Hakeem Olajuwon playoff points per game in 1996-97
23.11996-97 Postseason
Hakeem Olajuwon averaged 23.1 points per game in the 1996-97 postseason.
- 8th-best of Hakeem Olajuwon's 15 seasons on file; the high is 37.5 in 1987-88.
- Up 0.7 from 22.4 in 1995-96.
Average of 15 postseasons, 1984-85 through 2001-02. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | FG%: Share of shots from the floor that went in. League average sits near 47%. | 3P%: Share of three-point attempts that went in. League average sits near 36%. | FT%: Share of free throws that went in. League average sits near 78%. | TS%: Scoring per shot with threes and free throws counted: PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)). League average sits near 58%. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-85 |  HOU | 5 | 37.4 | 21.2 | 13 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 47.7 | 0.0 | 47.8 | 49.0 |
| 1985-86 | HOU | 20 | 38.3 | 26.9 | 11.8 | 2 | 2 | 3.5 | 53.0 | 0.0 | 63.8 | 56.6 |
| 1986-87 | HOU | 10 | 38.9 | 29.2 | 11.3 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 61.5 | 0.0 | 74.2 | 65.9 |
| 1987-88 | HOU | 4 | 40.5 | 37.5 | 16.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 88.4 | 64.1 |
| 1988-89 | HOU | 4 | 40.5 | 25.3 | 13 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 51.9 | 0.0 | 68.0 | 54.9 |
| 1989-90 | HOU | 4 | 40.3 | 18.5 | 11.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 44.3 | 0.0 | 70.6 | 47.8 |
| 1990-91 | HOU | 3 | 43 | 22 | 14.7 | 2 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 57.8 | 0.0 | 82.4 | 62.9 |
| 1992-93 | HOU | 12 | 43.2 | 25.7 | 14 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 51.7 | 0.0 | 82.7 | 56.8 |
| 1993-94 | HOU | 23 | 43 | 28.9 | 11 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 4 | 51.9 | 50.0 | 79.5 | 56.8 |
| 1994-95 | HOU | 22 | 42.2 | 33 | 10.3 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 53.1 | 50.0 | 68.1 | 56.0 |
| 1995-96 | HOU | 8 | 41.1 | 22.4 | 9.1 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 51.0 | 0.0 | 72.5 | 54.4 |
| 1996-97 | HOU | 16 | 39.3 | 23.1 | 10.9 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 59.0 | 0.0 | 73.1 | 62.8 |
| 1997-98 | HOU | 5 | 38 | 20.4 | 10.8 | 2.4 | 1 | 3.2 | 39.4 | 0.0 | 72.7 | 44.9 |
| 1998-99 | HOU | 4 | 30.8 | 13.3 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 42.6 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 46.1 |
| 2001-02 |  TOR | 5 | 17.2 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 56.8 |
What the columns mean: GP · MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%