Joe Dumars vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon and Joe Dumars, 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 / 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.

Joe Dumars played 14 years in the NBA, 4 less than Hakeem Olajuwon, who played 18. Joe Dumars had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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
Joe Dumars	14	10	1985-86 to 1998-99
Hakeem Olajuwon	18	15	1984-85 to 2001-02

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


Rookie Season
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1985-86	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joe Dumars	82	23.9	9.4	0.7	0.7	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.4	3.5	7.3	.481	0.1	0.2	.313	2.3	2.9	.798
difference:		+11.6	+11.2	+4.7	+5.8	+10.4	+3.4	+0.4	+2.6	-1.0	-1.8	+4.8	+8.0	+.057	+0.1	+0.2		+1.8	+3.8	+.185
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		%
Joe Dumars	4	36.8	15.0	1.5	1.8	3.3	6.3	1.0	0.0	1.8	4.0	6.3	10.3	.610	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.667
difference:	+1	+0.6	+6.2	+5.1	+4.6	+9.7	+4.9	+0.4	+2.6	-0.4	-0.4	+2.1	+7.3	+.133				+1.9	+5.4	+.189
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
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1986-87	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Joe Dumars	79	30.9	11.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.5	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.5	4.7	9.5	.493	0.1	0.3	.409	2.3	3.1	.748
difference:	+11	+5.4	+11.7	+4.3	+5.1	+9.4	+2.5	+0.9	+3.3	-0.7	-1.5	+4.5	+8.0	+.033	+0.1	+0.3		+2.8	+4.8	+.103
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		%
Joe Dumars	15	31.5	12.7	0.5	0.7	1.3	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.7	5.2	9.7	.538	0.1	0.2	.667	2.1	2.7	.780
difference:	+5	+6.8	+14.2	+4.6	+6.1	+10.5	+2.8	+1.2	+3.4	-0.4	-2.7	+5.1	+9.7	+.008	+0.1	+0.1	+.667	+4.3	+7.3	+.142
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
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1987-88	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Joe Dumars	82	33.3	14.2	0.8	1.7	2.4	4.7	1.1	0.2	2.1	1.9	5.5	11.7	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.1	3.8	.815
difference:	+7	+3.5	+9.2	+3.4	+5.5	+9.0	+1.8	+0.8	+3.2	-0.9	-2.0	+3.5	+6.1	+.036		+0.1	+.011	+2.2	+3.8	+.113
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		%
Joe Dumars	23	35.0	12.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.9	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.2	4.9	10.7	.457	0.1	0.3	.333	2.4	2.7	.889
difference:	+13	+3.9	+16.9	+3.1	+6.0	+9.1	+2.4	+0.7	+4.2	-1.9	-2.2	+6.1	+7.2	+.158	+0.1	+0.2	+.333	+4.8	+7.0	+.147
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
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1988-89	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Joe Dumars	69	34.9	17.2	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.7	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	6.6	13.1	.505	0.2	0.4	.483	3.8	4.4	.850
difference:	+10	+0.9	+5.6	+3.0	+6.6	+9.6	+3.6	+1.2	+2.6	-0.5	-2.6	+2.4	+4.4	+.009	+0.2	+0.3	+.483	+1.0	+2.5	+.155
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		%
Joe Dumars	17	36.5	17.6	0.6	1.9	2.6	5.6	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	6.2	13.7	.455	0.1	0.7	.083	5.1	5.9	.861
difference:	+13	+4.0	+19.9	+4.4	+9.9	+14.2	+3.8	+1.6	+2.7	-0.5	-1.7	+7.8	+10.8	+.116	+0.1	+0.4	+.083	+4.4	+4.9	+.023
