Jermaine O'Neal vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

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

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Jermaine O'Neal played 18 years in the NBA, 1 less than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. Jermaine O'Neal had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jermaine O'Neal	18	14	1996-97 to 2013-14
Shaquille O'Neal	19	17	1992-93 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1996-97	1992-93
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	45	10.2	4.1	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.5	3.4	.451	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.603
difference:	+36	+27.7	+19.3	+3.3	+7.7	+11.1	+1.7	+0.7	+2.9	-3.2	-3.0	+7.5	+12.7	+.111				+4.3	+7.2	+.011
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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	1.0	.000
Shaquille O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1997-98	1993-94
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	60	13.5	4.5	1.3	2.0	3.4	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.9	1.7	1.9	3.9	.485	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.506
difference:	+21	+26.3	+24.8	+3.4	+6.5	+9.8	+2.1	+0.6	+1.9	-1.8	-1.8	+9.9	+15.7	+.114				+5.0	+9.0	+.048
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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	1	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+2	+39.0	+20.7	+4.7	+7.7	+12.3	+2.3	+0.7	+1.0	-3.3	-3.3	+7.7	+12.0	+.511		+1.0		+5.3	+11.3
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
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1998-99	1994-95
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	36	8.6	2.5	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.0	2.3	.434	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.514
difference:	+43	+28.4	+26.8	+3.0	+5.8	+8.7	+2.3	+0.8	+2.0	-2.2	-2.2	+10.8	+17.9	+.149		+0.1		+5.3	+9.8	+.019
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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	9	6.0	1.6	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.2	1.2	0.4	1.1	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.500
difference:	+12	+32.3	+24.1	+3.6	+6.4	+10.0	+3.2	+0.9	+1.6	-3.3	-2.8	+8.9	+15.0	+.177				+6.4	+11.1	+.071
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
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1999-00	1995-96
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	70	12.3	3.9	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.7	1.8	1.5	3.2	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.582
difference:	+16	+23.7	+22.7	+2.0	+5.8	+7.7	+2.6	+0.4	+1.3	-2.2	-1.8	+9.5	+15.9	+.087				+3.8	+8.1	+.095
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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	8	4.9	1.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.1	0.4	1.4	.273	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.667
difference:	+4	+33.4	+24.3	+3.8	+5.3	+9.1	+4.5	+0.8	+0.9	-3.7	-2.2	+10.5	+16.6	+.333				+3.2	+9.1	+.274
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
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2000-01	1996-97
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	81	32.6	12.9	3.1	6.7	9.8	1.2	0.6	2.8	2.0	3.5	5.0	10.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.8	.601
difference:	+30	+5.5	+13.3	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+1.9	+0.3	+0.1	-0.9		+5.8	+8.7	+.092				+1.6	+4.6	+.117
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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	4	39.3	9.8	3.0	9.5	12.5	1.8	0.0	2.5	1.8	3.3	4.3	9.8	.436	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.5	.500
difference:	+5	+3.1	+17.1	+1.2	+3.2	+1.9	+1.4	+0.6	+0.6	-0.6	-0.8	+5.6	+9.4	+.078		+0.3		+5.8	+9.2	+.110
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
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2001-02	1997-98
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	72	37.6	19.0	2.6	7.9	10.5	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.4	3.7	7.5	15.7	.479	0.0	0.2	.071	3.9	5.7	.688
difference:	+12	+1.3	+9.3	+0.9		+0.9	+0.8	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-0.5	+3.7	+3.4	+.105		+0.2		+2.1	+5.7	+.161
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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	5	38.0	17.2	1.2	6.4	7.6	1.0	0.8	1.6	2.8	4.8	6.8	15.2	.447	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.8	.750
difference:	+8	+0.5	+13.3	+2.5	+0.1	+2.6	+1.9	+0.3	+1.0	-0.5	-1.6	+5.4	+4.6	+.165		+0.2		+2.6	+7.4	+.247
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
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2002-03	1998-99
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	77	37.2	20.8	2.6	7.7	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.3	2.3	3.6	7.9	16.4	.484	0.1	0.3	.333	4.8	6.6	.731
difference:	+28	+2.4	+5.5	+1.2	+0.8	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6	-0.2	-0.4	+2.5	+1.7	+.092	+0.1	+0.3		+0.7	+3.6	+.191
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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	6	45.5	22.8	4.0	13.5	17.5	0.7	0.5	3.0	3.0	3.7	7.2	15.3	.467	0.0	0.5	.000	8.5	10.8	.785
difference:	+2	+6.1	+3.8	+1.5	+7.4	+5.9	+1.6	+0.4	+0.1	-0.7	-0.1	+2.7	+4.1	+.043		+0.5		+1.6	+4.0	+.319
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
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2003-04	1999-00
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	78	35.7	20.1	2.5	7.5	10.0	2.1	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.2	7.8	17.9	.434	0.0	0.2	.111	4.5	5.9	.757
difference:	+1	+4.3	+9.6	+1.8	+1.9	+3.6	+1.7	+0.3	+0.4	-0.5		+4.3	+3.2	+.140		+0.2		+1.0	+4.5	+.233
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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	16	37.6	19.2	1.8	7.3	9.1	1.2	0.5	2.3	1.8	3.3	7.2	17.0	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	6.9	.700
difference:	+7	+5.9	+11.5	+3.4	+3.0	+6.3	+1.9	+0.1	+0.1	-0.6	-0.4	+5.2	+5.0	+.143		+0.3		+1.1	+6.0	+.244
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
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2004-05	2000-01
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	44	34.8	24.3	1.9	6.9	8.8	1.9	0.6	2.0	3.0	3.9	8.8	19.4	.452	0.0	0.1	.167	6.7	8.9	.754
difference:	+30	+4.7	+4.4	+2.0	+1.9	+3.9	+1.8		+0.8	-0.1	-0.4	+2.2	+0.2	+.120		+0.1			+4.2	+.241
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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	13	36.8	16.0	1.6	6.4	8.0	2.2	0.5	2.6	2.8	3.7	5.9	16.2	.365	0.0	0.2	.000	4.2	5.5	.750
difference:	+3	+5.5	+14.4	+4.1	+3.4	+7.4	+1.0	+0.1	+0.2	-0.8	-0.3	+6.0	+5.3	+.190		+0.2		+2.4	+7.0	+.225
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
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2005-06	2001-02
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	51	35.3	20.1	2.0	7.3	9.3	2.6	0.5	2.3	3.0	3.5	7.5	15.8	.472	0.1	0.2	.300	5.1	7.2	.709
difference:	+16	+0.8	+7.1	+1.5	+0.1	+1.4	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	-0.4	-0.5	+3.1	+2.5	+.107	+0.1	+0.2		+0.8	+3.5	+.154
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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	6	36.0	21.0	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	4.3	4.7	7.3	14.0	.524	0.0	0.3	.000	6.3	8.8	.717
difference:	+13	+4.8	+7.5	+2.0	+3.1	+5.1	+1.1		+0.2	-1.0	-1.4	+3.4	+6.2	+.005		+0.3		+0.8	+2.1	+.068
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


