John Battle vs. P.J. Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Washington and John Battle, 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.

John Battle played 10 years in the NBA, 5 more than P.J. Washington, who played 5. John Battle had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while P.J. Washington had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
John Battle	10	9	1985-86 to 1994-95
P.J. Washington	5	1	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Battle	P.J. Washington
Season	1985-86	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
John Battle	64	10.0	4.3	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.6	3.5	.455	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.728
P.J. Washington	58	30.3	12.2	1.0	4.4	5.4	2.1	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.7	4.6	10.2	.455	1.5	4.0	.374	1.5	2.3	.647

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	6	4.5	1.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.7	1.8	.364	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	0.7	.750
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	John Battle	P.J. Washington
Season	1986-87	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
John Battle	64	12.6	6.0	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.3	4.9	.457	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	2.0	.738
P.J. Washington	64	30.5	12.9	1.5	5.1	6.5	2.5	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.7	4.7	10.7	.440	1.8	4.5	.386	1.7	2.3	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	8	9.8	6.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.9	1.6	1.9	4.3	.441	0.3	0.6	.400	2.6	2.9	.913
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	John Battle	P.J. Washington
Season	1987-88	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
John Battle	67	18.3	10.6	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.1	9.1	.454	0.2	0.6	.390	2.1	2.8	.750
P.J. Washington	65	27.2	10.3	1.3	3.9	5.2	2.3	0.9	0.9	1.3	2.3	3.8	8.2	.470	1.7	4.6	.365	0.9	1.2	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	12	13.8	6.8	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.9	1.2	2.7	5.6	.478	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.1	.680
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	John Battle	P.J. Washington
Season	1988-89	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
John Battle	82	20.4	9.5	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.5	3.5	7.7	.457	0.1	0.4	.324	2.4	2.9	.815
P.J. Washington	73	32.6	15.7	1.0	3.9	4.9	2.4	0.9	1.1	1.5	2.6	5.9	13.4	.444	2.0	5.9	.348	1.7	2.4	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	5	23.6	9.8	1.0	1.6	2.6	3.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.6	4.0	9.2	.435	0.0	1.2	.000	1.8	2.4	.750
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	John Battle	P.J. Washington
Season	1989-90	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
John Battle	60	24.6	10.9	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.1	1.5	1.9	4.6	9.1	.506	0.0	0.2	.154	1.7	2.3	.756
P.J. Washington	73	30.4	12.9	1.2	4.5	5.6	1.9	1.0	0.8	1.3	2.3	4.8	11.1	.436	1.8	5.7	.320	1.4	2.0	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Washington	17	36.5	13.6	1.6	5.1	6.7	1.4	0.9	0.8	1.4	3.0	4.8	11.2	.432	2.4	6.6	.363	1.6	2.3	.692


Season 6
	John Battle	P.J. Washington
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
John Battle	79	23.6	13.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.8	5.0	10.9	.461	0.2	0.6	.286	3.4	4.0	.854
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	5	21.4	11.6	0.8	1.2	2.0	2.2	0.2	0.0	1.8	2.2	3.2	8.8	.364	0.4	1.0	.400	4.8	5.0	.960
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	John Battle	P.J. Washington
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
John Battle	76	21.5	10.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.1	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	4.2	8.7	.480	0.0	0.2	.118	1.9	2.3	.848
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	15	13.5	5.9	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.2	0.7	2.3	5.5	.415	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.5	.913
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	John Battle	P.J. Washington
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
John Battle	41	12.1	5.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.0	2.0	4.9	.415	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	1.8	.778
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	1	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	John Battle	P.J. Washington
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
John Battle	51	16.0	6.6	0.1	0.6	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.3	2.5	5.4	.476	0.1	0.4	.263	1.4	1.9	.753
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	1	8.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	John Battle	P.J. Washington
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
John Battle	28	10.0	4.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.5	4.1	.377	0.4	1.1	.355	0.7	0.9	.731
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	2	3.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

John Battle vs. P.J. Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Washington and John Battle, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10