Patrick Ewing vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

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

Patrick Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 1 less than Hakeem Olajuwon, who played 18. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Patrick Ewing	17	14	1985-86 to 2001-02
Hakeem Olajuwon	18	15	1984-85 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Patrick Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1985-86	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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 Ewing	50	35.4	20.0	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	3.4	3.8	7.7	16.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.739
difference:	+32	+0.1	+0.6	+2.9		+2.9	+0.6	+0.1	+0.6	-0.5	-0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+.064		+0.1		+0.4	+0.6	+.126
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 Ewing	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1986-87	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Patrick Ewing	63	35.0	21.5	2.5	6.3	8.8	1.7	1.4	2.3	3.6	3.9	8.4	16.7	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.6	.713
difference:	+5	+1.3	+2.0	+2.4	+0.3	+2.7	+0.3	+0.6	+1.1	-0.7	-0.1	+0.8	+0.8	+.023		+0.1		+0.4	+1.3	+.068
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 Ewing	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
	Patrick Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1987-88	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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 Ewing	82	31.0	20.2	3.0	5.3	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	3.5	4.0	8.0	14.4	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.8	.716
difference:	+7	+5.8	+3.2	+1.2	+1.9	+3.2	+1.4	+0.6	+0.4	-0.5	-0.1	+1.0	+3.4	+.047		+0.1		+1.1	+1.8	+.014
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 Ewing	4	38.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.5	1.5	3.3	2.8	4.3	7.0	14.3	.491	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	5.5	.864
difference:	+6	+0.6	+10.4	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5		+0.2	+1.0	-0.8	-0.1	+4.0	+3.6	+.124		+0.2		+2.4	+4.2	+.122
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 Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1988-89	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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 Ewing	80	36.2	22.7	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	3.3	3.9	9.1	16.0	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.746
difference:	+1	+0.4	+0.1	+1.1	+1.7	+2.8	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	-0.2	-0.2	+0.1	+1.5	+.053				+0.3	+0.8	+.051
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 Ewing	9	37.8	19.9	2.6	7.4	10.0	2.2	1.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	7.8	16.0	.486	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.8	.750
difference:	+5	+2.7	+17.6	+2.4	+4.4	+6.8	+0.4	+1.3	+0.8	-0.6	-0.4	+6.2	+8.5	+.085		+0.3		+5.2	+5.0	+.134
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 Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1989-90	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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 Ewing	82	38.6	28.6	2.9	8.0	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	3.4	4.0	11.2	20.4	.551	0.0	0.0	-	6.1	7.9	.775
difference:		+1.7	+3.8	+1.2	+1.4	+2.6	+0.4	+1.6	+0.6			+1.6	+1.4	+.043		+0.1		+0.6	+0.1	+.079
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 Ewing	10	39.5	29.4	2.1	8.4	10.5	3.1	1.3	2.0	2.7	4.1	11.4	21.9	.521	0.1	0.2	.500	6.5	7.9	.823
difference:	+6	+1.0	+4.1	+1.4	+1.1	+2.5	+0.1	+1.2	+0.8	-0.2	-0.2	+0.9	+1.6	+.002	+0.1	+0.2		+2.2	+1.6	+.143
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 Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1990-91	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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 Ewing	81	38.3	26.6	2.4	8.8	11.2	3.0	1.0	3.2	3.6	3.5	10.4	20.3	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.7	.745
difference:	+1	+0.2	+2.3	+1.2	+1.6	+2.8	+0.1	+1.1	+1.4	-0.3	-0.3	+0.6	+0.7	+.013			+.167	+1.0	+1.2	+.032
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 Ewing	3	36.7	16.7	0.7	9.3	10.0	2.0	0.3	1.7	3.7	4.0	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.778
difference:	+1	+3.6	+1.8	+3.1	+1.5	+1.5		+2.2	+4.1	-0.9	-0.8	+1.8	+2.5	+.043				+1.7	+1.7	+.072
