Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Dwight Howard and John Salmons

This is the detail of NBA games in which Dwight Howard and John Salmons 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 25 times in NBA games. Dwight Howard has a 17-8 winning record over John Salmons. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Dwight Howard

vs.

John Salmons


NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2025-26
Dwight Howard: 2004-05 to 2021-22
John Salmons: 2002-03 to 2014-15

25 Games played

25 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Dwight Howard	17	17	0
John Salmons	8	8	0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Dwight Howard	18.6	13.8	1.7	1.1	2.2
John Salmons	10.2	3.4	2.5	1.0	0.3

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Dwight Howard	31	26	5	4	5
John Salmons	22	8	6	3	2

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Dwight Howard	19 games	24 games	9 games	8 games	23 games
John Salmons	6 games	1 game	15 games	6 games	1 game
Both had same stat	0 games	0 games	1 game	11 games	1 game

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2004-05 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 14, 2004
1.	Magic	87	Dwight Howard	9	14	0	0	4	2	2	29	3-6	.500	0-0	-	3-6	.500
	76ers	96	John Salmons	6	5	4	1	1	3	2	24	3-6	.500	0-1	.000	0-0	-
	Nov. 27, 2004
2.	Magic	105	Dwight Howard	12	10	3	1	2	2	3	33	4-5	.800	0-0	-	4-5	.800
	76ers	99	John Salmons	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	16	1-3	.333	0-1	.000	0-0	-


2005-06 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 26, 2006
3.	Magic	119	Dwight Howard	22	9	1	0	1	4	3	43	7-10	.700	0-0	-	8-11	.727
OT	76ers	115	John Salmons	5	1	0	0	0	2	4	29	2-4	.500	1-1	1.000	0-0	-
	Jan. 29, 2006
4.	Magic	81	Dwight Howard	14	11	1	0	3	5	3	40	6-11	.545	0-0	-	2-7	.286
	76ers	89	John Salmons	17	6	6	2	0	0	0	42	8-13	.615	0-1	.000	1-1	1.000
	Mar. 24, 2006
5.	Magic	102	Dwight Howard	15	19	5	0	4	2	1	37	5-10	.500	0-0	-	5-10	.500
	76ers	86	John Salmons	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	11	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Apr. 15, 2006
6.	Magic	102	Dwight Howard	28	26	1	2	1	3	4	40	9-14	.643	0-0	-	10-19	.526
	76ers	97	John Salmons	2	0	3	0	0	2	1	13	1-3	.333	0-1	.000	0-0	-


2006-07 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 04, 2006
7.	Magic	92	Dwight Howard	18	16	0	1	1	4	2	40	7-9	.778	0-0	-	4-8	.500
	Kings	89	John Salmons	16	6	3	0	0	1	3	38	5-9	.556	2-3	.667	4-6	.667
	Mar. 17, 2007
8.	Magic	83	Dwight Howard	6	12	3	0	2	5	2	40	2-10	.200	0-0	-	2-4	.500
	Kings	95	John Salmons	13	2	2	3	1	2	2	26	5-7	.714	1-3	.333	2-2	1.000


2007-08 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 08, 2008
9.	Magic	100	Dwight Howard	29	15	1	2	1	6	4	38	11-13	.846	0-0	-	7-8	.875
	Kings	104	John Salmons	21	3	3	2	0	4	2	43	8-14	.571	0-1	.000	5-5	1.000
	Feb. 24, 2008
10.	Magic	112	Dwight Howard	26	10	2	1	2	3	3	34	10-13	.769	0-0	-	6-11	.545
	Kings	93	John Salmons	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	25	1-3	.333	0-0	-	2-4	.500


