Shaquille O'Neal vs. Pascal Siakam Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pascal Siakam 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, 9 more than Pascal Siakam, who played 10. Shaquille O'Neal had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Pascal Siakam had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Pascal Siakam
Season	1992-93	2016-17
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 Semis

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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:	+26	+22.3	+19.2	+3.0	+7.4	+10.5	+1.6	+0.2	+2.7	-3.2	-2.0	+7.1	+12.4	+.060		+0.1		+4.9	+8.3	+.096
Pascal Siakam	55	15.6	4.2	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.6	2.0	1.9	3.7	.502	0.0	0.1	.143	0.4	0.6	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pascal Siakam	2	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Shaquille O'Neal	Pascal Siakam
Season	1993-94	2017-18
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:		+19.1	+22.0	+3.7	+5.0	+8.7	+0.4	+0.1	+2.4	-1.9	-1.5	+8.7	+13.5	+.091	+0.4	+1.6		+5.1	+9.4	+.067
Pascal Siakam	81	20.7	7.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.1	6.1	.508	0.4	1.6	.220	0.7	1.1	.621
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:	+7	+24.1	+14.1	+4.8	+5.0	+9.7	+1.5	+0.6	+2.4	-2.6	-1.6	+5.2	+10.9	+.099	+0.3	+0.4		+4.0	+9.3	+.179
Pascal Siakam	10	17.9	6.6	0.9	2.7	3.6	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.7	2.5	4.1	.610	0.3	0.4	.750	1.3	2.0	.650

Season 3
	Shaquille O'Neal	Pascal Siakam
Season	1994-95	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+5.1	+12.4	+2.6	+2.0	+4.5	+0.4		+1.7	-0.7	-0.3	+5.3	+8.4	+.034	+1.0	+2.6	+.369	+2.8	+7.0	+.252
Pascal Siakam	80	31.9	16.9	1.6	5.3	6.9	3.1	0.9	0.7	1.9	3.0	6.5	11.8	.549	1.0	2.7	.369	3.0	3.8	.785
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:	+3	+1.2	+6.7	+2.8	+1.9	+4.8	+0.5	+0.1	+1.2	-2.1	-1.2	+1.8	+0.1	+.107	+1.2	+4.3		+4.3	+8.8	+.188
Pascal Siakam	24	37.1	19.0	1.7	5.5	7.1	2.8	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.8	7.5	16.0	.470	1.2	4.3	.279	2.8	3.6	.759

Season 4
	Shaquille O'Neal	Pascal Siakam
Season	1995-96	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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	+0.8	+3.7	+2.3	+1.4	+3.7	+0.6	+0.4	+1.2	-0.4	-0.8	+2.7	+0.7	+.120	+2.2	+6.1		+0.6	+4.4	+.305
Pascal Siakam	60	35.2	22.9	1.1	6.3	7.3	3.5	1.0	0.9	2.5	2.8	8.3	18.4	.453	2.2	6.1	.359	4.0	5.1	.792
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:	+1	+0.3	+8.8	+2.8	+0.4	+2.5	+0.8	+0.3	+0.9	-1.7	-0.3	+4.4	+1.5	+.210	+0.9	+4.8		+1.0	+6.0	+.324
Pascal Siakam	11	38.0	17.0	1.3	6.3	7.5	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.0	3.0	6.5	16.5	.396	0.9	4.8	.189	3.0	4.2	.717

Season 5
	Shaquille O'Neal	Pascal Siakam
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+5	+2.3	+4.8	+2.1	+3.2	+5.3	+1.4	+0.2	+2.2	-0.6	-0.4	+3.0	+2.2	+.102	+1.3	+4.3	+.297	+0.1	+4.0	+.343
Pascal Siakam	56	35.8	21.4	1.7	5.5	7.2	4.5	1.1	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.8	17.2	.455	1.3	4.4	.297	4.4	5.4	.827
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
Pascal Siakam	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Shaquille O'Neal	Pascal Siakam
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Raptors Lost East 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:	+8	+1.6	+5.5	+1.6	+1.3	+2.9	+2.9	+0.6	+1.8	-0.2	-0.1	+2.4	+1.3	+.090	+1.1	+3.2		+1.8	+5.8	+.222
Pascal Siakam	68	37.9	22.8	1.9	6.6	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.8	17.8	.494	1.1	3.2	.344	4.2	5.6	.749
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	+4.8	+7.7	+2.4	+0.7	+3.0	+2.9	+0.7	+1.6	-1.1	-0.8	+3.7	+2.0	+.135	+0.7	+2.8		+1.0	+6.2	+.358
Pascal Siakam	6	43.3	22.8	1.3	5.8	7.2	5.8	1.2	1.0	2.2	4.0	8.5	17.8	.477	0.7	2.8	.235	5.2	6.0	.861

Season 7
	Shaquille O'Neal	Pascal Siakam
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+22	+2.6	+2.1	+2.0	+0.9	+2.9	+3.5	+0.2	+1.2	-0.1		+1.5	+0.4	+.096	+1.3	+4.0		+0.3	+3.5	+.234
Pascal Siakam	71	37.4	24.2	1.8	6.0	7.8	5.8	0.9	0.5	2.4	3.2	8.9	18.5	.480	1.3	4.0	.324	5.2	6.7	.774
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
Pascal Siakam	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Shaquille O'Neal	Pascal Siakam
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors, 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	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+1	+6.8	+8.0	+2.6	+4.1	+6.5	+0.5	+0.3	+2.7	-1.0	-0.8	+3.6	+5.2	+.038	+1.1	+3.1		+1.9	+5.4	+.208
Pascal Siakam	80	33.2	21.7	1.7	5.3	7.1	4.3	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	8.5	15.9	.536	1.1	3.1	.346	3.6	5.0	.732
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:	+6	+8.0	+9.1	+2.7	+5.2	+7.9	+0.7	+0.2	+2.0	-1.3	-0.1	+3.2	+4.9	+.025	+0.8	+2.8		+3.6	+9.2	+.163
Pascal Siakam	17	35.5	21.6	2.5	5.1	7.5	3.8	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.8	9.2	17.1	.541	0.8	2.8	.298	2.3	3.7	.619

Season 9
	Shaquille O'Neal	Pascal Siakam
Season	2000-01	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost NBA 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:	+4	+6.8	+8.5	+2.2	+3.6	+5.8	+0.3	+0.3	+2.3	-1.5	-1.1	+3.1	+4.0	+.053	+1.6	+4.2		+3.8	+9.2	+.221
Pascal Siakam	78	32.7	20.2	1.7	5.2	6.9	3.4	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.4	7.9	15.2	.519	1.6	4.2	.389	2.9	3.9	.734
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:	+7	+8.8	+9.9	+4.4	+4.8	+9.1	+0.2	+0.8	+1.7	-2.3	-0.5	+4.3	+6.7	+.042	+1.5	+3.6		+2.8	+7.2	+.188
Pascal Siakam	23	33.5	20.5	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.4	1.2	0.7	1.3	2.9	7.6	14.8	.513	1.5	3.6	.427	3.8	5.3	.713

Season 10
	Shaquille O'Neal	Pascal Siakam
Season	2001-02	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+63	+0.3	+0.9	+1.5	+1.8	+0.3	+2.3	+0.9	+1.7	-0.6		+1.3	+2.7	+.139	+2.5	+6.0		+0.6	+1.2	+.002
Pascal Siakam	4	35.8	26.3	2.0	9.0	11.0	5.3	1.5	0.3	2.0	3.0	9.3	21.0	.440	2.5	6.0	.417	5.3	9.5	.553
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
Pascal Siakam	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 9 seasons more than Pascal Siakam in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 19, from 2003 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Pascal Siakam, Shaquille O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 6 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP