Ty Jerome vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal and Ty Jerome, 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.

Ty Jerome played 6 years in the NBA, 13 less than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. Ty Jerome had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Ty Jerome	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2019-20	1992-93
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Ty Jerome	31	10.6	3.3	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.2	3.6	.336	0.5	1.6	.280	0.4	0.5	.750
difference:	+50	+27.3	+20.1	+4.0	+8.3	+12.4	+0.5	+0.2	+3.4	-3.2	-3.1	+7.8	+12.5	+.226	+0.5	+1.6		+4.9	+8.4	+.158
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 Ty Jerome nor Shaquille O'Neal played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Ty Jerome	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2020-21	1993-94
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Ty Jerome	33	23.9	10.7	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.6	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.9	8.7	.446	2.2	5.1	.423	0.8	1.0	.765
difference:	+48	+15.9	+18.6	+4.4	+6.0	+10.4	+1.2	+0.3	+2.7	-1.3	-1.7	+7.9	+10.9	+.153	+2.2	+5.1		+5.0	+9.5	+.211
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		%
Ty Jerome	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
	Ty Jerome	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2021-22	1994-95
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Ty Jerome	48	16.7	7.1	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.5	2.6	6.8	.378	1.1	3.9	.290	0.8	1.0	.809
difference:	+31	+20.3	+22.2	+3.8	+6.1	+9.8	+0.4	+0.3	+2.3	-1.8	-1.8	+9.2	+13.4	+.205	+1.1	+3.8	+.290	+5.0	+9.8	+.276
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		%
Ty Jerome	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
	Ty Jerome	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Ty Jerome	45	18.1	6.9	0.2	1.6	1.7	3.0	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.4	2.6	5.4	.488	0.8	2.0	.389	0.8	0.9	.927
difference:	+9	+17.9	+19.7	+3.2	+6.1	+9.3	+0.1	+0.1	+2.0	-2.2	-2.2	+8.4	+13.7	+.085	+0.8	+2.0		+3.8	+8.6	+.440
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		%
Ty Jerome	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

Season 5
	Ty Jerome	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Ty Jerome	2	7.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+49	+30.6	+24.2	+3.3	+8.7	+12.0	+1.6	+0.9	+2.9	-2.4	-2.5	+9.8	+17.4	+.057		+0.4		+4.5	+9.4
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		%
Ty Jerome	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ty Jerome	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2024-25	1997-98
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Ty Jerome	70	19.9	12.5	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.4	1.1	0.0	1.3	1.5	4.6	8.8	.516	1.6	3.6	.439	1.8	2.1	.872
difference:	+10	+16.4	+15.8	+2.8	+6.1	+8.9	+1.0	+0.4	+2.4	-1.6	-1.7	+6.6	+10.3	+.068	+1.6	+3.6		+4.2	+9.3	+.345
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		%
Ty Jerome	9	21.2	11.7	0.6	1.9	2.4	3.6	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.8	4.1	10.2	.402	1.6	4.0	.389	1.9	2.2	.850
difference:	+4	+17.3	+18.8	+3.1	+4.6	+7.8	+0.7	+0.1	+2.5	-2.1	-1.4	+8.1	+9.6	+.210	+1.6	+4.0		+4.3	+10.0	+.347
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

Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 13 seasons more than Ty Jerome in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 19, from 1999 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in 12 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 13 extra years over Ty Jerome, Shaquille O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 7 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 9 All-Star Game 3 All-Star Game MVP