Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Tim Kempton and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which Tim Kempton 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 14 times in NBA games. Hakeem Olajuwon has a 9-5 winning record over Tim Kempton. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Tim Kempton:
1986-87 to 1997-98
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
14 Games played
14 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Tim Kempton
5
5
0
Hakeem Olajuwon
9
9
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Tim Kempton 6.3 3.4 1.7 0.70.1
Hakeem Olajuwon 28.5 12.4 3.31.63.9
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Tim Kempton 18 10 5 42
Hakeem Olajuwon 52 19 6 49
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Tim Kempton 1

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1

game
2

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2

games
0

games
Hakeem Olajuwon 13

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13

games
9

games
6

games
14

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Both had same stat 0

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0

games
3

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6

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0

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 23, 1986
1. Clippers 96   Tim Kempton 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 16 1-3 .333 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 121   Hakeem Olajuwon 20 11 4 0 5 2 3 31 7-11 .636 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Dec. 30, 1986
2. Clippers 102   Tim Kempton 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 03 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 105   Hakeem Olajuwon 44 14 2 3 3 4 4 42 19-27 .704 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Mar. 20, 1987
3. Clippers 98   Tim Kempton 3 2 1 1 0 1 5 16 1-2 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 126   Hakeem Olajuwon 28 8 2 1 2 6 2 32 12-20 .600 0-0 - 4-7 .571
Apr. 07, 1987
4. Clippers 84   Tim Kempton 18 10 3 0 2 0 2 45 5-12 .417 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Rockets 102   Hakeem Olajuwon 19 11 3 0 3 3 1 32 9-16 .563 0-0 - 1-5 .200
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 03, 1988
5. Hornets 104   Tim Kempton 11 9 4 0 0 2 3 27 4-7 .571 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Rockets 108   Hakeem Olajuwon 28 14 0 3 5 6 5 45 11-18 .611 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Dec. 26, 1988
6. Hornets 95   Tim Kempton 11 4 1 4 0 5 3 25 3-5 .600 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Rockets 97   Hakeem Olajuwon 23 15 2 4 1 7 4 38 10-17 .588 0-0 - 3-4 .750
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 09, 1989
7. Nuggets 128   Tim Kempton 7 3 3 1 0 3 1 22 3-8 .375 0-0 - 1-3 .333
OT Rockets 127   Hakeem Olajuwon 33 13 5 2 6 3 2 41 15-26 .577 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Nov. 18, 1989
8. Nuggets 141   Tim Kempton 17 8 5 1 0 4 2 31 8-10 .800 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 111   Hakeem Olajuwon 11 1 4 0 2 1 1 23 4-7 .571 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Jan. 22, 1990
9. Nuggets 104   Tim Kempton 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 06 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 116   Hakeem Olajuwon 24 14 1 0 4 4 4 35 12-27 .444 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Mar. 13, 1990
10. Nuggets 117   Tim Kempton 6 1 1 0 0 2 3 21 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 114   Hakeem Olajuwon 25 19 6 3 4 4 4 42 10-25 .400 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Apr. 19, 1990
11. Nuggets 130   Tim Kempton 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 03 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
OT Rockets 127   Hakeem Olajuwon 52 18 4 3 3 11 6 42 21-34 .618 0-0 - 10-13 .769
1992-93 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 25, 1993
12. Suns 104   Tim Kempton 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 07 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 131   Hakeem Olajuwon 32 9 6 3 9 1 2 34 12-19 .632 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Apr. 19, 1993
13. Suns 97   Tim Kempton 4 6 2 0 0 0 3 18 1-3 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 111   Hakeem Olajuwon 30 14 4 0 5 2 4 33 11-24 .458 0-0 - 8-12 .667
1993-94 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 16, 1994
14. Hornets 102   Tim Kempton 4 1 3 2 0 0 3 18 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 97   Hakeem Olajuwon 30 12 3 0 2 1 2 43 13-22 .591 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000