Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Jim Farmer and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which Jim Farmer 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. Hakeem Olajuwon has a 5-3 winning record over Jim Farmer. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Jim Farmer:
1987-88 to 1993-94
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
Jim Farmer
3
3
0
Hakeem Olajuwon
5
5
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Jim Farmer 3.5 0.9 0.4 0.10.0
Hakeem Olajuwon 24.0 10.8 2.61.83.5
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Jim Farmer 13 4 2 10
Hakeem Olajuwon 33 18 5 49
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Jim Farmer 1

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Hakeem Olajuwon 7

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Both had same stat 0

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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
%
Jan. 04, 1988
1. Mavericks 107   Jim Farmer 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 01 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Rockets 117   Hakeem Olajuwon 31 11 2 3 3 3 4 39 13-19 .684 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Jan. 30, 1988
2. Mavericks 92   Jim Farmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Rockets 108   Hakeem Olajuwon 29 5 1 1 3 2 4 39 12-23 .522 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Apr. 19, 1988
3. Mavericks 104   Jim Farmer 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 96   Hakeem Olajuwon 33 9 1 3 0 2 2 42 16-29 .552 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 08, 1989
4. Jazz 117   Jim Farmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 0-0 - 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 80   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 10 1 2 1 4 5 32 10-20 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Apr. 14, 1989
5. Jazz 122   Jim Farmer 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 05 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 96   Hakeem Olajuwon 9 12 3 0 2 4 6 36 3-16 .188 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 08, 1990
6. Supersonics 97   Jim Farmer 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 5-9 .556 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Rockets 111   Hakeem Olajuwon 30 8 3 1 5 7 3 36 14-19 .737 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 05, 1991
7. Nuggets 120   Jim Farmer 13 4 0 1 0 2 1 20 6-10 .600 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Rockets 126   Hakeem Olajuwon 12 18 5 4 5 3 4 41 6-15 .400 0-1 .000 0-2 .000
Apr. 21, 1991
8. Nuggets 125   Jim Farmer 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 10 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Rockets 131   Hakeem Olajuwon 26 13 5 0 9 5 3 34 12-17 .706 0-0 - 2-3 .667