Season 11
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2006-07	2002-03
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	69	35.6	19.4	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.4	0.7	2.6	2.9	3.4	7.2	16.5	.436	0.0	0.1	.000	5.0	6.5	.767
difference:	+2	+2.2	+8.1	+1.7	+0.2	+1.5	+0.7	+0.1	+0.2			+3.2	+1.6	+.138		+0.1		+1.7	+4.3	+.145
Shaquille O'Neal	67	37.8	27.5	3.9	7.2	11.1	3.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.4	10.4	18.1	.574	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	10.8	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	12	40.1	27.0	5.3	9.6	14.8	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9	2.8	10.1	18.8	.535	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	11.0	.621


Season 12
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2007-08	2003-04
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	42	28.7	13.6	2.0	4.8	6.7	2.2	0.5	2.1	2.5	3.1	5.4	12.2	.439	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.9	.742
difference:	+25	+8.1	+7.9	+1.7	+3.0	+4.8	+0.7		+0.4	-0.4	-0.3	+2.9	+1.9	+.145		+0.1		+2.0	+6.2	+.252
Shaquille O'Neal	67	36.8	21.5	3.7	7.8	11.5	2.9	0.5	2.5	2.9	3.4	8.3	14.1	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	10.1	.490

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	22	41.9	21.5	4.1	9.1	13.2	2.5	0.3	2.8	2.5	4.1	8.3	14.0	.593	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	11.5	.429


Season 13
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2008-09	2004-05
Team	Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	68	29.8	13.3	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.8	0.4	2.0	2.1	3.1	5.4	11.3	.474	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.3	.788
difference:	+5	+4.3	+9.6	+1.6	+2.4	+4.0	+0.9	+0.1	+0.3	-0.7	-0.5	+3.6	+3.7	+.127				+2.2	+7.2	+.327
Shaquille O'Neal	73	34.1	22.9	3.5	6.9	10.4	2.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.6	9.0	15.0	.601	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	10.5	.461

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	6	27.0	13.3	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	1.7	3.0	4.7	8.5	.549	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.3	.750
difference:	+7	+6.0	+6.1	+0.3	+3.1	+3.3	+0.4	+0.1		-1.5	-1.0	+3.1	+5.4	+.009				+0.2	+2.9	+.278
Shaquille O'Neal	13	33.0	19.4	1.5	6.4	7.8	1.9	0.4	1.5	3.2	4.0	7.8	13.9	.558	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.2	.472


