Vinny Del Negro vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens and Vinny Del Negro, 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.

Vinny Del Negro played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than Lenny Wilkens, who played 15. Vinny Del Negro had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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.

Note: Vinny Del Negro didn't play in 1990-91 and 1991-92.

Season 3
	Vinny Del Negro	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1992-93	1962-63
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Vinny Del Negro	73	20.9	7.4	0.3	2.0	2.2	4.0	0.6	0.0	1.3	2.0	3.0	5.9	.507	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.6	.863
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	8	14.0	5.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.8	.447	0.3	1.1	.222	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1993-94	1963-64
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	77	25.3	10.0	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.2	0.8	0.0	1.3	2.2	4.0	8.2	.487	0.2	0.6	.349	1.8	2.2	.824
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	4	23.3	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.5	0.3	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	6.8	.444	0.5	1.0	.500	0.8	1.3	.600
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1994-95	1964-65
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	75	31.5	12.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	0.8	0.2	0.7	2.4	5.0	10.2	.486	0.9	2.2	.407	1.7	2.2	.790
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	15	25.5	8.7	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.5	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.5	3.4	7.9	.432	0.6	1.3	.450	1.3	1.6	.833
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1996-97	1966-67
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	72	31.2	12.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.8	5.1	10.8	.467	0.6	1.9	.314	1.6	1.8	.868
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1997-98	1967-68
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	54	31.9	9.5	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	2.1	3.9	8.9	.441	0.3	0.7	.436	1.4	1.7	.796
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	9	31.6	10.7	0.2	2.4	2.7	3.2	0.9	0.0	1.4	3.3	4.3	9.0	.481	0.2	1.1	.200	1.8	1.9	.941
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1998-99	1968-69
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	48	22.8	5.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.4	5.6	.422	0.3	0.6	.433	0.8	1.0	.800
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Vinny Del Negro	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1999-00	1969-70
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	67	18.1	5.2	0.1	1.5	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.3	4.9	.471	0.1	0.4	.333	0.5	0.6	.897
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	5	18.6	5.2	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.8	2.6	6.0	.433	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Vinny Del Negro	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2000-01	1970-71
Team	Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	65	14.2	3.9	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.6	3.6	.453	0.0	0.2	.077	0.6	0.7	.932
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	3	8.7	2.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	2.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Vinny Del Negro	Lenny Wilkens
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-