Vlade Divac vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal and Vlade Divac, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Vlade Divac played 16 years in the NBA, 3 less than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. Vlade Divac had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Vlade Divac	16	14	1989-90 to 2004-05
Shaquille O'Neal	19	17	1992-93 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1989-90	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vlade Divac	82	19.6	8.5	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.3	2.9	3.3	6.7	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.708
difference:	+1	+18.3	+14.9	+2.2	+5.4	+7.7	+1.0	+0.3	+2.1	-2.5	-1.1	+5.7	+9.4	+.063		+0.1		+3.4	+6.3	+.116
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	9	19.4	9.1	1.8	3.6	5.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.4	3.0	3.6	4.9	.727	0.1	0.2	.500	1.9	2.1	.895
Shaquille O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1990-91	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Vlade Divac	82	28.2	11.2	2.5	5.6	8.1	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.4	7.8	.565	0.1	0.2	.357	2.4	3.4	.703
difference:	+1	+11.6	+18.1	+2.2	+2.9	+5.1	+1.3	+0.4	+1.4	-0.9	-0.5	+7.4	+11.8	+.034	+0.1	+0.2		+3.4	+7.1	+.149
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		%
Vlade Divac	19	32.1	13.3	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.1	1.4	2.2	2.2	3.4	5.1	9.1	.564	0.1	0.3	.167	3.0	3.7	.803
difference:	+16	+9.9	+7.4	+3.1	+3.6	+6.6	+1.2	+0.7	+0.8	-1.1	-0.9	+2.6	+5.9	+.053	+0.1	+0.3		+2.3	+7.6	+.332
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
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1991-92	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vlade Divac	36	27.2	11.3	2.4	4.4	6.9	1.7	1.5	1.0	2.4	3.2	4.4	8.8	.495	0.1	0.5	.263	2.4	3.1	.768
difference:	+43	+9.8	+18.0	+1.8	+2.9	+4.5	+1.0	+0.6	+1.4	-0.2	-0.1	+7.4	+11.4	+.088	+0.1	+0.4	+.263	+3.4	+7.7	+.235
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		%
Vlade Divac	4	35.8	9.8	1.5	4.0	5.5	3.8	1.3	0.8	4.5	4.3	3.8	10.8	.349	0.0	0.5	.000	2.3	2.5	.900
difference:	+17	+2.5	+15.9	+3.0	+3.4	+6.4	+0.5	+0.4	+1.1	-1.0	-0.3	+5.5	+5.3	+.228		+0.5		+4.8	+9.9	+.329
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
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1992-93	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vlade Divac	82	30.8	12.8	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.8	4.8	10.0	.485	0.3	0.9	.280	2.9	4.2	.689
difference:	+28	+5.2	+13.8	+0.7	+1.5	+2.1	+0.1	+1.0	+0.4	-0.3	-0.2	+6.2	+9.1	+.088	+0.3	+0.9		+1.7	+5.3	+.202
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		%
Vlade Divac	5	33.4	18.0	3.4	6.0	9.4	5.6	1.2	2.4	2.2	4.4	7.4	14.8	.500	0.8	1.8	.444	2.4	4.4	.545
difference:	+7	+4.9	+7.8	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+1.0	+0.4	+1.1	-1.5	-1.1	+3.5	+3.2	+.106	+0.8	+1.8		+1.6	+5.8	+.152
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
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1993-94	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Vlade Divac	79	34.0	14.2	3.6	7.2	10.8	3.9	1.2	1.4	2.4	3.6	5.7	11.3	.506	0.1	0.6	.191	2.6	3.8	.686
difference:	+28	+4.1	+12.0	+0.2	+1.5	+1.7	+0.8	+0.3	+1.5	-0.5	-0.1	+5.1	+8.1	+.051	+0.1	+0.5	+.191	+1.9	+5.6	+.202
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		%
Vlade Divac	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
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1994-95	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Vlade Divac	80	35.1	16.0	3.3	7.1	10.4	4.1	1.4	2.2	2.6	3.8	6.1	12.0	.507	0.1	0.7	.189	3.7	4.8	.777
difference:	+20	+1.2	+12.3	+0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+1.7	+0.7	+0.2	-0.3	-0.6	+5.1	+7.1	+.077	+0.1	+0.7		+2.3	+6.6	+.250
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		%
Vlade Divac	10	38.8	15.6	3.4	5.1	8.5	3.1	0.8	1.3	2.8	4.4	5.7	12.2	.467	0.2	0.9	.222	4.0	6.2	.645
difference:	+3	+0.3	+14.9	+0.3	+1.4	+1.7	+0.2	+0.3	+1.3	-0.5	-1.2	+6.5	+7.6	+.145	+0.2	+0.9		+2.2	+6.0	+.142
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


