Joakim Noah vs. Wally Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wally Walker and Joakim Noah, 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.

Joakim Noah played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Wally Walker, who played 8. Joakim Noah had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Wally Walker had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Joakim Noah 13 8 2007-08 to 2019-20
Wally Walker 8 5 1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2007-081976-77
Team Chicago BullsPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayNBA Champion NBA Champion
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah 74 20.7 6.6 2.4 3.3 5.6 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.2 2.3 2.4 5.0 .482 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.6 .691
Wally Walker 66 9.5 5.2 0.7 1.0 1.6 0.8 0.2 0.0 - 1.4 2.1 4.6 .449 - - - 1.0 1.5 .670
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah ------- --- ----------
Wally Walker 10 8.3 4.3 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.0 - 2.0 2.0 3.6 .556 - - - 0.3 0.7 .429

Season 2

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2008-091977-78
Team Chicago BullsPortland Trail Blazers, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bulls Lost East Conf 1st RdSupersonics 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 %
Joakim Noah 80 24.2 6.7 3.1 4.5 7.6 1.3 0.6 1.4 1.0 3.0 2.6 4.7 .556 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.3 .676
Wally Walker 77 14.3 6.3 1.1 1.7 2.8 1.0 0.3 0.1 1.0 1.8 2.6 6.0 .443 - - - 1.0 1.6 .625
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah 7 38.7 10.1 4.0 9.1 13.1 2.3 0.9 2.1 1.1 4.4 3.7 7.3 .510 0.0 0.0 - 2.7 3.6 .760
Wally Walker 20 13.1 4.7 1.0 0.9 1.9 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.9 2.6 1.8 4.3 .424 - - - 1.1 1.3 .808

Season 3

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2009-101978-79
Team Chicago BullsSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bulls Lost East Conf 1st RdNBA Champion NBA Champion
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah 64 30.1 10.7 3.4 7.6 11.0 2.1 0.5 1.6 1.8 3.1 4.1 8.1 .504 0.0 0.0 - 2.5 3.4 .744
Wally Walker 60 16.2 6.6 1.1 1.9 3.0 1.2 0.2 0.4 1.1 2.1 2.8 5.7 .490 - - - 1.0 1.6 .604
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah 5 37.6 14.8 4.0 9.0 13.0 2.6 1.8 1.4 3.0 4.0 5.6 10.6 .528 0.0 0.0 - 3.6 3.8 .947
Wally Walker 13 6.5 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.5 0.5 1.2 .375 - - - 0.2 0.3 .500

Season 4

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2010-111979-80
Team Chicago BullsSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Playoffs Bulls Lost East Conf FinalsSupersonics Lost West 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 %
Joakim Noah 48 32.8 11.7 3.8 6.6 10.4 2.2 1.0 1.5 1.9 3.3 4.4 8.4 .525 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.9 .739
Wally Walker 70 12.1 4.7 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.5 2.0 3.9 .507 0.0 0.0 - 0.7 0.9 .750
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah 16 33.1 8.7 4.3 5.9 10.2 2.5 1.0 2.1 1.2 3.9 3.2 7.8 .411 0.0 0.0 - 2.3 3.2 .725
Wally Walker 13 12.1 4.2 1.2 1.1 2.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.5 1.4 2.7 .514 0.0 0.0 - 1.4 1.8 .750

Season 5

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2011-121980-81
Team Chicago BullsSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bulls Lost East Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
Joakim Noah 64 30.4 10.2 3.8 6.0 9.8 2.5 0.6 1.4 1.4 2.5 3.9 7.7 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.2 .748
Wally Walker 82 21.9 8.4 1.3 2.6 3.8 1.5 0.6 0.2 1.4 2.0 3.5 7.6 .463 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.1 .645
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah 3 33.0 15.0 3.0 6.3 9.3 3.0 0.7 1.3 0.3 1.7 6.3 8.7 .731 0.0 0.0 - 2.3 3.7 .636
Wally Walker ------- --- ----------

