Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Michael Jordan and Karl Malone

This is the detail of NBA games in which Michael Jordan and Karl Malone 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 36 times in NBA games. Michael Jordan has a 19-17 winning record over Karl Malone, including an 8-4 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Michael Jordan

vs.

Karl Malone


NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2023-24
Michael Jordan: 1984-85 to 2002-03
Karl Malone: 1985-86 to 2003-04

36 Games played

24 in Regular Season

12 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Michael Jordan	19	11	8
Karl Malone	17	13	4

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Michael Jordan	33.1	6.1	4.5	2.0	0.8
Karl Malone	25.7	10.6	3.3	1.3	0.9

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Michael Jordan	47	13	9	7	4
Karl Malone	40	21	7	4	3

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Michael Jordan	25 games	1 game	18 games	19 games	9 games
Karl Malone	10 games	27 games	15 games	10 games	15 games
Both had same stat	1 game	8 games	3 games	7 games	12 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. 03, 1986
1.	Bulls	94	Michael Jordan	45	3	3	6	1	2	3	40	17-33	.515	0-2	.000	11-13	.846
	Jazz	99	Karl Malone	24	10	3	0	2	2	4	38	10-18	.556	0-0	-	4-8	.500
	Dec. 20, 1986
2.	Bulls	89	Michael Jordan	27	4	7	2	4	5	3	38	10-26	.385	0-0	-	7-8	.875
	Jazz	91	Karl Malone	17	9	2	1	2	1	3	34	7-18	.389	0-1	.000	3-6	.500


1987-88 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 02, 1987
3.	Bulls	105	Michael Jordan	47	4	9	3	3	2	4	39	17-27	.630	0-0	-	13-16	.813
	Jazz	101	Karl Malone	33	14	3	0	0	3	4	42	11-20	.550	0-1	.000	11-15	.733
	Jan. 09, 1988
4.	Bulls	113	Michael Jordan	45	3	8	4	0	1	3	38	17-23	.739	0-0	-	11-14	.786
	Jazz	91	Karl Malone	25	8	2	1	1	4	4	41	9-18	.500	0-0	-	7-9	.778


1988-89 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 30, 1988
5.	Bulls	93	Michael Jordan	33	8	5	2	1	3	1	39	11-25	.440	0-1	.000	11-13	.846
	Jazz	107	Karl Malone	19	8	3	3	2	2	4	45	9-23	.391	0-0	-	1-3	.333
	Jan. 06, 1989
6.	Bulls	92	Michael Jordan	27	5	4	2	1	2	2	37	12-21	.571	0-0	-	3-5	.600
	Jazz	106	Karl Malone	30	7	3	1	2	2	5	37	13-21	.619	0-0	-	4-8	.500


1989-90 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 15, 1989
7.	Bulls	107	Michael Jordan	40	10	3	1	0	2	3	38	12-26	.462	0-3	.000	16-19	.842
	Jazz	108	Karl Malone	29	10	0	2	0	3	3	38	10-20	.500	0-0	-	9-13	.692
	Mar. 08, 1990
8.	Bulls	94	Michael Jordan	43	7	4	7	0	3	5	47	12-29	.414	0-6	.000	19-22	.864
	Jazz	98	Karl Malone	27	19	5	2	0	6	4	41	7-21	.333	0-0	-	13-13	1.000


1990-91 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 13, 1990
9.	Bulls	84	Michael Jordan	29	11	5	1	2	1	1	38	10-22	.455	1-1	1.000	8-10	.800
	Jazz	82	Karl Malone	28	19	2	2	1	2	2	39	12-27	.444	0-0	-	4-6	.667
	Mar. 08, 1991
10.	Bulls	99	Michael Jordan	37	5	2	3	0	1	3	39	14-29	.483	0-0	-	9-10	.900
	Jazz	89	Karl Malone	19	7	4	0	1	2	5	44	8-21	.381	0-0	-	3-5	.600


