Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Rodney Buford and Shaquille O'Neal

This is the detail of NBA games in which Rodney Buford 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 15 times in NBA games. Shaquille O'Neal has a 12-3 winning record over Rodney Buford, including a 6-0 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Rodney Buford
vs.
Shaquille O'Neal
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Rodney Buford:
1999-00 to 2004-05
Shaquille O'Neal:
1992-93 to 2010-11
15 Games played
9 in Regular Season
6 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Rodney Buford
3
3
0
Shaquille O'Neal
12
6
6

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rodney Buford 2.3 1.1 0.3 0.10.0
Shaquille O'Neal 21.7 11.2 3.10.32.2
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rodney Buford 8 4 2 10
Shaquille O'Neal 34 20 9 18
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rodney Buford 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 1

game		0

games
Shaquille O'Neal 15

games 		15

games		 11

games		 4

games		12

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 4

games		 10

games		3

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1999-00 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 20, 2000
1. Heat 89   Rodney Buford 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 14 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 100   Shaquille O'Neal 28 12 3 1 4 3 5 40 12-22 .545 0-0 - 4-6 .667
2000-01 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 14, 2001
2. 76ers 112   Rodney Buford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 97   Shaquille O'Neal 29 11 0 0 2 2 3 36 13-20 .650 0-0 - 3-6 .500
2001 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jun. 08, 2001
3. 76ers 89   Rodney Buford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 98   Shaquille O'Neal 28 20 9 1 8 5 5 45 12-19 .632 0-0 - 4-10 .400
Jun. 13, 2001
4. 76ers 86   Rodney Buford 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 100   Shaquille O'Neal 34 14 5 0 0 3 4 42 13-25 .520 0-0 - 8-16 .500
Jun. 15, 2001
5. 76ers 96   Rodney Buford 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 07 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 108   Shaquille O'Neal 29 13 2 0 5 5 2 45 10-18 .556 0-0 - 9-19 .474
2001-02 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 21, 2001
6. Grizzlies 114   Rodney Buford 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 17 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 108   Shaquille O'Neal 26 9 5 0 1 1 4 41 11-25 .440 0-0 - 4-7 .571
Feb. 01, 2002
7. Grizzlies 85   Rodney Buford 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 16 3-4 .750 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 100   Shaquille O'Neal 26 10 2 0 3 3 3 36 12-18 .667 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2003-04 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 24, 2004
8. Kings 91   Rodney Buford 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 115   Shaquille O'Neal 17 16 6 1 1 1 5 35 8-13 .615 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Apr. 11, 2004
9. Kings 102   Rodney Buford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 85   Shaquille O'Neal 10 5 0 0 3 5 5 31 4-6 .667 0-0 - 2-6 .333
2004-05 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 03, 2004
10. Nets 77   Rodney Buford 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 20 2-10 .200 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000
Heat 100   Shaquille O'Neal 16 5 2 0 2 2 5 22 7-9 .778 0-0 - 2-7 .286
Mar. 03, 2005
11. Nets 90   Rodney Buford 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Heat 106   Shaquille O'Neal 20 13 2 0 2 0 4 33 6-12 .500 0-0 - 8-11 .727
Mar. 12, 2005
12. Nets 65   Rodney Buford 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Heat 90   Shaquille O'Neal 15 11 3 0 0 2 2 30 6-12 .500 0-0 - 3-5 .600
2005 Playoffs - Eastern Conference First Round
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 24, 2005
13. Nets 98   Rodney Buford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Heat 116   Shaquille O'Neal 17 11 0 0 0 1 3 32 7-13 .538 0-0 - 3-9 .333
Apr. 26, 2005
14. Nets 87   Rodney Buford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Heat 104   Shaquille O'Neal 14 10 4 0 1 2 4 27 4-9 .444 0-0 - 6-11 .545
May. 01, 2005
15. Nets 97   Rodney Buford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Heat 110   Shaquille O'Neal 17 8 3 1 1 6 4 27 7-14 .500 0-0 - 3-6 .500
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