Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Sam Bowie and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which Sam Bowie and Hakeem Olajuwon played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

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They faced each other a total of 19 times in NBA games. Hakeem Olajuwon has a 11-8 winning record over Sam Bowie. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Sam Bowie
vs.
Hakeem Olajuwon
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Sam Bowie:
1984-85 to 1994-95
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
19 Games played
19 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Sam Bowie
8
8
0
Hakeem Olajuwon
11
11
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Sam Bowie 10.8 6.7 1.7 0.61.6
Hakeem Olajuwon 23.0 11.3 2.31.63.3
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Sam Bowie 34 15 5 36
Hakeem Olajuwon 41 18 6 58
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Sam Bowie 2

games		 3

games		 5

games		 2

games		1

game
Hakeem Olajuwon 16

games 		16

games		 7

games		 11

games		16

games
Both had same stat 1

game		 0

games		 7

games		 6

games		2

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 08, 1984
1. Trail Blazers 120   Sam Bowie 8 7 2 1 2 1 4 19 3-6 .500 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Rockets 127   Hakeem Olajuwon 21 12 3 2 4 3 6 33 7-15 .467 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Dec. 29, 1984
2. Trail Blazers 92   Sam Bowie 10 9 2 2 2 4 4 28 2-6 .333 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Rockets 108   Hakeem Olajuwon 26 17 2 2 3 2 3 32 9-17 .529 0-0 - 8-14 .571
Jan. 15, 1985
3. Trail Blazers 121   Sam Bowie 2 6 1 1 6 2 6 26 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 117   Hakeem Olajuwon 29 10 1 1 8 6 5 39 12-16 .750 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Feb. 22, 1985
4. Trail Blazers 103   Sam Bowie 26 11 4 1 6 4 4 38 11-15 .733 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Rockets 117   Hakeem Olajuwon 35 10 2 1 2 1 4 42 14-24 .583 0-0 - 7-10 .700
Apr. 02, 1985
5. Trail Blazers 127   Sam Bowie 11 7 2 0 1 2 5 25 4-8 .500 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Rockets 113   Hakeem Olajuwon 23 15 1 1 6 6 5 37 10-13 .769 0-0 - 3-5 .600
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 05, 1985
6. Trail Blazers 113   Sam Bowie 15 7 2 0 3 0 5 30 6-10 .600 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Rockets 127   Hakeem Olajuwon 41 18 2 1 3 2 2 42 14-25 .560 0-0 - 13-17 .765
Dec. 28, 1985
7. Trail Blazers 108   Sam Bowie 12 5 0 0 0 2 5 21 5-5 1.000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 118   Hakeem Olajuwon 30 12 1 0 2 0 3 43 13-26 .500 0-0 - 4-10 .400
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 09, 1989
8. Trail Blazers 110   Sam Bowie 6 1 1 0 0 2 3 16 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Rockets 113   Hakeem Olajuwon 19 5 4 3 1 2 6 33 7-18 .389 0-1 .000 5-6 .833
Mar. 18, 1989
9. Trail Blazers 113   Sam Bowie 7 4 0 0 0 0 3 11 3-5 .600 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 127   Hakeem Olajuwon 20 3 0 3 0 1 5 24 9-16 .563 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 08, 1989
10. Nets 99   Sam Bowie 17 10 2 0 0 2 4 39 6-9 .667 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Rockets 94   Hakeem Olajuwon 26 11 4 5 2 9 4 44 12-21 .571 0-0 - 2-6 .333
Feb. 23, 1990
11. Nets 115   Sam Bowie 15 8 1 0 1 3 4 30 7-12 .583 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Rockets 125   Hakeem Olajuwon 16 9 1 2 2 1 3 23 7-15 .467 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 28, 1990
12. Nets 99   Sam Bowie 15 9 0 3 2 5 4 39 6-14 .429 1-2 .500 2-4 .500
Rockets 101   Hakeem Olajuwon 14 16 0 1 4 6 6 37 6-17 .353 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 05, 1991
13. Nets 100   Sam Bowie 18 8 5 0 0 2 3 25 8-14 .571 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Rockets 112   Hakeem Olajuwon 18 12 2 2 4 1 1 34 8-13 .615 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1991-92 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 26, 1991
14. Nets 99   Sam Bowie 34 15 2 0 1 3 3 35 13-20 .650 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Rockets 93   Hakeem Olajuwon 17 7 2 0 3 4 3 34 6-14 .429 0-0 - 5-7 .714
1992-93 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 24, 1993
15. Nets 100   Sam Bowie 2 7 1 0 0 1 2 18 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 83   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 11 2 1 4 6 3 45 8-19 .421 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Jan. 30, 1993
16. Nets 105   Sam Bowie 2 4 1 0 1 1 2 21 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 108   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 14 6 2 3 5 6 38 10-20 .500 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1994-95 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 02, 1994
17. Lakers 107   Sam Bowie 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 13 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 89   Hakeem Olajuwon 16 7 1 0 1 3 3 33 6-15 .400 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Dec. 15, 1994
18. Lakers 97   Sam Bowie 6 7 0 2 2 1 6 26 1-4 .250 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Rockets 94   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 14 6 1 4 2 1 39 8-19 .421 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Mar. 26, 1995
19. Lakers 107   Sam Bowie 0 1 4 1 3 1 3 09 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 96   Hakeem Olajuwon 20 12 3 2 6 6 5 37 7-15 .467 0-0 - 6-7 .857
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