Chet Holmgren vs. Ben Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Wallace and Chet Holmgren, 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.

Chet Holmgren played 2 years in the NBA, 14 less than Ben Wallace, who played 16. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Ben Wallace had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
	Chet Holmgren	Ben Wallace
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
difference:	+48	+23.6	+15.4	+0.9	+5.3	+6.2	+2.3	+0.4	+2.0	-1.1	-1.6	+5.7	+10.2	+.182	+1.6	+4.3		+2.5	+2.8	+.493
Ben Wallace	34	5.8	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	.348	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.300
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758
Ben Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Chet Holmgren	Ben Wallace
Season	2024-25	1997-98
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Chet Holmgren	32	27.4	15.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.3	5.2	10.7	.490	1.4	3.6	.379	3.2	4.2	.754
difference:	+35	+10.6	+11.9	+0.2	+3.3	+3.2	+1.7	+0.2	+1.1	-1.4	-0.6	+3.9	+8.3	+.028	+1.4	+3.6		+2.7	+2.7	+.397
Ben Wallace	67	16.8	3.1	1.7	3.2	4.8	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.4	1.7	1.3	2.4	.518	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.5	.357
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	23	29.8	15.2	1.8	6.8	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.0	5.3	11.6	.462	1.2	4.0	.297	3.3	4.2	.784
Ben Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Ben Wallace played 14 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 16, from 1999 to 2012—Ben Wallace played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 14 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Ben Wallace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 4 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Rebounds Leader 1 Blocks Leader 4 All-Star Game