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Olajuwon Career Profile Stats

50 Greatest Players in NBA History

MULTIMEDIA
Hakeem Olajuwon chases down KJ for the spectacular block.
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
In 1995-96, became the ninth NBA player to amass at least 20,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in his career and holds the NBA career record with 3,190 blocked shots
Ranked 2nd in the NBA in scoring (26.9 ppg) in 1995-96, 4th in blocked shots (2.88 bpg), 6th in rebounding (10.9 rpg) and 13th in minutes (38.8 mpg)
A member of the Rockets' 1994 and 1995 back-to-back NBA champion teams and was named Finals MVP both seasons
Named NBA MVP in 1994 and NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1993 and 1994
Named to the All-NBA First Team five times (1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994), the All-NBA Second Team three times (1986, 1990, 1996) and the All-NBA Third Team twice (1991, 1995)
Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team five times (1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994) and the All-Defensive Second Team three times (1985, 1991, 1996)
Led the NBA in rebounds in 1988-89 (1,105) and 1989-90 (1,149) and in blocks in 1989-90 (376) and 1991-92 (342)
Has played in 11 NBA All-Star Games (1985-1990, 1992-1996), averaging 9.6 ppg
Named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1985 and was runner-up in the Rookie of the Year voting
Selected by Houston with the first overall pick of the 1984 NBA Draft

CAREER TRANSACTIONS
Selected by the Houston Rockets in the first round (first pick overall) of the 1984 NBA Draft.

PERSONAL
Added the "H" to his first name on 3/9/91
Became a United States citizen on 4/2/93
Has four brothers, Kaka, Akins, Taju and Afis, and a sister, Kudi
Speaks French and four different Nigerian dialects

C A R E E R     S T A T I S T I C S
YEAR	TEAM	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PPG
84-85	Houston	82	82	35.5	.538	-	.613	11.9	1.4	99	220	20.6
85-86	Houston	68	68	36.3	.526	-	.645	11.5	2.0	134	231	23.5
86-87	Houston	75	75	36.8	.508	.200	.702	11.4	2.9	140	254	23.4
87-88	Houston	79	79	35.8	.514	.000	.695	12.1	2.1	162	214	22.8
88-89	Houston	82	82	36.9	.508	.000	.696	13.5	1.8	213	282	24.8
89-90	Houston	82	82	38.1	.501	.167	.713	14.0	2.9	174	376	24.3
90-91	Houston	56	50	36.8	.508	.000	.769	13.8	2.3	121	221	21.2
91-92	Houston	70	69	37.7	.502	.000	.766	12.1	2.2	127	304	21.6
92-93	Houston	82	82	39.5	.529	.000	.779	13.0	3.5	150	342	26.1
93-94	Houston	80	80	41.0	.528	.421	.716	11.9	3.6	128	297	27.3
94-95	Houston	72	72	39.6	.517	.188	.756	10.8	3.5	133	242	27.8
95-96	Houston	72	72	38.8	.514	.214	.724	10.9	3.6	113	207	26.9
1996-97		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Career	Houston	900	893	37.8	.516	.184	.711	12.2	2.7	1694	3190	24.3
All-Star	Houston	11	7	22.7	.392	1.000	.521	8.3	1.5	15	22	9.6
Playoff	Houston	115	115	41.1	.530	.286	.716	11.7	3.4	195	408	27.8