Mahdi Abdul-Rahman vs. Jamaal Wilkes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Wilkes and Mahdi Abdul-Rahman, 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.

Mahdi Abdul-Rahman played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Jamaal Wilkes, who played 12. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Jamaal Wilkes had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1964-65	1974-75
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	66	13.9	4.2	-	-	1.7	2.1	-	-	-	2.0	1.8	4.6	.382	-	-	-	0.7	1.1	.648
Jamaal Wilkes	82	30.7	14.2	2.5	5.7	8.2	2.2	1.3	0.3	-	2.7	6.1	13.8	.442	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	7	16.9	7.6	-	-	2.6	4.3	-	-	-	2.6	2.7	8.1	.333	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.750
Jamaal Wilkes	17	29.6	15.0	1.8	5.2	7.0	1.6	1.5	0.8	-	3.1	6.5	14.6	.446	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.702

Season 2
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1965-66	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Warriors 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	80	27.5	13.7	-	-	2.7	4.9	-	-	-	2.8	5.7	12.5	.457	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.708
Jamaal Wilkes	82	33.1	17.8	2.4	6.4	8.8	2.0	1.2	0.4	-	2.7	7.5	16.3	.463	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	14	24.3	11.9	-	-	2.9	3.1	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	10.1	.493	-	-	-	1.9	3.0	.619
Jamaal Wilkes	13	34.6	15.9	1.9	6.0	7.9	2.2	0.9	0.6	-	2.5	6.6	15.4	.430	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.778

Season 3
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1966-67	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Warriors 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	79	20.8	9.3	-	-	2.9	4.1	-	-	-	2.6	3.8	8.9	.426	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.729
Jamaal Wilkes	76	33.9	17.7	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.8	1.7	0.2	-	2.9	7.2	15.1	.478	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	3	28.7	6.7	-	-	2.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.7	2.0	8.3	.240	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800
Jamaal Wilkes	10	34.6	15.5	1.8	6.2	8.0	1.6	1.6	0.6	-	2.3	6.6	15.4	.429	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.821

Season 4
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1967-68	1977-78
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	79	33.7	24.0	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	9.3	21.0	.441	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.774
Jamaal Wilkes	51	29.2	12.9	2.2	5.2	7.5	3.6	1.5	0.4	2.1	3.2	5.4	12.4	.440	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.716
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	3	36.0	12.0	3.0	5.7	8.7	2.7	1.0	0.3	3.7	4.7	5.0	10.7	.469	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.545

Season 6
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1969-70	1979-80
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	82	33.6	15.3	-	-	4.0	6.8	-	-	-	3.2	6.0	12.9	.467	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.809
Jamaal Wilkes	82	37.9	20.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	3.0	1.6	0.3	1.9	2.7	8.9	16.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.176	2.3	2.9	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	7	36.4	21.4	-	-	3.4	7.7	-	-	-	3.3	9.3	18.6	.500	-	-	-	2.9	4.6	.625
Jamaal Wilkes	16	40.8	20.3	3.3	4.7	8.0	3.0	1.5	0.3	2.2	3.2	8.8	18.4	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	3.4	.815

Season 7
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1970-71	1980-81
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	82	35.1	16.5	-	-	3.7	6.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.3	13.7	.459	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.759
Jamaal Wilkes	81	37.4	22.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.4	2.6	2.8	9.7	18.5	.526	0.0	0.2	.077	3.1	4.1	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	5	40.4	14.0	-	-	5.0	5.4	-	-	-	4.4	5.0	15.2	.329	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Jamaal Wilkes	3	37.7	18.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	3.3	7.0	16.0	.438	0.0	0.3	.000	4.0	6.0	.667

Season 8
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1971-72	1981-82
Team	Buffalo Braves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	72	33.2	15.8	-	-	3.0	5.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.3	13.9	.451	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.782
Jamaal Wilkes	82	35.4	21.1	1.9	2.9	4.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	2.0	2.9	9.1	17.3	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.1	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	14	38.2	20.0	2.9	2.1	5.0	2.6	1.1	0.2	2.9	3.1	8.6	17.2	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.5	.776

Season 9
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1972-73	1982-83
Team	Buffalo Braves, Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	55	13.9	4.7	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.0	1.9	4.7	.418	-	-	-	0.9	1.0	.825
Jamaal Wilkes	80	31.9	19.6	1.8	2.5	4.3	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.8	8.6	16.1	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.4	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	11	19.5	6.5	-	-	1.8	2.5	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	7.6	.357	-	-	-	1.1	1.1	1.000
Jamaal Wilkes	15	39.3	19.9	2.8	3.2	6.0	3.4	1.3	0.7	2.2	3.4	9.1	18.2	.498	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.9	.614

Season 11
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	42	18.1	8.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.0	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	3.5	7.2	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.6	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-