Shawn Kemp vs. Michael Olowokandi Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Olowokandi and Shawn Kemp, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Shawn Kemp played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Michael Olowokandi, who played 9. Shawn Kemp had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Michael Olowokandi had his rookie season in 1998-99. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Shawn Kemp	14	10	1989-90 to 2002-03
Michael Olowokandi	9	1	1998-99 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	1989-90	1998-99
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736
Michael Olowokandi	45	28.4	8.9	2.7	5.3	7.9	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.9	3.0	3.8	8.9	.431	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.6	.483

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	1990-91	1999-00
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	81	30.1	15.0	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.9	5.7	11.2	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	5.4	.661
Michael Olowokandi	80	31.2	9.8	2.4	5.8	8.2	0.5	0.4	1.8	2.2	3.8	4.1	9.5	.437	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.4	.651

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	5	29.8	13.2	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.2	0.6	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.4	11.4	.386	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.4	.815
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	1991-92	2000-01
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	64	28.3	15.5	4.1	6.3	10.4	1.3	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.1	5.7	11.2	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	4.2	5.6	.748
Michael Olowokandi	82	25.9	8.5	2.0	4.4	6.4	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.1	3.0	3.8	8.6	.435	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.9	.545

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	9	37.6	17.4	5.2	7.0	12.2	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	11.2	.475	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	8.9	.763
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	1992-93	2001-02
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	78	33.1	17.8	3.7	7.0	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	2.8	4.2	6.6	13.4	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.4	.712
Michael Olowokandi	80	32.1	11.1	2.1	6.8	8.9	1.1	0.7	1.8	2.2	2.7	4.8	11.1	.433	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.4	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	19	34.9	16.5	4.2	5.8	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	4.1	5.8	11.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.1	.809
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	1993-94	2002-03
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	79	32.9	18.1	3.9	6.8	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	3.3	3.9	6.7	12.5	.538	0.0	0.1	.250	4.6	6.2	.741
Michael Olowokandi	36	38.0	12.3	1.6	7.5	9.1	1.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	3.1	5.2	12.1	.427	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.9	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	5	41.2	14.8	4.0	5.8	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.8	3.6	5.2	14.0	.371	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.6	.667
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	1994-95	2003-04
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	82	32.7	18.7	3.9	7.0	10.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	3.2	4.1	6.6	12.2	.547	0.0	0.1	.286	5.3	7.1	.749
Michael Olowokandi	43	21.5	6.5	1.8	3.9	5.7	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.3	3.2	2.8	6.6	.425	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.590

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	4	40.0	24.8	4.3	7.8	12.0	2.8	2.0	1.8	3.8	4.3	8.3	14.3	.579	0.3	0.3	1.000	8.0	9.8	.821
Michael Olowokandi	15	14.9	2.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.1	3.3	0.8	2.5	.324	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.5	.875


Season 7
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	1995-96	2004-05
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	79	33.3	19.6	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.2	1.2	1.6	4.0	3.8	6.7	11.9	.561	0.1	0.2	.417	6.2	8.4	.742
Michael Olowokandi	62	19.6	5.9	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.1	3.1	2.6	5.7	.456	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	20	36.0	20.9	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.5	1.2	2.0	4.0	4.2	7.4	12.9	.570	0.0	0.2	.000	6.2	7.8	.795
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	1996-97	2005-06
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	81	34.0	18.7	3.4	6.6	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5	4.0	6.5	12.7	.510	0.1	0.4	.364	5.6	7.5	.742
Michael Olowokandi	48	19.1	5.0	1.0	3.5	4.6	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.1	2.5	2.2	5.0	.446	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.511

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	12	36.8	21.6	4.3	8.0	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.9	4.6	7.1	14.6	.486	0.2	0.8	.200	7.3	8.8	.829
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	1997-98	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	80	34.6	18.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	3.4	3.9	6.5	14.6	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	5.1	7.0	.727
Michael Olowokandi	24	9.8	1.7	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.7	2.0	0.8	1.9	.413	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	4	38.0	26.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	4.0	3.0	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.844
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	42	35.1	20.5	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.4	1.1	1.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	13.7	.482	0.0	0.0	.500	7.3	9.3	.789
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	82	30.4	17.8	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.7	1.2	1.2	3.5	4.5	5.9	14.1	.417	0.0	0.1	.333	6.0	7.7	.776
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	68	15.9	6.5	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.7	2.5	6.1	.407	0.1	0.2	.364	1.5	1.9	.771
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	75	16.4	6.1	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.1	2.5	2.3	5.4	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.7	.794
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	3	12.0	3.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.3	.700
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Shawn Kemp	Michael Olowokandi
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	79	20.7	6.8	1.9	3.8	5.7	0.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	3.0	2.7	6.4	.418	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.742
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	7	10.4	3.0	0.1	2.0	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	1.1	3.0	.381	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.833
Michael Olowokandi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Shawn Kemp vs. Michael Olowokandi Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Olowokandi and Shawn Kemp, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14