Jalen Johnson vs. Shaquille O'Neal: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Shaquille O'Neal and Jalen Johnson 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 Jalen Johnson.

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 stats than Jalen Johnson in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. 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 10.9 points more than Jalen Johnson in his 5 seasons (23.7 points against 12.8), and he also scored a total of 25,863 points more (28,596 vs. 2,733).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Jalen Johnson	12.8		5
Shaquille O'Neal	23.7	+10.9	19

Total Points			Seasons
Jalen Johnson	2,733		5
Shaquille O'Neal	28,596	+25,863	19

Scoring Titles
Jalen Johnson	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
Jalen Johnson	2.4		2022	22
Shaquille O'Neal	23.4	+21.0	1993	81

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Jalen Johnson	5.6		2023	70
Shaquille O'Neal	29.3	+23.7	1994	81

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Jalen Johnson	16.0		2024	56
Shaquille O'Neal	29.3	+13.3	1995	79

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Jalen Johnson	18.9		2025	36
Shaquille O'Neal	26.6	+7.7	1996	54

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Jalen Johnson	23.7		2026	30
Shaquille O'Neal	26.2	+2.5	1997	51

Shaquille O'Neal's additional seasons:

- Shaquille O'Neal played 14 seasons more than Jalen Johnson in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 6 to 19, from 1998 to 2011—he averaged 22.3 points in a total of 861 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 29.7 ppg and his lowest 9.2. In those 14 extra years over Jalen Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal won 1 scoring title.