Patrick Ewing vs. Karl Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl Malone and Patrick Ewing, 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 / 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.

Patrick Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 2 less than Karl Malone, who played 19. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Karl Malone had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Patrick Ewing	17	14	1985-86 to 2001-02
Karl Malone	19	19	1985-86 to 2003-04

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1985-86	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	50	35.4	20.0	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	3.4	3.8	7.7	16.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.739
difference:	+31	+4.8	+5.1	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	+0.9	+0.2	+1.6		-0.2	+1.5	+3.8	+.022		+0.1		+2.1	+1.1	+.258
Karl Malone	81	30.6	14.9	2.1	6.7	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	3.4	3.6	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	5.0	.481

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	4	36.0	21.8	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	9.5	18.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	6.5	.423


Season 2
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1986-87	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	63	35.0	21.5	2.5	6.3	8.8	1.7	1.4	2.3	3.6	3.9	8.4	16.7	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.6	.713
difference:	+19	+0.2	+0.2	+0.9	+0.7	+1.6	+0.2	+0.1	+1.6	-0.7		+0.5	+0.6	+.009				+0.8		+.115
Karl Malone	82	34.8	21.7	3.4	7.0	10.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.9	8.9	17.3	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	6.6	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	5	40.0	20.0	3.0	6.6	9.6	1.2	2.2	0.8	3.4	4.0	7.4	17.6	.420	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	7.2	.722


Season 3
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1987-88	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	31.0	20.2	3.0	5.3	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	3.5	4.0	8.0	14.4	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.8	.716
difference:		+8.0	+7.5	+0.4	+3.3	+3.8	+0.9	+0.1	+2.4	-0.5	-0.4	+2.5	+5.7	+.035		+0.1		+2.5	+3.8	+.016
Karl Malone	82	39.0	27.7	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	10.5	20.1	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	6.7	9.6	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	38.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.5	1.5	3.3	2.8	4.3	7.0	14.3	.491	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	5.5	.864
difference:	+7	+6.6	+10.9	+1.0		+1.0	+1.0	+0.3	+2.7	-0.7	-1.1	+4.2	+8.9	+.009		+0.2		+2.6	+4.7	+.141
Karl Malone	11	44.9	29.7	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	3.5	3.2	11.2	23.2	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	7.4	10.2	.723


Season 4
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1988-89	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
Patrick Ewing	80	36.2	22.7	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	3.3	3.9	9.1	16.0	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.746
difference:		+2.9	+6.4	+0.5	+0.8	+1.4	+0.3	+0.3	+2.6	-0.3	-0.3	+1.0	+3.5	+.048	+0.1	+0.1	+.313	+4.3	+5.4	+.020
Karl Malone	80	39.1	29.1	3.2	7.4	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	3.6	3.6	10.1	19.5	.519	0.1	0.2	.313	8.8	11.5	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	9	37.8	19.9	2.6	7.4	10.0	2.2	1.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	7.8	16.0	.486	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.8	.750
difference:	+6	+7.5	+10.8	+4.7	+1.6	+6.3	+0.9		+1.7	-2.6	-1.4	+3.2	+6.0	+.014				+4.4	+4.9	+.063
Karl Malone	3	45.3	30.7	7.3	9.0	16.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	5.3	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	10.7	.813


Season 5
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1989-90	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.6	28.6	2.9	8.0	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	3.4	4.0	11.2	20.4	.551	0.0	0.0	-	6.1	7.9	.775
difference:		+0.5	+2.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6	+0.5	+3.4	-0.3	-0.8	+0.1	+0.6	+.011	+0.2	+0.5		+2.4	+3.2	+.013
Karl Malone	82	38.1	31.0	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	3.7	3.2	11.1	19.8	.562	0.2	0.5	.372	8.5	11.1	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	10	39.5	29.4	2.1	8.4	10.5	3.1	1.3	2.0	2.7	4.1	11.4	21.9	.521	0.1	0.2	.500	6.5	7.9	.823
difference:	+5	+1.1	+4.2	+1.1	+1.4	+0.3	+0.9	+0.9	+1.0	-0.3	-0.3	+2.2	+0.9	+.083	+0.1		+.500	+0.3	+1.1	+.067
Karl Malone	5	40.6	25.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	2.2	2.2	1.0	2.4	4.4	9.2	21.0	.438	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	9.0	.756


