Dolph Schayes vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama and Dolph Schayes, 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.

Dolph Schayes played 15 years in the NBA, 13 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Dolph Schayes had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Dolph Schayes	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1949-50	2023-24
Team	Syracuse Nationals	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Nationals Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Dolph Schayes	64	-	16.8	-	-	-	4.0	-	-	-	3.5	5.4	14.1	.385	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.774
difference:	+7		+4.6				+0.1				-1.3	+2.4	+2.6	+.080				+1.8	+2.4	+.022
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	11	-	17.1	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	13.5	.385	-	-	-	6.7	9.2	.733
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dolph Schayes	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1950-51	2024-25
Team	Syracuse Nationals	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	66	-	17.0	-	-	16.4	3.8	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	14.1	.357	-	-	-	6.9	9.2	.752
difference:	+20		+7.3			+5.4	+0.1				-1.8	+3.9	+4.5	+.119				+3.5	+5.1	+.084
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	7	-	20.4	-	-	14.6	2.9	-	-	-	4.0	6.7	15.0	.448	-	-	-	7.0	9.1	.766
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Dolph Schayes played 13 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 15, from 1952 to 1964—Dolph Schayes played in 12 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 13 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Dolph Schayes got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	6 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 11 All-Star Game