Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Ben Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Wallace and Giannis Antetokounmpo, 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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than Ben Wallace, who played 16. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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.

Rookie Season
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Ben Wallace
Season	2013-14	1996-97
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
difference:	+43	+18.8	+5.7	+0.3	+2.4	+2.7	+1.8	+0.6	+0.5	-1.1	-1.4	+1.7	+4.0	+.066	+0.5	+1.5		+1.6	+2.0	+.383
Ben Wallace	34	5.8	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	.348	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.300
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Giannis Antetokounmpo nor Ben Wallace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Ben Wallace
Season	2016-17	1999-00
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
difference:	+1	+11.4	+18.1	+0.8	+1.4	+0.6	+4.6	+0.7	+0.3	-2.1	-1.1	+6.1	+11.6	+.018	+0.6	+2.3		+5.2	+6.3	+.296
Ben Wallace	81	24.2	4.8	2.6	5.6	8.2	0.8	0.9	1.6	0.8	2.0	2.1	4.1	.503	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.474
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543
Ben Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Ben Wallace
Season	2017-18	2000-01
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760
difference:	+5	+2.2	+20.5	+1.7	+1.4	+3.2	+3.3	+0.2	+0.9	-1.5	-0.7	+7.2	+13.2	+.039	+0.6	+1.8	+.057	+5.5	+5.5	+.424
Ben Wallace	80	34.5	6.4	3.8	9.4	13.2	1.5	1.3	2.3	1.5	2.4	2.7	5.5	.490	0.0	0.1	.250	1.0	3.0	.336
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691
Ben Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Ben Wallace
Season	2018-19	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729
difference:	+8	+3.7	+20.1	+1.8	+1.3	+0.5	+4.5	+0.4	+2.0	-2.8	-1.0	+6.8	+11.3	+.047	+0.7	+2.8		+5.7	+6.6	+.306
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637
difference:	+5	+6.5	+18.2	+2.4	+1.5	+3.9	+3.7	+0.7	+0.6	-1.4	-0.8	+5.8	+11.5	+.019	+1.2	+3.7		+5.4	+7.3	+.201
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Ben Wallace
Season	2019-20	2002-03
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	30.4	29.5	2.2	11.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.1	10.9	19.7	.553	1.4	4.7	.304	6.3	10.0	.633
difference:	+10	+9.0	+22.6	+1.8		+1.8	+4.0	+0.4	+2.2	-2.5	-0.6	+8.0	+13.7	+.072	+1.4	+4.6	+.137	+5.1	+7.4	+.183
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	9	30.8	26.7	3.0	10.8	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	3.3	3.4	10.0	17.9	.559	1.4	4.4	.325	5.2	9.0	.580
difference:	+8	+11.7	+17.8	+2.1	+0.4	+2.5	+4.1	+1.8	+2.2	-2.4	-0.5	+6.9	+11.5	+.073	+1.4	+4.3	+.325	+2.6	+3.1	+.134
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Ben Wallace
Season	2020-21	2003-04
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	61	33.0	28.1	1.6	9.4	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	3.4	2.8	10.3	18.0	.569	1.1	3.6	.303	6.5	9.5	.685
difference:	+20	+4.7	+18.6	+2.4	+1.0	+1.4	+4.2	+0.6	+1.8	-1.9	-0.8	+6.4	+8.8	+.148	+1.1	+3.5	+.178	+4.7	+5.9	+.195
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	21	38.1	30.2	2.8	10.0	12.8	5.1	1.0	1.2	3.0	2.9	11.9	20.9	.569	0.6	3.3	.186	5.8	9.8	.587
difference:	+2	+2.2	+19.9	+1.3	+0.1	+1.5	+3.2	+0.9	+1.2	-1.4	-0.4	+7.9	+12.0	+.115	+0.6	+3.2	+.186	+3.6	+4.7	+.160
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Ben Wallace
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	32.9	29.9	2.0	9.6	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	3.2	10.3	18.6	.553	1.1	3.6	.293	8.3	11.4	.722
difference:	+7	+3.2	+20.2	+1.9	+1.4	+0.6	+4.1	+0.3	+1.0	-2.2	-1.1	+6.3	+9.8	+.100	+1.1	+3.5	+.182	+6.5	+7.3	+.294
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	12	37.3	31.7	2.2	12.0	14.2	6.8	0.7	1.3	4.5	3.6	11.7	23.8	.491	0.8	3.4	.220	7.6	11.2	.679
difference:	+13	+1.7	+21.7	+1.6	+4.5	+2.9	+5.8	+1.0	+1.1	-3.3	-1.0	+7.6	+15.3	+.010	+0.8	+3.2	+.220	+5.7	+7.1	+.218
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

Season 10
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Ben Wallace
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	32.1	31.1	2.2	9.6	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	3.9	3.1	11.2	20.3	.553	0.7	2.7	.275	7.9	12.3	.645
difference:	+19	+3.1	+23.8	+1.5	+2.0	+0.5	+3.8	+1.0	+1.4	-2.8	-1.1	+8.3	+14.6	+.043	+0.7	+2.7		+6.4	+8.7	+.229
Ben Wallace	82	35.2	7.3	3.7	7.6	11.3	1.9	1.8	2.2	1.1	2.0	2.9	5.7	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	3.6	.416
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	3	30.3	23.3	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.3	0.3	0.7	4.7	3.0	9.3	17.7	.528	0.0	1.0	.000	4.7	10.3	.452
difference:	+15	+5.4	+18.6	+0.6	+1.1	+0.5	+3.6	+1.0	+0.5	-3.9	-0.7	+7.5	+13.8	+.063		+0.9		+3.7	+6.6	+.179
Ben Wallace	18	35.7	4.7	3.3	7.2	10.5	1.7	1.3	1.2	0.8	2.3	1.8	3.9	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	3.7	.273

Season 11
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Ben Wallace
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	73	35.2	30.4	2.7	8.8	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	3.4	2.9	11.5	18.8	.611	0.5	1.7	.274	7.0	10.7	.657
difference:	+4	+0.2	+24.0	+1.2	+2.1	+0.8	+4.1	+0.2	+0.9	-2.1	-0.9	+9.0	+13.3	+.158	+0.5	+1.6	+.074	+5.6	+7.2	+.249
Ben Wallace	77	35.0	6.4	3.9	6.7	10.7	2.4	1.4	2.0	1.3	2.0	2.5	5.5	.453	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	3.5	.408
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	10	36.9	8.7	2.9	6.6	9.5	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.0	1.9	3.0	5.3	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	5.4	.500

Season 12
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Ben Wallace
Season	2024-25	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Cup MVP	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	34.2	30.4	2.2	9.7	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	3.1	2.3	11.8	19.7	.601	0.2	0.9	.222	6.5	10.6	.617
difference:	+5	+3.6	+25.6	+1.1	+4.6	+3.5	+5.0	+0.3	+0.4	-2.2	-0.6	+9.9	+14.8	+.209	+0.2	+0.8	+.222	+5.5	+8.3	+.191
Ben Wallace	72	30.6	4.8	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.5	1.2	1.6	0.9	1.7	1.9	4.9	.392	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.3	.426
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	5	37.6	33.0	3.8	11.6	15.4	6.6	1.0	1.0	4.6	2.4	12.0	19.8	.606	0.2	1.0	.200	8.8	12.6	.698
difference:	+8	+14.2	+29.8	+1.3	+7.6	+8.9	+5.4	+0.4	+0.1	-4.1	-0.4	+10.7	+17.3	+.091	+0.2	+1.0		+8.3	+11.1	+.348
Ben Wallace	13	23.4	3.2	2.5	4.0	6.5	1.2	0.6	1.1	0.5	2.0	1.3	2.5	.515	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.5	.350