Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which Shareef Abdur-Rahim 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 17 times in NBA games. Hakeem Olajuwon has a 16-1 winning record over Shareef Abdur-Rahim. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Shareef Abdur-Rahim
vs.
Hakeem Olajuwon
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Shareef Abdur-Rahim:
1996-97 to 2007-08
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
17 Games played
17 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Shareef Abdur-Rahim
1
1
0
Hakeem Olajuwon
16
16
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 21.6 8.4 2.9 1.80.6
Hakeem Olajuwon 15.2 8.5 1.81.32.2
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 30 16 5 62
Hakeem Olajuwon 31 14 5 35
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 12

games		 8

games		 9

games		 6

games		2

games
Hakeem Olajuwon 4

games 		8

games		 3

games		 5

games		12

games
Both had same stat 1

game		 1

game		 5

games		 6

games		3

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1996-97 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 17, 1996
1. Grizzlies 93   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 22 6 3 3 0 4 3 40 7-10 .700 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Rockets 92   Hakeem Olajuwon 23 14 4 1 2 5 5 41 8-16 .500 0-0 - 7-10 .700
Feb. 11, 1997
2. Grizzlies 97   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 24 6 2 2 0 5 3 36 10-16 .625 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Rockets 106   Hakeem Olajuwon 19 7 3 2 3 5 4 36 8-16 .500 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Apr. 06, 1997
3. Grizzlies 85   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 22 16 4 1 2 5 2 41 9-21 .429 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Rockets 94   Hakeem Olajuwon 10 6 0 1 4 2 6 33 5-10 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 10, 1997
4. Grizzlies 94   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 20 5 5 0 0 5 2 43 9-18 .500 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000
Rockets 102   Hakeem Olajuwon 14 12 2 1 3 1 4 32 7-15 .467 0-0 - 0-3 .000
1997-98 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 03, 1998
5. Grizzlies 97   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 30 2 0 1 0 2 1 34 10-18 .556 1-1 1.000 9-11 .818
Rockets 110   Hakeem Olajuwon 10 6 2 2 1 1 3 19 5-7 .714 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 12, 1998
6. Grizzlies 103   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 16 10 5 2 1 4 2 32 4-12 .333 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Rockets 112   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 9 5 3 1 4 3 35 10-18 .556 0-0 - 2-3 .667
1998-99 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 27, 1999
7. Grizzlies 74   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 20 16 1 0 0 6 2 41 8-20 .400 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Rockets 86   Hakeem Olajuwon 18 9 0 1 5 3 4 33 8-16 .500 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Mar. 06, 1999
8. Grizzlies 92   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 26 12 3 6 0 3 2 38 11-27 .407 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000
Rockets 107   Hakeem Olajuwon 8 10 2 0 3 4 2 31 3-5 .600 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Mar. 11, 1999
9. Grizzlies 91   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 27 8 5 2 2 5 4 40 11-16 .688 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Rockets 102   Hakeem Olajuwon 31 11 3 1 1 1 4 40 12-19 .632 0-0 - 7-11 .636
Apr. 14, 1999
10. Grizzlies 85   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 16 3 3 1 0 1 1 37 6-17 .353 1-2 .500 3-5 .600
Rockets 102   Hakeem Olajuwon 27 12 3 1 5 3 4 34 8-13 .615 0-0 - 11-12 .917
2000-01 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 09, 2000
11. Grizzlies 78   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 17 8 3 2 0 4 4 39 7-15 .467 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Rockets 85   Hakeem Olajuwon 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 23 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Dec. 11, 2000
12. Grizzlies 75   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 26 5 1 2 2 3 0 38 10-17 .588 1-3 .333 5-5 1.000
Rockets 82   Hakeem Olajuwon 12 11 1 0 3 1 3 24 6-11 .545 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 26, 2001
13. Grizzlies 89   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 17 7 1 0 0 2 2 31 8-15 .533 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Rockets 106   Hakeem Olajuwon 17 2 1 3 1 1 4 22 7-10 .700 0-0 - 3-5 .600
2001-02 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 01, 2001
14. Hawks 103   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 22 6 3 2 0 3 3 39 6-14 .429 1-1 1.000 9-11 .818
Raptors 104   Hakeem Olajuwon 16 8 1 2 0 2 3 32 7-11 .636 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 11, 2002
15. Hawks 91   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 26 16 4 3 2 6 2 49 8-20 .400 0-1 .000 10-11 .909
OT Raptors 94   Hakeem Olajuwon 16 11 1 3 3 6 4 33 7-11 .636 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Mar. 28, 2002
16. Hawks 83   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 23 10 5 2 1 2 4 39 10-26 .385 1-3 .333 2-4 .500
Raptors 85   Hakeem Olajuwon 6 4 1 0 0 3 3 14 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 12, 2002
17. Hawks 73   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 13 6 1 1 0 7 2 28 5-14 .357 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Raptors 112   Hakeem Olajuwon 7 5 1 1 2 2 2 21 2-4 .500 0-0 - 3-4 .750
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