Jake LaRavia vs. Shaquille O'Neal: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Shaquille O'Neal and Jake LaRavia to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Shaquille O'Neal is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Jake LaRavia.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Shaquille O'Neal has better scoring average and totals in the regular season, and since Jake LaRavia didn't play in the postseason, you could also say that Shaquille O'Neal has better playoff stats. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 19 NBA regular seasons played, Shaquille O'Neal averages 16.4 points more than Jake LaRavia in his 4 seasons (23.7 points against 7.3), and he also scored a total of 27,392 points more (28,596 vs. 1,204).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Jake LaRavia	7.3		4
Shaquille O'Neal	23.7	+16.4	19

Total Points			Seasons
Jake LaRavia	1,204		4
Shaquille O'Neal	28,596	+27,392	19

Scoring Titles
Jake LaRavia	0
Shaquille O'Neal	2	+2

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

= NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Jake LaRavia	3.0		2023	35
Shaquille O'Neal	23.4	+20.4	1993	81

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Jake LaRavia	10.8		2024	35
Shaquille O'Neal	29.3	+18.5	1994	81

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Jake LaRavia	6.9		2025	66
Shaquille O'Neal	29.3	+22.4	1995	79

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Jake LaRavia	6.9		2025	66
Shaquille O'Neal	26.6	+19.7	1996	54

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Jake LaRavia	6.9		2025	66
Shaquille O'Neal	26.2	+19.3	1997	51

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Jake LaRavia	8.7		2026	30
Shaquille O'Neal	28.3	+19.6	1998	60

Shaquille O'Neal's additional seasons:

- Shaquille O'Neal played 13 seasons more than Jake LaRavia in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 7 to 19, from 1999 to 2011—he averaged 21.9 points in a total of 801 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 29.7 ppg and his lowest 9.2. In those 13 extra years over Jake LaRavia, Shaquille O'Neal won 1 scoring title.