Kent Benson vs. Ben Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Wallace and Kent Benson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Kent Benson played 11 years in the NBA, 5 less than Ben Wallace, who played 16. Kent Benson had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Ben Wallace had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Kent Benson	11	5	1977-78 to 1987-88
Ben Wallace	16	8	1996-97 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	1977-78	1996-97
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf 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		%
Kent Benson	69	18.7	7.7	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.4	1.0	0.8	1.7	2.6	3.2	6.9	.465	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.652
Ben Wallace	34	5.8	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	.348	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.300

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	9	11.4	3.1	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.7	2.2	1.2	2.6	.478	-	-	-	0.7	1.2	.545
Ben Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	1978-79	1997-98
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kent Benson	82	26.0	12.3	2.3	4.8	7.1	2.5	1.1	1.0	1.9	3.4	5.0	9.7	.518	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.735
Ben Wallace	67	16.8	3.1	1.7	3.2	4.8	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.4	1.7	1.3	2.4	.518	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.5	.357

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	1979-80	1998-99
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kent Benson	73	25.9	9.6	1.7	4.5	6.2	2.4	1.0	1.3	2.2	3.4	4.1	8.5	.484	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	1.9	.702
Ben Wallace	46	26.8	6.0	3.0	5.4	8.3	0.4	1.1	2.0	0.8	2.4	2.5	4.3	.578	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.9	.356

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	1980-81	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kent Benson	59	33.2	15.7	2.1	4.7	6.8	2.9	1.2	1.1	3.2	3.1	6.2	13.1	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.3	.772
Ben Wallace	81	24.2	4.8	2.6	5.6	8.2	0.8	0.9	1.6	0.8	2.0	2.1	4.1	.503	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.474

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	1981-82	2000-01
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kent Benson	75	32.9	12.5	2.9	5.8	8.7	2.1	0.9	1.3	2.1	2.9	5.4	10.7	.505	0.0	0.1	.273	1.7	2.1	.804
Ben Wallace	80	34.5	6.4	3.8	9.4	13.2	1.5	1.3	2.3	1.5	2.4	2.7	5.5	.490	0.0	0.1	.250	1.0	3.0	.336

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	1982-83	2001-02
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Kent Benson	21	28.5	9.9	2.5	4.9	7.4	2.3	0.7	0.8	1.7	2.9	4.0	8.7	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.4	.760
Ben Wallace	80	36.5	7.6	4.0	9.0	13.0	1.4	1.7	3.5	0.9	2.2	3.2	6.0	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.9	.423

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	10	40.8	7.3	4.8	11.3	16.1	1.2	1.9	2.6	1.9	2.4	2.8	5.9	.475	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.9	.436


Season 7
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	1983-84	2002-03
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Kent Benson	82	21.1	7.1	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.0	2.8	3.0	5.5	.550	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.822
Ben Wallace	73	39.4	6.9	4.0	11.4	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	1.2	2.5	2.9	6.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.167	1.2	2.6	.450

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	5	25.8	7.6	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.4	1.0	1.4	0.6	2.8	3.2	7.4	.432	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.600
Ben Wallace	17	42.5	8.9	5.1	11.2	16.3	1.6	2.5	3.1	0.9	2.9	3.1	6.4	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	5.9	.446


Season 8
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	1984-85	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kent Benson	72	19.5	6.6	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.9	2.8	5.5	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.3	.809
Ben Wallace	81	37.7	9.5	4.0	8.4	12.4	1.7	1.8	3.0	1.5	2.0	3.9	9.2	.421	0.0	0.1	.125	1.8	3.6	.490

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	9	15.8	7.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	3.0	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.867
Ben Wallace	23	40.3	10.3	4.1	10.1	14.3	1.9	1.9	2.4	1.6	2.5	4.0	8.9	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	5.1	.427


Season 9
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	1985-86	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Kent Benson	72	18.7	6.5	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.7	2.8	5.8	.484	0.0	0.0	.500	0.9	1.2	.795
Ben Wallace	74	36.1	9.7	3.9	8.2	12.2	1.7	1.4	2.4	1.1	2.1	4.0	8.8	.453	0.0	0.1	.111	1.8	4.1	.428

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	4	13.8	2.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	2.8	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Wallace	25	39.0	10.0	3.8	7.5	11.3	1.0	1.7	2.4	1.2	2.6	4.1	8.5	.481	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	4.1	.461


Season 10
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	1986-87	2005-06
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Kent Benson	73	12.3	4.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.9	1.9	4.3	.443	0.0	0.1	.286	0.6	0.8	.810
Ben Wallace	82	35.2	7.3	3.7	7.6	11.3	1.9	1.8	2.2	1.1	2.0	2.9	5.7	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	3.6	.416

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	2	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Wallace	18	35.7	4.7	3.3	7.2	10.5	1.7	1.3	1.2	0.8	2.3	1.8	3.9	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	3.7	.273


Season 11
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	1987-88	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Kent Benson	2	6.0	2.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
Ben Wallace	77	35.0	6.4	3.9	6.7	10.7	2.4	1.4	2.0	1.3	2.0	2.5	5.5	.453	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	3.5	.408

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	10	36.9	8.7	2.9	6.6	9.5	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.0	1.9	3.0	5.3	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	5.4	.500


Season 12
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	72	30.6	4.8	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.5	1.2	1.6	0.9	1.7	1.9	4.9	.392	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.3	.426

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	13	23.4	3.2	2.5	4.0	6.5	1.2	0.6	1.1	0.5	2.0	1.3	2.5	.515	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.5	.350


Season 13
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	56	23.5	2.9	2.4	4.0	6.5	0.8	0.9	1.3	0.6	1.5	1.2	2.8	.445	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.1	.422

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	14	12.6	1.1	1.3	1.4	2.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.6	0.9	.615	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.4	.000


Season 14
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	69	28.6	5.5	3.6	5.1	8.7	1.5	1.2	1.2	0.9	1.9	2.3	4.2	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	2.3	.406

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	54	22.9	2.9	2.4	4.1	6.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.5	1.2	2.8	.450	0.0	0.0	.500	0.4	1.1	.333

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Kent Benson	Ben Wallace
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	62	15.8	1.4	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.4	.395	0.0	0.1	.250	0.3	0.8	.340

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kent Benson vs. Ben Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Wallace and Kent Benson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16