Season 7
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1995-96	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Vlade Divac	79	31.3	12.9	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.3	1.0	1.7	2.5	3.5	5.2	10.2	.513	0.0	0.2	.167	2.4	3.7	.641
difference:	+30	+3.5	+13.4	+1.3	+0.8	+2.1	+1.0	+0.3			-0.3	+5.2	+7.9	+.063		+0.2		+3.1	+6.5	+.101
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	4	28.8	9.0	2.8	4.8	7.5	2.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	2.5	3.8	8.8	.429	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625
difference:	+4	+10.6	+17.6	+2.7	+1.3	+4.1	+0.3	+0.9	+1.6	-0.3	-1.1	+6.1	+10.6	+.081	+0.3	+1.3		+5.6	+12.8	+.159
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


Season 8
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1996-97	1999-00
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Vlade Divac	81	35.1	12.6	3.0	6.0	9.0	3.7	1.3	2.2	2.4	3.4	5.2	10.5	.494	0.1	0.6	.234	2.2	3.2	.683
difference:	+2	+4.9	+17.1	+1.3	+3.4	+4.6	+0.1	+0.8	+0.8	-0.4	-0.2	+6.9	+10.6	+.080	+0.1	+0.6		+3.3	+7.2	+.159
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	3	38.7	18.0	4.3	4.3	8.7	3.3	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.7	7.0	15.3	.457	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.800
difference:	+20	+4.8	+12.7	+0.9	+6.0	+6.7	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	-0.4	-0.8	+5.4	+6.7	+.109		+1.0		+1.9	+7.9	+.344
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


Season 9
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1997-98	2000-01
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Vlade Divac	64	28.2	10.4	2.9	5.2	8.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	4.2	8.4	.498	0.0	0.2	.214	2.0	2.9	.691
difference:	+10	+11.3	+18.3	+1.0	+3.6	+4.6	+1.0	+0.7	+1.3	-1.1	-0.7	+6.8	+10.8	+.074		+0.2		+4.7	+10.2	+.178
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	9	38.1	11.6	2.8	8.1	10.9	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.8	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.7	.606
difference:	+7	+4.2	+18.8	+2.9	+1.7	+4.5	+0.2	+0.4	+0.8	-1.2	-0.4	+7.2	+11.8	+.072		+0.1		+4.4	+8.8	+.081
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


Season 10
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1998-99	2001-02
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Vlade Divac	50	35.2	14.3	2.8	7.2	10.0	4.3	0.9	1.0	2.6	3.3	5.2	11.1	.470	0.2	0.9	.256	3.6	5.1	.702
difference:	+17	+0.9	+12.9	+0.7		+0.7	+1.3	+0.3	+1.0		-0.3	+5.4	+7.2	+.109	+0.2	+0.9		+2.3	+5.6	+.147
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	5	39.4	16.2	1.8	8.2	10.0	4.6	1.6	0.8	3.8	3.4	5.0	11.2	.446	0.2	1.0	.200	6.0	7.2	.833
difference:	+14	+1.4	+12.3	+1.7	+0.9	+2.6	+1.8	+1.1	+1.7	-0.5	-0.1	+5.7	+9.0	+.083	+0.2	+1.0		+1.1	+3.7	+.184
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


Season 11
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1999-00	2002-03
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Vlade Divac	82	29.0	12.3	2.1	5.9	8.0	3.0	1.3	1.3	2.3	3.1	4.7	9.3	.503	0.1	0.3	.269	2.8	4.1	.691
difference:	+15	+8.8	+15.2	+1.8	+1.3	+3.1	+0.1	+0.7	+1.1	-0.6	-0.3	+5.7	+8.8	+.071	+0.1	+0.3		+3.9	+6.7	+.069
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	5	32.2	11.2	1.8	5.4	7.2	2.8	1.4	0.8	1.8	4.4	4.0	11.2	.357	0.0	0.4	.000	3.2	4.6	.696
difference:	+7	+7.9	+15.8	+3.5	+4.2	+7.6	+0.9	+0.8	+2.0	-1.1	-1.6	+6.1	+7.6	+.178		+0.4		+3.6	+6.4	+.075
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


Season 12
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2000-01	2003-04
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	81	29.9	12.0	2.6	5.8	8.3	2.9	1.1	1.1	2.4	3.0	4.5	9.3	.482	0.0	0.2	.286	3.0	4.3	.691
difference:	+14	+6.9	+9.5	+1.1	+2.0	+3.2		+0.6	+1.4	-0.5	-0.4	+3.8	+4.8	+.102		+0.2		+1.9	+5.8	+.201
Shaquille O'Neal	67	36.8	21.5	3.7	7.8	11.5	2.9	0.5	2.5	2.9	3.4	8.3	14.1	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	10.1	.490

