Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Julius Erving and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which Julius Erving 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.

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They faced each other a total of 5 times in NBA games. Julius Erving has a 3-2 winning record over Hakeem Olajuwon. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Julius Erving
vs.
Hakeem Olajuwon
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Julius Erving:
1976-77 to 1986-87
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
5 Games played
5 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Julius Erving
3
3
0
Hakeem Olajuwon
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Julius Erving 19.2 5.4 3.4 0.42.0
Hakeem Olajuwon 19.6 8.4 1.01.42.8
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Julius Erving 23 10 6 13
Hakeem Olajuwon 27 15 2 56
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Julius Erving 2

games		 1

game		 4

games		 2

games		1

game
Hakeem Olajuwon 3

games 		3

games		 0

games		 2

games		2

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		 1

game		2

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
%
Jan. 11, 1985
1. 76ers 115   Julius Erving 21 3 2 1 2 2 3 34 5-12 .417 0-0 - 11-11 1.000
Rockets 108   Hakeem Olajuwon 16 8 1 0 2 2 6 27 6-10 .600 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mar. 03, 1985
2. 76ers 90   Julius Erving 17 4 1 0 2 1 3 31 8-18 .444 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Rockets 99   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 15 1 0 1 2 3 43 9-19 .474 0-0 - 4-6 .667
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 18, 1985
3. 76ers 126   Julius Erving 19 3 3 1 1 4 0 32 7-11 .636 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Rockets 108   Hakeem Olajuwon 14 5 2 0 1 3 6 25 4-8 .500 0-0 - 6-9 .667
Jan. 04, 1986
4. 76ers 100   Julius Erving 16 7 5 0 2 2 3 36 7-16 .438 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000
Rockets 115   Hakeem Olajuwon 19 7 0 5 4 0 4 34 6-17 .353 0-0 - 7-8 .875
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 23, 1986
5. 76ers 114   Julius Erving 23 10 6 0 3 1 1 36 9-13 .692 1-1 1.000 4-5 .800
Rockets 104   Hakeem Olajuwon 27 7 1 2 6 4 5 35 12-23 .522 0-0 - 3-5 .600
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