Karl Malone

Karl Malone
	Malone in 2011
Personal information
Born	July 24, 1963 (age 60); Summerfield, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	259 lb (117 kg)
Career information
High school	Summerfield; (Summerfield, Louisiana)
College	Louisiana Tech (1982–1985)
NBA draft	1985: 1st round, 13th overall pick
	Selected by the Utah Jazz
Playing career	1985–2004
Position	Power forward
Number	32, 11
Coaching career	2007–2011
Career history
As player:
1985–2003	Utah Jazz
2003–2004	Los Angeles Lakers
As coach:
2007–2011	Louisiana Tech (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	2× NBA Most Valuable Player (1997, 1999); 14× NBA All-Star (1988–1998, 2000–2002); 2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1989, 1993); 11× All-NBA First Team (1989–1999); 2× All-NBA Second Team (1988, 2000); All-NBA Third Team (2001); 3× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1997–1999); NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1988); NBA All-Rookie First Team (1986); NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th); No. 32 retired by Utah Jazz; Second-team All-American – NABC (1985); Southland Player of the Year (1983); 3× First-team All-Southland (1983–1985); No. 32 retired by Louisiana Tech Bulldogs;
Career NBA statistics
Points	36,928 (25.0 ppg)
Rebounds	14,968 (10.1 rpg)
Assists	5,238 (3.6 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
	Basketball Hall of Fame as player
Men's Basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
FIBA Americas Championship

Karl Anthony Malone (born July 24, 1963)^[1] is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Mailman", he is considered one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history.^[2] Malone spent his first 18 seasons (1985–2003) in the NBA with the Utah Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate John Stockton. He was a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, a 14-time NBA All-Star, and an 11-time member of the All-NBA first team. His 36,928 career points scored rank third all-time in NBA history behind LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and he holds the records for most free throws made and attempted, and most regular season games started, in addition to being tied for the second-most first-team All-NBA selections with Kobe Bryant and behind LeBron James.^[3]

Malone played college basketball at Louisiana Tech University. In his three seasons with Louisiana Tech, he helped the Bulldogs basketball team to its first-ever NCAA tournament in 1984 and to first place in the Southland Conference in 1985. The Utah Jazz selected him in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick. Malone appeared in the playoffs every season in his career, including the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 with the Jazz. He played his final season with the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he played his third Finals in 2004. Malone also competed with the United States national team in the Summer Olympic Games of 1992 and 1996; in both years he won gold medals. In 1996, as part of the NBA's 50th Anniversary, Malone was honored as one of the 50 greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team.^[4] In October 2021, Malone was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.^[5]

After retiring from the NBA, Malone joined the staff of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team in 2007 and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010 twice – for his individual career, and as a member of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team.^[6]

^ "Karl Malone Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
^ Cite error: The named reference Britannica was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ NBA Awards – All-NBA 1st Team – National Basketball Association – ESPN Archived April 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Espn.go.com. Retrieved on December 12, 2015.
^ "NBA at 50: Top 50 Players". NBA.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^ nba.com/75
^ The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame – Hall of Famers Archived August 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Hoophall.com. Retrieved on December 12, 2015.