Jakob Poeltl vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama and Jakob Poeltl, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Jakob Poeltl played 10 years in the NBA, 7 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 3. Jakob Poeltl had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Jakob Poeltl 10 3 2016-17 to 2025-26
Victor Wembanyama 3 0 2023-24 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Jakob Poeltl Victor Wembanyama
Season 2016-172023-24
Team Toronto RaptorsSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Defensive First Team
-Achievement Rookie of the Year
-Achievement All-Rookie First Team
-Achievement Blocks Leader
Playoffs Raptors Lost East Conf SemisDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jakob Poeltl 54 11.6 3.1 1.4 1.6 3.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 2.1 1.2 2.1 .583 0.0 0.0 - 0.6 1.1 .544
difference:+17+18.1+18.3+0.9+6.8+7.5+3.7+0.9+3.2-3.2-0.1+6.6+14.6+.118+1.8+5.5+3.5+4.1+.252
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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jakob Poeltl 6 4.3 1.7 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.8 1.8 .455 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.3 .000
Victor Wembanyama DNP------ --- ----------

Season 2
Jakob Poeltl Victor Wembanyama
Season 2017-182024-25
Team Toronto RaptorsSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards -Achievement Blocks Leader
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Raptors Lost East Conf SemisDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jakob Poeltl 82 18.6 6.9 2.0 2.8 4.8 0.7 0.5 1.2 1.0 2.6 3.1 4.7 .659 0.0 0.0 - 0.7 1.2 .594
difference:+36+14.6+17.4+0.2+6.4+6.2+3.0+0.6+2.6-2.2-0.3+5.8+13.9+.183+3.1+8.8+2.7+2.9+.242
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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jakob Poeltl 9 15.6 5.4 1.7 2.3 4.0 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.9 2.8 1.9 3.4 .548 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.1 .789
Victor Wembanyama DNP------ --- ----------

Season 3
Jakob Poeltl Victor Wembanyama
Season 2018-192025-26
Team San Antonio SpursSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Spurs Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jakob Poeltl 77 16.5 5.5 2.3 3.0 5.3 1.2 0.4 0.9 0.6 1.6 2.4 3.8 .645 0.0 0.0 - 0.6 1.2 .533
difference:+71+17.3+21.2+0.5+8.8+8.4+2.0+0.9+3.8-1.9-1.9+7.3+14.5+.118+1.0+3.5+5.7+6.8+.259
Victor Wembanyama 6 33.8 26.7 1.8 11.8 13.7 3.2 1.3 4.7 2.5 3.5 9.7 18.3 .527 1.0 3.5 .286 6.3 8.0 .792
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jakob Poeltl 7 25.3 7.3 3.6 4.1 7.7 1.7 0.3 0.7 0.4 3.7 3.3 5.1 .639 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.3 .556
Victor Wembanyama DNP------ --- ----------

Additional Years

* Jakob Poeltl played 7 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 4 to 10, from 2020 to 2026—Jakob Poeltl didn't play in the postseason.

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