Richard Jefferson vs. Luke Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luke Walton and Richard Jefferson, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Richard Jefferson played 17 years in the NBA, 7 more than Luke Walton, who played 10. Richard Jefferson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Luke Walton had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Richard Jefferson	17	12	2001-02 to 2017-18
Luke Walton	10	7	2003-04 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2001-02	2003-04
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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		%
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713
Luke Walton	72	10.1	2.4	0.5	1.2	1.8	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.9	2.1	.425	0.2	0.5	.333	0.4	0.6	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550
Luke Walton	17	7.9	1.9	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.4	0.6	1.7	.345	0.3	0.8	.385	0.4	0.6	.700


Season 2
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2002-03	2004-05
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Richard Jefferson	80	36.0	15.5	1.9	4.6	6.4	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	5.7	11.4	.501	0.1	0.3	.250	4.1	5.5	.743
Luke Walton	61	12.6	3.2	0.9	1.4	2.3	1.5	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.1	1.2	3.0	.411	0.3	1.0	.262	0.6	0.8	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	35.7	14.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.4	5.5	11.6	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	4.3	.718
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2003-04	2005-06
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	38.2	18.5	1.3	4.3	5.7	3.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	6.8	13.6	.498	0.6	1.6	.364	4.4	5.7	.763
Luke Walton	69	19.3	5.0	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.3	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.7	2.0	4.8	.412	0.3	0.8	.327	0.8	1.1	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	11	41.6	19.8	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	3.9	3.2	6.0	14.4	.418	0.8	3.0	.273	7.0	9.8	.713
Luke Walton	7	33.6	12.1	1.4	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	0.1	1.6	2.3	5.4	11.9	.458	0.6	1.6	.364	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 4
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2004-05	2006-07
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Richard Jefferson	33	41.1	22.2	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	3.3	7.2	17.1	.422	0.9	2.7	.337	6.9	8.2	.844
Luke Walton	60	33.0	11.4	1.5	3.6	5.0	4.3	1.0	0.4	2.0	2.0	4.4	9.3	.474	0.8	2.1	.387	1.8	2.4	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	4	35.5	15.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	2.0	3.5	5.0	12.5	.400	0.5	2.5	.200	5.3	7.8	.677
Luke Walton	5	25.6	7.2	1.8	2.4	4.2	2.6	1.4	0.2	3.0	2.6	2.8	7.2	.389	1.0	2.4	.417	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 5
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2005-06	2007-08
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
Richard Jefferson	78	39.2	19.5	1.2	5.6	6.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.3	12.9	.493	0.8	2.4	.319	6.0	7.4	.812
Luke Walton	74	23.4	7.2	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.9	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.8	2.9	6.5	.450	0.4	1.1	.333	1.0	1.5	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	11	39.7	22.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	4.1	0.9	0.4	2.7	2.9	8.2	15.0	.545	1.1	2.6	.414	4.7	5.7	.825
Luke Walton	21	16.8	6.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.0	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.3	2.1	4.6	.454	0.5	1.2	.423	1.2	1.7	.722


Season 6
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2006-07	2008-09
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Richard Jefferson	55	35.6	16.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	12.1	.456	0.9	2.6	.359	4.3	5.9	.733
Luke Walton	65	17.9	5.0	0.8	1.9	2.8	2.7	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.6	2.1	4.7	.436	0.3	0.9	.298	0.6	0.9	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	12	40.8	19.7	0.3	5.3	5.6	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.3	2.0	6.8	14.0	.482	1.1	3.3	.325	5.1	5.5	.924
Luke Walton	21	15.8	3.8	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.0	2.0	1.5	3.6	.427	0.2	0.8	.313	0.5	0.9	.611


Season 7
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2007-08	2009-10
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	39.0	22.6	1.1	3.0	4.2	3.1	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.5	16.2	.466	0.9	2.6	.362	6.6	8.3	.798
Luke Walton	29	9.4	2.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.9	.357	0.2	0.6	.412	0.1	0.1	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luke Walton	16	6.0	1.1	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.4	1.4	.304	0.1	0.6	.222	0.1	0.3	.500


Season 8
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2008-09	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	35.8	19.6	0.7	3.9	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.1	6.5	14.9	.439	1.4	3.6	.397	5.1	6.3	.805
Luke Walton	54	9.0	1.7	0.2	1.1	1.2	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.1	.328	0.1	0.6	.235	0.1	0.2	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luke Walton	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2009-10	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Richard Jefferson	81	31.1	12.3	0.7	3.7	4.4	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.5	9.6	.467	0.7	2.3	.316	2.6	3.5	.735
Luke Walton	30	12.1	1.8	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.9	1.4	0.8	2.2	.369	0.2	0.7	.350	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	10	33.4	9.4	0.8	4.5	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.4	7.0	.486	0.1	0.5	.200	2.5	3.3	.758
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2010-11	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Richard Jefferson	81	30.4	11.0	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.8	7.9	.474	1.7	3.8	.440	1.8	2.4	.759
Luke Walton	50	17.1	3.4	0.8	2.1	2.9	3.3	0.8	0.3	1.2	2.0	1.4	3.6	.392	0.4	1.3	.299	0.2	0.4	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	6	29.3	6.5	0.3	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.8	.353	1.5	1.8	.818
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2011-12	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Richard Jefferson	63	27.7	9.2	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.2	7.7	.416	1.8	4.3	.420	0.9	1.3	.694
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Richard Jefferson	56	10.1	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.4	.456	0.3	0.8	.311	0.7	0.9	.717
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	7	5.6	1.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.3	.444	0.3	0.4	.667	0.4	1.3	.333
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	27.0	10.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.0	3.6	8.0	.450	1.5	3.7	.409	1.5	2.0	.741
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Richard Jefferson	74	16.8	5.8	0.3	2.1	2.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.9	4.4	.444	0.9	2.1	.426	1.1	1.5	.684
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	4	12.8	3.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.5	.357	0.8	2.0	.375	0.5	0.5	1.000
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Richard Jefferson	74	17.9	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.9	4.2	.458	0.9	2.3	.382	0.8	1.2	.667
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	21	18.1	5.4	0.8	2.8	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.1	4.0	.524	0.5	1.3	.393	0.7	1.0	.750
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Richard Jefferson	79	20.4	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.9	1.9	4.3	.446	0.8	2.4	.333	1.0	1.4	.741
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	14	12.8	3.9	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.6	2.1	1.1	2.7	.421	0.4	1.4	.263	1.3	2.0	.643
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Richard Jefferson	Luke Walton
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Richard Jefferson	20	8.2	1.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.4	.444	0.1	0.4	.286	0.2	0.4	.571
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Richard Jefferson vs. Luke Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luke Walton and Richard Jefferson, 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17