Chris Mullin vs. Franz Wagner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Franz Wagner and Chris Mullin, 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.

Chris Mullin played 16 years in the NBA, 11 more than Franz Wagner, who played 5. Chris Mullin had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Franz Wagner had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Chris Mullin	Franz Wagner
Season	1985-86	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Chris Mullin	55	25.3	14.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	0.1	0.5	.185	3.4	3.8	.896
difference:	+24	+5.4	+1.2	+0.3	+2.1	+2.4	+1.0	+0.4		-0.1	-0.3	+0.6	+1.0	+.005	+1.1	+2.9	+.169	+1.0	+1.0	+.033
Franz Wagner	79	30.7	15.2	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.4	.354	2.4	2.8	.863
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chris Mullin nor Franz Wagner played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Chris Mullin	Franz Wagner
Season	1988-89	2024-25
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Magic Lost East 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		%
Chris Mullin	82	37.7	26.5	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	3.6	2.2	10.1	19.9	.509	0.3	1.2	.230	6.0	6.7	.892
difference:	+22	+4.0	+2.3	+1.0	+0.8	+0.2	+0.4	+0.8	+0.1	-1.3	-0.3	+1.1	+0.5	+.046	+1.4	+4.7	+.065	+1.5	+1.5	+.021
Franz Wagner	60	33.7	24.2	0.9	4.8	5.7	4.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	2.5	9.0	19.4	.463	1.7	5.9	.295	4.5	5.2	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	8	42.6	29.4	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.5	1.8	1.4	4.0	2.4	11.0	20.4	.540	0.1	1.0	.125	7.3	8.4	.866
difference:	+3	+3.6	+3.6	+0.8	+0.3	+1.1	+1.1	+0.6	+1.0	-2.0	-0.8	+0.8	+2.6	+.097	+1.3	+6.4	+.064	+3.3	+3.2	+.097
Franz Wagner	5	39.0	25.8	0.6	4.2	4.8	5.6	1.2	0.4	2.0	3.2	10.2	23.0	.443	1.4	7.4	.189	4.0	5.2	.769

Season 5
	Chris Mullin	Franz Wagner
Season	1989-90	2025-26
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
Chris Mullin	78	36.3	25.1	1.7	4.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	3.1	1.8	8.7	16.3	.536	1.1	3.0	.372	6.5	7.3	.889
difference:	+54	+2.9	+2.4	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	+0.2	-1.3	-0.4	+0.9	+0.4	+.046	+0.4	+1.2	+.012	+0.9	+0.5	+.066
Franz Wagner	24	33.4	22.7	1.5	4.6	6.1	3.7	1.2	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.8	15.9	.490	1.5	4.2	.360	5.6	6.8	.823
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chris Mullin nor Franz Wagner played in the postseason in their season 5

Additional Years
* Chris Mullin played 11 seasons more than Franz Wagner in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 16, from 1991 to 2001—Chris Mullin played in 6 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Franz Wagner, Chris Mullin got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game