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 Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1991-92	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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 Ewing	82	38.4	24.0	2.8	8.5	11.2	1.9	1.1	3.0	2.5	3.4	9.7	18.6	.522	0.0	0.1	.167	4.6	6.2	.738
difference:	+26	+1.6	+2.8	+1.1	+1.3	+2.6	+0.4	+1.1	+0.9	-0.6	-0.5	+1.0	+1.5	+.014			+.167	+0.8	+1.3	+.031
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 Ewing	12	40.2	22.7	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.3	0.6	2.6	1.9	4.1	9.1	19.9	.456	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.740
difference:	+9	+2.8	+0.7	+1.2	+2.4	+3.6	+0.3	+0.7	+0.1	-0.8	-0.4	+0.4	+4.9	+.122		+0.2		+0.2	+0.4	+.084
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 Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1992-93	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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 Ewing	81	37.1	24.2	2.4	9.7	12.1	1.9	0.9	2.0	3.3	3.5	9.6	19.1	.503	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	6.9	.719
difference:	+11	+0.6	+2.6	+1.1	+1.1		+0.3	+0.9	+2.3	-0.6	-0.3	+1.2	+2.3	+.001		+0.1		+0.2	+0.8	+.047
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 Ewing	15	40.3	25.5	2.9	8.1	10.9	2.4	1.1	2.1	2.6	4.0	11.0	21.5	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.3	.638
Hakeem Olajuwon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Patrick Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1993-94	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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 Ewing	79	37.6	24.5	2.8	8.4	11.2	2.3	1.1	2.7	3.3	3.5	9.4	19.0	.496	0.1	0.2	.286	5.6	7.4	.765
difference:	+3	+1.9	+1.6	+0.7	+1.2	+1.8	+1.2	+0.7	+1.5	-0.1	-0.2	+0.9	+0.5	+.033	+0.1	+0.1	+.286	+0.2	+0.4	+.014
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 Ewing	25	41.3	21.9	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.6	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.8	8.4	19.2	.437	0.2	0.4	.364	4.9	6.5	.755
difference:	+13	+1.9	+3.8	+0.8	+1.5	+2.3	+2.2	+0.5	+1.9	-0.5	-0.7	+1.9	+0.6	+.080	+0.2	+0.3	+.364	+0.3	+0.2	+.072
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 Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1994-95	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Patrick Ewing	79	37.0	23.9	2.0	9.0	11.0	2.7	0.9	2.0	3.2	3.4	9.2	18.4	.503	0.1	0.3	.286	5.3	7.1	.750
difference:	+1	+4.0	+3.4	+0.9	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+0.7	+1.7	-0.2	-0.2	+2.0	+2.8	+.025		+0.1	+.135	+0.4	+0.3	+.034
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 Ewing	11	36.3	19.0	1.5	8.1	9.6	2.5	0.5	2.3	2.7	4.6	7.3	14.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.333	4.4	6.4	.686
difference:	+12	+6.7	+9.9	+0.9	+0.6	+1.4	+1.8	+1.2	+1.7	-0.9	-1.0	+4.3	+8.1	+.006		+0.1	+.167	+1.2	+0.6	+.109
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 Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1995-96	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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 Ewing	76	36.6	22.5	2.1	8.5	10.6	2.1	0.9	2.4	2.9	3.3	8.9	19.2	.466	0.1	0.4	.143	4.6	6.1	.761
difference:	+4	+3.0	+5.3	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+1.4	+0.9	+1.0	-0.4	-0.2	+2.2	+2.3	+.051	+0.1	+0.2	+.045	+1.0	+1.4	+.005
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 Ewing	8	41.0	21.5	1.4	9.3	10.6	1.9	0.1	3.1	3.8	2.8	8.1	17.1	.474	0.1	0.3	.500	5.1	7.9	.651
difference:	+14	+1.2	+11.5	+0.6	+1.0	+0.3	+2.6	+1.1	+0.3	-0.7	-1.5	+5.8	+9.1	+.057		+0.1		+0.1	+0.5	+.030
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 Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1996-97	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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 Ewing	78	37.0	22.4	2.2	8.4	10.7	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.4	3.2	8.4	17.2	.488	0.0	0.1	.222	5.6	7.5	.754
difference:	+6	+1.8	+4.5	+0.2		+0.2	+1.6	+0.7	+0.5		-0.2	+2.3	+3.6	+.026		+0.1	+.008	+0.1	+0.1	+.030
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 Ewing	9	39.7	22.6	2.9	7.7	10.6	1.9	0.3	2.4	3.0	3.3	9.8	18.6	.527	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.7	.643
difference:	+1	+1.4	+0.2	+0.8	+0.7	+1.5	+2.0	+1.6	+0.3	-0.6	-0.2	+0.4	+0.2	+.017				+0.6	+0.3	+.082
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


