Career atlas
Karl Malone: 19 seasons, 2 teams, 1 competitions
From 1985-86 to 2003-04
The question
How did Karl Malone evolve?
The evidence
When it really changed
The stints
One row per stint: league, team and years. Chronological order; when two overlap, the origin comes first.
- UTA1985-86 → 2002-03
NBA · 18 seasons
- LAL2003-04
NBA · 1 season
When it really changed
Not every season is a change. Only jumps above the threshold declared below appear here. «Changed» means a jump larger than 4.1 points per game. It is a declared threshold, not a model.
- 1986-87+6.8 points per game versus the previous season
NBA · UTA
- Before
- 1985-86 · UTA · 14.9 points per game
- After
- 1986-87 · UTA · 21.7 points per game
- Context
- NBA · UTA
- 1987-88+6.0 points per game versus the previous season
NBA · UTA
- Before
- 1986-87 · UTA · 21.7 points per game
- After
- 1987-88 · UTA · 27.7 points per game
- Context
- NBA · UTA
- 2003-04Team change: from UTA to LAL
NBA · LAL
- Before
- 2002-03 · UTA · 20.6 points per game
- After
- 2003-04 · LAL · 13.2 points per game
- The measure
- -7.4 points per game versus the previous season
- Context
- NBA · LAL
Production, season by season
An ACB point and an NBA point are not the same unit. The line puts seasons side by side; it does not make them equal.
- 1985-8614.9 points per game
NBA · UTA · 81 games
- 1986-8721.7 points per game
NBA · UTA · 82 games
- 1987-8827.7 points per game
NBA · UTA · 82 games
- 1988-8929.1 points per game
NBA · UTA · 80 games
- 1989-9031.0 points per game
NBA · UTA · 82 games
- 1990-9129.0 points per game
NBA · UTA · 82 games
- 1991-9228.0 points per game
NBA · UTA · 81 games
- 1992-9327.0 points per game
NBA · UTA · 82 games
- 1993-9425.2 points per game
NBA · UTA · 82 games
- 1994-9526.7 points per game
NBA · UTA · 82 games
- 1995-9625.7 points per game
NBA · UTA · 82 games
- 1996-9727.4 points per game
NBA · UTA · 82 games
- 1997-9827.0 points per game
NBA · UTA · 81 games
- 1998-9923.8 points per game
NBA · UTA · 49 games
- 1999-0025.5 points per game
NBA · UTA · 82 games
- 2000-0123.2 points per game
NBA · UTA · 81 games
- 2001-0222.4 points per game
NBA · UTA · 80 games
- 2002-0320.6 points per game
NBA · UTA · 81 games
- 2003-0413.2 points per game
NBA · LAL · 42 games
FactDerivedAssumption
What this does not prove
- An ACB point and an NBA point are not the same unit. The line puts seasons side by side; it does not make them equal.
- «Changed» means a jump larger than 4.1 points per game. It is a declared threshold, not a model.
- Role is read from minutes and production. We do not have a declared position for every European season.
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This answer
2026-10-12
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