Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Dwight Howard and Shaquille O'Neal

This is the detail of NBA games in which Dwight Howard and Shaquille O'Neal 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.

They faced each other a total of 12 times in NBA games. Overall, they are tied 6-6. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Dwight Howard:
2004-05 to 2021-22
Shaquille O'Neal:
1992-93 to 2010-11
12 Games played
12 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Dwight Howard
6
6
0
Shaquille O'Neal
6
6
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dwight Howard 16.5 10.9 1.0 1.11.4
Shaquille O'Neal 15.7 6.4 1.80.51.6
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dwight Howard 33 16 3 25
Shaquille O'Neal 27 11 6 34
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dwight Howard 7

games
9

games
5

games
6

games
5

games
Shaquille O'Neal 4

games
2

games
5

games
2

games
7

games
Both had same stat 1

game
1

game
2

games
4

games
0

games

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
%
Dec. 19, 2004
1. Magic 107   Dwight Howard 7 9 0 0 0 0 1 34 0-3 .000 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Heat 117   Shaquille O'Neal 27 6 5 1 1 3 3 39 12-18 .667 0-0 - 3-5 .600
2005-06 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 14, 2006
2. Magic 93   Dwight Howard 13 13 0 0 1 0 2 37 6-15 .400 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Heat 107   Shaquille O'Neal 25 11 3 0 4 4 3 31 9-12 .750 0-0 - 7-14 .500
Feb. 15, 2006
3. Magic 100   Dwight Howard 16 11 3 2 0 2 3 38 1-3 .333 0-0 - 14-18 .778
Heat 110   Shaquille O'Neal 7 11 6 0 1 3 6 31 3-8 .375 0-0 - 1-5 .200
Apr. 09, 2006
4. Magic 93   Dwight Howard 16 8 1 2 1 1 3 33 4-6 .667 0-0 - 8-13 .615
Heat 84   Shaquille O'Neal 16 9 4 0 3 5 4 37 7-11 .636 0-0 - 2-6 .333
2006-07 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 18, 2007
5. Magic 97   Dwight Howard 17 11 0 0 1 5 4 34 6-6 1.000 0-0 - 5-10 .500
Heat 83   Shaquille O'Neal 20 4 0 0 0 1 5 34 6-10 .600 0-0 - 8-11 .727
2007-08 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 24, 2007
6. Magic 120   Dwight Howard 17 13 2 2 1 2 2 39 6-7 .857 0-0 - 5-10 .500
Heat 99   Shaquille O'Neal 20 6 1 0 0 3 4 31 8-15 .533 0-0 - 4-6 .667
2008-09 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 03, 2009
7. Magic 111   Dwight Howard 21 8 0 2 1 5 4 30 7-14 .500 0-0 - 7-13 .538
Suns 99   Shaquille O'Neal 19 11 0 3 2 4 4 35 9-13 .692 0-0 - 1-3 .333
2009-10 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 2009
8. Magic 93   Dwight Howard 11 7 0 1 1 2 5 32 3-3 1.000 0-0 - 5-12 .417
Cavaliers 102   Shaquille O'Neal 10 5 1 0 2 2 5 20 4-8 .500 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Feb. 11, 2010
9. Magic 106   Dwight Howard 19 11 1 0 2 3 5 31 6-9 .667 0-0 - 7-10 .700
Cavaliers 115   Shaquille O'Neal 10 6 0 0 1 2 5 19 5-9 .556 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Feb. 21, 2010
10. Magic 101   Dwight Howard 22 16 2 1 4 0 4 43 7-15 .467 0-0 - 8-13 .615
Cavaliers 95   Shaquille O'Neal 20 5 1 0 2 2 5 31 9-10 .900 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2010-11 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 25, 2010
11. Magic 86   Dwight Howard 6 11 1 2 5 4 5 33 1-4 .250 0-0 - 4-10 .400
Celtics 78   Shaquille O'Neal 2 1 0 1 1 2 6 13 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 17, 2011
12. Magic 106   Dwight Howard 33 13 2 1 0 3 1 43 10-19 .526 0-0 - 13-18 .722
Celtics 109   Shaquille O'Neal 12 2 1 1 2 2 5 26 5-7 .714 0-0 - 2-2 1.000