Dominique Wilkins vs. Carmelo Anthony: Who's better

[Mr. Friscus]

I looked at the prime careers of two all-time great scorers after a discussion I had the other day. Truth be told, my favorite NBA player of all time is Dominique Wilkins. So, I'll compare him to players and see if I think he's superior, and welcome opinions.

CARMELO ANTHONY
- 19 year career, Prime focus of 14 years
- 10-time all star
- 2- time 2nd team All-NBA
- 4-time 3rd Team All-NBA
- 2012-13 Scoring Champion, was 3rd in MVP voting
- Other MVP vote: 6th, 13th, 14th, 15th x2
- Top 5 Scoring PPG's Season: 28.9, 28.7, 28.2, 27.4, 25.9

PLAYOFFS (In prime)
- Missed Playoffs: 4
- 1st Round losses: 8
- 2nd round losses: 1
- Conf Finals loss: 1

CAREER Player Efficiency Rating: 15.4

DOMINIQUE WILKINS
- 15 year career, Prime focus of 12 years
- 9-time All star
- 1st team All-NBA once
- 4-time 2nd team All-NBA
- 2-time 3rd team All-NBA
- 1985-86 Scoring Champion (30.3ppg), 2nd in MVP
- Other MVP voting: 5th x2, 6th, 8th, 11th, 17th
- Top 5 PPG Seasons: 30.7, 30.3, 29.9, 29.0, 28.1

PLAYOFFS
- Missed Playoffs: 4
- Lost 1st Round: 5
- Lost 2nd Round: 3

Career Play Efficiency Rating: 21.9

I've got my boy Dominique. What do you think.

 

[msgkings322]

Gotta agree, Nique had the better career but not by a whole lot. They are somewhat similar by the numbers. But he scored more and has that 1st team all NBA and higher efficiency rating and such

 

[trojanfan12]

'Nique also won 2 slam dunk contests and went dunk for dunk with MJ in arguably the greatest slam dunk contest of all time.

Yes boy and girls...there was a time when actual star players competed against one another in the slam dunk contest.

 

[tlance]

Tough one.

Not sure who was better. This one is really close.

Both were truly elite scorers who weren’t exactly known as great defenders.

Melo obviously has the better skill set for the modern game with his shooting, but Nique just knew how to score and was such an explosive athlete.

Seems like the stats lean Nique and I have no reason to go the other direction.

 

[Pastafazul]

Neither won an NBA ring so they both suck