Bob McAdoo vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama and Bob McAdoo, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Bob McAdoo played 14 years in the NBA, 12 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Bob McAdoo had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Bob McAdoo	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1972-73	2023-24
Team	Buffalo Braves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	80	32.0	18.0	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.2	7.3	16.2	.452	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.774
difference:	+9	+2.3	+3.4			+1.5	+2.2				-1.0	+0.5	+0.5	+.013				+0.7	+0.8	+.022
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
* Neiher Bob McAdoo nor Victor Wembanyama played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Bob McAdoo	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1973-74	2024-25
Team	Buffalo Braves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	74	43.0	30.6	3.8	11.3	15.1	2.3	1.2	3.3	-	3.4	12.2	22.3	.547	-	-	-	6.2	7.8	.793
difference:	+28	+9.8	+6.3	+2.0	+2.1	+4.1	+1.4	+0.1	+0.5		-1.1	+3.3	+3.7	+.071				+2.8	+3.7	+.043
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	6	45.2	31.7	2.3	11.3	13.7	1.5	1.0	2.2	-	4.2	12.7	26.5	.478	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.809
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Bob McAdoo played 12 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1975 to 1986—Bob McAdoo played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 12 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Bob McAdoo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 2 Scoring Leader 4 All-Star Game