Dan Issel vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace and Dan Issel, 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.

Dan Issel played 9 years in the NBA, 7 less than Rasheed Wallace, who played 16. Dan Issel had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Rasheed Wallace had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
Dan Issel	9	7	1976-77 to 1984-85
Rasheed Wallace	16	14	1995-96 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1976-77	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dan Issel	79	31.7	22.3	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	-	3.1	8.4	16.2	.515	-	-	-	5.6	7.1	.797
Rasheed Wallace	65	27.5	10.1	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.6	3.2	4.2	8.7	.487	0.4	1.3	.329	1.2	1.8	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	6	37.0	22.0	3.0	6.7	9.7	2.8	0.8	0.7	-	3.3	8.2	16.0	.510	-	-	-	5.7	7.5	.756
Rasheed Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1977-78	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Dan Issel	82	34.8	21.3	3.1	7.0	10.1	3.7	1.2	0.5	3.2	3.4	8.0	15.7	.512	-	-	-	5.2	6.7	.782
Rasheed Wallace	62	30.5	15.1	2.0	4.8	6.8	1.2	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.2	6.1	11.0	.558	0.1	0.5	.273	2.7	4.3	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	13	35.4	20.2	3.2	7.2	10.3	4.1	0.5	0.2	3.0	3.3	7.9	16.3	.486	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.862
Rasheed Wallace	4	37.3	19.8	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	4.3	8.3	14.0	.589	0.5	1.3	.400	2.8	5.0	.550


Season 3
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1978-79	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Dan Issel	81	33.9	17.0	3.0	6.1	9.1	3.1	0.8	0.6	2.1	2.9	6.6	12.7	.517	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	.754
Rasheed Wallace	77	37.6	14.6	1.7	4.5	6.2	2.5	1.0	1.1	2.2	3.5	6.1	11.4	.533	0.1	0.5	.205	2.4	3.6	.662

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	3	36.3	24.3	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.3	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	8.0	15.0	.533	-	-	-	8.3	10.3	.806
Rasheed Wallace	4	39.5	14.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	4.0	5.8	11.8	.489	1.0	1.3	.800	2.0	4.0	.500


Season 4
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1979-80	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Dan Issel	82	35.8	23.8	2.9	5.9	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	2.0	2.3	8.7	17.3	.505	0.0	0.1	.333	6.3	8.1	.775
Rasheed Wallace	49	28.9	12.8	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.6	3.6	4.9	9.7	.508	0.3	0.6	.419	2.7	3.7	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	13	36.0	14.8	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.5	1.5	0.8	1.2	3.8	5.8	11.2	.514	0.1	0.7	.111	3.2	4.5	.724


Season 5
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1980-81	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Dan Issel	80	33.0	21.9	2.9	5.6	8.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.6	3.1	7.7	15.3	.503	0.0	0.2	.167	6.5	8.6	.759
Rasheed Wallace	81	35.1	16.4	1.6	5.4	7.0	1.8	1.1	1.3	1.9	2.7	6.7	12.9	.519	0.1	0.6	.160	2.9	4.1	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	16	37.9	17.9	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.8	0.9	1.3	1.4	3.3	6.9	14.1	.489	0.5	0.8	.615	3.6	4.7	.773


Season 6
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1981-82	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Dan Issel	81	30.5	22.9	2.1	5.4	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.7	2.1	3.0	8.0	15.3	.527	0.0	0.1	.667	6.7	8.1	.834
Rasheed Wallace	77	38.2	19.2	1.9	5.9	7.8	2.8	1.2	1.8	2.1	2.7	7.7	15.3	.501	0.7	2.1	.321	3.2	4.2	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	3	34.3	25.3	2.7	4.3	7.0	1.7	1.0	0.3	2.3	3.3	10.7	20.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	4.0	1.000
Rasheed Wallace	3	42.7	16.7	1.7	6.3	8.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	6.3	17.0	.373	1.3	3.7	.364	2.7	4.7	.571


