Shaquille O'Neal vs. Myles Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Myles Turner 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, 8 more than Myles Turner, who played 11. Shaquille O'Neal had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Myles Turner had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
	Shaquille O'Neal	Myles Turner
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+21	+15.1	+13.1	+3.1	+5.2	+8.4	+1.2	+0.3	+2.1	-2.7	-1.4	+4.6	+7.3	+.064	+0.1	+0.2		+3.8	+6.9	+.135
Myles Turner	60	22.8	10.3	1.1	4.4	5.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.1	2.6	4.4	8.8	.498	0.1	0.2	.214	1.5	2.0	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	7	28.1	10.3	2.3	4.1	6.4	0.4	0.3	3.3	1.7	3.4	4.7	10.1	.465	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.3	.667

Season 2
	Shaquille O'Neal	Myles Turner
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
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:		+8.4	+14.8	+3.0	+2.9	+5.9	+1.1		+0.8	-1.4	-0.3	+6.3	+8.9	+.088	+0.5	+1.4		+2.8	+6.8	+.255
Myles Turner	81	31.4	14.5	1.7	5.6	7.3	1.3	0.9	2.1	1.3	3.2	5.5	10.7	.511	0.5	1.4	.348	3.0	3.7	.809
Playoffs Stats
	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:	+1	+8.7	+9.9	+4.2	+2.4	+6.5	+1.5	+1.1	+1.7	-1.8	-0.5	+2.9	+4.0	+.079		+1.5		+4.0	+9.3	+.154
Myles Turner	4	33.3	10.8	1.5	5.3	6.8	0.8	1.8	1.3	1.5	3.8	4.8	11.0	.432	0.0	1.5	.000	1.3	2.0	.625

Season 3
	Shaquille O'Neal	Myles Turner
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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:	+14	+8.8	+16.6	+2.8	+2.3	+5.0	+1.4	+0.3	+0.6	-1.1	-0.4	+7.1	+10.4	+.104	+0.9	+2.3	+.357	+3.3	+7.6	+.244
Myles Turner	65	28.2	12.7	1.4	5.0	6.4	1.3	0.6	1.8	1.5	2.9	4.7	9.8	.479	0.9	2.4	.357	2.5	3.2	.777
Playoffs Stats
	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
difference:	+14	+10.3	+13.3	+3.6	+3.1	+6.8	+2.7	+0.6	+1.3	-1.9	-0.4	+4.6	+8.4	+.034	+0.9	+1.9		+5.0	+9.7	+.218
Myles Turner	7	28.0	12.4	0.9	4.3	5.1	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.6	4.7	7.7	.611	0.9	1.9	.462	2.1	2.7	.789

Season 4
	Shaquille O'Neal	Myles Turner
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+20	+7.4	+13.3	+2.0	+1.9	+3.8	+1.3	+0.2	+0.6	-1.5	-1.0	+5.9	+8.6	+.086	+1.0	+2.6		+2.6	+6.8	+.249
Myles Turner	74	28.6	13.3	1.4	5.8	7.2	1.6	0.8	2.7	1.4	2.6	5.1	10.5	.487	1.0	2.6	.388	2.0	2.7	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+8	+6.8	+16.0	+3.1	+0.6	+3.7	+3.1	+0.8	+0.5	-2.9	-0.2	+7.4	+9.2	+.206	+0.8	+3.5		+2.0	+6.9	+.222
Myles Turner	4	31.5	9.8	1.0	5.3	6.3	1.5	0.0	1.8	0.8	3.5	3.5	8.8	.400	0.8	3.5	.214	2.0	3.3	.615

Season 5
	Shaquille O'Neal	Myles Turner
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+11	+8.6	+14.1	+2.4	+3.5	+5.9	+1.9	+0.2	+0.8	-1.5	-0.8	+6.5	+9.9	+.100	+1.4	+3.9	+.344	+2.5	+6.7	+.267
Myles Turner	62	29.5	12.1	1.4	5.2	6.6	1.2	0.7	2.1	1.4	2.7	4.3	9.5	.457	1.4	4.0	.344	2.0	2.7	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+0.3	+11.1	+1.4	+1.7	+0.2	+2.4	+0.1	+2.1	-0.1	-0.8	+3.6	+8.2	+.054	+1.5	+3.5		+5.3	+7.7	+.172
Myles Turner	4	36.5	15.8	2.8	8.0	10.8	0.8	0.5	4.0	2.3	3.3	6.3	11.0	.568	1.5	3.5	.429	1.8	4.0	.438

Season 6
	Shaquille O'Neal	Myles Turner
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+13	+5.3	+15.7	+2.2	+2.7	+4.9	+1.4	+0.2	+1.0	-1.5	-0.3	+6.8	+9.9	+.107	+1.5	+4.4		+3.6	+8.4	+.255
Myles Turner	47	31.0	12.6	1.3	5.2	6.5	1.0	0.9	3.4	1.4	3.5	4.4	9.2	.477	1.5	4.4	.335	2.4	3.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Myles Turner	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Shaquille O'Neal	Myles Turner
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+7	+5.4	+13.4	+2.3	+1.4	+3.6	+1.3		+1.1	-1.2	-0.4	+5.6	+8.7	+.067	+1.5	+4.4		+3.6	+7.7	+.212
Myles Turner	42	29.4	12.9	1.5	5.5	7.1	1.0	0.7	2.8	1.3	2.8	4.8	9.4	.509	1.5	4.4	.333	1.9	2.5	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Myles Turner	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Shaquille O'Neal	Myles Turner
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
difference:	+17	+10.6	+11.7	+2.9	+3.3	+6.1	+2.4	+0.1	+0.7	-1.1	-0.3	+5.6	+9.3	+.026	+1.5	+4.0		+2.0	+5.9	+.259
Myles Turner	62	29.4	18.0	1.4	6.1	7.5	1.4	0.6	2.3	1.7	3.5	6.5	11.8	.548	1.5	4.0	.373	3.5	4.5	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Myles Turner	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Shaquille O'Neal	Myles Turner
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+3	+12.5	+11.6	+2.4	+3.3	+5.8	+2.4	+0.1	+0.9	-1.5	-0.5	+4.8	+7.4	+.048	+1.5	+4.2		+3.5	+9.0	+.260
Myles Turner	77	27.0	17.1	1.5	5.5	6.9	1.3	0.5	1.9	1.4	3.0	6.2	11.8	.524	1.5	4.2	.358	3.2	4.1	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+9.9	+13.4	+4.2	+4.7	+8.8	+1.1	+0.1	+0.9	-1.7	-0.8	+5.7	+9.4	+.038	+2.3	+5.1		+4.4	+9.6	+.235
Myles Turner	17	32.4	17.0	1.5	5.1	6.6	2.1	0.5	1.5	1.9	2.6	6.2	12.1	.517	2.3	5.1	.453	2.2	2.9	.760

Season 10
	Shaquille O'Neal	Myles Turner
Season	2001-02	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+5	+5.9	+11.6	+2.2	+1.9	+4.2	+1.5	+0.2		-0.9	-0.5	+5.2	+7.0	+.098	+2.2	+5.5		+3.3	+7.4	+.218
Myles Turner	72	30.2	15.6	1.3	5.3	6.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.3	.481	2.2	5.5	.396	2.6	3.3	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+4	+11.5	+14.7	+2.3	+5.5	+7.8	+1.4		+0.5	-1.6	-0.3	+6.1	+10.7	+.045	+1.3	+3.9		+3.9	+6.7	+.122
Myles Turner	23	29.3	13.8	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.4	0.5	2.0	1.7	3.0	4.6	9.5	.484	1.3	3.9	.344	3.2	4.2	.771

Season 11
	Shaquille O'Neal	Myles Turner
Season	2002-03	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+41	+9.1	+15.2	+2.9	+2.7	+5.5	+1.4	+0.3	+0.7	-1.8	-0.6	+6.3	+8.6	+.143	+2.2	+5.8		+4.8	+8.1	+.092
Myles Turner	26	28.7	12.3	1.0	4.5	5.6	1.7	0.9	1.7	1.1	2.8	4.1	9.5	.431	2.2	5.8	.382	1.9	2.7	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Myles Turner	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 8 seasons more than Myles Turner in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 19, from 2004 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Myles Turner, Shaquille O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP