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O'Neal's individual accolades include the 1999–2000 [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award]]; the 1992–93 [[NBA Rookie of the Year Award|NBA Rookie of the Year award]]; 15 [[NBA All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] selections, three All-Star Game MVP awards; three [[Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award|Finals MVP]] awards; two [[List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders|scoring titles]]; 14 [[All-NBA Team|All-NBA team]] selections, and three [[NBA All-Defensive Team]] selections. He is one of only three players to win [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|NBA MVP]], [[NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award|All-Star Game MVP]] and [[Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award|Finals MVP]] awards in the same year (2000); the other players are [[Willis Reed]] in [[1969–70 NBA season|1970]] and [[Michael Jordan]] in [[1995–96 NBA season|1996]] and [[1997–98 NBA season|1998]]. He ranks 9th all-time [[List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders|in points scored]], 6th [[Field goal (basketball)|in field goals]], 15th [[List of National Basketball Association career rebounding leaders|in rebounds]], and 8th [[List of National Basketball Association career blocks leaders|in blocks]]. O'Neal was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the [[50 Greatest Players in NBA History|NBA 50th Anniversary Team]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=January 9, 2022|title=NBA at 50: Top 50 Players|url=https://www.nba.com/history/nba-at-50/top-50-players|website=NBA.com|archive-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212/https://www.nba.com/history/nba-at-50/top-50-players|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to his ability to [[slam dunk|dunk]] the basketball and score from close range, O'Neal also ranks third all-time in field goal percentage (58.2%) and led the league in field goal percentage ten times.<ref name=brstats>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/onealsh01.html|title=Shaquille O'Neal NBA & ABA Statistics|publisher=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=August 1, 2011|archive-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101170117/https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/onealsh01.html}}</ref> O'Neal was elected into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/news/2016/4/4/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2016-anno.html |title= Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Announcement presented by Haggar Clothing Company |work= Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |date=April 4, 2016 |access-date=April 4, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160407121028/http://www.hoophall.com/news/2016/4/4/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2016-anno.html |archive-date=April 7, 2016 }}</ref> He was elected to the [[FIBA Hall of Fame]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 23, 2017 |title=Dream Team, Shaq and Kukoc headline 2017 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame Inductees |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/dream-team-shaq-and-kukoc-headline-2017-class-of-fiba-hall-of-fame-inductees |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=FIBA.basketball |archive-date=March 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312015928/http://www.fiba.basketball/news/dream-team-shaq-and-kukoc-headline-2017-class-of-fiba-hall-of-fame-inductees |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2021, O'Neal was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the [[NBA 75th Anniversary Team]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nba.com/75 |title=NBA's 75 Anniversary Team Players |work=NBA.com |date=2021-12-25 |access-date=2022-02-13 |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217170248/https://www.nba.com/75 }}</ref>
In addition to his basketball career, O'Neal has released four [[rapping|rap]] albums, with his first, ''[[Shaq Diesel]]'', going [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]]. O'Neal is also an electronic music producer, and touring DJ, known as
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O'Neal also started DJing in the 1980s at LSU.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Frisch |first1=Ian |title=Shaq's Next Act: Behind the Turntables |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3dg8q3/shaqs-next-act-behind-the-turntables |website=Vice |date=October 14, 2015 |access-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-date=November 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120022150/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3dg8q3/shaqs-next-act-behind-the-turntables |url-status=live }}</ref>
O'Neal produces electronic dance music and tours the world under the stage name DJ Diesel (stylized in all caps).<ref>Garcia, Brayden (June 21, 2023). [https://news.yahoo.com/shaquille-o-neal-aka-dj-123332072.html "Shaquille O'Neal, aka 'DJ Diesel,' to Bring Dubstep Music Festival to Fort Worth This Fall."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623123207/https://news.yahoo.com/shaquille-o-neal-aka-dj-123332072.html |date=June 23, 2023 }} ''[[Yahoo! News]]''. Retrieved 25 June 2023.</ref>
In July 2017, O'Neal released a [[diss track]] aimed at [[LaVar Ball]], the father of NBA point guard [[Lonzo Ball]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lavar Ball Diss Track |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvzMou9qN1M |website=Youtube |access-date=May 10, 2024}}</ref> The three-minute song was released in response to Ball claiming him and his younger son [[LaMelo]], would beat O'Neal and his son [[Shareef O'Neal|Shareef]] in a game of basketball.
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