Season 7
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1982-83	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Dan Issel	80	30.4	21.6	1.9	5.6	7.5	2.8	1.0	0.5	2.2	2.8	8.3	16.2	.510	0.1	0.2	.211	5.0	6.0	.835
Rasheed Wallace	79	37.5	19.3	1.7	6.4	8.2	1.9	1.3	1.3	1.7	2.7	7.6	16.3	.469	1.4	4.0	.360	2.5	3.5	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	8	28.4	20.4	1.6	5.6	7.3	3.1	1.1	0.6	1.3	2.3	8.6	17.0	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	3.6	.862
Rasheed Wallace	3	41.7	25.3	3.3	9.0	12.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	4.0	9.3	23.0	.406	2.3	5.7	.412	4.3	5.3	.813


Season 8
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1983-84	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Dan Issel	76	27.3	19.8	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	7.5	15.2	.493	0.1	0.3	.211	4.8	5.6	.850
Rasheed Wallace	74	36.3	18.1	1.5	5.9	7.4	2.1	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.0	7.0	14.8	.471	1.5	4.1	.358	2.7	3.7	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	5	30.6	27.4	2.0	6.0	8.0	1.6	1.2	1.2	3.0	3.0	10.4	20.4	.510	0.2	0.4	.500	6.4	7.8	.821
Rasheed Wallace	7	37.1	17.4	1.4	3.7	5.1	2.6	0.6	0.7	0.9	3.7	6.3	13.9	.454	2.0	5.0	.400	2.9	4.0	.714


Season 9
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1984-85	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	77	21.9	12.8	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.2	2.2	4.7	10.3	.459	0.0	0.1	.143	3.3	4.1	.806
Rasheed Wallace	68	35.1	16.0	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.3	0.9	1.8	1.8	2.8	6.3	14.3	.436	1.2	3.6	.331	2.3	3.1	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	15	21.7	12.4	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.4	4.9	10.6	.459	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.6	3.2	.813
Rasheed Wallace	23	35.0	13.0	2.0	5.7	7.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	3.4	5.1	12.4	.413	0.7	3.0	.243	2.0	2.6	.767


Season 10
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	79	34.0	14.5	2.2	5.9	8.2	1.8	0.8	1.5	1.6	3.0	5.9	13.4	.440	0.9	3.0	.318	1.7	2.5	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	25	33.0	13.6	1.6	5.4	6.9	1.3	1.0	1.8	1.5	3.8	5.4	12.4	.439	1.2	3.4	.337	1.6	2.2	.741


Season 11
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	80	34.8	15.1	1.1	5.7	6.8	2.3	1.0	1.6	1.1	2.9	5.7	13.3	.430	1.9	5.4	.357	1.7	2.3	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	18	34.9	14.1	0.9	5.4	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	3.6	5.3	12.4	.430	1.8	4.4	.405	1.6	3.1	.527


Season 12
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	75	32.3	12.3	1.2	6.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	1.6	1.3	3.0	4.8	11.2	.423	1.4	3.9	.351	1.4	1.8	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	16	35.8	14.3	1.2	6.5	7.7	1.8	1.2	1.8	1.2	4.0	5.4	12.3	.437	1.6	4.5	.347	2.0	2.4	.842


Season 13
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	77	30.5	12.7	1.1	5.5	6.6	1.8	1.2	1.7	1.1	2.8	4.9	11.3	.432	1.5	4.1	.356	1.5	1.9	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	17	34.4	13.2	1.1	5.2	6.4	1.6	1.1	1.9	1.7	3.9	5.1	11.9	.424	1.4	4.4	.320	1.7	2.3	.744


Season 14
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	66	32.2	12.0	0.8	6.6	7.4	1.4	0.9	1.3	0.9	3.0	4.6	10.9	.419	1.7	4.8	.354	1.2	1.5	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	4	30.5	6.5	0.5	5.8	6.3	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.8	7.5	.367	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	79	22.5	9.0	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8	2.8	3.4	8.2	.409	1.0	3.7	.283	1.2	1.6	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	24	17.1	6.1	0.2	2.8	3.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	3.4	2.2	5.2	.416	0.8	2.3	.345	1.0	1.2	.828

Note: Rasheed Wallace didn't play in 2010-11 and 2011-12.


Season 16
	Dan Issel	Rasheed Wallace
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	21	14.1	7.0	0.5	3.4	4.0	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.6	6.8	.387	1.0	3.3	.319	0.7	1.0	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dan Issel vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace and Dan Issel, 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

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16