Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Sam Bowie and Karl Malone

This is the detail of NBA games in which Sam Bowie 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 14 times in NBA games. Karl Malone has a 11-3 winning record over Sam Bowie. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Sam Bowie:
1984-85 to 1994-95
Karl Malone:
1985-86 to 2003-04
14 Games played
14 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Sam Bowie
3
3
0
Karl Malone
11
11
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Sam Bowie 10.8 8.2 2.0 0.92.0
Karl Malone 26.6 11.5 2.41.80.9
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Sam Bowie 31 18 6 36
Karl Malone 35 17 4 42
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Sam Bowie 1

game
3

games
4

games
1

game
7

games
Karl Malone 13

games
9

games
8

games
9

games
2

games
Both had same stat 0

games
2

games
2

games
4

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5

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1985-86 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 11, 1985
1. Trail Blazers 111   Sam Bowie 10 7 6 3 6 2 5 33 3-10 .300 0-0 - 4-8 .500
Jazz 119   Karl Malone 20 10 4 0 0 5 5 28 8-12 .667 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 01, 1986
2. Trail Blazers 110   Sam Bowie 31 4 1 0 4 3 3 40 10-20 .500 0-0 - 11-16 .688
Jazz 119   Karl Malone 24 17 2 0 1 1 5 35 10-21 .476 0-0 - 4-10 .400
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 15, 1989
3. Trail Blazers 95   Sam Bowie 13 6 0 2 0 3 2 25 5-10 .500 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Jazz 102   Karl Malone 30 12 3 2 0 1 4 39 9-20 .450 1-2 .500 11-13 .846
Apr. 15, 1989
4. Trail Blazers 95   Sam Bowie 3 8 1 0 2 3 3 24 1-6 .167 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jazz 99   Karl Malone 25 13 3 1 0 4 3 39 10-18 .556 0-0 - 5-9 .556
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 27, 1989
5. Nets 68   Sam Bowie 10 13 1 0 3 2 4 35 3-11 .273 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Jazz 105   Karl Malone 22 17 1 1 0 10 3 30 9-13 .692 0-1 .000 4-6 .667
Feb. 07, 1990
6. Nets 101   Sam Bowie 23 16 2 1 3 2 4 33 5-9 .556 1-1 1.000 12-13 .923
Jazz 108   Karl Malone 26 4 2 1 1 4 2 40 10-18 .556 0-2 .000 6-9 .667
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 17, 1990
7. Nets 98   Sam Bowie 2 10 3 0 0 5 4 33 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 100   Karl Malone 23 10 1 4 2 9 6 37 10-22 .455 0-0 - 3-4 .750
1991-92 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 13, 1991
8. Nets 92   Sam Bowie 10 15 4 0 3 3 5 30 5-15 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 98   Karl Malone 35 14 0 2 2 2 1 38 12-25 .480 0-0 - 11-13 .846
Mar. 06, 1992
9. Nets 96   Sam Bowie 17 6 4 2 1 1 3 29 8-12 .667 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Jazz 117   Karl Malone 25 6 3 3 1 2 3 30 8-10 .800 0-0 - 9-13 .692
1992-93 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 17, 1992
10. Nets 97   Sam Bowie 2 6 0 0 1 4 3 20 0-0 - 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Jazz 108   Karl Malone 29 16 2 3 0 3 5 40 10-17 .588 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Nov. 27, 1992
11. Nets 112   Sam Bowie 27 18 2 2 1 2 2 36 11-21 .524 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Jazz 110   Karl Malone 32 9 3 3 1 7 4 39 12-22 .545 0-0 - 8-14 .571
1994-95 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 10, 1994
12. Lakers 120   Sam Bowie 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 15 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Jazz 113   Karl Malone 34 10 4 2 2 4 4 45 15-21 .714 2-2 1.000 2-4 .500
Apr. 07, 1995
13. Lakers 113   Sam Bowie 0 1 2 1 2 2 3 13 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 90   Karl Malone 17 9 4 1 2 6 4 35 6-13 .462 0-0 - 5-10 .500
Apr. 11, 1995
14. Lakers 93   Sam Bowie 0 3 0 0 1 2 3 17 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 100   Karl Malone 30 14 1 2 1 2 2 43 13-28 .464 0-1 .000 4-9 .444