Kareem Abdul-Jabbar[b] (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., [c] ) is an American former basketball player. He played professionally for 20 seasons for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins as a center.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American collegiate and professional basketball player who dominated the game in the 1970s and early ’80s. He set numerous NBA records during his 20-year career, including most field goals made (15,837), most minutes played (57,446), and most MVP awards won (6).
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, turning 79 in 2026, is not only a basketball legend but has also enjoyed a prolific career in TV, film, and as a mystery writer since the 1970s. He is known for memorable roles in Game of Death and Airplane!, frequent guest appearances on popular TV shows, and recent cameos reflecting his ongoing influence in pop culture and mystery writing. Beyond acting, Abdul-Jabbar ...
Long before they were the anchors of the Los Angeles Lakers dynasty in the '80s, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the late Jerry West were just two ends of a basketball spectrum. One was a fast-rising NBA ...
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The world may never again see an athlete dominate a sport for as long and as masterfully as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. From the time he stepped onto the court as Lew Alcindor at Power Memorial High School in his native New York City, to the years he owned college basketball at UCLA, to the time he retired as the NBA's all-time leader in nine statistical categories including the most points in NBA ...