Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

American basketball player (born 1947)

Born

16 April 1947, New York City

Citizenship

United States

Occupation

basketball player, basketball coach, actor, film producer, author

Films here

2

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player. He played as a center for 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. A member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Abdul-Jabbar won a record six NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards. He was a 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA Team member, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team selection. He was a member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two more as an assistant coach, and was twice voted the NBA Finals MVP. He was named to three NBA anniversary teams (35th, 50th, and 75th). Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Abdul-Jabbar broke the NBA's career scoring record in 1984, and held it until 2023.

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Bruce Lee
• Sammo Hung
• James Tien
• Chieh Yuan
• Dan Inosanto
• Ji Han-jae

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q179051 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.