Michael Finley vs. Dwyane Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwyane Wade and Michael Finley, 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 / 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.

Michael Finley played 15 years in the NBA, 1 less than Dwyane Wade, who played 16. Michael Finley had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Dwyane Wade had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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 achivements, 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
Michael Finley	15	10	1995-96 to 2009-10
Dwyane Wade	16	13	2003-04 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	1995-96	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	82	39.2	15.0	1.7	2.9	4.6	3.5	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.4	5.7	11.9	.476	0.7	2.3	.328	3.0	3.9	.749
Dwyane Wade	61	34.9	16.2	1.4	2.7	4.0	4.5	1.4	0.6	3.2	2.3	6.1	13.1	.465	0.3	0.9	.302	3.8	5.1	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	13	39.5	18.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	4.2	3.5	6.6	14.5	.455	0.2	0.6	.375	4.5	5.8	.787


Season 2
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	1996-97	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	83	33.6	15.0	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.7	0.8	0.3	2.0	1.7	5.7	12.9	.444	1.2	3.4	.361	2.4	3.0	.808
Dwyane Wade	77	38.6	24.1	1.4	3.7	5.2	6.8	1.6	1.1	4.2	3.0	8.2	17.1	.478	0.2	0.6	.289	7.5	9.9	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	14	41.0	27.4	1.6	4.1	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	4.4	3.1	9.7	20.1	.484	0.1	0.7	.100	7.9	9.9	.799


Season 3
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	1997-98	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	82	41.4	21.5	1.8	3.5	5.3	4.9	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.0	8.2	18.4	.449	1.1	3.0	.357	4.0	5.1	.784
Dwyane Wade	75	38.6	27.2	1.4	4.3	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	3.6	2.9	9.3	18.8	.495	0.2	1.0	.171	8.4	10.7	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	23	41.7	28.4	1.2	4.7	5.9	5.7	2.2	1.1	3.9	3.1	9.5	19.2	.497	0.6	1.6	.378	8.8	10.9	.808


Season 4
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	1998-99	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	50	41.0	20.2	1.4	3.9	5.3	4.4	1.3	0.3	2.1	1.9	7.8	17.5	.444	0.9	2.7	.331	3.7	4.5	.823
Dwyane Wade	51	37.9	27.4	1.0	3.7	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	4.2	2.3	9.3	18.9	.491	0.4	1.5	.266	8.5	10.5	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	4	40.5	23.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	6.3	1.3	0.5	5.8	3.3	9.0	21.0	.429	0.0	1.3	.000	5.5	8.0	.688


Season 5
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	1999-00	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	82	42.2	22.6	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.4	2.1	9.1	20.0	.457	1.2	3.0	.401	3.2	3.9	.820
Dwyane Wade	51	38.3	24.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	6.9	1.7	0.7	4.4	2.7	8.6	18.4	.469	0.4	1.5	.286	6.9	9.2	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	2000-01	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	82	42.0	21.5	1.3	3.9	5.2	4.4	1.4	0.4	2.3	2.1	8.7	18.9	.458	1.1	3.2	.346	3.1	4.0	.775
Dwyane Wade	79	38.6	30.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.5	2.2	1.3	3.4	2.3	10.8	22.0	.491	1.1	3.5	.317	7.5	9.8	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	10	43.4	19.7	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.4	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.3	7.2	20.0	.360	1.7	4.7	.362	3.6	4.4	.818
Dwyane Wade	7	40.7	29.1	0.6	4.4	5.0	5.3	0.9	1.6	3.6	2.9	9.7	22.1	.439	2.6	7.1	.360	7.1	8.3	.862


Season 7
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	2001-02	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	69	39.9	20.6	1.3	3.9	5.2	3.3	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	8.2	17.8	.463	1.1	3.2	.339	3.0	3.6	.837
Dwyane Wade	77	36.3	26.6	1.4	3.5	4.8	6.5	1.8	1.1	3.3	2.4	9.3	19.6	.476	0.9	3.2	.300	6.9	9.1	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	8	46.5	24.6	1.6	4.6	6.3	2.3	1.5	0.5	1.9	3.0	8.6	18.5	.466	1.8	4.6	.378	5.6	6.3	.900
Dwyane Wade	5	42.0	33.2	1.2	4.4	5.6	6.8	1.6	1.6	5.2	3.2	12.4	22.0	.564	3.0	7.4	.405	5.4	8.0	.675


Season 8
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	2002-03	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	69	38.3	19.3	1.6	4.3	5.8	3.0	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.5	7.3	17.3	.425	1.7	4.7	.370	2.9	3.3	.861
Dwyane Wade	76	37.1	25.5	1.6	4.8	6.4	4.6	1.5	1.1	3.1	2.6	9.1	18.2	.500	0.8	2.7	.306	6.5	8.6	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	20	41.1	18.3	1.3	4.5	5.8	3.0	1.3	0.6	1.6	2.3	6.6	15.1	.435	2.4	5.7	.412	2.9	3.3	.864
Dwyane Wade	21	39.4	24.5	2.0	5.1	7.1	4.4	1.6	1.3	3.0	2.5	8.6	17.8	.485	0.7	2.5	.269	6.6	8.5	.777


Season 9
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	72	38.6	18.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.9	1.2	0.5	1.2	1.6	7.1	16.1	.443	2.1	5.1	.405	2.3	2.7	.850
Dwyane Wade	49	33.2	22.1	1.5	3.3	4.8	4.6	1.7	1.3	2.6	2.2	8.5	17.1	.497	0.3	1.1	.268	4.8	6.1	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	5	39.4	13.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	2.6	0.8	0.6	1.8	1.6	5.2	13.6	.382	1.4	5.2	.269	1.2	2.0	.600
Dwyane Wade	23	39.4	22.8	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.3	1.7	1.3	3.0	2.8	8.6	18.5	.462	0.4	1.5	.294	5.3	7.2	.729


Season 10
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	2004-05	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	64	36.8	15.7	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.9	6.0	14.2	.427	1.8	4.5	.407	1.8	2.1	.831
Dwyane Wade	69	34.7	21.2	1.2	3.7	5.0	5.1	1.9	0.8	2.8	2.0	8.2	15.8	.521	0.2	1.0	.258	4.5	6.2	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	13	38.2	13.1	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.2	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.5	5.0	11.8	.425	1.8	4.7	.393	1.2	1.4	.889
Dwyane Wade	22	35.5	15.9	1.7	2.9	4.6	4.8	1.7	1.0	2.6	2.0	6.5	14.3	.457	0.0	0.2	.250	2.7	3.6	.750


Season 11
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	2005-06	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	77	26.5	10.1	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.3	3.7	9.0	.412	1.4	3.6	.394	1.3	1.5	.852
Dwyane Wade	54	32.9	19.0	1.1	3.4	4.5	4.7	1.5	0.5	3.0	2.0	7.7	14.1	.545	0.2	0.6	.281	3.5	4.8	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	13	31.6	10.5	0.1	3.7	3.8	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.8	8.1	.476	1.4	3.6	.383	1.4	1.5	.900
Dwyane Wade	20	34.7	17.8	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.8	7.0	13.9	.500	0.5	1.2	.375	3.5	4.5	.767


Season 12
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	82	22.2	9.0	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.9	3.3	8.1	.412	1.3	3.5	.364	1.1	1.2	.918
Dwyane Wade	62	31.8	21.5	0.9	2.6	3.5	4.8	1.2	0.3	3.4	1.7	8.2	17.5	.470	0.5	1.6	.284	4.6	6.0	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	20	26.9	11.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.4	3.7	8.9	.410	2.2	5.3	.419	1.8	2.0	.897
Dwyane Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	82	26.9	10.1	0.3	2.8	3.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.1	3.8	9.3	.414	1.6	4.4	.370	0.8	1.0	.800
Dwyane Wade	74	30.5	19.0	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.6	1.1	0.6	2.7	1.6	7.3	16.0	.456	0.1	0.6	.159	4.4	5.5	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	17	23.0	6.7	0.1	1.9	1.9	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.5	2.5	6.3	.402	1.1	3.1	.365	0.5	0.5	1.000
Dwyane Wade	14	33.8	21.4	0.9	4.8	5.6	4.3	0.8	0.9	2.7	1.6	8.5	18.1	.469	0.9	1.6	.522	3.6	4.6	.781


Season 14
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	81	28.8	9.7	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.0	3.7	8.5	.437	1.6	3.9	.411	0.6	0.8	.823
Dwyane Wade	60	29.9	18.3	1.1	3.5	4.5	3.8	1.4	0.7	2.3	1.9	6.9	15.9	.434	0.8	2.4	.310	3.7	4.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	5	28.6	8.0	0.6	2.4	3.0	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.6	3.0	6.8	.441	1.4	3.0	.467	0.6	0.8	.750
Dwyane Wade	6	31.7	15.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	4.0	0.8	1.3	1.7	1.3	5.3	14.3	.372	1.0	2.8	.353	3.3	3.5	.952


Season 15
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	46	15.4	4.4	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.7	1.8	4.0	.440	0.7	1.8	.390	0.2	0.3	.533
Dwyane Wade	67	22.9	11.4	0.7	3.0	3.8	3.4	0.9	0.7	2.1	1.9	4.5	10.2	.438	0.5	1.7	.288	2.0	2.8	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	18	6.0	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	1.1	.250	0.2	0.6	.273	0.1	0.1	1.000
Dwyane Wade	5	25.4	16.6	0.6	3.6	4.2	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.2	6.2	14.0	.443	0.0	0.8	.000	4.2	5.2	.808


Season 16
	Michael Finley	Dwyane Wade
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	72	26.2	15.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.2	0.8	0.5	2.3	1.6	5.8	13.3	.433	1.2	3.6	.330	2.3	3.2	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Finley vs. Dwyane Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwyane Wade and Michael Finley, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16