Jeremy Lin vs. Ben Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Wallace and Jeremy Lin, 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.

Jeremy Lin played 9 years in the NBA, 7 less than Ben Wallace, who played 16. Jeremy Lin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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.

Season 6
	Jeremy Lin	Ben Wallace
Season	2015-16	2001-02
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeremy Lin	78	26.3	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	3.8	9.3	.412	1.0	2.9	.336	3.1	3.7	.815
difference:	+2	+10.2	+4.1	+3.5	+6.3	+9.8	+1.6	+1.0	+3.0	-1.0	-0.1	+0.6	+3.3	+.119	+1.0	+2.9		+1.9	+0.8	+.392
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		%
Jeremy Lin	7	27.0	12.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	3.0	3.7	9.0	.413	0.4	2.0	.214	4.6	5.6	.821
difference:	+3	+13.8	+5.1	+4.4	+9.4	+13.8	+1.4	+1.2	+2.6	-0.3	-0.6	+0.9	+3.1	+.062	+0.4	+2.0		+2.9	+1.7	+.385
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
	Jeremy Lin	Ben Wallace
Season	2016-17	2002-03
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	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		%
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816
difference:	+37	+14.9	+7.6	+3.7	+8.0	+11.6	+3.5	+0.2	+2.8	-1.2	-0.3	+2.0	+5.1	+.043	+1.6	+4.2	+.205	+2.0	+1.3	+.366
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		%
Jeremy Lin	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
	Jeremy Lin	Ben Wallace
Season	2017-18	2003-04
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jeremy Lin	1	25.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	2.0	.500	7.0	7.0	1.000
difference:	+80	+12.7	+8.5	+4.0	+8.4	+12.4	+2.3	+1.8	+3.0	-1.5	-1.0	+1.1	+2.8	+.004	+1.0	+1.9	+.375	+5.2	+3.4	+.510
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		%
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jeremy Lin	Ben Wallace
Season	2018-19	2004-05
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838
difference:		+16.7	+0.1	+3.6	+6.1	+9.8	+1.4	+0.8	+2.2	-0.6	-0.2	+0.8	+1.5	+.013	+0.7	+2.4	+.183	+0.6	+1.3	+.410
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		%
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+17	+35.6	+8.9	+3.8	+7.1	+10.9	+0.5	+1.6	+2.4	-0.6	-2.3	+3.8	+7.4	+.259	+0.1	+0.1	+.500	+1.4	+3.6	+.539
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

Additional Years
* Ben Wallace played 7 seasons more than Jeremy Lin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 2006 to 2012—Ben Wallace played in 4 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Jeremy Lin, Ben Wallace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 All-Star Game