Karl Malone vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace 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 Rasheed Wallace, who played 16. Karl Malone had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Rasheed Wallace had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
Rasheed Wallace	16	14	1995-96 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1985-86	1995-96
Team	Utah Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+16	+3.1	+4.8	+0.7	+3.5	+4.2	+1.6	+0.7	+0.3	-1.8	-0.4	+2.0	+3.8	+.009	+0.4	+1.3		+1.2	+3.2	+.169
Rasheed Wallace	65	27.5	10.1	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.6	3.2	4.2	8.7	.487	0.4	1.3	.329	1.2	1.8	.650

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
Rasheed Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1986-87	1996-97
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+20	+4.3	+6.6	+1.4	+2.2	+3.6	+0.7	+0.5	+0.3	-1.1	-0.7	+2.8	+6.3	+.046	+0.1	+0.4	+.273	+1.2	+2.3	+.040
Rasheed Wallace	62	30.5	15.1	2.0	4.8	6.8	1.2	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.2	6.1	11.0	.558	0.1	0.5	.273	2.7	4.3	.638

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:	+1	+2.7	+0.2	+1.0	+2.6	+3.6	+0.3	+1.7	+0.3	-1.9	-0.3	+0.9	+3.6	+.169	+0.5	+1.3		+2.4	+2.2	+.172
Rasheed Wallace	4	37.3	19.8	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	4.3	8.3	14.0	.589	0.5	1.3	.400	2.8	5.0	.550


Season 3
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1987-88	1997-98
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+1.4	+13.1	+1.7	+4.1	+5.8	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	-1.8	-0.1	+4.4	+8.7	+.013	+0.1	+0.4	+.205	+4.3	+6.0	+.038
Rasheed Wallace	77	37.6	14.6	1.7	4.5	6.2	2.5	1.0	1.1	2.2	3.5	6.1	11.4	.533	0.1	0.5	.205	2.4	3.6	.662

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:	+7	+5.4	+15.2	+1.2	+5.8	+7.0	+1.3	+0.7	+0.1	-2.2	-0.8	+5.4	+11.4	+.007	+1.0	+1.2	+.800	+5.4	+6.2	+.223
Rasheed Wallace	4	39.5	14.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	4.0	5.8	11.8	.489	1.0	1.3	.800	2.0	4.0	.500


Season 4
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1988-89	1998-99
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+31	+10.2	+16.3	+2.0	+3.6	+5.8	+1.5	+0.8	+0.2	-2.0		+5.2	+9.8	+.011	+0.2	+0.4	+.106	+6.1	+7.8	+.034
Rasheed Wallace	49	28.9	12.8	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.6	3.6	4.9	9.7	.508	0.3	0.6	.419	2.7	3.7	.732

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:	+10	+9.3	+15.9	+6.0	+5.5	+11.5	+0.2	+0.5	+0.5	-3.1	-1.5	+5.2	+10.8	+.014	+0.1	+0.7		+5.5	+6.2	+.089
Rasheed Wallace	13	36.0	14.8	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.5	1.5	0.8	1.2	3.8	5.8	11.2	.514	0.1	0.7	.111	3.2	4.5	.724


Season 5
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1989-90	1999-00
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+1	+3.0	+14.6	+1.2	+2.9	+4.1	+1.0	+0.4	+0.7	-1.8	-0.5	+4.4	+6.9	+.043	+0.1	+0.1	+.212	+5.6	+7.0	+.058
Rasheed Wallace	81	35.1	16.4	1.6	5.4	7.0	1.8	1.1	1.3	1.9	2.7	6.7	12.9	.519	0.1	0.6	.160	2.9	4.1	.704

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:	+11	+2.7	+7.3	+1.3	+2.5	+3.8	+0.4	+1.3	+0.3	-1.0	-1.1	+2.3	+6.9	+.051	+0.5	+0.6	+.615	+3.2	+4.3	+.017
Rasheed Wallace	16	37.9	17.9	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.8	0.9	1.3	1.4	3.3	6.9	14.1	.489	0.5	0.8	.615	3.6	4.7	.773


Season 6
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1990-91	2000-01
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West 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:	+5	+2.1	+9.8	+1.0	+3.0	+4.0	+0.5	+0.1	+0.8	-0.9	-0.6	+2.6	+4.3	+.026	+0.7	+1.9	+.035	+5.1	+6.6	+.004
Rasheed Wallace	77	38.2	19.2	1.9	5.9	7.8	2.8	1.2	1.8	2.1	2.7	7.7	15.3	.501	0.7	2.1	.321	3.2	4.2	.766