Season 6
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1990-91	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Patrick Ewing	81	38.3	26.6	2.4	8.8	11.2	3.0	1.0	3.2	3.6	3.5	10.4	20.3	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.7	.745
difference:	+1	+2.0	+2.4	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	+0.3	+0.1	+2.2	-0.6	-0.2	+0.1	+0.7	+.013		+0.1	+.286	+2.6	+3.1	+.025
Karl Malone	82	40.3	29.0	2.9	8.9	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.3	10.3	19.6	.527	0.0	0.2	.286	8.3	10.8	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	3	36.7	16.7	0.7	9.3	10.0	2.0	0.3	1.7	3.7	4.0	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.778
difference:	+6	+5.9	+13.0	+1.9	+1.5	+3.3	+1.2	+0.7	+0.5	-0.8	-0.1	+4.6	+8.2	+.055		+0.9		+3.9	+4.1	+.068
Karl Malone	9	42.6	29.7	2.6	10.8	13.3	3.2	1.0	1.2	2.9	3.9	10.6	23.2	.455	0.0	0.9	.000	8.6	10.1	.846


Season 7
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1991-92	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.4	24.0	2.8	8.5	11.2	1.9	1.1	3.0	2.5	3.4	9.7	18.6	.522	0.0	0.1	.167	4.6	6.2	.738
difference:	+1	+0.7	+4.0		+0.1		+1.1	+0.2	+2.4	-0.6	-0.6	+0.2	+0.1	+.004		+0.1	+.009	+3.7	+4.5	+.040
Karl Malone	81	37.7	28.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	3.1	2.8	9.9	18.7	.526	0.0	0.2	.176	8.3	10.7	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	12	40.2	22.7	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.3	0.6	2.6	1.9	4.1	9.1	19.9	.456	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.740
difference:	+4	+2.8	+6.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	+0.8	+1.4	-1.0	-0.5	+0.2	+2.1	+.065				+6.1	+7.0	+.065
Karl Malone	16	43.0	29.1	2.7	8.6	11.3	2.6	1.4	1.2	2.9	3.6	9.3	17.8	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	10.6	13.1	.805


Season 8
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1992-93	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	81	37.1	24.2	2.4	9.7	12.1	1.9	0.9	2.0	3.3	3.5	9.6	19.1	.503	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	6.9	.719
difference:	+1	+0.7	+2.8	+0.4	+1.3	+0.9	+1.9	+0.6	+1.0	-0.4	-0.3	+0.1	+1.5	+.049		+0.1	+.057	+2.6	+3.3	+.021
Karl Malone	82	37.8	27.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	2.9	3.2	9.7	17.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.200	7.5	10.2	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	15	40.3	25.5	2.9	8.1	10.9	2.4	1.1	2.1	2.6	4.0	11.0	21.5	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.3	.638
difference:	+10	+2.9	+1.5	+0.5	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	+1.7	-1.4	-0.2	+2.2	+2.1	+.058	+0.1	+0.3	+.500	+2.8	+2.3	+.178
Karl Malone	5	43.2	24.0	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	4.0	4.2	8.8	19.4	.454	0.2	0.4	.500	6.2	7.6	.816


Season 9
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1993-94	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	79	37.6	24.5	2.8	8.4	11.2	2.3	1.1	2.7	3.3	3.5	9.4	19.0	.496	0.1	0.2	.286	5.6	7.4	.765
difference:	+3	+3.0	+0.7	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+1.7	+0.4	+1.2	-0.4	-0.2		+0.1	+.001		+0.2	+.036	+0.6	+1.6	+.071
Karl Malone	82	40.6	25.2	2.9	8.6	11.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	2.9	3.3	9.4	18.9	.497	0.1	0.4	.250	6.2	9.0	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	25	41.3	21.9	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.6	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.8	8.4	19.2	.437	0.2	0.4	.364	4.9	6.5	.755
difference:	+9	+2.6	+5.2	+0.2	+0.9	+0.7	+0.8	+0.1	+2.2	-1.2	-0.1	+1.5	+1.9	+.030	+0.2	+0.1	+.364	+2.5	+3.5	+.017
Karl Malone	16	43.9	27.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.1	3.7	9.9	21.1	.467	0.0	0.3	.000	7.4	10.0	.738


