Hakeem Olajuwon

Seasons 1984-85–2001-02 · 18 on record · Ht 7-0 · b. 1963

★ Hall of Fame★ MVP★ 2× Finals MVP★ 2× Defensive POY12× All-Star12× All-NBA9× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	The Dream
Position	C
Number	#34
Team	Toronto Raptors
Height	7-0
Weight	255 lb
Born	1963-01-21
College	Houston
Drafted	1984 · Round 1, Pick 1 · Houston Rockets
Seasons	1984-85–2001-02 (18)

Career averages

21.8 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 2.5 APG · 1238 games · .512 FG% · .202 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1984-85	HOU	22	82	35.5	.538	—	.613	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	20.6	21.1	.564
1985-86	HOU	23	68	36.3	.526	—	.645	11.5	2.0	2.0	3.4	23.5	24.2	.560
1986-87	HOU	24	75	36.8	.508	.200	.702	11.4	2.9	1.9	3.4	23.4	23.8	.554
1987-88	HOU	25	79	35.8	.514	0.000	.695	12.1	2.1	2.1	2.7	22.8	23.4	.555
1988-89	HOU	26	82	36.9	.508	0.000	.696	13.5	1.8	2.6	3.4	24.8	25.2	.552
1989-90	HOU	27	82	38.1	.501	.167	.713	14.0	2.9	2.1	4.6	24.3	24.1	.541
1990-91	HOU	28	56	36.8	.508	0.000	.769	13.8	2.3	2.2	3.9	21.2	24.3	.549
1991-92	HOU	29	70	37.7	.502	0.000	.766	12.1	2.2	1.8	4.3	21.6	23.7	.553
1992-93	HOU	30	82	39.5	.529	0.000	.779	13.0	3.5	1.8	4.2	26.1	27.3	.577
1993-94	HOU	31	80	41.0	.528	.421	.716	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	27.3	25.3	.565
1994-95	HOU	32	72	39.6	.517	.188	.756	10.8	3.5	1.8	3.4	27.8	26.0	.563
1995-96	HOU	33	72	38.8	.514	.214	.724	10.9	3.6	1.6	2.9	26.9	25.5	.558
1996-97	HOU	34	78	36.6	.510	.313	.787	9.2	3.0	1.5	2.2	23.2	22.7	.558
1997-98	HOU	35	47	34.7	.483	0.000	.755	9.8	3.0	1.8	2.0	16.4	20.8	.531
1998-99	HOU	36	50	35.7	.514	.308	.717	9.6	1.8	1.6	2.5	18.9	23.1	.559
1999-00	HOU	37	44	23.8	.458	0.000	.616	6.2	1.4	0.9	1.6	10.3	16.7	.484
2000-01	HOU	38	58	26.6	.498	0.000	.621	7.4	1.2	1.2	1.5	11.9	20.7	.526
2001-02	TOR	39	61	22.6	.464	0.000	.560	6.0	1.1	1.2	1.5	7.1	14.4	.478

