Victor Wembanyama keeps stacking numbers that usually belong in a video game, and now he’s carved out a place next to Shaquille O’Neal in NBA history.
The San Antonio Spurs have opened the 2026-27 regular season with eight wins in their first 10 games, and Wembanyama has been the driving force. Through those 10 games, the fourth-year center is putting up 29.1 points, 12.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.2 steals, and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 50.5 percent from the field. On Monday night, San Antonio was already up 15 on the Phoenix Suns at halftime, with Wembanyama once again doing the heavy lifting.
That early-season production puts him in rare company. With those numbers, Wembanyama joined Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal as the only players in the last 50 seasons to average 29 points, 12 rebounds, and three blocked shots through the first 10 games of a season.
O’Neal was the only other player to do it, opening the 2001-02 season with the Los Angeles Lakers at 29.2 points, 12.2 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game.
Wembanyama’s first half against Phoenix was another reminder of how far he can push the ceiling. He had 22 points and five blocks before the break, making it just the 13th time in NBA history that a player has posted that stat line in a single half. Even more striking, it was the second time in the last week that he’s done it.
The Spurs finished off the win, and Wembanyama ended the night with 40 points, 11 rebounds, and eight blocked shots. It was his second 40-point, 10-rebound game of the season, and the rest of the NBA has done that twice this season.
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