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The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24
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Ray Allen vs Shaquille O'Neal

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Ray Allen1996-972013-14 · MIL
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Shaquille O'Neal1992-932010-11 · LAL

Shaquille O'Neal leads 6 of 8 career categories against Ray Allen, including scoring (23.7 PPG) and rebounding (10.9 RPG). Head to head they met 34 times, 6 of them in the playoffs, with the series even at 17–17.

The case for Ray Allen

playmaking (3.4 APG), longevity (1300 games played).

The case for Shaquille O'Neal

scoring (23.7 PPG), rebounding (10.9 RPG), shooting efficiency (58.6% TS%), and 3 more.

Tale of the tape

18.9PPG23.7
4.1RPG10.9
3.4APG2.5
58.0%TS%58.6%
18.6PER26.4
145.1Win Shares180.4
1300games played1207

Head to Head

Ray AllenShaquille O'Neal
17Series wins17
19.4PPG20.6
4.1RPG9.2
4.6APG2.3
34 meetings (6 in the playoffs) · first 1996-97 · last 2009-10

Per Game

Ray AllenShaquille O'Neal
1300G1207
35.6MIN34.7
18.9PTS23.7
4.1REB10.9
3.4AST2.5
1.1STL0.6
0.2BLK2.3
45.2FG%58.2
40.03P%4.5
89.4FT%52.7

Advanced

Ray AllenShaquille O'Neal
18.6PER26.4
58.0TS%58.6
23.9USG%29.5
145.1WS180.4
0.150WS/480.207
2.7BPM4.7
54.8VORP71.7

Accolades

Ray AllenShaquille O'Neal
2All-NBA14
10All-Star15
1All-Rookie1
MVP1
Finals MVP3
All-Defensive3
All-Star MVP3
Rookie of the Year1

Career percentiles

90
Scoring
95
88
Efficiency
92
81
Playmaking
70
63
Rebounding
97
65
Defense
94

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