Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 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 / 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.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 years in the NBA, 2 more than Hakeem Olajuwon, who played 18. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, 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
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	20	18	1969-70 to 1988-89
Hakeem Olajuwon	18	15	1984-85 to 2001-02

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


Rookie Season
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1969-70	1984-85
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	43.1	28.8	-	-	14.5	4.1	-	-	-	3.5	11.4	22.1	.518	-	-	-	5.9	9.1	.653
difference:		+7.6	+8.2			+2.6	+2.7				-0.7	+3.1	+6.8	+.020				+1.8	+2.4	+.040
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	10	43.5	35.2	-	-	16.8	4.1	-	-	-	2.5	13.9	24.5	.567	-	-	-	7.4	10.1	.733
difference:	+5	+6.1	+14.0			+3.8	+2.7				-1.9	+5.5	+6.9	+.090				+3.0	+0.9	+.255
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1970-71	1985-86
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
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
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	40.1	31.7	-	-	16.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.2	13.0	22.5	.577	-	-	-	5.7	8.3	.690
difference:	+14	+3.8	+8.2			+4.5	+1.3				-0.8	+3.8	+5.0	+.051				+0.6	+0.4	+.045
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	41.2	26.6	-	-	17.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	10.9	21.1	.515	-	-	-	4.9	7.2	.673
difference:	+6	+2.9	+0.3			+5.2	+0.5				-1.2	+0.6	+1.7	+.015				+1.5	+2.8	+.035
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1971-72	1986-87
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf 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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	81	44.2	34.8	-	-	16.6	4.6	-	-	-	2.9	14.3	24.9	.574	-	-	-	6.2	9.0	.689
difference:	+6	+7.4	+11.4			+5.2	+1.7				-1.0	+5.3	+7.1	+.066				+0.9	+1.4	+.013
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11	46.4	28.7	-	-	18.2	5.1	-	-	-	3.2	12.6	28.9	.437	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.704
difference:	+1	+7.5	+0.5			+6.9	+2.6				-1.2	+1.6	+11.0	+.178				+3.7	+4.8	+.038
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1972-73	1987-88
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	76	42.8	30.2	-	-	16.1	5.0	-	-	-	2.7	12.9	23.3	.554	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	.713
difference:	+3	+7.0	+7.4			+4.0	+2.9				-1.4	+3.9	+5.8	+.040				+0.5	+0.8	+.018
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	6	46.0	22.8	-	-	16.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	9.8	23.0	.428	-	-	-	3.2	5.8	.543
difference:	+2	+5.5	+14.7			+0.6	+1.0				-0.8	+4.2	+1.5	+.143				+6.3	+5.0	+.341
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1973-74	1988-89
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	81	43.8	27.0	3.5	11.0	14.5	4.8	1.4	3.5	-	2.9	11.7	21.7	.539	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.702
difference:	+1	+6.9	+2.2	+0.6	+1.6	+1.0	+3.0	+1.2	+0.1		-1.1	+2.1	+2.7	+.031				+1.9	+2.8	+.006
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	16	47.4	32.2	4.2	11.6	15.8	4.9	1.3	2.4	-	2.6	14.0	25.1	.557	-	-	-	4.2	5.7	.736
difference:	+12	+6.9	+6.9	+0.7	+2.1	+2.8	+1.9	+1.2	+0.4		-1.7	+3.5	+4.8	+.038				+0.1	+0.6	+.056
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1974-75	1989-90
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	Blocks Leader	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	65	42.3	30.0	3.0	11.0	14.0	4.1	1.0	3.3	-	3.2	12.5	24.4	.513	-	-	-	5.0	6.6	.763
difference:	+17	+4.2	+5.7	+0.6	+0.6		+1.2	+1.1	+1.3		-0.6	+2.7	+4.8	+.012				+0.3	+0.1	+.050
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1975-76	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	41.2	27.7	3.3	13.5	16.9	5.0	1.5	4.1	-	3.6	11.1	21.1	.529	-	-	-	5.5	7.8	.703
difference:	+26	+4.4	+6.5	+0.6	+3.7	+3.1	+2.7	+0.7	+0.2		-0.3	+2.4	+4.0	+.021				+1.7	+2.9	+.066
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1976-77	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	36.8	26.2	3.2	10.0	13.3	3.9	1.2	3.2	-	3.2	10.8	18.7	.579	-	-	-	4.6	6.5	.701
difference:	+12	+0.9	+4.6	+0.3	+1.4	+1.2	+1.7	+0.6	+1.1		-0.6	+2.4	+1.9	+.077				+0.1	+0.4	+.065
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11	42.5	34.6	4.6	13.1	17.7	4.1	1.7	3.5	-	3.8	13.4	22.0	.607	-	-	-	7.9	10.9	.725
Hakeem Olajuwon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1977-78	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	62	36.5	25.8	3.0	9.9	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	3.4	2.9	10.7	19.4	.550	-	-	-	4.4	5.6	.783
difference:	+20	+3.0	+0.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	+0.8	+0.1	+1.2	-0.2	-0.8	+0.4	+0.1	+.021				+1.0	+1.4	+.004
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	3	44.7	27.0	4.7	9.0	13.7	3.7	0.7	4.0	4.7	4.7	12.7	24.3	.521	-	-	-	1.7	3.0	.556
difference:	+9	+1.5	+1.3	+0.4	+0.7	+0.3	+1.1	+1.1	+0.9	-0.9	-1.6	+2.4	+4.5	+.004				+3.5	+3.3	+.271
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1978-79	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	39.5	23.8	2.6	10.2	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	3.5	2.9	9.7	16.8	.577	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.736
difference:		+1.5	+3.5	+0.3	+1.1	+0.9	+1.8	+0.6	+0.3	-0.1	-0.7	+1.5	+4.4	+.049				+0.5	+0.9	+.020
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	8	45.9	28.5	2.3	10.4	12.6	4.8	1.0	4.1	3.6	3.3	11.0	19.0	.579	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.839
difference:	+15	+2.9	+0.4	+0.1	+1.7	+1.6	+0.5	+0.7	+0.1		-0.3	+0.6	+3.3	+.060				+0.9	+0.8	+.044
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1979-80	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	38.3	24.8	2.3	8.5	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6	2.6	10.2	16.9	.604	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.8	.765
difference:	+10	+1.3	+3.0	+0.1	+0.1		+1.0	+0.8		-0.3	-0.9	+0.9	+4.6	+.087		+0.2		+1.2	+1.7	+.009
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	15	41.2	31.9	3.4	8.7	12.1	3.1	1.1	3.9	3.7	3.4	13.2	23.1	.572	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	7.0	.790
difference:	+7	+1.0	+1.1	+1.4	+0.4	+1.8	+1.4	+0.1	+1.1	-0.6	-0.9	+0.7	+3.1	+.041	+0.1	+0.2		+0.5	+0.4	+.109
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1980-81	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	37.2	26.2	2.5	7.8	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	3.1	3.1	10.5	18.2	.574	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	6.9	.766
difference:	+8	+1.6	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.2	+0.9		-0.3	-0.3	+0.2	+2.6	+.060		+0.2		+0.2	+0.7	+.042
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	3	44.7	26.7	4.3	12.3	16.7	4.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	4.7	10.0	21.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	9.3	.714
difference:	+5	+3.6	+4.3	+2.2	+5.3	+7.6	+0.1	+0.9	+0.6	-0.1	-1.2	+0.6	+3.3	+.048		+0.1		+3.1	+4.3	+.011
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1981-82	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	76	35.2	23.9	2.3	6.4	8.7	3.0	0.8	2.7	3.0	2.9	9.9	17.1	.579	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.8	.706
difference:	+2	+1.4	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5		+0.7	+0.5	-0.6	-0.3	+0.6	+1.2	+.069	+0.1	+0.2		+0.4	+0.1	+.081
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	35.2	20.4	2.4	6.1	8.5	3.6	1.0	3.2	2.9	3.2	8.2	15.8	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	6.2	.632
difference:	+2	+4.2	+2.7	+0.5	+1.9	+2.4	+0.2	+1.1	+0.6		-0.6	+1.0	+0.2	+.070		+0.2		+0.9	+0.3	+.099
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1982-83	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	32.3	21.8	2.1	5.4	7.5	2.5	0.8	2.2	2.5	2.8	9.1	15.5	.588	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.7	.749
difference:	+32	+2.4	+5.4	+0.4	+1.9	+2.3	+0.5	+1.0	+0.2	-0.2	-0.4	+2.6	+2.0	+.105		+0.1		+0.1	+0.2	+.006
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	15	39.2	27.1	1.7	6.0	7.7	2.8	1.1	3.7	3.3	4.1	10.9	19.1	.568	0.0	0.1	.000	5.3	7.1	.755
difference:	+10	+1.2	+6.7	+0.1	+3.0	+3.1	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-0.5	+3.1	+0.7	+.174		+0.1		+0.5	+0.5	+.028
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


Season 15
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1983-84	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	32.8	21.5	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.6	0.7	1.8	2.8	2.6	9.0	15.5	.578	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.9	.723
difference:	+30	+2.9	+2.6		+2.2	+2.3	+0.8	+0.9	+0.7		-0.6	+1.5	+1.0	+.064	+0.1	+0.3		+0.3	+0.5	+.006
Hakeem Olajuwon	50	35.7	18.9	2.1	7.4	9.6	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.8	3.2	7.5	14.5	.514	0.1	0.3	.308	3.9	5.4	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	21	36.5	23.9	2.7	5.6	8.2	3.8	1.1	2.1	2.1	3.4	9.8	17.7	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.7	.750
difference:	+17	+5.5	+10.6	+1.4	+0.4	+0.9	+3.3	+0.2	+1.3	-0.8	-1.1	+4.0	+4.2	+.129				+2.5	+3.7	+.125
Hakeem Olajuwon	4	31.0	13.3	1.3	6.0	7.3	0.5	1.3	0.8	1.3	4.5	5.8	13.5	.426	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875


Season 16
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1984-85	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	33.3	22.0	2.1	5.8	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	2.5	3.0	9.2	15.3	.599	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.732
difference:	+35	+9.5	+11.7	+0.6	+1.0	+1.7	+1.8	+0.1	+0.5	-0.8	-1.0	+4.8	+5.7	+.141				+2.1	+2.5	+.116
Hakeem Olajuwon	44	23.8	10.3	1.5	4.8	6.2	1.4	0.9	1.6	1.7	2.0	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	19	32.1	21.9	2.6	5.5	8.1	4.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	3.5	8.8	15.8	.560	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.4	.777
Hakeem Olajuwon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1985-86	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	33.3	23.4	1.7	4.4	6.1	3.5	0.8	1.6	2.6	3.1	9.6	16.9	.564	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.6	.765
difference:	+21	+6.7	+11.5	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+2.3	+0.4	+0.1	-1.2	-0.7	+4.7	+7.1	+.066				+2.2	+2.2	+.144
Hakeem Olajuwon	58	26.6	11.9	2.1	5.3	7.4	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.4	2.4	4.9	9.8	.498	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.4	.621

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	34.9	25.9	1.9	4.1	5.9	3.5	1.1	1.7	3.0	3.9	11.2	20.1	.557	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.4	.787
Hakeem Olajuwon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1986-87	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	78	31.3	17.5	1.9	4.8	6.7	2.6	0.6	1.2	2.4	3.1	7.2	12.7	.564	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.4	.714
difference:	+17	+8.7	+10.4	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+1.5	+0.6	+0.3	-0.8	-0.7	+4.0	+5.8	+.100				+2.3	+3.0	+.154
Hakeem Olajuwon	61	22.6	7.1	1.6	4.4	6.0	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.6	2.4	3.2	6.9	.464	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.560

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	18	31.1	19.2	2.2	4.7	6.8	2.0	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.1	6.9	13.0	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	6.8	.795
difference:	+13	+13.9	+13.6	+0.4	+2.7	+3.0	+1.6	+1.0	+1.1	-1.0	-1.3	+4.5	+8.6	+.015		+0.1		+4.6	+5.6	+.128
Hakeem Olajuwon	5	17.2	5.6	1.8	2.0	3.8	0.4	1.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	2.4	4.4	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667


Additional Years
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 2 seasons more than Hakeem Olajuwon in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 19 to 20, from 1988 to 1989—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 2 extra years over Hakeem Olajuwon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 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

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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

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Season 15

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Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

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Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years