1991-92 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 10, 1992
11.	Bulls	105	Michael Jordan	37	5	4	1	1	2	3	37	15-25	.600	1-2	.500	6-6	1.000
	Jazz	90	Karl Malone	17	8	0	0	1	5	3	34	6-14	.429	0-0	-	5-6	.833
	Feb. 03, 1992
12.	Bulls	123	Michael Jordan	34	13	8	2	1	2	5	56	13-34	.382	1-1	1.000	7-9	.778
3OT	Jazz	126	Karl Malone	34	21	5	2	1	6	4	57	11-25	.440	0-0	-	12-13	.923


1992-93 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 01, 1993
13.	Bulls	96	Michael Jordan	37	7	2	1	1	4	0	43	13-28	.464	1-3	.333	10-14	.714
	Jazz	92	Karl Malone	40	9	4	1	2	3	2	39	14-18	.778	0-1	.000	12-15	.800
	Feb. 17, 1993
14.	Bulls	114	Michael Jordan	27	8	6	3	0	3	2	34	10-25	.400	2-6	.333	5-7	.714
	Jazz	96	Karl Malone	20	9	3	2	1	2	0	32	8-14	.571	0-0	-	4-6	.667


1995-96 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 24, 1995
15.	Bulls	90	Michael Jordan	34	8	6	1	0	4	3	40	9-21	.429	2-5	.400	14-17	.824
	Jazz	85	Karl Malone	19	8	4	2	3	1	5	42	7-15	.467	0-1	.000	5-9	.556
	Dec. 23, 1995
16.	Bulls	100	Michael Jordan	30	7	8	3	1	2	2	37	12-22	.545	1-2	.500	5-5	1.000
	Jazz	86	Karl Malone	22	7	0	0	0	3	1	34	7-16	.438	1-1	1.000	7-9	.778


1996-97 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 23, 1996
17.	Bulls	100	Michael Jordan	44	6	4	2	1	2	3	39	17-32	.531	0-6	.000	10-12	.833
	Jazz	105	Karl Malone	36	15	5	3	0	1	2	42	14-28	.500	0-0	-	8-10	.800
	Jan. 06, 1997
18.	Bulls	102	Michael Jordan	23	8	3	3	1	1	1	40	8-20	.400	2-3	.667	5-6	.833
	Jazz	89	Karl Malone	27	11	6	0	0	2	4	39	10-18	.556	0-0	-	7-8	.875


1997 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jun. 01, 1997
19.	Bulls	84	Michael Jordan	31	4	8	0	1	0	3	41	13-27	.481	0-0	-	5-7	.714
	Jazz	82	Karl Malone	23	15	3	0	0	3	1	41	10-22	.455	0-0	-	3-6	.500
	Jun. 04, 1997
20.	Bulls	97	Michael Jordan	38	13	9	2	0	5	2	45	11-20	.550	1-2	.500	15-21	.714
	Jazz	85	Karl Malone	20	13	1	2	0	3	2	41	6-20	.300	0-0	-	8-12	.667
	Jun. 06, 1997
21.	Bulls	93	Michael Jordan	26	3	6	1	2	1	1	41	9-22	.409	4-10	.400	4-5	.800
	Jazz	104	Karl Malone	37	10	3	4	0	2	4	42	15-29	.517	0-0	-	7-10	.700
	Jun. 08, 1997
22.	Bulls	73	Michael Jordan	22	4	4	0	0	3	3	42	11-27	.407	0-4	.000	0-0	-
	Jazz	78	Karl Malone	23	10	6	0	1	2	4	44	9-19	.474	0-0	-	5-6	.833
	Jun. 11, 1997
23.	Bulls	90	Michael Jordan	38	7	5	3	1	3	3	44	13-27	.481	2-5	.400	10-12	.833
	Jazz	88	Karl Malone	19	7	6	0	1	2	5	34	7-17	.412	0-1	.000	5-9	.556
	Jun. 13, 1997
24.	Bulls	90	Michael Jordan	39	11	4	1	1	1	2	44	15-35	.429	1-4	.250	8-10	.800
	Jazz	86	Karl Malone	21	7	2	4	0	2	3	44	7-15	.467	0-0	-	7-15	.467


