Jalen Johnson vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal and Jalen Johnson, 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.

Jalen Johnson played 5 years in the NBA, 14 less than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. Jalen Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Jalen Johnson	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2021-22	1992-93
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Jalen Johnson	22	5.5	2.4	0.1	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.9	.537	0.1	0.6	.231	0.2	0.3	.714
difference:	+59	+32.4	+21.0	+4.1	+8.5	+12.7	+1.8	+0.6	+3.4	-3.4	-3.6	+8.0	+14.2	+.025	+0.1	+0.6		+5.1	+8.6	+.122
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		%
Jalen Johnson	2	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Shaquille O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jalen Johnson	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2022-23	1993-94
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jalen Johnson	70	14.9	5.6	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.6	.491	0.4	1.5	.288	0.7	1.1	.628
difference:	+11	+24.9	+23.7	+4.0	+5.2	+9.2	+1.2	+0.4	+2.4	-2.1	-1.9	+9.5	+15.0	+.108	+0.4	+1.5		+5.1	+9.4	+.074
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		%
Jalen Johnson	6	9.3	4.3	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.7	4.0	.417	0.7	1.8	.364	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:	+3	+32.7	+16.4	+5.4	+5.5	+10.8	+1.0	+0.2	+3.0	-2.5	-3.5	+6.0	+11.0	+.094	+0.7	+1.8		+5.0	+11.0	+.529
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
	Jalen Johnson	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2023-24	1994-95
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Jalen Johnson	56	33.7	16.0	1.3	7.4	8.7	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.8	2.4	6.4	12.5	.511	1.3	3.6	.355	1.9	2.6	.728
difference:	+23	+3.3	+13.3	+2.9	+0.1	+2.7	+0.9	+0.3	+1.6	-0.8	-0.9	+5.4	+7.7	+.072	+1.3	+3.5	+.355	+3.9	+8.2	+.195
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		%
Jalen Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jalen Johnson	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2024-25	1995-96
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Jalen Johnson	36	35.7	18.9	1.7	8.3	10.0	5.0	1.6	1.0	2.9	1.9	7.5	15.1	.500	1.2	3.9	.312	2.6	3.5	.746
difference:	+18	+0.3	+7.7	+1.7	+0.6	+1.0	+2.1	+1.0	+1.1		-1.7	+3.5	+4.0	+.073	+1.2	+3.9		+2.0	+6.0	+.259
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		%
Jalen Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jalen Johnson	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2025-26	1996-97
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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		%
Jalen Johnson	30	35.4	23.7	1.4	8.9	10.4	8.4	1.4	0.5	3.5	2.2	8.7	16.6	.522	1.6	4.3	.367	4.8	5.8	.822
difference:	+21	+2.7	+2.5	+2.4	+0.2	+2.1	+5.3	+0.5	+2.4	-0.6	-1.3	+2.1	+2.8	+.035	+1.6	+4.2	+.367	+0.3	+3.6	+.338
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		%
Jalen Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 14 seasons more than Jalen Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 19, from 1998 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in 13 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 14 extra years over Jalen Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 8 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 10 All-Star Game 3 All-Star Game MVP