Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Up next in the series is the all-time leading scorer in NBA history and the king of the sky hook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Current Ranks
Regular Season
Games Played - 2nd with 1560
Minutes Played - 1st with 57446
Field Goals - 1st with 15837
Total Rebounds - 3rd 17440
Blocks - 3rd with 3189
Steals - 93rd with 1160
Assists - 41st with 5660
Points - 1st with 38387
Playoffs
Games Played - 4th with 237
Minutes Played - 2nd with 8851
Field Goals - 1st with 4422
Total Rebounds - 5th with 2481
Blocks - 2nd with 476
Steal - 27th with 189
Assists - 27th with 767
Points - 2nd with 5762
Accolades
6x NBA Champion
2x NBA Finals MVP
6x NBA MVP
19x NBA All-Star
2x NBA All-Star Game MVP
10x All-NBA First Team
5x All-NBA Second Team
5x NBA All-Defensive First Team
6x NBA All-Defensive Second Team
2x NBA Scoring Champion
4x NBA blocks leader
3x NCAA Champion
3x NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding player
3x National College Player of the Year
Kareem has a few things that set him apart from the rest which include 20 seasons played, College accomplishments, 6 NBA Championships, and the Sky Hook. He won 71 consecutive games in High School and 3 consecutive Nationals Championships while playing for John Wooden at UCLA. With what many would consider the best college career any player has ever had, Kareem dominated piling up the awards and accolades. He was a number one overall pick in the 1969 draft to the Milwaukee Bucks. He won his first of six championships along with three of his six NBA MVP awards while playing for the Bucks. In 1975 he got traded to the Lakers which became a blessing in disguise because in 1979 they drafted another top 10 players of all-time Magic Johnson. They would form one of the best duos in the history of the NBA winning 5 NBA Championships. Kareem is slightly over looked even as a top 5 player if you take into account all of the accolades and where he is ranked in every category including longevity of his career, but where does he rank as the G.O.A.T?
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