De'Aaron Fox vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon and De'Aaron Fox, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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.

De'Aaron Fox played 8 years in the NBA, 10 less than Hakeem Olajuwon, who played 18. De'Aaron Fox had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Hakeem Olajuwon had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
De'Aaron Fox	8	1	2017-18 to 2024-25
Hakeem Olajuwon	18	15	1984-85 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	De'Aaron Fox	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2017-18	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	27.8	11.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.2	4.5	10.9	.412	0.6	2.1	.307	1.9	2.7	.723
difference:	+9	+7.7	+9.0	+4.9	+4.2	+9.1	+3.0	+0.2	+2.4	-0.5	-2.0	+3.8	+4.4	+.126	+0.6	+2.1		+2.2	+4.0	+.110
Hakeem Olajuwon	82	35.5	20.6	5.4	6.5	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	2.9	4.2	8.3	15.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.7	.613

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	5	37.4	21.2	6.6	6.4	13.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	2.2	4.4	8.4	17.6	.477	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	9.2	.478


Season 2
	De'Aaron Fox	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	81	31.4	17.3	0.5	3.2	3.8	7.3	1.6	0.6	2.8	2.5	6.2	13.6	.458	1.1	2.9	.371	3.7	5.1	.727
difference:	+13	+4.9	+6.2	+4.4	+3.4	+7.7	+5.3	+0.4	+2.8	-0.1	-1.5	+3.0	+3.9	+.068	+1.1	+2.9		+1.4	+2.8	+.082
Hakeem Olajuwon	68	36.3	23.5	4.9	6.6	11.5	2.0	2.0	3.4	2.9	4.0	9.2	17.5	.526	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	7.9	.645

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	20	38.3	26.9	5.1	6.8	11.8	2.0	2.0	3.5	2.2	4.4	10.3	19.4	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	6.4	10.0	.638


Season 3
	De'Aaron Fox	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	51	32.0	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.8	6.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	2.8	7.7	16.0	.480	1.1	3.6	.292	4.7	6.7	.705
difference:	+24	+4.8	+2.3	+3.5	+4.0	+7.6	+3.9	+0.4	+2.9	-0.1	-1.1	+1.3	+1.8	+.028	+1.1	+3.5	+.092	+0.6	+0.9	+.003
Hakeem Olajuwon	75	36.8	23.4	4.2	7.2	11.4	2.9	1.9	3.4	3.0	3.9	9.0	17.8	.508	0.0	0.1	.200	5.3	7.6	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	10	38.9	29.2	3.9	7.4	11.3	2.5	1.3	4.3	3.6	4.4	11.0	17.9	.615	0.0	0.1	.000	7.2	9.7	.742


Season 4
	De'Aaron Fox	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	58	35.1	25.2	0.6	2.9	3.5	7.2	1.5	0.5	3.0	2.9	9.1	19.1	.477	1.8	5.5	.322	5.2	7.2	.719
difference:	+21	+0.7	+2.4	+3.2	+5.4	+8.6	+5.1	+0.6	+2.2	-0.1	-1.2	+0.1	+1.6	+.037	+1.8	+5.4	+.322	+0.4	+0.3	+.024
Hakeem Olajuwon	79	35.8	22.8	3.8	8.3	12.1	2.1	2.1	2.7	3.1	4.1	9.0	17.5	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	4.8	6.9	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	4	40.5	37.5	5.0	11.8	16.8	1.8	2.3	2.8	2.3	3.5	14.0	24.5	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	9.5	10.8	.884


Season 5
	De'Aaron Fox	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	59	35.3	23.2	0.4	3.5	3.9	5.6	1.2	0.4	2.8	2.9	8.7	18.5	.473	1.3	4.2	.297	4.4	5.9	.750
difference:	+23	+1.6	+1.6	+3.7	+5.9	+9.6	+3.8	+1.4	+3.0	-0.6	-1.1	+0.9	+0.5	+.035	+1.3	+4.1	+.297	+1.1	+2.1	+.054
Hakeem Olajuwon	82	36.9	24.8	4.1	9.4	13.5	1.8	2.6	3.4	3.4	4.0	9.6	19.0	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.0	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	4	40.5	25.3	3.5	9.5	13.0	3.0	2.5	2.8	2.5	4.3	10.5	20.3	.519	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.3	.680


Season 6
	De'Aaron Fox	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	33.4	25.0	0.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.4	9.3	18.2	.512	1.6	5.0	.324	4.7	6.0	.780
difference:	+9	+4.7	+0.7	+3.1	+6.8	+9.8	+3.2	+1.0	+4.3	-1.4	-1.4	+0.5	+1.4	+.011	+1.6	+4.9	+.157		+0.5	+.067
Hakeem Olajuwon	82	38.1	24.3	3.6	10.4	14.0	2.9	2.1	4.6	3.9	3.8	9.8	19.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	4.7	6.5	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	7	38.6	27.4	1.7	3.7	5.4	7.7	2.1	0.6	4.0	3.3	10.0	23.6	.424	3.0	9.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.756
difference:	+3	+1.7	+8.9	+2.1	+4.1	+6.1	+5.7	+0.4	+5.2	-1.2	-1.5	+2.2	+6.1	+.019	+3.0	+9.0		+1.4	+1.6	+.050
Hakeem Olajuwon	4	40.3	18.5	3.8	7.8	11.5	2.0	2.5	5.8	2.8	4.8	7.8	17.5	.443	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.3	.706


Season 7
	De'Aaron Fox	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	74	35.9	26.6	0.9	3.7	4.6	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.6	2.6	9.7	20.9	.465	2.9	7.8	.369	4.2	5.7	.738
difference:	+18	+0.9	+5.4	+3.0	+6.1	+9.2	+3.3	+0.2	+3.5	-0.5	-1.3	+1.0	+3.8	+.043	+2.9	+7.7	+.369	+0.4	+0.8	+.031
Hakeem Olajuwon	56	36.8	21.2	3.9	9.8	13.8	2.3	2.2	3.9	3.1	3.9	8.7	17.1	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	4.9	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	3	43.0	22.0	4.0	10.7	14.7	2.0	1.3	2.7	2.7	3.7	8.7	15.0	.578	0.0	0.3	.000	4.7	5.7	.824


Season 8
	De'Aaron Fox	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2024-25	1991-92
Team	Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	62	36.1	23.5	0.9	3.9	4.8	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.8	2.6	8.7	18.8	.463	1.9	6.1	.310	4.2	5.1	.827
difference:	+8	+1.6	+1.9	+2.6	+4.7	+7.3	+4.1	+0.3	+3.9	-0.1	-1.2	+0.3	+2.0	+.039	+1.9	+6.1		+0.5	+1.0	+.061
Hakeem Olajuwon	70	37.7	21.6	3.5	8.6	12.1	2.2	1.8	4.3	2.7	3.8	8.4	16.8	.502	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.1	.766

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher De'Aaron Fox nor Hakeem Olajuwon played in the postseason in their season 8


Additional Years
* Hakeem Olajuwon played 10 seasons more than De'Aaron Fox in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 18, from 1993 to 2002—Hakeem Olajuwon played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over De'Aaron Fox, Hakeem Olajuwon got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Blocks Leader 5 All-Star Game

De'Aaron Fox vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon and De'Aaron Fox, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years