Kevin Garnett vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama and Kevin Garnett, 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.

Kevin Garnett played 21 years in the NBA, 19 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Kevin Garnett had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, 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
	Kevin Garnett	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kevin Garnett	80	28.7	10.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.4	.286	1.3	1.9	.705
difference:	+9	+1.0	+11.0	+0.1	+4.3	+4.3	+2.1	+0.1	+2.0	-2.3	-0.2	+3.3	+7.5	+.026	+1.7	+5.1	+.039	+2.8	+3.3	+.091
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
* Neiher Kevin Garnett nor Victor Wembanyama played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Kevin Garnett	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1996-97	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Kevin Garnett	77	38.9	17.0	2.5	5.6	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	7.1	14.3	.499	0.1	0.3	.286	2.7	3.5	.754
difference:	+31	+5.7	+7.3	+0.7	+3.6	+3.0	+0.6	+0.3	+1.7	-0.9	-0.3	+1.8	+4.3	+.023	+3.0	+8.5	+.066	+0.7	+0.6	+.082
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		%
Kevin Garnett	3	41.7	17.3	4.7	4.7	9.3	3.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	17.0	.471	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kevin Garnett played 19 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 21, from 1998 to 2016—Kevin Garnett played in 13 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 19 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Kevin Garnett got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 9 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 4 Rebounds Leader 14 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP