Dikembe Mutombo vs. Dean Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dean Wade 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.

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.

Dikembe Mutombo played 18 years in the NBA, 13 more than Dean Wade, who played 5. Dikembe Mutombo had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Dean Wade had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Dikembe Mutombo	18	13	1991-92 to 2008-09
Dean Wade	5	1	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	1991-92	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Dean Wade	12	5.9	1.7	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.8	1.1	.692	0.2	0.3	.500	0.0	0.1	.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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	82	36.9	13.8	4.2	8.9	13.0	1.8	0.5	3.5	2.6	3.5	4.9	9.5	.510	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.0	.681
Dean Wade	63	19.2	6.0	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.2	2.1	4.9	.431	1.2	3.4	.366	0.5	0.6	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	1993-94	2021-22
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
Dean Wade	51	19.2	5.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.3	1.7	1.9	4.3	.456	1.0	2.8	.359	0.4	0.6	.667

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
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	1994-95	2022-23
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	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	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
Dean Wade	44	20.3	4.7	0.5	3.0	3.4	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.4	2.0	1.7	4.0	.412	1.0	2.9	.354	0.3	0.5	.652

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
Dean Wade	2	5.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 5
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Honors & Awards	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
Dean Wade	54	20.5	5.4	0.7	3.4	4.0	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.7	1.8	4.3	.414	1.5	3.7	.391	0.4	0.5	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	-

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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
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
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	-

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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
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	-

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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
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	-
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	-

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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
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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	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
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	2002-03	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	24	21.4	5.8	2.3	4.1	6.4	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.4	2.3	2.0	5.5	.374	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.727
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	10	11.5	1.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.8	2.1	0.7	1.5	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	2003-04	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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	65	23.0	5.6	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.4	0.3	1.9	0.8	2.2	2.2	4.5	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.681
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	3	12.3	2.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	2.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	80	15.2	4.0	1.9	3.5	5.3	0.1	0.2	1.3	0.6	1.7	1.4	2.7	.498	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.741
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	7	14.4	3.1	1.6	3.4	5.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.0	2.1	0.9	1.6	.545	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.769
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	64	14.9	2.6	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.5	2.0	0.8	1.5	.526	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.758
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	75	17.2	3.1	2.2	4.3	6.5	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.5	2.1	1.1	2.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.690
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	7	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	39	15.9	3.0	1.7	3.4	5.1	0.1	0.3	1.2	0.4	1.4	1.1	2.1	.538	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.711
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	6	20.5	3.8	1.7	4.8	6.5	0.3	0.2	1.8	0.2	1.7	1.3	2.2	.615	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.636
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Dikembe Mutombo	Dean Wade
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	-

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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	9	10.7	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.7	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.7	1.2	0.6	1.4	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	2	10.0	0.0	0.5	4.0	4.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000
Dean Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dikembe Mutombo vs. Dean Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dean Wade 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.

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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

Season 17

Season 18