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	HOU	82	82	2,914	677	1,258	.538	0	0	338	551	974	111	99	220	234	1,692
1985-86	HOU	68	68	2,467	625	1,188	.526	0	0	347	538	781	137	134	231	195	1,597
1986-87	HOU	75	75	2,760	677	1,332	.508	1	5	400	570	858	220	140	254	228	1,755
1987-88	HOU	79	79	2,825	712	1,385	.514	0	4	381	548	959	163	162	214	243	1,805
1988-89	HOU	82	82	3,024	790	1,556	.508	0	10	454	652	1105	149	213	282	275	2,034
1989-90	HOU	82	82	3,124	806	1,609	.501	1	6	382	536	1149	234	174	376	316	1,995
1990-91	HOU	56	50	2,062	487	959	.508	0	4	213	277	770	131	121	221	174	1,187
1991-92	HOU	70	69	2,636	591	1,177	.502	0	1	328	428	845	157	127	304	187	1,510
1992-93	HOU	82	82	3,242	848	1,603	.529	0	8	444	570	1068	291	150	342	262	2,140
1993-94	HOU	80	80	3,277	894	1,694	.528	8	19	388	542	955	287	128	297	271	2,184
1994-95	HOU	72	72	2,853	798	1,545	.517	3	16	406	537	775	255	133	242	237	2,005
1995-96	HOU	72	72	2,797	768	1,494	.514	3	14	397	548	784	257	113	207	247	1,936
1996-97	HOU	78	78	2,852	727	1,426	.510	5	16	351	446	716	236	117	173	281	1,810
1997-98	HOU	47	45	1,633	306	633	.483	0	3	160	212	460	143	84	96	126	772
1998-99	HOU	50	50	1,784	373	725	.514	4	13	195	272	478	88	82	123	139	945
1999-00	HOU	44	28	1,049	193	421	.458	0	2	69	112	274	61	41	70	73	455
2000-01	HOU	58	55	1,545	283	568	.498	0	1	123	198	431	72	70	88	81	689
2001-02	TOR	61	37	1,378	194	418	.464	0	2	47	84	366	66	74	90	98	435
Career		1238	—	—	10,749	20,991	.512	25	124	5423	7621	13748	3058	2162	3830	3667	26,946

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	8.4	15.5	.538	0.0	0.0	4.2	6.8	12.0	1.4	1.2	2.7	2.9	20.9
1985-86	HOU	68	36.3	9.1	17.3	.526	0.0	0.0	5.1	7.9	11.4	2.0	2.0	3.4	2.8	23.3
1986-87	HOU	75	36.8	8.8	17.4	.508	0.0	0.1	5.2	7.4	11.2	2.9	1.8	3.3	3.0	22.9
1987-88	HOU	79	35.8	9.1	17.6	.514	0.0	0.1	4.9	7.0	12.2	2.1	2.1	2.7	3.1	23.0
1988-89	HOU	82	36.9	9.4	18.5	.508	0.0	0.1	5.4	7.8	13.2	1.8	2.5	3.4	3.3	24.2
1989-90	HOU	82	38.1	9.3	18.5	.501	0.0	0.1	4.4	6.2	13.2	2.7	2.0	4.3	3.6	23.0
1990-91	HOU	56	36.8	8.5	16.7	.508	0.0	0.1	3.7	4.8	13.4	2.3	2.1	3.9	3.0	20.7
1991-92	HOU	70	37.7	8.1	16.1	.502	0.0	0.0	4.5	5.8	11.5	2.1	1.7	4.2	2.6	20.6
1992-93	HOU	82	39.5	9.4	17.8	.529	0.0	0.1	4.9	6.3	11.9	3.2	1.7	3.8	2.9	23.8
1993-94	HOU	80	41.0	9.8	18.6	.528	0.1	0.2	4.3	6.0	10.5	3.2	1.4	3.3	3.0	24.0
1994-95	HOU	72	39.6	10.1	19.5	.517	0.0	0.2	5.1	6.8	9.8	3.2	1.7	3.1	3.0	25.3
1995-96	HOU	72	38.8	9.9	19.2	.514	0.0	0.2	5.1	7.1	10.1	3.3	1.5	2.7	3.2	24.9
1996-97	HOU	78	36.6	9.2	18.0	.510	0.1	0.2	4.4	5.6	9.0	3.0	1.5	2.2	3.5	22.8
1997-98	HOU	47	34.7	6.7	14.0	.483	0.0	0.1	3.5	4.7	10.1	3.2	1.9	2.1	2.8	17.0
1998-99	HOU	50	35.7	7.5	14.6	.514	0.1	0.3	3.9	5.5	9.6	1.8	1.7	2.5	2.8	19.1
1999-00	HOU	44	23.8	6.6	14.4	.458	0.0	0.1	2.4	3.8	9.4	2.1	1.4	2.4	2.5	15.6
2000-01	HOU	58	26.6	6.6	13.2	.498	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.6	10.0	1.7	1.6	2.1	1.9	16.1
2001-02	TOR	61	22.6	5.1	10.9	.464	0.0	0.1	1.2	2.2	9.6	1.7	1.9	2.4	2.6	11.4

