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Hakeem OlajuwonvsTim Duncan

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

Hakeem Olajuwon

1985–2002 · 18 seasons

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Tim Duncan

1998–2016 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Hakeem Olajuwon and Tim Duncan: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Hakeem Olajuwon	Stat	Tim Duncan
18	Seasons	19
180.0	Career VAL	243.1
17.3 (1993)	Peak-season VAL	21.4 (2002)
Inducted 2008	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2020
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	21

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 Hakeem Olajuwon and Tim Duncan have
Hakeem Olajuwon	Stat	Tim Duncan
Career
1,238	Games	1,391
Per game
21.8	Points / game	19.0
11.1	Rebounds / game	10.8
2.5	Assists / game	3.0

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Hakeem Olajuwon's career line covers 2002 only (the table behind it does not cover 17 early-career seasons); Tim Duncan's career line covers 2002–2016 only (the table behind it does not cover 4 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	Hakeem Olajuwon	Tim Duncan
21	—	13.8
22	7.5	7.1
23	9.2	11.4
24	11.1	11
25	10.4	21.4
26	12	19.7
27	12.5	16.6
28	8.4	15.3
29	10.2	14.9
30	17.3	18.3
31	16.8	13.8
32	15.1	12.9
33	13.6	13.1
34	14.1	9.1
35	6	6.6
36	8.3	11.2
37	1.4	9.7
38	4.1	11.5
39	2	5.7