Hakeem Olajuwon vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama and Hakeem Olajuwon, 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.

Hakeem Olajuwon played 18 years in the NBA, 16 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Hakeem Olajuwon had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Hakeem Olajuwon	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1984-85	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Hakeem Olajuwon	82	35.5	20.6	5.4	6.5	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	2.9	4.2	8.3	15.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.7	.613
difference:	+11	+5.8	+0.8	+3.1	+1.9	+1.3	+2.5		+0.9	-0.8	-2.0	+0.5	+1.4	+.073	+1.8	+5.5			+1.5	+.183
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hakeem Olajuwon	5	37.4	21.2	6.6	6.4	13.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	2.2	4.4	8.4	17.6	.477	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	9.2	.478
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Hakeem Olajuwon	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1985-86	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hakeem Olajuwon	68	36.3	23.5	4.9	6.6	11.5	2.0	2.0	3.4	2.9	4.0	9.2	17.5	.526	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	7.9	.645
difference:	+22	+3.1	+0.8	+3.1	+2.6	+0.5	+1.7	+0.9	+0.4	-0.3	-1.7	+0.3	+1.1	+.050	+3.1	+8.8		+1.7	+3.8	+.191
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hakeem Olajuwon	20	38.3	26.9	5.1	6.8	11.8	2.0	2.0	3.5	2.2	4.4	10.3	19.4	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	6.4	10.0	.638
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Hakeem Olajuwon played 16 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 18, from 1987 to 2002—Hakeem Olajuwon played in 13 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 16 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Hakeem Olajuwon got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 6 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Rebounds Leader 3 Blocks Leader 10 All-Star Game