2008-09 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 01, 2008
11.	Magic	121	Dwight Howard	29	14	2	0	5	1	1	40	11-14	.786	0-0	-	7-12	.583
	Kings	103	John Salmons	12	3	3	1	1	2	3	40	4-11	.364	0-2	.000	4-4	1.000
	Jan. 13, 2009
12.	Magic	139	Dwight Howard	25	15	1	4	1	2	1	32	8-10	.800	0-0	-	9-11	.818
	Kings	107	John Salmons	10	3	4	1	0	2	1	32	4-9	.444	2-3	.667	0-0	-
	Feb. 24, 2009
13.	Magic	102	Dwight Howard	26	12	1	2	0	3	5	34	10-18	.556	0-0	-	6-8	.750
	Bulls	120	John Salmons	11	6	4	0	2	1	3	27	3-7	.429	0-1	.000	5-5	1.000
	Mar. 11, 2009
14.	Magic	107	Dwight Howard	15	9	1	1	3	3	3	22	6-7	.857	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Bulls	79	John Salmons	18	8	0	1	0	3	0	34	5-12	.417	2-5	.400	6-8	.750


2009-10 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 02, 2010
15.	Magic	93	Dwight Howard	9	12	1	0	2	2	4	33	3-7	.429	0-0	-	3-8	.375
	Bulls	101	John Salmons	15	4	2	1	0	0	2	26	5-9	.556	1-1	1.000	4-4	1.000
	Feb. 10, 2010
16.	Magic	107	Dwight Howard	18	14	1	1	1	5	4	25	7-10	.700	0-0	-	4-6	.667
	Bulls	87	John Salmons	12	3	1	1	1	3	2	32	4-11	.364	0-1	.000	4-4	1.000


2010-11 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 05, 2011
17.	Magic	97	Dwight Howard	28	13	3	2	1	3	2	43	9-16	.563	0-0	-	10-15	.667
	Bucks	87	John Salmons	13	1	1	1	0	1	1	31	5-17	.294	1-5	.200	2-2	1.000
	Mar. 16, 2011
18.	Magic	93	Dwight Howard	31	21	2	2	3	5	4	46	9-12	.750	0-1	.000	13-24	.542
OT	Bucks	89	John Salmons	22	7	5	1	0	3	4	45	10-19	.526	2-4	.500	0-0	-
	Apr. 05, 2011
19.	Magic	78	Dwight Howard	18	17	2	3	1	4	3	39	5-10	.500	0-0	-	8-13	.615
	Bucks	72	John Salmons	9	8	3	2	0	2	2	32	3-9	.333	2-3	.667	1-2	.500


2011-12 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 08, 2012
20.	Magic	104	Dwight Howard	5	4	1	0	1	1	4	20	1-2	.500	0-0	-	3-5	.600
	Kings	97	John Salmons	8	6	2	1	0	1	2	39	4-8	.500	0-3	.000	0-0	-


2012-13 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 11, 2012
21.	Lakers	103	Dwight Howard	23	18	3	2	3	2	2	39	8-14	.571	0-0	-	7-13	.538
	Kings	90	John Salmons	9	2	2	1	1	2	2	23	3-9	.333	1-3	.333	2-2	1.000
	Nov. 21, 2012
22.	Lakers	97	Dwight Howard	7	9	3	2	1	2	4	41	2-4	.500	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Kings	113	John Salmons	13	3	1	2	0	0	3	31	5-12	.417	2-4	.500	1-2	.500
	Mar. 17, 2013
23.	Lakers	113	Dwight Howard	12	17	1	0	5	2	2	41	4-6	.667	0-0	-	4-10	.400
	Kings	102	John Salmons	3	0	5	0	0	0	3	30	1-7	.143	1-3	.333	0-0	-
	Mar. 30, 2013
24.	Lakers	103	Dwight Howard	24	15	1	1	5	4	3	40	10-14	.714	0-0	-	4-10	.400
	Kings	98	John Salmons	13	3	3	1	1	1	2	44	5-12	.417	3-7	.429	0-0	-


2014-15 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 18, 2014
25.	Rockets	90	Dwight Howard	17	13	2	0	3	3	4	35	7-15	.467	0-0	-	3-5	.600
	Pelicans	99	John Salmons	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	14	0-7	.000	0-5	.000	0-0	-