Season 10
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1994-95	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	79	37.0	23.9	2.0	9.0	11.0	2.7	0.9	2.0	3.2	3.4	9.2	18.4	.503	0.1	0.3	.286	5.3	7.1	.750
difference:	+3	+1.1	+2.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.8	+0.7	+1.0	-0.3	-0.1	+0.9	+0.5	+.033		+0.2	+.018	+1.0	+1.4	+.008
Karl Malone	82	38.1	26.7	1.9	8.7	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	2.9	3.3	10.1	18.9	.536	0.1	0.5	.268	6.3	8.5	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	11	36.3	19.0	1.5	8.1	9.6	2.5	0.5	2.3	2.7	4.6	7.3	14.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.333	4.4	6.4	.686
difference:	+6	+6.9	+11.2	+1.5	+2.1	+3.6	+1.3	+0.9	+1.9	-0.1	-1.0	+2.3	+6.4	+.047	+0.1	+0.3		+6.4	+9.2	+.006
Karl Malone	5	43.2	30.2	3.0	10.2	13.2	3.8	1.4	0.4	2.8	3.6	9.6	20.6	.466	0.2	0.6	.333	10.8	15.6	.692


Season 11
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1995-96	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	76	36.6	22.5	2.1	8.5	10.6	2.1	0.9	2.4	2.9	3.3	8.9	19.2	.466	0.1	0.4	.143	4.6	6.1	.761
difference:	+6	+1.4	+3.2		+0.8	+0.8	+2.1	+0.8	+1.7	-0.5	-0.3	+0.7	+0.7	+.053	+0.1	+0.1	+.257	+1.6	+2.5	+.038
Karl Malone	82	38.0	25.7	2.1	7.7	9.8	4.2	1.7	0.7	2.4	3.0	9.6	18.5	.519	0.2	0.5	.400	6.2	8.6	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	8	41.0	21.5	1.4	9.3	10.6	1.9	0.1	3.1	3.8	2.8	8.1	17.1	.474	0.1	0.3	.500	5.1	7.9	.651
difference:	+10	+0.7	+5.0	+1.2	+1.6	+0.3	+2.5	+1.8	+2.5	-1.3	-0.6	+2.3	+5.2	+.005	+0.1	+0.1	+.500	+0.5	+1.9	+.077
Karl Malone	18	40.3	26.5	2.6	7.7	10.3	4.4	1.9	0.6	2.5	3.4	10.4	22.3	.469	0.0	0.2	.000	5.6	9.8	.574


Season 12
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1996-97	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
Patrick Ewing	78	37.0	22.4	2.2	8.4	10.7	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.4	3.2	8.4	17.2	.488	0.0	0.1	.222	5.6	7.5	.754
difference:	+4	+0.4	+5.0	+0.2	+0.9	+0.8	+2.5	+0.5	+1.8	-0.6	-0.6	+2.1	+2.0	+.062		+0.1	+.222	+0.8	+0.9	+.001
Karl Malone	82	36.6	27.4	2.4	7.5	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8	2.6	10.5	19.2	.550	0.0	0.2	.000	6.4	8.4	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	9	39.7	22.6	2.9	7.7	10.6	1.9	0.3	2.4	3.0	3.3	9.8	18.6	.527	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.7	.643
difference:	+11	+1.1	+3.4	+0.1	+0.7	+0.8	+1.0	+1.1	+1.6	-0.3	-0.3	+0.4	+2.9	+.092	+0.1		+.500	+4.2	+5.3	+.077
Karl Malone	20	40.8	26.0	3.0	8.4	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	2.7	3.0	9.4	21.5	.435	0.1	0.1	.500	7.2	10.0	.720


Season 13
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1997-98	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	26	32.6	20.8	2.3	7.9	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.2	3.0	2.8	7.8	15.5	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	7.2	.720
difference:	+55	+4.8	+6.2		+0.1	+0.1	+2.8	+0.6	+1.3		-0.1	+1.8	+2.7	+.026			+.333	+2.6	+3.0	+.041
Karl Malone	81	37.4	27.0	2.3	8.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	3.0	2.9	9.6	18.2	.530	0.0	0.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	33.3	14.0	2.3	5.8	8.0	1.3	0.8	1.3	2.5	4.0	5.0	14.0	.357	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.8	.593
difference:	+16	+6.5	+12.3	+0.1	+2.7	+2.9	+2.1	+0.3	+0.3	-0.5	-0.5	+4.9	+7.0	+.114		+0.2		+2.5	+1.5	+.195
Karl Malone	20	39.8	26.3	2.4	8.5	10.9	3.4	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.5	9.9	21.0	.471	0.0	0.2	.000	6.5	8.3	.788


