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Hakeem Olajuwon

“The Dream”

Career (regular season)

GP
1,238
PTS
21.8
REB
11.1
AST
2.5

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) · 116 kg (256 lb)
Country
Nigeria
School / club
Houston
Draft
1984: round 1, pick 1
NBA career
1984-2002 · 18 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1984-85 HOU 82 1,692 974 111 2,914 99 220 234 53.8 — 61.3
1985-86 HOU 68 1,597 781 137 2,467 134 231 195 52.6 — 64.5
1986-87 HOU 75 1,755 858 220 2,760 140 254 228 50.8 20.0 70.2
1987-88 HOU 79 1,805 959 163 2,825 162 214 243 51.4 0.0 69.5
1988-89 HOU 82 2,034 1,105 149 3,024 213 282 275 50.8 0.0 69.6
1989-90 HOU 82 1,995 1,149 234 3,124 174 376 316 50.1 16.7 71.3
1990-91 HOU 56 1,187 770 131 2,062 121 221 174 50.8 0.0 76.9
1991-92 HOU 70 1,510 845 157 2,636 127 304 187 50.2 0.0 76.6
1992-93 HOU 82 2,140 1,068 291 3,242 150 342 262 52.9 0.0 77.9
1993-94 HOU 80 2,184 955 287 3,277 128 297 271 52.8 42.1 71.6
1994-95 HOU 72 2,005 775 255 2,853 133 242 237 51.7 18.8 75.6
1995-96 HOU 72 1,936 784 257 2,797 113 207 247 51.4 21.4 72.4
1996-97 HOU 78 1,810 716 236 2,851 117 173 281 51.0 31.3 78.7
1997-98 HOU 47 772 460 143 1,633 84 96 126 48.3 0.0 75.5
1998-99 HOU 50 945 478 88 1,784 82 123 139 51.4 30.8 71.7
1999-00 HOU 44 455 274 61 1,049 41 70 73 45.8 0.0 61.6
2000-01 HOU 58 689 431 72 1,545 70 88 81 49.8 0.0 62.1
2001-02 TOR 61 435 366 66 1,375 74 90 98 46.4 0.0 56.0
Career 1,238 26,946 13,748 3,058 44,218 2,162 3,830 3,667 51.2 20.2 71.2

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1984-85 HOU 5 106 65 7 187 7 13 11 47.7 — 47.8
1985-86 HOU 20 537 236 39 766 40 69 43 53.0 0.0 63.8
1986-87 HOU 10 292 113 25 389 13 43 36 61.5 0.0 74.2
1987-88 HOU 4 150 67 7 162 9 11 9 57.1 0.0 88.4
1988-89 HOU 4 101 52 12 162 10 11 10 51.9 — 68.0
1989-90 HOU 4 74 46 8 161 10 23 11 44.3 — 70.6
1990-91 HOU 3 66 44 6 129 4 8 8 57.8 0.0 82.4
1992-93 HOU 12 308 168 57 518 21 59 45 51.7 0.0 82.7
1993-94 HOU 23 664 254 98 989 40 92 83 51.9 50.0 79.5
1994-95 HOU 22 725 227 98 929 26 62 69 53.1 50.0 68.1
1995-96 HOU 8 179 73 31 329 15 17 29 51.0 0.0 72.5
1996-97 HOU 16 370 174 54 629 33 41 46 59.0 0.0 73.1
1997-98 HOU 5 102 54 12 190 5 16 13 39.4 0.0 72.7
1998-99 HOU 4 53 29 2 123 5 3 5 42.6 — 87.5
2001-02 TOR 5 28 19 2 86 7 4 6 54.5 — 66.7
Career 145 3,755 1,621 458 5,749 245 472 424 52.8 22.2 71.9

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 2008 (as a player)
  • NBA champion (2): 1993-94, 1994-95
  • Most Valuable Player: 1993-94
  • Finals MVP (2): 1993-94, 1994-95
  • Defensive Player of the Year (2): 1992-93, 1993-94
  • All-NBA First Team (6): 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1996-97
  • All-NBA Second Team (3): 1985-86, 1989-90, 1995-96
  • All-NBA Third Team (3): 1990-91, 1994-95, 1998-99
  • All-Defensive First Team (5): 1986-87, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1992-93, 1993-94
  • All-Defensive Second Team (4): 1984-85, 1990-91, 1995-96, 1996-97
  • All-Rookie First Team: 1984-85
  • 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996): 1996-97
  • Rebounding leader (2): 1988-89, 1989-90
  • Blocks leader (3): 1989-90, 1990-91, 1992-93
  • IBM Award: 1992-93
  • All-Star (12): 1985, 1986, 1987 (starter), 1988 (starter), 1989 (starter), 1990 (starter), 1992, 1993, 1994 (starter), 1995 (starter), 1996 (starter), 1997 (starter)

Medals

  • Gold · 1996 Olympic Games (United States)

Retired number

  • Houston Rockets: No. 34 (1984-2001 with the team)

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