Michael Jordan vs. Dikembe Mutombo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dikembe Mutombo and Michael Jordan, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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 Jordan played 15 years in the NBA, 3 less than Dikembe Mutombo, who played 18. Michael Jordan had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Michael Jordan	15	13	1984-85 to 2002-03
Dikembe Mutombo	18	13	1991-92 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1984-85	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Michael Jordan	82	38.3	28.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	3.5	3.5	10.2	19.8	.515	0.1	0.6	.173	7.7	9.1	.845
difference:	+11		+11.6	+2.5	+3.3	+5.8	+3.7	+1.8	+2.2		-0.3	+4.2	+7.6	+.022	+0.1	+0.6		+3.2	+2.1	+.203
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	4	42.8	29.3	1.8	4.0	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	3.8	3.8	8.5	19.5	.436	0.3	2.0	.125	12.0	14.5	.828
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1985-86	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Michael Jordan	18	25.1	22.7	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	2.5	2.6	8.3	18.2	.457	0.2	1.0	.167	5.8	6.9	.840
difference:	+64	+11.8	+8.9	+2.9	+6.6	+9.4	+1.1	+1.6	+2.3	-0.1	-0.9	+3.4	+8.7	+.053	+0.2	+1.0		+1.7	+0.9	+.159
Dikembe Mutombo	82	36.9	13.8	4.2	8.9	13.0	1.8	0.5	3.5	2.6	3.5	4.9	9.5	.510	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.0	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	3	45.0	43.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	5.7	2.3	1.3	4.7	4.3	16.0	31.7	.505	0.3	0.3	1.000	11.3	13.0	.872
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1986-87	1993-94
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Michael Jordan	82	40.0	37.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	3.3	2.9	13.4	27.8	.482	0.1	0.8	.182	10.2	11.9	.857
difference:		+5.2	+25.1	+1.5	+5.2	+6.6	+3.1	+2.2	+2.6	-0.8	-0.3	+8.9	+20.0	+.087	+0.1	+0.8		+7.1	+6.5	+.274
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		%
Michael Jordan	3	42.7	35.7	2.3	4.7	7.0	6.0	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.7	11.7	28.0	.417	0.7	1.7	.400	11.7	13.0	.897
difference:	+9	+0.1	+22.4	+1.0	+4.0	+5.0	+4.2	+1.3	+3.5	-0.2	-0.2	+7.5	+19.0	+.046	+0.7	+1.7		+6.8	+4.8	+.295
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
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1987-88	1994-95
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	Defensive Player of the Year
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Michael Jordan	82	40.4	35.0	1.7	3.8	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	3.1	3.3	13.0	24.4	.535	0.1	0.6	.132	8.8	10.5	.841
difference:		+2.6	+23.5	+2.2	+4.9	+7.0	+4.5	+2.7	+2.3	-0.8	-0.2	+8.7	+16.7	+.021	+0.1	+0.6		+5.8	+5.9	+.187
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		%
Michael Jordan	10	42.7	36.3	2.3	4.8	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.1	3.9	3.8	13.8	26.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.333	8.6	9.9	.869
difference:	+7	+14.7	+30.3	+1.0	+0.2	+0.8	+4.4	+2.4	+1.2	-1.6	-1.2	+11.8	+22.7	+.069	+0.1	+0.3		+6.6	+6.9	+.202
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
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1988-89	1995-96
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Michael Jordan	81	40.2	32.5	1.8	6.2	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	3.6	3.0	11.9	22.2	.538	0.3	1.2	.276	8.3	9.8	.850
difference:	+7	+3.5	+21.5	+1.6	+2.2	+3.8	+6.5	+2.4	+3.7	-1.6	-0.5	+8.1	+14.5	+.039	+0.3	+1.2		+5.0	+5.0	+.155
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		%
Michael Jordan	17	42.2	34.8	1.5	5.5	7.0	7.6	2.5	0.8	4.0	3.8	11.7	22.9	.510	0.6	2.1	.286	10.8	13.5	.799
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1989-90	1996-97
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Michael Jordan	82	39.0	33.6	1.7	5.1	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	3.0	2.9	12.6	24.0	.526	1.1	3.0	.376	7.2	8.5	.848
difference:	+2	+1.8	+20.3	+1.7	+3.2	+4.7	+4.9	+2.2	+2.6	-0.7	-0.2	+7.8	+15.0	+.001	+1.1	+3.0		+3.4	+3.1	+.143
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		%
Michael Jordan	16	42.1	36.7	1.5	5.7	7.2	6.8	2.8	0.9	3.5	3.4	13.7	26.6	.514	1.0	3.1	.320	8.3	9.9	.836
difference:	+6	+0.6	+21.3	+2.2	+2.9	+5.1	+5.5	+2.7	+1.7	-1.5	-0.4	+8.3	+18.0	+.114	+1.0	+3.1		+3.7	+3.5	+.117
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
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1990-91	1997-98
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	31.5	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	2.5	2.8	12.1	22.4	.539	0.4	1.1	.312	7.0	8.2	.851
difference:		+1.4	+18.1	+2.0	+3.4	+5.4	+4.5	+2.3	+2.4	-0.5	-0.3	+7.2	+13.3	+.002	+0.4	+1.1		+3.3	+2.7	+.181
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		%
Michael Jordan	17	40.5	31.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	2.5	3.1	11.6	22.1	.524	0.6	1.5	.385	7.4	8.7	.845
difference:	+13	+6.5	+23.1	+2.2	+4.2	+6.4	+8.1	+2.1	+0.9	-0.5	-0.6	+8.8	+16.1	+.066	+0.6	+1.5		+4.9	+4.7	+.220
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
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1991-92	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Michael Jordan	80	38.8	30.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	2.5	2.5	11.8	22.7	.519	0.3	1.3	.270	6.1	7.4	.832
difference:	+30	+2.2	+19.3	+2.7	+3.1	+5.8	+5.0	+2.0	+2.0	-0.6	-0.4	+8.3	+15.9	+.007	+0.3	+1.3		+2.2	+1.7	+.148
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		%
Michael Jordan	22	41.8	34.5	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.8	2.0	0.7	3.7	2.8	13.2	26.4	.499	0.8	2.0	.386	7.4	8.6	.857
difference:	+13	+0.4	+21.9	+2.3	+5.4	+7.7	+4.6	+1.4	+1.9	-1.7	-0.3	+8.8	+18.5	+.064	+0.8	+2.0		+3.7	+3.4	+.155
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
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1992-93	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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		%
Michael Jordan	78	39.3	32.6	1.7	5.0	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	2.7	2.4	12.7	25.7	.495	1.0	2.9	.352	6.1	7.3	.837
difference:	+4	+2.9	+21.1	+2.0	+5.4	+7.4	+4.2	+2.5	+2.5	-0.6	-0.6	+8.8	+18.7	+.067	+1.0	+2.9		+2.5	+2.2	+.129
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		%
Michael Jordan	19	41.2	35.1	1.7	5.1	6.7	6.0	2.1	0.9	2.4	3.1	13.2	27.8	.475	1.5	3.8	.389	7.2	8.9	.805
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 10
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1994-95	2000-01
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Michael Jordan	17	39.3	26.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	5.3	1.8	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.8	23.8	.411	0.9	1.9	.500	6.4	8.0	.801
difference:	+58	+4.8	+16.9	+2.6	+4.0	+6.6	+4.3	+1.4	+1.9	-0.2	-0.1	+6.2	+16.4	+.073	+0.9	+1.9		+3.6	+4.1	+.076
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		%
Michael Jordan	10	42.0	31.5	2.0	4.5	6.5	4.5	2.3	1.4	4.1	3.0	12.0	24.8	.484	1.1	3.0	.367	6.4	7.9	.810
difference:	+13	+0.7	+17.6	+2.9	+4.3	+7.2	+3.8	+1.6	+1.7	-2.5	-0.6	+7.6	+15.8	+.006	+1.1	+3.0		+1.4	+1.5	+.033
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
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1995-96	2001-02
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Michael Jordan	82	37.7	30.4	1.8	4.8	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	2.4	2.4	11.2	22.6	.495	1.4	3.2	.427	6.7	8.0	.834
difference:	+2	+1.4	+18.9	+1.4	+2.8	+4.2	+3.3	+1.8	+1.9	-0.4	-0.6	+7.2	+14.6	+.006	+1.4	+3.2		+3.2	+3.4	+.070
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		%
Michael Jordan	18	40.7	30.7	1.7	3.2	4.9	4.1	1.8	0.3	2.3	2.7	10.4	22.6	.459	1.4	3.4	.403	8.5	10.4	.818
difference:	+13	+6.1	+21.9	+1.1	+4.6	+5.7	+3.5	+1.4	+1.5	-0.1	-0.5	+7.6	+16.4	+.007	+1.4	+3.4		+5.3	+5.2	+.203
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 12
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1996-97	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	82	37.9	29.6	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.9	11.2	23.1	.486	1.4	3.6	.374	5.9	7.0	.833
difference:	+58	+16.5	+23.8	+0.9	+0.4	+0.5	+3.5	+1.5	+1.0	-0.6	-0.4	+9.2	+17.6	+.112	+1.4	+3.6		+4.2	+4.7	+.106
Dikembe Mutombo	24	21.4	5.8	2.3	4.1	6.4	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.4	2.3	2.0	5.5	.374	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	19	42.3	31.1	2.2	5.7	7.9	4.8	1.6	0.9	2.6	2.4	11.9	26.2	.456	0.7	3.5	.194	6.5	7.8	.831
difference:	+9	+30.8	+29.3	+1.4	+3.8	+5.2	+4.2	+1.3		-1.8	-0.3	+11.2	+24.7	+.011	+0.7	+3.5		+6.1	+7.4	+.169
Dikembe Mutombo	10	11.5	1.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.8	2.1	0.7	1.5	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 13
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	1997-98	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Michael Jordan	82	38.8	28.7	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	1.8	10.7	23.1	.465	0.4	1.5	.238	6.9	8.8	.784
difference:	+17	+15.8	+23.1	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	+3.1	+1.4	+1.4	-1.5	-0.4	+8.5	+18.6	+.013	+0.4	+1.5		+5.7	+7.0	+.103
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		%
Michael Jordan	21	41.5	32.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	3.5	1.5	0.6	2.1	2.2	11.6	25.0	.462	0.6	2.0	.302	8.6	10.6	.812
difference:	+18	+29.2	+30.1	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+3.5	+1.2	+0.7	-1.1	-0.2	+10.9	+23.0	+.129	+0.6	+2.0		+7.6	+9.6	+.188
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

