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Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Shaquille O'Neal

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Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Head-to-Head Stats

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Per Game

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Yao Ming	13	13	34.7	7.4	15.6	7.4	15.6	0.0	0.0	3.8	4.3	2.2	8.3	10.5	2.1	0.3	1.5	1.7	4.6	18.6
2	Shaquille O'Neal	13	13	38.3	8.7	15.7	8.7	15.7	0.0	0.0	5.5	9.8	3.7	5.9	9.6	2.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	3.8	22.9

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Yao Ming	5	5	37.4	6.2	13.6	6.2	13.6	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.4	2.2	5.2	7.4	1.8	0.4	1.4	2.6	4.0	15.0
2	Shaquille O'Neal	5	5	42.0	6.8	13.2	6.8	13.2	0.0	0.0	2.6	8.8	3.6	7.6	11.2	3.6	0.6	2.8	2.2	4.4	16.2

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Totals

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Yao Ming	13	13	451	96	203	.473	96	203	.473	0	0		.473	50	56	.893	.532	28	108	136	27	4	20	22	60	242
2	Shaquille O'Neal	13	13	498	113	204	.554	113	204	.554	0	0		.554	72	127	.567	.573	48	77	125	26	11	32	43	50	298

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Yao Ming	5	5	187	31	68	.456	31	68	.456	0	0		.456	13	17	.765	.497	11	26	37	9	2	7	13	20	75
2	Shaquille O'Neal	5	5	210	34	66	.515	34	66	.515	0	0		.515	13	44	.295	.474	18	38	56	18	3	14	11	22	81

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Game Logs

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Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	BPM	+/-
1	Yao Ming	HOU	2009-04-01	*	39	9	18	.500	9	18	.500	0	0		2	3	.667	.518	2	12	14	1	0	1	3	5	20	12.0	-5.8	2
2	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	2009-04-01	*	38	8	17	.471	8	17	.471	0	0		6	11	.545	.504	3	7	10	1	3	2	3	1	22	17.2	-1.5	1
3	Yao Ming	HOU	2009-03-06	*	42	6	16	.375	6	16	.375	0	0		3	4	.750	.422	2	11	13	6	2	2	2	4	15	14.5	0.4	8
4	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	2009-03-06	*	37	8	12	.667	8	12	.667	0	0		1	2	.500	.660	3	2	5	2	1	2	3	4	17	13.3	0.9	-7
5	Yao Ming	HOU	2008-11-12	*	33	7	14	.500	7	14	.500	0	0		3	4	.750	.539	3	12	15	1	1	2	0	2	17	17.6	8.9	7
6	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	2008-11-12	*	32	7	12	.583	7	12	.583	0	0		4	4	1.000	.654	7	6	13	3	0	4	2	3	18	20.8	15.1	-11
7	Yao Ming	HOU	2007-11-23	*	35	8	13	.615	8	13	.615	0	0		4	4	1.000	.678	2	5	7	2	0	1	1	6	20	15.7	4.3	-4
8	Shaquille O'Neal	MIA	2007-11-23	*	34	10	12	.833	10	12	.833	0	0		6	12	.500	.752	4	10	14	2	2	3	6	4	26	22.9	9.7	12
9	Yao Ming	HOU	2006-11-12	*	38	11	19	.579	11	19	.579	0	0		12	13	.923	.688	0	14	14	2	0	0	4	4	34	24.7	11.9	20
10	Shaquille O'Neal	MIA	2006-11-12	*	33	6	14	.429	6	14	.429	0	0		3	9	.333	.418	2	8	10	1	0	1	5	4	15	3.8	-6.9	-2
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Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Player Comparison

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Per Game

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Yao Ming	22-30	2002-03	2010-11	486	476	32.5	7.0	13.3	.524	7.0	13.2	.525	0.0	0.0	.200	.525	5.1	6.1	.833	2.5	6.7	9.2	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.7	3.3	19.0
2	Shaquille O'Neal	20-38	1992-93	2010-11	1207	1197	34.7	9.4	16.1	.582	9.4	16.1	.583	0.0	0.0	.045	.582	4.9	9.3	.527	3.5	7.4	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	2.7	3.4	23.7

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Yao Ming	23-28	2003-04	2008-09	28	28	35.3	7.0	13.4	.519	7.0	13.4	.519	0.0	0.0		.519	5.9	7.1	.833	2.7	6.6	9.3	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.9	3.8	19.8
2	Shaquille O'Neal	21-38	1993-94	2010-11	216	214	37.5	9.4	16.8	.563	9.4	16.8	.563	0.0	0.0		.563	5.4	10.7	.504	4.0	7.6	11.6	2.7	0.5	2.1	3.0	3.6	24.3

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Totals

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Yao Ming	22-30	2002-03	2010-11	486	476	15818	3380	6445	.524	3378	6435	.525	2	10	.200	.525	2485	2984	.833	.596	1233	3261	4494	769	189	920	1311	1596	9247
2	Shaquille O'Neal	20-38	1992-93	2010-11	1207	1197	41918	11330	19457	.582	11329	19435	.583	1	22	.045	.582	5935	11252	.527	.586	4209	8890	13099	3026	739	2732	3310	4146	28596