Season 13
	Patrick Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1997-98	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	26	32.6	20.8	2.3	7.9	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.2	3.0	2.8	7.8	15.5	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	7.2	.720
difference:	+52	+4.0	+2.4	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+1.9	+0.9		-0.6	-0.4	+1.5	+2.8	+.006	+0.1	+0.1	+.313	+0.7	+1.5	+.067
Hakeem Olajuwon	78	36.6	23.2	2.2	7.0	9.2	3.0	1.5	2.2	3.6	3.2	9.3	18.3	.510	0.1	0.2	.313	4.5	5.7	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	33.3	14.0	2.3	5.8	8.0	1.3	0.8	1.3	2.5	4.0	5.0	14.0	.357	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.8	.593
difference:	+12	+6.1	+9.1	+0.6	+2.2	+2.9	+2.1	+1.3	+1.3	-0.4	-0.2	+4.2	+1.6	+.233		+0.2		+0.8	+0.3	+.138
Hakeem Olajuwon	16	39.4	23.1	2.9	8.0	10.9	3.4	2.1	2.6	2.9	3.8	9.2	15.6	.590	0.0	0.2	.000	4.8	6.5	.731


Season 14
	Patrick Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1998-99	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	38	34.2	17.3	1.9	8.0	9.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	2.6	2.8	6.5	14.9	.435	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	6.1	.706
difference:	+9	+0.5	+0.9	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+1.9	+1.0	+0.6	-0.1	-0.4		+1.4	+.048				+0.9	+1.6	+.049
Hakeem Olajuwon	47	34.7	16.4	2.5	7.3	9.8	3.0	1.8	2.0	2.7	3.2	6.5	13.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.5	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	11	31.5	13.1	1.3	7.5	8.7	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.9	3.2	5.3	12.3	.430	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.3	.778
difference:	+6	+6.5	+7.3	+0.5	+1.5	+2.1	+1.9	+0.4	+2.5	-1.7	-0.4	+2.5	+7.5	+.036		+0.2		+2.3	+3.3	+.051
Hakeem Olajuwon	5	38.0	20.4	1.8	9.0	10.8	2.4	1.0	3.2	2.6	3.6	7.8	19.8	.394	0.0	0.2	.000	4.8	6.6	.727


Season 15
	Patrick Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1999-00	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Patrick Ewing	62	32.8	15.0	2.3	7.5	9.7	0.9	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.2	5.8	12.5	.466	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.6	.731
difference:	+12	+2.9	+3.9	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+1.1	-0.5		+1.7	+2.0	+.048	+0.1	+0.3		+0.6	+0.8	+.014
Hakeem Olajuwon	50	35.7	18.9	2.1	7.4	9.6	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.8	3.2	7.5	14.5	.514	0.1	0.3	.308	3.9	5.4	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	14	32.9	14.6	2.1	7.4	9.5	0.4	1.1	1.4	1.9	3.4	5.1	12.1	.418	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.4	.697
difference:	+10	+1.9	+1.3	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.6	-0.6	-1.1	+0.7	+1.4	+.008				+2.6	+4.4	+.178
Hakeem Olajuwon	4	31.0	13.3	1.3	6.0	7.3	0.5	1.3	0.8	1.3	4.5	5.8	13.5	.426	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875


Season 16
	Patrick Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2000-01	1999-00
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	79	26.7	9.6	1.6	5.8	7.4	1.2	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.9	3.7	8.7	.430	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.2	.685
difference:	+35	+2.9	+0.7	+0.1	+1.0	+1.2	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	-0.2	-0.9	+0.7	+0.9	+.028				+0.6	+0.7	+.069
Hakeem Olajuwon	44	23.8	10.3	1.5	4.8	6.2	1.4	0.9	1.6	1.7	2.0	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.616

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Patrick Ewing nor Hakeem Olajuwon played in the postseason in their season 16


Season 17
	Patrick Ewing	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2001-02	2000-01
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	65	13.9	6.0	0.9	3.1	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	2.3	5.1	.444	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.701
difference:	+7	+12.7	+5.9	+1.2	+2.2	+3.4	+0.7	+0.9	+0.8	-0.4	-0.4	+2.6	+4.7	+.054				+0.7	+1.3	+.080
Hakeem Olajuwon	58	26.6	11.9	2.1	5.3	7.4	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.4	2.4	4.9	9.8	.498	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.4	.621

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	17.0	6.5	1.3	4.3	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.5	3.0	2.0	6.3	.320	0.0	0.3	.000	2.5	4.3	.588
Hakeem Olajuwon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Hakeem Olajuwon played 1 season more than Patrick Ewing in the NBA.

In that period—his season 18 in 2002—Hakeem Olajuwon played in the Playoffs.

Patrick Ewing vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years