Dorian Finney-Smith vs. Ben Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Wallace and Dorian Finney-Smith, 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.

Dorian Finney-Smith played 9 years in the NBA, 7 less than Ben Wallace, who played 16. Dorian Finney-Smith had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Ben Wallace had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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.

Season 6
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Ben Wallace
Season	2021-22	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	80	33.1	11.0	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.9	1.1	0.5	1.0	2.3	4.1	8.7	.471	2.2	5.4	.395	0.7	1.0	.675
difference:		+3.4	+3.4	+2.5	+5.8	+8.3	+0.5	+0.6	+3.0	-0.1	-0.1	+0.9	+2.7	+.060	+2.2	+5.4		+0.5	+1.9	+.252
Ben Wallace	80	36.5	7.6	4.0	9.0	13.0	1.4	1.7	3.5	0.9	2.2	3.2	6.0	.531	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.9	.423
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	18	38.2	11.7	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.9	4.1	8.7	.471	2.6	6.0	.426	0.9	1.3	.708
difference:	+8	+2.6	+4.4	+3.0	+7.6	+10.6	+0.7	+1.0	+2.2	-0.9	-0.5	+1.3	+2.8	+.004	+2.6	+6.0		+0.8	+2.6	+.272
Ben Wallace	10	40.8	7.3	4.8	11.3	16.1	1.2	1.9	2.6	1.9	2.4	2.8	5.9	.475	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.9	.436

Season 7
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Ben Wallace
Season	2022-23	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	66	30.4	8.3	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.2	3.0	7.6	.391	1.7	5.1	.337	0.7	0.9	.763
difference:	+7	+9.0	+1.4	+2.3	+8.3	+10.6	+0.1	+0.6	+2.7	-0.3	-0.3	+0.1	+1.6	+.090	+1.7	+5.0	+.170	+0.5	+1.7	+.313
Ben Wallace	73	39.4	6.9	4.0	11.4	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	1.2	2.5	2.9	6.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.167	1.2	2.6	.450
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	4	25.3	6.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.3	5.8	.391	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+13	+17.2	+2.6	+3.6	+8.2	+11.8	+0.8	+1.7	+2.6	-0.4	-1.1	+0.8	+0.6	+.095	+1.8	+4.2	+.412	+2.6	+5.9
Ben Wallace	17	42.5	8.9	5.1	11.2	16.3	1.6	2.5	3.1	0.9	2.9	3.1	6.4	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	5.9	.446

Season 8
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Ben Wallace
Season	2023-24	2003-04
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	68	28.4	8.5	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.2	7.5	.421	1.7	4.9	.348	0.5	0.7	.717
difference:	+13	+9.3	+1.0	+2.4	+5.3	+7.7	+0.1	+1.0	+2.4	-0.6	-0.2	+0.7	+1.7		+1.7	+4.8	+.223	+1.3	+2.9	+.227
Ben Wallace	81	37.7	9.5	4.0	8.4	12.4	1.7	1.8	3.0	1.5	2.0	3.9	9.2	.421	0.0	0.1	.125	1.8	3.6	.490
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	23	40.3	10.3	4.1	10.1	14.3	1.9	1.9	2.4	1.6	2.5	4.0	8.9	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	5.1	.427

Season 9
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Ben Wallace
Season	2024-25	2004-05
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	63	28.9	8.7	1.3	2.7	3.9	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.9	2.2	3.1	6.9	.448	2.0	5.0	.411	0.5	0.7	.667
difference:	+11	+7.2	+1.0	+2.6	+5.5	+8.3	+0.3	+0.5	+2.0	-0.2	-0.1	+0.9	+1.9	+.005	+2.0	+4.9	+.300	+1.3	+3.4	+.239
Ben Wallace	74	36.1	9.7	3.9	8.2	12.2	1.7	1.4	2.4	1.1	2.1	4.0	8.8	.453	0.0	0.1	.111	1.8	4.1	.428
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	5	34.0	6.2	2.0	2.2	4.2	2.6	0.2	0.4	1.0	3.4	2.4	5.8	.414	1.4	3.8	.368	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+20	+5.0	+3.8	+1.8	+5.3	+7.1	+1.6	+1.5	+2.0	-0.2	-0.8	+1.7	+2.7	+.067	+1.4	+3.6	+.368	+1.9	+4.1
Ben Wallace	25	39.0	10.0	3.8	7.5	11.3	1.0	1.7	2.4	1.2	2.6	4.1	8.5	.481	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	4.1	.461

Additional Years
* Ben Wallace played 7 seasons more than Dorian Finney-Smith in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 2006 to 2012—Ben Wallace played in 4 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Dorian Finney-Smith, Ben Wallace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 All-Star Game