Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Ed Nealy and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which Ed Nealy 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 17 times in NBA games. Hakeem Olajuwon has a 9-8 winning record over Ed Nealy. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Ed Nealy
vs.
Hakeem Olajuwon
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Ed Nealy:
1982-83 to 1992-93
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
17 Games played
17 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Ed Nealy
8
8
0
Hakeem Olajuwon
9
9
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Ed Nealy 2.4 3.4 0.6 0.40.1
Hakeem Olajuwon 26.8 11.9 3.32.34.0
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Ed Nealy 10 16 2 11
Hakeem Olajuwon 39 20 7 610
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Ed Nealy 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		 0

games		0

games
Hakeem Olajuwon 17

games 		15

games		 14

games		 14

games		17

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 2

games		 3

games		0

games

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
%
Mar. 26, 1985
1. Kings 93   Ed Nealy 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 14 0-1 .000 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 115   Hakeem Olajuwon 20 8 1 2 3 3 2 31 10-14 .714 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Apr. 11, 1985
2. Kings 123   Ed Nealy 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 13 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 125   Hakeem Olajuwon 31 11 3 1 3 2 4 36 12-20 .600 0-0 - 7-9 .778
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 1986
3. Spurs 95   Ed Nealy 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 09 0-3 .000 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 116   Hakeem Olajuwon 21 18 4 3 3 3 3 35 8-18 .444 0-0 - 5-9 .556
Jan. 21, 1987
4. Spurs 91   Ed Nealy 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 08 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 111   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 5 3 0 2 3 4 31 10-15 .667 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Feb. 10, 1987
5. Spurs 92   Ed Nealy 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 14 0-1 .000 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 115   Hakeem Olajuwon 25 7 1 2 6 3 4 27 9-16 .563 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Mar. 02, 1987
6. Spurs 100   Ed Nealy 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 08 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 105   Hakeem Olajuwon 32 10 4 5 1 3 5 41 11-18 .611 0-0 - 10-14 .714
Mar. 12, 1987
7. Spurs 112   Ed Nealy 10 16 1 0 1 2 2 32 5-10 .500 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Rockets 121   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 8 7 2 2 3 6 30 10-19 .526 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 24, 1987
8. Spurs 103   Ed Nealy 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 12 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 97   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 11 1 6 1 4 4 39 9-18 .500 0-0 - 4-8 .500
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 26, 1988
9. Spurs 111   Ed Nealy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Rockets 107   Hakeem Olajuwon 20 11 1 1 1 6 5 35 9-17 .529 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Apr. 12, 1988
10. Spurs 127   Ed Nealy 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 05 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 119   Hakeem Olajuwon 26 20 2 3 2 10 3 38 9-20 .450 0-1 .000 8-12 .667
Apr. 21, 1988
11. Spurs 117   Ed Nealy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 116   Hakeem Olajuwon 38 10 4 5 10 1 4 42 15-25 .600 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 01, 1990
12. Bulls 112   Ed Nealy 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 06 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Rockets 139   Hakeem Olajuwon 23 10 5 2 7 5 4 35 10-13 .769 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Feb. 19, 1990
13. Bulls 107   Ed Nealy 10 9 1 0 0 1 4 24 5-7 .714 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Rockets 102   Hakeem Olajuwon 32 17 1 3 9 4 4 46 13-22 .591 0-0 - 6-8 .750
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 22, 1990
14. Suns 102   Ed Nealy 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 06 0-0 - 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 122   Hakeem Olajuwon 24 19 6 1 2 2 2 33 11-20 .550 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1991-92 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 03, 1992
15. Suns 112   Ed Nealy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
OT Rockets 107   Hakeem Olajuwon 34 15 1 0 7 2 2 48 13-31 .419 0-0 - 8-10 .800
Apr. 19, 1992
16. Suns 100   Ed Nealy 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 14 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Rockets 97   Hakeem Olajuwon 39 16 5 1 7 0 4 43 17-34 .500 0-0 - 5-6 .833
1992-93 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 29, 1992
17. Warriors 132   Ed Nealy 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 03 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 112   Hakeem Olajuwon 25 6 7 2 2 3 4 38 11-18 .611 0-0 - 3-6 .500
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