Karl Malone vs. Dwyane Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwyane Wade and Karl Malone, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Karl Malone played 19 years in the NBA, 3 more than Dwyane Wade, who played 16. Karl Malone had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Dwyane Wade had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Karl Malone	19	19	1985-86 to 2003-04
Dwyane Wade	16	13	2003-04 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1985-86	2003-04
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf 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		%
Karl Malone	81	30.6	14.9	2.1	6.7	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	3.4	3.6	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	5.0	.481
difference:	+20	+4.3	+1.3	+0.7	+4.0	+4.9	+1.6	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-1.3	+0.1	+0.6	+.031	+0.3	+0.9		+1.4	+0.1	+.266
Dwyane Wade	61	34.9	16.2	1.4	2.7	4.0	4.5	1.4	0.6	3.2	2.3	6.1	13.1	.465	0.3	0.9	.302	3.8	5.1	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	4	36.0	21.8	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	9.5	18.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	6.5	.423
difference:	+9	+3.5	+3.8	+0.3	+3.2	+3.5	+4.6	+0.7	+0.3	-2.7	-1.0	+2.9	+3.5	+.073	+0.2	+0.6		+1.7	+0.7	+.364
Dwyane Wade	13	39.5	18.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	4.2	3.5	6.6	14.5	.455	0.2	0.6	.375	4.5	5.8	.787


Season 2
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1986-87	2004-05
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Karl Malone	82	34.8	21.7	3.4	7.0	10.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.9	8.9	17.3	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	6.6	.598
difference:	+5	+3.8	+2.4	+2.0	+3.3	+5.2	+4.9	+0.3	+0.4	-1.3	-0.9	+0.7	+0.2	+.034	+0.2	+0.5	+.289	+3.6	+3.3	+.164
Dwyane Wade	77	38.6	24.1	1.4	3.7	5.2	6.8	1.6	1.1	4.2	3.0	8.2	17.1	.478	0.2	0.6	.289	7.5	9.9	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	5	40.0	20.0	3.0	6.6	9.6	1.2	2.2	0.8	3.4	4.0	7.4	17.6	.420	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	7.2	.722
difference:	+9	+1.0	+7.4	+1.4	+2.5	+3.9	+5.4	+0.6	+0.3	-1.0	-0.9	+2.3	+2.5	+.064	+0.1	+0.7		+2.7	+2.7	+.077
Dwyane Wade	14	41.0	27.4	1.6	4.1	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	4.4	3.1	9.7	20.1	.484	0.1	0.7	.100	7.9	9.9	.799


Season 3
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1987-88	2005-06
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Karl Malone	82	39.0	27.7	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	10.5	20.1	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	6.7	9.6	.700
difference:	+7	+0.4	+0.5	+2.0	+4.3	+6.3	+4.3	+0.5	+0.2	-0.4	-0.7	+1.2	+1.3	+.025	+0.2	+0.9	+.171	+1.7	+1.1	+.083
Dwyane Wade	75	38.6	27.2	1.4	4.3	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	3.6	2.9	9.3	18.8	.495	0.2	1.0	.171	8.4	10.7	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	11	44.9	29.7	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	3.5	3.2	11.2	23.2	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	7.4	10.2	.723
difference:	+12	+3.2	+1.3	+1.8	+4.1	+5.9	+4.2	+1.0	+0.5	-0.4	-0.1	+1.7	+4.0	+.015	+0.6	+1.5	+.378	+1.4	+0.7	+.085
Dwyane Wade	23	41.7	28.4	1.2	4.7	5.9	5.7	2.2	1.1	3.9	3.1	9.5	19.2	.497	0.6	1.6	.378	8.8	10.9	.808


Season 4
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1988-89	2006-07
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East 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		%
Karl Malone	80	39.1	29.1	3.2	7.4	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	3.6	3.6	10.1	19.5	.519	0.1	0.2	.313	8.8	11.5	.766
difference:	+29	+1.2	+1.7	+2.2	+3.7	+6.0	+4.8	+0.3	+0.3	-0.6	-1.3	+0.8	+0.6	+.028	+0.3	+1.3	+.047	+0.3	+1.0	+.041
Dwyane Wade	51	37.9	27.4	1.0	3.7	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	4.2	2.3	9.3	18.9	.491	0.4	1.5	.266	8.5	10.5	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	3	45.3	30.7	7.3	9.0	16.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	5.3	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	10.7	.813
difference:	+1	+4.8	+7.2	+5.5	+6.0	+11.5	+5.0	+0.3	+0.2	-1.5	-2.0	+2.0	+1.0	+.071		+1.3		+3.2	+2.7	+.125
Dwyane Wade	4	40.5	23.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	6.3	1.3	0.5	5.8	3.3	9.0	21.0	.429	0.0	1.3	.000	5.5	8.0	.688


