John Collins vs. Dikembe Mutombo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dikembe Mutombo and John Collins, 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.

John Collins played 8 years in the NBA, 10 less than Dikembe Mutombo, who played 18. John Collins had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Dikembe Mutombo had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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
	John Collins	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2017-18	1991-92
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
John Collins	74	24.1	10.5	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.3	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.9	4.2	7.4	.576	0.2	0.6	.340	1.8	2.5	.715
difference:	+3	+14.2	+6.1	+2.1	+2.9	+5.0	+0.9		+1.9	-2.1	-0.9	+1.8	+4.8	+.083	+0.2	+0.6		+2.7	+4.5	+.073
Dikembe Mutombo	71	38.3	16.6	4.5	7.8	12.3	2.2	0.6	3.0	3.5	3.8	6.0	12.2	.493	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	7.0	.642
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher John Collins nor Dikembe Mutombo played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	John Collins	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2019-20	1993-94
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	41	33.2	21.6	2.8	7.3	10.1	1.5	0.8	1.6	1.8	3.4	8.6	14.8	.583	1.4	3.6	.401	2.9	3.7	.800
difference:	+41	+1.6	+9.6	+0.7	+1.1	+1.7		+0.1	+2.5	-0.7	-0.2	+4.1	+7.0	+.014	+1.4	+3.6		+0.2	+1.7	+.217
Dikembe Mutombo	82	34.8	12.0	3.5	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.7	4.1	2.5	3.2	4.5	7.8	.569	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	5.4	.583
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dikembe Mutombo	12	42.6	13.3	3.3	8.7	12.0	1.8	0.7	5.8	2.5	3.5	4.2	9.0	.463	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	8.2	.602

Season 4
	John Collins	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2020-21	1994-95
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Nuggets 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		%
John Collins	63	29.3	17.6	1.9	5.5	7.4	1.2	0.5	1.0	1.3	3.1	6.8	12.2	.556	1.3	3.3	.399	2.7	3.2	.833
difference:	+19	+8.5	+6.1	+2.0	+3.2	+5.1	+0.2		+2.9	-1.0	-0.4	+2.5	+4.5		+1.3	+3.3		+0.3	+1.4	+.179
Dikembe Mutombo	82	37.8	11.5	3.9	8.7	12.5	1.4	0.5	3.9	2.3	3.5	4.3	7.7	.556	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.6	.654
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	18	32.0	13.9	2.0	6.7	8.7	0.9	0.4	0.6	1.3	3.3	5.6	10.1	.549	1.1	3.1	.357	1.7	2.0	.833
difference:	+15	+4.0	+7.9	+0.7	+1.7	+2.4	+0.6	+0.4	+1.7	-1.0	-1.7	+3.6	+6.8	+.051	+1.1	+3.1		+0.3	+1.0	+.166
Dikembe Mutombo	3	28.0	6.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	5.0	2.0	3.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 5
	John Collins	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2021-22	1995-96
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
John Collins	54	30.8	16.2	1.7	6.1	7.8	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.0	6.3	11.9	.526	1.2	3.3	.364	2.5	3.1	.793
difference:	+20	+5.9	+5.2	+1.7	+2.3	+4.0	+0.3	+0.1	+3.5	-0.9	-0.5	+2.5	+4.2	+.027	+1.2	+3.3		+0.8	+1.7	+.098
Dikembe Mutombo	74	36.7	11.0	3.4	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.5	4.5	2.0	3.5	3.8	7.7	.499	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.8	.695
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	5	24.4	9.4	0.4	4.2	4.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.4	3.8	7.8	.487	0.8	2.2	.364	1.0	2.0	.500
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	John Collins	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2022-23	1996-97
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
John Collins	71	30.0	13.1	1.1	5.4	6.5	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.1	5.1	10.0	.508	1.0	3.4	.292	2.0	2.5	.803
difference:	+9	+7.2	+0.2	+2.3	+2.9	+5.1	+0.2		+2.3	-1.2		+0.3	+1.0	+.019	+1.0	+3.4		+1.8	+2.9	+.098
Dikembe Mutombo	80	37.2	13.3	3.4	8.3	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	2.3	3.1	4.8	9.0	.527	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.4	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	6	27.3	11.3	1.2	3.2	4.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.2	4.3	10.0	.433	1.8	5.3	.344	0.8	1.0	.833
difference:	+4	+14.2	+4.1	+2.5	+5.4	+8.0	+0.5	+0.2	+1.6	-0.5	-0.8	+1.1	+1.4	+.195	+1.8	+5.3		+3.8	+5.4	+.114
Dikembe Mutombo	10	41.5	15.4	3.7	8.6	12.3	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.0	3.0	5.4	8.6	.628	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.4	.719

Season 7
	John Collins	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2023-24	1997-98
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
John Collins	68	28.0	15.1	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.1	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.8	5.8	11.0	.532	1.3	3.4	.371	2.2	2.7	.795
difference:	+14	+7.6	+1.7	+1.1	+1.9	+2.9	+0.1	+0.2	+2.5	-0.6	-0.3	+0.9	+1.9	+.005	+1.3	+3.4		+1.5	+2.8	+.125
Dikembe Mutombo	82	35.6	13.4	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.0	3.1	4.9	9.1	.537	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.5	.670
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dikembe Mutombo	4	34.0	8.0	3.3	9.5	12.8	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	2.5	2.8	6.0	.458	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.625

Season 8
	John Collins	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2024-25	1998-99
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
John Collins	40	30.5	19.0	2.2	6.0	8.2	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.6	2.9	7.0	13.3	.527	1.5	3.7	.399	3.5	4.1	.848
difference:	+10	+6.1	+8.2	+1.6	+2.4	+4.0	+0.9	+0.7	+1.9	-0.7		+3.5	+6.5	+.015	+1.5	+3.7		+0.4	+1.6	+.164
Dikembe Mutombo	50	36.6	10.8	3.8	8.4	12.2	1.1	0.3	2.9	1.9	2.9	3.5	6.8	.512	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.7	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dikembe Mutombo	9	42.2	12.6	4.0	9.9	13.9	1.2	0.6	2.6	2.0	3.1	4.4	7.9	.563	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.2	.702

Additional Years
* Dikembe Mutombo played 10 seasons more than John Collins in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 18, from 2000 to 2009—Dikembe Mutombo played in 8 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over John Collins, Dikembe Mutombo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Rebounds Leader 3 All-Star Game