Chauncey Billups vs. Dikembe Mutombo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dikembe Mutombo and Chauncey Billups, 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.

Chauncey Billups played 17 years in the NBA, 1 less than Dikembe Mutombo, who played 18. Chauncey Billups had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Dikembe Mutombo had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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
	Chauncey Billups	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1997-98	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Chauncey Billups	80	27.7	11.2	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.2	3.5	9.4	.374	1.3	4.1	.329	2.8	3.3	.850
difference:	+9	+10.6	+5.4	+3.7	+6.2	+9.9	+1.7	+0.7	+2.9	-1.3	-1.6	+2.5	+2.8	+.119	+1.3	+4.1		+1.7	+3.7	+.208
Dikembe Mutombo	71	38.3	16.6	4.5	7.8	12.3	2.2	0.6	3.0	3.5	3.8	6.0	12.2	.493	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	7.0	.642
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chauncey Billups nor Dikembe Mutombo played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Chauncey Billups	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1999-00	1993-94
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	13	23.5	8.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.1	2.6	7.8	.337	0.5	3.2	.171	2.8	3.4	.841
difference:	+69	+11.3	+3.4	+2.9	+6.4	+9.2	+1.5	+0.1	+3.9	-0.7	-1.1	+1.9		+.232	+0.5	+3.2		+0.3	+2.0	+.258
Dikembe Mutombo	82	34.8	12.0	3.5	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.7	4.1	2.5	3.2	4.5	7.8	.569	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	5.4	.583
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dikembe Mutombo	12	42.6	13.3	3.3	8.7	12.0	1.8	0.7	5.8	2.5	3.5	4.2	9.0	.463	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	8.2	.602

Season 4
	Chauncey Billups	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2000-01	1994-95
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	77	23.2	9.3	0.4	1.6	2.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.3	3.2	7.6	.422	0.9	2.5	.376	1.9	2.2	.842
difference:	+5	+14.6	+2.2	+3.5	+7.1	+10.4	+2.0	+0.2	+3.8	-0.9	-1.2	+1.1	+0.1	+.134	+0.9	+2.5		+1.1	+2.4	+.188
Dikembe Mutombo	82	37.8	11.5	3.9	8.7	12.5	1.4	0.5	3.9	2.3	3.5	4.3	7.7	.556	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.6	.654
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	3	9.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.3	2.0	.167	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:		+19.0	+5.0	+1.0	+3.7	+4.6	+0.4		+2.3	-2.0	-3.3	+1.7	+1.3	+.433		+0.3		+1.7	+2.7	+.333
Dikembe Mutombo	3	28.0	6.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	5.0	2.0	3.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 5
	Chauncey Billups	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2001-02	1995-96
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	82	28.7	12.5	0.4	2.3	2.8	5.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.1	4.2	10.0	.423	1.5	3.8	.394	2.5	2.9	.885
difference:	+8	+8.0	+1.5	+3.0	+6.1	+9.0	+4.0	+0.3	+4.3	-0.3	-1.4	+0.4	+2.3	+.076	+1.5	+3.8		+0.8	+1.9	+.190
Dikembe Mutombo	74	36.7	11.0	3.4	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.5	4.5	2.0	3.5	3.8	7.7	.499	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.8	.695
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	3	44.7	22.0	0.3	4.7	5.0	5.7	1.0	0.3	3.0	4.7	7.7	17.0	.451	2.0	5.0	.400	4.7	6.7	.700
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Chauncey Billups	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2002-03	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	74	31.4	16.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.9	0.9	0.2	1.8	1.8	4.9	11.8	.421	2.0	5.1	.392	4.3	4.9	.878
difference:	+6	+5.8	+2.9	+2.9	+5.1	+7.9	+2.5	+0.3	+3.1	-0.5	-1.3	+0.1	+2.8	+.106	+2.0	+5.1		+0.5	+0.5	+.173
Dikembe Mutombo	80	37.2	13.3	3.4	8.3	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	2.3	3.1	4.8	9.0	.527	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.4	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	14	34.6	18.0	0.3	3.1	3.4	4.7	0.6	0.1	2.4	2.7	5.1	13.6	.374	1.9	6.0	.310	6.0	6.4	.933
difference:	+4	+6.9	+2.6	+3.4	+5.5	+8.9	+3.4	+0.5	+2.5	-0.4	-0.3	+0.3	+5.0	+.254	+1.9	+6.0		+1.4		+.214
Dikembe Mutombo	10	41.5	15.4	3.7	8.6	12.3	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.0	3.0	5.4	8.6	.628	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.4	.719

Season 7
	Chauncey Billups	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2003-04	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	78	35.4	16.9	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.7	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.3	5.0	12.8	.394	1.7	4.3	.388	5.2	5.9	.878
difference:	+4	+0.2	+3.5	+3.0	+4.9	+7.9	+4.7	+0.7	+3.3	-0.4	-0.8	+0.1	+3.7	+.143	+1.7	+4.3		+1.5	+0.4	+.208
Dikembe Mutombo	82	35.6	13.4	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.0	3.1	4.9	9.1	.537	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.5	.670
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	23	38.4	16.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	5.9	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.5	4.8	12.4	.385	1.6	4.7	.346	5.3	5.9	.890
difference:	+19	+4.4	+8.4	+2.7	+7.1	+9.8	+5.6	+1.0	+2.2	-0.6		+2.0	+6.4	+.073	+1.6	+4.7		+2.8	+1.9	+.265
Dikembe Mutombo	4	34.0	8.0	3.3	9.5	12.8	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	2.5	2.8	6.0	.458	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.625

Season 8
	Chauncey Billups	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2004-05	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	80	35.8	16.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.1	11.4	.442	2.1	4.8	.426	4.3	4.8	.898
difference:	+30	+0.8	+5.7	+3.2	+5.6	+8.8	+4.7	+0.7	+2.8	-0.4	-0.5	+1.6	+4.6	+.070	+2.1	+4.8		+0.4	+0.9	+.214
Dikembe Mutombo	50	36.6	10.8	3.8	8.4	12.2	1.1	0.3	2.9	1.9	2.9	3.5	6.8	.512	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.7	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	25	39.5	18.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	6.5	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.8	13.6	.428	1.8	5.0	.349	5.3	6.0	.893
difference:	+16	+2.7	+6.1	+3.1	+6.5	+9.6	+5.3	+0.4	+2.4		-0.3	+1.4	+5.7	+.135	+1.8	+5.0		+1.6	+0.8	+.191
Dikembe Mutombo	9	42.2	12.6	4.0	9.9	13.9	1.2	0.6	2.6	2.0	3.1	4.4	7.9	.563	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.2	.702

Season 9
	Chauncey Billups	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2005-06	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	81	36.1	18.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	8.6	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	5.2	12.5	.418	2.3	5.2	.433	5.7	6.4	.894
difference:	+1	+0.3	+7.0	+3.2	+7.8	+11.0	+7.3	+0.6	+3.2		-1.0	+1.3	+5.5	+.144	+2.3	+5.2		+2.1	+1.3	+.186
Dikembe Mutombo	82	36.4	11.5	3.7	10.4	14.1	1.3	0.3	3.3	2.1	3.0	3.9	7.0	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.1	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	18	39.2	17.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.5	1.2	0.1	2.4	2.4	5.2	12.7	.406	1.8	5.2	.340	5.8	6.4	.905
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Chauncey Billups	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2006-07	2000-01
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	70	36.2	17.0	0.3	3.1	3.4	7.2	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.3	5.0	11.6	.427	1.6	4.5	.345	5.5	6.2	.883
difference:	+5	+1.7	+7.0	+3.8	+6.3	+10.1	+6.2	+0.8	+2.5	-0.1	-0.4	+1.4	+4.2	+.057	+1.6	+4.5		+2.7	+2.3	+.158
Dikembe Mutombo	75	34.5	10.0	4.1	9.4	13.5	1.0	0.4	2.7	1.9	2.7	3.6	7.4	.484	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	16	40.6	18.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	5.7	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.4	5.3	12.1	.435	2.2	5.6	.389	5.9	7.1	.832
difference:	+7	+2.1	+4.7	+4.5	+5.9	+10.4	+5.0	+0.5	+3.0	-1.3		+0.9	+3.1	+.055	+2.2	+5.6		+0.9	+0.7	+.055
Dikembe Mutombo	23	42.7	13.9	4.9	8.8	13.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	1.6	2.4	4.4	9.0	.490	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	6.4	.777

Season 11
	Chauncey Billups	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2007-08	2001-02
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	78	32.3	17.0	0.5	2.2	2.7	6.8	1.3	0.2	2.1	1.7	5.0	11.2	.448	1.8	4.4	.401	5.1	5.6	.918
difference:	+2	+4.0	+5.5	+2.7	+5.4	+8.1	+5.8	+0.9	+2.2	-0.1	-1.3	+1.0	+3.2	+.053	+1.8	+4.4		+1.6	+1.0	+.154
Dikembe Mutombo	80	36.3	11.5	3.2	7.6	10.8	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.0	3.0	4.0	8.0	.501	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.6	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	15	32.0	16.1	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.1	4.6	11.5	.401	1.6	4.3	.375	5.3	6.3	.832
difference:	+10	+2.6	+7.3	+2.4	+5.3	+7.7	+4.9	+0.4	+1.7	-0.9	-1.1	+1.8	+5.3	+.051	+1.6	+4.3		+2.1	+1.1	+.217
Dikembe Mutombo	5	34.6	8.8	2.8	7.8	10.6	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	3.2	2.8	6.2	.452	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.2	.615

Season 12
	Chauncey Billups	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2008-09	2002-03
Team	Detroit Pistons, Denver Nuggets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	79	35.3	17.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.4	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.0	5.2	12.4	.418	2.1	5.0	.408	5.3	5.8	.913
difference:	+55	+13.9	+11.9	+1.9	+1.5	+3.4	+5.6	+1.0	+1.3	-0.8	-0.3	+3.2	+6.9	+.044	+2.1	+5.0		+3.6	+3.5	+.186
Dikembe Mutombo	24	21.4	5.8	2.3	4.1	6.4	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.4	2.3	2.0	5.5	.374	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	16	38.7	20.6	0.3	3.5	3.8	6.8	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.4	5.6	12.3	.457	2.8	5.9	.468	6.6	7.3	.906
difference:	+6	+27.2	+18.8	+0.5	+1.6	+1.1	+6.2	+1.0	+0.6	-1.1	-0.3	+4.9	+10.8	+.010	+2.8	+5.9		+6.2	+6.9	+.094
Dikembe Mutombo	10	11.5	1.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.8	2.1	0.7	1.5	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 13
	Chauncey Billups	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2009-10	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	73	34.1	19.5	0.3	2.8	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.1	5.5	13.2	.418	2.2	5.6	.386	6.4	7.0	.910
difference:	+8	+11.1	+13.9	+1.9	+1.7	+3.6	+5.2	+0.8	+1.8	-1.6	-0.1	+3.3	+8.7	+.060	+2.2	+5.6		+5.2	+5.2	+.229
Dikembe Mutombo	65	23.0	5.6	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.4	0.3	1.9	0.8	2.2	2.2	4.5	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.681
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	6	34.5	20.3	0.2	2.2	2.3	6.3	1.0	0.5	3.0	4.0	6.2	13.8	.446	1.8	5.2	.355	6.2	7.0	.881
difference:	+3	+22.2	+18.0	+1.1	+0.2	+1.0	+6.3	+0.7	+0.8	-2.0	-2.0	+5.5	+11.8	+.113	+1.8	+5.2		+5.2	+6.0	+.119
Dikembe Mutombo	3	12.3	2.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	2.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000