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1984-85	HOU	82	2,914	21.1	.564	23.5	5.3	4.9	10.2	.168	+1.7	+0.4	+2.1	+3.0
1985-86	HOU	68	2,467	24.2	.560	25.6	5.3	4.2	9.5	.186	+2.9	+1.2	+4.0	+3.8
1986-87	HOU	75	2,760	23.8	.554	26.8	4.9	6.0	10.9	.189	+3.1	+2.7	+5.8	+5.4
1987-88	HOU	79	2,825	23.4	.555	26.5	4.4	6.3	10.7	.182	+2.2	+2.2	+4.4	+4.6
1988-89	HOU	82	3,024	25.2	.552	28.2	4.6	7.8	12.4	.197	+2.7	+2.9	+5.5	+5.7
1989-90	HOU	82	3,124	24.1	.541	28.1	2.5	8.7	11.2	.173	+1.8	+4.0	+5.8	+6.2
1990-91	HOU	56	2,062	24.3	.549	25.0	2.9	5.7	8.6	.201	+2.1	+4.0	+6.2	+4.3
1991-92	HOU	70	2,636	23.7	.553	25.6	4.2	5.6	9.8	.178	+1.9	+3.0	+5.0	+4.6
1992-93	HOU	82	3,242	27.3	.577	28.8	7.9	8.0	15.8	.234	+3.9	+3.6	+7.5	+7.8
1993-94	HOU	80	3,277	25.3	.565	29.8	6.4	7.9	14.3	.210	+3.5	+3.3	+6.8	+7.3
1994-95	HOU	72	2,853	26.0	.563	31.7	5.1	5.6	10.7	.181	+2.8	+2.6	+5.4	+5.3
1995-96	HOU	72	2,797	25.5	.558	31.9	4.5	5.2	9.7	.166	+2.8	+2.0	+4.9	+4.9
1996-97	HOU	78	2,852	22.7	.558	30.4	3.5	5.6	9.1	.154	+1.5	+2.0	+3.5	+3.9
1997-98	HOU	47	1,633	20.8	.531	23.7	2.0	2.5	4.5	.131	+1.0	+2.0	+3.0	+2.1
1998-99	HOU	50	1,784	23.1	.559	25.9	3.2	3.3	6.5	.175	+1.4	+1.8	+3.2	+2.3
1999-00	HOU	44	1,049	16.7	.484	22.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	.072	-0.9	+1.3	+0.4	+0.6
2000-01	HOU	58	1,545	20.7	.526	21.9	2.4	2.6	5.0	.155	+1.3	+1.5	+2.8	+1.9
2001-02	TOR	61	1,378	14.4	.478	18.3	-0.8	2.9	2.1	.074	-2.7	+2.4	-0.4	+0.6
Career		1238	—	—	—	—	—	—	162.6	—	—	—	—	+74.3

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1984-85	5	37.4	21.2	13.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	.477	—	.490
1985-86	20	38.3	26.8	11.8	2.0	2.0	3.4	.530	0.000	.566
1986-87	10	38.9	29.2	11.3	2.5	1.3	4.3	.615	0.000	.659
1987-88	4	40.5	37.5	16.8	1.8	2.2	2.8	.571	0.000	.641
1988-89	4	40.5	25.2	13.0	3.0	2.5	2.8	.519	—	.549
1989-90	4	40.2	18.5	11.5	2.0	2.5	5.8	.443	—	.478
1990-91	3	43.0	22.0	14.7	2.0	1.3	2.7	.578	0.000	.629
1992-93	12	43.2	25.7	14.0	4.8	1.8	4.9	.517	0.000	.568
1993-94	23	43.0	28.9	11.0	4.3	1.7	4.0	.519	.500	.568
1994-95	22	42.2	33.0	10.3	4.5	1.2	2.8	.531	.500	.560
1995-96	8	41.1	22.4	9.1	3.9	1.9	2.1	.510	0.000	.544
1996-97	16	38.9	23.1	10.9	3.4	2.1	2.6	.590	0.000	.628
1997-98	5	37.6	20.4	10.8	2.4	1.0	3.2	.394	0.000	.449
1998-99	4	30.5	13.2	7.2	0.5	1.2	0.8	.426	—	.461
2001-02	5	16.6	5.6	3.8	0.4	1.4	0.8	.545	—	.568
Career	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	.528	.222	.569

