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Kareem Abdul-JabbarvsShaquille O'Neal

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

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1970–1989 · 20 seasons

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Shaquille O'Neal

1993–2011 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O'Neal: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Stat	Shaquille O'Neal
20	Seasons	19
318.6	Career VAL	218.7
24.6 (1972)	Peak-season VAL	18.8 (2000)
Inducted 1995	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2016
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
—	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 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O'Neal have
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Stat	Shaquille O'Neal
Career
1,560	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Shaquille O'Neal
20	—	10.9
21	—	18.6
22	12.8	15.6
23	21.7	8.3
24	24.6	8.3
25	19.2	12.7
26	17.6	10.5
27	13.2	18.8
28	19.5	18.1
29	21.6	18.3
30	15	17
31	19.8	12.6
32	22.7	16.1
33	18.6	8.5
34	14.9	4.4
35	16.1	3.6
36	13.2	9
37	16	3.9
38	14.7	3.5
39	9.9	—
40	6.3	—
41	1.2	—