Billy Paultz vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama and Billy Paultz, 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.

Billy Paultz played 9 years in the NBA, 8 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 1. Billy Paultz had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
Billy Paultz	9	9	1976-77 to 1984-85
Victor Wembanyama	1	0	2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Billy Paultz	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1976-77	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Billy Paultz	82	32.9	15.6	2.3	6.0	8.4	2.7	0.7	2.1	-	3.2	6.4	13.4	.473	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.744
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	2	37.0	17.0	0.5	8.0	8.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	-	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.769
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Billy Paultz	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1977-78	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Billy Paultz	80	31.0	15.8	2.2	6.3	8.4	2.7	0.5	2.4	2.1	2.8	6.5	12.2	.529	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.752
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	6	31.8	11.5	1.2	5.7	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.7	4.8	10.5	.460	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.647
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Billy Paultz	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1978-79	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
Billy Paultz	79	26.9	11.5	2.1	5.8	7.9	2.3	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	5.1	9.6	.526	-	-	-	1.4	2.5	.588
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	13	23.0	6.3	1.8	5.7	7.5	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.1	2.5	2.3	6.2	.375	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.667
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Billy Paultz	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1979-80	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Billy Paultz	84	26.1	9.1	2.2	4.8	7.0	2.2	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.5	3.9	8.0	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.599
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	7	18.3	4.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	1.9	5.7	.325	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.571
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Billy Paultz	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1980-81	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA 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		%
Billy Paultz	81	20.5	7.4	1.4	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.2	3.2	6.4	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.9	.490
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	21	34.3	12.1	2.5	4.5	7.0	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.3	5.3	11.7	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.667
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Billy Paultz	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Billy Paultz	65	12.4	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.4	3.5	.394	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.523
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	3	11.3	2.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Billy Paultz	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Billy Paultz	64	12.8	3.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	1.6	3.5	.445	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.458
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	11	12.1	2.7	1.0	1.9	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.2	2.9	.406	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Billy Paultz	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Billy Paultz	40	12.2	2.2	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.9	2.2	.409	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.515
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	2	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Billy Paultz	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Billy Paultz	62	6.0	1.3	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	.368	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.643
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	5	6.0	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.4	0.6	1.6	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.8	.250
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Billy Paultz vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama and Billy Paultz, 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