Shaquille O'Neal

Seasons 1992-93–2010-11 · 19 on record · Ht 7-1 · b. 1972

★ Hall of Fame★ MVP★ 3× Finals MVP★ Rookie of the Year★ 2× Scoring champion15× All-Star14× All-NBA3× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	The Diesel
Position	C
Number	#32 (also #34, #33, #36)
Team	Boston Celtics
Height	7-1
Weight	325 lb
Born	1972-03-06
College	LSU
Drafted	1992 · Round 1, Pick 1 · Orlando Magic
Seasons	1992-93–2010-11 (19)

Career averages

23.7 PPG, 10.9 RPG, 2.5 APG · 1207 games · .582 FG% · .045 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1992-93	ORL	20	81	37.9	.562	0.000	.592	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	23.4	22.9	.584
1993-94	ORL	21	81	39.8	.599	0.000	.554	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	29.3	28.5	.605
1994-95	ORL	22	79	37.0	.583	0.000	.533	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	29.3	28.6	.588
1995-96	ORL	23	54	36.0	.573	.500	.487	11.0	2.9	0.6	2.1	26.6	26.4	.570
1996-97	LAL	24	51	38.1	.557	0.000	.484	12.5	3.1	0.9	2.9	26.2	27.1	.556
1997-98	LAL	25	60	36.3	.584	—	.527	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	28.3	28.8	.587
1998-99	LAL	26	49	34.8	.576	0.000	.540	10.7	2.3	0.7	1.7	26.3	30.6	.584
1999-00	LAL	27	79	40.0	.574	0.000	.524	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	29.7	30.6	.578
2000-01	LAL	28	74	39.5	.572	0.000	.513	12.7	3.7	0.6	2.8	28.7	30.2	.574
2001-02	LAL	29	67	36.1	.579	0.000	.555	10.7	3.0	0.6	2.0	27.2	29.7	.590
2002-03	LAL	30	67	37.8	.574	—	.622	11.1	3.1	0.6	2.4	27.5	29.5	.602
2003-04	LAL	31	67	36.8	.584	—	.490	11.5	2.9	0.5	2.5	21.5	24.4	.578
2004-05	MIA	32	73	34.1	.601	—	.461	10.4	2.7	0.5	2.3	22.9	27.0	.583
2005-06	MIA	33	59	30.6	.600	—	.469	9.2	1.9	0.4	1.8	20.0	24.4	.586
2006-07	MIA	34	40	28.4	.591	—	.422	7.4	2.0	0.2	1.4	17.3	21.7	.567
2007-08	2TM	35	61	28.7	.593	—	.503	9.1	1.5	0.5	1.4	13.6	17.1	.589
	MIA	35	33	28.6	.581	—	.494	7.8	1.4	0.6	1.6	14.2	17.7	.577
	PHX	35	28	28.7	.611	—	.513	10.6	1.7	0.5	1.2	12.9	16.5	.605
2008-09	PHX	36	75	30.0	.609	0.000	.595	8.4	1.7	0.7	1.4	17.8	22.3	.623
2009-10	CLE	37	53	23.4	.566	0.000	.496	6.7	1.5	0.3	1.2	12.0	17.9	.565
2010-11	BOS	38	37	20.3	.667	—	.557	4.8	0.7	0.4	1.1	9.2	17.4	.659

