Dominique Wilkins vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Dominique Wilkins, 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.

Dominique Wilkins played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Dominique Wilkins had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
	Dominique Wilkins	James Worthy
Season	1982-83	1982-83
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dominique Wilkins	82	32.9	17.5	2.8	3.1	5.8	1.6	1.0	0.8	2.2	2.6	7.3	14.9	.493	0.0	0.1	.182	2.8	4.1	.682
difference:	+5	+7.3	+4.1	+0.8		+0.6	+0.1	+0.2		-0.1	-0.3	+1.5	+4.9	+.086			+.068	+1.0	+1.2	+.058
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dominique Wilkins	3	36.3	15.7	2.7	2.3	5.0	0.3	0.7	0.3	3.3	3.0	5.7	14.0	.405	0.3	0.3	1.000	4.0	4.7	.857
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dominique Wilkins	James Worthy
Season	1984-85	1984-85
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dominique Wilkins	81	37.3	27.4	2.8	4.1	6.9	2.5	1.7	0.7	2.8	2.1	10.5	23.3	.451	0.3	1.0	.309	6.0	7.4	.806
difference:	+1	+3.6	+9.8	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5		+0.6	+0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+2.9	+10.0	+.121	+0.3	+0.9	+.309	+3.6	+4.3	+.030
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dominique Wilkins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Season 4
	Dominique Wilkins	James Worthy
Season	1985-86	1985-86
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Dominique Wilkins	78	39.1	30.3	3.3	4.6	7.9	2.6	1.8	0.6	3.2	2.2	11.4	24.3	.468	0.2	0.9	.186	7.4	9.0	.818
difference:	+3	+6.4	+10.3	+1.5	+1.3	+2.7	+0.1	+0.7	+0.4	-1.2	-0.4	+3.0	+9.8	+.111	+0.2	+0.7	+.186	+4.2	+4.8	+.047
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dominique Wilkins	9	40.0	28.6	2.2	3.8	6.0	2.8	1.0	0.2	3.3	2.7	10.4	24.1	.433	0.1	0.6	.200	7.6	8.8	.861
difference:	+5	+1.5	+9.0	+0.6	+0.7	+1.4	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-0.4	+1.8	+8.6	+.125	+0.1	+0.3	+.200	+5.3	+5.4	+.180
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 5
	Dominique Wilkins	James Worthy
Season	1986-87	1986-87
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Dominique Wilkins	79	37.6	29.0	2.7	3.6	6.3	3.3	1.5	0.6	2.7	1.9	10.5	22.6	.463	0.4	1.3	.292	7.7	9.4	.818
difference:	+3	+3.2	+9.6	+0.8	+0.2	+0.6	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	-0.7	-0.6	+2.6	+7.9	+.076	+0.4	+1.1	+.292	+4.1	+4.7	+.067
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dominique Wilkins	9	40.0	26.8	3.0	4.8	7.8	2.8	1.8	0.9	2.9	2.8	9.6	23.3	.410	0.3	1.1	.300	7.3	8.2	.892
difference:	+9	+2.2	+3.2	+1.3	+0.9	+2.2	+0.7	+0.2	+0.3	-0.7	-0.5	+0.2	+6.7	+.181	+0.3	+1.0	+.300	+3.2	+2.8	+.139
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753

Season 6
	Dominique Wilkins	James Worthy
Season	1987-88	1987-88
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Dominique Wilkins	78	37.8	30.7	2.7	3.7	6.4	2.9	1.3	0.6	2.8	2.1	11.7	25.1	.464	0.5	1.7	.295	6.9	8.4	.826
difference:	+3	+2.4	+11.0	+1.0	+0.4	+1.4	+1.0	+0.3	+0.1	-0.7	-0.2	+3.5	+9.6	+.067	+0.5	+1.5	+.170	+3.7	+4.3	+.030
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dominique Wilkins	12	39.4	31.2	3.1	3.3	6.4	2.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.0	11.4	25.0	.457	0.3	1.5	.222	8.0	10.4	.768
difference:	+12	+2.1	+10.1	+0.9	+0.3	+0.6	+1.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.4	+2.9	+8.7	+.066	+0.3	+1.1	+.111	+4.0	+5.1	+.010
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758