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	8	28.1	10.8	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.4	1.0	1.5	2.3	3.1	3.5	10.0	.350	0.1	0.4	.333	3.6	4.8	.763
difference:	+14	+13.8	+10.7	+1.6	+3.2	+4.8	+0.1	+0.7	+1.3	-0.2	-1.0	+4.8	+4.0	+.243	+0.1	+0.4		+1.4	+6.7	+.334
Shaquille O'Neal	22	41.9	21.5	4.1	9.1	13.2	2.5	0.3	2.8	2.5	4.1	8.3	14.0	.593	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	11.5	.429


Season 13
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2001-02	2004-05
Team	Sacramento Kings	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Finals	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	80	30.3	11.1	2.6	5.8	8.4	3.7	1.0	1.2	2.0	2.9	4.2	9.0	.472	0.0	0.2	.231	2.6	4.3	.615
difference:	+7	+3.8	+11.8	+0.9	+1.1	+2.0	+1.0	+0.5	+1.1	-0.8	-0.7	+4.8	+6.0	+.129		+0.2		+2.2	+6.2	+.154
Shaquille O'Neal	73	34.1	22.9	3.5	6.9	10.4	2.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.6	9.0	15.0	.601	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	10.5	.461

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	16	33.5	13.5	2.9	6.4	9.3	1.7	1.1	1.3	2.3	4.8	4.4	9.4	.464	0.1	0.4	.286	4.6	6.1	.755
difference:	+3	+0.5	+5.9	+1.4		+1.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.2	-0.9	-0.8	+3.4	+4.5	+.094	+0.1	+0.4		+0.8	+2.1	+.283
Shaquille O'Neal	13	33.0	19.4	1.5	6.4	7.8	1.9	0.4	1.5	3.2	4.0	7.8	13.9	.558	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.2	.472


Season 14
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2002-03	2005-06
Team	Sacramento Kings	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	80	29.8	9.9	2.0	5.2	7.2	3.4	1.0	1.3	1.9	3.0	3.8	8.2	.466	0.1	0.3	.240	2.2	3.1	.713
difference:	+21	+0.8	+10.1	+0.9	+1.1	+2.0	+1.5	+0.6	+0.5	-0.9	-0.9	+4.3	+5.4	+.134	+0.1	+0.3		+1.5	+4.9	+.244
Shaquille O'Neal	59	30.6	20.0	2.9	6.3	9.2	1.9	0.4	1.8	2.8	3.9	8.1	13.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	8.0	.469

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	12	26.3	11.4	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.3	0.7	0.9	1.3	3.2	4.3	7.6	.560	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.3	.673
difference:	+11	+6.7	+7.0	+0.8	+3.2	+4.0	+0.6	+0.2	+0.6	-2.4	-0.5	+3.4	+5.1	+.052				+0.1	+3.6	+.299
Shaquille O'Neal	23	33.0	18.4	3.3	6.5	9.8	1.7	0.5	1.5	3.7	3.7	7.7	12.7	.612	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	7.9	.374


Season 15
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2003-04	2006-07
Team	Sacramento Kings	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	81	28.6	9.9	1.7	4.0	5.7	5.3	0.7	1.0	2.1	2.7	3.9	8.2	.470	0.0	0.2	.154	2.1	3.2	.654
difference:	+41	+0.2	+7.4	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+3.3	+0.5	+0.4	-0.3	-0.8	+3.2	+3.8	+.121		+0.2		+1.0	+4.2	+.232
Shaquille O'Neal	40	28.4	17.3	2.4	5.0	7.4	2.0	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.5	7.1	12.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	7.4	.422

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	12	19.7	6.6	1.8	3.1	4.9	1.8	0.3	0.4	1.2	2.6	2.6	5.9	.437	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.739
difference:	+8	+10.6	+12.2	+2.2	+1.4	+3.6	+0.5		+1.1	-2.3	-1.2	+5.7	+8.9	+.122				+0.9	+4.9	+.406
Shaquille O'Neal	4	30.3	18.8	4.0	4.5	8.5	1.3	0.3	1.5	3.5	3.8	8.3	14.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	6.8	.333


Season 16
	Vlade Divac	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2004-05	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	15	8.7	2.3	1.2	0.9	2.1	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.7	0.9	2.1	.419	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667
difference:	+46	+20.0	+11.3	+1.5	+5.5	+7.0	+0.2	+0.2	+1.3	-2.1	-2.0	+4.5	+7.0	+.174				+2.3	+4.7	+.164
Shaquille O'Neal	61	28.7	13.6	2.7	6.4	9.1	1.5	0.5	1.4	3.0	3.7	5.4	9.1	.593	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	5.5	.503

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	5	30.0	15.2	2.6	6.6	9.2	1.0	1.0	2.6	1.8	4.2	4.4	10.0	.440	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	12.8	.500


Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 3 seasons more than Vlade Divac in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 17 to 19, from 2009 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in two Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Vlade Divac, Shaquille O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP

Vlade Divac vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal and Vlade Divac, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Season 5

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Season 10

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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Season 16

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