Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Shaquille O'Neal and Kurt Thomas

This is the detail of NBA games in which Shaquille O'Neal and Kurt Thomas 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 33 times in NBA games. Shaquille O'Neal has a 21-12 winning record over Kurt Thomas, but Kurt Thomas won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 4-1 postseason record.

Games Played Against Each Other

Shaquille O'Neal
vs.
Kurt Thomas
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Shaquille O'Neal:
1992-93 to 2010-11
Kurt Thomas:
1995-96 to 2012-13
33 Games played
28 in Regular Season
5 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Shaquille O'Neal
21
20
1
Kurt Thomas
12
8
4

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Shaquille O'Neal 21.4 10.0 1.8 0.52.0
Kurt Thomas 7.0 7.5 1.30.50.5
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Shaquille O'Neal 43 18 7 25
Kurt Thomas 23 12 4 34
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Shaquille O'Neal 31

games		 22

games		 17

games		 9

games		21

games
Kurt Thomas 2

games 		10

games		 8

games		 7

games		3

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 8

games		 17

games		9

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1995-96 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 17, 1996
1. Magic 95   Shaquille O'Neal 31 10 4 1 3 4 5 43 11-24 .458 0-0 - 9-18 .500
Heat 93   Kurt Thomas 6 7 0 0 0 2 5 20 2-4 .500 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Feb. 28, 1996
2. Magic 116   Shaquille O'Neal 31 14 2 1 5 2 3 40 12-27 .444 0-0 - 7-18 .389
Heat 112   Kurt Thomas 6 5 0 0 0 2 4 17 3-6 .500 0-0 - 0-1 .000
1997-98 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 1997
3. Lakers 118   Shaquille O'Neal 37 12 2 0 3 2 3 36 17-23 .739 0-0 - 3-9 .333
Mavericks 96   Kurt Thomas 13 7 2 0 0 4 6 17 5-10 .500 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
1998-99 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 28, 1999
4. Lakers 99   Shaquille O'Neal 21 9 0 0 2 3 4 39 8-16 .500 0-0 - 5-15 .333
Knicks 91   Kurt Thomas 2 0 3 1 0 0 4 15 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
1999-00 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 19, 2000
5. Lakers 92   Shaquille O'Neal 43 10 3 0 0 2 4 46 18-31 .581 0-0 - 7-13 .538
Knicks 85   Kurt Thomas 6 11 2 0 2 3 4 29 3-4 .750 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Apr. 02, 2000
6. Lakers 106   Shaquille O'Neal 34 12 4 0 5 3 2 42 14-28 .500 0-0 - 6-9 .667
Knicks 82   Kurt Thomas 0 8 2 0 0 0 3 21 0-6 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
2000-01 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 01, 2001
7. Lakers 78   Shaquille O'Neal 31 11 3 2 1 2 4 39 8-13 .615 0-0 - 15-22 .682
Knicks 79   Kurt Thomas 0 6 2 0 0 0 5 20 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2001-02 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 24, 2002
8. Lakers 107   Shaquille O'Neal 30 15 5 0 0 3 2 38 12-22 .545 0-0 - 6-10 .600
Knicks 91   Kurt Thomas 17 10 3 3 3 1 3 39 7-12 .583 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Mar. 10, 2002
9. Lakers 117   Shaquille O'Neal 40 8 3 1 3 2 0 41 15-21 .714 0-0 - 10-19 .526
Knicks 103   Kurt Thomas 20 12 1 0 0 1 6 38 9-19 .474 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2002-03 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 06, 2003
10. Lakers 114   Shaquille O'Neal 33 7 7 0 2 2 0 39 11-19 .579 0-0 - 11-15 .733
Knicks 109   Kurt Thomas 2 6 4 2 2 1 4 27 0-3 .000 0-0 - 2-4 .500
2003-04 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 19, 2003
11. Lakers 104   Shaquille O'Neal 23 6 2 1 1 2 2 31 6-15 .400 0-0 - 11-16 .688
Knicks 83   Kurt Thomas 8 12 1 1 0 3 4 22 4-7 .571 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 09, 2003
12. Lakers 98   Shaquille O'Neal 18 15 3 0 4 2 3 39 5-15 .333 0-0 - 8-15 .533
Knicks 90   Kurt Thomas 6 9 1 0 0 0 6 26 3-9 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
2004-05 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 05, 2005
13. Heat 102   Shaquille O'Neal 33 18 2 1 3 3 1 35 14-21 .667 0-0 - 5-9 .556
Knicks 94   Kurt Thomas 23 12 3 1 0 4 3 45 11-15 .733 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Feb. 09, 2005
14. Heat 116   Shaquille O'Neal 16 13 3 1 3 2 2 42 5-16 .313 0-0 - 6-8 .750
