Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Hakeem Olajuwon and Arvydas Sabonis

This is the detail of NBA games in which Hakeem Olajuwon and Arvydas Sabonis played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

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They faced each other a total of 13 times in NBA games. Arvydas Sabonis has a 7-6 winning record over Hakeem Olajuwon. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Hakeem Olajuwon

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Arvydas Sabonis


NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2023-24
Hakeem Olajuwon: 1984-85 to 2001-02
Arvydas Sabonis: 1995-96 to 2002-03

13 Games played

13 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Hakeem Olajuwon	6	6	0
Arvydas Sabonis	7	7	0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Hakeem Olajuwon	17.0	7.1	2.4	1.8	1.8
Arvydas Sabonis	12.2	9.2	2.2	0.7	1.2

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Hakeem Olajuwon	27	17	9	5	4
Arvydas Sabonis	18	16	5	2	4

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Hakeem Olajuwon	9 games	4 games	5 games	8 games	5 games
Arvydas Sabonis	4 games	8 games	7 games	3 games	1 game
Both had same stat	0 games	1 game	1 game	2 games	7 games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1995-96 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 10, 1995
1.	Rockets	101	Hakeem Olajuwon	21	17	4	1	1	5	4	52	8-24	.333	0-0	-	5-11	.455
2OT	Trail Blazers	103	Arvydas Sabonis	13	15	2	2	1	5	5	39	4-13	.308	0-2	.000	5-6	.833
	Mar. 05, 1996
2.	Rockets	100	Hakeem Olajuwon	23	6	9	2	2	3	5	39	11-28	.393	0-0	-	1-1	1.000
	Trail Blazers	93	Arvydas Sabonis	16	6	1	0	0	3	2	24	5-9	.556	1-2	.500	5-8	.625


1996-97 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 26, 1996
3.	Rockets	102	Hakeem Olajuwon	27	6	0	2	3	3	2	41	9-21	.429	0-0	-	9-11	.818
OT	Trail Blazers	101	Arvydas Sabonis	6	7	3	1	1	5	6	31	2-5	.400	0-2	.000	2-2	1.000
	Dec. 15, 1996
4.	Rockets	99	Hakeem Olajuwon	26	10	4	2	1	3	6	41	9-20	.450	0-0	-	8-8	1.000
	Trail Blazers	89	Arvydas Sabonis	18	9	2	1	1	6	4	32	6-12	.500	0-4	.000	6-7	.857
	Jan. 02, 1997
5.	Rockets	96	Hakeem Olajuwon	21	8	1	0	1	4	3	37	9-18	.500	0-0	-	3-6	.500
	Trail Blazers	112	Arvydas Sabonis	18	12	5	1	1	2	5	35	3-10	.300	0-0	-	12-12	1.000


1997-98 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 07, 1997
6.	Rockets	85	Hakeem Olajuwon	27	8	0	4	1	0	3	40	10-15	.667	0-0	-	7-9	.778
	Trail Blazers	86	Arvydas Sabonis	11	16	1	0	1	4	2	41	3-7	.429	0-2	.000	5-5	1.000
	Feb. 13, 1998
7.	Rockets	81	Hakeem Olajuwon	5	6	3	0	1	4	2	30	2-8	.250	0-0	-	1-1	1.000
	Trail Blazers	105	Arvydas Sabonis	17	14	4	1	1	3	1	33	5-9	.556	0-0	-	7-7	1.000


1998-99 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Mar. 07, 1999
8.	Rockets	71	Hakeem Olajuwon	16	2	3	2	2	1	3	30	6-10	.600	0-0	-	4-4	1.000
	Trail Blazers	111	Arvydas Sabonis	10	5	1	0	1	2	2	23	4-9	.444	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Mar. 16, 1999
9.	Rockets	101	Hakeem Olajuwon	21	6	2	5	4	1	4	39	9-18	.500	0-0	-	3-3	1.000
	Trail Blazers	93	Arvydas Sabonis	2	9	2	0	4	1	2	22	1-6	.167	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Apr. 15, 1999
10.	Rockets	86	Hakeem Olajuwon	6	6	3	2	2	4	2	43	1-6	.167	0-0	-	4-6	.667
	Trail Blazers	76	Arvydas Sabonis	14	5	4	1	0	1	0	31	5-8	.625	0-2	.000	4-6	.667


1999-00 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 26, 1999
11.	Rockets	88	Hakeem Olajuwon	6	5	0	0	0	2	2	15	2-5	.400	0-0	-	2-4	.500
OT	Trail Blazers	91	Arvydas Sabonis	10	9	1	0	1	0	5	23	5-10	.500	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Jan. 18, 2000
12.	Rockets	90	Hakeem Olajuwon	6	1	1	3	4	3	3	19	3-8	.375	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Trail Blazers	89	Arvydas Sabonis	13	8	0	1	1	2	3	30	5-12	.417	0-0	-	3-4	.750


2000-01 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 26, 2001
13.	Rockets	89	Hakeem Olajuwon	16	11	1	1	2	0	3	37	6-11	.545	0-0	-	4-6	.667
	Trail Blazers	95	Arvydas Sabonis	11	4	2	1	2	0	2	25	4-7	.571	0-1	.000	3-4	.750