Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Penny Hardaway and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which Penny Hardaway 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.

They faced each other a total of 16 times in NBA games. Penny Hardaway has a 10-6 winning record over Hakeem Olajuwon, but Hakeem Olajuwon won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 4-0 postseason record.

Games Played Against Each Other

Penny Hardaway
vs.
Hakeem Olajuwon
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Penny Hardaway:
1993-94 to 2007-08
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
16 Games played
12 in Regular Season
4 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Penny Hardaway
10
10
0
Hakeem Olajuwon
6
2
4

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Penny Hardaway 24.0 4.9 7.1 2.30.5
Hakeem Olajuwon 24.1 10.4 3.71.82.1
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Penny Hardaway 32 9 14 72
Hakeem Olajuwon 35 15 7 56
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Penny Hardaway 5

games		 0

games		 11

games		 7

games		3

games
Hakeem Olajuwon 10

games 		15

games		 4

games		 5

games		10

games
Both had same stat 1

game		 1

game		 1

game		 4

games		3

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1993-94 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 10, 1994
1. Magic 115   Penny Hardaway 28 2 6 4 0 5 2 45 11-20 .550 1-6 .167 5-5 1.000
Rockets 100   Hakeem Olajuwon 26 11 5 3 5 3 3 38 9-20 .450 1-1 1.000 7-8 .875
Mar. 01, 1994
2. Magic 85   Penny Hardaway 21 7 4 1 0 7 4 40 9-20 .450 0-3 .000 3-4 .750
Rockets 97   Hakeem Olajuwon 26 7 5 1 6 2 3 37 12-20 .600 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1994-95 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 23, 1994
3. Magic 117   Penny Hardaway 29 9 6 7 1 4 3 41 11-23 .478 3-6 .500 4-4 1.000
Rockets 94   Hakeem Olajuwon 27 10 3 2 3 3 4 37 10-22 .455 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
Mar. 02, 1995
4. Magic 107   Penny Hardaway 30 7 5 4 0 4 2 43 10-19 .526 2-3 .667 8-8 1.000
Rockets 96   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 9 6 5 2 5 3 44 9-23 .391 0-0 - 4-5 .800
1995 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jun. 07, 1995
5. Magic 118   Penny Hardaway 26 4 5 2 1 3 3 45 11-25 .440 1-6 .167 3-3 1.000
OT Rockets 120   Hakeem Olajuwon 31 6 7 2 4 3 5 48 13-26 .500 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Jun. 09, 1995
6. Magic 106   Penny Hardaway 32 5 8 0 0 5 3 44 12-21 .571 4-6 .667 4-5 .800
Rockets 117   Hakeem Olajuwon 34 11 2 1 4 3 5 42 14-30 .467 0-0 - 6-9 .667
Jun. 11, 1995
7. Magic 103   Penny Hardaway 19 4 14 1 2 3 4 41 4-10 .400 1-4 .250 10-11 .909
Rockets 106   Hakeem Olajuwon 31 14 7 2 0 1 4 45 14-30 .467 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Jun. 14, 1995
8. Magic 101   Penny Hardaway 25 6 5 1 0 4 5 42 8-14 .571 5-8 .625 4-4 1.000
Rockets 113   Hakeem Olajuwon 35 15 6 3 0 4 4 44 15-30 .500 1-1 1.000 4-5 .800
1995-96 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 25, 1995
9. Magic 92   Penny Hardaway 22 7 10 2 1 2 1 39 8-22 .364 2-7 .286 4-6 .667
Rockets 90   Hakeem Olajuwon 30 12 6 0 1 1 4 42 12-26 .462 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Jan. 21, 1996
10. Magic 97   Penny Hardaway 28 2 13 4 1 1 3 41 10-17 .588 3-5 .600 5-6 .833
Rockets 96   Hakeem Olajuwon 30 11 2 5 2 1 3 45 13-28 .464 0-0 - 4-6 .667
1996-97 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 02, 1997
11. Magic 103   Penny Hardaway 16 3 4 2 0 0 0 37 6-16 .375 0-3 .000 4-4 1.000
Rockets 90   Hakeem Olajuwon 17 8 4 0 3 4 5 33 8-14 .571 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Mar. 12, 1997
12. Magic 96   Penny Hardaway 31 4 4 2 1 0 2 40 11-20 .550 2-6 .333 7-7 1.000
Rockets 95   Hakeem Olajuwon 32 12 1 1 0 3 3 35 14-24 .583 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
1998-99 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 21, 1999
13. Magic 109   Penny Hardaway 16 4 11 4 0 3 2 32 7-13 .538 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Rockets 83   Hakeem Olajuwon 21 10 1 3 2 2 2 36 9-13 .692 0-0 - 3-4 .750
1999-00 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 07, 2000
14. Suns 108   Penny Hardaway 24 7 10 0 1 2 3 41 11-22 .500 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500
Rockets 101   Hakeem Olajuwon 12 8 1 0 0 1 1 23 5-13 .385 0-0 - 2-3 .667
2001-02 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 18, 2001
15. Suns 81   Penny Hardaway 10 5 5 1 0 5 3 38 5-19 .263 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Raptors 87   Hakeem Olajuwon 10 12 1 1 0 2 2 28 5-10 .500 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Dec. 09, 2001
16. Suns 91   Penny Hardaway 27 3 3 2 0 1 1 40 11-24 .458 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000
Raptors 90   Hakeem Olajuwon 2 10 2 0 1 1 1 22 1-6 .167 0-0 - 0-0 -
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