Joe Dumars vs. Victor Oladipo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Oladipo and Joe Dumars, 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.

Joe Dumars played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Victor Oladipo, who played 10. Joe Dumars had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Victor Oladipo had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
	Joe Dumars	Victor Oladipo
Season	1985-86	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Joe Dumars	82	23.9	9.4	0.7	0.7	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.4	3.5	7.3	.481	0.1	0.2	.313	2.3	2.9	.798
difference:	+2	+7.2	+4.4	+0.2	+2.9	+2.6	+0.7	+0.8	+0.4	-1.3	-0.2	+1.4	+4.4	+.062	+0.8	+2.6	+.014	+0.8	+1.1	+.018
Victor Oladipo	80	31.1	13.8	0.5	3.6	4.1	4.1	1.6	0.5	3.2	2.6	4.9	11.7	.419	0.9	2.8	.327	3.1	4.0	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	4	36.8	15.0	1.5	1.8	3.3	6.3	1.0	0.0	1.8	4.0	6.3	10.3	.610	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.667
Victor Oladipo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Joe Dumars	Victor Oladipo
Season	1988-89	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Joe Dumars	69	34.9	17.2	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.7	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	6.6	13.1	.505	0.2	0.4	.483	3.8	4.4	.850
difference:	+2	+1.7	+1.3	+0.2	+2.1	+1.8	+3.1	+0.3	+0.2	-0.8	-0.8	+0.5	+0.8	+.063	+1.7	+4.9	+.122	+2.1	+2.1	+.097
Victor Oladipo	67	33.2	15.9	0.6	3.8	4.3	2.6	1.2	0.3	1.8	2.3	6.1	13.9	.442	1.9	5.3	.361	1.7	2.3	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	17	36.5	17.6	0.6	1.9	2.6	5.6	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	6.2	13.7	.455	0.1	0.7	.083	5.1	5.9	.861
difference:	+12	+0.3	+6.8	+0.2	+3.3	+3.0	+3.6	+0.7	+0.5	-0.6	-1.6	+2.0	+1.5	+.111	+1.1	+4.3	+.157	+3.9	+4.7	+.139
Victor Oladipo	5	36.2	10.8	0.4	5.2	5.6	2.0	1.4	0.6	1.2	3.4	4.2	12.2	.344	1.2	5.0	.240	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 5
	Joe Dumars	Victor Oladipo
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Joe Dumars	75	34.4	17.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.9	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.7	6.8	14.1	.480	0.3	0.7	.400	4.0	4.4	.900
difference:		+0.4	+5.3	+0.2	+2.6	+2.4	+0.6	+1.6	+0.8	-1.0	-0.6	+1.7	+3.8	+.003	+1.8	+5.1	+.029	+0.1	+0.5	+.101
Victor Oladipo	75	34.0	23.1	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	2.9	2.3	8.5	17.9	.477	2.1	5.8	.371	3.9	4.9	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	20	37.7	18.2	0.9	1.3	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.0	2.7	1.9	6.5	14.2	.458	0.3	1.0	.263	5.0	5.7	.876
difference:	+13	+0.4	+4.5	+0.5	+6.6	+6.1	+1.2	+1.3	+0.4	-0.7	-0.3	+1.1	+3.9	+.041	+3.0	+7.1	+.141	+0.7	+0.2	+.144
Victor Oladipo	7	37.3	22.7	0.4	7.9	8.3	6.0	2.4	0.4	3.4	1.6	7.6	18.1	.417	3.3	8.1	.404	4.3	5.9	.732

Season 6
	Joe Dumars	Victor Oladipo
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Joe Dumars	80	38.1	20.4	0.8	1.6	2.3	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.4	1.7	7.8	16.2	.481	0.2	0.6	.311	4.6	5.2	.890
difference:	+44	+6.2	+1.6	+0.2	+3.4	+3.3	+0.3	+0.6	+0.2	-0.1	-0.3	+0.9	+0.1	+.058	+1.9	+5.4	+.032	+1.7	+1.3	+.160
Victor Oladipo	36	31.9	18.8	0.6	5.0	5.6	5.2	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.0	6.9	16.3	.423	2.1	6.0	.343	2.9	3.9	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	15	39.2	20.6	1.4	1.9	3.3	4.1	1.1	0.1	1.1	2.2	7.0	16.3	.429	1.1	2.8	.405	5.5	6.5	.845
Victor Oladipo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Joe Dumars	Victor Oladipo
Season	1991-92	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Joe Dumars	82	38.9	19.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.4	1.8	7.2	16.0	.448	0.6	1.5	.408	5.0	5.8	.867
difference:	+63	+11.1	+5.4	+0.5	+2.2	+1.6	+1.7		+0.1	-0.1	-0.1	+2.1	+3.1	+.054	+1.1	+4.0	+.091	+2.5	+2.7	+.053
Victor Oladipo	19	27.8	14.5	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.9	0.9	0.2	2.5	1.9	5.1	12.9	.394	1.7	5.5	.317	2.5	3.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	5	44.2	16.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.4	13.6	.471	1.0	2.0	.500	3.0	3.8	.789
difference:	+1	+13.4	+1.0	+1.0	+2.7	+1.7	+0.7	+1.3	+0.2	-2.1	-1.3	+0.9	+0.4	+.078	+2.0	+6.3	+.136	+0.8	+0.2	+.149
Victor Oladipo	4	30.8	17.8	0.0	3.3	3.3	2.5	2.3	0.0	3.5	3.5	5.5	14.0	.393	3.0	8.3	.364	3.8	4.0	.938

Season 8
	Joe Dumars	Victor Oladipo
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers, Houston Rockets, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Joe Dumars	77	40.2	23.5	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.0	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	8.8	18.9	.466	1.5	3.9	.375	4.5	5.2	.864
difference:	+44	+7.5	+3.7	+0.4	+3.4	+2.9	+0.6	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-0.7	+1.7	+1.4	+.058	+0.9	+3.3	+.049	+1.3	+1.0	+.110
Victor Oladipo	33	32.7	19.8	0.4	4.5	4.8	4.6	1.4	0.4	2.5	2.5	7.1	17.5	.408	2.4	7.2	.326	3.2	4.2	.754
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joe Dumars nor Victor Oladipo played in the postseason in their season 8

Season 10
	Joe Dumars	Victor Oladipo
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	67	38.0	18.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.5	1.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	6.2	14.5	.430	1.5	5.0	.305	4.1	5.1	.805
difference:	+25	+11.7	+7.4	+0.3	+1.0	+0.6	+2.0	+0.3	+0.2	-1.2	-0.1	+2.4	+4.9	+.033	+0.2		+.025	+2.7	+3.2	+.058
Victor Oladipo	42	26.3	10.7	0.4	2.7	3.0	3.5	1.4	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.8	9.6	.397	1.7	5.0	.330	1.4	1.9	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	2	22.5	11.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.0	9.5	.526	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	1.5	.333

Additional Years
* Joe Dumars played 4 seasons more than Victor Oladipo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 1996 to 1999—Joe Dumars played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Victor Oladipo, Joe Dumars got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game