Michael Jordan vs. Charles Oakley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charles Oakley and Michael Jordan, 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.

Michael Jordan played 15 years in the NBA, 4 less than Charles Oakley, who played 19. Michael Jordan had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Charles Oakley had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Michael Jordan	15	13	1984-85 to 2002-03
Charles Oakley	19	15	1985-86 to 2003-04

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


Rookie Season
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1984-85	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Michael Jordan	82	38.3	28.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	3.5	3.5	10.2	19.8	.515	0.1	0.6	.173	7.7	9.1	.845
difference:	+5	+15.3	+18.6	+1.3	+0.8	+2.1	+4.2	+1.5	+0.4	-1.2	-0.3	+6.6	+12.8	+.004	+0.1	+0.6		+5.4	+5.6	+.183
Charles Oakley	77	23.0	9.6	3.3	5.3	8.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	2.3	3.2	3.6	7.0	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.5	.662

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	4	42.8	29.3	1.8	4.0	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	3.8	3.8	8.5	19.5	.436	0.3	2.0	.125	12.0	14.5	.828
difference:	+1	+13.5	+19.3	+1.5	+2.7	+4.2	+7.5	+0.8	+0.3	-2.1	-0.5	+4.8	+12.5	+.088	+0.3	+2.0		+9.3	+10.2	+.213
Charles Oakley	3	29.3	10.0	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	7.0	.524	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.3	.615


Season 2
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1985-86	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Michael Jordan	18	25.1	22.7	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	2.5	2.6	8.3	18.2	.457	0.2	1.0	.167	5.8	6.9	.840
difference:	+64	+11.2	+8.2	+2.3	+7.2	+9.5	+0.7	+1.1	+0.8	-1.1	-1.2	+2.6	+5.4	+.012	+0.1	+0.6	+.200	+2.8	+2.5	+.154
Charles Oakley	82	36.3	14.5	3.6	9.5	13.1	3.6	1.0	0.4	3.6	3.8	5.7	12.8	.445	0.1	0.4	.367	3.0	4.4	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	3	45.0	43.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	5.7	2.3	1.3	4.7	4.3	16.0	31.7	.505	0.3	0.3	1.000	11.3	13.0	.872
difference:		+2.0	+23.7	+4.0	+5.0	+9.0	+3.7	+1.0	+1.0	-2.0		+9.7	+15.0	+.125	+0.4	+1.0	+.500	+4.6	+5.0	+.039
Charles Oakley	3	43.0	20.0	5.7	9.7	15.3	2.0	1.3	0.3	2.7	4.3	6.3	16.7	.380	0.7	1.3	.500	6.7	8.0	.833


Season 3
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1986-87	1987-88
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Michael Jordan	82	40.0	37.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	3.3	2.9	13.4	27.8	.482	0.1	0.8	.182	10.2	11.9	.857
difference:		+5.7	+24.7	+2.0	+5.8	+7.8	+1.6	+2.1	+1.2	-0.4	-0.4	+8.8	+18.3	+.001	+0.1	+0.7	+.068	+7.0	+7.5	+.130
Charles Oakley	82	34.3	12.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	3.0	0.8	0.3	2.9	3.3	4.6	9.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.250	3.2	4.4	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	3	42.7	35.7	2.3	4.7	7.0	6.0	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.7	11.7	28.0	.417	0.7	1.7	.400	11.7	13.0	.897
difference:	+7	+5.4	+25.6	+1.6	+4.2	+5.8	+2.8	+1.4	+1.9	-0.9	-0.4	+7.7	+18.9	+.023	+0.7	+1.5	+.400	+9.6	+10.6	+.022
Charles Oakley	10	37.3	10.1	3.9	8.9	12.8	3.2	0.6	0.4	1.8	3.3	4.0	9.1	.440	0.0	0.2	.000	2.1	2.4	.875


Season 4
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1987-88	1988-89
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Michael Jordan	82	40.4	35.0	1.7	3.8	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	3.1	3.3	13.0	24.4	.535	0.1	0.6	.132	8.8	10.5	.841
difference:		+8.6	+22.1	+2.5	+2.5	+5.0	+3.6	+1.9	+1.4	-0.1		+7.8	+14.2	+.025			+.118	+6.4	+7.4	+.068
Charles Oakley	82	31.8	12.9	4.2	6.3	10.5	2.3	1.3	0.2	3.0	3.3	5.2	10.2	.510	0.1	0.6	.250	2.4	3.1	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	10	42.7	36.3	2.3	4.8	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.1	3.9	3.8	13.8	26.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.333	8.6	9.9	.869
difference:	+1	+9.5	+26.6	+2.5	+1.6	+4.1	+3.5	+1.1	+1.0	-1.5	-0.4	+9.9	+17.9	+.052		+0.1	+.167	+6.8	+7.2	+.202
Charles Oakley	9	33.2	9.7	4.8	6.4	11.2	1.2	1.3	0.1	2.4	3.4	3.9	8.1	.479	0.1	0.2	.500	1.8	2.7	.667


Season 5
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1988-89	1989-90
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Michael Jordan	81	40.2	32.5	1.8	6.2	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	3.6	3.0	11.9	22.2	.538	0.3	1.2	.276	8.3	9.8	.850
difference:	+20	+4.2	+17.9	+2.4	+1.5	+3.9	+5.6	+1.9	+0.5	-0.9	-0.6	+6.4	+11.7	+.014	+0.3	+1.2		+4.7	+5.1	+.089
Charles Oakley	61	36.0	14.6	4.2	7.7	11.9	2.4	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.6	5.5	10.5	.524	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.7	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	17	42.2	34.8	1.5	5.5	7.0	7.6	2.5	0.8	4.0	3.8	11.7	22.9	.510	0.6	2.1	.286	10.8	13.5	.799
difference:	+7	+8.6	+22.7	+2.4	+1.6	+4.0	+4.9	+1.4	+0.6	-1.8	-0.5	+7.4	+14.5	+.002	+0.5	+2.0	+.714	+7.4	+8.3	+.145
Charles Oakley	10	33.6	12.1	3.9	7.1	11.0	2.7	1.1	0.2	2.2	3.3	4.3	8.4	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.2	.654


Season 6
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1989-90	1990-91
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Michael Jordan	82	39.0	33.6	1.7	5.1	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	3.0	2.9	12.6	24.0	.526	1.1	3.0	.376	7.2	8.5	.848
difference:	+6	+3.0	+22.4	+2.3	+3.0	+5.2	+3.6	+2.0	+0.5	-0.2	-0.9	+8.6	+16.2	+.010	+1.1	+3.0		+4.1	+4.5	+.064
Charles Oakley	76	36.0	11.2	4.0	8.1	12.1	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.8	3.8	4.0	7.8	.516	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.0	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	16	42.1	36.7	1.5	5.7	7.2	6.8	2.8	0.9	3.5	3.4	13.7	26.6	.514	1.0	3.1	.320	8.3	9.9	.836
difference:	+13	+8.8	+29.0	+3.5	+0.4	+3.1	+5.8	+2.1	+0.6	-1.2	-0.9	+10.4	+19.6	+.038	+1.0	+3.1		+7.3	+7.9	+.336
Charles Oakley	3	33.3	7.7	5.0	5.3	10.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	2.3	4.3	3.3	7.0	.476	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 7
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1990-91	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	31.5	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	2.5	2.8	12.1	22.4	.539	0.4	1.1	.312	7.0	8.2	.851
difference:		+8.8	+25.3	+1.7	+0.8	+2.5	+3.9	+1.9	+0.8	-1.0	-0.3	+9.5	+17.5	+.017	+0.4	+1.1		+6.0	+6.8	+.116
Charles Oakley	82	28.2	6.2	3.1	5.4	8.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.5	3.1	2.6	4.9	.522	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	17	40.5	31.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	2.5	3.1	11.6	22.1	.524	0.6	1.5	.385	7.4	8.7	.845
difference:	+5	+11.0	+25.8	+2.6		+2.6	+7.7	+1.7	+1.0	-1.2	-0.1	+9.8	+17.3	+.145	+0.6	+1.5		+5.7	+6.4	+.104
Charles Oakley	12	29.5	5.3	3.7	5.3	9.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.0	1.8	4.8	.379	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.741


Season 8
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1991-92	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Michael Jordan	80	38.8	30.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	2.5	2.5	11.8	22.7	.519	0.3	1.3	.270	6.1	7.4	.832
difference:	+2	+11.6	+23.2	+2.4	+0.2	+2.2	+4.6	+1.3	+0.7	-1.0	-1.0	+9.1	+17.4	+.011	+0.3	+1.3		+4.6	+5.3	+.110
Charles Oakley	82	27.2	6.9	3.5	5.1	8.6	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.5	2.7	5.3	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	22	41.8	34.5	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.8	2.0	0.7	3.7	2.8	13.2	26.4	.499	0.8	2.0	.386	7.4	8.6	.857
difference:	+7	+8.0	+23.4	+3.0	+1.8	+4.8	+4.7	+0.9	+0.6	-1.3	-0.6	+9.0	+17.7	+.018	+0.8	+2.0		+4.7	+4.9	+.130
Charles Oakley	15	33.8	11.1	4.7	6.3	11.0	1.1	1.1	0.1	2.4	3.4	4.2	8.7	.481	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.7	.727


Season 9
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1992-93	1993-94
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Michael Jordan	78	39.3	32.6	1.7	5.0	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	2.7	2.4	12.7	25.7	.495	1.0	2.9	.352	6.1	7.3	.837
difference:	+4	+3.5	+20.8	+2.6	+2.5	+5.1	+2.8	+1.5	+0.6	-0.3	-1.2	+8.3	+16.4	+.017	+1.0	+2.9		+3.1	+3.5	+.061
Charles Oakley	82	35.8	11.8	4.3	7.5	11.8	2.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	3.6	4.4	9.3	.478	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.8	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	19	41.2	35.1	1.7	5.1	6.7	6.0	2.1	0.9	2.4	3.1	13.2	27.8	.475	1.5	3.8	.389	7.2	8.9	.805
difference:	+6	+1.5	+21.9	+2.9	+1.9	+5.0	+3.6	+0.7	+0.7	-0.2	-0.4	+8.2	+17.3	+.002	+1.5	+3.8		+4.0	+4.8	+.030
Charles Oakley	25	39.7	13.2	4.6	7.0	11.7	2.4	1.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	5.0	10.5	.477	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.1	.775

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 10
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1994-95	1994-95
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Michael Jordan	17	39.3	26.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	5.3	1.8	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.8	23.8	.411	0.9	1.9	.500	6.4	8.0	.801
difference:	+33	+8.0	+16.8	+1.6	+0.4	+2.0	+2.8	+0.6	+0.7		-0.8	+6.0	+15.9	+.078	+0.8	+1.7	+.250	+4.0	+5.0	+.008
Charles Oakley	50	31.3	10.1	3.1	5.8	8.9	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	3.6	3.8	7.9	.489	0.1	0.2	.250	2.4	3.0	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	10	42.0	31.5	2.0	4.5	6.5	4.5	2.3	1.4	4.1	3.0	12.0	24.8	.484	1.1	3.0	.367	6.4	7.9	.810
difference:	+1	+3.7	+18.4	+0.8	+1.1	+2.0	+0.8	+0.6	+0.9	-1.9	-0.8	+7.5	+14.9	+.034	+0.7	+2.1	+.033	+2.6	+3.3	+.014
Charles Oakley	11	38.3	13.1	2.8	5.6	8.5	3.7	1.7	0.5	2.2	3.8	4.5	9.9	.450	0.4	0.9	.400	3.8	4.6	.824


Season 11
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1995-96	1995-96
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Michael Jordan	82	37.7	30.4	1.8	4.8	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	2.4	2.4	11.2	22.6	.495	1.4	3.2	.427	6.7	8.0	.834
difference:	+29	+4.2	+19.0	+1.3	+0.8	+2.1	+1.7	+1.1	+0.2	-0.4	-1.3	+7.2	+14.1	+.024	+1.3	+2.7	+.158	+3.4	+4.0	+.001
Charles Oakley	53	33.5	11.4	3.1	5.6	8.7	2.6	1.1	0.3	2.0	3.7	4.0	8.5	.471	0.1	0.5	.269	3.3	4.0	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	18	40.7	30.7	1.7	3.2	4.9	4.1	1.8	0.3	2.3	2.7	10.4	22.6	.459	1.4	3.4	.403	8.5	10.4	.818
difference:	+10	+2.2	+17.6	+1.8	+1.9	+3.7	+2.3	+0.8	+0.3	-1.2	-1.4	+5.5	+12.8	+.041	+1.1	+2.6	+.070	+5.4	+5.9	+.124
Charles Oakley	8	38.5	13.1	3.5	5.1	8.6	1.8	1.0	0.0	3.5	4.1	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.8	.333	3.1	4.5	.694


Season 12
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1996-97	1996-97
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Michael Jordan	82	37.9	29.6	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.9	11.2	23.1	.486	1.4	3.6	.374	5.9	7.0	.833
difference:	+2	+2.0	+18.8	+1.7	+2.2	+3.9	+1.5	+0.3	+0.2	-0.1	-1.9	+7.0	+14.4	+.002	+1.3	+3.4	+.111	+3.6	+4.2	+.025
Charles Oakley	80	35.9	10.8	3.1	6.7	9.8	2.8	1.4	0.3	2.1	3.8	4.2	8.7	.488	0.1	0.2	.263	2.3	2.8	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	19	42.3	31.1	2.2	5.7	7.9	4.8	1.6	0.9	2.6	2.4	11.9	26.2	.456	0.7	3.5	.194	6.5	7.8	.831
difference:	+9	+6.5	+21.3	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+3.2	+0.6	+0.6	-0.8	-1.3	+8.1	+17.6	+.014	+0.7	+3.4	+.194	+4.3	+4.9	+.072
Charles Oakley	10	35.8	9.8	2.3	6.5	8.8	1.6	2.2	0.3	1.8	3.7	3.8	8.6	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.9	.759


Season 13
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	1997-98	1997-98
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
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 MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Michael Jordan	82	38.8	28.7	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	1.8	10.7	23.1	.465	0.4	1.5	.238	6.9	8.8	.784
difference:	+3	+4.2	+19.7	+1.2	+2.2	+3.4	+1.0	+0.1	+0.2	-0.7	-1.7	+6.8	+14.3	+.025	+0.4	+1.4	+.238	+5.7	+7.4	+.067
Charles Oakley	79	34.6	9.0	2.8	6.4	9.2	2.5	1.6	0.3	1.6	3.5	3.9	8.8	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.4	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	21	41.5	32.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	3.5	1.5	0.6	2.1	2.2	11.6	25.0	.462	0.6	2.0	.302	8.6	10.6	.812
difference:	+11	+7.5	+24.3	+0.5	+2.9	+3.4	+2.1	+0.4	+0.4	-0.8	-1.6	+8.7	+17.9	+.054	+0.6	+2.0		+6.3	+8.1	+.108
Charles Oakley	10	34.0	8.1	2.1	6.4	8.5	1.4	1.1	0.2	1.3	3.8	2.9	7.1	.408	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.5	.920

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01.


Season 14
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	2001-02	1998-99
Team	Washington Wizards	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Michael Jordan	60	34.9	22.9	0.8	4.8	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	2.7	2.0	9.2	22.1	.416	0.2	0.9	.189	4.4	5.6	.790
difference:	+10	+2.2	+15.9	+1.1	+0.8	+1.8	+1.8	+0.5		-0.8	-1.6	+6.4	+15.6	+.012	+0.2	+0.8	+.011	+3.1	+3.9	+.017
Charles Oakley	50	32.7	7.0	1.9	5.6	7.5	3.4	0.9	0.4	1.9	3.6	2.8	6.5	.428	0.0	0.1	.200	1.3	1.7	.807

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Michael Jordan nor Charles Oakley played in the postseason in their season 14


Season 15
	Michael Jordan	Charles Oakley
Season	2002-03	1999-00
Team	Washington Wizards	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	20.0	0.9	5.2	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.1	8.3	18.6	.445	0.2	0.7	.291	3.2	4.0	.821
difference:	+2	+6.6	+13.1	+0.6	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-1.6	+5.4	+11.6	+.027		+0.2	+.050	+2.4	+2.9	+.045
Charles Oakley	80	30.4	6.9	1.5	5.3	6.8	3.2	1.3	0.6	1.9	3.7	2.9	7.0	.418	0.2	0.5	.341	0.8	1.1	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Oakley	3	37.0	10.0	0.7	7.0	7.7	3.7	2.0	0.3	1.7	4.7	4.7	9.7	.483	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.3	.000

Additional Years

* Charles Oakley played 4 seasons more than Michael Jordan in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 16 to 19, from 2001 to 2004—Charles Oakley played in one postseason.

Michael Jordan vs. Charles Oakley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charles Oakley and Michael Jordan, 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

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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

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Season 15

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