Kevon Looney vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal and Kevon Looney, 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.

Kevon Looney played 11 years in the NBA, 8 less than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. Kevon Looney had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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
	Kevon Looney	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2015-16	1992-93
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Kevon Looney	5	4.2	1.8	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.4	.571	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+76	+33.7	+21.6	+3.4	+8.4	+11.9	+1.9	+0.7	+3.5	-3.6	-3.6	+8.2	+14.7	+.009	+0.2	+0.4		+5.3	+8.9
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
* Neiher Kevon Looney nor Shaquille O'Neal played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Kevon Looney	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2016-17	1993-94
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kevon Looney	53	8.4	2.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.1	2.0	.523	0.0	0.2	.222	0.4	0.6	.618
difference:	+28	+31.4	+26.8	+3.9	+7.0	+10.9	+1.9	+0.6	+2.6	-2.4	-2.3	+10.7	+17.6	+.076		+0.2		+5.4	+9.9	+.064
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		%
Kevon Looney	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kevon Looney	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2017-18	1994-95
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kevon Looney	66	13.8	4.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.7	2.9	.580	0.0	0.1	.200	0.6	1.2	.545
difference:	+13	+23.2	+25.3	+2.9	+5.3	+8.1	+2.1	+0.4	+1.6	-2.1	-1.7	+10.1	+17.3	+.003			+.200	+5.2	+9.6	+.012
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		%
Kevon Looney	21	18.4	4.1	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.4	2.4	1.9	3.4	.542	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	1.0	.381
difference:		+19.9	+21.6	+2.5	+5.2	+7.7	+2.4	+0.2	+1.5	-3.1	-1.6	+7.4	+12.7	+.035		+0.1		+6.7	+11.4	+.190
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
	Kevon Looney	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2018-19	1995-96
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Kevon Looney	80	18.5	6.3	2.4	2.8	5.2	1.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	2.6	2.7	4.3	.625	0.0	0.1	.100	0.8	1.3	.619
difference:	+26	+17.5	+20.3	+1.0	+4.9	+5.8	+1.4		+1.4	-2.3	-1.0	+8.3	+14.8	+.052		+0.1		+3.8	+8.2	+.132
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		%
Kevon Looney	21	20.6	7.1	2.0	2.5	4.5	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.4	3.0	4.4	.688	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.724
difference:	+9	+17.7	+18.7	+2.1	+3.4	+5.5	+3.6	+0.2	+0.8	-3.1	-0.9	+7.9	+13.6	+.082				+3.0	+8.8	+.331
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
	Kevon Looney	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2019-20	1996-97
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Kevon Looney	20	13.1	3.4	1.4	1.9	3.3	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.7	1.5	4.0	.367	0.1	0.7	.071	0.5	0.6	.750
difference:	+31	+25.0	+22.8	+2.4	+6.8	+9.2	+2.1	+0.3	+2.6	-2.3	-1.8	+9.3	+15.4	+.190	+0.1	+0.6	+.071	+4.0	+8.8	+.266
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		%
Kevon Looney	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

Season 6
	Kevon Looney	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2020-21	1997-98
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Kevon Looney	61	19.0	4.1	1.9	3.4	5.3	2.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.2	1.8	3.2	.548	0.1	0.3	.235	0.5	0.8	.646
difference:	+1	+17.3	+24.2	+1.6	+4.5	+6.1	+0.4	+0.4	+2.0	-2.3	-1.0	+9.4	+15.9	+.036	+0.1	+0.3		+5.5	+10.6	+.119
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		%
Kevon Looney	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kevon Looney	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kevon Looney	82	21.1	6.0	2.5	4.7	7.3	2.0	0.6	0.6	0.8	2.6	2.5	4.4	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.600
difference:	+33	+13.7	+20.3	+1.3	+2.2	+3.4	+0.3	+0.1	+1.1	-1.7	-0.6	+7.9	+13.7	+.005				+4.6	+8.7	+.060
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		%
Kevon Looney	22	20.4	5.8	2.9	4.8	7.6	2.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.3	2.6	4.0	.659	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.611
difference:	+14	+19.0	+20.8	+2.6	+1.3	+4.0	+0.1	+0.5	+2.4	-1.4	-1.3	+7.3	+15.4	+.149				+6.4	+14.0	+.145
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
	Kevon Looney	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kevon Looney	82	23.9	7.0	3.3	5.9	9.3	2.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	2.7	3.0	4.7	.630	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.9	.606
difference:	+3	+16.1	+22.7	+1.0	+3.5	+4.3	+1.3	+0.1	+2.4	-2.3	-0.5	+9.1	+16.4	+.056				+4.4	+8.5	+.082
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		%
Kevon Looney	13	25.0	6.5	4.7	8.4	13.1	3.3	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.8	4.9	.578	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.556
difference:	+10	+18.5	+24.2	+0.5	+1.9	+2.3	+0.2		+2.0	-1.4	-0.1	+9.6	+17.1	+.012				+5.1	+11.5	+.100
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
	Kevon Looney	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Kevon Looney	74	16.1	4.5	1.9	3.7	5.7	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.7	2.1	1.9	3.1	.597	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.675
difference:		+23.4	+24.2	+2.0	+5.1	+7.0	+1.9	+0.2	+2.4	-2.2	-1.4	+9.1	+16.1	+.025				+5.9	+12.0	+.162
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		%
Kevon Looney	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kevon Looney	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2024-25	2001-02
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Kevon Looney	76	15.0	4.5	2.4	3.6	6.1	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.9	3.7	.514	0.0	0.1	.400	0.7	1.3	.566
difference:	+9	+21.1	+22.7	+1.1	+3.6	+4.6	+1.4		+1.5	-2.1	-1.0	+8.7	+14.6	+.065		+0.1		+5.2	+9.4	+.011
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		%
Kevon Looney	12	10.0	2.2	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	2.3	0.8	1.9	.435	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750
difference:	+7	+30.8	+26.3	+2.1	+6.9	+9.0	+2.5	+0.1	+2.2	-3.1	-1.0	+9.9	+18.3	+.094				+6.6	+10.2	+.101
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
	Kevon Looney	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2025-26	2002-03
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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		%
Kevon Looney	13	13.8	2.6	1.9	2.4	4.3	1.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.2	2.8	.417	0.1	0.5	.143	0.2	0.5	.500
difference:	+54	+24.0	+24.9	+2.0	+4.8	+6.8	+1.6	+0.3	+1.9	-2.4	-1.4	+9.2	+15.3	+.157	+0.1	+0.5		+6.5	+10.3	+.122
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		%
Kevon Looney	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

Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 8 seasons more than Kevon Looney in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 19, from 2004 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Kevon Looney, Shaquille O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP