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Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Head-to-Head Stats

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Per Game

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tim Duncan	25	25	38.6	9.3	17.6	9.3	17.3	0.0	0.3	6.5	9.1	2.6	8.7	11.3	3.0	0.6	2.7	2.2	3.2	25.2
2	Karl Malone	25	25	37.6	7.0	16.2	6.9	16.1	0.0	0.1	6.7	8.3	1.8	8.1	9.9	4.0	1.4	0.8	2.6	3.2	20.7

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tim Duncan	11	11	42.1	7.5	15.5	7.5	15.3	0.0	0.2	5.9	8.6	3.2	7.3	10.5	2.4	0.8	1.6	3.5	3.0	20.8
2	Karl Malone	11	11	40.2	6.6	15.5	6.6	15.4	0.0	0.1	3.4	5.2	1.5	7.5	8.9	3.5	1.2	0.5	2.7	3.4	16.6

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Totals

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tim Duncan	25	25	966	233	441	.528	233	433	.538	0	8	.000	.528	163	227	.718	.581	65	217	282	75	15	68	54	81	629
2	Karl Malone	25	25	941	174	406	.429	173	403	.429	1	3	.333	.430	168	208	.808	.520	45	203	248	99	35	21	65	81	517

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tim Duncan	11	11	463	82	170	.482	82	168	.488	0	2	.000	.482	65	95	.684	.541	35	80	115	26	9	18	39	33	229
2	Karl Malone	11	11	442	73	170	.429	73	169	.432	0	1	.000	.429	37	57	.649	.469	16	82	98	38	13	6	30	37	183

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Game Logs

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Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	BPM	+/-
1	Tim Duncan	SAS	2004-04-04	*	41	7	14	.500	7	14	.500	0	0		4	7	.571	.527	1	12	13	6	0	2	3	4	18	15.1	4.5	10
2	Karl Malone	LAL	2004-04-04	*	42	3	8	.375	3	8	.375	0	0		6	6	1.000	.564	1	8	9	4	3	0	0	5	12	14.5	7.6	5
3	Tim Duncan	SAS	2003-12-03	*	45	11	20	.550	11	19	.579	0	1	.000	8	11	.727	.604	3	12	15	3	0	1	3	2	30	23.9	11.1	-4
4	Karl Malone	LAL	2003-12-03	*	38	8	12	.667	8	12	.667	0	0		0	0		.667	3	7	10	2	1	0	0	4	16	15.8	7.0	25
5	Tim Duncan	SAS	2003-11-28	*	26	3	10	.300	3	10	.300	0	0		5	8	.625	.407	5	6	11	2	2	0	1	4	11	10.1	2.0	-29
6	Karl Malone	LAL	2003-11-28	*	27	4	9	.444	4	9	.444	0	0		2	2	1.000	.506	2	9	11	10	0	1	1	2	10	15.3	15.1	25
7	Tim Duncan	SAS	2003-04-14	*	43	9	16	.563	9	15	.600	0	1	.000	3	4	.750	.591	3	12	15	9	1	6	4	3	21	25.0	17.0	7
8	Karl Malone	UTA	2003-04-14	*	35	7	14	.500	7	14	.500	0	0		6	10	.600	.543	0	7	7	2	3	1	0	1	20	18.2	11.1	-5
9	Tim Duncan	SAS	2003-03-29	*	32	14	22	.636	14	21	.667	0	1	.000	2	3	.667	.643	5	3	8	2	1	2	3	1	30	24.6	15.2	17
10	Karl Malone	UTA	2003-03-29	*	31	4	15	.267	4	15	.267	0	0		3	4	.750	.328	0	4	4	7	2	0	2	3	11	6.6	-0.9	-23
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Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Player Comparison

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Per Game

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tim Duncan	21-39	1997-98	2015-16	1392	1389	34.0	7.4	14.6	.506	7.4	14.5	.509	0.0	0.1	.179	.507	4.2	6.1	.696	2.8	8.1	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	2.4	2.4	19.0
2	Karl Malone	22-40	1985-86	2003-04	1476	1471	37.2	9.2	17.8	.516	9.1	17.5	.519	0.1	0.2	.274	.518	6.6	8.9	.742	2.4	7.7	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1	3.1	25.0

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tim Duncan	21-39	1997-98	2015-16	251	251	37.3	7.9	15.7	.501	7.8	15.6	.505	0.0	0.1	.143	.502	4.8	7.0	.689	3.1	8.3	11.4	3.0	0.7	2.3	2.5	2.8	20.6
2	Karl Malone	22-40	1985-86	2003-04	193	193	41.0	9.0	19.5	.463	9.0	19.3	.466	0.0	0.2	.162	.463	6.6	8.9	.736	2.6	8.1	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	2.8	3.4	24.7

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Totals

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tim Duncan	21-39	1997-98	2015-16	1392	1389	47368	10285	20334	.506	10255	20166	.509	30	168	.179	.507	5896	8468	.696	.551	3859	11232	15091	4225	1025	3020	3381	3304	26496
2	Karl Malone	22-40	1985-86	2003-04	1476	1471	54852	13528	26210	.516	13443	25900	.519	85	310	.274	.518	9787	13188	.742	.577	3562	11406	14968	5248	2085	1145	4524	4578	36928

