Karl Malone 
#51 PF | 6-9, 255lbs | Suns | Experience: 1 year
Born: 7/24/1963 (23) | College: Louisiana Tech

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 84 13 68 30 45 26 61 62 58 33 54 52 51 87 95 85  
 Potential: A D B D C C B A B C B C          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993 
 Value: $409,620  $457,594  $509,258  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  Rookie  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 1                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL PHX 55 55 35.3 22.6 2.5 6.1 1.8 2.8 0.63 0.7 0.7 3.1 .572 .763 .318  
 1985 NPBSL PHX 82 82 34.4 20.8 2.1 5.4 2.3 2.9 0.78 0.7 0.6 3.1 .616 .728 .263  
 Career     137 137 34.8 21.5 2.3 5.6 2.1 2.9 0.72 0.7 0.6 3.1 .596 .741 .283  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL PHX 8.9 15.6 .572 4.6 6.1 .763 8.1 12.5 .648 0.7 2.7 .257 0.1 0.4 .318  
 1985 NPBSL PHX 8.0 13.0 .616 4.7 6.5 .728 7.3 10.3 .712 0.6 2.3 .249 0.1 0.5 .263  
 Career     8.4 14.0 .596 4.7 6.3 .741 7.6 11.2 .683 0.6 2.4 .252 0.1 0.4 .283  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1986 55 55 1939 491 858 254 333 7 22 1243 138 473 98 37 155 37 40 173 -461 
 1985 82 82 2822 655 1064 388 533 10 38 1708 172 611 185 59 238 59 48 254 -363 
 Career 137 137 4761 1146 1922 642 866 17 60 2951 310 1084 283 96 393 96 88 427 -824 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1986 NPBSL PHX .619 1.45 7.8 12.3 25.2 8.0 20.0 13.9 20.6 262.2 8.7 -8.4 102.7 113.2  
 1985 NPBSL PHX .657 1.61 10.7 13.8 23.3 7.2 18.4 12.8 21.0 399.7 13.3 -4.4 106.2 111.5  
 Career     .641 1.54 9.5 13.2 24.0 7.5 19.1 13.3 20.8 661.9 22.1 -6.0 104.8 112.2  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 Career     0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 Career     0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 Career     .000 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1984 - 33 0 28.2 33.9 4.8 13.6 4.3 1.7 2.60 2.3 1.4 1.9 .584 .763 .000  
 Total   33 0 28.2 33.9 4.8 13.6 4.3 1.7 2.60 2.3 1.4 1.9 .584 .763 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1984 33 0 929 389 666 342 448 0 0 1120 157 607 143 75 55 75 46 62 0 
 Career 33 0 929 389 666 342 448 0 0 1120 157 607 143 75 55 75 46 62 0 

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 45 6 15 5 2 3 9 18 31 14 17 1 2  
 Playoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 Career 45 10 15 7 4 3 9 18 31 14 17 2 4  

