Tim Duncan vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama and Tim Duncan, 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.

Tim Duncan played 19 years in the NBA, 17 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Tim Duncan had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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
	Tim Duncan	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1997-98	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662
difference:	+11	+9.4	+0.3	+1.0	+0.2	+1.3	+1.2	+0.5	+1.1	-0.3	-0.9	+0.8	+1.0	+.084	+1.8	+5.4	+.325	+0.2	+0.7	+.134
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		%
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Tim Duncan	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1998-99	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690
difference:	+4	+6.1	+2.6	+1.4	+1.0	+0.4	+1.3	+0.2	+1.3	-0.3	-0.6	+0.5	+1.7	+.019	+3.1	+8.7	+.209	+1.5	+3.1	+.146
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		%
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Tim Duncan played 17 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 19, from 2000 to 2016—Tim Duncan played in 16 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 17 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Tim Duncan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 2 Season MVP 8 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Defensive First Team 6 All-Defensive Second Team 14 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP