33 retired by UCLA As assistant coach: 2× NBA champion (2009, 2010)
Career NBA statistics
Points	38,387 (24.6 ppg)
Rebounds	17,440 (11.2 rpg)
Blocks	3,189 (2.5 bpg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

As assistant coach:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time.

After winning 71 consecutive basketball games on his high school team in New York City, Alcindor attended college at UCLA, where he played for coach John Wooden on three consecutive national championship basketball teams and was a record three-time MVP of the NCAA Tournament. Drafted by the one-season-old Bucks franchise in the 1969 NBA draft with the first overall pick, Alcindor spent six seasons in Milwaukee. After winning his first NBA championship in 1971, he adopted the Muslim name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at age 24. Using his trademark "skyhook" shot, he established himself as one of the league's top scorers. In 1975, he was traded to the Lakers, with whom he played the last 14 seasons of his career and won five additional NBA championships. Abdul-Jabbar's contributions were a key component in the "Showtime" era of Lakers basketball. Over his 20-year NBA career his team succeeded in making the playoffs 18 times and past the 1st round in 14 of them; his team reached the NBA Finals 10 times.