Season 5
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1989-90	2007-08
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Karl Malone	82	38.1	31.0	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	3.7	3.2	11.1	19.8	.562	0.2	0.5	.372	8.5	11.1	.762
difference:	+31	+0.2	+6.4	+1.9	+5.0	+6.9	+4.1	+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-0.5	+2.5	+1.4	+.093	+0.2	+1.0	+.086	+1.6	+1.9	+.004
Dwyane Wade	51	38.3	24.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	6.9	1.7	0.7	4.4	2.7	8.6	18.4	.469	0.4	1.5	.286	6.9	9.2	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	5	40.6	25.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	2.2	2.2	1.0	2.4	4.4	9.2	21.0	.438	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	9.0	.756
Dwyane Wade	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1990-91	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Karl Malone	82	40.3	29.0	2.9	8.9	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.3	10.3	19.6	.527	0.0	0.2	.286	8.3	10.8	.770
difference:	+3	+1.7	+1.2	+1.8	+5.0	+6.8	+4.2	+1.1	+0.3	-0.4	-1.0	+0.5	+2.4	+.036	+1.1	+3.3	+.031	+0.8	+1.0	+.005
Dwyane Wade	79	38.6	30.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.5	2.2	1.3	3.4	2.3	10.8	22.0	.491	1.1	3.5	.317	7.5	9.8	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	9	42.6	29.7	2.6	10.8	13.3	3.2	1.0	1.2	2.9	3.9	10.6	23.2	.455	0.0	0.9	.000	8.6	10.1	.846
difference:	+2	+1.9	+0.6	+2.0	+6.4	+8.3	+2.1	+0.1	+0.4	-0.7	-1.0	+0.9	+1.1	+.016	+2.6	+6.2	+.360	+1.5	+1.8	+.016
Dwyane Wade	7	40.7	29.1	0.6	4.4	5.0	5.3	0.9	1.6	3.6	2.9	9.7	22.1	.439	2.6	7.1	.360	7.1	8.3	.862


Season 7
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1991-92	2009-10
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Heat 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		%
Karl Malone	81	37.7	28.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	3.1	2.8	9.9	18.7	.526	0.0	0.2	.176	8.3	10.7	.778
difference:	+4	+1.4	+1.4	+1.4	+4.9	+6.4	+3.5	+0.5	+0.5	-0.2	-0.4	+0.6	+0.9	+.050	+0.9	+3.0	+.124	+1.4	+1.6	+.017
Dwyane Wade	77	36.3	26.6	1.4	3.5	4.8	6.5	1.8	1.1	3.3	2.4	9.3	19.6	.476	0.9	3.2	.300	6.9	9.1	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	16	43.0	29.1	2.7	8.6	11.3	2.6	1.4	1.2	2.9	3.6	9.3	17.8	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	10.6	13.1	.805
difference:	+11	+1.0	+4.1	+1.5	+4.2	+5.7	+4.2	+0.2	+0.4	-2.3	-0.4	+3.1	+4.2	+.043	+3.0	+7.3	+.405	+5.2	+5.1	+.130
Dwyane Wade	5	42.0	33.2	1.2	4.4	5.6	6.8	1.6	1.6	5.2	3.2	12.4	22.0	.564	3.0	7.4	.405	5.4	8.0	.675


Season 8
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1992-93	2010-11
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Karl Malone	82	37.8	27.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	2.9	3.2	9.7	17.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.200	7.5	10.2	.740
difference:	+6	+0.7	+1.5	+1.2	+3.6	+4.8	+0.8		+0.1	-0.2	-0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+.052	+0.8	+2.5	+.106	+1.0	+1.6	+.018
Dwyane Wade	76	37.1	25.5	1.6	4.8	6.4	4.6	1.5	1.1	3.1	2.6	9.1	18.2	.500	0.8	2.7	.306	6.5	8.6	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	5	43.2	24.0	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	4.0	4.2	8.8	19.4	.454	0.2	0.4	.500	6.2	7.6	.816
difference:	+16	+3.8	+0.5	+0.4	+2.9	+3.3	+2.4	+0.4	+0.9	-1.0	-1.7	+0.2	+1.6	+.031	+0.5	+2.1	+.231	+0.4	+0.9	+.039
Dwyane Wade	21	39.4	24.5	2.0	5.1	7.1	4.4	1.6	1.3	3.0	2.5	8.6	17.8	.485	0.7	2.5	.269	6.6	8.5	.777


Season 9
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1993-94	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
Karl Malone	82	40.6	25.2	2.9	8.6	11.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	2.9	3.3	9.4	18.9	.497	0.1	0.4	.250	6.2	9.0	.694
difference:	+33	+7.4	+3.1	+1.4	+5.3	+6.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.3	-1.1	+0.9	+1.8		+0.2	+0.7	+.018	+1.4	+2.9	+.097
Dwyane Wade	49	33.2	22.1	1.5	3.3	4.8	4.6	1.7	1.3	2.6	2.2	8.5	17.1	.497	0.3	1.1	.268	4.8	6.1	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	16	43.9	27.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.1	3.7	9.9	21.1	.467	0.0	0.3	.000	7.4	10.0	.738
difference:	+7	+4.5	+4.3	+1.9	+5.3	+7.2	+0.9	+0.3	+0.5	-0.9	-0.9	+1.3	+2.6	+.005	+0.4	+1.2	+.294	+2.1	+2.8	+.009
Dwyane Wade	23	39.4	22.8	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.3	1.7	1.3	3.0	2.8	8.6	18.5	.462	0.4	1.5	.294	5.3	7.2	.729


Season 10
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1994-95	2012-13
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Karl Malone	82	38.1	26.7	1.9	8.7	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	2.9	3.3	10.1	18.9	.536	0.1	0.5	.268	6.3	8.5	.742
difference:	+13	+3.4	+5.5	+0.7	+5.0	+5.6	+1.6	+0.3	+0.2	-0.1	-1.3	+1.9	+3.1	+.015	+0.1	+0.5	+.010	+1.8	+2.3	+.017
Dwyane Wade	69	34.7	21.2	1.2	3.7	5.0	5.1	1.9	0.8	2.8	2.0	8.2	15.8	.521	0.2	1.0	.258	4.5	6.2	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	5	43.2	30.2	3.0	10.2	13.2	3.8	1.4	0.4	2.8	3.6	9.6	20.6	.466	0.2	0.6	.333	10.8	15.6	.692
difference:	+17	+7.7	+14.3	+1.3	+7.3	+8.6	+1.0	+0.3	+0.6	-0.2	-1.6	+3.1	+6.3	+.009	+0.2	+0.4	+.083	+8.1	+12.0	+.058
Dwyane Wade	22	35.5	15.9	1.7	2.9	4.6	4.8	1.7	1.0	2.6	2.0	6.5	14.3	.457	0.0	0.2	.250	2.7	3.6	.750


Season 11
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1995-96	2013-14
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Heat 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		%
Karl Malone	82	38.0	25.7	2.1	7.7	9.8	4.2	1.7	0.7	2.4	3.0	9.6	18.5	.519	0.2	0.5	.400	6.2	8.6	.723
difference:	+28	+5.1	+6.7	+1.0	+4.3	+5.3	+0.5	+0.2	+0.2	-0.6	-1.0	+1.9	+4.4	+.026		+0.1	+.119	+2.7	+3.8	+.010
Dwyane Wade	54	32.9	19.0	1.1	3.4	4.5	4.7	1.5	0.5	3.0	2.0	7.7	14.1	.545	0.2	0.6	.281	3.5	4.8	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	18	40.3	26.5	2.6	7.7	10.3	4.4	1.9	0.6	2.5	3.4	10.4	22.3	.469	0.0	0.2	.000	5.6	9.8	.574
difference:	+2	+5.6	+8.7	+1.8	+4.6	+6.4	+0.5	+0.4	+0.3	-0.2	-0.6	+3.4	+8.4	+.031	+0.5	+1.0	+.375	+2.1	+5.3	+.193
Dwyane Wade	20	34.7	17.8	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.8	7.0	13.9	.500	0.5	1.2	.375	3.5	4.5	.767


Season 12
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1996-97	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Karl Malone	82	36.6	27.4	2.4	7.5	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8	2.6	10.5	19.2	.550	0.0	0.2	.000	6.4	8.4	.755
difference:	+20	+4.8	+5.9	+1.5	+4.9	+6.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	-0.6	-0.9	+2.3	+1.7	+.080	+0.5	+1.4	+.284	+1.8	+2.4	+.013
Dwyane Wade	62	31.8	21.5	0.9	2.6	3.5	4.8	1.2	0.3	3.4	1.7	8.2	17.5	.470	0.5	1.6	.284	4.6	6.0	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	20	40.8	26.0	3.0	8.4	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	2.7	3.0	9.4	21.5	.435	0.1	0.1	.500	7.2	10.0	.720
Dwyane Wade	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Karl Malone	81	37.4	27.0	2.3	8.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	3.0	2.9	9.6	18.2	.530	0.0	0.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.761
difference:	+7	+6.9	+8.0	+1.2	+5.0	+6.2	+0.7	+0.1	+0.3	-0.3	-1.3	+2.3	+2.2	+.074	+0.1	+0.5	+.174	+3.4	+4.7	+.032
Dwyane Wade	74	30.5	19.0	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.6	1.1	0.6	2.7	1.6	7.3	16.0	.456	0.1	0.6	.159	4.4	5.5	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	20	39.8	26.3	2.4	8.5	10.9	3.4	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.5	9.9	21.0	.471	0.0	0.2	.000	6.5	8.3	.788
difference:	+6	+6.0	+4.9	+1.5	+3.7	+5.3	+0.9	+0.3	+0.1	-0.3	-1.9	+1.4	+2.9	+.002	+0.9	+1.4	+.522	+2.9	+3.7	+.007
Dwyane Wade	14	33.8	21.4	0.9	4.8	5.6	4.3	0.8	0.9	2.7	1.6	8.5	18.1	.469	0.9	1.6	.522	3.6	4.6	.781


Season 14
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	49	37.4	23.8	2.2	7.3	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	3.3	2.7	8.0	16.3	.493	0.0	0.0	-	7.7	9.8	.788
difference:	+11	+7.5	+5.5	+1.1	+3.8	+4.9	+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	-1.0	-0.8	+1.1	+0.4	+.059	+0.8	+2.4		+4.0	+5.1	+.006
Dwyane Wade	60	29.9	18.3	1.1	3.5	4.5	3.8	1.4	0.7	2.3	1.9	6.9	15.9	.434	0.8	2.4	.310	3.7	4.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	11	41.0	21.8	3.3	8.0	11.3	4.7	1.2	0.7	3.6	3.4	7.8	18.7	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.791
difference:	+5	+9.3	+6.8	+2.3	+4.0	+6.3	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6	-1.9	-2.1	+2.5	+4.4	+.045	+1.0	+2.7	+.353	+2.9	+4.3	+.161
Dwyane Wade	6	31.7	15.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	4.0	0.8	1.3	1.7	1.3	5.3	14.3	.372	1.0	2.8	.353	3.3	3.5	.952


Season 15
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	82	35.9	25.5	2.1	7.4	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.8	2.8	9.2	18.0	.509	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.0	.797
difference:	+15	+13.0	+14.1	+1.4	+4.4	+5.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.7	-0.9	+4.7	+7.8	+.071	+0.5	+1.6	+.038	+5.2	+6.2	+.083
Dwyane Wade	67	22.9	11.4	0.7	3.0	3.8	3.4	0.9	0.7	2.1	1.9	4.5	10.2	.438	0.5	1.7	.288	2.0	2.8	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	10	38.6	27.2	1.9	7.0	8.9	3.1	0.7	0.7	2.7	3.1	10.3	19.8	.520	0.2	0.2	1.000	6.4	7.9	.810
difference:	+5	+13.2	+10.6	+1.3	+3.4	+4.7	+0.5	+0.7	+0.5	-0.5	-0.9	+4.1	+5.8	+.077	+0.2	+0.6	+1.000	+2.2	+2.7	+.002
Dwyane Wade	5	25.4	16.6	0.6	3.6	4.2	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.2	6.2	14.0	.443	0.0	0.8	.000	4.2	5.2	.808


Season 16
	Karl Malone	Dwyane Wade
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	81	35.7	23.2	1.4	6.9	8.3	4.5	1.1	0.8	3.0	2.7	8.3	16.6	.498	0.0	0.1	.400	6.6	8.3	.793
difference:	+9	+9.5	+8.2	+0.4	+3.9	+4.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.3	-0.7	-1.1	+2.5	+3.3	+.065	+1.2	+3.5	+.070	+4.3	+5.1	+.085
Dwyane Wade	72	26.2	15.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.2	0.8	0.5	2.3	1.6	5.8	13.3	.433	1.2	3.6	.330	2.3	3.2	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	5	40.0	27.6	1.8	7.0	8.8	3.4	1.0	0.8	3.8	2.6	9.8	24.2	.405	0.2	0.4	.500	7.8	9.8	.796
Dwyane Wade	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Karl Malone played 3 seasons more than Dwyane Wade in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 17 to 19, from 2002 to 2004—Karl Malone played in 3 Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Dwyane Wade, Karl Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Karl Malone vs. Dwyane Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwyane Wade and Karl Malone, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

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Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

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