Bill Cartwright vs. P.J. Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Tucker and Bill Cartwright, 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.

Bill Cartwright played 15 years in the NBA, 2 more than P.J. Tucker, who played 13. Bill Cartwright had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while P.J. Tucker had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
Bill Cartwright	15	10	1979-80 to 1994-95
P.J. Tucker	13	8	2006-07 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1979-80	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bill Cartwright	82	38.4	21.7	2.4	6.5	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.4	8.1	14.8	.547	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	6.9	.797
P.J. Tucker	17	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: P.J. Tucker didn't play in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.


Season 2
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1980-81	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Bill Cartwright	82	35.7	20.1	2.0	5.5	7.5	1.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	3.2	7.5	13.6	.554	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	6.3	.788
P.J. Tucker	79	24.2	6.4	1.7	2.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.7	5.6	.473	0.3	0.9	.314	0.8	1.1	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	2	24.5	10.0	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	3.0	8.5	.353	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.0	.667
P.J. Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bill Cartwright	72	28.6	14.4	1.6	4.2	5.8	1.2	0.7	0.9	2.3	2.9	5.4	9.6	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.7	.763
P.J. Tucker	81	30.7	9.4	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.7	1.4	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.3	7.6	.431	0.9	2.4	.387	1.9	2.5	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1982-83	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Bill Cartwright	82	30.1	15.7	2.3	4.9	7.2	1.7	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.8	5.5	9.8	.566	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.2	.744
P.J. Tucker	78	30.6	9.1	1.5	5.0	6.4	1.6	1.4	0.3	1.2	2.3	3.3	7.6	.438	1.1	3.2	.345	1.3	1.8	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	6	28.7	11.2	1.5	4.2	5.7	0.7	0.5	1.2	3.2	4.2	4.2	7.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.7	.773
P.J. Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Bill Cartwright	77	32.3	17.0	2.5	5.9	8.4	1.4	0.6	1.3	2.6	3.4	5.9	10.5	.561	0.0	0.0	.000	5.2	6.5	.805
P.J. Tucker	82	31.0	8.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	2.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.5	2.9	7.1	.411	0.8	2.5	.330	1.3	1.7	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	12	33.2	17.4	2.3	6.0	8.3	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.2	3.7	5.8	10.5	.556	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	6.7	.863
P.J. Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bill Cartwright didn't play in 1984-85.


Season 6
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1985-86	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
Bill Cartwright	2	18.0	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	3.0	1.5	3.5	.429	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	5.0	.600
P.J. Tucker	81	27.6	6.7	1.4	4.4	5.8	1.2	1.4	0.2	0.8	2.4	2.5	6.0	.413	0.9	2.4	.357	0.9	1.1	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	10	25.1	5.0	1.5	4.2	5.7	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.8	2.7	1.8	4.9	.367	0.9	2.8	.321	0.5	0.8	.625


Season 7
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Bill Cartwright	58	34.3	17.5	2.3	5.4	7.7	1.7	0.7	0.4	2.2	3.2	5.8	10.9	.531	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	7.6	.790
P.J. Tucker	82	27.8	6.1	1.1	4.4	5.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.4	.390	1.4	3.8	.371	0.5	0.7	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	17	33.5	8.9	1.4	5.2	6.5	1.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.7	3.1	6.4	.481	2.1	4.4	.467	0.7	1.1	.667


Season 8
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1987-88	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Bill Cartwright	82	20.4	11.1	1.5	3.1	4.7	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.6	2.9	3.5	6.4	.544	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.2	.798
P.J. Tucker	82	34.2	7.3	1.5	4.4	5.8	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.8	3.1	2.5	6.4	.396	1.8	4.7	.377	0.5	0.7	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	4	19.0	7.3	2.0	2.8	4.8	1.5	0.0	0.8	2.0	3.0	2.3	4.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.8	.733
P.J. Tucker	11	38.7	11.4	1.7	5.7	7.5	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.2	3.6	8.0	.455	2.4	5.2	.456	1.7	2.1	.826


Season 9
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets 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		%
Bill Cartwright	78	29.9	12.4	1.9	4.7	6.7	1.2	0.3	0.5	2.4	3.0	4.7	9.8	.475	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.9	.766
P.J. Tucker	72	34.3	6.9	1.6	5.1	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	3.2	2.5	5.9	.415	1.5	4.2	.358	0.5	0.7	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	17	34.3	11.8	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.2	0.5	0.7	2.4	4.1	4.2	8.7	.486	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.7	.700
P.J. Tucker	12	34.5	7.9	1.9	5.3	7.2	1.5	1.1	0.3	1.0	3.9	2.9	7.3	.398	2.1	5.6	.373	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Bill Cartwright	71	30.4	11.4	1.9	4.6	6.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.7	3.4	4.1	8.4	.488	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.9	.811
P.J. Tucker	52	26.1	3.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.4	1.3	3.4	.373	0.8	2.3	.336	0.4	0.5	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	16	28.9	8.1	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.6	3.3	3.1	7.6	.413	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.7	.674
P.J. Tucker	23	29.6	4.3	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.4	3.3	1.7	4.3	.388	0.8	2.6	.322	0.1	0.2	.750


Season 11
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1990-91	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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		%
Bill Cartwright	79	28.8	9.6	2.1	4.0	6.2	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.4	2.1	4.0	8.2	.490	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.697
P.J. Tucker	71	27.9	7.6	1.4	4.0	5.5	2.1	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.3	2.9	6.0	.484	1.1	2.7	.415	0.6	0.9	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	17	30.1	9.5	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.2	3.2	4.1	7.9	.519	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.688
P.J. Tucker	18	28.3	7.9	1.9	3.7	5.7	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	2.8	3.0	6.1	.495	1.3	2.8	.451	0.6	0.9	.688


Season 12
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1991-92	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
Bill Cartwright	64	23.0	8.0	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.4	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.0	3.3	7.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.604
P.J. Tucker	75	25.6	3.5	1.3	2.7	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.6	2.4	1.3	3.0	.427	0.7	1.9	.393	0.3	0.3	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	22	27.8	5.6	1.3	3.1	4.5	1.7	0.5	0.2	1.2	3.2	2.5	5.3	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.4	.419
P.J. Tucker	11	26.7	4.9	1.6	2.9	4.5	1.5	1.2	0.3	0.5	2.5	1.7	4.6	.373	1.3	3.6	.350	0.2	0.3	.667


Season 13
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1992-93	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bill Cartwright	63	19.9	5.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.0	2.4	2.2	5.4	.411	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.735
P.J. Tucker	31	15.7	1.7	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.7	0.6	1.6	.360	0.4	1.1	.371	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	19	23.4	6.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.7	2.7	2.4	5.2	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.778
P.J. Tucker	2	15.5	5.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.0	2.0	3.0	.667	1.5	2.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Bill Cartwright	42	18.6	5.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	2.3	4.5	.513	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.684
P.J. Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	9	21.0	4.6	2.1	2.8	4.9	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.9	1.6	4.8	.326	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.813
P.J. Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Bill Cartwright	P.J. Tucker
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
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		%
Bill Cartwright	29	14.8	2.4	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.6	2.4	0.9	2.4	.391	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.625
P.J. Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Cartwright vs. P.J. Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Tucker and Bill Cartwright, 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