John Stockton vs. Wes Unseld Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Unseld and John Stockton, 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 Stockton played 19 years in the NBA, 6 more than Wes Unseld, who played 13. John Stockton had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Wes Unseld had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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 Stockton	Wes Unseld
Season	1984-85	1968-69
Team	Utah Jazz	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bullets Lost East Div Semis

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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 Stockton	82	18.2	5.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	5.1	1.3	0.1	1.8	2.5	1.9	4.1	.471	0.0	0.1	.182	1.7	2.4	.736
difference:		+18.0	+8.2			+16.9	+2.5				-0.9	+3.3	+6.8	+.005				+1.7	+3.2	+.131
Wes Unseld	82	36.2	13.8	-	-	18.2	2.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	10.9	.476	-	-	-	3.4	5.6	.605
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	10	18.6	6.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	4.3	1.1	0.2	1.6	3.0	2.1	4.5	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.5	.743
difference:	+6	+22.7	+12.0			+15.7	+3.0				-0.5	+5.4	+9.8	+.059				+1.2	+1.3	+.046
Wes Unseld	4	41.3	18.8	-	-	18.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	14.3	.526	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.789

Season 3
	John Stockton	Wes Unseld
Season	1986-87	1970-71
Team	Utah Jazz	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost NBA Finals

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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 Stockton	82	22.7	7.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	8.2	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.7	2.8	5.6	.499	0.1	0.5	.179	2.2	2.8	.782
difference:	+8	+16.5	+6.2			+15.1	+4.2				-0.5	+2.9	+5.8	+.002				+0.5	+1.3	+.125
Wes Unseld	74	39.2	14.1	-	-	16.9	4.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.7	11.4	.501	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.657
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	5	31.4	10.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	8.0	3.0	0.2	2.2	3.6	3.6	5.8	.621	0.8	1.0	.800	2.0	2.6	.769
difference:	+13	+10.8	+3.2			+16.6	+4.2				-0.3	+1.7	+5.8	+.159				+0.6	+1.9	+.201
Wes Unseld	18	42.2	13.2	-	-	18.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	11.6	.462	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.568

Season 4
	John Stockton	Wes Unseld
Season	1987-88	1971-72
Team	Utah Jazz	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis

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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 Stockton	82	34.7	14.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.5	9.6	.574	0.3	0.8	.358	3.3	4.0	.840
difference:	+6	+7.0	+1.7			+14.7	+10.1				-0.1	+0.1	+1.2	+.076				+1.0	+0.4	+.211
Wes Unseld	76	41.7	13.0	-	-	17.6	3.7	-	-	-	2.9	5.4	10.8	.498	-	-	-	2.3	3.6	.629
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	11	43.5	19.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	14.8	3.4	0.3	4.4	3.3	6.2	12.2	.507	0.4	1.3	.286	6.8	8.3	.824
difference:	+5	+0.8	+7.2			+8.4	+10.6				-0.4	+0.9	+1.4	+.015				+5.1	+5.1	+.298
Wes Unseld	6	44.3	12.3	-	-	12.5	4.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	10.8	.492	-	-	-	1.7	3.2	.526

Season 5
	John Stockton	Wes Unseld
Season	1988-89	1972-73
Team	Utah Jazz	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis

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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 Stockton	82	38.7	17.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	3.8	2.9	6.1	11.3	.538	0.2	0.8	.242	4.8	5.5	.863
difference:	+3	+0.4	+4.6			+12.9	+9.2				-0.8	+0.8	+0.5	+.045				+2.9	+2.8	+.160
Wes Unseld	79	39.1	12.5	-	-	15.9	4.4	-	-	-	2.1	5.3	10.8	.493	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	3	46.3	27.3	0.7	2.7	3.3	13.7	3.7	1.7	3.7	5.0	10.0	19.7	.508	1.0	1.3	.750	6.3	7.0	.905
difference:	+2	+6.1	+17.5			+11.9	+10.3				-2.6	+6.0	+10.1	+.091				+4.5	+3.2	+.431
Wes Unseld	5	40.2	9.8	-	-	15.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	4.0	9.6	.417	-	-	-	1.8	3.8	.474

