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Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Karl Malone and John Salley

This is the detail of NBA games in which Karl Malone and John Salley 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.

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They faced each other a total of 19 times in NBA games. John Salley has a 10-9 winning record over Karl Malone. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

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NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2023-24
Karl Malone: 1985-86 to 2003-04
John Salley: 1986-87 to 1999-00

19 Games played

19 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Karl Malone	9	9	0
John Salley	10	10	0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Karl Malone	24.3	10.0	3.1	1.3	1.1
John Salley	4.4	4.2	0.9	0.4	0.9

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Karl Malone	39	18	7	4	3
John Salley	12	8	3	2	3

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Karl Malone	19 games	15 games	14 games	11 games	6 games
John Salley	0 games	3 games	2 games	3 games	7 games
Both had same stat	0 games	1 game	3 games	5 games	6 games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1986-87 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 17, 1986
1.	Jazz	107		Karl Malone	27	5	0	2	2	1	4	37	11-17	.647	0-0	-	5-6	.833
	Pistons	122		John Salley	6	6	2	0	1	2	4	19	1-3	.333	0-0	-	4-4	1.000
	Jan. 21, 1987
2.	Jazz	112		Karl Malone	23	10	2	0	1	3	5	40	11-18	.611	0-0	-	1-4	.250
	Pistons	108		John Salley	2	8	2	1	2	3	4	28	1-2	.500	0-0	-	0-0	-


1987-88 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 20, 1988
3.	Jazz	117		Karl Malone	39	13	3	4	0	3	3	43	12-20	.600	0-0	-	15-19	.789
	Pistons	120		John Salley	8	5	0	1	1	1	5	20	2-4	.500	0-0	-	4-8	.500
	Mar. 09, 1988
4.	Jazz	98		Karl Malone	26	18	3	2	0	5	5	43	10-23	.435	0-0	-	6-10	.600
	Pistons	103		John Salley	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	19	0-1	.000	0-0	-	0-0	-


1988-89 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Mar. 29, 1989
5.	Jazz	104		Karl Malone	26	10	3	0	1	6	6	38	8-14	.571	0-0	-	10-13	.769
2OT	Pistons	108		John Salley	0	2	0	0	0	2	4	15	0-1	.000	0-0	-	0-0	-


1989-90 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 15, 1989
6.	Jazz	94		Karl Malone	27	6	2	0	0	2	2	38	7-18	.389	0-1	.000	13-17	.765
	Pistons	91		John Salley	5	8	0	0	1	0	4	20	1-3	.333	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Feb. 04, 1990
7.	Jazz	83		Karl Malone	19	6	1	0	1	4	1	35	8-17	.471	0-0	-	3-5	.600
	Pistons	115		John Salley	2	5	2	0	2	3	3	22	1-3	.333	0-0	-	0-0	-


1990-91 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 05, 1990
8.	Jazz	106		Karl Malone	23	9	4	0	0	1	3	40	7-19	.368	0-0	-	9-13	.692
	Pistons	85		John Salley	7	3	0	1	0	3	4	25	2-3	.667	0-0	-	3-4	.750


1991-92 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 15, 1991
9.	Jazz	115		Karl Malone	31	10	4	2	1	5	4	41	13-20	.650	0-1	.000	5-7	.714
	Pistons	123		John Salley	12	3	0	1	0	2	5	24	6-9	.667	0-0	-	0-2	.000


1992-93 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 23, 1992
10.	Jazz	92		Karl Malone	23	16	4	2	3	6	3	37	10-21	.476	1-1	1.000	2-3	.667
	Heat	86		John Salley	4	3	1	0	0	2	3	18	1-3	.333	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Jan. 12, 1993
11.	Jazz	125		Karl Malone	30	16	4	3	2	6	4	49	6-16	.375	0-0	-	18-24	.750
2OT	Heat	122		John Salley	4	6	3	0	1	2	5	38	2-5	.400	0-0	-	0-0	-


1993-94 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 17, 1993
12.	Jazz	115		Karl Malone	30	10	3	2	1	3	4	45	11-15	.733	1-3	.333	7-12	.583
	Heat	111		John Salley	5	3	3	1	1	0	6	29	2-5	.400	0-0	-	1-2	.500
	Jan. 07, 1994
13.	Jazz	104		Karl Malone	17	17	6	1	1	4	5	42	7-17	.412	0-0	-	3-7	.429
	Heat	110		John Salley	5	5	1	0	2	1	2	17	2-5	.400	0-0	-	1-1	1.000


1994-95 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 04, 1994
14.	Jazz	119		Karl Malone	20	4	3	2	0	3	4	31	5-12	.417	0-0	-	10-11	.909
	Heat	108		John Salley	7	7	3	0	2	4	5	27	1-4	.250	0-0	-	5-6	.833
	Mar. 12, 1995
15.	Jazz	96		Karl Malone	28	10	7	2	3	2	3	40	10-19	.526	0-0	-	8-9	.889
	Heat	86		John Salley	4	4	0	2	3	0	4	25	2-5	.400	0-0	-	0-0	-


1995-96 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 13, 1995
16.	Jazz	103		Karl Malone	22	11	3	1	3	7	3	40	8-12	.667	0-0	-	6-9	.667
	Raptors	100		John Salley	6	2	0	0	0	1	4	23	2-5	.400	0-0	-	2-2	1.000


1999-00 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 02, 1999
17.	Jazz	84		Karl Malone	14	5	3	0	1	5	3	36	4-10	.400	0-0	-	6-8	.750
	Lakers	91		John Salley	6	4	0	1	1	2	4	14	3-5	.600	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Nov. 24, 1999
18.	Jazz	82		Karl Malone	22	12	3	0	0	4	1	40	9-23	.391	0-0	-	4-5	.800
	Lakers	90		John Salley	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0-1	.000	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Feb. 04, 2000
19.	Jazz	67		Karl Malone	14	2	1	1	0	1	2	18	5-11	.455	0-0	-	4-5	.800
	Lakers	113		John Salley	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	07	0-0	-	0-0	-	1-2	.500

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