Jonathan Bender vs. Franz Wagner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Franz Wagner and Jonathan Bender, 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.

Jonathan Bender played 8 years in the NBA, 5 more than Franz Wagner, who played 3. Jonathan Bender had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Franz Wagner had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jonathan Bender	Franz Wagner
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonathan Bender	24	5.4	2.7	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.9	.329	0.1	0.5	.167	0.7	1.0	.667
Franz Wagner	79	30.7	15.2	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.4	.354	2.4	2.8	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonathan Bender	9	2.1	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.7	.667	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.3	0.7	.500
Franz Wagner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jonathan Bender didn't play in 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09.