Season 14
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1998-99	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	38	34.2	17.3	1.9	8.0	9.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	2.6	2.8	6.5	14.9	.435	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	6.1	.706
difference:	+11	+3.2	+6.5	+0.3	+0.7	+0.5	+3.0	+0.5	+2.0	-0.7	-0.1	+1.5	+1.4	+.058		+0.1		+3.4	+3.7	+.082
Karl Malone	49	37.4	23.8	2.2	7.3	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	3.3	2.7	8.0	16.3	.493	0.0	0.0	-	7.7	9.8	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	11	31.5	13.1	1.3	7.5	8.7	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.9	3.2	5.3	12.3	.430	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.3	.778
difference:		+9.5	+8.7	+2.0	+0.5	+2.6	+4.2	+0.6		-2.7	-0.2	+2.5	+6.4	+.013		+0.1		+3.7	+4.5	+.013
Karl Malone	11	41.0	21.8	3.3	8.0	11.3	4.7	1.2	0.7	3.6	3.4	7.8	18.7	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.791


Season 15
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	1999-00	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	62	32.8	15.0	2.3	7.5	9.7	0.9	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.2	5.8	12.5	.466	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.6	.731
difference:	+20	+3.1	+10.5	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+2.8	+0.4	+0.5	-0.5	-0.4	+3.4	+5.5	+.043		+0.1		+3.9	+4.4	+.066
Karl Malone	82	35.9	25.5	2.1	7.4	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.8	2.8	9.2	18.0	.509	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.0	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	14	32.9	14.6	2.1	7.4	9.5	0.4	1.1	1.4	1.9	3.4	5.1	12.1	.418	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.4	.697
difference:	+4	+5.7	+12.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+2.7	+0.4	+0.7	-0.8	-0.3	+5.2	+7.7	+.102	+0.2	+0.2		+2.0	+1.5	+.113
Karl Malone	10	38.6	27.2	1.9	7.0	8.9	3.1	0.7	0.7	2.7	3.1	10.3	19.8	.520	0.2	0.2	1.000	6.4	7.9	.810


Season 16
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	2000-01	2000-01
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	79	26.7	9.6	1.6	5.8	7.4	1.2	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.9	3.7	8.7	.430	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.2	.685
difference:	+2	+9.0	+13.6	+0.2	+1.1	+0.9	+3.3	+0.4	+0.4	-1.1	-0.2	+4.6	+7.9	+.068		+0.1		+4.4	+5.1	+.108
Karl Malone	81	35.7	23.2	1.4	6.9	8.3	4.5	1.1	0.8	3.0	2.7	8.3	16.6	.498	0.0	0.1	.400	6.6	8.3	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	5	40.0	27.6	1.8	7.0	8.8	3.4	1.0	0.8	3.8	2.6	9.8	24.2	.405	0.2	0.4	.500	7.8	9.8	.796


Season 17
	Patrick Ewing	Karl Malone
Season	2001-02	2001-02
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	65	13.9	6.0	0.9	3.1	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	2.3	5.1	.444	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.701
difference:	+15	+24.1	+16.4	+0.9	+3.7	+4.6	+3.8	+1.6		-2.3	-0.9	+5.6	+12.4	+.010	+0.1	+0.3		+5.0	+5.9	+.096
Karl Malone	80	38.0	22.4	1.8	6.8	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	3.3	2.9	7.9	17.5	.454	0.1	0.3	.360	6.4	8.0	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	17.0	6.5	1.3	4.3	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.5	3.0	2.0	6.3	.320	0.0	0.3	.000	2.5	4.3	.588
difference:		+23.8	+13.5	+0.5	+2.5	+2.0	+3.5	+1.0	+0.2	-2.3	-0.2	+5.5	+12.0	+.091				+2.5	+2.7	+.126
Karl Malone	4	40.8	20.0	0.8	6.8	7.5	4.5	1.3	0.8	2.8	2.8	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	7.0	.714

Additional Years

* Karl Malone played 2 seasons more than Patrick Ewing in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 18 to 19, from 2003 to 2004—Karl Malone played in two Playoffs.

Patrick Ewing vs. Karl Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl Malone and Patrick Ewing, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years