Caron Butler vs. Dominique Wilkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dominique Wilkins and Caron Butler, 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

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.

Caron Butler played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Dominique Wilkins, who played 15. Caron Butler had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Dominique Wilkins had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Caron Butler	14	7	2002-03 to 2015-16
Dominique Wilkins	15	10	1982-83 to 1998-99

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2002-03	1982-83
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Caron Butler	78	36.6	15.4	1.7	3.4	5.1	2.7	1.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.5	13.2	.416	0.4	1.4	.318	4.0	4.8	.824
Dominique Wilkins	82	32.9	17.5	2.8	3.1	5.8	1.6	1.0	0.8	2.2	2.6	7.3	14.9	.493	0.0	0.1	.182	2.8	4.1	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	3	36.3	15.7	2.7	2.3	5.0	0.3	0.7	0.3	3.3	3.0	5.7	14.0	.405	0.3	0.3	1.000	4.0	4.7	.857

Season 2
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2003-04	1983-84
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Caron Butler	68	29.9	9.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.3	2.4	3.5	9.3	.380	0.1	0.6	.238	2.0	2.6	.756
Dominique Wilkins	81	36.6	21.6	3.1	4.0	7.2	1.6	1.4	1.1	2.7	2.4	8.4	17.6	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.1	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	13	39.2	12.8	1.4	7.1	8.5	2.4	2.2	0.5	1.8	3.5	4.5	11.8	.386	0.2	0.8	.182	3.6	4.4	.825
Dominique Wilkins	5	39.4	19.2	4.2	4.0	8.2	2.2	2.4	0.2	3.0	2.6	7.0	16.8	.417	0.0	0.2	.000	5.2	6.2	.839

Season 3
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2004-05	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Caron Butler	77	35.7	15.5	1.9	3.9	5.8	1.9	1.4	0.3	1.6	2.8	5.7	12.9	.445	0.5	1.6	.304	3.6	4.1	.862
Dominique Wilkins	81	37.3	27.4	2.8	4.1	6.9	2.5	1.7	0.7	2.8	2.1	10.5	23.3	.451	0.3	1.0	.309	6.0	7.4	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2005-06	1985-86
Team	Washington Wizards	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	75	36.1	17.6	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.5	1.7	0.2	2.3	3.2	6.6	14.5	.455	0.5	1.6	.342	3.9	4.4	.870
Dominique Wilkins	78	39.1	30.3	3.3	4.6	7.9	2.6	1.8	0.6	3.2	2.2	11.4	24.3	.468	0.2	0.9	.186	7.4	9.0	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	6	43.7	18.5	2.7	7.8	10.5	2.7	2.0	0.7	2.3	5.2	7.0	16.8	.416	0.5	2.3	.214	4.0	4.8	.828
Dominique Wilkins	9	40.0	28.6	2.2	3.8	6.0	2.8	1.0	0.2	3.3	2.7	10.4	24.1	.433	0.1	0.6	.200	7.6	8.8	.861

Season 5
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2006-07	1986-87
Team	Washington Wizards	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	63	39.3	19.1	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.7	2.1	0.3	2.9	3.0	7.2	15.5	.463	0.3	1.1	.250	4.5	5.2	.863
Dominique Wilkins	79	37.6	29.0	2.7	3.6	6.3	3.3	1.5	0.6	2.7	1.9	10.5	22.6	.463	0.4	1.3	.292	7.7	9.4	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	9	40.0	26.8	3.0	4.8	7.8	2.8	1.8	0.9	2.9	2.8	9.6	23.3	.410	0.3	1.1	.300	7.3	8.2	.892

Season 6
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2007-08	1987-88
Team	Washington Wizards	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	58	39.9	20.3	1.6	5.1	6.7	4.9	2.2	0.3	2.6	2.8	7.6	16.3	.466	1.1	3.2	.357	4.1	4.5	.901
Dominique Wilkins	78	37.8	30.7	2.7	3.7	6.4	2.9	1.3	0.6	2.8	2.1	11.7	25.1	.464	0.5	1.7	.295	6.9	8.4	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	6	41.0	18.7	1.7	4.0	5.7	3.8	1.8	0.2	2.7	3.2	6.7	14.5	.460	0.8	3.5	.238	4.5	5.2	.871
Dominique Wilkins	12	39.4	31.2	3.1	3.3	6.4	2.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.0	11.4	25.0	.457	0.3	1.5	.222	8.0	10.4	.768

