Dick Garmaker vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama and Dick Garmaker, 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.

Dick Garmaker played 6 years in the NBA, 5 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 1. Dick Garmaker had the first of his seasons in 1955-56, 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dick Garmaker	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1955-56	2023-24
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Garmaker	68	12.8	5.7	-	-	1.9	1.5	-	-	-	1.9	2.0	5.5	.370	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.806
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		%
Dick Garmaker	3	14.0	10.0	-	-	2.7	3.7	-	-	-	2.7	2.3	6.3	.368	-	-	-	5.3	5.7	.941
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dick Garmaker	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1956-57	-
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Garmaker	72	33.4	16.3	-	-	4.7	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	5.6	14.1	.400	-	-	-	5.1	6.0	.839
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Garmaker	5	37.4	13.0	-	-	7.0	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	3.8	13.8	.275	-	-	-	5.4	6.4	.844
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dick Garmaker	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1957-58	-
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Garmaker	68	32.6	16.1	-	-	5.4	2.7	-	-	-	2.8	5.7	14.5	.395	-	-	-	4.6	6.0	.764
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Garmaker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dick Garmaker	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1958-59	-
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Garmaker	72	34.6	13.7	-	-	4.5	2.9	-	-	-	3.1	4.9	12.3	.395	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.772
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Garmaker	13	33.8	14.5	-	-	4.2	3.0	-	-	-	3.4	5.4	12.7	.424	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.778
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dick Garmaker	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1959-60	-
Team	Minneapolis Lakers, New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Garmaker	70	27.6	12.1	-	-	4.5	2.9	-	-	-	2.7	4.6	11.6	.396	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.772
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Garmaker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Wembanyama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-