Statistical Profile
We have ON-OFF for Shaq’s entire career except his rookie year.
ON-OFF Stats
Regular Season
(93% Complete)
Postseason
(100% Complete)
Defensive Tracking
Regular Season
(0% Complete)
Postseason
(2% Complete)
RAPM
1985-1996
(16% Complete)
1997-2003
(100% Complete)
WOWYR
1957-2016
(100% Complete)
ON-OFF Stats
Regular Season ON-OFF (From Pollack. Ratings are calculated using B-Ref minutes and pace estimates. * denotes partial data.)
| Year | ON Net | OFF Net | ON-OFF Net | Games |
| 1993 | ||||
| 1994 | 5.5 | -2.2 | 7.7 | 81 |
| 1995 | 10.5 | -1.4 | 11.9 | 79 |
| 1996 | 11.2 | 1.0 | 10.2 | 54 |
| Magic | 8.8 | -1.1 | 9.9 | 214* |
| Career | 8.0 | -0.8 | 8.8 | 1126* |
Postseason ON-OFF (From personal tracking. Ratings are calculated using B-Ref minutes and pace estimates.)
| Year | ON ORtg | ON DRtg | ON Net | OFF ORtg | OFF DRtg | OFF Net | ON-OFF ORtg | ON-OFF DRtg | ON-OFF Net | Games |
| 1994 | 105.9 | 108.5 | -2.6 | 90.8 | 121.1 | -30.3 | 15.1 | -12.6 | 27.7 | 3 |
| 1995 | 115.1 | 111.3 | 3.9 | 109.7 | 117.7 | -8.0 | 5.4 | -6.4 | 11.9 | 21 |
| 1996 | 117.4 | 110.7 | 6.7 | 103.3 | 120.5 | -17.2 | 14.1 | -9.8 | 23.9 | 12 |
| Magic | 115.0 | 110.8 | 4.2 | 106.6 | 118.8 | -12.2 | 8.4 | -8.0 | 16.4 | 36 |
| Career | 109.2 | 103.7 | 5.5 | 102.0 | 109.7 | -7.7 | 7.2 | -6.0 | 13.2 | 216 |
Postseason ON Court Relative Ratings (rORtg is relative to opponent DRtg. rDRtg is relative to opponent ORtg.)
| Year | ON ORtg | ON rORtg | ON DRtg | ON rDRtg | ON rNet | Games |
| 1994 | 105.9 | 1.7 | 108.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 1995 | 115.1 | 8.1 | 111.3 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 21 |
| 1996 | 117.4 | 12.4 | 110.7 | -0.1 | 12.5 | 12 |
| 1997 | 113.3 | 9.6 | 102.9 | -7.9 | 17.5 | 9 |
| 1998 | 116.1 | 12.3 | 108.4 | -1.0 | 13.3 | 13 |
| 1999 | 101.3 | -2.7 | 104.8 | 0.1 | -2.8 | 8 |
| 2000 | 110.3 | 8.9 | 105.6 | -0.9 | 9.8 | 23 |
| 2001 | 110.8 | 11.2 | 97.0 | -8.6 | 19.8 | 16 |
| 2002 | 109.9 | 8.8 | 102.5 | -4.2 | 13.0 | 19 |
| 2003 | 109.1 | 7.3 | 107.2 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 12 |
| 2004 | 104.0 | 6.9 | 99.2 | -3.6 | 10.5 | 22 |
| 2005 | 107.9 | 4.0 | 102.8 | -1.9 | 5.9 | 13 |
| 2006 | 106.0 | 2.5 | 104.3 | -3.3 | 5.8 | 23 |
| 2007 | 92.8 | -6.8 | 112.4 | 7.5 | -14.3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 105.9 | 4.1 | 100.3 | -6.9 | 11.0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 104.2 | -0.4 | 107.0 | 1.4 | -1.8 | 11 |
| 2011 | 115.0 | 8.2 | 115.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2 |
| Magic | 115.0 | 9.1 | 110.8 | 1.1 | 8.0 | 36 |
| Career | 109.2 | 6.7 | 103.7 | -2.0 | 8.7 | 216 |
Defensive Tracking
Postseason Man Defense – Individual Matchups (From personal tracking. Forced TO include Steals, Charges and Shot Clock Violations Drawn.)
| Year | Matchup | PPG Against | DFG% (Diff) | DTS% (Diff) | Forced TO | Shooting Fouls | Blown By |
| 1995 | Hakeem Olajuwon | 17.5 | 41.1% (-10.6%) | 44.0% (-12.3%) | 3 | 9 | 5 |
RAPM
Single-Year RAPM (1985-1996 partial RAPM is from Squared2020.com, 1997-2011 RAPM is from xRAPM.com)
| Year | ORAPM | DRAPM | RAPM | RAPM Rank |
| 1993 | 3.15 | -0.19 | 2.96 | 17th |
| 1994 | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1996 | 2.38 | 1.38 | 3.76 | 14th |
| 1997 | 3.3 | -2.5 | 5.8 | 6th |
| 1998 | 5.0 | -2.2 | 7.2 | 1st |
| 1999 | 4.9 | -1.1 | 6.0 | 2nd |
| 2000 | 5.6 | -1.4 | 7.0 | 1st |
| 2001 | 5.5 | -0.7 | 6.2 | 3rd |
| 2002 | 4.6 | -1.3 | 5.9 | 4th |
| 2003 | 5.0 | -0.6 | 5.6 | 5th |
| 2004 | 4.4 | -1.4 | 5.8 | 4th |
| 2005 | 3.6 | -1.6 | 5.2 | 8th |
| 2006 | 2.6 | -1.3 | 3.9 | 19th |
| 2007 | 1.8 | -0.7 | 2.5 | 35th |
| 2008 | 1.1 | -1.9 | 3.0 | 23rd |
| 2009 | 1.8 | -0.3 | 2.1 | 42nd |
| 2010 | -0.4 | -0.7 | 0.3 | 118th |
| 2011 | -0.2 | -1.0 | 0.8 | 90th |
WOWYR
1957-2016 WOWYR (From Thinking Basketball.)
| Player | Scaled WOWYR | Alt Scaled | 10-Year GPM | Average | Variability | Rank |
| Shaquille O’Neal | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 0.3 | 12th |