Al Ferrari vs. Payton Pritchard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Payton Pritchard and Al Ferrari, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Al Ferrari played 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than Payton Pritchard, who played 4. Al Ferrari had the first of his seasons in 1955-56, while Payton Pritchard had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Al Ferrari 6 4 1955-56 to 1962-63
Payton Pritchard 4 4 2020-21 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Al Ferrari Payton Pritchard
Season 1955-562020-21
Team St. Louis HawksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsCeltics Lost East 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 %
Al Ferrari 68 23.7 8.0 - - 2.7 2.4 - - - 2.8 2.8 7.9 .358 - - - 2.4 3.5 .695
Payton Pritchard 66 19.2 7.7 0.5 1.9 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.6 2.8 6.3 .440 1.5 3.8 .411 0.6 0.7 .889
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari 8 33.0 14.8 - - 4.1 3.0 - - - 3.5 4.0 10.6 .376 - - - 6.8 8.8 .771
Payton Pritchard 5 13.4 3.4 0.4 1.4 1.8 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.8 1.2 3.4 .353 0.6 2.0 .300 0.4 0.4 1.000

Note: Al Ferrari didn't play in 1956-57 and 1957-58.

Season 2
Al Ferrari Payton Pritchard
Season 1958-592021-22
Team St. Louis HawksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsCeltics 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 %
Al Ferrari 72 16.5 5.7 - - 2.0 1.7 - - - 2.2 1.9 5.3 .348 - - - 2.0 2.8 .729
Payton Pritchard 71 14.1 6.2 0.5 1.4 1.9 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.9 2.3 5.3 .429 1.4 3.5 .412 0.3 0.3 1.000
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari 6 28.8 8.0 - - 2.5 2.5 - - - 4.2 2.3 6.7 .350 - - - 3.3 4.2 .800
Payton Pritchard 24 12.9 4.8 0.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.8 4.3 .422 1.0 3.0 .333 0.2 0.3 .667

Season 3
Al Ferrari Payton Pritchard
Season 1959-602022-23
Team St. Louis HawksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost NBA FinalsCeltics Lost East 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 %
Al Ferrari 71 22.1 8.6 - - 2.3 2.6 - - - 2.9 3.0 7.4 .413 - - - 2.5 3.2 .782
Payton Pritchard 48 13.4 5.6 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.8 2.1 5.1 .412 1.2 3.2 .364 0.3 0.3 .750
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari 9 15.8 4.4 - - 1.0 1.7 - - - 1.4 1.7 4.2 .395 - - - 1.1 2.0 .556
Payton Pritchard 10 5.7 3.2 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.2 2.2 .545 0.4 1.0 .400 0.4 0.5 .800

Season 4
Al Ferrari Payton Pritchard
Season 1960-612023-24
Team St. Louis HawksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost NBA FinalsCeltics TBD
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari 63 16.4 5.2 - - 1.8 2.3 - - - 2.5 1.9 5.2 .357 - - - 1.5 1.8 .819
Payton Pritchard 82 22.3 9.6 0.9 2.4 3.2 3.4 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.3 3.6 7.7 .468 1.8 4.7 .385 0.6 0.7 .821
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari 10 15.7 5.0 - - 2.2 2.1 - - - 3.1 2.0 4.4 .455 - - - 1.0 1.7 .588
Payton Pritchard 16 20.1 6.8 0.9 1.2 2.1 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.8 1.1 2.4 5.4 .442 1.3 3.2 .412 0.7 0.8 .917

Season 5
Al Ferrari Payton Pritchard
Season 1961-62-
Team St. Louis Hawks-
Honors & Awards
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 %
Al Ferrari 79 25.9 7.5 - - 2.7 4.0 - - - 3.5 2.6 7.4 .357 - - - 2.2 2.8 .799
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari ------- --- ----------
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Al Ferrari Payton Pritchard
Season 1962-63-
Team Chicago Zephyrs-
Honors & Awards
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 %
Al Ferrari 18 7.7 2.1 - - 0.7 0.8 - - - 1.2 0.7 2.1 .324 - - - 0.8 0.9 .824
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari ------- --- ----------
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