Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Penny Hardaway and Shaquille O'Neal

This is the detail of NBA games in which Penny Hardaway and Shaquille O'Neal 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 21 times in NBA games. Shaquille O'Neal has a 17-4 winning record over Penny Hardaway, including a 4-1 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Penny Hardaway:
1993-94 to 2007-08
Shaquille O'Neal:
1992-93 to 2010-11
21 Games played
16 in Regular Season
5 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Penny Hardaway
4
3
1
Shaquille O'Neal
17
13
4

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Penny Hardaway 15.1 4.3 4.5 1.40.5
Shaquille O'Neal 28.4 13.5 2.80.62.8
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Penny Hardaway 31 10 13 42
Shaquille O'Neal 40 21 7 38
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Penny Hardaway 0

games
1

game
12

games
11

games
0

games
Shaquille O'Neal 21

games
20

games
6

games
2

games
16

games
Both had same stat 0

games
0

games
3

games
8

games
5

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1998-99 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 21, 1999
1. Magic 104   Penny Hardaway 22 5 13 1 0 2 3 44 9-14 .643 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000
Lakers 115   Shaquille O'Neal 31 13 2 1 0 1 4 42 14-19 .737 0-0 - 3-10 .300
1999-00 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 15, 1999
2. Suns 82   Penny Hardaway 12 8 4 1 2 2 4 42 5-15 .333 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Lakers 91   Shaquille O'Neal 34 18 4 0 8 1 4 43 14-27 .519 0-0 - 6-14 .429
Mar. 24, 2000
3. Suns 101   Penny Hardaway 25 8 7 1 0 2 5 43 9-17 .529 0-0 - 7-10 .700
Lakers 109   Shaquille O'Neal 40 14 5 3 0 1 3 43 15-29 .517 0-0 - 10-13 .769
Apr. 04, 2000
4. Suns 83   Penny Hardaway 23 10 6 2 0 3 5 44 8-16 .500 1-1 1.000 6-6 1.000
Lakers 84   Shaquille O'Neal 32 7 2 0 1 3 5 43 13-22 .591 0-0 - 6-9 .667
2000 Playoffs - Western Conference Semifinals
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 07, 2000
5. Suns 77   Penny Hardaway 25 4 4 0 2 4 3 39 9-18 .500 2-4 .500 5-7 .714
Lakers 105   Shaquille O'Neal 37 14 1 1 4 2 4 40 15-28 .536 0-0 - 7-10 .700
May. 10, 2000
6. Suns 96   Penny Hardaway 27 4 8 2 1 0 4 45 9-17 .529 0-1 .000 9-11 .818
Lakers 97   Shaquille O'Neal 38 20 3 1 5 2 2 47 16-28 .571 0-0 - 6-14 .429
May. 12, 2000
7. Suns 99   Penny Hardaway 31 4 8 2 0 3 4 46 11-15 .733 0-1 .000 9-11 .818
Lakers 105   Shaquille O'Neal 37 17 3 0 0 3 4 46 14-21 .667 0-0 - 9-15 .600
May. 14, 2000
8. Suns 117   Penny Hardaway 16 3 6 3 1 1 2 36 7-17 .412 0-1 .000 2-5 .400
Lakers 98   Shaquille O'Neal 24 9 3 0 1 3 5 34 10-15 .667 0-0 - 4-12 .333
May. 16, 2000
9. Suns 65   Penny Hardaway 8 3 2 0 1 3 5 39 1-9 .111 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Lakers 87   Shaquille O'Neal 15 21 3 0 3 3 0 34 7-19 .368 0-0 - 1-4 .250
2001-02 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 02, 2001
10. Suns 94   Penny Hardaway 25 2 2 3 0 2 3 38 7-16 .438 2-3 .667 9-10 .900
Lakers 117   Shaquille O'Neal 36 13 2 0 6 2 3 34 10-21 .476 0-0 - 16-18 .889
Nov. 16, 2001
11. Suns 95   Penny Hardaway 20 5 6 4 0 5 4 40 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 6-7 .857
Lakers 83   Shaquille O'Neal 28 12 2 1 1 4 5 36 10-19 .526 0-1 .000 8-18 .444
Jan. 04, 2002
12. Suns 86   Penny Hardaway 6 6 3 0 0 0 3 31 3-11 .273 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 118   Shaquille O'Neal 24 9 5 0 1 1 4 28 11-15 .733 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Mar. 27, 2002
13. Suns 118   Penny Hardaway 11 2 2 2 1 2 4 23 4-4 1.000 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Lakers 106   Shaquille O'Neal 24 11 2 0 3 1 4 40 10-21 .476 0-0 - 4-15 .267
2002-03 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 04, 2003
14. Suns 107   Penny Hardaway 11 3 3 0 1 3 3 37 4-10 .400 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
Lakers 93   Shaquille O'Neal 25 9 1 0 4 4 4 37 11-18 .611 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Jan. 05, 2003
15. Suns 97   Penny Hardaway 10 3 2 0 0 0 2 23 5-9 .556 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 109   Shaquille O'Neal 36 16 3 0 4 4 2 42 15-19 .789 0-0 - 6-13 .462
Apr. 06, 2003
16. Suns 113   Penny Hardaway 15 6 4 2 1 3 2 41 7-13 .538 0-0 - 1-2 .500
OT Lakers 115   Shaquille O'Neal 22 13 7 1 6 6 4 45 8-12 .667 0-0 - 6-7 .857
2003-04 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 01, 2003
17. Suns 99   Penny Hardaway 15 2 5 1 0 0 6 28 6-8 .750 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000
Lakers 103   Shaquille O'Neal 24 12 3 1 4 4 5 39 11-19 .579 0-0 - 2-5 .400
Dec. 21, 2003
18. Suns 101   Penny Hardaway 0 7 6 1 0 2 1 30 0-7 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 107   Shaquille O'Neal 18 18 4 1 1 5 4 36 5-10 .500 0-0 - 8-14 .571
2004-05 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 09, 2005
19. Knicks 110   Penny Hardaway 14 2 2 2 0 4 5 39 5-14 .357 2-6 .333 2-2 1.000
OT Heat 116   Shaquille O'Neal 16 13 3 1 3 2 2 42 5-16 .313 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Mar. 15, 2005
20. Knicks 96   Penny Hardaway 2 3 0 2 0 2 2 19 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Heat 98   Shaquille O'Neal 23 7 1 1 0 4 4 37 10-15 .667 0-0 - 3-14 .214
Mar. 19, 2005
21. Knicks 82   Penny Hardaway 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Heat 97   Shaquille O'Neal 33 17 0 0 3 3 3 34 12-21 .571 0-0 - 9-14 .643