Isaiah Hartenstein vs. Dominique Wilkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dominique Wilkins and Isaiah Hartenstein, 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.

Isaiah Hartenstein played 7 years in the NBA, 8 less than Dominique Wilkins, who played 15. Isaiah Hartenstein had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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
	Isaiah Hartenstein	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2018-19	1982-83
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	28	7.9	1.9	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.0	0.7	1.5	.488	0.1	0.2	.333	0.4	0.5	.786
difference:	+54	+25.0	+15.6	+2.0	+2.2	+4.1	+1.1	+0.7	+0.4	-1.7	-0.6	+6.6	+13.4	+.005	+0.1	+0.1	+.151	+2.4	+3.6	+.104
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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	2	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+1	+35.3	+13.7	+2.2	+2.3	+4.5	+0.3	+0.7	+0.3	-3.3	-2.5	+4.7	+13.0	+.595	+0.3	+0.3		+4.0	+4.7
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 4
	Isaiah Hartenstein	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2021-22	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	68	17.9	8.3	1.7	3.2	4.9	2.4	0.7	1.1	1.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	.626	0.2	0.4	.467	1.3	1.9	.689
difference:	+10	+21.2	+22.0	+1.6	+1.4	+3.0	+0.2	+1.1	+0.5	-2.0	-0.3	+8.0	+18.9	+.158		+0.5	+.281	+6.1	+7.1	+.129
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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	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

Season 5
	Isaiah Hartenstein	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2022-23	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	82	19.9	5.0	2.5	4.0	6.5	1.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.6	2.1	4.0	.535	0.1	0.5	.216	0.6	0.9	.676
difference:	+3	+17.7	+24.0	+0.2	+0.4	+0.2	+2.1	+0.9	+0.2	-1.9	-0.7	+8.4	+18.6	+.072	+0.3	+0.8	+.076	+7.1	+8.5	+.142
Dominique Wilkins	79	37.6	29.0	2.7	3.6	6.3	3.3	1.5	0.6	2.7	1.9	10.5	22.6	.463	0.4	1.3	.292	7.7	9.4	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	11	20.0	3.1	2.1	2.5	4.6	1.3	0.8	1.4	0.5	2.6	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.750
difference:	+2	+20.0	+23.7	+0.9	+2.3	+3.2	+1.5	+1.0	+0.5	-2.4	-0.2	+8.6	+21.2	+.068	+0.3	+1.1		+6.2	+6.7	+.142
Dominique Wilkins	9	40.0	26.8	3.0	4.8	7.8	2.8	1.8	0.9	2.9	2.8	9.6	23.3	.410	0.3	1.1	.300	7.3	8.2	.892

Season 6
	Isaiah Hartenstein	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2023-24	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	75	25.3	7.8	3.3	5.1	8.3	2.5	1.2	1.1	1.2	2.8	3.1	4.9	.644	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.707
difference:	+3	+12.5	+22.9	+0.6	+1.4	+1.9	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	-1.6	-0.7	+8.6	+20.2	+.180	+0.5	+1.7		+5.4	+6.3	+.119
Dominique Wilkins	78	37.8	30.7	2.7	3.7	6.4	2.9	1.3	0.6	2.8	2.1	11.7	25.1	.464	0.5	1.7	.295	6.9	8.4	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	13	29.8	8.5	3.8	4.1	7.8	3.5	0.3	0.9	1.5	3.2	3.5	5.8	.592	0.1	0.2	.500	1.5	1.7	.864
difference:	+1	+9.6	+22.7	+0.7	+0.8	+1.4	+0.7	+1.0	+0.4	-1.0	-1.2	+7.9	+19.2	+.135	+0.2	+1.3	+.278	+6.5	+8.7	+.096
Dominique Wilkins	12	39.4	31.2	3.1	3.3	6.4	2.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.0	11.4	25.0	.457	0.3	1.5	.222	8.0	10.4	.768

Season 7
	Isaiah Hartenstein	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2024-25	1988-89
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	57	27.9	11.2	2.9	7.9	10.7	3.8	0.8	1.1	1.7	3.0	4.9	8.4	.581	0.0	0.3	.000	1.4	2.1	.675
difference:	+23	+9.6	+15.0	+0.3	+4.2	+3.8	+1.2	+0.7	+0.4	-0.6	-1.3	+5.3	+13.6	+.117	+0.4	+1.0	+.276	+4.1	+4.5	+.169
Dominique Wilkins	80	37.5	26.2	3.2	3.7	6.9	2.6	1.5	0.7	2.3	1.7	10.2	22.0	.464	0.4	1.3	.276	5.5	6.6	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	23	22.4	8.1	2.7	4.8	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.5	3.6	5.8	.619	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.667
difference:	+18	+20.0	+19.1	+0.7	+1.4	+2.1	+1.2		+1.1	-1.2	-1.5	+6.8	+17.4	+.171	+1.0	+3.4		+4.5	+6.3	+.044
Dominique Wilkins	5	42.4	27.2	2.0	3.4	5.4	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.0	10.4	23.2	.448	1.0	3.4	.294	5.4	7.6	.711

Additional Years
* Dominique Wilkins played 8 seasons more than Isaiah Hartenstein in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 15, from 1990 to 1999—Dominique Wilkins played in 4 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Isaiah Hartenstein, Dominique Wilkins got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game