Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Eddie Hughes and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which Eddie Hughes 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 8 times in NBA games. Eddie Hughes has a 6-2 winning record over Hakeem Olajuwon. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Eddie Hughes
vs.
Hakeem Olajuwon
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Eddie Hughes:
1987-88 to 1989-90
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
8 Games played
8 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Eddie Hughes
6
6
0
Hakeem Olajuwon
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Eddie Hughes 2.3 0.8 1.8 0.50.1
Hakeem Olajuwon 23.9 13.1 3.02.12.8
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Eddie Hughes 9 4 4 31
Hakeem Olajuwon 39 19 6 56
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Eddie Hughes 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		 1

game		0

games
Hakeem Olajuwon 8

games 		7

games		 3

games		 6

games		7

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 4

games		 1

game		1

game

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 07, 1988
1. Jazz 107   Eddie Hughes 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 02 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Rockets 113   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 15 6 3 2 6 4 35 9-20 .450 0-0 - 4-10 .400
Apr. 23, 1988
2. Jazz 125   Eddie Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 107   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 12 0 5 1 2 4 29 10-17 .588 0-0 - 2-10 .200
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 04, 1988
3. Nuggets 120   Eddie Hughes 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 117   Hakeem Olajuwon 39 19 0 3 0 4 5 34 14-23 .609 0-0 - 11-17 .647
Dec. 13, 1988
4. Nuggets 126   Eddie Hughes 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 05 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 101   Hakeem Olajuwon 15 12 2 1 3 5 2 32 6-16 .375 0-0 - 3-4 .750
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 09, 1989
5. Nuggets 128   Eddie Hughes 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 09 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
OT Rockets 127   Hakeem Olajuwon 33 13 5 2 6 3 2 41 15-26 .577 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Nov. 18, 1989
6. Nuggets 141   Eddie Hughes 9 4 4 3 0 0 1 23 3-7 .429 1-1 1.000 2-3 .667
Rockets 111   Hakeem Olajuwon 11 1 4 0 2 1 1 23 4-7 .571 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Jan. 22, 1990
7. Nuggets 104   Eddie Hughes 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 16 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 116   Hakeem Olajuwon 24 14 1 0 4 4 4 35 12-27 .444 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Mar. 13, 1990
8. Nuggets 117   Eddie Hughes 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 07 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 114   Hakeem Olajuwon 25 19 6 3 4 4 4 42 10-25 .400 0-0 - 5-8 .625
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