Shaquille O'Neal vs. Norman Powell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norman Powell 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 Norman Powell, who played 11. Shaquille O'Neal had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Norman Powell 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	Norman Powell
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+32	+23.1	+17.8	+3.9	+7.7	+11.6	+0.9	+0.1	+3.3	-3.1	-2.8	+7.0	+11.4	+.138	+0.7	+1.8		+4.4	+7.8	+.219
Norman Powell	49	14.8	5.6	0.3	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.0	4.7	.424	0.7	1.8	.404	0.9	1.1	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Powell	18	11.4	3.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.9	.386	0.4	1.4	.269	0.4	0.4	.875

Season 2
	Shaquille O'Neal	Norman Powell
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+5	+21.8	+20.9	+4.4	+6.6	+11.0	+1.3	+0.2	+2.7	-1.8	-1.8	+8.8	+12.9	+.150	+0.7	+2.3		+4.1	+8.4	+.238
Norman Powell	76	18.0	8.4	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.7	3.0	6.7	.449	0.7	2.3	.324	1.7	2.1	.792
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:	+6	+16.8	+9.0	+5.1	+5.1	+10.2	+0.7	+0.4	+2.7	-1.6	-1.5	+3.8	+5.9	+.084	+1.7	+3.8		+3.1	+8.6	+.362
Norman Powell	9	25.2	11.7	0.6	2.6	3.1	1.6	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.8	3.9	9.1	.427	1.7	3.8	.441	2.2	2.7	.833

Season 3
	Shaquille O'Neal	Norman Powell
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Raptors Lost East 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		%
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:	+9	+21.8	+23.8	+4.0	+5.8	+9.7	+1.4	+0.4	+2.2	-1.7	-1.7	+9.7	+14.9	+.182	+0.8	+2.6	+.285	+5.3	+10.2	+.288
Norman Powell	70	15.2	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.1	5.3	.401	0.8	2.7	.285	0.5	0.6	.821
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:	+15	+31.6	+23.7	+4.5	+7.1	+11.6	+3.0	+0.9	+1.9	-3.3	-3.3	+8.6	+13.8	+.291	+0.2	+1.2		+6.6	+11.7	+.179
Norman Powell	6	6.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.2	1.2	.143	0.5	0.7	.750

Season 4
	Shaquille O'Neal	Norman Powell
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+6	+17.2	+18.0	+3.1	+5.6	+8.7	+1.4	+0.1	+1.9	-1.8	-2.0	+7.8	+12.4	+.090	+1.1	+2.8		+3.6	+8.2	+.340
Norman Powell	60	18.8	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.6	3.2	6.7	.483	1.1	2.8	.400	1.0	1.3	.827
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:	+11	+22.4	+19.3	+3.9	+3.9	+7.8	+3.5	+0.4	+1.3	-3.2	-2.0	+8.5	+12.5	+.162	+1.0	+2.7		+3.4	+9.4	+.344
Norman Powell	23	15.9	6.5	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.3	2.4	5.5	.444	1.0	2.7	.387	0.6	0.8	.737

Season 5
	Shaquille O'Neal	Norman Powell
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors Lost East 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		%
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:	+1	+9.7	+10.2	+3.3	+5.5	+8.8	+1.3	+0.3	+2.5	-1.4	-1.4	+5.1	+7.9	+.062	+2.1	+5.2	+.399	+2.0	+6.5	+.359
Norman Powell	52	28.4	16.0	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.7	11.5	.495	2.1	5.3	.399	2.5	2.9	.843
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:	+2	+11.4	+13.5	+3.8	+4.3	+8.2	+2.2	+0.1	+1.6	-1.4	-1.5	+5.3	+9.7	+.024	+2.0	+4.7		+5.0	+9.1	+.183
Norman Powell	11	24.8	13.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.6	4.6	9.5	.490	2.0	4.7	.423	2.1	2.6	.793

