Hakeem Olajuwon

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Hakeem Olajuwon Career Stats: All-Time NBA Rankings

Explore how Hakeem Olajuwon statistics rank in NBA history. See his all-time rankings in the key categories for both total numbers and per game averages across his entire NBA career, including regular season and playoffs performance.

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In his 18 seasons playing in the NBA—from 1985 to 2002—Hakeem Olajuwon placed himself among the league's all-time leaders in most statistical categories, becoming the historic leader in some of them and reaching the top 10 in some others.

Here you can take a look at a summary of how he ranks in NBA history in the main categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Then you can explore in detail all his stats and their rankings.

Hakeem Olajuwon Career Stats Rankings Summary

NBA Career
Totals Stats Per Game Stats
Season Playoffs Season Playoffs
Points
14th
16th
44th
22nd
Rebounds
14th
13th
27th
27th
Assists
230th
73rd
+300th
+300th
Steals
10th
21st
35th
37th
Blocks
1st
3rd
3rd
1st

Note: per game rankings include players with a minimum of games played.

Hakeem Olajuwon Career Totals,
Regular Season Rankings

Stats Rankings:

14th
in points (26,946 pts)
14th
in rebounds (13,748 trb)
230th
in assists (3,058 ast)
10th
in steals (2,162 stl)
1st
in blocks (3,830 blk)
9th
in offensive rebounds (4,034 orb)
8th
in defensive rebounds (9,714 drb)
10th
in field goals made (10,749 fgm)
17th
in field goals attempted (20,991 fga)
+300th
in 3-pointers made (25 3pm)
+300th
in 3-pointers attempted (124 3pa)
29th
in free throws made (5,423 ftm)
28th
in free throws attempted (7,621 fta)

Games and Years:

38th
in games played (1,238 games)
27th
in seasons (18 years)

Triple-Doubles:

49th
in triple-doubles (14 games)

Rankings by Points Scored:

39th
in 40+ point games (32 games)
49th
in 50+ point games (2 games)
-
in 60+ point games (0 games)

Hakeem Olajuwon Career Totals,
Playoffs Rankings

Stats Rankings:

16th
in points (3,755 pts)
13th
in rebounds (1,621 trb)
73rd
in assists (458 ast)
21st
in steals (245 stl)
3rd
in blocks (472 blk)
11th
in offensive rebounds (471 orb)
13th
in defensive rebounds (1,150 drb)
11th
in field goals made (1,504 fgm)
17th
in field goals attempted (2,847 fga)
+300th
in 3-pointers made (4 3pm)
+300th
in 3-pointers attempted (18 3pa)
26th
in free throws made (743 ftm)
21st
in free throws attempted (1,034 fta)

Games and Years:

54th
in games played (145 games)
17th
in Playoffs (15 years)

Triple-Doubles:

38th
in triple-doubles (1 game)

Rankings by Points Scored:

9th
in 40+ point games (11 games)
-
in 50+ point games (0 games)

Hakeem Olajuwon Career Per Game Data,
Regular Season Rankings

Stats Rankings:

44th
in points per game (21.8 pts)
27th
in rebounds per game (11.1 trb)
+300th
in assists per game (2.5 ast)
35th
in steals per game (1.7 stl)
3rd
in blocks per game (3.1 blk)
16th
in offensive rebounds per game (3.3 orb)
17th
in defensive rebounds per game (7.8 drb)
29th
in field goals made per game (8.7 fgm)
50th
in field goals attempted per game (17.0 fga)
+300th
in 3-pointers made per game (0.0 3pm)
+300th
in 3-pointers attempted per game (0.1 3pa)
93rd
in free throws made per game (4.4 ftm)
66th
in free throws attempted per game (6.2 fta)

Hakeem Olajuwon Career Per Game Data,
Playoffs Rankings

Stats Rankings:

22nd
in points per game (25.9 pts)
27th
in rebounds per game (11.2 trb)
+300th
in assists per game (3.2 ast)
37th
in steals per game (1.7 stl)
1st
in blocks per game (3.3 blk)
25th
in offensive rebounds per game (3.2 orb)
22nd
in defensive rebounds per game (7.9 drb)
8th
in field goals made per game (10.4 fgm)
34th
in field goals attempted per game (19.6 fga)
+300th
in 3-pointers made per game (0.0 3pm)
+300th
in 3-pointers attempted per game (0.1 3pa)
73rd
in free throws made per game (5.1 ftm)
46th
in free throws attempted per game (7.1 fta)

Note: the per game rankings on this page respect the minimums usually applied by the NBA for all-time leaders, 400 games for regular season stats unless the player reached these thresholds before: 10,000 points; 4,000 rebounds; 2,000 assists; 625 steals; 500 blocks; 250 3-pointers made. Also 3 minimum games for the Playoffs are applied.