Dikembe Mutombo vs Emeka Okafor

Dikembe MutomboEmeka Okafor

Dikembe Mutombo and Emeka Okafor compared on their NBA careers: Dikembe Mutombo played 18 seasons, 1991-92 to 2008-09, Emeka Okafor 10 seasons, 2004-05 to 2017-18. Dikembe Mutombo averaged 9.8 points a game to Emeka Okafor's 12.

Who has the better career numbers?

Dikembe Mutombo and Emeka Okafor career per game
1,196GP616
30.8MIN30.9
9.8PTS12
10.3REB9.7
1AST0.8
0.4STL0.7
2.8BLK1.6
51.8FG%51.2
03P%0
68.4FT%58.6
57.3TS%53.5

Career totals

Dikembe Mutombo and Emeka Okafor career totals
11,729PTS7,370
12,359REB5,967
1,240AST520
494STL414
3,289BLK1,003
51.8FG%51.2
03P%0
68.4FT%58.6
57.3TS%53.5

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Dikembe Mutombo and Emeka Okafor postseason
101GP7
30.9MIN27.4
9.1PTS6.3
9.5REB4.7
0.8AST0
0.4STL0.9
2.5BLK0.9
51.7FG%62.5
03P%0
70.3FT%36.4
58.7TS%59.7

Where each stands all time

Dikembe Mutombo and Emeka Okafor all-time places
247th (11,729)Points—
12th (12,359)Rebounds141st (5,967)
2nd (3,289)Blocks91st (1,003)

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Dikembe Mutombo: 0 championships; All-Rookie First Team, All-Defensive Second Team ×3, Defensive Player of the Year ×4, All-Defensive First Team ×3, All-NBA Third Team ×2, All-NBA Second Team
  • Emeka Okafor: 0 championships; All-Rookie First Team, Rookie of the Year

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Dikembe Mutombo and Emeka Okafor season by season
PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.
1st1991-9216.612.32.22004-0515.110.90.9
2nd1992-9313.8131.82005-0613.2101.2
3rd1993-941211.81.52006-0714.411.31.2
4th1994-9511.512.51.42007-0813.810.70.9
5th1995-961111.81.52008-0913.210.10.6
6th1996-9713.311.61.42009-1010.490.7
7th1997-9813.411.412010-1110.39.50.6
8th1998-9910.812.21.12011-129.97.90.9
9th1999-0011.514.11.32012-139.78.81.2
10th2000-011013.512017-184.44.60.3
11th2001-0211.510.81————
12th2002-035.86.40.8————
13th2003-045.66.70.4————
14th2004-0545.30.1————
15th2005-062.64.80.1————
16th2006-073.16.50.2————
17th2007-0835.10.1————
18th2008-091.83.70————

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST