Desmond Bane vs. Ben Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Wallace and Desmond Bane, 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.

Desmond Bane played 5 years in the NBA, 11 less than Ben Wallace, who played 16. Desmond Bane had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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
	Desmond Bane	Ben Wallace
Season	2020-21	1996-97
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Desmond Bane	68	22.3	9.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.4	7.3	.469	1.7	4.0	.432	0.6	0.7	.816
difference:	+34	+16.5	+8.1	+0.2	+1.6	+1.4	+1.6	+0.4	+0.1	-0.4	-1.0	+2.9	+5.9	+.121	+1.7	+4.0		+0.4	+0.1	+.516
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		%
Desmond Bane	5	19.8	5.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.8	.579	1.2	2.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Ben Wallace played 11 seasons more than Desmond Bane in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 16, from 2002 to 2012—Ben Wallace played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Desmond Bane, 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