Dikembe Mutombo vs. Bingo Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bingo Smith and Dikembe Mutombo, 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.

Dikembe Mutombo played 18 years in the NBA, 7 more than Bingo Smith, who played 11. Dikembe Mutombo had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Bingo Smith had his rookie season in 1969-70. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dikembe Mutombo	Bingo Smith
Season	1991-92	1969-70
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	71	38.3	16.6	4.5	7.8	12.3	2.2	0.6	3.0	3.5	3.8	6.0	12.2	.493	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	7.0	.642
Bingo Smith	75	16.0	7.3	-	-	4.4	1.0	-	-	-	1.6	3.2	7.6	.427	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bingo Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dikembe Mutombo	Bingo Smith
Season	1993-94	1971-72
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	82	34.8	12.0	3.5	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.7	4.1	2.5	3.2	4.5	7.8	.569	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	5.4	.583
Bingo Smith	82	33.3	15.0	-	-	6.1	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	6.4	14.5	.443	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	12	42.6	13.3	3.3	8.7	12.0	1.8	0.7	5.8	2.5	3.5	4.2	9.0	.463	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	8.2	.602
Bingo Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dikembe Mutombo	Bingo Smith
Season	1994-95	1972-73
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	82	37.8	11.5	3.9	8.7	12.5	1.4	0.5	3.9	2.3	3.5	4.3	7.7	.556	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.6	.654
Bingo Smith	73	14.6	8.2	-	-	2.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.1	3.7	8.3	.444	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	3	28.0	6.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	5.0	2.0	3.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Bingo Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dikembe Mutombo	Bingo Smith
Season	1995-96	1973-74
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	74	36.7	11.0	3.4	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.5	4.5	2.0	3.5	3.8	7.7	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	4.8	.695
Bingo Smith	82	31.9	14.8	1.6	3.7	5.3	2.4	1.1	0.4	-	3.0	6.5	14.4	.455	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bingo Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Dikembe Mutombo	Bingo Smith
Season	1996-97	1974-75
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	80	37.2	13.3	3.4	8.3	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	2.3	3.1	4.8	9.0	.527	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.4	.705
Bingo Smith	82	32.1	15.9	1.3	3.6	5.0	2.8	1.0	0.3	-	2.8	7.1	14.8	.483	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.825
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	10	41.5	15.4	3.7	8.6	12.3	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.0	3.0	5.4	8.6	.628	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.4	.719
Bingo Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dikembe Mutombo	Bingo Smith
Season	1997-98	1975-76
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	82	35.6	13.4	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.0	3.1	4.9	9.1	.537	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.5	.670
Bingo Smith	81	28.9	13.6	1.0	3.2	4.2	1.9	0.7	0.4	-	2.9	6.1	13.8	.442	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	4	34.0	8.0	3.3	9.5	12.8	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	2.5	2.8	6.0	.458	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.625
Bingo Smith	13	29.2	12.6	0.8	2.5	3.3	2.3	0.8	0.2	-	3.2	5.5	12.6	.433	-	-	-	1.7	1.9	.880

Season 8
	Dikembe Mutombo	Bingo Smith
Season	1998-99	1976-77
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	50	36.6	10.8	3.8	8.4	12.2	1.1	0.3	2.9	1.9	2.9	3.5	6.8	.512	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.7	.684
Bingo Smith	81	26.4	14.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.9	0.8	0.4	-	2.6	6.3	14.2	.446	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	9	42.2	12.6	4.0	9.9	13.9	1.2	0.6	2.6	2.0	3.1	4.4	7.9	.563	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.2	.702
Bingo Smith	3	19.0	7.0	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.3	1.0	0.3	-	1.7	3.0	13.0	.231	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 9
	Dikembe Mutombo	Bingo Smith
Season	1999-00	1977-78
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	82	36.4	11.5	3.7	10.4	14.1	1.3	0.3	3.3	2.1	3.0	3.9	7.0	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.1	.708
Bingo Smith	82	19.3	10.3	0.8	1.7	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.9	4.5	10.2	.439	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bingo Smith	2	17.0	8.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	4.0	6.5	.615	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 10
	Dikembe Mutombo	Bingo Smith
Season	2000-01	1978-79
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	75	34.5	10.0	4.1	9.4	13.5	1.0	0.4	2.7	1.9	2.7	3.6	7.4	.484	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.725
Bingo Smith	72	22.9	11.2	1.1	1.8	2.9	1.7	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.6	5.0	10.9	.460	-	-	-	1.2	1.5	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	23	42.7	13.9	4.9	8.8	13.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	1.6	2.4	4.4	9.0	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	6.4	.777
Bingo Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Dikembe Mutombo	Bingo Smith
Season	2001-02	1979-80
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers, San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	80	36.3	11.5	3.2	7.6	10.8	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.0	3.0	4.0	8.0	.501	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.6	.764
Bingo Smith	78	27.2	11.4	1.2	2.1	3.3	1.3	0.8	0.2	1.0	2.7	4.9	11.4	.432	0.3	1.0	.284	1.3	1.5	.870
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	5	34.6	8.8	2.8	7.8	10.6	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	3.2	2.8	6.2	.452	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.2	.615
Bingo Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-