Shaquille O'Neal vs. Brandin Podziemski Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandin Podziemski and Shaquille O'Neal, 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.
Shaquille O'Neal played 19 years in the NBA, 16 more than Brandin Podziemski, who played 3. Shaquille O'Neal had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Brandin Podziemski had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| 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 |
| difference: | +17 | +13.0 | +17.6 | +3.7 | +4.4 | +8.1 | +1.0 | +0.2 | +2.7 | -1.5 | -2.0 | +7.4 | +9.8 | +.154 | +1.8 | +4.8 | | +4.7 | +9.0 | +.204 |
| Brandin Podziemski |
64 |
26.8 |
11.7 |
1.0 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
3.4 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
4.4 |
9.8 |
.445 |
1.8 |
4.8 |
.372 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
.758 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| 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 |
| difference: | +9 | +9.9 | +9.4 | +4.4 | +4.0 | +8.3 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +2.8 | -1.8 | -2.8 | +3.7 | +4.0 | +.147 | +1.8 | +5.6 | | +3.9 | +9.3 | +.237 |
| Brandin Podziemski |
12 |
32.1 |
11.3 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
5.0 |
3.1 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
4.0 |
11.0 |
.364 |
1.8 |
5.6 |
.328 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
.708 |
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3rd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| 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 |
| difference: | +46 | +9.4 | +17.0 | +3.5 | +3.5 | +6.9 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +2.2 | -1.1 | -1.1 | +7.4 | +10.7 | +.123 | +1.9 | +4.7 | +.395 | +4.1 | +8.6 | +.231 |
| Brandin Podziemski |
33 |
27.6 |
12.3 |
0.7 |
3.8 |
4.5 |
3.2 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
4.4 |
9.5 |
.460 |
1.9 |
4.8 |
.395 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
.764 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| 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 |
| Brandin Podziemski |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
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Rookie of the Year