Dyson Daniels vs. Dominique Wilkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dominique Wilkins 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, 11 less than Dominique Wilkins, who played 15. Dyson Daniels had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Dominique Wilkins 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
	Dyson Daniels	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2022-23	1982-83
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+23	+15.2	+13.7	+2.2	+0.5	+2.6	+0.7	+0.3	+0.6	-1.2	-0.9	+5.8	+11.4	+.075	+0.5	+1.4	+.132	+2.4	+3.4	+.032
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Dyson Daniels	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2024-25	1984-85
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+5	+3.5	+13.3	+1.2	+0.2	+1.0	+1.9	+1.3		-0.8	-0.2	+4.5	+11.2	+.042	+0.8	+2.1	+.031	+4.9	+5.6	+.213
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dyson Daniels nor Dominique Wilkins played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Dyson Daniels	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2025-26	1985-86
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+74	+10.1	+25.3	+2.3	+0.2	+2.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	-1.2	-1.6	+9.4	+18.0	+.148	+0.1	+0.4	+.314	+6.6	+7.5	+.318
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Dominique Wilkins played 11 seasons more than Dyson Daniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 15, from 1987 to 1999—Dominique Wilkins played in 7 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Dyson Daniels, Dominique Wilkins got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 8 All-Star Game