Khris Middleton vs. Dikembe Mutombo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dikembe Mutombo and Khris Middleton, 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.

Khris Middleton played 13 years in the NBA, 5 less than Dikembe Mutombo, who played 18. Khris Middleton had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Dikembe Mutombo had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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
	Khris Middleton	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2012-13	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Khris Middleton	27	17.6	6.1	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	2.0	2.3	5.2	.440	0.5	1.7	.311	1.0	1.2	.844
difference:	+44	+20.7	+10.5	+4.4	+6.1	+10.4	+1.2		+2.9	-3.1	-1.8	+3.7	+7.0	+.053	+0.5	+1.7		+3.5	+5.8	+.202
Dikembe Mutombo	71	38.3	16.6	4.5	7.8	12.3	2.2	0.6	3.0	3.5	3.8	6.0	12.2	.493	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	7.0	.642
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Khris Middleton nor Dikembe Mutombo played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Khris Middleton	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2014-15	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Khris Middleton	79	30.1	13.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	2.3	1.5	0.1	1.4	2.3	5.1	11.0	.467	1.4	3.4	.407	1.7	2.0	.859
difference:	+3	+4.7	+1.4	+2.9	+4.6	+7.4	+0.8	+0.8	+4.0	-1.1	-0.9	+0.6	+3.2	+.102	+1.4	+3.4		+1.4	+3.4	+.276
Dikembe Mutombo	82	34.8	12.0	3.5	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.7	4.1	2.5	3.2	4.5	7.8	.569	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	5.4	.583
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	6	38.7	15.8	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.8	15.3	.380	1.8	5.7	.324	2.3	2.5	.933
difference:	+6	+3.9	+2.5	+2.1	+6.2	+8.3	+0.2	+1.6	+5.3	-0.8	-1.2	+1.6	+6.3	+.083	+1.8	+5.7		+2.6	+5.7	+.331
Dikembe Mutombo	12	42.6	13.3	3.3	8.7	12.0	1.8	0.7	5.8	2.5	3.5	4.2	9.0	.463	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	8.2	.602

Season 4
	Khris Middleton	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2015-16	1994-95
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Khris Middleton	79	36.1	18.2	0.6	3.3	3.8	4.2	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.5	.444	1.8	4.6	.396	3.5	3.9	.888
difference:	+3	+1.7	+6.7	+3.3	+5.4	+8.7	+2.8	+1.2	+3.7		-0.9	+2.1	+6.8	+.112	+1.8	+4.6		+0.5	+0.7	+.234
Dikembe Mutombo	82	37.8	11.5	3.9	8.7	12.5	1.4	0.5	3.9	2.3	3.5	4.3	7.7	.556	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.6	.654
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dikembe Mutombo	3	28.0	6.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	5.0	2.0	3.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 5
	Khris Middleton	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Khris Middleton	29	30.7	14.7	0.4	3.9	4.2	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.7	5.2	11.5	.450	1.6	3.6	.433	2.8	3.2	.880
difference:	+45	+6.0	+3.7	+3.0	+4.5	+7.6	+1.9	+0.9	+4.3	-0.2	-0.8	+1.4	+3.8	+.049	+1.6	+3.6		+0.5	+1.6	+.185
Dikembe Mutombo	74	36.7	11.0	3.4	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.5	4.5	2.0	3.5	3.8	7.7	.499	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.8	.695
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	6	38.5	14.5	0.0	4.7	4.7	5.3	2.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	5.2	13.0	.397	1.2	3.2	.368	3.0	3.7	.818
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Khris Middleton	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Khris Middleton	82	36.4	20.1	0.5	4.7	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.3	3.3	7.2	15.5	.466	1.8	5.0	.359	3.9	4.4	.884
difference:	+2	+0.8	+6.8	+2.9	+3.6	+6.4	+2.6	+0.9	+3.0		-0.2	+2.4	+6.5	+.061	+1.8	+5.0		+0.1	+1.0	+.179
Dikembe Mutombo	80	37.2	13.3	3.4	8.3	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	2.3	3.1	4.8	9.0	.527	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.4	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	7	39.3	24.7	0.1	5.0	5.1	3.1	0.9	0.7	2.3	4.3	9.6	16.0	.598	3.6	5.9	.610	2.0	2.7	.737
difference:	+3	+2.2	+9.3	+3.6	+3.6	+7.2	+1.8	+0.8	+1.9	-0.3	-1.3	+4.2	+7.4	+.030	+3.6	+5.9		+2.6	+3.7	+.018
Dikembe Mutombo	10	41.5	15.4	3.7	8.6	12.3	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.0	3.0	5.4	8.6	.628	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.4	.719

Season 7
	Khris Middleton	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
Khris Middleton	77	31.1	18.3	0.6	5.3	6.0	4.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	6.6	14.9	.441	2.3	6.2	.378	2.8	3.4	.837
difference:	+5	+4.5	+4.9	+2.8	+2.7	+5.4	+3.3	+0.6	+3.3	-0.3	-0.9	+1.7	+5.8	+.096	+2.3	+6.2		+0.9	+2.1	+.167
Dikembe Mutombo	82	35.6	13.4	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.0	3.1	4.9	9.1	.537	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.5	.670
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	15	34.3	16.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.4	0.6	0.0	1.9	2.9	5.6	13.4	.418	2.7	6.1	.435	3.1	3.5	.885
difference:	+11	+0.3	+8.9	+2.7	+3.8	+6.5	+4.1	+0.3	+2.3	-0.1	-0.4	+2.8	+7.4	+.040	+2.7	+6.1		+0.6	+0.5	+.260
Dikembe Mutombo	4	34.0	8.0	3.3	9.5	12.8	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	2.5	2.8	6.0	.458	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.625

Season 8
	Khris Middleton	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Khris Middleton	62	29.9	20.9	0.7	5.5	6.2	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.6	15.3	.497	2.4	5.7	.415	3.4	3.7	.916
difference:	+12	+6.7	+10.1	+3.1	+2.9	+6.0	+3.2	+0.6	+2.8	-0.3	-0.6	+4.1	+8.5	+.015	+2.4	+5.7		+0.5	+2.0	+.232
Dikembe Mutombo	50	36.6	10.8	3.8	8.4	12.2	1.1	0.3	2.9	1.9	2.9	3.5	6.8	.512	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.7	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	10	35.5	20.3	0.5	6.4	6.9	6.0	1.1	0.2	3.4	4.1	7.1	18.0	.394	2.3	6.5	.354	3.8	4.6	.826
difference:	+1	+6.7	+7.7	+3.5	+3.5	+7.0	+4.8	+0.5	+2.4	-1.4	-1.0	+2.7	+10.1	+.169	+2.3	+6.5		+0.1	+0.6	+.124
Dikembe Mutombo	9	42.2	12.6	4.0	9.9	13.9	1.2	0.6	2.6	2.0	3.1	4.4	7.9	.563	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.2	.702

Season 9
	Khris Middleton	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Khris Middleton	68	33.4	20.4	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	7.5	15.8	.476	2.2	5.4	.414	3.1	3.5	.898
difference:	+14	+3.0	+8.9	+2.9	+5.2	+8.1	+4.1	+0.8	+3.2	-0.5	-0.6	+3.6	+8.8	+.086	+2.2	+5.4		+0.5	+1.6	+.190
Dikembe Mutombo	82	36.4	11.5	3.7	10.4	14.1	1.3	0.3	3.3	2.1	3.0	3.9	7.0	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.1	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	23	40.1	23.6	1.1	6.5	7.6	5.1	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.6	19.7	.438	2.6	7.6	.343	3.7	4.2	.887
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Khris Middleton	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
Khris Middleton	66	32.4	20.1	0.6	4.8	5.4	5.4	1.2	0.3	2.9	2.4	6.8	15.5	.443	2.5	6.6	.373	3.9	4.4	.890
difference:	+9	+2.1	+10.1	+3.5	+4.6	+8.1	+4.4	+0.8	+2.4	-1.0	-0.3	+3.2	+8.1	+.041	+2.5	+6.6		+1.1	+0.5	+.165
Dikembe Mutombo	75	34.5	10.0	4.1	9.4	13.5	1.0	0.4	2.7	1.9	2.7	3.6	7.4	.484	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	2	36.0	14.5	0.5	4.5	5.0	7.0	1.5	0.0	5.5	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	1.5	1.000
difference:	+21	+6.7	+0.6	+4.4	+4.3	+8.7	+6.3	+0.8	+3.1	-3.9	-0.6	+0.6	+3.0	+.073	+3.0	+7.0		+3.5	+4.9	+.223
Dikembe Mutombo	23	42.7	13.9	4.9	8.8	13.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	1.6	2.4	4.4	9.0	.490	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	6.4	.777

Season 11
	Khris Middleton	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Khris Middleton	33	24.3	15.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	4.9	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.1	5.4	12.3	.436	1.5	4.9	.315	2.8	3.1	.902
difference:	+47	+12.0	+3.6	+2.4	+4.2	+6.6	+3.9	+0.3	+2.2	-0.2	-0.9	+1.4	+4.3	+.065	+1.5	+4.9		+0.7	+1.5	+.138
Dikembe Mutombo	80	36.3	11.5	3.2	7.6	10.8	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.0	3.0	4.0	8.0	.501	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.6	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	5	34.6	23.8	1.4	5.0	6.4	6.2	0.6	0.0	3.4	3.0	8.0	17.2	.465	2.6	6.4	.406	5.2	6.0	.867
difference:			+15.0	+1.4	+2.8	+4.2	+5.6	+0.2	+1.8	-1.2	-0.2	+5.2	+11.0	+.013	+2.6	+6.4		+2.0	+0.8	+.252
Dikembe Mutombo	5	34.6	8.8	2.8	7.8	10.6	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	3.2	2.8	6.2	.452	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.2	.615

Season 13
	Khris Middleton	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2024-25	2003-04
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Washington Wizards	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Khris Middleton	37	22.8	11.9	0.4	3.4	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.0	4.3	9.1	.475	1.3	3.6	.361	1.9	2.3	.857
difference:	+28	+0.2	+6.3	+1.8	+1.1	+3.0	+3.7	+0.6	+1.7	-0.7	-0.2	+2.1	+4.6	+.003	+1.3	+3.6		+0.7	+0.5	+.176
Dikembe Mutombo	65	23.0	5.6	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.4	0.3	1.9	0.8	2.2	2.2	4.5	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.681
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dikembe Mutombo	3	12.3	2.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	2.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000