Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Billy Ray Bates

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Billy Ray Bates played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
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They faced each other a total of 12 times in NBA games. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a 7-5 winning record over Billy Ray Bates. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
1969-70 to 1988-89
Billy Ray Bates:
1979-80 to 1982-83
12 Games played
12 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
7
7
0
Billy Ray Bates
5
5
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 27.3 10.8 2.5 0.83.6
Billy Ray Bates 10.1 1.3 2.01.00.0
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 34 19 6 26
Billy Ray Bates 21 3 6 30
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12

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12

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5

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4

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12

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Billy Ray Bates 0

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0

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4

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5

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0

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Both had same stat 0

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0

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3

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3

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0

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1979-80 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 09, 1980
1. Lakers 121   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 26 10 6 0 4 3 4 38 10-16 .625 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Trail Blazers 142   Billy Ray Bates 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 03 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 12, 1980
2. Lakers 102   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 30 11 5 2 5 2 0 40 13-25 .520 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Trail Blazers 94   Billy Ray Bates 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
1980-81 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 21, 1980
3. Lakers 103   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 25 15 1 2 4 3 2 40 8-22 .364 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Trail Blazers 107   Billy Ray Bates 13 3 6 2 0 0 1 27 6-11 .545 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Dec. 19, 1980
4. Lakers 106   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 34 11 2 0 6 1 6 36 13-19 .684 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Trail Blazers 110   Billy Ray Bates 18 1 0 2 0 1 3 24 8-14 .571 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 23, 1980
5. Lakers 102   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 25 13 1 0 3 3 2 38 8-17 .471 0-0 - 9-12 .750
Trail Blazers 108   Billy Ray Bates 3 0 0 1 0 5 0 12 1-6 .167 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Jan. 26, 1981
6. Lakers 124   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 24 12 3 2 5 1 4 35 12-18 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Trail Blazers 112   Billy Ray Bates 21 1 4 3 0 3 1 26 8-17 .471 1-4 .250 4-4 1.000
Mar. 21, 1981
7. Lakers 117   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 31 19 3 0 4 4 4 41 13-18 .722 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Trail Blazers 111   Billy Ray Bates 17 1 5 2 0 0 0 19 5-11 .455 1-2 .500 6-7 .857
1981-82 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 03, 1981
8. Lakers 100   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 33 11 0 0 3 8 4 37 12-15 .800 0-0 - 9-13 .692
Trail Blazers 102   Billy Ray Bates 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 09 1-7 .143 0-1 .000 0-1 .000
Nov. 13, 1981
9. Lakers 119   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 29 7 2 1 2 3 3 37 11-16 .688 0-0 - 7-10 .700
Trail Blazers 115   Billy Ray Bates 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 5-11 .455 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Mar. 16, 1982
10. Lakers 120   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 24 8 2 1 3 4 4 38 11-22 .500 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Trail Blazers 108   Billy Ray Bates 8 2 2 0 0 1 1 13 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Apr. 04, 1982
11. Lakers 129   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 24 7 2 1 2 4 4 33 11-18 .611 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Trail Blazers 111   Billy Ray Bates 18 1 3 0 0 3 2 20 7-13 .538 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
1982-83 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 19, 1982
12. Lakers 122   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 23 5 3 1 2 2 3 26 10-13 .769 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Bullets 92   Billy Ray Bates 6 3 3 1 0 1 25 3-13 .231 0-0 - 0-0 -