Michael Jordan vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama 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.

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, 13 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Michael Jordan had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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
	Michael Jordan	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1984-85	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	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	+8.6	+6.8	+0.3	+3.9	+4.1	+2.0	+1.2	+2.8	-0.2	-1.3	+2.4	+3.1	+.050	+1.7	+4.9	+.152	+3.6	+3.9	+.049
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
	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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Michael Jordan	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1985-86	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	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:	+28	+8.1	+1.6	+0.5	+6.9	+7.4	+0.8	+1.0	+2.6	-0.7	-0.3	+0.6	+0.4	+.019	+2.9	+7.8	+.185	+2.4	+2.8	+.004
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		%
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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Michael Jordan played 13 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 15, from 1987 to 2003—Michael Jordan played in 11 Playoffs and won 6 NBA Championships. In those 13 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Michael Jordan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	6 Finals MVP 5 Season MVP 10 All-NBA First Team 9 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 10 Scoring Leader 3 Steals Leader 12 All-Star Game 3 All-Star Game MVP