Karl Malone vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama 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, 17 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Karl Malone had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1985-86	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
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:	+10	+0.9	+6.5	+0.2	+1.7	+1.7	+1.0	+0.1	+3.1	-0.3	-1.4	+1.6	+4.2	+.031	+1.8	+5.5		+1.7	+0.2	+.315
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796
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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Karl Malone	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1986-87	2024-25
Team	Utah Jazz	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+36	+1.6	+2.6	+1.6	+2.2	+0.6	+1.8	+0.2	+3.1	-0.3	-1.6		+1.3	+.036	+3.1	+8.7	+.352	+0.5	+2.5	+.238
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Karl Malone played 17 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 19, from 1988 to 2004—Karl Malone played in 17 Playoffs. In those 17 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Karl Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Season MVP 11 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 14 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP