Shaquille O'Neal points per game in 1997-98
28.31997-98 Regular Season
Shaquille O'Neal averaged 28.3 points per game in the 1997-98 regular season.
- 5th-best of Shaquille O'Neal's 19 seasons on file; the high is 29.7 in 1999-00.
- Up 2.1 from 26.2 in 1996-97.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 26, 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%. | ||
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| 1992-93 |  ORL | 81 | 37.9 | 23.4 | 13.9 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 56.2 | 0.0 | 59.2 | 58.4 |
| 1993-94 | ORL | 81 | 39.8 | 29.3 | 13.2 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 59.9 | 0.0 | 55.4 | 60.5 |
| 1994-95 | ORL | 79 | 37.0 | 29.3 | 11.4 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 58.3 | 0.0 | 53.3 | 58.8 |
| 1995-96 | ORL | 54 | 36.0 | 26.6 | 11.0 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 57.3 | 50.0 | 48.7 | 57.0 |
| 1996-97 |  LAL | 51 | 38.1 | 26.2 | 12.5 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 55.7 | 0.0 | 48.4 | 55.6 |
| 1997-98 | LAL | 60 | 36.3 | 28.3 | 11.4 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 58.4 | 0.0 | 52.7 | 58.7 |
| 1998-99 | LAL | 49 | 34.8 | 26.3 | 10.7 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 57.6 | 0.0 | 54.0 | 58.4 |
| 1999-00 | LAL | 79 | 40.0 | 29.7 | 13.6 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 57.4 | 0.0 | 52.4 | 57.8 |
| 2000-01 | LAL | 74 | 39.5 | 28.7 | 12.7 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 57.2 | 0.0 | 51.3 | 57.4 |
| 2001-02 | LAL | 67 | 36.1 | 27.2 | 10.7 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 57.9 | 0.0 | 55.5 | 59.0 |
| 2002-03 | LAL | 67 | 37.8 | 27.5 | 11.1 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 57.4 | 0.0 | 62.2 | 60.2 |
| 2003-04 | LAL | 67 | 36.8 | 21.5 | 11.5 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 58.4 | 0.0 | 49.0 | 57.8 |
| 2004-05 |  MIA | 73 | 34.1 | 22.9 | 10.4 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 60.1 | 0.0 | 46.1 | 58.3 |
| 2005-06 | MIA | 59 | 30.6 | 20.0 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 46.9 | 58.6 |
| 2006-07 | MIA | 40 | 28.4 | 17.3 | 7.4 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 59.1 | 0.0 | 42.2 | 56.7 |
| 2007-08 |  MIA/PHX | 61 | 28.7 | 13.6 | 9.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 59.3 | 0.0 | 50.3 | 58.9 |
| 2008-09 | PHX | 75 | 30.0 | 17.8 | 8.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 60.9 | 0.0 | 59.5 | 62.3 |
| 2009-10 |  CLE | 53 | 23.4 | 12.0 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 56.6 | 0.0 | 49.6 | 56.5 |
| 2010-11 |  BOS | 37 | 20.3 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 55.7 | 65.9 |
What the columns mean: GP · MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%