Serge Ibaka vs. Ben Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Wallace and Serge Ibaka, 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.

Serge Ibaka played 14 years in the NBA, 2 less than Ben Wallace, who played 16. Serge Ibaka had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Ben Wallace had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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.

Season 3
	Serge Ibaka	Ben Wallace
Season	2011-12	1998-99
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Serge Ibaka	66	27.2	9.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	0.4	0.5	3.7	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.4	.535	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.661
difference:	+20	+0.4	+3.1	+0.1	+0.8	+0.8		+0.6	+1.7	-0.4	-0.3	+1.5	+3.1	+.043				+0.2	+1.1	+.305
Ben Wallace	46	26.8	6.0	3.0	5.4	8.3	0.4	1.1	2.0	0.8	2.4	2.5	4.3	.578	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.9	.356
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	20	28.5	9.8	2.4	3.4	5.8	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.0	.528	0.1	0.2	.250	1.3	1.8	.722
Ben Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Serge Ibaka	Ben Wallace
Season	2012-13	1999-00
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Serge Ibaka	80	31.1	13.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	0.5	0.4	3.0	1.6	2.7	5.6	9.7	.573	0.3	0.7	.351	1.8	2.4	.749
difference:	+1	+6.9	+8.4	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	+0.3	+0.5	+1.4	-0.8	-0.7	+3.5	+5.6	+.070	+0.3	+0.7		+1.1	+1.0	+.275
Ben Wallace	81	24.2	4.8	2.6	5.6	8.2	0.8	0.9	1.6	0.8	2.0	2.1	4.1	.503	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.474
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	11	33.3	12.8	3.5	4.8	8.4	0.7	0.0	3.0	0.6	3.5	5.4	12.3	.437	0.4	0.8	.444	1.7	2.2	.792
Ben Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Serge Ibaka	Ben Wallace
Season	2013-14	2000-01
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Serge Ibaka	81	32.9	15.1	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.0	0.5	2.7	1.5	2.9	6.5	12.1	.536	0.3	0.7	.383	1.9	2.5	.784
difference:	+1	+1.6	+8.7	+1.0	+3.4	+4.4	+0.5	+0.8	+0.4		-0.5	+3.8	+6.6	+.046	+0.3	+0.6	+.133	+0.9	+0.5	+.448
Ben Wallace	80	34.5	6.4	3.8	9.4	13.2	1.5	1.3	2.3	1.5	2.4	2.7	5.5	.490	0.0	0.1	.250	1.0	3.0	.336
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	17	34.2	12.1	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.7	0.6	2.5	1.2	3.2	5.1	8.6	.592	0.3	0.8	.385	1.5	2.0	.765
Ben Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Serge Ibaka	Ben Wallace
Season	2014-15	2001-02
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Serge Ibaka	64	33.1	14.3	2.1	5.7	7.8	0.9	0.5	2.4	1.5	3.0	5.8	12.3	.476	1.2	3.2	.376	1.4	1.7	.836
difference:	+16	+3.4	+6.7	+1.9	+3.3	+5.2	+0.5	+1.2	+1.1	-0.6	-0.8	+2.6	+6.3	+.055	+1.2	+3.2		+0.2	+1.2	+.413
Ben Wallace	80	36.5	7.6	4.0	9.0	13.0	1.4	1.7	3.5	0.9	2.2	3.2	6.0	.531	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.9	.423
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	10	40.8	7.3	4.8	11.3	16.1	1.2	1.9	2.6	1.9	2.4	2.8	5.9	.475	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.9	.436

Season 7
	Serge Ibaka	Ben Wallace
Season	2015-16	2002-03
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Serge Ibaka	78	32.1	12.6	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.8	0.5	1.9	1.4	2.7	5.3	11.1	.479	0.8	2.4	.326	1.2	1.6	.752
difference:	+5	+7.3	+5.7	+2.2	+6.4	+8.6	+0.8	+0.9	+1.3	-0.2	-0.2	+2.4	+5.1	+.002	+0.8	+2.3	+.159		+1.0	+.302
Ben Wallace	73	39.4	6.9	4.0	11.4	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	1.2	2.5	2.9	6.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.167	1.2	2.6	.450
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	18	33.4	12.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	2.8	4.7	9.1	.521	1.7	3.8	.449	0.8	1.1	.750
difference:	+1	+9.1	+3.1	+3.8	+6.2	+10.0	+1.0	+1.7	+1.8	-0.4	-0.1	+1.6	+2.7	+.035	+1.7	+3.7	+.449	+1.8	+4.8	+.304
Ben Wallace	17	42.5	8.9	5.1	11.2	16.3	1.6	2.5	3.1	0.9	2.9	3.1	6.4	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	5.9	.446

