Athletic Honors
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (May 15, 1995)
- College:
- Player of the Year (1967, 1969)
- Three-time First Team All-American (1967–69)
- Three-time NCAA champion (1967–69)
- Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament (1967–69)
- Naismith College Player of the Year (1969)
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (2007)
- National Basketball Association:
- Rookie of the Year (1970)
- Six-time NBA champion (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987–88)
- NBA MVP (1971–72, 1974, 1976–77, 1980)
- Sporting News NBA MVP (1971–72, 1974, 1976–77, 1980)
- Finals MVP (1971, 1985)
- Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" (1985)
- One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)
- First player in NBA history to play 20 seasons
- #7 in SLAM Magazine's Top 50 NBA Players of all time in 2009.
- November 16, 2012 – A statue of Abdul-Jabbar was unveiled in front of Staples Center on Chick Hearn Court, in Los Angeles.
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