Joe Caldwell vs. Serge Ibaka Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Serge Ibaka and Joe Caldwell, 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.

Joe Caldwell played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Serge Ibaka, who played 14. Joe Caldwell had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Serge Ibaka had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
	Joe Caldwell	Serge Ibaka
Season	1964-65	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Joe Caldwell	66	23.4	10.7	-	-	6.7	1.8	-	-	-	2.6	4.4	11.8	.374	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	.614
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	.500	0.8	1.3	.630
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Joe Caldwell	Serge Ibaka
Season	1966-67	2011-12
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Thunder 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		%
Joe Caldwell	81	27.9	13.8	-	-	5.5	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	5.7	13.3	.426	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	.649
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	.333	1.2	1.8	.661
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	9	24.1	12.2	-	-	4.3	1.4	-	-	-	3.0	4.7	11.7	.400	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.667
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

Season 4
	Joe Caldwell	Serge Ibaka
Season	1967-68	2012-13
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Joe Caldwell	79	33.4	16.4	-	-	4.3	3.0	-	-	-	2.6	7.1	15.4	.463	-	-	-	2.1	3.7	.569
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	6	24.7	5.3	-	-	3.5	2.5	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	7.7	.326	-	-	-	0.3	2.5	.133
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

Season 5
	Joe Caldwell	Serge Ibaka
Season	1968-69	2013-14
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Thunder Lost West Conf 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		%
Joe Caldwell	81	33.6	15.8	-	-	3.7	4.0	-	-	-	2.9	6.9	13.7	.507	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.537
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	11	36.7	14.7	-	-	5.0	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	5.9	12.2	.485	-	-	-	2.9	6.3	.464
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

Season 6
	Joe Caldwell	Serge Ibaka
Season	1969-70	2014-15
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Joe Caldwell	82	34.8	21.1	-	-	5.0	3.5	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	16.2	.507	-	-	-	4.6	6.7	.688
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	9	43.7	25.0	-	-	5.0	4.2	-	-	-	3.8	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	4.3	6.7	.650
Serge Ibaka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Joe Caldwell	Serge Ibaka
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	74	27.2	15.0	2.1	6.0	8.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	1.5	2.9	6.3	11.9	.529	0.7	2.3	.290	1.8	2.4	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	24	20.8	9.4	1.5	4.5	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.8	8.0	.477	0.4	1.6	.237	1.3	1.8	.762