Hakeem Olajuwon vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Hakeem Olajuwon, 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.

Hakeem Olajuwon played 18 years in the NBA, 15 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Hakeem Olajuwon had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Hakeem Olajuwon	Amen Thompson
Season	1984-85	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+20	+13.1	+11.1	+3.0	+2.3	+5.3	+1.2	+0.1	+2.1	-1.4	-1.9	+4.4	+8.1	+.002	+0.1	+0.9		+2.4	+4.2	+.071
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Hakeem Olajuwon	Amen Thompson
Season	1985-86	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+1	+4.1	+9.4	+2.1	+1.2	+3.3	+1.8	+0.6	+2.1	-0.9	-1.6	+3.6	+7.4	+.031	+0.4	+1.3		+2.7	+4.3	+.039
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+13	+5.3	+11.2	+2.4	+2.7	+4.9	+1.3	+0.3	+2.6	-0.5	-1.8	+4.3	+7.3	+.036	+0.1	+0.5	+.250	+2.8	+4.9	+.056
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Season 3
	Hakeem Olajuwon	Amen Thompson
Season	1986-87	2025-26
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
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
difference:	+46	+0.1	+5.7	+1.5	+2.6	+4.1	+2.4	+0.6	+2.9	-0.4	-1.5	+1.9	+3.9	+.001	+0.4	+1.9	+.014	+2.1	+3.5	+.080
Amen Thompson	29	36.7	17.7	2.7	4.6	7.3	5.3	1.3	0.5	2.6	2.4	7.1	13.9	.507	0.4	2.0	.186	3.2	4.1	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Hakeem Olajuwon played 15 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 18, from 1988 to 2002—Hakeem Olajuwon played in 12 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 15 extra years over Amen Thompson, Hakeem Olajuwon got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 5 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Rebounds Leader 3 Blocks Leader 9 All-Star Game