Joakim Noah vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama and Joakim Noah, 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.

Joakim Noah played 13 years in the NBA, 11 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Joakim Noah had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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
	Joakim Noah	Victor Wembanyama
Season	2007-08	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
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		%
Joakim Noah	74	20.7	6.6	2.4	3.3	5.6	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.3	2.4	5.0	.482	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.691
difference:	+3	+9.0	+14.8	+0.1	+5.1	+5.0	+2.8	+0.3	+2.7	-2.5	-0.1	+5.4	+11.7	+.017	+1.8	+5.5		+2.3	+2.6	+.105
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
* Neiher Joakim Noah nor Victor Wembanyama played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Joakim Noah	Victor Wembanyama
Season	2008-09	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joakim Noah	80	24.2	6.7	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.3	0.6	1.4	1.0	3.0	2.6	4.7	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.676
difference:	+34	+9.0	+17.6	+1.3	+4.7	+3.4	+2.4	+0.5	+2.4	-2.2	-0.7	+6.3	+13.9	+.080	+3.1	+8.8		+1.9	+1.8	+.160
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		%
Joakim Noah	7	38.7	10.1	4.0	9.1	13.1	2.3	0.9	2.1	1.1	4.4	3.7	7.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.760
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Joakim Noah played 11 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 13, from 2010 to 2020—Joakim Noah played in 7 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Joakim Noah got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 2 All-Star Game