Glen Rice vs. Ben Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Wallace and Glen Rice, 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.

Glen Rice played 15 years in the NBA, 1 less than Ben Wallace, who played 16. Glen Rice had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
	Glen Rice	Ben Wallace
Season	1989-90	1996-97
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Glen Rice	77	30.0	13.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.1	13.9	.439	0.2	0.9	.246	1.2	1.6	.734
difference:	+43	+24.2	+12.5	+0.6	+2.3	+2.9	+1.7	+0.7	+0.1	-1.0	-1.8	+5.6	+12.5	+.091	+0.2	+0.9		+1.0	+1.0	+.434
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 Glen Rice nor Ben Wallace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	Glen Rice	Ben Wallace
Season	1994-95	2001-02
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Glen Rice	82	36.8	22.3	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.5	8.1	17.1	.475	2.3	5.5	.410	3.8	4.5	.855
difference:	+2	+0.3	+14.7	+2.8	+5.6	+8.4	+0.9	+0.3	+3.3	-1.0	-0.3	+4.9	+11.1	+.056	+2.3	+5.5		+2.6	+1.6	+.432
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		%
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Glen Rice	Ben Wallace
Season	1995-96	2002-03
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Glen Rice	79	39.8	21.6	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.7	16.4	.471	2.2	5.1	.424	4.0	4.8	.837
difference:	+6	+0.4	+14.7	+2.9	+7.7	+10.6	+1.3	+0.2	+3.0	-0.9	-0.2	+4.8	+10.4	+.010	+2.2	+5.0	+.257	+2.8	+2.2	+.387
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		%
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Glen Rice	Ben Wallace
Season	1996-97	2003-04
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Glen Rice	79	42.6	26.8	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	9.1	19.2	.477	2.6	5.6	.470	5.9	6.8	.867
difference:	+2	+4.9	+17.3	+3.2	+5.2	+8.4	+0.3	+0.9	+2.7	-0.7	-0.4	+5.2	+10.0	+.056	+2.6	+5.5	+.345	+4.1	+3.2	+.377
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		%
Glen Rice	3	45.7	27.7	0.3	3.3	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	9.3	19.0	.491	2.0	5.3	.375	7.0	7.7	.913
difference:	+20	+5.4	+17.4	+3.8	+6.8	+10.6	+1.8	+0.6	+2.1	-0.3	-1.2	+5.3	+10.1	+.037	+2.0	+5.2	+.375	+4.8	+2.6	+.486
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
	Glen Rice	Ben Wallace
Season	1997-98	2004-05
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Glen Rice	82	40.2	22.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	7.7	16.9	.457	1.6	3.7	.433	5.2	6.1	.849
difference:	+8	+4.1	+12.6	+2.8	+5.0	+7.9	+0.5	+0.5	+2.1	-1.1	-0.3	+3.7	+8.1	+.004	+1.6	+3.6	+.322	+3.4	+2.0	+.421
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		%
Glen Rice	9	41.0	22.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	9.1	19.2	.474	1.2	4.0	.306	3.3	4.0	.833
difference:	+16	+2.0	+12.8	+2.6	+3.1	+5.6	+0.4	+1.1	+2.1	-0.2	-0.3	+5.0	+10.7	+.007	+1.2	+3.8	+.306	+1.4	+0.1	+.372
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
	Glen Rice	Ben Wallace
Season	1998-99	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Glen Rice	27	36.5	17.5	0.3	3.3	3.7	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.7	2.5	6.3	14.7	.432	2.0	5.0	.393	2.9	3.3	.856
difference:	+55	+1.3	+10.2	+3.4	+4.3	+7.6	+0.7	+1.2	+2.0	-0.6	-0.5	+3.4	+9.0	+.078	+2.0	+5.0		+1.4	+0.3	+.440
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		%
Glen Rice	7	43.7	18.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.1	6.4	14.4	.446	1.4	4.0	.357	4.0	4.1	.966
difference:	+11	+8.0	+13.6	+2.7	+3.9	+6.6	+0.1	+0.6	+1.1	-0.5	-0.2	+4.6	+10.5	+.019	+1.4	+3.9	+.357	+3.0	+0.4	+.693
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
	Glen Rice	Ben Wallace
Season	1999-00	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Glen Rice	80	31.6	15.9	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.3	.430	1.1	2.9	.367	4.3	5.0	.874
difference:	+3	+3.4	+9.5	+3.2	+3.3	+6.6	+0.2	+0.8	+1.8	-0.1	-0.2	+2.8	+6.8	+.023	+1.1	+2.8	+.167	+2.9	+1.5	+.466
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		%
Glen Rice	23	33.3	12.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.0	9.9	.408	1.2	2.9	.418	3.1	3.9	.798
difference:	+13	+3.6	+3.7	+2.5	+3.0	+5.5	+0.7	+0.8	+1.5	-0.6	-0.3	+1.0	+4.6	+.158	+1.2	+2.8	+.418	+0.4	+1.5	+.298
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