Game Logs

 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/21 CLE W 41 15 25 5 9 0 1 35 2 8 2 2 0 5 2 4
 10/22 LAL L 38 12 25 10 11 0 0 34 3 8 1 2 0 0 5 -15
 10/24 DAL L 42 10 20 8 8 0 0 28 0 8 3 4 0 2 3 -2
 10/30 SDC L 37 16 22 3 5 0 2 35 0 10 5 2 0 0 5 2
 10/31 WAS L 44 13 18 10 13 0 0 36 1 7 4 4 2 0 5 -8
 11/2 BOS L 30 5 10 12 12 0 0 22 2 5 3 3 1 0 4 -23
 11/4 WAS L 43 9 15 7 8 0 0 25 4 15 1 5 1 0 2 -10
 11/5 BOS L 35 18 24 5 6 0 0 41 5 11 1 3 2 2 6 -2
 11/7 ATL L 35 10 12 8 9 0 0 28 1 6 1 3 0 1 2 -24
 11/8 GSW L 40 9 15 5 6 0 1 23 3 9 1 2 0 0 6 -9
 11/10 SEA L 43 15 24 3 4 1 1 34 5 13 3 3 0 1 2 -7
 11/11 NYK L 43 9 13 4 6 0 0 22 5 12 3 3 1 0 4 -14
 11/13 SEA L 42 9 16 2 4 1 1 21 6 7 1 3 0 1 4 -9
 11/15 HOU W 43 9 15 10 14 0 0 28 3 10 2 3 0 3 2 16
 11/16 SAS L 41 18 25 8 9 1 1 45 2 12 2 2 0 1 3 -3
 11/18 POR L 33 8 17 5 6 0 1 21 4 13 1 3 1 3 4 -21
 11/19 SAS L 48 14 24 6 12 0 0 34 2 9 2 2 0 0 3 -7
 11/23 LAL L 18 7 9 2 2 0 0 16 1 2 4 1 1 2 3 -7
 11/24 SAS L 41 15 25 2 2 0 1 32 0 10 2 1 1 1 5 7
 11/26 IND L 42 15 21 8 8 0 0 38 1 10 4 3 0 1 4 -5
 11/28 SDC W 44 8 22 7 9 0 0 23 6 9 2 2 0 1 3 14
 11/30 GSW L 42 4 12 9 11 0 0 17 4 11 5 2 1 1 5 -8
 12/2 CHI W 41 7 16 4 7 0 0 18 4 11 5 2 1 1 2 17
 12/3 UTA L 38 9 17 9 12 0 1 27 1 7 0 4 2 0 3 -9
 12/7 NJN L 44 10 20 6 7 0 0 26 3 14 4 8 2 1 3 -9
 12/8 MIL L 20 2 5 4 6 0 0 8 0 6 1 2 1 0 3 -24
 12/10 SEA L 31 5 12 8 8 0 0 18 1 5 0 2 0 1 1 -22
 12/12 LAL L 25 6 12 2 2 1 1 15 1 3 0 3 0 0 3 -19
 12/13 SDC L 41 15 27 6 6 0 0 36 3 10 0 2 2 2 3 2
 12/17 SEA L 41 15 24 3 6 0 1 33 3 11 2 2 1 0 4 2
 12/18 ATL W 41 9 16 2 4 0 0 20 4 15 3 1 0 2 2 10
 12/21 DAL L 41 11 18 10 10 0 1 32 1 11 2 5 0 0 2 -4
 12/22 KCK L 42 7 11 6 11 0 0 20 4 15 4 3 0 0 5 -2
 12/24 DET L 42 8 17 4 6 0 1 20 3 11 2 3 0 2 4 -16
 12/26 GSW L 26 3 10 3 3 0 0 9 3 7 3 2 1 0 3 -2
 12/28 HOU L 33 11 21 3 4 0 0 25 2 9 2 1 0 0 3 -18
 12/31 SDC L 37 8 13 0 0 0 1 16 0 9 2 5 0 1 4 -10
 1/1 DEN L 25 5 9 5 7 0 0 15 1 7 2 3 0 0 4 -16
 1/5 POR L 15 4 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 -14
 1/6 LAL L 30 4 13 4 4 0 1 12 2 9 0 1 1 0 0 -30
 1/10 SAS L 28 4 9 4 4 0 0 12 2 5 4 3 1 0 4 -4
 1/14 CLE L 30 5 12 4 4 0 1 14 3 8 1 5 0 0 5 -32
 1/18 GSW L 25 9 10 1 2 0 0 19 1 4 0 2 1 1 3 0
 1/19 PHI L 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 -10
 1/21 SDC L 38 10 16 3 6 0 1 23 5 12 1 4 1 1 2 -15
 1/23 UTA L 36 8 13 1 4 0 0 17 1 6 4 4 2 3 0 -28
 1/25 SEA W 38 13 31 7 9 0 1 33 1 7 3 4 2 0 1 26
 1/26 PHI L 28 7 14 6 8 0 0 20 1 7 2 5 1 0 5 -13
 1/30 SDC L 32 11 19 4 5 0 0 26 0 7 2 1 0 1 4 -9
 1/31 POR L 39 13 23 5 7 0 1 31 2 6 2 3 2 1 2 -20
 2/4 POR L 46 12 22 3 4 1 2 28 2 10 2 4 2 0 5 -15
 2/5 SDC L 44 10 12 2 3 0 0 22 5 12 2 1 0 2 4 -1
 2/6 ROO W 13 4 7 4 6 0 0 12 1 4 0 2 0 0 3 5
 2/8 EAS W 30 11 16 1 1 0 1 23 2 5 3 0 0 0 1 15
 2/12 BOS L 20 4 9 4 6 1 1 13 3 5 0 2 1 0 3 -5
 2/13 DAL L 43 11 13 14 17 0 0 36 1 5 0 2 0 0 1 -6
 2/17 UTA L 39 13 17 2 2 0 0 28 5 10 0 2 1 0 4 -26
 2/18 LAL L 33 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 2 8 0 1 0 1 3 -26
 2/20 CLE W 27 10 15 0 0 0 0 20 3 4 2 2 0 1 4 0
 2/23 DEN L 36 6 16 6 7 1 1 19 1 7 1 9 2 0 3 -16
 2/24 DAL L 44 10 16 9 10 0 1 29 5 12 0 3 0 0 1 -2
 2/26 SAS L 22 8 10 3 6 0 0 19 2 4 3 2 1 0 3 -22
 2/27 HOU W 39 7 17 6 10 0 0 20 5 12 2 4 1 1 1 16

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 13
 Total Player of the Week: 2
 Total Player of the Month: 1
 Total All-Star Appearances: 2
 1985 NPBSL Rookie Game Participant
 1985 NPBSL All-Star
 1985 NPBSL All-Rookie First Team
 1986 NPBSL Rookie Game Participant
 1986 NPBSL All-Star

Transactions

 Date Action
 6/26/1985 Drafted by the Suns with pick #2 of round 1.

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