Seth Curry vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal and Seth Curry, 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.

Seth Curry played 12 years in the NBA, 7 less than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. Seth Curry had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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
	Seth Curry	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2013-14	1992-93
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Seth Curry	2	6.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+79	+31.4	+21.9	+4.2	+9.1	+13.4	+1.9	+0.3	+3.5	-3.8	-4.0	+8.5	+14.6	+.229	+0.5	+0.5		+5.3	+8.9
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
* Neiher Seth Curry nor Shaquille O'Neal played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Seth Curry	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2014-15	1993-94
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Seth Curry	2	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+79	+35.8	+29.3	+4.7	+7.5	+12.2	+1.9	+0.9	+2.9	-2.7	-2.5	+11.8	+18.1	+.599		+0.5		+5.8	+10.5
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		%
Seth Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Seth Curry	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2015-16	1994-95
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Seth Curry	44	15.7	6.8	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.3	5.1	.455	1.1	2.5	.450	1.0	1.2	.833
difference:	+35	+21.3	+22.5	+4.0	+6.1	+10.0	+1.2	+0.4	+2.3	-1.8	-2.4	+9.5	+15.1	+.128	+1.1	+2.4	+.450	+4.8	+9.6	+.300
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		%
Seth Curry	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
	Seth Curry	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Seth Curry	70	29.0	12.8	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.7	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.8	4.8	10.0	.481	2.0	4.6	.425	1.2	1.4	.850
difference:	+16	+7.0	+13.8	+3.0	+5.5	+8.4	+0.2	+0.5	+2.0	-1.6	-1.8	+6.2	+9.1	+.092	+2.0	+4.6		+3.4	+8.1	+.363
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		%
Seth Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Seth Curry didn't play in 2017-18.

Season 5
	Seth Curry	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2018-19	1996-97
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Seth Curry	74	18.9	7.9	0.4	1.3	1.6	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.3	2.9	6.3	.456	1.5	3.4	.450	0.6	0.7	.846
difference:	+23	+19.2	+18.3	+3.4	+7.4	+10.9	+2.2	+0.4	+2.7	-2.1	-2.2	+7.9	+13.1	+.101	+1.5	+3.3	+.450	+3.9	+8.7	+.362
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		%
Seth Curry	16	20.4	5.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.4	1.7	1.9	5.1	.366	1.3	3.3	.404	0.6	0.7	.818
difference:	+7	+15.8	+21.3	+3.9	+5.0	+9.0	+2.4	+0.2	+1.6	-2.0	-2.4	+8.0	+14.1	+.148	+1.3	+3.3		+6.5	+11.0	+.208
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
	Seth Curry	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2019-20	1997-98
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Seth Curry	64	24.6	12.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	4.4	9.0	.495	2.3	5.0	.452	1.3	1.5	.825
difference:	+4	+11.7	+15.9	+3.1	+6.1	+9.1	+0.5	+0.1	+2.3	-1.9	-1.4	+6.8	+10.1	+.089	+2.3	+5.0		+4.7	+9.9	+.298
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		%
Seth Curry	6	28.8	12.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.3	1.0	0.0	1.3	2.3	5.2	8.8	.585	1.7	3.5	.476	0.8	0.8	1.000
difference:	+7	+9.7	+17.7	+3.4	+5.0	+8.4	+1.6	+0.5	+2.6	-2.0	-0.9	+7.0	+11.0	+.027	+1.7	+3.5		+5.4	+11.4	+.497
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
	Seth Curry	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2020-21	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Seth Curry	57	28.7	12.5	0.2	2.2	2.4	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.7	4.5	9.7	.467	2.2	4.9	.450	1.2	1.4	.896
difference:	+8	+6.1	+13.8	+3.6	+4.7	+8.3	+0.4	+0.1	+1.6	-1.4	-1.5	+5.9	+8.4	+.109	+2.2	+4.9		+4.3	+8.8	+.356
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		%
Seth Curry	12	31.8	18.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.8	7.1	12.3	.578	3.4	6.8	.506	1.3	1.6	.789
difference:	+4	+7.6	+7.8	+5.2	+4.1	+9.3		+0.1	+2.6	-1.5	-0.8	+2.8	+7.1	+.068	+3.4	+6.8		+5.6	+13.2	+.323
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
	Seth Curry	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2021-22	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Seth Curry	64	33.3	15.0	0.3	2.8	3.1	3.6	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.3	5.6	11.5	.487	2.5	5.8	.422	1.3	1.5	.872
difference:	+15	+6.7	+14.7	+4.0	+6.6	+10.5	+0.2	+0.3	+2.8	-1.1	-0.9	+6.5	+9.6	+.087	+2.5	+5.8		+4.2	+8.9	+.348
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		%
Seth Curry	4	33.0	14.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.0	0.3	0.8	0.8	3.8	5.5	9.8	.564	3.0	5.8	.522	0.5	0.8	.667
difference:	+19	+10.5	+16.2	+4.7	+8.3	+12.9	+0.1	+0.3	+1.6	-1.6	-0.9	+6.9	+12.2	+.002	+3.0	+5.8		+5.4	+12.1	+.211
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
	Seth Curry	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2022-23	2000-01
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Seth Curry	61	19.9	9.2	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.6	3.4	7.4	.463	1.5	3.8	.405	0.8	0.9	.927
difference:	+13	+19.6	+19.5	+3.7	+7.4	+11.1	+2.1		+2.7	-2.1	-1.9	+7.6	+11.8	+.109	+1.5	+3.8		+5.9	+12.2	+.414
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		%
Seth Curry	3	19.3	8.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	3.3	6.3	.526	1.0	3.0	.333	0.7	1.0	.667
difference:	+13	+23.0	+22.1	+5.7	+8.8	+14.4	+1.2	+0.4	+2.4	-3.3	-2.7	+8.6	+15.2	+.029	+1.0	+3.0		+5.9	+11.5	+.142
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
	Seth Curry	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2023-24	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Seth Curry	44	14.0	5.1	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.9	1.8	4.6	.392	0.9	2.5	.352	0.6	0.7	.903
difference:	+23	+22.1	+22.1	+3.1	+6.1	+9.2	+2.0	+0.1	+1.9	-2.1	-2.1	+8.8	+13.7	+.187	+0.9	+2.5		+5.3	+10.0	+.348
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		%
Seth Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Seth Curry	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2024-25	2002-03
Team	Charlotte Hornets	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		%
Seth Curry	68	15.6	6.5	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	2.4	5.0	.478	1.2	2.7	.456	0.5	0.6	.846
difference:	+1	+22.2	+21.0	+3.5	+5.9	+9.4	+2.2	+0.2	+2.3	-2.4	-2.5	+8.0	+13.1	+.096	+1.2	+2.7		+6.2	+10.2	+.224
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		%
Seth Curry	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
	Seth Curry	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2025-26	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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		%
Seth Curry	2	16.0	7.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	.667	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+65	+20.8	+14.5	+3.2	+6.3	+9.5	+1.4	+0.5	+2.5	-2.9	-1.9	+5.3	+9.6	+.083	+1.0	+2.0		+4.9	+10.1
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		%
Seth Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Seth Curry 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 Seth Curry, 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