Karl Malone vs Shaquille O'Neal

Who has the better career numbers?

Karl Malone leads in 5 of the 9 lines, Shaquille O'Neal in 4. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Karl Malone vs Shaquille O'Neal head to head

They have faced each other 42 times: Karl Malone's team won 22, Shaquille O'Neal's 20. In the playoffs Karl Malone leads 8-1.

Every game against each other

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Karl Malone vs Shaquille O'Neal, every game

Date↓	Game↓	Malone's team↓	Karl Malone↓	Shaquille O'Neal↓
Feb 1, 2003	UTAH at LAL	L 99-87	26 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 40 MIN	21 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 37 MIN
Dec 8, 2002	UTAH at LAL	L 110-101	11 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 38 MIN	32 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 41 MIN
Dec 4, 2002	LAL at UTAH	W 93-85	29 PTS, 15 REB, 4 AST, 41 MIN	23 PTS, 15 REB, 1 AST, 38 MIN
Apr 9, 2002	UTAH at LAL	L 112-82	12 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 31 MIN	22 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 25 MIN
Mar 6, 2002	LAL at UTAH	W 92-84	23 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 41 MIN	28 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 42 MIN
Nov 4, 2001	UTAH at LAL	L 100-96	26 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 29 MIN	30 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 41 MIN
Nov 1, 2001	LAL at UTAH	L 105-101	16 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 43 MIN	31 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 38 MIN
Apr 3, 2001	LAL at UTAH	L 96-88	31 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST, 40 MIN	31 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 32 MIN
Jan 13, 2001	LAL at UTAH	W 111-103	20 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 39 MIN	30 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 43 MIN
Jan 3, 2001	UTAH at LAL	L 82-71	14 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 40 MIN	24 PTS, 17 REB, 1 AST, 40 MIN
Nov 1, 2000	UTAH at LAL	W 97-92	26 PTS, 11 REB, 0 AST, 37 MIN	34 PTS, 15 REB, 1 AST, 43 MIN
Feb 4, 2000	UTAH at LAL	L 113-67	14 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 18 MIN	25 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 29 MIN
Jan 24, 2000	LAL at UTAH	W 105-101 2OT	31 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 47 MIN	36 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 55 MIN
Nov 24, 1999	UTAH at LAL	L 90-82	22 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 40 MIN	39 PTS, 18 REB, 4 AST, 45 MIN
Nov 2, 1999	LAL at UTAH	L 91-84	14 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 36 MIN	23 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 35 MIN
Apr 17, 1999	LAL at UTAH	W 109-93	27 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 30 MIN	29 PTS, 14 REB, 0 AST, 35 MIN
Apr 6, 1999	UTAH at LAL	W 106-93	30 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 39 MIN	24 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 30 MIN
Mar 7, 1999	LAL at UTAH	L 97-89	34 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 40 MIN	23 PTS, 16 REB, 1 AST, 34 MIN
Feb 7, 1999	UTAH at LAL	W 100-91	28 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 34 MIN	37 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST, 41 MIN
May 24, 1998	UTAH at LAL (playoffs)	W 96-92	32 PTS, 14 REB, 5 AST, 42 MIN	38 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 39 MIN
May 22, 1998	UTAH at LAL (playoffs)	W 109-98	26 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 39 MIN	39 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 41 MIN
May 18, 1998	LAL at UTAH (playoffs)	W 99-95	33 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 41 MIN	31 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 42 MIN
May 16, 1998	LAL at UTAH (playoffs)	W 112-77	29 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 33 MIN	19 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST, 35 MIN
Apr 19, 1998	UTAH at LAL	L 102-98	27 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 33 MIN	33 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST, 40 MIN
Mar 28, 1998	LAL at UTAH	W 106-91	31 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 40 MIN	31 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 33 MIN
Nov 18, 1997	LAL at UTAH	L 97-92	26 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 40 MIN	17 PTS, 9 REB, 0 AST, 36 MIN
May 12, 1997	LAL at UTAH (playoffs)	W 98-93 OT	32 PTS, 20 REB, 3 AST, 49 MIN	23 PTS, 13 REB, 5 AST, 37 MIN
May 10, 1997	UTAH at LAL (playoffs)	W 110-95	42 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 39 MIN	34 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 43 MIN
May 8, 1997	UTAH at LAL (playoffs)	L 104-84	15 PTS, 10 REB, 0 AST, 34 MIN	11 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 18 MIN
May 6, 1997	LAL at UTAH (playoffs)	W 103-101	31 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 43 MIN	25 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST, 35 MIN
May 4, 1997	LAL at UTAH (playoffs)	W 93-77	23 PTS, 13 REB, 0 AST, 39 MIN	17 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 39 MIN
Apr 13, 1997	UTAH at LAL	L 100-98	26 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 37 MIN	39 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 41 MIN
Dec 4, 1996	LAL at UTAH	W 101-75	26 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 30 MIN	21 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 33 MIN
Nov 20, 1996	UTAH at LAL	W 113-97	37 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 35 MIN	26 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 41 MIN
Jan 19, 1996	ORL at UTAH	W 111-99	37 PTS, 11 REB, 8 AST, 39 MIN	19 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 42 MIN
Dec 15, 1995	UTAH at ORL	L 111-99	24 PTS, 21 REB, 5 AST, 40 MIN	26 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 24 MIN
Mar 31, 1995	ORL at UTAH	L 101-98	26 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 40 MIN	28 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 40 MIN
Mar 14, 1995	UTAH at ORL	W 107-95	27 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 37 MIN	29 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 43 MIN
Mar 23, 1994	ORL at UTAH	L 98-93	27 PTS, 17 REB, 5 AST, 45 MIN	19 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 39 MIN
Nov 16, 1993	UTAH at ORL	L 114-96	30 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 41 MIN	23 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 41 MIN
Feb 8, 1993	ORL at UTAH	W 108-96	23 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST, 39 MIN	22 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 38 MIN
Dec 22, 1992	UTAH at ORL	L 101-98	30 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 35 MIN	28 PTS, 19 REB, 3 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.