Patrick Beverley vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Beverley, 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.

Patrick Beverley played 12 years in the NBA, 6 less than Hakeem Olajuwon, who played 18. Patrick Beverley had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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
	Patrick Beverley	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2012-13	1984-85
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Patrick Beverley	41	17.4	5.6	1.1	1.6	2.7	2.9	0.9	0.5	1.1	2.0	1.9	4.6	.418	0.9	2.3	.375	0.8	1.0	.829
difference:	+41	+18.1	+15.0	+4.3	+4.9	+9.2	+1.5	+0.3	+2.2	-1.8	-2.2	+6.4	+10.7	+.120	+0.9	+2.3		+3.3	+5.7	+.216
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		%
Patrick Beverley	6	33.3	11.8	1.8	3.7	5.5	2.8	1.2	0.7	1.0	4.0	4.7	10.8	.431	1.3	4.0	.333	1.2	1.2	1.000
difference:	+1	+4.1	+9.4	+4.8	+2.7	+7.5	+1.4	+0.2	+1.9	-1.2	-0.4	+3.7	+6.8	+.046	+1.3	+4.0		+3.2	+8.0	+.522
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
	Patrick Beverley	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2013-14	1985-86
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Patrick Beverley	56	31.3	10.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	2.7	1.4	0.4	1.2	3.1	3.6	8.6	.414	1.6	4.6	.361	1.5	1.8	.814
difference:	+12	+5.0	+13.3	+3.6	+4.4	+8.0	+0.7	+0.6	+3.0	-1.7	-0.9	+5.6	+8.9	+.112	+1.6	+4.6		+3.6	+6.1	+.169
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		%
Patrick Beverley	6	33.7	8.7	2.2	2.0	4.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	3.5	3.2	8.3	.380	1.2	3.7	.318	1.2	1.7	.700
difference:	+14	+4.6	+18.2	+2.9	+4.8	+7.6	+0.2	+1.5	+3.2	-1.5	-0.9	+7.1	+11.1	+.150	+1.2	+3.6	+.318	+5.2	+8.3	+.062
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
	Patrick Beverley	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2014-15	1986-87
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Patrick Beverley	56	30.8	10.1	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.4	1.1	0.4	1.5	3.3	3.6	9.5	.383	2.1	5.8	.356	0.8	1.1	.750
difference:	+19	+6.0	+13.3	+3.0	+4.2	+7.2	+0.5	+0.8	+3.0	-1.5	-0.6	+5.4	+8.3	+.125	+2.1	+5.7	+.156	+4.5	+6.5	+.048
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		%
Patrick Beverley	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
	Patrick Beverley	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2015-16	1987-88
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Patrick Beverley	71	28.7	9.9	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.4	1.3	0.4	1.3	3.3	3.6	8.4	.434	1.7	4.4	.400	0.8	1.2	.682
difference:	+8	+7.1	+12.9	+2.8	+5.8	+8.6	+1.3	+0.8	+2.3	-1.8	-0.8	+5.4	+9.1	+.080	+1.7	+4.3	+.400	+4.0	+5.7	+.013
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		%
Patrick Beverley	5	25.8	5.8	0.8	3.6	4.4	2.2	0.4	0.4	0.8	3.4	2.0	7.4	.270	0.6	2.8	.214	1.2	1.2	1.000
difference:	+1	+14.7	+31.7	+4.2	+8.2	+12.4	+0.4	+1.9	+2.4	-1.5	-0.1	+12.0	+17.1	+.301	+0.6	+2.5	+.214	+8.3	+9.6	+.116
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
	Patrick Beverley	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2016-17	1988-89
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Patrick Beverley	67	30.7	9.5	1.4	4.4	5.9	4.2	1.5	0.4	1.5	3.3	3.4	8.1	.420	1.6	4.3	.382	1.1	1.4	.768
difference:	+15	+6.2	+15.3	+2.7	+5.0	+7.6	+2.4	+1.1	+3.0	-1.9	-0.7	+6.2	+10.9	+.088	+1.6	+4.2	+.382	+4.4	+6.6	+.072
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		%
Patrick Beverley	11	29.5	11.1	1.9	3.6	5.5	3.0	1.5	0.2	1.6	3.5	4.1	9.9	.413	1.9	4.7	.404	1.0	1.3	.786
difference:	+7	+11.0	+14.2	+1.6	+5.9	+7.5		+1.0	+2.6	-0.9	-0.8	+6.4	+10.4	+.106	+1.9	+4.7		+3.3	+5.0	+.106
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
	Patrick Beverley	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	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		%
Patrick Beverley	11	30.4	12.2	1.5	2.6	4.1	2.9	1.7	0.5	2.3	3.1	4.4	10.8	.403	2.2	5.5	.400	1.3	1.5	.824
difference:	+71	+7.7	+12.1	+2.1	+7.8	+9.9		+0.4	+4.1	-1.6	-0.7	+5.4	+8.8	+.098	+2.2	+5.4	+.233	+3.4	+5.0	+.111
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		%
Patrick Beverley	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
	Patrick Beverley	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Patrick Beverley	78	27.4	7.6	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.8	0.9	0.6	1.1	3.4	2.5	6.1	.407	1.4	3.6	.397	1.2	1.6	.780
difference:	+22	+9.4	+13.6	+2.9	+5.8	+8.8	+1.5	+1.3	+3.3	-2.0	-0.5	+6.2	+11.0	+.101	+1.4	+3.5	+.397	+2.6	+3.3	+.011
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		%
Patrick Beverley	6	32.5	9.8	1.3	6.7	8.0	4.7	1.0	1.0	1.7	3.5	3.3	7.8	.426	2.2	5.0	.433	1.0	1.3	.750
difference:	+3	+10.5	+12.2	+2.7	+4.0	+6.7	+2.7	+0.3	+1.7	-1.0	-0.2	+5.4	+7.2	+.152	+2.2	+4.7	+.433	+3.7	+4.4	+.074
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
	Patrick Beverley	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Patrick Beverley	51	26.3	7.9	1.1	4.1	5.2	3.6	1.1	0.5	1.3	3.1	2.9	6.7	.431	1.6	4.0	.388	0.6	0.9	.660
difference:	+19	+11.4	+13.7	+2.4	+4.5	+6.9	+1.4	+0.7	+3.8	-1.4	-0.7	+5.5	+10.1	+.071	+1.6	+4.0		+4.1	+5.2	+.106
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		%
Patrick Beverley	8	20.8	6.3	1.1	3.0	4.1	2.4	1.0	0.4	0.9	3.9	2.5	4.9	.513	1.0	2.8	.364	0.3	0.5	.500
Hakeem Olajuwon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Patrick Beverley	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Patrick Beverley	37	22.5	7.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	2.1	0.8	0.8	0.9	2.9	2.5	5.9	.423	1.5	3.8	.397	1.0	1.2	.800
difference:	+45	+17.0	+18.6	+2.7	+7.2	+9.8	+1.4	+1.0	+3.4	-2.3	-0.8	+7.8	+13.6	+.106	+1.5	+3.7	+.397	+4.4	+5.8	+.021
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		%
Patrick Beverley	17	19.0	4.9	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.4	0.7	0.7	0.2	2.1	1.7	4.0	.426	0.8	2.2	.351	0.7	0.8	.857
difference:	+5	+24.2	+20.8	+3.7	+7.9	+11.6	+3.4	+1.1	+4.2	-3.6	-1.0	+8.6	+15.8	+.091	+0.8	+2.1	+.351	+4.5	+5.5	+.030
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
	Patrick Beverley	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2021-22	1993-94
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Patrick Beverley	58	25.4	9.2	1.1	3.1	4.1	4.6	1.2	0.9	1.3	3.0	3.1	7.5	.406	1.4	4.2	.343	1.7	2.3	.722
difference:	+22	+15.6	+18.1	+1.8	+6.0	+7.8	+1.0	+0.4	+2.8	-2.1	-0.6	+8.1	+13.7	+.122	+1.3	+4.0	+.078	+3.2	+4.5	+.006
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		%
Patrick Beverley	6	32.3	11.0	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.8	1.2	1.2	2.0	4.7	3.5	8.2	.429	1.5	4.3	.346	2.5	3.7	.682
difference:	+17	+10.7	+17.9	+1.7	+6.2	+7.8	+0.5	+0.5	+2.8	-1.6	-1.1	+8.1	+14.1	+.090	+1.4	+4.1	+.154	+3.1	+3.3	+.113
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
	Patrick Beverley	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2022-23	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Patrick Beverley	67	27.1	6.2	0.7	3.0	3.7	2.9	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.8	2.1	5.4	.400	1.2	3.6	.335	0.7	1.0	.723
difference:	+5	+12.5	+21.6	+1.7	+5.4	+7.1	+0.6	+0.9	+2.8	-2.4	-0.7	+9.0	+16.1	+.117	+1.2	+3.4	+.147	+4.9	+6.5	+.033
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		%
Patrick Beverley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Patrick Beverley	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2023-24	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Patrick Beverley	73	20.0	6.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.9	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.8	2.2	5.2	.417	0.8	2.5	.337	1.0	1.2	.822
difference:	+1	+18.8	+20.7	+1.7	+5.8	+7.6	+0.7	+1.0	+2.5	-2.5	-1.6	+8.5	+15.6	+.097	+0.8	+2.3	+.123	+4.5	+6.4	+.098
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		%
Patrick Beverley	6	35.0	8.2	0.7	2.7	3.3	5.5	1.0	0.7	1.0	2.7	2.7	6.5	.410	0.7	1.8	.364	2.2	2.5	.867
difference:	+2	+6.1	+14.2	+1.4	+4.3	+5.8	+1.6	+0.9	+1.4	-2.6	-0.8	+6.7	+11.9	+.100	+0.7	+1.7	+.364	+1.4	+2.5	+.142
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

Additional Years
* Hakeem Olajuwon played 6 seasons more than Patrick Beverley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 18, from 1997 to 2002—Hakeem Olajuwon played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Patrick Beverley, Hakeem Olajuwon got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game