Season 6

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2012-131981-82
Team Chicago BullsSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Bulls Lost East Conf SemisSupersonics Lost West Conf 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 %
Joakim Noah 66 36.8 11.9 3.9 7.2 11.1 4.0 1.2 2.1 2.7 2.8 4.6 9.5 .481 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.6 .751
Wally Walker 70 28.1 9.9 1.5 2.8 4.4 3.1 0.5 0.4 1.6 3.1 4.3 9.0 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.9 .672
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah 12 34.1 10.8 4.3 5.3 9.6 2.3 0.8 2.2 2.0 3.6 4.3 9.9 .437 0.0 0.0 - 2.1 3.3 .641
Wally Walker 8 19.6 4.9 1.5 2.5 4.0 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.9 3.3 2.4 5.6 .422 0.0 0.0 - 0.1 0.5 .250

Season 7

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2013-141982-83
Team Chicago BullsHouston Rockets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement Defensive Player of the Year-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Bulls Lost East Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
Joakim Noah 80 35.3 12.6 3.5 7.7 11.3 5.4 1.2 1.5 2.4 3.1 4.8 10.0 .475 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.2 .737
Wally Walker 82 27.5 9.7 1.7 2.9 4.5 2.4 0.5 0.3 1.8 2.5 4.4 9.8 .449 0.0 0.0 .250 0.9 1.4 .621
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah 5 42.0 10.4 3.0 9.8 12.8 4.6 1.0 1.4 3.8 3.8 4.2 8.2 .512 0.0 0.0 - 2.0 3.4 .588
Wally Walker ------- --- ----------

Season 8

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2014-151983-84
Team Chicago BullsHouston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bulls Lost East Conf SemisDid 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 %
Joakim Noah 67 30.6 7.2 3.3 6.4 9.6 4.7 0.7 1.1 1.8 3.0 2.8 6.4 .445 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.6 .603
Wally Walker 58 10.6 4.2 0.4 1.1 1.6 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.1 2.0 4.2 .490 0.0 0.1 .333 0.1 0.3 .333
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah 12 32.9 5.8 3.8 7.3 11.0 3.2 0.8 1.2 1.7 3.1 2.6 6.3 .408 0.0 0.0 - 0.6 1.7 .350
Wally Walker ------- --- ----------

Season 9

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2015-16-
Team Chicago Bulls-
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 %
Joakim Noah 29 21.9 4.3 3.0 5.8 8.8 3.8 0.6 1.0 1.8 2.7 1.8 4.6 .383 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.6 .489
Wally Walker ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah ------- --- ----------
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Season 10

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2016-17-
Team New York Knicks-
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 %
Joakim Noah 46 22.1 5.0 3.5 5.2 8.8 2.2 0.7 0.8 1.3 2.8 2.2 4.4 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.7 .436
Wally Walker ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah ------- --- ----------
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Season 11

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2017-18-
Team New York Knicks-
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 %
Joakim Noah 7 5.7 1.7 0.9 1.1 2.0 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.4 .500 0.0 0.0 - 0.3 0.6 .500
Wally Walker ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah ------- --- ----------
Wally Walker ------- --- ----------

Season 12

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2018-19-
Team Memphis Grizzlies-
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 %
Joakim Noah 42 16.5 7.1 1.4 4.3 5.7 2.1 0.5 0.7 1.2 2.3 2.6 5.1 .516 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.6 .716
Wally Walker ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah ------- --- ----------
Wally Walker ------- --- ----------

Season 13

Joakim Noah Wally Walker
Season 2019-20-
Team Los Angeles Clippers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Clippers Lost West Conf 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 %
Joakim Noah 5 10.0 2.8 1.0 2.2 3.2 1.4 0.2 0.2 1.2 1.8 0.8 1.6 .500 0.0 0.0 - 1.2 1.6 .750
Wally Walker ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joakim Noah 2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -
Wally Walker ------- --- ----------