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Yao Ming	23-28	2003-04	2008-09	28	28	988	195	376	.519	195	376	.519	0	0		.519	165	198	.833	.599	76	185	261	29	9	42	82	105	555
2	Shaquille O'Neal	21-38	1993-94	2010-11	216	214	8098	2041	3627	.563	2041	3627	.563	0	0		.563	1168	2317	.504	.565	866	1642	2508	582	117	459	649	769	5250

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Per 36 Minutes

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Yao Ming	22-30	2002-03	2010-11	7.7	14.7	.524	7.7	14.6	.525	0.0	0.0	.200	5.7	6.8	.833	.6	2.8	7.4	10.2	1.8	0.4	2.1	3.0	3.6	21.0
2	Shaquille O'Neal	20-38	1992-93	2010-11	9.7	16.7	.582	9.7	16.7	.583	0.0	0.0	.045	5.1	9.7	.527	.6	3.6	7.6	11.2	2.6	0.6	2.3	2.8	3.6	24.6

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Yao Ming	23-28	2003-04	2008-09	7.1	13.7	.519	7.1	13.7	.519	0.0	0.0		6.0	7.2	.833	.6	2.8	6.7	9.5	1.1	0.3	1.5	3.0	3.8	20.2
2	Shaquille O'Neal	21-38	1993-94	2010-11	9.1	16.1	.563	9.1	16.1	.563	0.0	0.0		5.2	10.3	.504	.6	3.8	7.3	11.1	2.6	0.5	2.0	2.9	3.4	23.3

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Per 100 Possessions

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Yao Ming	22-30	2002-03	2010-11	11.5	21.9	.524	11.5	21.9	.525	0.0	0.0	.200	8.5	10.2	.833	.6	4.2	11.1	15.3	2.6	0.6	3.1	4.5	5.4	31.5	112	99
2	Shaquille O'Neal	20-38	1992-93	2010-11	14.0	24.0	.582	14.0	23.9	.583	0.0	0.0	.045	7.3	13.9	.527	.6	5.2	10.9	16.1	3.7	0.9	3.4	4.1	5.1	35.2	113	101

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Yao Ming	23-28	2003-04	2008-09	10.8	20.9	.519	10.8	20.9	.519	0.0	0.0		9.2	11.0	.833	.6	4.2	10.3	14.5	1.6	0.5	2.3	4.6	5.8	30.8	111	105
2	Shaquille O'Neal	21-38	1993-94	2010-11	13.5	23.9	.563	13.5	23.9	.563	0.0	0.0		7.7	15.3	.504	.6	5.7	10.8	16.6	3.8	0.8	3.0	4.3	5.1	34.7	110	103

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Advanced

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Yao Ming	22-30	2002-03	2010-11	486	476	15818	23.0	.596	9.3	16.5	9.6	0.6	4.4	14.5	26.8	36.7	29.3	65.9	.200	2.0	1.2	3.2	20.7
2	Shaquille O'Neal	20-38	1992-93	2010-11	1207	1197	41918	26.4	.586	11.7	17.8	13.9	0.9	4.6	11.9	29.5	115.4	66.4	181.7	.208	4.4	0.7	5.1	75.5

Yao Ming vs. Shaq: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Yao Ming	23-28	2003-04	2008-09	28	28	988	21.5	.599	9.4	15.6	6.1	0.5	3.3	15.0	26.6	2.1	1.1	3.2	.156	1.6	0.7	2.3	1.1
2	Shaquille O'Neal	21-38	1993-94	2010-11	216	214	8098	26.1	.565	12.5	18.0	14.7	0.8	4.4	12.3	30.2	20.1	11.0	31.1	.184	5.0	0.4	5.5	15.3

Data coverage:

Game data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. Regular season: PTS, FG, FT, 3P complete all-time. FTA complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST, PF, GS over 99% complete back to 1975-76. MP over 99% complete back to 1976-77. +/- complete back to 1996-97. All other box score stats (3PA, ORB, DRB, STL, BLK, TOV) complete back to 1983-84. Playoffs: PTS, FG, FT, FTA, 3P, 3PA complete all-time. PF complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST complete back to 1962-63. GS complete back to 1973-74. MP complete back to 1974-75. +/- complete back to 1996-97. STL, BLK, TOV complete back to 1982-83. ORB, DRB complete back to 1983-84. BPM not available for WNBA & ABA.

Season data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. All box score stats are covered all-time (though not all stats were tracked for all of NBA history). PER since 1951-52. AST% since 1964-65. TRB% since 1970-71. BPM, VORP, DRtg and Per 100 Poss stats since 1973-74. ORtg since 1977-78. GS since 1981-82. Some stats were available earlier in the ABA. WNBA all-time (since 1997) unless otherwise noted. BPM and VORP not available for WNBA.

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