Karl Malone vs. Jamaal Wilkes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Wilkes 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.

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, 7 more than Jamaal Wilkes, who played 12. Karl Malone had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Jamaal Wilkes had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
	Karl Malone	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1985-86	1974-75
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+0.1	+0.7	+0.4	+1.0	+0.7	+0.7		+0.2		-0.9	+0.1	+1.3	+.054				+0.4	+2.3	+.253
Jamaal Wilkes	82	30.7	14.2	2.5	5.7	8.2	2.2	1.3	0.3	-	2.7	6.1	13.8	.442	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.734
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:	+13	+6.4	+6.8	+0.3	+0.8	+0.5	+0.6	+0.5	+0.8		-1.4	+3.0	+3.4	+.082				+0.9	+3.7	+.279
Jamaal Wilkes	17	29.6	15.0	1.8	5.2	7.0	1.6	1.5	0.8	-	3.1	6.5	14.6	.446	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.702

Season 2
	Karl Malone	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1986-87	1975-76
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West 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:		+1.7	+3.9	+1.0	+0.6	+1.6	+0.1	+0.1	+0.3		-1.2	+1.4	+1.0	+.049				+1.1	+3.0	+.174
Jamaal Wilkes	82	33.1	17.8	2.4	6.4	8.8	2.0	1.2	0.4	-	2.7	7.5	16.3	.463	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.772
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:	+8	+5.4	+4.1	+1.1	+0.6	+1.7	+1.0	+1.3	+0.2		-1.5	+0.8	+2.2	+.010				+2.5	+3.7	+.056
Jamaal Wilkes	13	34.6	15.9	1.9	6.0	7.9	2.2	0.9	0.6	-	2.5	6.6	15.4	.430	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.778

Season 3
	Karl Malone	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1987-88	1976-77
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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		%
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:	+6	+5.1	+10.0	+1.4	+3.0	+4.4	+0.4	+0.3	+0.4		-0.7	+3.3	+5.0	+.042				+3.4	+5.5	+.097
Jamaal Wilkes	76	33.9	17.7	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.8	1.7	0.2	-	2.9	7.2	15.1	.478	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.797
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:	+1	+10.3	+14.2	+1.2	+2.6	+3.8	+0.1	+0.4			-0.9	+4.6	+7.8	+.053				+5.1	+7.4	+.098
Jamaal Wilkes	10	34.6	15.5	1.8	6.2	8.0	1.6	1.6	0.6	-	2.3	6.6	15.4	.429	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.821

Season 4
	Karl Malone	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1988-89	1977-78
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
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	+9.9	+16.2	+1.0	+2.2	+3.2	+0.9	+0.3	+0.5	-1.5	-0.4	+4.7	+7.1	+.079				+6.7	+8.6	+.050
Jamaal Wilkes	51	29.2	12.9	2.2	5.2	7.5	3.6	1.5	0.4	2.1	3.2	5.4	12.4	.440	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.716
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:		+9.3	+18.7	+4.3	+3.3	+7.6	+1.4			-0.6	-0.6	+6.0	+11.3	+.031				+6.7	+7.0	+.268
Jamaal Wilkes	3	36.0	12.0	3.0	5.7	8.7	2.7	1.0	0.3	3.7	4.7	5.0	10.7	.469	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.545

Season 5
	Karl Malone	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1989-90	1978-79
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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		%
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:		+2.6	+12.4	+0.8	+2.9	+3.7		+0.1	+0.3	-1.0	-0.2	+3.5	+4.7	+.058				+5.2	+6.7	+.011
Jamaal Wilkes	82	35.5	18.6	2.0	5.4	7.4	2.8	1.6	0.3	2.7	3.4	7.6	15.1	.504	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.751
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
difference:	+3	+2.2	+6.8	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.7	-0.5	-1.8	+1.6	+5.0	+.039				+3.7	+4.4	+.080
Jamaal Wilkes	8	38.4	18.4	2.5	6.0	8.5	2.0	1.9	0.3	1.9	2.6	7.6	16.0	.477	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.676

Season 6
	Karl Malone	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1990-91	1979-80
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:		+2.4	+9.0	+0.8	+4.6	+5.4	+0.3	+0.5	+0.7	-1.1	-0.6	+1.4	+3.0	+.008			+.110	+6.0	+7.9	+.038
Jamaal Wilkes	82	37.9	20.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	3.0	1.6	0.3	1.9	2.7	8.9	16.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.176	2.3	2.9	.808
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:	+7	+1.8	+9.4	+0.7	+6.1	+5.3	+0.2	+0.5	+0.9	-0.7	-0.7	+1.8	+4.8	+.021		+0.8		+5.8	+6.7	+.031
Jamaal Wilkes	16	40.8	20.3	3.3	4.7	8.0	3.0	1.5	0.3	2.2	3.2	8.8	18.4	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	3.4	.815

Season 7
	Karl Malone	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1991-92	1980-81
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West 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:		+0.3	+5.4	+1.0	+4.8	+5.8	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	-0.5		+0.2	+0.2				+.099	+5.2	+6.6	+.020
Jamaal Wilkes	81	37.4	22.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.4	2.6	2.8	9.7	18.5	.526	0.0	0.2	.077	3.1	4.1	.758
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:	+13	+5.3	+11.1	+1.4	+7.3	+8.6	+1.3	+1.1	+0.9	-1.6	-0.3	+2.3	+1.8	+.083		+0.2		+6.6	+7.1	+.138
Jamaal Wilkes	3	37.7	18.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	3.3	7.0	16.0	.438	0.0	0.3	.000	4.0	6.0	.667

Season 8
	Karl Malone	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1992-93	1981-82
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:		+2.4	+5.9	+0.9	+5.5	+6.4	+2.1	+0.4	+0.7	-0.9	-0.3	+0.6	+0.3	+.027		+0.2		+4.5	+6.1	+.008
Jamaal Wilkes	82	35.4	21.1	1.9	2.9	4.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	2.0	2.9	9.1	17.3	.525	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.1	.732
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:	+9	+5.0	+4.0	+0.5	+5.9	+5.4	+0.6	+0.1	+0.2	-1.1	-1.1	+0.2	+2.2	+.048	+0.2	+0.3	+.500	+3.5	+4.1	+.040
Jamaal Wilkes	14	38.2	20.0	2.9	2.1	5.0	2.6	1.1	0.2	2.9	3.1	8.6	17.2	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.5	.776

Season 9
	Karl Malone	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1993-94	1982-83
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+2	+8.7	+5.6	+1.1	+6.1	+7.2	+1.7	+0.7	+1.3	-1.0	-0.5	+0.8	+2.8	+.033	+0.1	+0.3	+.250	+3.7	+5.6	+.063
Jamaal Wilkes	80	31.9	19.6	1.8	2.5	4.3	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.8	8.6	16.1	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.4	.757
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:	+1	+4.6	+7.2	+0.5	+5.9	+6.4		+0.1	+0.1	-0.1	-0.3	+0.8	+2.9	+.031		+0.2		+5.6	+7.1	+.124
Jamaal Wilkes	15	39.3	19.9	2.8	3.2	6.0	3.4	1.3	0.7	2.2	3.4	9.1	18.2	.498	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.9	.614

Season 10
	Karl Malone	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1994-95	1983-84
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
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:	+7	+4.7	+9.4	+0.2	+5.9	+6.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.5	-1.1	-0.6	+2.9	+4.8	+.022	+0.1	+0.4	+.018	+3.5	+4.8	+.001
Jamaal Wilkes	75	33.4	17.3	1.7	2.8	4.5	2.9	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.7	7.2	14.1	.514	0.0	0.1	.250	2.8	3.7	.743
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:	+9	+29.2	+25.7	+2.3	+9.1	+11.3	+3.2	+1.1	+0.3	-2.3	-1.7	+7.6	+15.6	+.066	+0.2	+0.5	+.333	+10.3	+14.8	+.056
Jamaal Wilkes	14	14.0	4.5	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.9	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.8	.636

Season 11
	Karl Malone	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1995-96	1984-85
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+40	+19.9	+17.4	+1.3	+6.3	+7.6	+3.2	+1.2	+0.6	-1.2	-1.5	+6.1	+11.3	+.031	+0.2	+0.5		+5.0	+7.0	+.050
Jamaal Wilkes	42	18.1	8.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.0	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	3.5	7.2	.488	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.773
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
Jamaal Wilkes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Karl Malone	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1996-97	1985-86
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	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:	+69	+21.6	+21.6	+1.4	+6.3	+7.7	+3.3	+0.9	+0.4	-1.6	-1.1	+8.5	+14.2	+.150	+0.1		+.333	+4.7	+6.3	+.060
Jamaal Wilkes	13	15.0	5.8	1.0	1.2	2.2	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.5	2.0	5.0	.400	0.1	0.2	.333	1.7	2.1	.815
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
Jamaal Wilkes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Karl Malone played 7 seasons more than Jamaal Wilkes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 19, from 1998 to 2004—Karl Malone played in 7 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Jamaal Wilkes, Karl Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 4 All-Star Game