Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Bernard King and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which Bernard King and Hakeem Olajuwon 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 9 times in NBA games. Hakeem Olajuwon has a 5-4 winning record over Bernard King. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Bernard King:
1977-78 to 1992-93
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Bernard King
4
4
0
Hakeem Olajuwon
5
5
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Bernard King 23.1 5.8 3.7 1.60.0
Hakeem Olajuwon 23.9 15.4 2.01.33.7
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Bernard King 36 8 7 40
Hakeem Olajuwon 36 25 5 36
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Bernard King 4

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1

game
6

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3

games
0

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Hakeem Olajuwon 5

games
8

games
2

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3

games
9

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Both had same stat 0

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0

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1

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3

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0

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1984-85 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 03, 1984
1. Knicks 93   Bernard King 36 4 2 3 0 5 5 37 12-26 .462 0-0 - 12-14 .857
Rockets 105   Hakeem Olajuwon 15 10 0 1 4 2 3 33 7-16 .438 0-0 - 1-6 .167
Feb. 14, 1985
2. Knicks 105   Bernard King 29 3 4 1 0 5 4 34 14-27 .519 0-1 .000 1-4 .250
Rockets 113   Hakeem Olajuwon 30 25 0 3 3 4 5 44 10-20 .500 0-0 - 10-18 .556
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 02, 1988
3. Bullets 100   Bernard King 26 5 2 1 0 4 2 35 12-23 .522 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 111   Hakeem Olajuwon 18 4 2 2 1 2 5 22 8-13 .615 0-0 - 2-5 .400
Feb. 20, 1988
4. Bullets 109   Bernard King 8 6 4 2 0 4 4 35 4-18 .222 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Rockets 115   Hakeem Olajuwon 23 12 0 1 3 5 3 43 11-20 .550 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 29, 1988
5. Bullets 126   Bernard King 24 8 1 1 0 1 3 35 7-12 .583 0-0 - 10-10 1.000
Rockets 109   Hakeem Olajuwon 21 17 2 2 4 4 5 38 9-21 .429 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Feb. 27, 1989
6. Bullets 104   Bernard King 34 6 5 4 0 2 2 38 13-24 .542 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Rockets 98   Hakeem Olajuwon 27 18 4 1 4 7 4 38 10-15 .667 0-0 - 7-15 .467
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 20, 1990
7. Bullets 107   Bernard King 11 5 1 1 0 1 4 26 4-10 .400 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Rockets 127   Hakeem Olajuwon 23 21 5 1 4 4 1 39 10-19 .526 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Apr. 06, 1990
8. Bullets 121   Bernard King 27 8 7 1 0 3 3 36 10-19 .526 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Rockets 110   Hakeem Olajuwon 36 17 3 1 4 3 5 41 16-27 .593 0-0 - 4-6 .667
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 14, 1990
9. Bullets 106   Bernard King 13 7 7 0 0 2 0 36 5-18 .278 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Rockets 93   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 15 2 0 6 4 4 39 7-13 .538 0-0 - 8-10 .800