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
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1989-90	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Joe Dumars	75	34.4	17.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.9	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.7	6.8	14.1	.480	0.3	0.7	.400	4.0	4.4	.900
difference:	+7	+2.5	+7.0	+3.3	+7.4	+10.7	+3.1	+1.8	+3.4	-1.5	-2.3	+2.8	+4.9	+.028	+0.3	+0.6	+.400	+1.5	+3.6	+.204
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		%
Joe Dumars	20	37.7	18.2	0.9	1.3	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.0	2.7	1.9	6.5	14.2	.458	0.3	1.0	.263	5.0	5.7	.876
difference:	+16	+2.8	+7.1	+2.6	+8.2	+10.8	+1.8	+1.4	+2.8	-0.2	-2.4	+4.0	+6.1	+.061	+0.3	+1.0		+0.7	+0.6	+.196
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
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1990-91	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Joe Dumars	80	38.1	20.4	0.8	1.6	2.3	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.4	1.7	7.8	16.2	.481	0.2	0.6	.311	4.6	5.2	.890
difference:	+2		+3.9	+2.8	+8.8	+11.7	+2.6	+1.0	+4.5	-1.5	-2.1	+2.0	+3.4	+.020	+0.2	+0.5	+.144	+0.1	+1.3	+.177
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		%
Joe Dumars	15	39.2	20.6	1.4	1.9	3.3	4.1	1.1	0.1	1.1	2.2	7.0	16.3	.429	1.1	2.8	.405	5.5	6.5	.845
difference:	+11	+1.1	+2.1	+2.4	+5.9	+8.2	+2.1	+1.4	+5.7	-1.7	-2.6	+0.8	+1.2	+.014	+1.1	+2.8		+2.5	+2.2	+.139
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
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1991-92	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joe Dumars	82	38.9	19.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.4	1.8	7.2	16.0	.448	0.6	1.5	.408	5.0	5.8	.867
difference:	+26	+2.1	+1.3	+2.9	+8.5	+11.5	+2.3	+1.3	+3.8	-0.7	-2.1	+1.5	+1.1	+.060	+0.6	+1.4	+.408	+1.2	+0.9	+.098
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		%
Joe Dumars	5	44.2	16.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.4	13.6	.471	1.0	2.0	.500	3.0	3.8	.789
difference:	+2	+1.2	+5.2	+3.0	+10.1	+13.1	+1.2	+0.3	+2.5	-1.3	-1.5	+2.3	+1.4	+.107	+1.0	+1.7	+.500	+1.7	+1.9	+.035
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
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1992-93	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	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		%
Joe Dumars	77	40.2	23.5	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.0	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	8.8	18.9	.466	1.5	3.9	.375	4.5	5.2	.864
difference:	+7	+2.5	+1.9	+2.7	+7.5	+10.2	+1.8	+0.8	+4.2	-0.9	-2.0	+0.4	+2.1	+.036	+1.5	+3.9		+0.2	+0.9	+.098
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 Joe Dumars nor Hakeem Olajuwon played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1993-94	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Joe Dumars	69	37.6	20.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.8	0.9	0.1	2.3	1.7	7.3	16.2	.452	1.8	4.6	.388	4.0	4.8	.836
difference:	+13	+1.9	+5.7	+3.0	+7.9	+10.8	+0.3	+0.9	+4.1	-0.9	-2.0	+3.0	+3.3	+.077	+1.8	+4.5	+.388	+1.4	+2.2	+.057
Hakeem Olajuwon	82	39.5	26.1	3.5	9.6	13.0	3.5	1.8	4.2	3.2	3.7	10.3	19.5	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	7.0	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	12	43.2	25.7	4.3	9.7	14.0	4.8	1.8	4.9	3.8	3.1	10.3	19.8	.517	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	6.3	.827