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01.


Season 14
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2001-02	2004-05
Team	Washington Wizards	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	60	34.9	22.9	0.8	4.8	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	2.7	2.0	9.2	22.1	.416	0.2	0.9	.189	4.4	5.6	.790
difference:	+20	+19.7	+18.9	+1.1	+1.3	+0.4	+5.1	+1.2	+0.9	-2.1	-0.3	+7.8	+19.4	+.082	+0.2	+0.9		+3.1	+3.8	+.049
Dikembe Mutombo	80	15.2	4.0	1.9	3.5	5.3	0.1	0.2	1.3	0.6	1.7	1.4	2.7	.498	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dikembe Mutombo	7	14.4	3.1	1.6	3.4	5.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.0	2.1	0.9	1.6	.545	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.769


Season 15
	Michael Jordan	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2002-03	2005-06
Team	Washington Wizards	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	20.0	0.9	5.2	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.1	8.3	18.6	.445	0.2	0.7	.291	3.2	4.0	.821
difference:	+18	+22.1	+17.4	+0.7	+2.0	+1.3	+3.7	+1.2	+0.4	-1.6	-0.1	+7.5	+17.1	+.081	+0.2	+0.7		+2.1	+2.6	+.063
Dikembe Mutombo	64	14.9	2.6	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.5	2.0	0.8	1.5	.526	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.758

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Michael Jordan nor Dikembe Mutombo played in the postseason in their season 15

Additional Years

* Dikembe Mutombo played 3 seasons more than Michael Jordan in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 16 to 18, from 2007 to 2009—Dikembe Mutombo played in 3 Playoffs.

Michael Jordan vs. Dikembe Mutombo Season by Season Comparison

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

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

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Season 2

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Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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