OT Knicks 110   Kurt Thomas 14 12 3 1 0 2 6 44 7-12 .583 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 15, 2005
15. Heat 98   Shaquille O'Neal 23 7 1 1 0 4 4 37 10-15 .667 0-0 - 3-14 .214
Knicks 96   Kurt Thomas 14 12 4 1 0 1 3 36 6-12 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 19, 2005
16. Heat 97   Shaquille O'Neal 33 17 0 0 3 3 3 34 12-21 .571 0-0 - 9-14 .643
Knicks 82   Kurt Thomas 8 11 2 0 2 1 5 32 4-11 .364 0-0 - 0-0 -
2005-06 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 06, 2006
17. Heat 93   Shaquille O'Neal 8 13 0 0 0 2 4 23 2-6 .333 0-0 - 4-8 .500
Suns 111   Kurt Thomas 13 3 1 0 0 0 5 23 5-7 .714 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Jan. 26, 2006
18. Heat 98   Shaquille O'Neal 15 12 3 0 1 2 4 33 7-11 .636 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Suns 107   Kurt Thomas 8 8 2 0 1 2 5 35 4-8 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
2007-08 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 14, 2007
19. Heat 95   Shaquille O'Neal 10 3 0 0 0 3 4 16 4-4 1.000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Supersonics 104   Kurt Thomas 2 9 2 0 0 0 2 14 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 09, 2008
20. Suns 94   Shaquille O'Neal 14 16 1 0 2 4 5 35 6-11 .545 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Spurs 87   Kurt Thomas 11 7 0 0 0 0 3 27 4-9 .444 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Apr. 09, 2008
21. Suns 96   Shaquille O'Neal 16 9 0 2 1 5 4 24 7-9 .778 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Spurs 79   Kurt Thomas 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 13 0-4 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2008 Playoffs - Western Conference First Round
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 19, 2008
22. Suns 115   Shaquille O'Neal 11 5 1 2 4 4 5 30 5-8 .625 0-0 - 1-3 .333
2OT Spurs 117   Kurt Thomas 4 10 0 0 1 2 6 29 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 22, 2008
23. Suns 96   Shaquille O'Neal 19 14 0 1 4 1 4 36 6-13 .462 0-0 - 7-14 .500
Spurs 102   Kurt Thomas 0 2 0 0 1 2 6 13 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 25, 2008
24. Suns 99   Shaquille O'Neal 19 6 2 0 0 1 4 31 5-11 .455 0-0 - 9-17 .529
Spurs 115   Kurt Thomas 9 5 0 0 0 1 2 23 4-9 .444 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Apr. 27, 2008
25. Suns 105   Shaquille O'Neal 14 12 1 2 2 1 3 24 4-10 .400 0-0 - 6-10 .600
Spurs 86   Kurt Thomas 4 5 0 0 0 1 3 15 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 29, 2008
26. Suns 87   Shaquille O'Neal 13 9 1 0 3 2 5 29 2-8 .250 0-0 - 9-20 .450
Spurs 92   Kurt Thomas 8 12 0 1 1 0 3 34 3-11 .273 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2008-09 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 29, 2008
27. Suns 103   Shaquille O'Neal 15 13 1 0 2 1 5 30 5-10 .500 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Spurs 98   Kurt Thomas 2 7 0 1 0 0 3 27 1-5 .200 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 25, 2008
28. Suns 90   Shaquille O'Neal 23 12 2 1 4 1 3 38 7-15 .467 0-0 - 9-16 .563
Spurs 91   Kurt Thomas 2 6 2 0 0 1 2 27 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 29, 2009
29. Suns 104   Shaquille O'Neal 13 6 0 0 1 3 5 35 5-14 .357 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Spurs 114   Kurt Thomas 6 8 1 1 0 0 3 21 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 08, 2009
30. Suns 98   Shaquille O'Neal 14 5 0 1 0 0 4 31 6-16 .375 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Spurs 103   Kurt Thomas 6 5 0 1 0 0 2 15 2-4 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2009-10 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 06, 2009
31. Cavaliers 101   Shaquille O'Neal 10 1 0 0 0 4 4 15 5-9 .556 0-0 - 0-0 -
Bucks 86   Kurt Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 18, 2009
32. Cavaliers 85   Shaquille O'Neal 9 6 1 0 1 2 2 17 4-6 .667 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Bucks 82   Kurt Thomas 6 7 1 0 0 0 3 18 3-6 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
2010-11 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 08, 2011
33. Celtics 79   Shaquille O'Neal 5 4 1 0 2 0 4 20 2-4 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Bulls 90   Kurt Thomas 6 8 2 1 4 0 3 28 2-3 .667 0-0 - 2-4 .500
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