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tim Duncan	21-39	1997-98	2015-16	251	251	9370	1975	3939	.501	1970	3904	.505	5	35	.143	.502	1217	1766	.689	.548	778	2081	2859	764	168	568	633	701	5172
2	Karl Malone	22-40	1985-86	2003-04	193	193	7907	1743	3768	.463	1737	3731	.466	6	37	.162	.463	1269	1725	.736	.526	502	1560	2062	610	258	135	550	662	4761

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Per 36 Minutes

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tim Duncan	21-39	1997-98	2015-16	7.8	15.5	.506	7.8	15.3	.509	0.0	0.1	.179	4.5	6.4	.696	.6	2.9	8.5	11.5	3.2	0.8	2.3	2.6	2.5	20.1
2	Karl Malone	22-40	1985-86	2003-04	8.9	17.2	.516	8.8	17.0	.519	0.1	0.2	.274	6.4	8.7	.742	.6	2.3	7.5	9.8	3.4	1.4	0.8	3.0	3.0	24.2

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tim Duncan	21-39	1997-98	2015-16	7.6	15.1	.501	7.6	15.0	.505	0.0	0.1	.143	4.7	6.8	.689	.5	3.0	8.0	11.0	2.9	0.6	2.2	2.4	2.7	19.9
2	Karl Malone	22-40	1985-86	2003-04	7.9	17.2	.463	7.9	17.0	.466	0.0	0.2	.162	5.8	7.9	.736	.5	2.3	7.1	9.4	2.8	1.2	0.6	2.5	3.0	21.7

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Per 100 Possessions

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Tim Duncan	21-39	1997-98	2015-16	11.5	22.8	.506	11.5	22.6	.509	0.0	0.2	.179	6.6	9.5	.696	.6	4.3	12.6	16.9	4.7	1.1	3.4	3.8	3.7	29.7	110	96
2	Karl Malone	22-40	1985-86	2003-04	12.6	24.4	.516	12.5	24.1	.519	0.1	0.3	.274	9.1	12.3	.742	.6	3.3	10.6	13.9	4.9	1.9	1.1	4.2	4.3	34.4	113	101

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Tim Duncan	21-39	1997-98	2015-16	11.3	22.6	.501	11.3	22.4	.505	0.0	0.2	.143	7.0	10.1	.689	.5	4.5	11.9	16.4	4.4	1.0	3.3	3.6	4.0	29.7	110	99
2	Karl Malone	22-40	1985-86	2003-04	11.9	25.8	.463	11.9	25.5	.466	0.0	0.3	.162	8.7	11.8	.736	.5	3.4	10.7	14.1	4.2	1.8	0.9	3.8	4.5	32.6	106	103

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Advanced

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Tim Duncan	21-39	1997-98	2015-16	1392	1389	47368	24.2	.551	9.7	18.4	16.4	1.1	4.6	12.3	27.0	100.0	106.3	206.4	.209	3.3	2.3	5.6	91.1
2	Karl Malone	22-40	1985-86	2003-04	1476	1471	54852	23.9	.577	7.9	16.0	17.6	1.9	1.5	12.4	29.4	142.2	92.4	234.6	.205	4.2	0.9	5.1	99.0

Tim Duncan vs. Karl Malone: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Tim Duncan	21-39	1997-98	2015-16	251	251	9370	24.3	.548	9.9	17.7	16.0	1.0	4.5	11.8	27.0	20.5	17.4	37.8	.194	3.6	2.3	5.9	18.6
2	Karl Malone	22-40	1985-86	2003-04	193	193	7907	21.1	.526	7.6	15.5	15.6	1.8	1.3	10.8	29.9	11.3	11.6	23.0	.140	3.6	0.5	4.1	12.1

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Game data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. Regular season: PTS, FG, FT, 3P complete all-time. FTA complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST, PF, GS over 99% complete back to 1975-76. MP over 99% complete back to 1976-77. +/- complete back to 1996-97. All other box score stats (3PA, ORB, DRB, STL, BLK, TOV) complete back to 1983-84. Playoffs: PTS, FG, FT, FTA, 3P, 3PA complete all-time. PF complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST complete back to 1962-63. GS complete back to 1973-74. MP complete back to 1974-75. +/- complete back to 1996-97. STL, BLK, TOV complete back to 1982-83. ORB, DRB complete back to 1983-84. BPM not available for WNBA & ABA.

Season data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. All box score stats are covered all-time (though not all stats were tracked for all of NBA history). PER since 1951-52. AST% since 1964-65. TRB% since 1970-71. BPM, VORP, DRtg and Per 100 Poss stats since 1973-74. ORtg since 1977-78. GS since 1981-82. Some stats were available earlier in the ABA. WNBA all-time (since 1997) unless otherwise noted. BPM and VORP not available for WNBA.

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