Bojan Bogdanovic vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal and Bojan Bogdanovic, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Bojan Bogdanovic played 10 years in the NBA, 9 less than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. Bojan Bogdanovic had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Shaquille O'Neal had his rookie season in 1992-93. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2014-15	1992-93
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	78	23.8	9.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	0.9	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.3	3.3	7.4	.453	1.2	3.3	.355	1.1	1.4	.821
difference:	+3	+14.1	+14.4	+3.6	+7.5	+11.2	+1.0	+0.3	+3.4	-2.8	-2.7	+5.7	+8.7	+.109	+1.2	+3.3		+4.2	+7.5	+.229
Shaquille O'Neal	81	37.9	23.4	4.2	9.6	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.8	4.0	9.0	16.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	8.9	.592
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	6	34.3	10.3	0.5	3.3	3.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.0	3.8	9.8	.390	1.8	5.5	.333	0.8	1.2	.714
Shaquille O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2015-16	1993-94
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	79	26.8	11.2	0.5	2.8	3.2	1.3	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.5	4.1	9.5	.433	1.6	4.3	.382	1.4	1.7	.833
difference:	+2	+13.0	+18.1	+4.2	+5.7	+10.0	+1.1	+0.5	+2.8	-1.2	-2.0	+7.7	+10.1	+.166	+1.6	+4.3		+4.4	+8.8	+.279
Shaquille O'Neal	81	39.8	29.3	4.7	8.5	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	2.7	3.5	11.8	19.6	.599	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	10.5	.554
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	3	42.0	20.7	5.7	7.7	13.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	3.3	4.3	7.7	15.0	.511	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	11.3	.471

Season 3
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2016-17	1994-95
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	81	25.7	13.7	0.5	3.0	3.4	1.4	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.8	4.6	10.4	.445	1.8	4.8	.367	2.7	3.0	.893
difference:	+2	+11.3	+15.6	+3.7	+4.3	+8.0	+1.3	+0.5	+2.3	-1.0	-1.5	+7.2	+9.8	+.138	+1.8	+4.7	+.367	+3.1	+7.8	+.360
Shaquille O'Neal	79	37.0	29.3	4.2	7.3	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	2.6	3.3	11.8	20.2	.583	0.0	0.1	.000	5.8	10.8	.533
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	13	20.3	8.8	0.8	3.5	4.3	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.3	2.8	6.7	.414	1.2	3.5	.356	2.1	2.5	.844
difference:	+8	+18.0	+16.9	+3.7	+3.9	+7.6	+2.6	+0.4	+1.8	-2.9	-2.7	+6.5	+9.4	+.163	+1.2	+3.5		+5.0	+9.9	+.273
Shaquille O'Neal	21	38.3	25.7	4.5	7.4	11.9	3.3	0.9	1.9	3.5	4.0	9.3	16.1	.577	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	12.4	.571

Season 4
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2017-18	1995-96
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	80	30.8	14.3	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.5	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.6	5.1	10.7	.474	1.9	4.8	.402	2.2	2.6	.868
difference:	+26	+5.2	+12.3	+3.0	+4.7	+7.6	+1.4	+0.1	+2.0	-1.6	-2.0	+5.9	+8.4	+.099	+1.9	+4.8		+2.4	+6.9	+.381
Shaquille O'Neal	54	36.0	26.6	3.4	7.7	11.0	2.9	0.6	2.1	2.9	3.6	11.0	19.1	.573	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	9.5	.487
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	7	34.0	12.4	0.1	3.3	3.4	1.9	0.9	0.0	1.9	3.3	4.6	11.6	.395	2.4	6.4	.378	0.9	1.4	.600
difference:	+5	+4.3	+13.4	+4.0	+2.6	+6.6	+2.7	+0.1	+1.3	-1.8		+6.3	+6.4	+.211	+2.4	+6.4		+3.1	+8.8	+.207
Shaquille O'Neal	12	38.3	25.8	4.1	5.9	10.0	4.6	0.8	1.3	3.7	3.3	10.9	18.0	.606	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	10.2	.393

Season 5
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2018-19	1996-97
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	81	31.8	18.0	0.4	3.7	4.1	2.0	0.9	0.0	1.7	1.7	6.4	13.0	.497	2.0	4.8	.425	3.0	3.8	.807
difference:	+30	+6.3	+8.2	+3.4	+5.0	+8.4	+1.1		+2.9	-1.2	-1.8	+4.4	+6.4	+.060	+2.0	+4.7	+.425	+1.5	+5.6	+.323
Shaquille O'Neal	51	38.1	26.2	3.8	8.7	12.5	3.1	0.9	2.9	2.9	3.5	10.8	19.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	9.4	.484
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	4	37.0	18.0	0.8	5.0	5.8	2.8	2.0	0.0	1.5	1.8	6.3	15.8	.397	1.8	5.5	.318	3.8	4.3	.882
difference:	+5	+0.8	+8.9	+3.4	+1.3	+4.8	+0.4	+1.4	+1.9	-0.9	-2.3	+3.6	+3.4	+.117	+1.8	+5.5		+3.3	+7.4	+.272
Shaquille O'Neal	9	36.2	26.9	4.2	6.3	10.6	3.2	0.6	1.9	2.4	4.1	9.9	19.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	11.7	.610

