Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Rasho Nesterovic and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which Rasho Nesterovic 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 9 times in NBA games. Rasho Nesterovic has a 5-4 winning record over Hakeem Olajuwon. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Rasho Nesterovic:
1998-99 to 2009-10
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Rasho Nesterovic
5
5
0
Hakeem Olajuwon
4
4
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rasho Nesterovic 7.6 7.4 1.1 0.21.2
Hakeem Olajuwon 11.3 7.7 2.40.91.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rasho Nesterovic 16 13 3 14
Hakeem Olajuwon 24 13 6 33
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rasho Nesterovic 2

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4

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1

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1

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3

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Hakeem Olajuwon 6

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5

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5

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4

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3

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Both had same stat 1

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3

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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
%
May. 04, 1999
1. Timberwolves 83   Rasho Nesterovic 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 12 1-4 .250 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 100   Hakeem Olajuwon 17 13 3 3 1 5 2 32 7-12 .583 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
1999-00 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 25, 2000
2. Timberwolves 92   Rasho Nesterovic 8 9 2 0 1 3 5 39 4-7 .571 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 84   Hakeem Olajuwon 8 5 2 0 1 2 0 21 3-8 .375 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Feb. 04, 2000
3. Timberwolves 102   Rasho Nesterovic 10 6 0 0 1 1 3 30 5-7 .714 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 85   Hakeem Olajuwon 15 8 1 0 0 4 0 24 7-12 .583 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Mar. 11, 2000
4. Timberwolves 100   Rasho Nesterovic 7 5 2 0 3 0 3 21 3-9 .333 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 86   Hakeem Olajuwon 9 6 2 0 1 2 1 24 4-9 .444 0-0 - 1-5 .200
2000-01 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 31, 2000
5. Timberwolves 106   Rasho Nesterovic 16 13 0 0 0 2 4 35 8-11 .727 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 98   Hakeem Olajuwon 4 6 1 1 0 1 0 18 2-4 .500 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Feb. 21, 2001
6. Timberwolves 83   Rasho Nesterovic 2 5 3 0 0 0 4 27 1-5 .200 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 89   Hakeem Olajuwon 13 13 3 2 3 1 2 35 6-10 .600 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Apr. 17, 2001
7. Timberwolves 87   Rasho Nesterovic 2 6 1 1 1 1 3 18 1-7 .143 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 114   Hakeem Olajuwon 24 9 6 2 1 1 4 28 9-12 .750 0-0 - 6-8 .750
2001-02 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 25, 2002
8. Timberwolves 100   Rasho Nesterovic 5 9 0 0 1 1 2 31 2-9 .222 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Raptors 107   Hakeem Olajuwon 10 4 4 0 2 1 3 25 5-6 .833 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 19, 2002
9. Timberwolves 112   Rasho Nesterovic 14 12 2 1 4 1 1 35 6-7 .857 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Raptors 80   Hakeem Olajuwon 2 5 0 0 1 1 3 18 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -