Patrick Beverley vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal 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, 7 less than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. Patrick Beverley had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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
	Patrick Beverley	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2012-13	1992-93
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+40	+20.5	+17.8	+3.1	+8.0	+11.2	+1.0	+0.2	+3.0	-2.7	-2.0	+7.1	+11.5	+.144	+0.9	+2.3		+4.5	+7.9	+.237
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		%
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
Shaquille O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Patrick Beverley	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2013-14	1993-94
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+25	+8.5	+19.1	+3.4	+6.3	+9.7	+0.3	+0.5	+2.5	-1.5	-0.4	+8.2	+11.0	+.185	+1.6	+4.6		+4.3	+8.7	+.260
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		%
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:	+3	+8.3	+12.0	+3.5	+5.7	+9.1	+0.5	+0.2	+2.7	-2.6	-0.8	+4.5	+6.7	+.131	+1.2	+3.7		+4.1	+9.6	+.229
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
	Patrick Beverley	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2014-15	1994-95
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
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:	+23	+6.2	+19.2	+3.0	+4.3	+7.2	+0.7	+0.2	+2.0	-1.1		+8.2	+10.7	+.200	+2.1	+5.7	+.356	+5.0	+9.7	+.217
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		%
Patrick Beverley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Patrick Beverley	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2015-16	1995-96
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+17	+7.3	+16.7	+2.4	+5.2	+7.5	+0.5	+0.7	+1.7	-1.6	-0.3	+7.4	+10.7	+.139	+1.7	+4.4		+3.8	+8.3	+.195
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		%
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:	+7	+12.5	+20.0	+3.3	+2.3	+5.6	+2.4	+0.4	+0.9	-2.9	-0.1	+8.9	+10.6	+.336	+0.6	+2.8		+2.8	+9.0	+.607
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
	Patrick Beverley	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2016-17	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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:	+16	+7.4	+16.7	+2.4	+4.3	+6.6	+1.1	+0.6	+2.5	-1.4	-0.2	+7.4	+11.3	+.137	+1.6	+4.2	+.382	+3.4	+8.0	+.284
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		%
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:	+2	+6.7	+15.8	+2.3	+2.7	+5.1	+0.2	+0.9	+1.7	-0.8	-0.6	+5.8	+9.3	+.101	+1.9	+4.7		+6.1	+10.4	+.176
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
	Patrick Beverley	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2017-18	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
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:	+49	+5.9	+16.1	+2.0	+5.3	+7.3	+0.5	+1.0	+1.9	-0.6	-0.1	+6.8	+8.3	+.181	+2.2	+5.5		+4.7	+9.9	+.297
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		%
Patrick Beverley	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
	Patrick Beverley	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2018-19	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+29	+7.4	+18.7	+2.8	+2.9	+5.7	+1.5	+0.2	+1.1	-1.4	-0.2	+7.9	+12.0	+.169	+1.4	+3.6		+4.3	+8.6	+.240
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		%
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:	+2	+6.9	+16.8	+4.2	+0.6	+3.6	+2.4	+0.1	+1.9	-0.6	-0.1	+6.6	+11.6	+.084	+2.2	+5.0		+5.9	+13.5	+.284
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
	Patrick Beverley	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2019-20	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
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:	+28	+13.7	+21.8	+3.2	+5.3	+8.4	+0.2	+0.6	+2.5	-1.5	-0.1	+9.2	+14.4	+.143	+1.6	+4.0		+4.9	+9.5	+.136
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		%
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
difference:	+15	+22.7	+24.4	+4.1	+7.3	+11.3	+0.7	+0.4	+2.0	-1.5	-1.0	+9.9	+17.1	+.053	+1.0	+2.8		+5.6	+12.4	+.044
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
	Patrick Beverley	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2020-21	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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:	+37	+17.0	+21.2	+3.1	+6.4	+9.5	+1.6	+0.2	+2.0	-2.0	-0.6	+8.5	+13.3	+.149	+1.5	+3.8		+5.7	+11.9	+.287
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		%
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:	+1	+23.3	+25.5	+5.1	+8.0	+13.0	+1.8	+0.3	+1.7	-3.4	-1.3	+10.2	+17.5	+.129	+0.8	+2.2		+5.9	+11.7	+.332
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
	Patrick Beverley	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2021-22	2001-02
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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:	+9	+10.7	+18.0	+2.4	+4.1	+6.6	+1.6	+0.6	+1.1	-1.3		+7.5	+10.8	+.173	+1.4	+4.2		+4.2	+8.4	+.167
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		%
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:	+13	+8.5	+17.5	+2.8	+6.6	+9.4	+2.0	+0.7	+1.3	-1.3	-1.4	+7.2	+12.0	+.100	+1.5	+4.3		+4.6	+7.2	+.033
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
	Patrick Beverley	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2022-23	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
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:		+10.7	+21.3	+3.2	+4.2	+7.4	+0.2	+0.3	+1.8	-2.0	-0.6	+8.3	+12.7	+.174	+1.2	+3.6		+6.0	+9.8	+.101
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		%
Patrick Beverley	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

Season 12
	Patrick Beverley	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2023-24	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+6	+16.8	+15.3	+3.0	+5.2	+8.2		+0.1	+2.1	-2.0	-1.6	+6.1	+8.9	+.167	+0.8	+2.5		+3.9	+8.9	+.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		%
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:	+16	+6.9	+13.3	+3.4	+6.4	+9.9	+3.0	+0.7	+2.1	-1.5	-1.4	+5.6	+7.5	+.183	+0.7	+1.8		+2.8	+9.0	+.438
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

Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 7 seasons more than Patrick Beverley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 19, from 2005 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Patrick Beverley, Shaquille O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP