Payton Pritchard vs. Doc Rivers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Doc Rivers and Payton Pritchard, 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.

Payton Pritchard played 4 years in the NBA, 9 less than Doc Rivers, who played 13. Payton Pritchard had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Doc Rivers had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Payton Pritchard	4	4	2020-21 to 2023-24
Doc Rivers	13	10	1983-84 to 1995-96

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
Season	2020-21	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Doc Rivers	81	23.9	9.3	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.9	1.6	0.4	2.1	3.5	3.1	6.7	.462	0.0	0.1	.167	3.1	4.0	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Doc Rivers	5	26.0	13.6	1.4	0.6	2.0	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.8	3.2	3.2	6.4	.500	0.0	0.6	.000	7.2	8.2	.878


Season 2
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
Season	2021-22	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
Doc Rivers	69	30.8	14.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	5.9	2.4	0.8	2.6	3.6	4.8	10.2	.476	0.2	0.5	.417	4.2	5.5	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Doc Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
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
Doc Rivers	53	29.6	11.5	0.9	2.1	3.1	8.4	2.3	0.2	2.7	3.5	4.2	8.8	.474	0.0	0.3	.000	3.2	5.3	.608

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Doc Rivers	9	29.1	12.7	1.1	3.6	4.7	8.7	2.0	0.0	2.9	4.2	4.4	10.2	.435	0.3	0.7	.500	3.4	4.7	.738


Season 4
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics TBD	Hawks 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		%
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
Doc Rivers	82	31.6	12.8	1.0	2.6	3.6	10.0	2.1	0.4	2.6	3.5	4.2	9.2	.451	0.0	0.3	.190	4.5	5.4	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Doc Rivers	8	30.6	7.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	11.3	1.1	0.4	3.1	4.0	2.3	5.9	.383	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	6.5	.500


Season 5
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	80	31.3	14.2	1.0	3.5	4.6	9.3	1.8	0.5	2.6	3.4	5.0	11.1	.453	0.1	0.4	.273	4.0	5.3	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	12	34.1	15.7	0.7	4.3	4.9	9.6	2.1	0.2	2.1	3.3	5.9	11.6	.511	0.6	1.8	.318	3.3	3.6	.907


Season 6
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
Season	-	1988-89
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		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	76	32.4	13.6	1.2	2.6	3.8	6.9	2.4	0.5	2.1	3.5	4.9	10.7	.455	0.6	1.6	.347	3.3	3.8	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	5	38.2	13.4	0.8	4.0	4.8	6.8	1.4	0.4	2.4	4.4	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	3.8	.316	3.4	4.8	.708


Season 7
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Atlanta 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		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	48	31.8	12.5	1.0	3.2	4.2	5.5	2.4	0.5	2.0	3.1	4.5	10.0	.454	0.5	1.4	.364	2.9	3.5	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
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		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	79	32.7	15.2	0.6	2.6	3.2	4.3	1.9	0.6	1.6	2.7	5.6	12.9	.435	1.1	3.3	.336	2.8	3.3	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	5	34.6	15.6	1.2	2.8	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.4	0.8	2.8	6.0	12.8	.469	0.2	2.2	.091	3.4	3.8	.895


Season 9
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	59	28.1	10.9	0.4	2.1	2.5	3.9	1.9	0.3	1.6	2.8	3.8	9.0	.424	0.4	1.6	.283	2.8	3.3	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	5	37.4	15.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	4.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	3.2	5.0	11.2	.446	0.8	1.6	.500	4.4	5.4	.815


Season 10
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	77	24.5	7.8	0.3	2.2	2.5	5.3	1.6	0.1	1.5	2.8	2.8	6.4	.437	0.5	1.6	.317	1.7	2.1	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	15	30.5	10.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.7	1.9	0.1	2.0	2.9	3.2	7.1	.453	0.7	2.1	.355	3.1	4.0	.767


Season 11
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
Season	-	1993-94
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		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	19	26.3	7.5	0.2	1.8	2.1	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.3	2.9	6.7	.433	1.0	2.7	.365	0.7	1.2	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	63	15.7	5.1	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.4	1.7	4.8	.358	0.7	2.0	.354	1.0	1.3	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	15	21.2	7.8	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.2	2.7	2.5	6.3	.389	1.1	3.1	.370	1.7	2.1	.839


Season 13
	Payton Pritchard	Doc Rivers
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	78	15.8	4.0	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.7	2.2	1.4	3.7	.372	0.6	1.8	.343	0.6	0.8	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	2	10.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Payton Pritchard vs. Doc Rivers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Doc Rivers and Payton Pritchard, 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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13