Patrick Ewing vs. Michael Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Jordan 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 more than Michael Jordan, who played 15. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Michael Jordan had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Michael Jordan	15	13	1984-85 to 2002-03

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


Rookie Season
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1985-86	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East 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:	+32	+2.9	+8.2	+0.5	+2.0	+2.5	+3.9	+1.3	+1.3	-0.1	-0.3	+2.5	+3.5	+.041	+0.1	+0.5	+.173	+3.2	+3.0	+.106
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 2
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1986-87	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East 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:	+45	+9.9	+1.2	+1.2	+4.0	+5.2	+1.2	+0.7	+1.1	-1.1	-1.3	+0.1	+1.5	+.046	+0.2	+0.9	+.167	+1.1	+0.3	+.127
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 3
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1987-88	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+9.0	+16.9	+1.0	+2.1	+3.0	+3.1	+1.6	+1.5	-0.2	-1.1	+5.4	+13.4	+.073	+0.1	+0.8		+6.0	+6.1	+.141
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

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:	+1	+4.4	+16.9	+1.7	+4.1	+5.8	+3.5	+0.5	+1.0	-0.1	-0.6	+4.7	+13.7	+.074	+0.7	+1.4	+.400	+6.9	+7.5	+.033
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


Season 4
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1988-89	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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	+4.2	+12.3	+1.0	+2.8	+3.8	+3.5	+1.7	+1.9	-0.2	-0.6	+3.9	+8.4	+.032	+0.1	+0.5	+.132	+4.3	+4.4	+.095
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

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:	+1	+4.9	+16.4	+0.3	+2.6	+2.9	+2.5	+1.4	+0.9	-2.2	-0.1	+6.0	+10.0	+.045	+0.1	+0.3		+4.3	+4.1	+.119
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


Season 5
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1989-90	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+1	+1.6	+3.9	+1.1	+1.8	+2.9	+5.8	+1.9	+3.2	-0.2	-1.0	+0.7	+1.8	+.013	+0.3	+1.2		+2.2	+1.9	+.075
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

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:	+7	+2.7	+5.4	+0.6	+2.9	+3.5	+4.5	+1.2	+1.2	-1.3	-0.3	+0.3	+1.0	+.011	+0.5	+1.9	+.214	+4.3	+5.6	+.024
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


Season 6
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1990-91	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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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	+0.7	+7.0	+0.7	+3.7	+4.3	+3.3	+1.8	+2.5	-0.6	-0.6	+2.2	+3.7	+.012	+1.1	+2.9	+.376	+1.5	+0.8	+.103
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

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:	+13	+5.4	+20.0	+0.8	+3.6	+2.8	+4.8	+2.5	+0.8	-0.2	-0.6	+7.7	+11.6	+.114	+1.0	+3.1		+3.6	+3.9	+.058
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


Season 7
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1991-92	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:		+1.4	+7.5	+1.4	+3.9	+5.2	+3.6	+1.6	+2.0		-0.6	+2.4	+3.8	+.017	+0.4	+1.0	+.145	+2.4	+2.0	+.113
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

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:	+5	+0.3	+8.4	+1.7	+3.0	+4.7	+6.1	+1.8	+1.2	-0.6	-1.0	+2.5	+2.2	+.068	+0.6	+1.4	+.385	+2.9	+2.6	+.105
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


Season 8
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1992-93	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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	+1.7	+5.9	+1.3	+4.4	+5.7	+4.2	+1.4	+1.1	-0.8	-1.0	+2.2	+3.6	+.016	+0.3	+1.2	+.127	+1.2	+0.5	+.113
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

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:	+7	+1.5	+9.0	+1.2	+3.6	+4.7	+3.4	+0.9	+1.4	-1.1	-1.2	+2.2	+4.9	+.013	+0.7	+1.9	+.614	+4.0	+3.3	+.219
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


Season 9
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1993-94	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+1.7	+8.1	+1.1	+3.4	+4.5	+3.2	+1.7	+1.9	-0.6	-1.1	+3.3	+6.7	+.001	+0.9	+2.7	+.066	+0.5	+0.1	+.072
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

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:	+6	+0.1	+13.2	+1.8	+3.1	+5.0	+3.4	+0.8	+2.1	-0.9	-0.7	+4.8	+8.6	+.038	+1.3	+3.4	+.025	+2.3	+2.4	+.050
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

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


Season 10
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1994-95	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+62	+2.3	+3.0	+0.5	+3.6	+4.1	+2.6	+0.9	+1.2	-1.1	-0.6	+0.6	+5.4	+.092	+0.8	+1.6	+.214	+1.1	+0.9	+.051
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

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:	+1	+5.7	+12.5	+0.5	+3.6	+3.1	+2.0	+1.8	+0.9	-1.4	-1.6	+4.7	+10.6	+.029	+1.0	+2.7	+.034	+2.0	+1.5	+.124
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


Season 11
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1995-96	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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	+1.1	+7.9	+0.3	+3.7	+4.0	+2.2	+1.3	+1.9	-0.5	-0.9	+2.3	+3.4	+.029	+1.3	+2.8	+.284	+2.1	+1.9	+.073
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

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	+0.3	+9.2	+0.3	+6.1	+5.7	+2.2	+1.7	+2.8	-1.5	-0.1	+2.3	+5.5	+.015	+1.3	+3.1	+.097	+3.4	+2.5	+.167
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


Season 12
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1996-97	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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	+0.9	+7.2	+0.8	+3.9	+4.8	+2.3	+0.8	+1.9	-1.4	-1.3	+2.8	+5.9	+.002	+1.4	+3.5	+.152	+0.3	+0.5	+.079
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

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:	+10	+2.6	+8.5	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+2.9	+1.3	+1.5	-0.4	-0.9	+2.1	+7.6	+.071	+0.7	+3.4	+.194	+3.5	+3.1	+.188
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


Season 13
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1997-98	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+56	+6.2	+7.9	+0.7	+3.7	+4.4	+2.4	+1.1	+1.7	-0.7	-1.0	+2.9	+7.6	+.039	+0.4	+1.4	+.238	+1.7	+1.6	+.064
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

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:	+17	+8.2	+18.4	+0.7	+2.3	+2.9	+2.2	+0.7	+0.7	-0.4	-1.8	+6.6	+11.0	+.105	+0.6	+2.0		+4.6	+3.8	+.219
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

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


Season 14
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1998-99	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+22	+0.7	+5.6	+1.1	+3.2	+4.2	+4.1	+0.6	+2.2	-0.1	-0.8	+2.7	+7.2	+.019	+0.2	+0.8	+.189	+0.1	+0.5	+.084
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

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
Michael Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Patrick Ewing	Michael Jordan
Season	1999-00	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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	+4.2	+5.0	+1.4	+2.3	+3.6	+2.9	+0.9	+0.9	-0.2	-1.1	+2.5	+6.1	+.021	+0.2	+0.7		+0.1	+0.6	+.090
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

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
Michael Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Patrick Ewing played 2 seasons more than Michael Jordan in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 16 to 17, from 2001 to 2002—Patrick Ewing played in one postseason.

Patrick Ewing vs. Michael Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Jordan 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

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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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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