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1992-93	ORL	81	81	3,071	733	1,304	.562	0	2	427	721	1122	152	60	286	307	1,893
1993-94	ORL	81	81	3,224	953	1,591	.599	0	2	471	850	1072	195	76	231	222	2,377
1994-95	ORL	79	79	2,923	930	1,594	.583	0	5	455	854	901	214	73	192	204	2,315
1995-96	ORL	54	52	1,946	592	1,033	.573	1	2	249	511	596	155	34	115	155	1,434
1996-97	LAL	51	51	1,941	552	991	.557	0	4	232	479	640	159	46	147	146	1,336
1997-98	LAL	60	57	2,175	670	1,147	.584	0	0	359	681	681	142	39	144	175	1,699
1998-99	LAL	49	49	1,705	510	885	.576	0	1	269	498	525	114	36	82	122	1,289
1999-00	LAL	79	79	3,163	956	1,665	.574	0	1	432	824	1078	299	36	239	223	2,344
2000-01	LAL	74	74	2,924	813	1,422	.572	0	2	499	972	940	277	47	204	218	2,125
2001-02	LAL	67	66	2,422	712	1,229	.579	0	1	398	717	715	200	41	137	171	1,822
2002-03	LAL	67	66	2,535	695	1,211	.574	0	0	451	725	742	206	38	159	196	1,841
2003-04	LAL	67	67	2,464	554	948	.584	0	0	331	676	769	196	34	166	195	1,439
2004-05	MIA	73	73	2,492	658	1,095	.601	0	0	353	765	760	200	36	171	203	1,669
2005-06	MIA	59	58	1,806	480	800	.600	0	0	221	471	541	113	23	104	168	1,181
2006-07	MIA	40	39	1,135	283	479	.591	0	0	124	294	297	79	8	55	95	690
2007-08	2TM	61	61	1,748	331	558	.593	0	0	170	338	554	93	32	88	181	832
	MIA	33	33	945	191	329	.581	0	0	88	178	258	45	19	54	98	470
	PHX	28	28	803	140	229	.611	0	0	82	160	296	48	13	34	83	362
2008-09	PHX	75	75	2,252	512	841	.609	0	1	309	519	633	126	49	108	168	1,333
2009-10	CLE	53	53	1,240	262	463	.566	0	1	112	226	355	80	15	62	105	636
2010-11	BOS	37	36	752	134	201	.667	0	0	73	131	178	26	16	42	56	341
Career		1207	—	—	11,330	19,457	.582	1	22	5935	11252	13099	3026	739	2732	3310	28,596

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1992-93	ORL	81	37.9	8.6	15.3	.562	0.0	5.0	8.5	13.2	1.8	0.7	3.4	3.6	22.2
1993-94	ORL	81	39.8	10.6	17.8	.599	0.0	5.3	9.5	12.0	2.2	0.8	2.6	2.5	26.5
1994-95	ORL	79	37.0	11.5	19.6	.583	0.1	5.6	10.5	11.1	2.6	0.9	2.4	2.5	28.5
1995-96	ORL	54	36.0	11.0	19.1	.573	0.0	4.6	9.5	11.0	2.9	0.6	2.1	2.9	26.5
1996-97	LAL	51	38.1	10.2	18.4	.557	0.1	4.3	8.9	11.9	2.9	0.9	2.7	2.7	24.8
1997-98	LAL	60	36.2	11.1	19.0	.584	0.0	5.9	11.3	11.3	2.4	0.6	2.4	2.9	28.1
1998-99	LAL	49	34.8	10.8	18.7	.576	0.0	5.7	10.5	11.1	2.4	0.8	1.7	2.6	27.2
1999-00	LAL	79	40.0	10.9	19.0	.574	0.0	4.9	9.4	12.3	3.4	0.4	2.7	2.5	26.7
2000-01	LAL	74	39.5	10.0	17.5	.572	0.0	6.1	12.0	11.6	3.4	0.6	2.5	2.7	26.2
2001-02	LAL	67	36.1	10.6	18.3	.579	0.0	5.9	10.7	10.6	3.0	0.6	2.0	2.5	27.1
2002-03	LAL	67	37.8	9.9	17.2	.574	0.0	6.4	10.3	10.5	2.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	26.1
2003-04	LAL	67	36.8	8.1	13.9	.584	0.0	4.8	9.9	11.2	2.9	0.5	2.4	2.8	21.0
2004-05	MIA	73	34.1	9.5	15.8	.601	0.0	5.1	11.1	11.0	2.9	0.5	2.5	2.9	24.1
2005-06	MIA	59	30.6	9.6	15.9	.600	0.0	4.4	9.4	10.8	2.3	0.5	2.1	3.3	23.5
2006-07	MIA	40	28.4	9.0	15.2	.591	0.0	3.9	9.3	9.4	2.5	0.3	1.7	3.0	21.9
2007-08	2TM	61	28.7	6.8	11.5	.593	0.0	3.5	7.0	11.4	1.9	0.7	1.8	3.7	17.1
	MIA	33	28.6	7.3	12.5	.581	0.0	3.4	6.8	9.8	1.7	0.7	2.1	3.7	17.9
	PHX	28	28.7	6.3	10.3	.611	0.0	3.7	7.2	13.3	2.2	0.6	1.5	3.7	16.2
2008-09	PHX	75	30.0	8.2	13.4	.609	0.0	4.9	8.3	10.1	2.0	0.8	1.7	2.7	21.3
2009-10	CLE	53	23.4	7.6	13.4	.566	0.0	3.3	6.6	10.3	2.3	0.4	1.8	3.0	18.5
2010-11	BOS	37	20.3	6.4	9.6	.667	0.0	3.5	6.3	8.5	1.2	0.8	2.0	2.7	16.3

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
1992-93	ORL	81	3,071	22.9	.584	27.0	4.5	6.0	10.4	.163	+2.0	+1.5	+3.5	+4.3
1993-94	ORL	81	3,224	28.5	.605	29.0	12.1	4.8	16.9	.252	+6.2	+0.6	+6.8	+7.2
1994-95	ORL	79	2,923	28.6	.588	31.9	9.6	4.4	14.0	.230	+5.6	+0.2	+5.8	+5.7
1995-96	ORL	54	1,946	26.4	.570	32.8	3.9	3.0	6.9	.171	+3.5	+0.2	+3.7	+2.8
1996-97	LAL	51	1,941	27.1	.556	31.1	4.1	3.9	8.0	.197	+4.7	+1.8	+6.5	+4.1
1997-98	LAL	60	2,175	28.8	.587	32.9	6.7	3.4	10.2	.224	+5.7	+0.2	+5.8	+4.3
1998-99	LAL	49	1,705	30.6	.584	32.4	7.2	1.9	9.0	.255	+7.5	-0.4	+7.1	+3.9
1999-00	LAL	79	3,163	30.6	.578	31.2	11.7	7.0	18.6	.283	+7.3	+2.0	+9.3	+9.0
2000-01	LAL	74	2,924	30.2	.574	31.6	11.1	3.9	14.9	.245	+7.0	+0.7	+7.7	+7.1
2001-02	LAL	67	2,422	29.7	.590	31.8	9.2	4.0	13.2	.262	+7.1	+0.9	+8.0	+6.1
2002-03	LAL	67	2,535	29.5	.602	30.2	10.2	3.0	13.2	.250	+6.4	+0.1	+6.5	+5.5
2003-04	LAL	67	2,464	24.4	.578	26.3	5.9	4.0	9.9	.192	+3.8	+1.0	+4.8	+4.1
2004-05	MIA	73	2,492	27.0	.583	30.5	6.4	4.6	11.0	.211	+4.1	+1.2	+5.3	+4.6
2005-06	MIA	59	1,806	24.4	.586	30.0	3.3	2.9	6.2	.164	+2.4	+0.3	+2.7	+2.1
2006-07	MIA	40	1,135	21.7	.567	29.4	1.4	1.5	2.8	.119	+1.6	+0.2	+1.7	+1.1
2007-08	2TM	61	1,748	17.1	.589	23.5	0.6	2.3	2.8	.078	-1.2	+0.2	-1.1	+0.4
	MIA	33	945	17.7	.577	25.3	0.1	1.0	1.2	.059	-1.4	-0.1	-1.5	+0.1
	PHX	28	803	16.5	.605	21.3	0.4	1.2	1.7	.100	-1.0	+0.4	-0.6	+0.3
2008-09	PHX	75	2,252	22.3	.623	24.2	5.6	2.2	7.8	.166	+1.9	-0.3	+1.7	+2.1
2009-10	CLE	53	1,240	17.9	.565	25.1	0.9	2.1	3.1	.119	-1.0	+0.8	-0.2	+0.6
2010-11	BOS	37	752	17.4	.659	20.1	1.1	1.6	2.7	.174	-1.7	+2.0	+0.3	+0.4
Career		1207	—	—	—	—	—	—	181.6	—	—	—	—	+75.4

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%
1993-94	3	42.0	20.7	13.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	.511	—	.517
1994-95	21	38.3	25.7	11.9	3.3	0.9	1.9	.577	—	.595
1995-96	12	38.2	25.8	10.0	4.6	0.8	1.2	.606	—	.575
1996-97	9	35.8	26.9	10.6	3.2	0.6	1.9	.514	—	.552
1997-98	13	37.8	30.5	10.2	2.9	0.5	2.6	.612	—	.604
1998-99	8	39.0	26.6	11.6	2.2	0.9	2.9	.510	—	.515
1999-00	23	43.0	30.7	15.4	3.1	0.6	2.4	.566	—	.556
2000-01	16	41.8	30.4	15.4	3.2	0.4	2.4	.555	—	.564
2001-02	19	40.4	28.5	12.6	2.8	0.5	2.5	.529	—	.569
2002-03	12	39.5	27.0	14.8	3.7	0.6	2.8	.535	—	.570
2003-04	22	41.5	21.5	13.2	2.5	0.3	2.8	.593	—	.565
2004-05	15	32.5	16.8	6.8	1.7	0.3	1.3	.558	—	.554
2005-06	23	32.5	18.4	9.8	1.7	0.5	1.5	.612	—	.571
2006-07	4	29.8	18.8	8.5	1.2	0.2	1.5	.559	—	.529
2007-08	5	29.8	15.2	9.2	1.0	1.0	2.6	.440	—	.486
2009-10	11	21.5	11.5	5.5	1.4	0.2	1.2	.516	—	.559
2010-11	2	5.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	.500	—	.347
Career	218	37.1	24.1	11.5	2.7	0.5	2.1	.563	—	.565

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	662	22.4	10.4	2.4	519–143
Away	642	21.4	9.7	2.3	352–290
In wins	871	22.9	10.4	2.6	871–0
In losses	433	20.0	9.3	1.8	0–433

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	43	20.9	9.9	2.5	33–10
BOS Boston Celtics	46	22.2	10.7	2.0	27–19
BKN Brooklyn Nets	47	21.4	10.2	2.3	33–14
CHA Charlotte Hornets	37	23.4	10.4	2.2	24–13
CHI Chicago Bulls	43	18.6	9.3	2.2	23–20
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	41	20.7	9.6	2.4	27–14
DAL Dallas Mavericks	50	23.3	10.1	2.0	32–18
DEN Denver Nuggets	46	20.7	9.9	3.0	32–14
DET Detroit Pistons	46	22.9	11.0	2.1	27–19
GSW Golden State Warriors	46	23.3	11.2	2.3	34–12
HOU Houston Rockets	49	20.4	10.5	2.6	30–19
IND Indiana Pacers	45	21.8	9.5	1.7	24–21
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	47	23.5	9.6	2.5	40–7
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	21	20.1	9.9	2.3	10–11
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	44	19.9	8.6	2.5	36–8
MIA Miami Heat	37	20.4	9.4	2.1	25–12
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	39	24.5	10.6	2.7	32–7
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	52	22.7	10.1	2.8	37–15
NYK New York Knicks	47	23.0	9.6	2.2	31–16
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	8	12.5	5.4	1.5	7–1
ORL Orlando Magic	31	19.6	9.1	2.3	22–9
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	48	22.5	10.7	2.2	31–17
PHX Phoenix Suns	49	23.8	10.7	2.5	32–17
POR Portland Trail Blazers	53	22.5	11.0	2.4	33–20
SAC Sacramento Kings	50	22.7	10.0	2.6	38–12
SAS San Antonio Spurs	47	21.5	10.8	1.7	25–22
TOR Toronto Raptors	31	23.0	9.7	2.5	24–7
UTA Utah Jazz	53	21.5	9.9	2.1	33–20
WAS Washington Wizards	29	19.7	8.9	2.1	24–5

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2010-11

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)	83%	.719
In the paint (3-10 ft)	16%	.424
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	0%	0.000
Long two (16 ft-3P)	0%	—
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	—

Average shot distance 1.8 ft · 22% of attempts were dunks

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1992-93	$3,000,000
1993-94	$3,900,000
1994-95	$4,800,000
1995-96	$5,700,000
1996-97	$10,714,000
1997-98	$12,857,143
1998-99	$15,000,000
1999-00	$17,142,000
2000-01	$19,285,000
2001-02	$21,428,000
2002-03	$23,571,000
2003-04	$26,571,000
2004-05	$29,464,000
2005-06	$20,000,000
2006-07	$20,000,000
2007-08	$21,000,000
2008-09	$21,000,000
2009-10	$21,000,000
2010-11	$1,352,181
2011-12	$1,352,181
Career earnings	$299,136,505

Frequently asked questions

What team does Shaquille O'Neal play for?

Shaquille O'Neal plays C for the Boston Celtics.

What are Shaquille O'Neal's career stats?

Shaquille O'Neal has averaged 23.7 PPG, 10.9 RPG, 2.5 APG over 19 seasons (1992-93–2010-11).

How much does Shaquille O'Neal make?

Shaquille O'Neal's salary is $1,352,181 for the 2011-12 season, with career earnings of about $299.1M.

How tall is Shaquille O'Neal?

Shaquille O'Neal is 7-1 (325 lb).

When was Shaquille O'Neal drafted?

Shaquille O'Neal was drafted in 1992, round 1, pick 1, by the Orlando Magic.