Season 10
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1994-95	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Joe Dumars	67	38.0	18.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.5	1.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	6.2	14.5	.430	1.5	5.0	.305	4.1	5.1	.805
difference:	+13	+3.0	+9.2	+2.2	+7.4	+9.5	+1.9	+0.5	+3.6	-0.1	-1.3	+5.0	+6.7	+.098	+1.4	+4.8	+.116	+0.8	+1.7	+.089
Hakeem Olajuwon	80	41.0	27.3	2.9	9.1	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	3.4	3.6	11.2	21.2	.528	0.1	0.2	.421	4.9	6.8	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	23	43.0	28.9	2.4	8.7	11.0	4.3	1.7	4.0	3.6	3.6	11.6	22.3	.519	0.1	0.2	.500	5.6	7.0	.795


Season 11
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1995-96	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Joe Dumars	67	32.7	11.8	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.0	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.6	3.8	8.9	.426	1.8	4.4	.406	2.4	2.9	.822
difference:	+5	+6.9	+16.0	+2.0	+6.8	+8.7	+0.5	+1.2	+3.4	-1.9	-1.9	+7.3	+12.6	+.091	+1.8	+4.2	+.218	+3.2	+4.6	+.066
Hakeem Olajuwon	72	39.6	27.8	2.4	8.4	10.8	3.5	1.8	3.4	3.3	3.5	11.1	21.5	.517	0.0	0.2	.188	5.6	7.5	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	3	41.0	13.7	1.7	2.7	4.3	3.7	0.0	0.0	2.3	1.7	5.3	11.7	.457	1.7	4.7	.357	1.3	1.3	1.000
difference:	+19	+1.2	+19.3	+0.3	+5.6	+6.0	+0.8	+1.2	+2.8	-0.8	-2.6	+8.6	+14.5	+.074	+1.6	+4.5	+.143	+3.7	+6.1	+.319
Hakeem Olajuwon	22	42.2	33.0	2.0	8.3	10.3	4.5	1.2	2.8	3.1	4.3	13.9	26.2	.531	0.1	0.2	.500	5.0	7.4	.681


Season 12
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1996-97	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Joe Dumars	79	37.0	14.7	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.0	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.2	4.9	11.1	.440	2.1	4.9	.432	2.8	3.2	.867
difference:	+7	+1.8	+12.2	+1.9	+6.5	+8.5	+0.4	+0.9	+2.9	-1.8	-2.2	+5.8	+9.7	+.074	+2.1	+4.7	+.218	+2.7	+4.4	+.143
Hakeem Olajuwon	72	38.8	26.9	2.4	8.4	10.9	3.6	1.6	2.9	3.4	3.4	10.7	20.8	.514	0.0	0.2	.214	5.5	7.6	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	5	42.6	13.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	4.4	12.2	.361	1.2	4.6	.261	3.8	4.0	.950
difference:	+3	+1.5	+8.6	+1.7	+5.6	+7.3	+1.9	+0.9	+2.1	-2.4	-1.7	+5.0	+6.2	+.149	+1.2	+4.5	+.261	+0.2	+1.0	+.225
Hakeem Olajuwon	8	41.1	22.4	2.1	7.0	9.1	3.9	1.9	2.1	3.6	3.5	9.4	18.4	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	3.6	5.0	.725


Season 13
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1997-98	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Joe Dumars	72	32.3	13.1	0.2	1.3	1.4	3.5	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.4	4.6	11.0	.416	2.2	5.9	.371	1.8	2.1	.825
difference:	+6	+4.3	+10.1	+2.0	+5.7	+7.8	+0.5	+0.9	+2.2	-2.4	-1.8	+4.7	+7.3	+.094	+2.1	+5.7	+.058	+2.7	+3.6	+.038
Hakeem Olajuwon	78	36.6	23.2	2.2	7.0	9.2	3.0	1.5	2.2	3.6	3.2	9.3	18.3	.510	0.1	0.2	.313	4.5	5.7	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	16	39.4	23.1	2.9	8.0	10.9	3.4	2.1	2.6	2.9	3.8	9.2	15.6	.590	0.0	0.2	.000	4.8	6.5	.731


Season 14
	Joe Dumars	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1998-99	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Joe Dumars	38	29.4	11.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.3	3.8	9.2	.411	2.3	5.8	.403	1.3	1.6	.836
difference:	+9	+5.3	+5.1	+2.2	+5.8	+8.0	+0.5	+1.2	+1.9	-1.3	-1.9	+2.7	+4.3	+.072	+2.3	+5.7	+.403	+2.1	+2.9	+.081
Hakeem Olajuwon	47	34.7	16.4	2.5	7.3	9.8	3.0	1.8	2.0	2.7	3.2	6.5	13.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.5	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	5	30.6	10.2	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.8	1.8	3.8	7.8	.487	2.0	3.8	.526	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:		+7.4	+10.2	+1.6	+7.8	+9.4	+0.2	+0.6	+3.2	-0.8	-1.8	+4.0	+12.0	+.093	+2.0	+3.6	+.526	+4.2	+6.0	+.273
Hakeem Olajuwon	5	38.0	20.4	1.8	9.0	10.8	2.4	1.0	3.2	2.6	3.6	7.8	19.8	.394	0.0	0.2	.000	4.8	6.6	.727


Additional Years
* Hakeem Olajuwon played 4 seasons more than Joe Dumars in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 18, from 1999 to 2002—Hakeem Olajuwon played in two Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Joe Dumars, Hakeem Olajuwon got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team

Joe Dumars vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon and Joe Dumars, 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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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

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Season 2

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Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years