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Dwight HowardvsShaquille O'Neal

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

Dwight Howard

2005–2022 · 18 seasons

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Shaquille O'Neal

1993–2011 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Dwight Howard and Shaquille O'Neal: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Dwight Howard	Stat	Shaquille O'Neal
18	Seasons	19
153.5	Career VAL	218.7
18.7 (2011)	Peak-season VAL	18.8 (2000)
Inducted 2025	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2016
8	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
22	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	6

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 2002 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Dwight Howard and Shaquille O'Neal have
Dwight Howard	Stat	Shaquille O'Neal
Career
1,240	Games	1,199

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, Points / game, Rebounds / game, Assists / game, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Shaquille O'Neal's career line covers 2002–2011 only (the table behind it does not cover 9 early-career seasons).

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Dwight Howard	Shaquille O'Neal
19	6	—
20	7	10.9
21	11.3	18.6
22	14.3	15.6
23	18.4	8.3
24	16	8.3
25	18.7	12.7
26	9	10.5
27	7.4	18.8
28	9.7	18.1
29	4.4	18.3
30	4.8	17
31	9.6	12.6
32	4.6	16.1
33	—	8.5
34	5.3	4.4
35	4.3	3.6
36	2.7	9
37	—	3.9
38	—	3.5