Gene Shue vs. Dominique Wilkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dominique Wilkins and Gene Shue, 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.

Gene Shue played 10 years in the NBA, 5 less than Dominique Wilkins, who played 15. Gene Shue had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while Dominique Wilkins had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
	Gene Shue	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1954-55	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia Warriors, New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	62	15.3	4.2	-	-	2.5	1.4	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	4.7	.346	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.756
Dominique Wilkins	82	32.9	17.5	2.8	3.1	5.8	1.6	1.0	0.8	2.2	2.6	7.3	14.9	.493	0.0	0.1	.182	2.8	4.1	.682
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	3	16.3	7.3	-	-	4.0	1.3	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	5.7	.471	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.857
Dominique Wilkins	3	36.3	15.7	2.7	2.3	5.0	0.3	0.7	0.3	3.3	3.0	5.7	14.0	.405	0.3	0.3	1.000	4.0	4.7	.857

Season 4
	Gene Shue	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1957-58	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	63	37.0	15.6	-	-	5.3	2.7	-	-	-	2.4	5.6	14.6	.384	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.844
Dominique Wilkins	78	39.1	30.3	3.3	4.6	7.9	2.6	1.8	0.6	3.2	2.2	11.4	24.3	.468	0.2	0.9	.186	7.4	9.0	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	7	40.1	18.6	-	-	6.6	4.7	-	-	-	2.1	6.4	17.6	.366	-	-	-	5.7	6.1	.930
Dominique Wilkins	9	40.0	28.6	2.2	3.8	6.0	2.8	1.0	0.2	3.3	2.7	10.4	24.1	.433	0.1	0.6	.200	7.6	8.8	.861

Season 5
	Gene Shue	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1958-59	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	72	38.1	17.6	-	-	4.7	3.2	-	-	-	1.8	6.4	16.6	.388	-	-	-	4.7	5.8	.803
Dominique Wilkins	79	37.6	29.0	2.7	3.6	6.3	3.3	1.5	0.6	2.7	1.9	10.5	22.6	.463	0.4	1.3	.292	7.7	9.4	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	3	39.3	27.7	-	-	4.7	3.3	-	-	-	2.3	9.3	20.0	.467	-	-	-	9.0	11.0	.818
Dominique Wilkins	9	40.0	26.8	3.0	4.8	7.8	2.8	1.8	0.9	2.9	2.8	9.6	23.3	.410	0.3	1.1	.300	7.3	8.2	.892

Season 6
	Gene Shue	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1959-60	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	75	44.5	22.8	-	-	5.5	3.9	-	-	-	1.9	8.3	20.0	.413	-	-	-	6.3	7.2	.872
Dominique Wilkins	78	37.8	30.7	2.7	3.7	6.4	2.9	1.3	0.6	2.8	2.1	11.7	25.1	.464	0.5	1.7	.295	6.9	8.4	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	2	44.5	24.0	-	-	6.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	7.5	19.0	.395	-	-	-	9.0	10.0	.900
Dominique Wilkins	12	39.4	31.2	3.1	3.3	6.4	2.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.0	11.4	25.0	.457	0.3	1.5	.222	8.0	10.4	.768

Season 7
	Gene Shue	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1960-61	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	78	43.1	22.6	-	-	4.3	6.8	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.8	.421	-	-	-	6.0	7.0	.856
Dominique Wilkins	80	37.5	26.2	3.2	3.7	6.9	2.6	1.5	0.7	2.3	1.7	10.2	22.0	.464	0.4	1.3	.276	5.5	6.6	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	5	37.2	18.6	-	-	2.4	4.4	-	-	-	2.2	7.0	14.4	.486	-	-	-	4.6	5.8	.793
Dominique Wilkins	5	42.4	27.2	2.0	3.4	5.4	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.0	10.4	23.2	.448	1.0	3.4	.294	5.4	7.6	.711

Season 8
	Gene Shue	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1961-62	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Gene Shue	80	39.3	19.0	-	-	4.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	7.3	17.8	.408	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.810
Dominique Wilkins	80	36.1	26.7	2.7	3.8	6.5	2.5	1.6	0.6	2.2	1.8	10.1	20.9	.484	0.7	2.3	.322	5.7	7.1	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	10	36.9	16.1	-	-	3.0	4.9	-	-	-	2.9	6.2	15.1	.411	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.771
Dominique Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Gene Shue	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1962-63	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	78	29.3	11.7	-	-	2.4	3.3	-	-	-	2.2	4.5	11.5	.396	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.689
Dominique Wilkins	81	38.0	25.9	3.2	5.8	9.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	1.9	9.5	20.2	.470	1.0	3.1	.341	5.9	7.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	5	39.0	20.8	1.2	5.2	6.4	2.6	1.8	1.0	2.2	1.6	7.0	18.8	.372	0.4	3.0	.133	6.4	7.0	.914

Season 10
	Gene Shue	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1963-64	1991-92
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Gene Shue	47	20.5	4.2	-	-	2.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	1.7	5.9	.293	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.590
Dominique Wilkins	42	38.1	28.1	2.5	4.6	7.0	3.8	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.8	10.1	21.8	.464	0.9	3.0	.289	7.0	8.4	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Gene Shue	Dominique Wilkins
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	71	37.3	29.9	2.6	4.2	6.8	3.2	1.0	0.4	2.6	1.6	10.4	22.3	.468	1.7	4.5	.380	7.3	8.8	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	3	37.7	30.0	4.0	1.3	5.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	3.3	2.7	10.7	25.0	.427	1.0	4.0	.250	7.7	10.0	.767

Season 12
	Gene Shue	Dominique Wilkins
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	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		%
Gene Shue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	74	35.6	26.0	2.5	4.0	6.5	2.3	1.2	0.4	2.3	1.7	9.4	21.5	.440	1.1	4.0	.288	6.0	7.1	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Shue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Dominique Wilkins didn't play in 1995-96.

Note: Dominique Wilkins didn't play in 1997-98.