Hakeem Olajuwon vs Shaquille O'Neal

Who has the better career numbers?

Hakeem Olajuwon leads in 5 of the 8 lines, Shaquille O'Neal in 3. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Hakeem Olajuwon vs Shaquille O'Neal head to head

They have faced each other 27 times: Hakeem Olajuwon's team won 10, Shaquille O'Neal's 17. In the playoffs Hakeem Olajuwon leads 4-3.

Every game against each other

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Hakeem Olajuwon vs Shaquille O'Neal, every game

Date↓	Game↓	Olajuwon's team↓	Hakeem Olajuwon↓	Shaquille O'Neal↓
Dec 21, 2000	LAL at HOU	L 99-94	16 PTS, 7 REB, 0 AST, 31 MIN	25 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST, 43 MIN
Nov 12, 2000	HOU at LAL	L 105-99	13 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 31 MIN	14 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 32 MIN
Nov 7, 2000	LAL at HOU	W 84-74	12 PTS, 5 REB, 0 AST, 35 MIN	24 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 45 MIN
Feb 27, 2000	HOU at LAL	L 101-85	6 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 13 MIN	24 PTS, 13 REB, 8 AST, 36 MIN
Jan 30, 2000	LAL at HOU	W 89-83	8 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 22 MIN	27 PTS, 19 REB, 0 AST, 41 MIN
Nov 10, 1999	LAL at HOU	L 89-88	15 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 36 MIN	6 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 15 MIN
May 15, 1999	LAL at HOU (playoffs)	L 98-88	18 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 39 MIN	37 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 43 MIN
May 13, 1999	LAL at HOU (playoffs)	W 102-88	5 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 28 MIN	26 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 42 MIN
May 11, 1999	HOU at LAL (playoffs)	L 110-98	8 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 25 MIN	28 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST, 33 MIN
May 9, 1999	HOU at LAL (playoffs)	L 101-100	22 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST, 31 MIN	27 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 41 MIN
Apr 26, 1999	LAL at HOU	W 102-80	14 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 34 MIN	19 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 36 MIN
Feb 28, 1999	HOU at LAL	L 106-90	22 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 29 MIN	22 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 34 MIN
Feb 5, 1999	HOU at LAL	L 99-91	11 PTS, 7 REB, 0 AST, 34 MIN	30 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST, 41 MIN
Feb 15, 1998	HOU at LAL	W 90-88	13 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 38 MIN	18 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 37 MIN
Nov 14, 1997	LAL at HOU	L 113-103 2OT	4 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 32 MIN	24 PTS, 13 REB, 8 AST, 50 MIN
Nov 12, 1996	LAL at HOU	L 126-115 2OT	31 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 32 MIN	34 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 42 MIN
Jan 21, 1996	ORL at HOU	L 97-96	30 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 45 MIN	29 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST, 42 MIN
Dec 25, 1995	HOU at ORL	L 92-90	30 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST, 42 MIN	22 PTS, 18 REB, 5 AST, 38 MIN
Jun 11, 1995	ORL at HOU (playoffs)	W 106-103	31 PTS, 14 REB, 7 AST, 45 MIN	28 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 45 MIN
Jun 9, 1995	HOU at ORL (playoffs)	W 117-106	34 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 42 MIN	33 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST, 45 MIN
Jun 7, 1995	HOU at ORL (playoffs)	W 120-118 OT	31 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 48 MIN	26 PTS, 16 REB, 9 AST, 44 MIN
Mar 2, 1995	ORL at HOU	L 107-96	22 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 44 MIN	19 PTS, 20 REB, 6 AST, 42 MIN
Nov 23, 1994	HOU at ORL	L 117-94	27 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 37 MIN	30 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 29 MIN
Mar 1, 1994	ORL at HOU	W 97-85	26 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 37 MIN	19 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 44 MIN
Jan 10, 1994	HOU at ORL	L 115-100	26 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 38 MIN	28 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 39 MIN
Mar 16, 1993	ORL at HOU	W 94-93	20 PTS, 15 REB, 9 AST, 46 MIN	16 PTS, 17 REB, 1 AST, 46 MIN
Nov 25, 1992	HOU at ORL	L 107-94	22 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 41 MIN	12 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 42 MIN

Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.

Career totals

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Where each stands all time

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.