Season 6
	Shaquille O'Neal	Norman Powell
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
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:	+9	+4.3	+9.7	+2.9	+5.4	+8.3	+0.5	+0.5	+2.1	-1.2	-0.9	+4.9	+5.8	+.107	+2.5	+6.0		+2.6	+7.5	+.344
Norman Powell	69	32.0	18.6	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.3	6.3	13.3	.477	2.5	6.0	.411	3.4	3.9	.871
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
difference:	+7	+2.5	+13.5	+3.2	+4.8	+8.0	+0.9	+0.3	+1.6	-2.1	-0.4	+5.9	+7.1	+.112	+1.7	+4.3		+3.5	+9.2	+.386
Norman Powell	6	36.0	17.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.2	2.8	6.3	12.7	.500	1.7	4.3	.385	2.7	3.0	.889

Season 7
	Shaquille O'Neal	Norman Powell
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+4	+2.4	+7.3	+3.4	+4.1	+7.5	+0.2	+0.2	+1.2	-1.0	-0.8	+4.2	+4.7	+.115	+2.4	+5.6		+1.3	+5.0	+.271
Norman Powell	45	32.4	19.0	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.1	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.4	6.2	13.4	.461	2.4	5.6	.419	4.2	5.2	.811
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
Norman Powell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Shaquille O'Neal	Norman Powell
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
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	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+19	+13.9	+12.7	+3.9	+6.9	+10.7	+2.0	+0.3	+2.7	-1.1	-1.1	+6.4	+9.3	+.095	+1.9	+4.8		+1.7	+5.8	+.288
Norman Powell	60	26.1	17.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.1	5.7	11.8	.479	1.9	4.8	.397	3.8	4.6	.812
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
difference:	+18	+10.1	+8.9	+4.4	+8.1	+12.4	+0.9	+0.2	+2.0	-0.8	-0.3	+5.2	+6.8	+.092	+2.6	+6.4		+1.1	+6.7	+.318
Norman Powell	5	33.4	21.8	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	3.2	7.2	15.2	.474	2.6	6.4	.406	4.8	6.2	.774

Season 9
	Shaquille O'Neal	Norman Powell
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+13.3	+14.8	+3.7	+6.4	+10.1	+2.6		+2.5	-2.0	-1.7	+6.1	+9.1	+.086	+2.2	+5.1		+4.8	+10.8	+.318
Norman Powell	76	26.2	13.9	0.2	2.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.8	4.9	10.1	.486	2.2	5.1	.435	1.9	2.3	.831
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:	+10	+12.5	+17.6	+5.2	+7.5	+12.6	+2.9	+0.1	+2.4	-2.4	-0.1	+7.6	+11.3	+.129	+2.2	+4.8		+4.6	+10.0	+.275
Norman Powell	6	29.8	12.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.3	10.2	.426	2.2	4.8	.448	2.0	2.5	.800

Season 10
	Shaquille O'Neal	Norman Powell
Season	2001-02	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+3.5	+5.4	+3.1	+4.4	+7.5	+0.9	+0.6	+1.8	-0.8	-1.1	+3.0	+2.5	+.095	+3.0	+7.1		+2.3	+6.3	+.249
Norman Powell	60	32.6	21.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.1	1.2	0.2	1.8	1.9	7.6	15.8	.484	3.0	7.1	.418	3.6	4.4	.804
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:	+12	+6.8	+12.5	+3.4	+6.8	+10.2	+0.4	+0.6	+2.2	-1.6	-1.2	+4.7	+7.5	+.057	+2.0	+5.7		+5.1	+8.3	+.129
Norman Powell	7	34.0	16.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.1	6.0	12.7	.472	2.0	5.7	.350	2.0	2.6	.778

Season 11
	Shaquille O'Neal	Norman Powell
Season	2002-03	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
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:	+64	+6.8	+3.5	+2.9	+0.9	+3.8	+0.1	+1.4	+2.1	-0.9	-0.4	+3.4	+3.4	+.097	+3.0	+6.0		+0.3	+3.1	+.291
Norman Powell	3	31.0	24.0	1.0	6.3	7.3	3.0	2.0	0.3	2.0	3.0	7.0	14.7	.477	3.0	6.0	.500	7.0	7.7	.913
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
Norman Powell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 8 seasons more than Norman Powell 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 Norman Powell, 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