Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs Hakeem Olajuwon — NBA career head-to-head | StatVault

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1970–1989 · 20 seasons

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Hakeem Olajuwon

1985–2002 · 18 seasons

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At a glance

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Hakeem Olajuwon: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Stat	Hakeem Olajuwon
20	Seasons	18
318.6	Career VAL	180.0
24.6 (1972)	Peak-season VAL	17.3 (1993)
Inducted 1995	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2008

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board).

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Hakeem Olajuwon have
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Stat	Hakeem Olajuwon
Career
1,560	Games	1,238
Per game
24.6	Points / game	21.8
11.2	Rebounds / game	11.1
3.6	Assists / game	2.5

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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).

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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View data (20 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Hakeem Olajuwon
22	12.8	7.5
23	21.7	9.2
24	24.6	11.1
25	19.2	10.4
26	17.6	12
27	13.2	12.5
28	19.5	8.4
29	21.6	10.2
30	15	17.3
31	19.8	16.8
32	22.7	15.1
33	18.6	13.6
34	14.9	14.1
35	16.1	6
36	13.2	8.3
37	16	1.4
38	14.7	4.1
39	9.9	2
40	6.3	—
41	1.2	—