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	637	22.0	11.4	2.7	461–176
Away	626	20.7	10.4	2.2	288–338
In wins	749	21.9	11.2	2.6	749–0
In losses	514	20.5	10.4	2.1	0–514

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	33	18.4	10.8	2.3	19–14
BOS Boston Celtics	30	21.9	11.1	2.1	12–18
BKN Brooklyn Nets	32	18.9	10.4	2.5	24–8
CHA Charlotte Hornets	28	20.1	10.6	2.8	22–6
CHI Chicago Bulls	34	20.6	10.0	2.0	22–12
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	30	17.3	10.1	2.6	25–5
DAL Dallas Mavericks	78	22.5	11.4	2.6	50–28
DEN Denver Nuggets	75	23.1	11.5	2.4	43–32
DET Detroit Pistons	32	22.2	10.7	2.0	18–14
GSW Golden State Warriors	62	21.6	11.3	2.7	46–16
HOU Houston Rockets	2	6.5	6.0	2.0	1–1
IND Indiana Pacers	31	19.3	10.7	2.1	22–9
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	65	21.6	11.5	2.6	45–20
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	65	20.7	10.9	2.5	27–38
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	21	15.5	8.2	2.0	19–2
MIA Miami Heat	32	19.0	9.9	1.9	20–12
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	31	21.0	9.6	2.6	14–17
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	48	23.0	10.6	3.1	29–19
NYK New York Knicks	31	22.5	12.0	2.4	16–15
ORL Orlando Magic	28	19.5	11.5	2.5	11–17
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	32	19.8	9.8	2.3	21–11
PHX Phoenix Suns	67	21.5	11.1	2.3	36–31
POR Portland Trail Blazers	62	21.8	10.3	2.3	32–30
SAC Sacramento Kings	66	23.7	11.8	2.2	52–14
SAS San Antonio Spurs	75	22.3	11.2	2.6	37–38
TOR Toronto Raptors	7	16.9	7.4	2.0	5–2
UTA Utah Jazz	76	23.5	11.2	2.5	35–41
WAS Washington Wizards	5	12.2	10.6	2.6	3–2

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2001-02

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	25%	.657
In the paint (3-10 ft)	18%	.403
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	41%	.421
Long two (16 ft-3P)	15%	.349
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	0.000

Average shot distance 9.4 ft · 2% of attempts were dunks · 0% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
1990-91	$3,175,000
1991-92	$3,170,000
1992-93	$3,170,000
1993-94	$3,170,000
1994-95	$3,169,900
1995-96	$5,305,000
1996-97	$9,655,000
1997-98	$11,156,000
1998-99	$12,943,000
2000-01	$16,685,000
2001-02	$5,061,000
Career earnings	$76,659,900

Frequently asked questions

What team does Hakeem Olajuwon play for?

Hakeem Olajuwon plays C for the Toronto Raptors.

What are Hakeem Olajuwon's career stats?

Hakeem Olajuwon has averaged 21.8 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 2.5 APG over 18 seasons (1984-85–2001-02).

How much does Hakeem Olajuwon make?

Hakeem Olajuwon's salary is $5,061,000 for the 2001-02 season, with career earnings of about $76.7M.

How tall is Hakeem Olajuwon?

Hakeem Olajuwon is 7-0 (255 lb).

When was Hakeem Olajuwon drafted?

Hakeem Olajuwon was drafted in 1984, round 1, pick 1, by the Houston Rockets.