Luol Deng vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens and Luol Deng, 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.

Luol Deng and Lenny Wilkens both played 15 years in the NBA. Luol Deng had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Lenny Wilkens 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 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
Rookie Season
	Luol Deng	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2004-05	1960-61
Team	Chicago Bulls	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Luol Deng	61	27.3	11.7	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.9	1.6	4.6	10.6	.434	0.5	1.9	.265	2.0	2.7	.741
Lenny Wilkens	75	25.3	11.7	-	-	4.5	2.8	-	-	-	2.9	4.4	10.4	.425	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	12	36.4	14.2	-	-	6.0	3.5	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759

Season 3
	Luol Deng	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2006-07	1962-63
Team	Chicago Bulls	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Luol Deng	82	37.5	18.8	1.8	5.3	7.1	2.5	1.2	0.6	1.9	2.0	7.7	14.9	.517	0.0	0.1	.143	3.4	4.4	.777
Lenny Wilkens	75	34.3	11.8	-	-	5.4	5.1	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	11.1	.399	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.696
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	10	41.0	22.2	3.0	5.7	8.7	2.4	1.0	0.7	2.3	2.2	8.8	16.8	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	5.7	.807
Lenny Wilkens	11	36.4	13.7	-	-	6.3	6.3	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	14.0	.370	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.755

Season 4
	Luol Deng	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2007-08	1963-64
Team	Chicago Bulls	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Luol Deng	63	33.8	17.0	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.9	1.9	6.8	14.2	.479	0.1	0.3	.364	3.2	4.2	.770
Lenny Wilkens	78	32.4	12.0	-	-	4.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.3	10.4	.413	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	12	34.4	14.3	-	-	5.0	5.3	-	-	-	3.5	5.3	11.9	.448	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759

Season 5
	Luol Deng	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2008-09	1964-65
Team	Chicago Bulls	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Luol Deng	49	34.0	14.1	1.6	4.4	6.0	1.9	1.2	0.5	1.5	1.7	5.4	12.1	.448	0.2	0.4	.400	3.1	3.9	.796
Lenny Wilkens	78	36.6	16.5	-	-	4.7	5.5	-	-	-	3.6	5.6	13.4	.414	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	4	36.8	16.0	-	-	3.0	3.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	14.3	.351	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.828

Season 7
	Luol Deng	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2010-11	1966-67
Team	Chicago Bulls	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
Luol Deng	82	39.1	17.4	1.4	4.4	5.8	2.8	1.0	0.6	1.9	2.0	6.5	14.1	.460	1.4	4.1	.345	3.1	4.1	.753
Lenny Wilkens	78	38.1	17.4	-	-	5.3	5.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	13.3	.432	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	16	42.9	16.9	1.7	4.9	6.6	2.7	1.5	0.6	1.6	2.5	6.1	14.4	.426	1.4	4.3	.324	3.3	3.9	.839
Lenny Wilkens	9	42.0	21.4	-	-	7.6	7.2	-	-	-	3.8	6.4	16.1	.400	-	-	-	8.6	10.0	.856

Season 8
	Luol Deng	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2011-12	1967-68
Team	Chicago Bulls	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Luol Deng	54	39.4	15.3	1.4	5.1	6.5	2.9	1.0	0.7	1.8	1.5	5.8	14.0	.412	1.5	4.0	.367	2.4	3.1	.770
Lenny Wilkens	82	38.6	20.0	-	-	5.3	8.3	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.2	.438	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	6	38.0	14.0	1.3	7.0	8.3	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.7	1.7	6.0	13.2	.456	1.3	3.7	.364	0.7	1.2	.571
Lenny Wilkens	6	39.5	18.3	-	-	6.3	7.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.2	.440	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750

Season 9
	Luol Deng	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2012-13	1968-69
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Luol Deng	75	38.7	16.5	2.2	4.2	6.3	3.0	1.1	0.4	1.9	1.4	6.2	14.6	.426	1.0	3.1	.322	3.1	3.8	.816
Lenny Wilkens	82	42.2	22.4	-	-	6.2	8.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.9	17.8	.440	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	5	44.8	13.8	1.0	6.6	7.6	3.8	1.0	0.6	2.4	2.4	6.4	16.8	.381	0.2	3.6	.056	0.8	2.0	.400
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Luol Deng	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2013-14	1969-70
Team	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	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		%
Luol Deng	63	35.1	16.0	1.6	4.2	5.7	2.9	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	5.9	13.7	.431	0.9	3.0	.302	3.4	4.3	.791
Lenny Wilkens	75	37.4	17.8	-	-	5.0	9.1	-	-	-	2.8	6.0	14.2	.420	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Luol Deng	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2014-15	1970-71
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Luol Deng	72	33.6	14.0	1.4	3.8	5.2	1.9	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.5	5.1	10.9	.469	1.1	3.1	.355	2.7	3.5	.761
Lenny Wilkens	71	37.2	19.8	-	-	4.5	9.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.6	15.8	.419	-	-	-	6.5	8.1	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Luol Deng	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2016-17	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Luol Deng	56	26.5	7.6	1.1	4.1	5.3	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.9	7.6	.387	0.9	2.9	.309	0.8	1.1	.730
Lenny Wilkens	75	39.6	20.5	-	-	4.6	8.4	-	-	-	2.9	7.6	17.0	.449	-	-	-	5.3	6.3	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-