Victor Wembanyama vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West and Victor Wembanyama, 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.

Victor Wembanyama played 2 years in the NBA, 12 less than Jerry West, who played 14. Victor Wembanyama had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Jerry West had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
	Victor Wembanyama	Jerry West
Season	2023-24	1960-61
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+5.7	+3.8			+2.9	+0.3				-0.5	+1.1	+0.7	+.046				+0.1	+1.1	+.130
Jerry West	79	35.4	17.6	-	-	7.7	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	16.0	.419	-	-	-	4.2	6.3	.666
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	12	38.4	22.9	-	-	8.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	16.8	.490	-	-	-	6.4	8.8	.726

Season 2
	Victor Wembanyama	Jerry West
Season	2024-25	1961-62
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+29	+8.0	+6.5			+3.1	+1.7					+1.8	+5.3	+.031				+6.1	+8.2	+.067
Jerry West	75	41.2	30.8	-	-	7.9	5.4	-	-	-	2.3	10.7	23.9	.445	-	-	-	9.5	12.3	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	13	42.8	31.5	-	-	6.8	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	11.1	23.8	.465	-	-	-	9.3	11.5	.807

Additional Years
* Jerry West played 12 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1963 to 1974—Jerry West played in 11 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Jerry West got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 9 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Assists Leader 12 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP