How long did Shaq's prime last?

[SyRyanYang]

3 years?
94-00 young Shaq
00-03 prime Shaq
04- Old Shaq
Is that so?

[crisoner]

99-02 Imo

[kaiiu]

prolly like 98-03

Peak- 00-02

[ThaSwagg3r]

1999-2005 as far as his basketball prime. His athletic prime was when he was with Orlando though.

[Bigsmoke]

1995-2002

[jlip]

I'm going '98-'03.
Had he not missed 20+ games he more than likely would have had MJ's last MVP in '98 IMO. Heck, injuries are probably what kept him from winning a couple more.

[24r2]

kobe's prime 2000-2015

[Odinn]

From 1997-98 to 2002-03. Maybe 1996-97 also.

Peak were 1999-00 and 2000-01 seasons obviously.

[$LakerGold]

wtf r yall talkin bout..

1997 - 2007 - Guy was still dominating the paint til he got injured.

[MJ23forever]

'95-'06

[Colby Brian]

1994-2003

[HB40TheNextStar]

I was glorious. Ended in 2003.

[Colby Brian]

heres his stats

[HTML]Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1992-93 20 ORL NBA 81 81 37.9 9.0 16.1 .562 0.0 0.0 .000 5.3 8.9 .592 4.2 9.6 13.9 1.9 0.7 3.5 3.8 4.0 23.4
1993-94 21 ORL NBA 81 81 39.8 11.8 19.6 .599 0.0 0.0 .000 5.8 10.5 .554 4.7 8.5 13.2 2.4 0.9 2.9 2.7 3.5 29.3
1994-95 22 ORL NBA 79 79 37.0 11.8 20.2 .583 0.0 0.1 .000 5.8 10.8 .533 4.2 7.3 11.4 2.7 0.9 2.4 2.6 3.3 29.3
1995-96 23 ORL NBA 54 52 36.0 11.0 19.1 .573 0.0 0.0 .500 4.6 9.5 .487 3.4 7.7 11.0 2.9 0.6 2.1 2.9 3.6 26.6
1996-97 24 LAL NBA 51 51 38.1 10.8 19.4 .557 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 9.4 .484 3.8 8.7 12.5 3.1 0.9 2.9 2.9 3.5 26.2
1997-98 25 LAL NBA 60 57 36.3 11.2 19.1 .584 0.0 0.0 6.0 11.4 .527 3.5 7.9 11.4 2.4 0.7 2.4 2.9 3.2 28.3
1998-99 26 LAL NBA 49 49 34.8 10.4 18.1 .576 0.0 0.0 .000 5.5 10.2 .540 3.8 6.9 10.7 2.3 0.7 1.7 2.5 3.2 26.3
1999-00 27 LAL NBA 79 79 40.0 12.1 21.1 .574 0.0 0.0 .000 5.5 10.4 .524 4.3 9.4 13.6 3.8 0.5 3.0 2.8 3.2 29.7
2000-01 28 LAL NBA 74 74 39.5 11.0 19.2 .572 0.0 0.0 .000 6.7 13.1 .513 3.9 8.8 12.7 3.7 0.6 2.8 2.9 3.5 28.7
2001-02 29 LAL NBA 67 66 36.1 10.6 18.3 .579 0.0 0.0 .000 5.9 10.7 .555 3.5 7.2 10.7 3.0 0.6 2.0 2.6 3.0 27.2
2002-03 30 LAL NBA 67 66 37.8 10.4 18.1 .574 0.0 0.0 6.7 10.8 .622 3.9 7.2 11.1 3.1 0.6 2.4 2.9 3.4 27.5
2003-04 31 LAL NBA 67 67 36.8 8.3 14.1 .584 0.0 0.0 4.9 10.1 .490 3.7 7.8 11.5 2.9 0.5 2.5 2.9 3.4 21.5
2004-05 32 MIA NBA 73 73 34.1 9.0 15.0 .601 0.0 0.0 4.8 10.5 .461 3.5 6.9 10.4 2.7 0.5 2.3 2.8 3.6 22.9
2005-06 33 MIA NBA 59 58 30.6 8.1 13.6 .600 0.0 0.0 3.7 8.0 .469 2.9 6.3 9.2 1.9 0.4 1.8 2.8 3.9 20.0
2006-07 34 MIA NBA 40 39 28.4 7.1 12.0 .591 0.0 0.0 3.1 7.4 .422 2.4 5.0 7.4 2.0 0.2 1.4 2.4 3.5 17.3
2007-08 35 TOT NBA 61 61 28.7 5.4 9.1 .593 0.0 0.0 2.8 5.5 .503 2.7 6.4 9.1 1.5 0.5 1.4 3.0 3.7 13.6
2007-08 35 MIA NBA 33 33 28.6 5.8 10.0 .581 0.0 0.0 2.7 5.4 .494 3.0 4.8 7.8 1.4 0.6 1.6 3.0 4.1 14.2
2007-08 35 PHO NBA 28 28 28.7 5.0 8.2 .611 0.0 0.0 2.9 5.7 .513 2.4 8.2 10.6 1.7 0.5 1.2 3.0 3.4 12.9
2008-09 36 PHO NBA 75 75 30.0 6.8 11.2 .609 0.0 0.0 .000 4.1 6.9 .595 2.5 5.9 8.4 1.7 0.7 1.4 2.2 3.4 17.8
2009-10 37 CLE NBA 53 53 23.4 4.9 8.7 .566 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 4.3 .496 1.8 4.9 6.7 1.5 0.3 1.2 2.0 3.2 12.0
2010-11 38 BOS NBA 37 36 20.3 3.6 5.4 .667 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.5 .557 1.3 3.5 4.8 0.7 0.4 1.1 1.5 3.2 9.2
Career NBA 1207 1197 34.7 9.4 16.1 .582 0.0 0.0 .045 4.9 9.3 .527 3.5 7.4 10.9 2.5 0.6 2.3 2.7 3.4 23.7
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[BlackJoker23]

94-04. some of you guys don't remember how dominating shaq was in orlando. i'd say 04 was his prime but he was reaching the end and his stats in 04 are skewed by the lack of touches he received to help malone and payton fit in the offense and they had chemistry issues as well.

[Timofey Mozgov]

His career pretty much ended when he hurt his leg/thigh his first season with Miami. He was never the same after that. He was absolutely dominant that year until he got hurt. If that fluke injury never occurred they woulda won back-to-back titles.