Season 7
	Dominique Wilkins	James Worthy
Season	1988-89	1988-89
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Dominique Wilkins	80	37.5	26.2	3.2	3.7	6.9	2.6	1.5	0.7	2.3	1.7	10.2	22.0	.464	0.4	1.3	.276	5.5	6.6	.844
difference:	+1	+1.0	+5.7	+1.1	+0.3	+0.9	+1.0	+0.2		-0.1	-0.5	+1.5	+6.2	+.084	+0.4	+1.0	+.189	+2.4	+2.6	+.062
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dominique Wilkins	5	42.4	27.2	2.0	3.4	5.4	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.0	10.4	23.2	.448	1.0	3.4	.294	5.4	7.6	.711
difference:	+10	+2.4	+2.4	+0.5	+0.9	+1.3	+0.6	+0.4	+0.5	-0.2	-1.4	+0.2	+5.2	+.119	+0.8	+2.9	+.081	+1.2	+2.3	+.077
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788

Season 8
	Dominique Wilkins	James Worthy
Season	1989-90	1989-90
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Dominique Wilkins	80	36.1	26.7	2.7	3.8	6.5	2.5	1.6	0.6	2.2	1.8	10.1	20.9	.484	0.7	2.3	.322	5.7	7.1	.807
difference:		+0.9	+5.6	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+1.1	+0.4		-0.2	-0.6	+1.2	+4.7	+.064	+0.5	+1.7	+.016	+2.6	+3.1	+.025
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dominique Wilkins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837

Season 9
	Dominique Wilkins	James Worthy
Season	1990-91	1990-91
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Dominique Wilkins	81	38.0	25.9	3.2	5.8	9.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	1.9	9.5	20.2	.470	1.0	3.1	.341	5.9	7.1	.829
difference:	+3	+0.6	+4.5	+1.8	+2.6	+4.4	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	-0.9	-0.4	+0.3	+1.5	+.022	+0.7	+1.9	+.052	+3.2	+3.7	+.032
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dominique Wilkins	5	39.0	20.8	1.2	5.2	6.4	2.6	1.8	1.0	2.2	1.6	7.0	18.8	.372	0.4	3.0	.133	6.4	7.0	.914
difference:	+13	+1.7	+0.3	+0.2	+2.5	+2.3	+1.3	+0.7	+0.9		-0.3	+1.9	+0.4	+.093	+0.2	+1.7	+.034	+3.5	+3.0	+.178
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736

Season 10
	Dominique Wilkins	James Worthy
Season	1991-92	1991-92
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dominique Wilkins	42	38.1	28.1	2.5	4.6	7.0	3.8	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.8	10.1	21.8	.464	0.9	3.0	.289	7.0	8.4	.835
difference:	+12	+0.9	+8.2	+0.7	+0.8	+1.4	+0.9	+0.2	+0.2	-0.5	-0.2	+1.8	+3.2	+.017	+0.7	+2.2	+.080	+3.9	+4.6	+.021
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dominique Wilkins nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 10

Season 11
	Dominique Wilkins	James Worthy
Season	1992-93	1992-93
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dominique Wilkins	71	37.3	29.9	2.6	4.2	6.8	3.2	1.0	0.4	2.6	1.6	10.4	22.3	.468	1.7	4.5	.380	7.3	8.8	.828
difference:	+11	+8.5	+15.0	+1.7	+2.1	+3.8	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.9	-0.5	+4.2	+8.4	+.021	+1.3	+3.1	+.110	+5.2	+6.2	+.018
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dominique Wilkins	3	37.7	30.0	4.0	1.3	5.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	3.3	2.7	10.7	25.0	.427	1.0	4.0	.250	7.7	10.0	.767
difference:	+2	+8.1	+16.2	+2.6	+0.7	+1.9	+0.4		+0.3	-1.9	-0.5	+4.3	+7.8	+.055	+0.6	+2.4		+7.1	+9.0	+.167
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600

Season 12
	Dominique Wilkins	James Worthy
Season	1993-94	1993-94
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dominique Wilkins	74	35.6	26.0	2.5	4.0	6.5	2.3	1.2	0.4	2.3	1.7	9.4	21.5	.440	1.1	4.0	.288	6.0	7.1	.847
difference:	+6	+15.6	+15.8	+1.9	+2.3	+4.2	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2	-1.1	-0.7	+5.1	+11.0	+.034	+0.7	+2.6		+4.7	+5.4	+.106
James Worthy	80	20.0	10.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	.406	0.4	1.4	.288	1.3	1.7	.741
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dominique Wilkins nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 12