Season 7
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2008-09	1988-89
Team	Washington Wizards	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Caron Butler	67	38.6	20.8	1.8	4.4	6.2	4.3	1.6	0.3	3.1	2.5	7.3	16.2	.453	1.0	3.1	.310	5.1	6.0	.858
Dominique Wilkins	80	37.5	26.2	3.2	3.7	6.9	2.6	1.5	0.7	2.3	1.7	10.2	22.0	.464	0.4	1.3	.276	5.5	6.6	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	5	42.4	27.2	2.0	3.4	5.4	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.0	10.4	23.2	.448	1.0	3.4	.294	5.4	7.6	.711

Season 8
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2009-10	1989-90
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Caron Butler	74	37.6	16.3	1.4	4.8	6.2	2.1	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.6	6.1	14.2	.428	0.6	2.0	.290	3.6	4.3	.838
Dominique Wilkins	80	36.1	26.7	2.7	3.8	6.5	2.5	1.6	0.6	2.2	1.8	10.1	20.9	.484	0.7	2.3	.322	5.7	7.1	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	6	33.7	19.7	0.5	5.3	5.8	1.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	2.7	7.2	16.5	.434	1.2	3.8	.304	4.2	4.5	.926
Dominique Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2010-11	1990-91
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Caron Butler	29	29.9	15.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.6	1.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.9	13.0	.450	1.0	2.2	.431	2.3	3.0	.773
Dominique Wilkins	81	38.0	25.9	3.2	5.8	9.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	1.9	9.5	20.2	.470	1.0	3.1	.341	5.9	7.1	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	5	39.0	20.8	1.2	5.2	6.4	2.6	1.8	1.0	2.2	1.6	7.0	18.8	.372	0.4	3.0	.133	6.4	7.0	.914

Season 10
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2011-12	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Caron Butler	63	29.7	12.0	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.0	4.6	11.2	.407	1.5	4.1	.358	1.4	1.7	.813
Dominique Wilkins	42	38.1	28.1	2.5	4.6	7.0	3.8	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.8	10.1	21.8	.464	0.9	3.0	.289	7.0	8.4	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	10	26.8	8.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.3	9.2	.359	0.8	3.1	.258	1.2	1.6	.750
Dominique Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2012-13	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Caron Butler	78	24.1	10.4	0.5	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.8	3.9	9.2	.424	1.6	4.2	.388	1.0	1.2	.833
Dominique Wilkins	71	37.3	29.9	2.6	4.2	6.8	3.2	1.0	0.4	2.6	1.6	10.4	22.3	.468	1.7	4.5	.380	7.3	8.8	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	6	22.7	8.5	0.2	2.5	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.8	3.7	7.7	.478	0.7	2.7	.250	0.5	0.5	1.000
Dominique Wilkins	3	37.7	30.0	4.0	1.3	5.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	3.3	2.7	10.7	25.0	.427	1.0	4.0	.250	7.7	10.0	.767

Season 12
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2013-14	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Caron Butler	56	25.3	10.5	0.4	3.7	4.1	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.1	3.8	9.6	.394	1.8	4.4	.394	1.1	1.3	.840
Dominique Wilkins	74	35.6	26.0	2.5	4.0	6.5	2.3	1.2	0.4	2.3	1.7	9.4	21.5	.440	1.1	4.0	.288	6.0	7.1	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	18	23.3	6.3	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.8	1.9	6.0	.324	1.2	3.3	.356	1.2	1.6	.786
Dominique Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2014-15	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Caron Butler	78	20.8	5.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	5.1	.407	1.1	2.8	.379	0.7	0.8	.902
Dominique Wilkins	77	31.5	17.8	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	2.2	1.7	6.4	15.2	.424	1.5	3.8	.388	3.5	4.4	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	4	37.5	19.0	4.3	6.5	10.8	2.0	0.5	0.8	2.3	1.8	6.5	15.3	.426	2.0	4.3	.471	4.0	4.5	.889

Note: Dominique Wilkins didn't play in 1995-96.

Season 14
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2015-16	1996-97
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Caron Butler	17	10.4	3.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.5	3.5	.424	0.2	1.1	.167	0.6	0.7	.833
Dominique Wilkins	63	30.9	18.2	2.7	3.7	6.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.1	1.6	6.3	15.1	.417	1.1	3.8	.293	4.5	5.6	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Dominique Wilkins didn't play in 1997-98.

Season 15
	Caron Butler	Dominique Wilkins
Season	-	1998-99
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		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	27	9.3	5.0	1.1	1.5	2.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.7	1.9	4.9	.379	0.2	0.7	.263	1.1	1.6	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	1	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Caron Butler vs. Dominique Wilkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dominique Wilkins and Caron Butler, 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

Season 15