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:	+6	+0.1	+13.0	+0.9	+4.5	+5.3	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2	-1.6	-0.9	+4.3	+6.2	+.082	+1.3	+2.8	+.364	+5.9	+5.4	+.275
Rasheed Wallace	3	42.7	16.7	1.7	6.3	8.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	6.3	17.0	.373	1.3	3.7	.364	2.7	4.7	.571


Season 7
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1991-92	2001-02
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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:	+2	+0.2	+8.7	+1.1	+2.0	+3.0	+1.1		+0.7	-1.4	-0.1	+2.3	+2.4	+.057	+1.4	+3.8	+.184	+5.8	+7.2	+.044
Rasheed Wallace	79	37.5	19.3	1.7	6.4	8.2	1.9	1.3	1.3	1.7	2.7	7.6	16.3	.469	1.4	4.0	.360	2.5	3.5	.734

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	+1.3	+3.8	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+0.9	+0.7	+0.5	-2.2	-0.4		+5.2	+.115	+2.3	+5.6	+.412	+6.3	+7.8	+.008
Rasheed Wallace	3	41.7	25.3	3.3	9.0	12.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	4.0	9.3	23.0	.406	2.3	5.7	.412	4.3	5.3	.813


Season 8
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1992-93	2002-03
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+8	+1.5	+8.9	+1.3	+2.5	+3.8	+1.7	+0.6		-1.0	-0.2	+2.7	+2.8	+.081	+1.5	+3.9	+.158	+4.8	+6.5	+.005
Rasheed Wallace	74	36.3	18.1	1.5	5.9	7.4	2.1	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.0	7.0	14.8	.471	1.5	4.1	.358	2.7	3.7	.735

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:	+2	+6.1	+6.6	+1.0	+4.3	+5.3	+0.6	+0.6	+0.3	-3.1	-0.5	+2.5	+5.5		+1.8	+4.6	+.100	+3.3	+3.6	+.102
Rasheed Wallace	7	37.1	17.4	1.4	3.7	5.1	2.6	0.6	0.7	0.9	3.7	6.3	13.9	.454	2.0	5.0	.400	2.9	4.0	.714


Season 9
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1993-94	2003-04
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+14	+5.5	+9.2	+1.4	+3.3	+4.7	+1.7	+0.6	+0.3	-1.1	-0.5	+3.1	+4.6	+.061	+1.1	+3.2	+.081	+3.9	+5.9	+.042
Rasheed Wallace	68	35.1	16.0	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.3	0.9	1.8	1.8	2.8	6.3	14.3	.436	1.2	3.6	.331	2.3	3.1	.736

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	+8.9	+14.1	+1.3	+3.4	+4.6	+1.8	+0.8	+1.2	-0.2	-0.3	+4.8	+8.7	+.054	+0.7	+2.7	+.243	+5.4	+7.4	+.029
Rasheed Wallace	23	35.0	13.0	2.0	5.7	7.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	3.4	5.1	12.4	.413	0.7	3.0	.243	2.0	2.6	.767


Season 10
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1994-95	2004-05
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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:	+3	+4.1	+12.2	+0.3	+2.8	+2.4	+1.7	+0.8	+0.5	-1.3	-0.3	+4.2	+5.5	+.096	+0.8	+2.5	+.050	+4.6	+6.0	+.045
Rasheed Wallace	79	34.0	14.5	2.2	5.9	8.2	1.8	0.8	1.5	1.6	3.0	5.9	13.4	.440	0.9	3.0	.318	1.7	2.5	.697

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:	+20	+10.2	+16.6	+1.4	+4.8	+6.3	+2.5	+0.4	+1.4	-1.3	-0.2	+4.2	+8.2	+.027	+1.0	+2.8	+.004	+9.2	+13.4	+.049
Rasheed Wallace	25	33.0	13.6	1.6	5.4	6.9	1.3	1.0	1.8	1.5	3.8	5.4	12.4	.439	1.2	3.4	.337	1.6	2.2	.741


Season 11
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1995-96	2005-06
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf 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:	+2	+3.2	+10.6	+1.0	+2.0	+3.0	+1.9	+0.7	+0.9	-1.3	-0.1	+3.9	+5.2	+.089	+1.7	+4.9	+.043	+4.5	+6.3	+.020
Rasheed Wallace	80	34.8	15.1	1.1	5.7	6.8	2.3	1.0	1.6	1.1	2.9	5.7	13.3	.430	1.9	5.4	.357	1.7	2.3	.743

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:		+5.4	+12.4	+1.7	+2.3	+4.0	+2.6	+1.3	+0.2	-1.1	-0.2	+5.1	+9.9	+.039	+1.8	+4.2	+.405	+4.0	+6.7	+.047
Rasheed Wallace	18	34.9	14.1	0.9	5.4	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	3.6	5.3	12.4	.430	1.8	4.4	.405	1.6	3.1	.527


Season 12
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1996-97	2006-07
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+7	+4.3	+15.1	+1.2	+1.5	+2.7	+2.8	+0.4	+1.0	-1.5	-0.4	+5.7	+8.0	+.127	+1.4	+3.7	+.351	+5.0	+6.6	+.033
Rasheed Wallace	75	32.3	12.3	1.2	6.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	1.6	1.3	3.0	4.8	11.2	.423	1.4	3.9	.351	1.4	1.8	.788

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
difference:	+4	+5.0	+11.7	+1.8	+1.9	+3.7	+1.1	+0.2	+1.0	-1.5	-1.0	+4.0	+9.2	+.002	+1.5	+4.4	+.153	+5.2	+7.6	+.122
Rasheed Wallace	16	35.8	14.3	1.2	6.5	7.7	1.8	1.2	1.8	1.2	4.0	5.4	12.3	.437	1.6	4.5	.347	2.0	2.4	.842


Season 13
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1997-98	2007-08
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+4	+6.9	+14.3	+1.2	+2.5	+3.7	+2.1		+0.8	-1.9	-0.1	+4.7	+6.9	+.098	+1.5	+4.0	+.023	+6.3	+8.3	+.006
Rasheed Wallace	77	30.5	12.7	1.1	5.5	6.6	1.8	1.2	1.7	1.1	2.8	4.9	11.3	.432	1.5	4.1	.356	1.5	1.9	.767

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:	+3	+5.4	+13.1	+1.3	+3.3	+4.5	+1.8		+0.9	-1.3	-0.4	+4.8	+9.1	+.047	+1.4	+4.2	+.320	+4.8	+6.0	+.044
Rasheed Wallace	17	34.4	13.2	1.1	5.2	6.4	1.6	1.1	1.9	1.7	3.9	5.1	11.9	.424	1.4	4.4	.320	1.7	2.3	.744


Season 14
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1998-99	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons 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:	+17	+5.2	+11.8	+1.4	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+0.4	+0.7	-2.4	-0.3	+3.4	+5.4	+.074	+1.7	+4.8		+6.5	+8.3	+.016
Rasheed Wallace	66	32.2	12.0	0.8	6.6	7.4	1.4	0.9	1.3	0.9	3.0	4.6	10.9	.419	1.7	4.8	.354	1.2	1.5	.772

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:	+7	+10.5	+15.3	+2.8	+2.2	+5.0	+3.9	+0.7	+0.4	-2.8	-0.4	+5.0	+11.2	+.050	+1.0	+1.9	+.500	+6.2	+7.8
Rasheed Wallace	4	30.5	6.5	0.5	5.8	6.3	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.8	7.5	.367	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1999-00	2009-10
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+3	+13.4	+16.5	+1.6	+3.8	+5.4	+2.7			-2.0		+5.8	+9.8	+.100	+1.0	+3.6	+.033	+6.0	+7.4	+.029
Rasheed Wallace	79	22.5	9.0	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8	2.8	3.4	8.2	.409	1.0	3.7	.283	1.2	1.6	.768

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:	+14	+21.5	+21.1	+1.7	+4.2	+5.9	+2.7	+0.3	+0.1	-2.3	-0.3	+8.1	+14.6	+.104	+0.6	+2.1	+.655	+5.4	+6.7	+.018
Rasheed Wallace	24	17.1	6.1	0.2	2.8	3.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	3.4	2.2	5.2	.416	0.8	2.3	.345	1.0	1.2	.828

Note: Rasheed Wallace didn't play in 2010-11 and 2011-12.


Season 16
	Karl Malone	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2000-01	2012-13
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+60	+21.6	+16.2	+0.9	+3.5	+4.3	+4.2	+0.5	+0.1	-2.5	-0.8	+5.7	+9.8	+.111	+1.0	+3.2	+.081	+5.9	+7.3	+.093
Rasheed Wallace	21	14.1	7.0	0.5	3.4	4.0	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.6	6.8	.387	1.0	3.3	.319	0.7	1.0	.700

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
Rasheed Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Karl Malone played 3 seasons more than Rasheed Wallace 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 Rasheed Wallace, Karl Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Karl Malone vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace 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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Season 5

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Season 6

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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

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