Dennis Schroder vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens and Dennis Schroder, 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.

Dennis Schroder played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than Lenny Wilkens, who played 15. Dennis Schroder had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Lenny Wilkens had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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.

Season 3
	Dennis Schroder	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2015-16	1962-63
Team	Atlanta Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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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		%
Dennis Schroder	80	20.3	11.0	0.3	2.2	2.6	4.4	0.9	0.1	2.3	1.7	4.1	9.8	.421	1.0	3.0	.322	1.8	2.3	.791
difference:	+5	+14.0	+0.8			+2.8	+0.7				-1.7	+0.3	+1.3	+.022				+1.2	+2.0	+.095
Lenny Wilkens	75	34.3	11.8	-	-	5.4	5.1	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	11.1	.399	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.696
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Schroder	10	19.1	11.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.6	0.4	0.1	2.1	2.4	4.7	10.4	.452	1.2	3.5	.343	1.1	1.3	.846
difference:	+1	+17.3	+2.0			+4.4	+2.7				-2.2	+0.5	+3.6	+.082				+2.3	+3.2	+.091
Lenny Wilkens	11	36.4	13.7	-	-	6.3	6.3	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	14.0	.370	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.755

Season 4
	Dennis Schroder	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2016-17	1963-64
Team	Atlanta Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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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		%
Dennis Schroder	79	31.5	17.9	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.2	3.3	1.9	6.9	15.4	.451	1.3	3.7	.340	2.8	3.2	.855
difference:	+1	+0.9	+5.9			+1.2	+1.7				-1.8	+2.6	+5.0	+.038				+0.7	+1.5	+.115
Lenny Wilkens	78	32.4	12.0	-	-	4.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.3	10.4	.413	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Schroder	6	35.2	24.7	0.7	1.7	2.3	7.7	1.0	0.0	1.7	3.2	8.3	18.3	.455	2.8	6.7	.425	5.2	6.2	.838
difference:	+6	+0.8	+10.4			+2.7	+2.4				-0.3	+3.0	+6.4	+.007				+1.5	+1.4	+.079
Lenny Wilkens	12	34.4	14.3	-	-	5.0	5.3	-	-	-	3.5	5.3	11.9	.448	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759

Season 5
	Dennis Schroder	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2017-18	1964-65
Team	Atlanta Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div Semis

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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		%
Dennis Schroder	67	31.0	19.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.2	7.5	17.1	.436	1.1	3.9	.290	3.4	4.0	.849
difference:	+11	+5.6	+2.9			+1.6	+0.7				-1.4	+1.9	+3.7	+.022				+1.9	+3.2	+.103
Lenny Wilkens	78	36.6	16.5	-	-	4.7	5.5	-	-	-	3.6	5.6	13.4	.414	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Schroder	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	4	36.8	16.0	-	-	3.0	3.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	14.3	.351	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.828

Season 7
	Dennis Schroder	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2019-20	1966-67
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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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		%
Dennis Schroder	65	30.8	18.9	0.3	3.3	3.6	4.0	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.2	7.0	14.8	.469	1.9	5.0	.385	3.0	3.6	.839
difference:	+13	+7.3	+1.5			+1.7	+1.7				-1.4	+1.3	+1.5	+.037				+2.9	+3.9	+.052
Lenny Wilkens	78	38.1	17.4	-	-	5.3	5.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	13.3	.432	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Schroder	7	32.4	17.3	0.3	3.4	3.7	3.6	0.6	0.1	2.4	2.1	6.3	15.6	.404	1.9	6.4	.289	2.9	3.6	.800
difference:	+2	+9.6	+4.1			+3.9	+3.6				-1.7	+0.1	+0.5	+.004				+5.7	+6.4	+.056
Lenny Wilkens	9	42.0	21.4	-	-	7.6	7.2	-	-	-	3.8	6.4	16.1	.400	-	-	-	8.6	10.0	.856

Season 8
	Dennis Schroder	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2020-21	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Dennis Schroder	61	32.1	15.4	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.7	2.6	5.4	12.5	.437	1.2	3.5	.335	3.4	4.0	.848
difference:	+21	+6.5	+4.6			+1.8	+2.5				-0.5	+1.3	+2.7	+.001				+3.3	+4.7	+.080
Lenny Wilkens	82	38.6	20.0	-	-	5.3	8.3	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.2	.438	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Schroder	6	32.7	14.3	0.2	2.8	3.0	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.2	4.7	11.7	.400	1.3	4.3	.308	3.7	4.3	.846
difference:		+6.8	+4.0			+3.3	+5.0				-1.6	+2.0	+3.5	+.040				+1.3	+2.4	+.096
Lenny Wilkens	6	39.5	18.3	-	-	6.3	7.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.2	.440	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750

Season 9
	Dennis Schroder	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2021-22	1968-69
Team	Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dennis Schroder	64	28.7	13.5	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.6	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	4.9	11.3	.431	1.3	3.9	.344	2.5	2.9	.853
difference:	+18	+13.5	+8.9			+2.9	+3.6				-1.2	+3.0	+6.5	+.009				+4.2	+5.8	+.083
Lenny Wilkens	82	42.2	22.4	-	-	6.2	8.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.9	17.8	.440	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dennis Schroder nor Lenny Wilkens played in the postseason in their season 9

Season 10
	Dennis Schroder	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2022-23	1969-70
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Dennis Schroder	66	30.1	12.6	0.3	2.2	2.5	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.2	4.1	9.8	.415	1.1	3.4	.329	3.3	3.8	.857
difference:	+9	+7.3	+5.2			+2.5	+4.6				-0.6	+1.9	+4.4	+.005				+2.5	+3.6	+.069
Lenny Wilkens	75	37.4	17.8	-	-	5.0	9.1	-	-	-	2.8	6.0	14.2	.420	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Schroder	16	26.1	7.4	0.2	1.8	1.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.6	6.4	.398	0.8	2.4	.333	1.4	1.8	.821
Lenny Wilkens	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Dennis Schroder	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2023-24	1970-71
Team	Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Dennis Schroder	80	31.1	14.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.0	11.6	.435	1.7	4.6	.375	2.2	2.7	.836
difference:	+9	+6.1	+5.8			+1.5	+3.1				-0.7	+1.6	+4.2	+.016				+4.3	+5.4	+.033
Lenny Wilkens	71	37.2	19.8	-	-	4.5	9.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.6	15.8	.419	-	-	-	6.5	8.1	.803
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dennis Schroder nor Lenny Wilkens played in the postseason in their season 11

Additional Years
* Lenny Wilkens played 3 seasons more than Dennis Schroder in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 15, from 1973 to 1975—Lenny Wilkens didn't play in the postseason. In those 3 extra years over Dennis Schroder, Lenny Wilkens got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game