Season 6
	John Stockton	Wes Unseld
Season	1989-90	1973-74
Team	Utah Jazz	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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 Stockton	78	37.4	17.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	14.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	3.0	6.1	11.8	.514	0.6	1.4	.416	4.5	5.5	.819
difference:	+22	+6.6	+11.3	+2.0	+4.6	+6.6	+11.7	+1.7	+0.1		-0.8	+3.5	+5.9	+.076				+3.9	+4.5	+.164
Wes Unseld	56	30.8	5.9	2.7	6.5	9.2	2.8	1.0	0.3	-	2.2	2.6	5.9	.438	-	-	-	0.6	1.0	.655
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	5	38.8	15.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	15.0	1.2	0.0	2.8	4.0	5.8	13.8	.420	0.2	2.6	.077	3.2	4.0	.800
difference:	+2	+3.6	+4.9	+2.3	+6.6	+8.9	+11.1	+0.6	+0.1		-1.9	+1.4	+4.8	+.072				+1.9	+1.9	+.200
Wes Unseld	7	42.4	10.1	3.1	9.0	12.1	3.9	0.6	0.1	-	2.1	4.4	9.0	.492	-	-	-	1.3	2.1	.600

Season 7
	John Stockton	Wes Unseld
Season	1990-91	1974-75
Team	Utah Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bullets Lost NBA 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		%
John Stockton	82	37.8	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	14.2	2.9	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.0	11.9	.507	0.7	2.0	.345	4.4	5.3	.836
difference:	+9	+2.0	+8.0	+3.8	+8.1	+11.9	+10.1	+1.3	+0.7		-0.3	+2.3	+4.4	+.005				+2.7	+2.8	+.151
Wes Unseld	73	39.8	9.2	4.4	10.4	14.8	4.1	1.6	0.9	-	2.5	3.7	7.5	.502	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	9	41.4	18.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	13.8	2.2	0.2	3.6	3.7	6.4	12.0	.537	1.2	3.0	.407	4.1	4.9	.841
difference:	+8	+1.8	+7.5	+2.7	+8.8	+11.5	+10.0	+1.3	+1.0		-1.4	+2.2	+4.4	+.009				+1.7	+1.3	+.185
Wes Unseld	17	43.2	10.7	3.8	12.4	16.2	3.8	0.9	1.2	-	2.3	4.2	7.6	.546	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.656

Season 8
	John Stockton	Wes Unseld
Season	1991-92	1975-76
Team	Utah Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Bullets 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 Stockton	82	36.6	15.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	13.7	3.0	0.3	3.5	2.9	5.5	11.5	.482	1.0	2.5	.407	3.8	4.5	.842
difference:	+4	+0.9	+6.2	+2.7	+7.3	+10.0	+8.5	+1.9	+0.5		-0.3	+1.4	+4.2	+.079				+2.3	+2.0	+.257
Wes Unseld	78	37.5	9.6	3.5	9.8	13.3	5.2	1.1	0.8	-	2.6	4.1	7.3	.561	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.585
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	16	38.9	14.8	0.6	2.3	2.9	13.6	2.1	0.3	3.6	2.4	4.8	11.4	.423	1.1	3.6	.310	4.1	4.9	.833
difference:	+9	+5.4	+7.8	+3.1	+6.1	+9.2	+9.6	+1.2	+0.3		-0.3	+2.2	+5.8	+.039				+2.2	+1.5	+.291
Wes Unseld	7	44.3	7.0	3.7	8.4	12.1	4.0	0.9	0.6	-	2.7	2.6	5.6	.462	-	-	-	1.9	3.4	.542

Season 9
	John Stockton	Wes Unseld
Season	1992-93	1976-77
Team	Utah Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
John Stockton	82	34.9	15.1	0.8	2.1	2.9	12.0	2.4	0.3	3.2	2.7	5.3	11.0	.486	0.9	2.3	.385	3.6	4.5	.798
difference:			+7.3	+2.2	+5.6	+7.8	+7.6	+1.3	+0.2		-0.4	+2.0	+4.3	+.004				+2.4	+2.5	+.196
Wes Unseld	82	34.9	7.8	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.4	1.1	0.5	-	3.1	3.3	6.7	.490	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.602
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	5	38.6	13.2	1.0	1.4	2.4	11.0	2.4	0.0	3.0	3.2	4.6	10.2	.451	1.0	2.6	.385	3.0	3.6	.833
difference:	+4	+2.3	+5.8	+1.7	+7.6	+9.3	+6.1	+1.5	+0.7		-0.4	+1.3	+4.2	+.105				+2.2	+2.3	+.250
Wes Unseld	9	40.9	7.4	2.7	9.0	11.7	4.9	0.9	0.7	-	3.6	3.3	6.0	.556	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.583

