Dikembe Mutombo vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams 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, 15 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Dikembe Mutombo had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
	Dikembe Mutombo	Jalen Williams
Season	1991-92	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+4	+8.0	+2.5	+3.4	+4.4	+7.8	+1.1	+0.8	+2.5	-1.9	-1.3	+0.5	+1.6	+.028	+1.0	+2.7		+2.4	+4.5	+.170
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dikembe Mutombo nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Dikembe Mutombo	Jalen Williams
Season	1993-94	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
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	-	3.1	5.4	.583
difference:	+13	+2.4	+9.6	+2.6	+3.9	+6.5	+3.6	+0.9	+3.4	-0.3	-0.9	+3.7	+9.1	+.085	+1.8	+4.9		+0.3	+1.1	+.206
Jalen Williams	69	32.4	21.6	0.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	2.3	8.2	16.9	.484	1.8	4.9	.365	3.4	4.3	.789
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
difference:	+11	+8.0	+8.1	+2.3	+4.2	+6.5	+3.0	+0.7	+5.4	-0.7	-1.3	+3.5	+8.2	+.014	+1.5	+5.0		+0.5	+2.6	+.187
Jalen Williams	23	34.6	21.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.7	17.2	.449	1.5	5.0	.304	4.4	5.6	.789

Additional Years
* Dikembe Mutombo played 15 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 18, from 1995 to 2009—Dikembe Mutombo played in 12 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Jalen Williams, Dikembe Mutombo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 4 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Rebounds Leader 2 Blocks Leader 7 All-Star Game