1997-98 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 25, 1998
25.	Bulls	94	Michael Jordan	32	5	7	2	0	3	4	44	13-26	.500	0-4	.000	6-7	.857
	Jazz	101	Karl Malone	35	11	3	1	0	4	2	37	12-21	.571	0-0	-	11-12	.917
	Feb. 04, 1998
26.	Bulls	93	Michael Jordan	40	7	3	2	1	1	2	43	17-37	.459	1-5	.200	5-6	.833
	Jazz	101	Karl Malone	30	8	4	1	2	4	4	43	14-21	.667	0-0	-	2-3	.667


1998 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jun. 03, 1998
27.	Bulls	85	Michael Jordan	33	3	2	0	2	0	3	46	13-29	.448	1-2	.500	6-8	.750
OT	Jazz	88	Karl Malone	21	14	2	2	2	2	3	43	9-25	.360	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Jun. 05, 1998
28.	Bulls	93	Michael Jordan	37	5	3	1	1	0	2	40	14-33	.424	0-2	.000	9-10	.900
	Jazz	88	Karl Malone	16	12	4	0	3	4	5	39	5-16	.313	0-0	-	6-9	.667
	Jun. 07, 1998
29.	Bulls	96	Michael Jordan	24	3	2	1	1	2	1	32	7-14	.500	0-0	-	10-11	.909
	Jazz	54	Karl Malone	22	3	1	1	1	7	4	31	8-11	.727	0-0	-	6-6	1.000
	Jun. 10, 1998
30.	Bulls	86	Michael Jordan	34	8	2	2	0	3	1	43	12-27	.444	0-0	-	10-15	.667
	Jazz	82	Karl Malone	21	14	4	1	0	4	3	43	10-21	.476	0-0	-	1-2	.500
	Jun. 12, 1998
31.	Bulls	81	Michael Jordan	28	4	4	3	0	4	4	45	9-26	.346	0-2	.000	10-11	.909
	Jazz	83	Karl Malone	39	9	5	1	1	1	2	44	17-27	.630	0-1	.000	5-6	.833
	Jun. 14, 1998
32.	Bulls	87	Michael Jordan	45	1	1	4	0	1	2	44	15-35	.429	3-7	.429	12-15	.800
	Jazz	86	Karl Malone	31	11	7	1	0	5	2	43	11-19	.579	0-0	-	9-11	.818


2001-02 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 16, 2001
33.	Wizards	92	Michael Jordan	44	7	3	1	0	0	0	41	17-33	.515	1-2	.500	9-11	.818
	Jazz	101	Karl Malone	30	12	4	3	1	2	4	42	10-21	.476	0-0	-	10-11	.909
	Mar. 21, 2002
34.	Wizards	79	Michael Jordan	11	4	4	1	0	1	0	22	4-12	.333	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Jazz	94	Karl Malone	23	8	4	0	1	0	2	35	7-14	.500	2-2	1.000	7-10	.700


2002-03 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 14, 2002
35.	Wizards	105	Michael Jordan	19	6	1	1	0	3	4	34	7-17	.412	0-1	.000	5-5	1.000
	Jazz	102	Karl Malone	26	6	3	1	1	2	1	40	9-20	.450	0-0	-	8-9	.889
	Feb. 14, 2003
36.	Wizards	77	Michael Jordan	11	2	3	0	0	2	0	29	3-12	.250	0-0	-	5-5	1.000
	Jazz	109	Karl Malone	23	11	4	4	0	1	2	29	7-16	.438	0-2	.000	9-10	.900