Karl Malone

Los Angeles Lakers · F

Age 40 · 6'9" · 259 lb · USA

Pick #13, 1985 Draft · Rookie 1997 · 578 games · 96 playoff games

DPM

+1.1
Offense -0.2 Defense +1.3 Market +1.4 · playoffs +1.1 Last played Jun 13, 2004

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Top 10 comps today

Current players closest to Karl Malone's latest recorded profile, by DARKO ratings, age and projected box-score style. Reference profile: Jun 15, 2004.

  1. +1.8DPMDPM Offense +1.2 Defense +0.5 Per 100 possessions:27.2points8.6rebounds7.8assistsP/R/A
    75.7
  2. +0.8DPMDPM Offense +0.2 Defense +0.7 Per 100 possessions:23.0points9.4rebounds3.7assistsP/R/A
    72.3
  3. +1.7DPMDPM Offense +0.8 Defense +0.9 Per 100 possessions:27.8points8.0rebounds7.1assistsP/R/A
    71.1
  4. +2.0DPMDPM Offense +1.8 Defense +0.2 Per 100 possessions:26.3points9.8rebounds11.0assistsP/R/A
    70.0
  5. +1.5DPMDPM Offense +1.5 Defense -0.1 Per 100 possessions:22.3points7.2rebounds8.8assistsP/R/A
    66.2
  6. +1.8DPMDPM Offense +0.4 Defense +1.4 Per 100 possessions:32.0points15.4rebounds3.9assistsP/R/A
    66.2
  7. +0.5DPMDPM Offense -0.8 Defense +1.3 Per 100 possessions:13.7points6.5rebounds7.9assistsP/R/A
    64.8
  8. +0.8DPMDPM Offense 0.0 Defense +0.8 Per 100 possessions:16.6points11.5rebounds7.0assistsP/R/A
    64.4
  9. +1.3DPMDPM Offense 0.0 Defense +1.3 Per 100 possessions:19.6points5.5rebounds6.6assistsP/R/A
    64.3
  10. +0.7DPMDPM Offense -0.9 Defense +1.7 Per 100 possessions:12.9points15.2rebounds3.6assistsP/R/A
    63.8
How these matches work

Each player's latest published profile is compared with today's league. The score uses standardized differences in DPM, offense, defense, age, scoring, assists, rebounds, blocks, steals, turnovers, three-point shot share and free-throw rate. DPM and age carry the most weight. Historical trajectory and a same-age cutoff are not used here.

100 is an identical profile, so a current player is his own first match. Scores fall by 8 points per unit of weighted distance, down to zero. This is a similarity index, not a probability. Box-score figures are projections per 100 possessions, so playing time does not distort the comparison.

Shaded: 1996–97 ratings start with WOWY RAPM and transition to DPM through the regular season. Where WOWY is unavailable, DPM is shown.

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Karl Malone, season by season
SeasonTeamAgeGamesMPGDPMOffDefFor his age
2003-04LAL4042 +2132.8+1.09-0.17+1.265th of 18
2002-03UTA3981 +536.2+1.99+2.36-0.376th of 47
2001-02UTA3880 +438.0+2.09+2.15-0.0510th of 78
2000-01UTA3781 +535.7+3.69+3.64+0.058th of 118
1999-00UTA3682 +1035.9+4.15+3.94+0.219th of 189
1998-99UTA3549 +1137.4+4.31+3.74+0.5612th of 243
1997-98UTA3481 +2037.4+4.74+4.27+0.4614th of 337
1996-97UTA3382 +2036.6+2.95+2.76+0.1927th of 405

Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.

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