Luguentz Dort vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon and Luguentz Dort, 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.

Luguentz Dort played 7 years in the NBA, 11 less than Hakeem Olajuwon, who played 18. Luguentz Dort had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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.

Rookie Season
	Luguentz Dort	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2019-20	1984-85
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Luguentz Dort	36	22.8	6.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.6	2.7	2.4	6.1	.394	0.8	2.8	.297	1.2	1.5	.792
difference:	+46	+12.7	+13.8	+4.7	+4.9	+9.6	+0.6	+0.3	+2.6	-2.3	-1.5	+5.9	+9.2	+.144	+0.8	+2.8		+2.9	+5.2	+.179
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		%
Luguentz Dort	6	29.2	12.5	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.5	4.2	4.5	12.7	.355	2.2	8.3	.260	1.3	2.5	.533
difference:	+1	+8.2	+8.7	+5.8	+3.6	+9.3	+0.4	+1.1	+1.6	-0.3	-0.2	+3.9	+4.9	+.122	+2.2	+8.3		+3.1	+6.7	+.055
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
	Luguentz Dort	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2020-21	1985-86
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Luguentz Dort	52	29.7	14.0	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	4.8	12.3	.387	2.2	6.3	.343	2.3	3.2	.744
difference:	+16	+6.6	+9.5	+4.2	+3.7	+7.9	+0.3	+1.1	+3.0	-1.4	-1.4	+4.4	+5.2	+.139	+2.2	+6.3		+2.8	+4.7	+.099
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		%
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Luguentz Dort	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2021-22	1986-87
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Luguentz Dort	51	32.6	17.2	0.7	3.4	4.2	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.9	5.7	14.2	.404	2.5	7.7	.332	3.2	3.7	.843
difference:	+24	+4.2	+6.2	+3.5	+3.8	+7.2	+1.2	+1.0	+3.0	-1.3	-1.0	+3.3	+3.6	+.104	+2.5	+7.6	+.132	+2.1	+3.9	+.141
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		%
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Luguentz Dort	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2022-23	1987-88
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Luguentz Dort	74	30.7	13.7	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.2	3.3	4.6	11.8	.388	1.8	5.5	.330	2.7	3.5	.772
difference:	+5	+5.1	+9.1	+2.1	+5.4	+7.5		+1.1	+2.4	-1.9	-0.8	+4.4	+5.7	+.126	+1.8	+5.4	+.330	+2.1	+3.4	+.077
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		%
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Luguentz Dort	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2023-24	1988-89
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Luguentz Dort	79	28.4	10.9	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.9	3.6	8.3	.438	2.0	5.0	.394	1.6	2.0	.826
difference:	+3	+8.5	+13.9	+3.2	+6.7	+9.9	+0.4	+1.7	+2.8	-2.5	-1.1	+6.0	+10.7	+.070	+2.0	+4.9	+.394	+3.9	+6.0	+.130
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		%
Luguentz Dort	10	35.0	10.7	1.9	2.7	4.6	2.0	1.3	0.2	1.1	4.2	3.3	9.1	.363	2.5	6.4	.391	1.6	1.9	.842
difference:	+6	+5.5	+14.6	+1.6	+6.8	+8.4	+1.0	+1.2	+2.6	-1.4	-0.1	+7.2	+11.2	+.156	+2.5	+6.4		+2.7	+4.4	+.162
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
	Luguentz Dort	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2024-25	1989-90
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Luguentz Dort	71	29.2	10.1	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.7	2.9	3.6	8.4	.435	2.4	5.8	.412	0.5	0.6	.717
difference:	+11	+8.9	+14.2	+2.3	+7.5	+9.9	+1.3	+1.0	+4.1	-3.2	-0.9	+6.2	+11.2	+.066	+2.4	+5.7	+.245	+4.2	+5.9	+.004
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		%
Luguentz Dort	23	29.0	7.9	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.9	3.3	2.6	7.1	.366	2.1	6.1	.343	0.6	1.0	.636
difference:	+19	+11.3	+10.6	+2.4	+5.3	+7.6	+1.1	+1.2	+5.4	-1.9	-1.5	+5.2	+10.4	+.077	+2.1	+6.1		+2.4	+3.3	+.070
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
	Luguentz Dort	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2025-26	1990-91
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
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		%
Luguentz Dort	5	36.4	7.4	1.6	3.6	5.2	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.4	8.6	.279	1.0	5.6	.179	1.6	1.6	1.000
difference:	+51	+0.4	+13.8	+2.3	+6.2	+8.6	+0.3	+1.2	+3.9	-2.1	-0.9	+6.3	+8.5	+.229	+1.0	+5.5	+.179	+2.2	+3.3	+.231
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		%
Luguentz Dort	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

Additional Years
* Hakeem Olajuwon played 11 seasons more than Luguentz Dort in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 1992 to 2002—Hakeem Olajuwon played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Luguentz Dort, Hakeem Olajuwon got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Blocks Leader 6 All-Star Game