Season 8
	Serge Ibaka	Ben Wallace
Season	2016-17	2003-04
Team	Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Serge Ibaka	79	30.7	14.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.3	2.7	6.0	12.4	.480	1.6	4.0	.391	1.4	1.6	.856
difference:	+2	+7.0	+5.3	+2.4	+3.2	+5.6	+0.8	+1.3	+1.4	-0.2	-0.7	+2.1	+3.2	+.059	+1.6	+3.9	+.266	+0.4	+2.0	+.366
Ben Wallace	81	37.7	9.5	4.0	8.4	12.4	1.7	1.8	3.0	1.5	2.0	3.9	9.2	.421	0.0	0.1	.125	1.8	3.6	.490
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	10	30.7	14.3	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.4	0.4	1.7	1.1	3.7	6.0	13.0	.462	1.2	3.8	.316	1.1	1.3	.846
difference:	+13	+9.6	+4.0	+3.2	+4.5	+7.8	+0.5	+1.5	+0.7	-0.5	-1.2	+2.0	+4.1	+.008	+1.2	+3.7	+.316	+1.1	+3.8	+.419
Ben Wallace	23	40.3	10.3	4.1	10.1	14.3	1.9	1.9	2.4	1.6	2.5	4.0	8.9	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	5.1	.427

Season 9
	Serge Ibaka	Ben Wallace
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost NBA 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		%
Serge Ibaka	76	27.5	12.6	1.0	5.3	6.3	0.8	0.4	1.3	1.2	2.8	5.0	10.3	.483	1.4	3.9	.360	1.2	1.6	.797
difference:	+2	+8.6	+2.9	+2.9	+2.9	+5.9	+0.9	+1.0	+1.1	-0.1	-0.7	+1.0	+1.5	+.030	+1.4	+3.8	+.249	+0.6	+2.5	+.369
Ben Wallace	74	36.1	9.7	3.9	8.2	12.2	1.7	1.4	2.4	1.1	2.1	4.0	8.8	.453	0.0	0.1	.111	1.8	4.1	.428
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	10	26.0	8.7	1.3	4.6	5.9	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	3.0	7.2	.417	0.9	2.4	.375	1.8	2.2	.818
difference:	+15	+13.0	+1.3	+2.5	+2.9	+5.4	+0.1	+1.6	+1.1	-0.4	-0.5	+1.1	+1.3	+.064	+0.9	+2.2	+.375	+0.1	+1.9	+.357
Ben Wallace	25	39.0	10.0	3.8	7.5	11.3	1.0	1.7	2.4	1.2	2.6	4.1	8.5	.481	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	4.1	.461

Season 10
	Serge Ibaka	Ben Wallace
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
Serge Ibaka	74	27.2	15.0	2.1	6.0	8.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	1.5	2.9	6.3	11.9	.529	0.7	2.3	.290	1.8	2.4	.763
difference:	+8	+8.0	+7.7	+1.6	+1.6	+3.2	+0.6	+1.4	+0.8	-0.4	-0.9	+3.4	+6.2	+.019	+0.7	+2.3		+0.3	+1.2	+.347
Ben Wallace	82	35.2	7.3	3.7	7.6	11.3	1.9	1.8	2.2	1.1	2.0	2.9	5.7	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	3.6	.416
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	24	20.8	9.4	1.5	4.5	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.8	8.0	.477	0.4	1.6	.237	1.3	1.8	.762
difference:	+6	+14.9	+4.7	+1.8	+2.7	+4.5	+0.8	+0.8	+0.2	-0.2	-1.0	+2.0	+4.1	+.012	+0.4	+1.5	+.237	+0.3	+1.9	+.489
Ben Wallace	18	35.7	4.7	3.3	7.2	10.5	1.7	1.3	1.2	0.8	2.3	1.8	3.9	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	3.7	.273

Season 11
	Serge Ibaka	Ben Wallace
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Toronto Raptors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Serge Ibaka	55	27.0	15.4	2.1	6.1	8.2	1.4	0.5	0.8	2.0	2.8	6.2	12.2	.512	1.3	3.3	.385	1.6	2.3	.718
difference:	+22	+8.0	+9.0	+1.8	+0.6	+2.5	+1.0	+0.9	+1.2	-0.7	-0.8	+3.7	+6.7	+.059	+1.3	+3.2	+.185	+0.2	+1.2	+.310
Ben Wallace	77	35.0	6.4	3.9	6.7	10.7	2.4	1.4	2.0	1.3	2.0	2.5	5.5	.453	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	3.5	.408
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	11	22.8	14.8	1.5	6.2	7.7	1.2	0.2	1.3	1.1	2.5	5.7	10.0	.573	2.1	4.1	.511	1.3	1.3	1.000
difference:	+1	+14.1	+6.1	+1.4	+0.4	+1.8	+0.2	+1.3	+0.4	-0.1	-0.6	+2.7	+4.7	+.007	+2.1	+4.0	+.511	+1.4	+4.1	+.500
Ben Wallace	10	36.9	8.7	2.9	6.6	9.5	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.0	1.9	3.0	5.3	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	5.4	.500