Season 10
	John Stockton	Wes Unseld
Season	1993-94	1977-78
Team	Utah Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
John Stockton	82	36.2	15.1	0.9	2.3	3.1	12.6	2.4	0.3	3.2	2.9	5.6	10.6	.528	0.6	1.8	.322	3.3	4.1	.805
difference:	+2	+3.1	+7.5	+2.7	+6.1	+8.8	+8.5	+1.2	+0.3	-1.0		+2.4	+4.5	+.005				+2.1	+1.9	+.267
Wes Unseld	80	33.1	7.6	3.6	8.4	11.9	4.1	1.2	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.2	6.1	.523	-	-	-	1.2	2.2	.538
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	16	37.3	14.4	0.9	2.4	3.3	9.8	1.7	0.5	2.5	2.8	5.5	12.1	.456	0.3	1.5	.167	3.2	3.9	.810
difference:	+2	+0.3	+5.0	+3.1	+5.6	+8.7	+5.4	+0.8	+0.1	-0.5	-0.6	+1.6	+4.7	+.074				+1.7	+1.3	+.223
Wes Unseld	18	37.6	9.4	4.0	8.0	12.0	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.0	3.4	3.9	7.4	.530	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.587

Season 11
	John Stockton	Wes Unseld
Season	1994-95	1978-79
Team	Utah Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost NBA Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	82	35.0	14.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	12.3	2.4	0.3	3.3	2.6	5.2	9.6	.542	1.2	2.8	.449	3.0	3.7	.804
difference:	+5	+3.8	+3.8	+2.9	+4.8	+7.7	+8.2	+1.5	+0.2	-1.3		+0.7	+1.8	+.035				+1.0	+0.6	+.161
Wes Unseld	77	31.2	10.9	3.6	7.2	10.8	4.1	0.9	0.5	2.0	2.6	4.5	7.8	.577	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.643
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	5	38.6	17.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	10.2	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.6	6.8	14.8	.459	1.6	4.0	.400	2.6	3.4	.765
difference:	+14	+0.1	+7.5	+3.5	+6.4	+9.9	+6.8	+0.5	+0.5	-1.2	-0.9	+2.7	+6.5	+.035				+0.5		+.156
Wes Unseld	19	38.7	10.3	4.7	8.6	13.3	3.4	0.9	0.7	1.6	3.5	4.1	8.3	.494	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	.609

Season 12
	John Stockton	Wes Unseld
Season	1995-96	1979-80
Team	Utah Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	82	35.5	14.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	11.2	1.7	0.2	3.0	2.5	5.4	10.0	.538	1.2	2.7	.422	2.9	3.4	.830
difference:		+0.8	+5.0	+3.4	+7.2	+10.5	+6.7	+0.9	+0.5	-1.1	-0.5	+1.4	+2.2	+.025	+1.2	+2.7		+1.2	+0.9	+.165
Wes Unseld	82	36.3	9.7	4.1	9.3	13.3	4.5	0.8	0.7	1.9	3.0	4.0	7.8	.513	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.5	.665
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	18	37.7	11.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	10.8	1.6	0.4	3.2	2.8	3.9	8.7	.446	0.6	2.1	.289	2.7	3.3	.814
difference:	+16	+5.8	+2.1	+2.7	+8.1	+10.8	+7.3	+1.6	+1.1	-1.7	-0.3	+0.4	+1.7	+.054	+0.6	+1.6	+.289	+0.7	+0.3	+.147
Wes Unseld	2	43.5	9.0	3.5	10.5	14.0	3.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	7.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 13
	John Stockton	Wes Unseld
Season	1996-97	1980-81
Team	Utah Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	82	35.3	14.4	0.5	2.2	2.8	10.5	2.0	0.2	3.0	2.4	5.1	9.3	.548	0.9	2.2	.422	3.4	4.0	.846
difference:	+19	+3.0	+6.4	+2.8	+5.2	+7.9	+7.8	+1.2	+0.4	-1.5	-0.3	+1.5	+2.5	+.024	+0.9	+2.1	+.078	+2.5	+2.6	+.206
Wes Unseld	63	32.3	8.0	3.3	7.4	10.7	2.7	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.7	3.6	6.8	.524	0.0	0.1	.500	0.9	1.4	.640
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	20	36.9	16.1	0.9	3.0	3.9	9.6	1.7	0.3	3.1	2.6	5.7	10.9	.521	1.0	2.5	.380	3.9	4.5	.856
Wes Unseld	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* John Stockton played 6 seasons more than Wes Unseld in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 19, from 1998 to 2003—John Stockton played in 6 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Wes Unseld, John Stockton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game