Serge Ibaka vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / 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.

Serge Ibaka played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Trae Young, who played 8. Serge Ibaka had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Serge Ibaka	14	12	2009-10 to 2022-23
Trae Young	8	3	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Serge Ibaka	Trae Young
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Serge Ibaka	73	18.1	6.3	1.9	3.5	5.4	0.1	0.3	1.3	0.9	2.7	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.630
difference:	+8	+12.8	+12.8	+1.1	+0.6	+1.7	+8.0	+0.6	+1.1	-2.9	-1.0	+3.7	+10.4	+.125	+1.9	+6.0		+3.4	+3.8	+.199
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	6	25.5	7.8	2.2	4.3	6.5	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.0	3.2	3.3	5.8	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.700
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Serge Ibaka	Trae Young
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Serge Ibaka	82	27.0	9.9	2.6	5.0	7.6	0.3	0.4	2.4	0.9	3.3	4.1	7.5	.543	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.750
difference:	+22	+8.3	+19.7	+2.1	+1.3	+3.3	+9.0	+0.7	+2.3	-3.9	-1.6	+5.0	+13.3	+.106	+3.4	+9.5		+6.3	+7.1	+.110
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	17	28.8	9.8	2.8	4.5	7.3	0.2	0.2	3.1	1.2	3.8	3.9	8.5	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.4	.825
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Serge Ibaka	Trae Young
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+6.5	+16.2	+2.3	+1.3	+3.6	+9.0	+0.3	+3.5	-2.9	-0.9	+3.7	+10.3	+.097	+2.2	+6.3		+6.5	+6.9	+.225
Trae Young	63	33.7	25.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	9.4	0.8	0.2	4.1	1.8	7.7	17.7	.438	2.2	6.3	.343	7.7	8.7	.886

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
difference:	+4	+9.2	+19.0	+2.0	+1.0	+3.0	+8.9	+0.7	+3.0	-3.4	-0.7	+5.2	+14.4	+.110	+2.7	+8.8	+.063	+6.0	+6.6	+.144
Trae Young	16	37.7	28.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	9.5	1.3	0.0	4.0	2.2	9.4	22.4	.418	2.8	9.0	.313	7.3	8.4	.866


Season 4
	Serge Ibaka	Trae Young
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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:	+4	+3.8	+15.2	+2.1	+1.8	+4.0	+9.2	+0.5	+2.9	-2.4	-1.0	+3.8	+10.6	+.113	+2.8	+7.3	+.031	+4.8	+4.9	+.155
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904

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
difference:	+6	+3.9	+2.6	+2.5	+0.8	+3.4	+5.3	+0.6	+3.0	-5.6	-0.9	+1.0	+1.5	+.118	+1.0	+6.8	+.260	+3.5	+4.4	+.004
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788


Season 5
	Serge Ibaka	Trae Young
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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:	+8	+1.9	+11.1	+2.0	+3.8	+5.8	+9.2	+0.6	+2.6	-2.6	-1.5	+1.7	+6.9	+.107	+1.8	+5.6	+.048	+5.9	+6.3	+.102
Trae Young	73	34.8	26.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	1.4	8.2	19.0	.429	2.1	6.3	.335	7.8	8.8	.886

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
difference:	+11	+4.1	+17.1	+1.0	+2.2	+3.1	+9.5	+1.1	+1.8	-2.8	-1.4	+4.9	+16.2	+.189	+2.7	+8.2	+.052	+4.7	+5.2	+.095
Trae Young	6	38.3	29.2	0.8	2.8	3.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	4.0	1.8	10.0	24.8	.403	3.0	9.0	.333	6.2	7.2	.860


Season 6
	Serge Ibaka	Trae Young
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+10	+2.9	+11.4	+1.7	+3.4	+5.0	+9.9	+0.8	+2.2	-2.9	-1.0	+2.2	+6.4	+.046	+2.0	+5.5	+.003	+5.0	+5.8	+.019
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Serge Ibaka nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Serge Ibaka	Trae Young
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+3.9	+11.6	+1.3	+2.4	+3.7	+10.8	+0.7	+1.7	-3.3	-0.8	+2.1	+7.0	+.068	+2.1	+6.0	+.014	+5.3	+5.8	+.123
Trae Young	76	36.0	24.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	11.6	1.2	0.2	4.7	1.9	7.4	18.1	.411	2.9	8.4	.340	6.5	7.4	.875

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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Serge Ibaka	Trae Young
Season	2016-17	2025-26
Team	Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+74	+2.9	+3.0	+1.6	+3.2	+4.8	+6.9	+0.3	+1.4	-0.7	-0.9	+0.8	+1.6	+.109	+0.6	+1.2	+.199	+5.0	+6.2	+.035
Trae Young	5	27.8	17.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	7.8	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.8	5.2	14.0	.371	1.0	5.2	.192	6.4	7.8	.821

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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Serge Ibaka played 6 seasons more than Trae Young in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 2018 to 2023—Serge Ibaka played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Serge Ibaka vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young 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.

Their Careers

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

Additional Years