Dikembe Mutombo vs. Julius Randle Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Randle 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, 6 more than Julius Randle, who played 12. Dikembe Mutombo had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Julius Randle had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Julius Randle
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	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:	+70	+24.3	+14.6	+4.5	+7.8	+12.3	+2.2	+0.6	+3.0	-2.5	-2.8	+5.0	+9.2	+.160				+4.5	+5.0	+.642
Julius Randle	1	14.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	2.0	.000
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dikembe Mutombo nor Julius Randle played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Dikembe Mutombo	Julius Randle
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+8	+6.0	+1.2	+1.5	+1.8	+3.2	+2.1		+3.6	-0.2	-0.2	+0.6	+2.6	+.081	+0.2	+0.9		+0.3	+1.6	+.140
Julius Randle	74	28.8	13.2	2.0	6.6	8.6	3.6	0.7	0.5	2.3	3.4	5.1	10.4	.488	0.2	0.9	.270	2.8	3.8	.723
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dikembe Mutombo	Julius Randle
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
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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4th 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	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
difference:		+11.1	+4.6	+1.7	+2.9	+4.5	+1.2		+3.4	-0.3	-0.2	+1.8	+3.3	+.002	+0.1	+0.5		+0.7	+0.6	+.064
Julius Randle	82	26.7	16.1	2.2	5.8	8.0	2.6	0.5	0.5	2.6	3.3	6.1	11.0	.558	0.1	0.5	.222	3.7	5.2	.718
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dikembe Mutombo	Julius Randle
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
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	-	3.3	4.8	.695
difference:	+1	+6.1	+10.4	+1.2	+1.9	+3.1	+1.6	+0.2	+3.9	-0.8	-0.1	+4.0	+7.2	+.025	+0.9	+2.7		+1.6	+1.9	+.036
Julius Randle	73	30.6	21.4	2.2	6.5	8.7	3.1	0.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	7.8	14.9	.524	0.9	2.7	.344	4.9	6.7	.731
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dikembe Mutombo nor Julius Randle played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Dikembe Mutombo	Julius Randle
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
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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6th 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	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
difference:	+16	+4.7	+6.2	+1.0	+0.9	+1.9	+1.7	+0.2	+3.0	-0.7	-0.3	+2.4	+6.7	+.067	+1.0	+3.6		+0.2	+0.1	+.028
Julius Randle	64	32.5	19.5	2.4	7.4	9.7	3.1	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.8	7.2	15.7	.460	1.0	3.6	.277	4.0	5.5	.733
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dikembe Mutombo	Julius Randle
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+11	+2.0	+10.7	+2.2	+1.0	+1.2	+5.0	+0.5	+3.1	-1.4	-0.1	+3.6	+9.5	+.081	+2.3	+5.5		+1.2	+0.5	+.141
Julius Randle	71	37.6	24.1	1.2	9.0	10.2	6.0	0.9	0.3	3.4	3.2	8.5	18.6	.456	2.3	5.5	.411	4.9	6.0	.811
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
difference:	+1	+2.0	+10.0	+1.1	+0.1	+1.2	+3.7	+0.3	+2.3	-2.6	-1.1	+2.8	+12.8	+.160	+2.2	+6.6		+2.1	+1.4	+.227
Julius Randle	5	36.0	18.0	2.2	9.4	11.6	4.0	0.6	0.0	4.6	3.6	5.6	18.8	.298	2.2	6.6	.333	4.6	5.4	.852

Season 8
	Dikembe Mutombo	Julius Randle
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+22	+1.3	+9.3	+2.1	+0.2	+2.3	+4.0	+0.4	+2.4	-1.5	-0.1	+3.6	+10.5	+.101	+1.7	+5.4		+0.3	+0.1	+.072
Julius Randle	72	35.3	20.1	1.7	8.2	9.9	5.1	0.7	0.5	3.4	2.8	7.1	17.3	.411	1.7	5.4	.308	4.2	5.6	.756
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Dikembe Mutombo	Julius Randle
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+5	+0.9	+13.6	+1.9	+2.3	+4.1	+2.8	+0.3	+3.0	-0.7		+4.6	+11.6	+.103	+2.8	+8.3		+1.6	+1.8	+.049
Julius Randle	77	35.5	25.1	1.8	8.1	10.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	2.8	3.0	8.5	18.6	.459	2.8	8.3	.343	5.2	6.9	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Julius Randle	10	33.0	16.6	1.7	6.6	8.3	3.6	0.5	0.3	3.5	2.4	5.5	14.7	.374	1.7	6.6	.258	3.9	5.5	.709

Season 10
	Dikembe Mutombo	Julius Randle
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA 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		%
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
difference:	+29	+0.9	+14.0	+1.9	+2.4	+4.3	+4.0	+0.1	+2.4	-1.6		+5.0	+10.8	+.012	+1.7	+5.3		+2.3	+2.7	+.056
Julius Randle	46	35.4	24.0	2.2	7.0	9.2	5.0	0.5	0.3	3.5	2.7	8.6	18.2	.472	1.7	5.3	.311	5.1	6.6	.781
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	-	5.0	6.4	.777
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Dikembe Mutombo	Julius Randle
Season	2001-02	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+11	+4.0	+7.2	+1.1	+2.6	+3.7	+3.7	+0.3	+2.2	-0.8	-0.5	+2.6	+5.6	+.016	+1.6	+4.6		+0.4	+0.3	+.042
Julius Randle	69	32.3	18.7	2.1	5.0	7.1	4.7	0.7	0.2	2.8	2.5	6.6	13.6	.485	1.6	4.6	.344	3.9	4.9	.806
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
difference:	+10	+0.9	+12.9	+1.0	+3.7	+4.7	+4.3	+0.4	+1.7	-1.1	-0.2	+4.9	+9.1	+.050	+2.0	+5.2		+1.2	+0.2	+.265
Julius Randle	15	35.5	21.7	1.8	4.1	5.9	4.9	0.8	0.1	3.3	3.0	7.7	15.3	.502	2.0	5.2	.385	4.4	5.0	.880