Allen Iverson vs. Walker Kessler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walker Kessler and Allen Iverson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Allen Iverson played 14 years in the NBA, 10 more than Walker Kessler, who played 4. Allen Iverson had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Walker Kessler had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Allen Iverson	Walker Kessler
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	76	40.1	23.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4	3.1	8.2	19.8	.416	2.0	6.0	.341	5.0	7.2	.702
difference:	+2	+17.1	+14.3	+1.6	+2.7	+4.3	+6.6	+1.7	+2.0	-3.6	-0.8	+4.2	+14.2	+.304	+2.0	+6.0		+3.9	+5.1	+.186
Walker Kessler	74	23.0	9.2	3.1	5.3	8.4	0.9	0.4	2.3	0.8	2.3	4.0	5.6	.720	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.1	.516
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Allen Iverson nor Walker Kessler played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Allen Iverson	Walker Kessler
Season	1998-99	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	48	41.5	26.8	1.4	3.5	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	3.5	2.0	9.1	22.0	.412	1.2	4.1	.291	7.4	9.9	.751
difference:	+10	+11.5	+15.7	+3.2	+4.1	+7.3	+2.9	+1.7	+2.3	-2.0	-0.2	+4.3	+14.8	+.251	+1.1	+3.5	+.115	+6.0	+7.3	+.231
Walker Kessler	58	30.0	11.1	4.6	7.6	12.2	1.7	0.6	2.4	1.5	2.2	4.8	7.2	.663	0.1	0.6	.176	1.4	2.6	.520
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	8	45.0	28.5	1.8	2.4	4.1	4.9	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	11.0	26.8	.411	1.9	6.6	.283	4.6	6.5	.712
Walker Kessler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Allen Iverson	Walker Kessler
Season	1999-00	2025-26
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	70	40.8	28.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	4.7	2.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	10.4	24.8	.421	1.3	3.7	.341	6.3	8.9	.713
difference:	+65	+10.0	+14.0	+3.6	+3.4	+7.0	+1.7	+0.7	+1.7	-0.1	-2.1	+5.2	+17.4	+.282	+0.1	+2.1	+.409	+3.5	+4.9	+.013
Walker Kessler	5	30.8	14.4	4.6	6.2	10.8	3.0	1.4	1.8	3.2	4.4	5.2	7.4	.703	1.2	1.6	.750	2.8	4.0	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	10	44.4	26.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	4.5	1.2	0.1	3.2	2.4	9.1	23.7	.384	1.2	3.9	.308	6.8	9.2	.739
Walker Kessler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Allen Iverson played 10 seasons more than Walker Kessler in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 2001 to 2010—Allen Iverson played in 6 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Walker Kessler, Allen Iverson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 3 Steals Leader 10 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP