Kevin McHale vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal and Kevin McHale, 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.

Kevin McHale played 13 years in the NBA, 6 less than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. Kevin McHale had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93
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


Rookie Season
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1980-81	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kevin McHale	82	20.1	10.0	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.679
difference:	+1	+17.8	+13.4	+2.3	+7.1	+9.5	+1.2	+0.4	+1.7	-2.5	-0.8	+4.7	+8.0	+.029				+4.0	+7.0	+.087
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		%
Kevin McHale	17	17.4	8.5	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.639
Shaquille O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1981-82	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Kevin McHale	82	28.4	13.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.1	0.4	2.3	1.7	3.2	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.754
difference:	+1	+11.4	+15.7	+2.4	+4.0	+6.4	+1.3	+0.5	+0.6	-1.0	-0.3	+6.1	+8.9	+.068				+3.5	+7.5	+.200
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		%
Kevin McHale	12	28.7	16.2	3.4	3.7	7.1	0.9	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.7	6.4	11.2	.575	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.4	.755
difference:	+9	+13.3	+4.5	+2.3	+4.0	+6.2	+1.4	+0.3	+0.7	-2.0	-0.6	+1.3	+3.8	+.064				+2.0	+6.9	+.284
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
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1982-83	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kevin McHale	82	28.6	14.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	5.9	10.9	.541	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.717
difference:	+3	+8.4	+15.2	+1.6	+3.2	+4.7	+1.4	+0.5	+0.1	-0.7	-0.4	+5.9	+9.3	+.042		+0.1		+3.4	+7.5	+.184
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		%
Kevin McHale	7	25.3	11.1	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.9	8.9	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.6	.556
difference:	+14	+13.0	+14.6	+2.4	+3.5	+5.9	+2.6	+0.5	+0.9	-2.1	-1.7	+4.4	+7.2	+.029		+0.1		+5.7	+9.8	+.015
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
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1983-84	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kevin McHale	82	31.4	18.4	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	7.2	12.9	.556	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.4	.765
difference:	+28	+4.6	+8.2	+0.9	+2.8	+3.6	+1.6	+0.3	+0.6	-1.1	-0.6	+3.8	+6.2	+.017				+0.5	+4.1	+.278
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		%
Kevin McHale	23	30.5	14.8	2.7	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.7	3.3	5.3	10.6	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.3	.777
difference:	+11	+7.8	+11.0	+1.4	+2.4	+3.8	+3.4	+0.7	+0.2	-2.0		+5.6	+7.4	+.102		+0.1		+0.1	+4.9	+.384
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
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1984-85	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kevin McHale	79	33.6	19.8	2.9	6.1	9.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	3.0	7.7	13.4	.570	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.9	.760
difference:	+28	+4.5	+6.4	+0.9	+2.6	+3.5	+1.3	+0.5	+1.4	-0.9	-0.5	+3.1	+6.0	+.013					+3.5	+.276
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		%
Kevin McHale	21	39.9	22.1	3.5	6.4	9.9	1.5	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.5	8.2	14.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	7.1	.807
difference:	+12	+3.7	+4.8	+0.7	+0.1	+0.7	+1.7		+0.3	-0.5	-0.6	+1.7	+4.8	+.054				+1.3	+4.6	+.197
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
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1985-86	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kevin McHale	68	35.3	21.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	8.3	14.4	.574	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.2	.776
difference:	+8	+1.0	+7.0	+1.0	+2.3	+3.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.4	-0.7	-0.4	+2.9	+4.7	+.010				+1.2	+5.2	+.249
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		%
Kevin McHale	18	39.7	24.9	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.7	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.6	9.3	16.1	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.794
difference:	+5	+1.2	+5.6	+0.9	+0.7	+1.6	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.6	-0.4	+2.9	+3.7	+.033		+0.1			+4.4	+.291
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
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1986-87	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kevin McHale	77	39.7	26.1	3.2	6.7	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.1	10.3	17.0	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.6	.836
difference:	+28	+4.9	+0.2	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	-0.1	-0.1	+0.1	+1.1	+.028		+0.1		+0.1	+3.6	+.296
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		%
Kevin McHale	21	39.4	21.1	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.4	8.3	14.2	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.0	.762
difference:	+13		+5.5	+2.4		+2.4	+0.4	+0.6	+1.5	-0.3	-0.2	+1.6	+5.2	+.074				+2.3	+8.8	+.296
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
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1987-88	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Kevin McHale	64	37.3	22.6	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.8	8.6	14.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.8	.797
difference:	+15	+2.7	+7.1	+1.8	+3.5	+5.2	+1.1	+0.1	+1.6	-0.6	-0.4	+3.5	+6.9	+.030				+0.1	+3.6	+.273
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		%
Kevin McHale	17	42.1	25.4	3.2	4.8	8.0	2.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.8	9.3	15.4	.603	0.1	0.1	1.000	6.8	8.1	.839
difference:	+6	+1.4	+5.3	+2.0	+5.5	+7.4	+0.7	+0.2	+0.6	-0.1	-0.9	+3.1	+6.6	+.037	+0.1	+0.1		+0.9	+4.8	+.383
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
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1988-89	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kevin McHale	78	36.9	22.5	2.9	5.3	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.9	8.5	15.5	.546	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.8	.818
difference:	+4	+2.6	+6.2	+1.0	+3.5	+4.5	+1.5	+0.3	+1.6	-0.4	-0.6	+2.5	+3.7	+.026		+0.1		+1.1	+6.3	+.305
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		%
Kevin McHale	3	38.3	19.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3	6.7	13.7	.488	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.7	.739
difference:	+13	+4.0	+11.4	+3.4	+4.1	+7.4	+0.2	+0.1	+1.7	-2.3	-0.9	+5.2	+7.8	+.067				+0.9	+4.8	+.214
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
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1989-90	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Kevin McHale	82	33.2	20.9	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.0	7.9	14.4	.549	0.3	0.8	.333	4.8	5.4	.893
difference:	+15	+2.9	+6.3	+1.0	+1.4	+2.4	+0.9	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4		+2.7	+3.9	+.030	+0.3	+0.8		+1.1	+5.3	+.338
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		%
Kevin McHale	5	38.4	22.0	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	3.4	8.4	13.8	.609	0.2	0.6	.333	5.0	5.8	.862
difference:	+14	+2.4	+6.5	+1.9	+2.9	+4.8	+0.2	+0.1	+0.5	-0.5	-0.1	+2.3	+6.4	+.080	+0.2	+0.6		+2.1	+5.1	+.213
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
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1990-91	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kevin McHale	68	30.4	18.4	2.1	4.9	7.1	1.9	0.4	2.1	2.1	2.9	7.4	13.4	.553	0.2	0.5	.405	3.4	4.0	.829
difference:	+1	+7.4	+9.1	+1.8	+2.3	+4.0	+1.2	+0.2	+0.3	-0.8	-0.5	+3.0	+4.7	+.021	+0.2	+0.5		+3.3	+6.8	+.207
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		%
Kevin McHale	11	34.2	20.7	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	3.8	7.1	13.5	.527	0.5	1.0	.545	6.0	7.3	.825
difference:	+1	+5.9	+6.3	+3.7	+4.7	+8.3	+1.9	+0.1	+1.5	-1.6	-1.0	+3.0	+5.3	+.008	+0.5	+1.0		+0.8	+3.7	+.204
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
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1991-92	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kevin McHale	56	25.0	13.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	2.0	5.8	11.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.9	.822
difference:	+11	+11.8	+7.6	+1.6	+4.0	+5.6	+1.4	+0.3	+1.4	-1.4	-1.4	+2.5	+2.8	+.075		+0.2		+2.5	+7.2	+.332
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		%
Kevin McHale	10	30.6	16.5	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	6.5	12.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.4	.795
difference:	+12	+11.3	+5.0	+2.0	+4.5	+6.5	+1.2	+0.2	+2.3	-1.6	-0.7	+1.8	+1.4	+.077		+0.1		+1.5	+7.1	+.366
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
	Kevin McHale	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1992-93	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Kevin McHale	71	23.3	10.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.2	9.1	.459	0.0	0.3	.111	2.3	2.7	.841
difference:	+2	+10.8	+12.2	+2.2	+3.2	+5.4	+1.7	+0.3	+1.5	-1.5	-1.8	+4.8	+5.9	+.142		+0.3		+2.5	+7.8	+.380
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		%
Kevin McHale	4	28.3	19.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.5	8.0	13.8	.582	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.857
difference:	+9	+4.7	+0.4	+0.8	+1.4	+0.5	+1.1	+0.1	+0.3	-1.9	-2.5	+0.2	+0.1	+.024				+0.8	+4.7	+.385
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


Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 6 seasons more than Kevin McHale in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 19, from 2006 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Kevin McHale, Shaquille O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP

Kevin McHale vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

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