Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Shaquille O'Neal and John Salley

This is the detail of NBA games in which Shaquille O'Neal and John Salley 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.

Player comparisons:
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They faced each other a total of 17 times in NBA games. John Salley has a 9-8 winning record over Shaquille O'Neal, including a 3-0 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Shaquille O'Neal
vs.
John Salley
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Shaquille O'Neal:
1992-93 to 2010-11
John Salley:
1986-87 to 1999-00
17 Games played
14 in Regular Season
3 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Shaquille O'Neal
8
8
0
John Salley
9
6
3

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Shaquille O'Neal 24.5 11.0 2.3 1.22.6
John Salley 7.0 4.9 1.60.61.3
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Shaquille O'Neal 42 19 6 45
John Salley 20 16 7 24
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Shaquille O'Neal 16

games		 15

games		 10

games		 7

games		11

games
John Salley 1

game 		1

game		 4

games		 3

games		3

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 3

games		 7

games		3

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1992-93 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 06, 1992
1. Magic 110   Shaquille O'Neal 12 18 2 1 3 8 6 32 4-8 .500 0-0 - 4-7 .571
Heat 100   John Salley 2 9 7 2 2 7 2 39 1-7 .143 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 26, 1992
2. Magic 100   Shaquille O'Neal 18 11 2 0 3 3 5 36 6-15 .400 0-1 .000 6-9 .667
Heat 106   John Salley 13 12 3 1 3 1 4 41 4-8 .500 0-0 - 5-9 .556
Jan. 22, 1993
3. Magic 104   Shaquille O'Neal 15 11 0 3 5 2 5 24 6-8 .750 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Heat 110   John Salley 4 1 0 0 2 3 2 15 0-1 .000 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
1993-94 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 05, 1993
4. Magic 116   Shaquille O'Neal 42 12 1 1 1 1 4 31 17-24 .708 0-0 - 8-13 .615
Heat 96   John Salley 9 5 4 1 1 3 2 34 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Nov. 12, 1993
5. Magic 100   Shaquille O'Neal 21 7 4 1 4 4 5 38 8-17 .471 0-0 - 5-10 .500
Heat 115   John Salley 13 7 3 0 2 1 4 35 5-8 .625 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Dec. 30, 1993
6. Magic 108   Shaquille O'Neal 27 19 4 2 5 3 5 39 12-18 .667 0-0 - 3-8 .375
Heat 100   John Salley 20 16 0 2 0 1 5 40 8-12 .667 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Jan. 28, 1994
7. Magic 97   Shaquille O'Neal 21 11 2 0 5 5 4 40 6-12 .500 0-0 - 9-12 .750
Heat 106   John Salley 2 3 1 0 1 3 3 13 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 09, 1994
8. Magic 125   Shaquille O'Neal 17 8 2 1 2 4 4 36 6-13 .462 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Heat 105   John Salley 19 7 3 2 3 2 6 41 8-14 .571 0-0 - 3-6 .500
1994-95 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 21, 1994
9. Magic 124   Shaquille O'Neal 22 7 1 0 2 1 5 28 10-15 .667 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Heat 89   John Salley 8 2 1 0 4 2 3 26 3-6 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 09, 1994
10. Magic 110   Shaquille O'Neal 25 10 2 2 0 5 5 31 11-15 .733 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Heat 96   John Salley 12 3 0 1 0 4 4 26 5-7 .714 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Dec. 27, 1994
11. Magic 103   Shaquille O'Neal 28 11 3 1 4 2 1 37 11-22 .500 0-0 - 6-12 .500
Heat 83   John Salley 4 8 2 1 2 1 2 24 1-2 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Apr. 15, 1995
12. Magic 117   Shaquille O'Neal 38 16 2 0 2 6 5 41 16-22 .727 0-0 - 6-14 .429
Heat 123   John Salley 3 2 1 0 0 0 5 16 1-3 .333 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1995-96 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 17, 1995
13. Magic 93   Shaquille O'Neal 32 11 1 0 2 3 5 35 13-19 .684 0-0 - 6-11 .545
Raptors 110   John Salley 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 09 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 03, 1996
14. Magic 121   Shaquille O'Neal 26 8 1 4 2 1 3 37 11-15 .733 0-0 - 4-11 .364
Raptors 110   John Salley 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 06 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1996 Playoffs - Eastern Conference Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 19, 1996
15. Magic 83   Shaquille O'Neal 27 6 6 2 0 3 2 40 13-21 .619 0-0 - 1-7 .143
Bulls 121   John Salley 8 2 2 0 1 1 3 07 4-4 1.000 0-0 - 0-2 .000
May. 25, 1996
16. Magic 67   Shaquille O'Neal 17 12 3 2 2 5 4 45 8-19 .421 0-0 - 1-9 .111
Bulls 86   John Salley 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 05 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 27, 1996
17. Magic 101   Shaquille O'Neal 28 9 3 1 3 3 5 42 11-13 .846 0-0 - 6-9 .667
Bulls 106   John Salley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
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