Dyson Daniels vs. Dikembe Mutombo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dikembe Mutombo and Dyson Daniels, 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.

Dyson Daniels played 4 years in the NBA, 14 less than Dikembe Mutombo, who played 18. Dyson Daniels had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Dikembe Mutombo had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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
	Dyson Daniels	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2022-23	1991-92
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Dyson Daniels	59	17.7	3.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.7	1.5	3.5	.418	0.5	1.5	.314	0.4	0.7	.650
difference:	+12	+20.6	+12.8	+3.9	+5.2	+9.1	+0.1	+0.1	+2.8	-2.5	-2.1	+4.5	+8.7	+.075	+0.5	+1.5		+4.1	+6.3	+.008
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dyson Daniels nor Dikembe Mutombo played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Dyson Daniels	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2024-25	1993-94
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Dyson Daniels	76	33.8	14.1	1.6	4.3	5.9	4.4	3.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	6.0	12.1	.493	1.1	3.1	.340	1.1	1.8	.593
difference:	+6	+1.0	+2.1	+1.9	+4.1	+5.9	+2.9	+2.3	+3.4	-0.5	-0.9	+1.5	+4.3	+.076	+1.1	+3.1		+2.0	+3.6	+.010
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 4
	Dyson Daniels	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2025-26	1994-95
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dyson Daniels	4	29.0	5.0	1.0	4.8	5.8	2.3	2.0	0.5	2.0	3.8	2.0	6.3	.320	0.3	0.5	.500	0.8	1.5	.500
difference:	+78	+8.8	+6.5	+2.9	+3.9	+6.7	+0.9	+1.5	+3.4	-0.3	-0.3	+2.3	+1.4	+.236	+0.3	+0.5		+2.2	+3.1	+.154
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Dikembe Mutombo played 14 seasons more than Dyson Daniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 18, from 1996 to 2009—Dikembe Mutombo played in 11 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Dyson Daniels, Dikembe Mutombo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 3 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Rebounds Leader 1 Blocks Leader 6 All-Star Game