Season 6
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2019-20	1997-98
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	63	33.1	20.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.1	0.5	0.1	2.5	1.7	6.6	14.8	.447	3.0	7.3	.414	4.0	4.4	.903
difference:	+3	+3.2	+8.1	+2.9	+4.4	+7.3	+0.3	+0.2	+2.3	-0.4	-1.5	+4.6	+4.3	+.137	+3.0	+7.3		+2.0	+7.0	+.376
Shaquille O'Neal	60	36.3	28.3	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	11.2	19.1	.584	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	11.4	.527
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	13	38.5	30.5	3.7	6.5	10.2	2.9	0.5	2.6	3.3	3.2	12.2	19.8	.612	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	12.2	.503

Season 7
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2020-21	1998-99
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	72	30.8	17.0	0.6	3.3	3.9	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.8	1.6	5.6	12.8	.439	2.5	6.4	.390	3.2	3.7	.879
difference:	+23	+4.0	+9.3	+3.2	+3.6	+6.8	+0.4	+0.1	+1.6	-0.7	-1.6	+4.8	+5.3	+.137	+2.5	+6.4		+2.3	+6.5	+.339
Shaquille O'Neal	49	34.8	26.3	3.8	6.9	10.7	2.3	0.7	1.7	2.5	3.2	10.4	18.1	.576	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	10.2	.540
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	11	35.5	18.1	0.5	3.7	4.3	1.5	0.9	0.0	2.1	2.5	5.8	12.5	.467	3.2	6.9	.461	3.3	3.7	.878
difference:	+3	+3.9	+8.5	+5.0	+2.4	+7.3	+0.8		+2.9	-0.2	-1.1	+4.1	+6.9	+.043	+3.2	+6.9		+3.6	+11.1	+.412
Shaquille O'Neal	8	39.4	26.6	5.5	6.1	11.6	2.3	0.9	2.9	2.3	3.6	9.9	19.4	.510	0.0	0.0	-	6.9	14.8	.466

Season 8
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2021-22	1999-00
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	69	30.9	18.1	0.8	3.4	4.3	1.7	0.5	0.0	1.7	1.7	6.1	13.4	.455	2.6	6.8	.387	3.2	3.8	.858
difference:	+10	+9.1	+11.6	+3.5	+6.0	+9.3	+2.1		+3.0	-1.1	-1.5	+6.0	+7.7	+.119	+2.6	+6.8		+2.3	+6.6	+.334
Shaquille O'Neal	79	40.0	29.7	4.3	9.4	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	2.8	3.2	12.1	21.1	.574	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	10.4	.524
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	6	35.7	18.0	0.5	3.7	4.2	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.0	4.0	6.5	13.5	.481	1.8	5.5	.333	3.2	4.0	.792
difference:	+17	+7.8	+12.7	+4.7	+6.6	+11.2	+1.4	+0.3	+2.4	-0.4	-1.1	+5.9	+8.5	+.085	+1.8	+5.5		+2.7	+8.9	+.336
Shaquille O'Neal	23	43.5	30.7	5.2	10.3	15.4	3.1	0.6	2.4	2.4	2.9	12.4	22.0	.566	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	12.9	.456

Season 9
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2022-23	2000-01
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	59	32.1	21.6	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.6	0.6	0.1	2.3	1.9	7.3	14.9	.488	2.5	6.0	.411	4.5	5.1	.884
difference:	+15	+7.4	+7.1	+3.3	+5.6	+8.9	+1.1		+2.7	-0.6	-1.6	+3.7	+4.3	+.084	+2.5	+6.0		+2.2	+8.0	+.371
Shaquille O'Neal	74	39.5	28.7	3.9	8.8	12.7	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9	3.5	11.0	19.2	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	13.1	.513
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	16	42.3	30.4	5.7	9.8	15.4	3.2	0.4	2.4	3.6	3.4	11.9	21.5	.555	0.0	0.0	-	6.6	12.5	.525

Season 10
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2023-24	2001-02
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	57	25.9	15.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.8	1.7	5.4	11.9	.454	2.3	5.9	.398	2.1	2.6	.785
difference:	+10	+10.2	+12.0	+3.1	+4.9	+8.0	+1.3	+0.1	+1.9	-0.8	-1.3	+5.2	+6.4	+.125	+2.3	+5.9		+3.8	+8.1	+.230
Shaquille O'Neal	67	36.1	27.2	3.5	7.2	10.7	3.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	10.6	18.3	.579	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	10.7	.555
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	4	12.8	6.0	0.3	2.8	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	6.0	.292	1.5	3.8	.400	1.0	1.8	.571
difference:	+15	+28.0	+22.5	+3.2	+6.3	+9.6	+1.8	+0.5	+2.2	-3.0	-2.5	+8.9	+14.2	+.237	+1.5	+3.8		+6.1	+9.1	+.078
Shaquille O'Neal	19	40.8	28.5	3.5	9.1	12.6	2.8	0.5	2.5	3.3	3.3	10.7	20.2	.529	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	10.9	.649

Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 9 seasons more than Bojan Bogdanovic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 19, from 2003 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Bojan Bogdanovic, Shaquille O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 6 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP