Luka Doncic vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama and Luka Doncic, 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.

Luka Doncic played 8 years in the NBA, 5 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 3. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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
	Luka Doncic	Victor Wembanyama
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
Luka Doncic	72	32.2	21.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.0	16.5	.427	2.3	7.1	.327	4.8	6.7	.713
difference:	+1	+2.5	+0.2	+1.1	+1.8	+2.8	+2.1	+0.1	+3.3	-0.3	-0.3	+0.8	+0.2	+.038	+0.5	+1.6	+.002	+0.7	+1.5	+.083
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 Luka Doncic nor Victor Wembanyama played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Victor Wembanyama
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Luka Doncic	61	33.6	28.8	1.3	8.1	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	4.3	2.5	9.5	20.6	.463	2.8	8.9	.316	7.0	9.2	.758
difference:	+15	+0.4	+4.5	+0.5	+1.1	+1.6	+5.1	+0.1	+3.6	-1.1	-0.2	+0.6	+2.0	+.013	+0.3	+0.1	+.036	+3.6	+5.1	+.078
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		%
Luka Doncic	6	35.8	31.0	0.7	9.2	9.8	8.7	1.2	0.5	5.2	2.8	10.7	21.3	.500	2.7	7.3	.364	7.0	10.7	.656
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Victor Wembanyama
Season	2020-21	2025-26
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Luka Doncic	66	34.3	27.7	0.8	7.2	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	4.3	2.3	9.8	20.5	.479	2.9	8.3	.350	5.2	7.1	.730
difference:	+63	+1.6	+5.6	+0.9	+4.5	+5.3	+6.3	+0.7	+5.5	-3.6	-2.0	+2.5	+1.2	+.090	+1.6	+4.6	+.014	+2.1	+2.9	+.003
Victor Wembanyama	3	32.7	33.3	1.7	11.7	13.3	2.3	1.7	6.0	0.7	4.3	12.3	21.7	.569	1.3	3.7	.364	7.3	10.0	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	7	40.1	35.7	0.6	7.3	7.9	10.3	1.3	0.4	4.6	2.4	13.7	28.0	.490	4.4	10.9	.408	3.9	7.3	.529
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Luka Doncic played 5 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 8, from 2022 to 2026—Luka Doncic played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Luka Doncic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 Scoring Leader 3 All-Star Game