Season 14
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2009-10	2005-06
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	70	28.4	13.6	1.8	5.2	6.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.0	5.6	10.6	.529	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.720
difference:	+11	+2.2	+6.4	+1.1	+1.1	+2.3	+0.6		+0.4	-1.0	-0.9	+2.5	+3.0	+.071				+1.4	+4.8	+.251
Shaquille O'Neal	59	30.6	20.0	2.9	6.3	9.2	1.9	0.4	1.8	2.8	3.9	8.1	13.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	8.0	.469

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	5	23.4	4.2	2.0	3.6	5.6	1.0	0.8	2.0	1.4	2.6	1.8	8.8	.205	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.4	.429
difference:	+18	+9.6	+14.2	+1.3	+2.9	+4.2	+0.7	+0.3	+0.5	-2.3	-1.1	+5.9	+3.9	+.407				+2.4	+6.5	+.055
Shaquille O'Neal	23	33.0	18.4	3.3	6.5	9.8	1.7	0.5	1.5	3.7	3.7	7.7	12.7	.612	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	7.9	.374


Season 15
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2010-11	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	24	18.0	5.4	1.0	2.6	3.7	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.1	2.7	2.1	4.5	.459	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.674
difference:	+16	+10.4	+11.9	+1.4	+2.4	+3.7	+1.5	+0.1	+0.1	-1.3	-0.8	+5.0	+7.5	+.132				+1.9	+5.6	+.252
Shaquille O'Neal	40	28.4	17.3	2.4	5.0	7.4	2.0	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.5	7.1	12.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	7.4	.422

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	9	21.9	5.8	1.7	2.6	4.2	0.9	0.2	1.8	0.9	3.8	2.3	4.8	.488	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.2	.909
difference:	+5	+8.4	+13.0	+2.3	+1.9	+4.3	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	-2.6		+6.0	+10.0	+.071				+1.2	+5.6	+.576
Shaquille O'Neal	4	30.3	18.8	4.0	4.5	8.5	1.3	0.3	1.5	3.5	3.8	8.3	14.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	6.8	.333


Season 16
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2011-12	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	25	22.8	5.0	1.5	3.9	5.4	0.4	0.3	1.7	0.8	3.2	2.1	4.8	.433	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.677
difference:	+36	+5.9	+8.6	+1.2	+2.5	+3.7	+1.1	+0.2	+0.3	-2.2	-0.5	+3.3	+4.3	+.160				+2.0	+4.3	+.174
Shaquille O'Neal	61	28.7	13.6	2.7	6.4	9.1	1.5	0.5	1.4	3.0	3.7	5.4	9.1	.593	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	5.5	.503

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	5	30.0	15.2	2.6	6.6	9.2	1.0	1.0	2.6	1.8	4.2	4.4	10.0	.440	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	12.8	.500


Season 17
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2012-13	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	55	18.7	8.3	1.5	3.8	5.3	0.8	0.3	1.4	1.3	2.3	3.3	6.7	.482	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.1	.835
difference:	+20	+11.3	+9.5	+1.0	+2.1	+3.1	+0.9	+0.4		-0.9	-1.1	+3.5	+4.5	+.127				+2.4	+4.8	+.240
Shaquille O'Neal	75	30.0	17.8	2.5	5.9	8.4	1.7	0.7	1.4	2.2	3.4	6.8	11.2	.609	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.9	.595

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jermaine O'Neal nor Shaquille O'Neal played in the postseason in their season 17


Season 18
	Jermaine O'Neal	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2013-14	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	44	20.1	7.9	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	2.8	5.6	.504	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.750
difference:	+9	+3.3	+4.1	+0.1	+1.3	+1.2	+0.9		+0.3	-0.8	-0.9	+2.1	+3.1	+.062				+0.2	+1.3	+.254
Shaquille O'Neal	53	23.4	12.0	1.8	4.9	6.7	1.5	0.3	1.2	2.0	3.2	4.9	8.7	.566	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	4.3	.496

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	7	12.0	6.0	1.7	1.7	3.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.7	2.6	4.6	.563	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.1	.750
difference:	+4	+10.1	+5.5	+0.2	+1.9	+2.1	+1.3	+0.1	+0.8	-1.6	-2.0	+1.8	+3.9	+.047				+1.9	+3.2	+.090
Shaquille O'Neal	11	22.1	11.5	1.9	3.6	5.5	1.4	0.2	1.2	2.2	3.7	4.4	8.5	.516	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.3	.660

Additional Years

* Shaquille O'Neal played 1 season more than Jermaine O'Neal in the NBA.

In that period—his season 19 in 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in the Playoffs.

Jermaine O'Neal vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal and Jermaine O'Neal, 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

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years