Carmelo Anthony vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker and Carmelo Anthony, 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.

Carmelo Anthony played 19 years in the NBA, 7 more than Kemba Walker, who played 12. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Kemba Walker had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
	Carmelo Anthony	Kemba Walker
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777
difference:	+16	+9.3	+8.9	+1.7	+0.7	+2.6	+1.6	+0.3	+0.2	-1.2	-1.5	+3.3	+6.3	+.060	+0.2	+0.8	+.017	+2.5	+3.2	+.012
Kemba Walker	66	27.2	12.1	0.5	3.1	3.5	4.4	0.9	0.3	1.8	1.2	4.3	11.6	.366	1.0	3.4	.305	2.5	3.2	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Kemba Walker
Season	2005-06	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808
difference:	+7	+1.0	+8.8	+1.0	+0.3	+0.7	+3.4	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-1.1	+3.3	+4.0	+.088	+1.0	+2.6	+.090	+3.3	+4.3	+.029
Kemba Walker	73	35.8	17.7	0.5	3.7	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	2.3	1.8	6.2	15.7	.393	1.5	4.5	.333	3.9	4.6	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750
difference:	+1	+0.3	+1.5	+2.1	+0.7	+2.8	+3.2	+1.2	+0.6	-0.8	-2.5	+0.1	+6.0	+.140	+3.0	+5.2	+.500	+4.3	+5.9	+.028
Kemba Walker	4	38.3	19.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	6.0	2.0	0.8	3.8	1.5	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	6.0	.500	3.5	4.5	.778

Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Kemba Walker
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808
difference:	+3	+4.0	+11.6	+1.6	+0.8	+2.5	+1.3	+0.2	+0.1	-2.0	-1.6	+4.5	+6.6	+.091	+0.8	+2.2	+.036	+3.3	+4.1	+.019
Kemba Walker	62	34.2	17.3	0.6	3.0	3.5	5.1	1.4	0.5	1.6	1.5	6.1	15.8	.385	1.4	4.5	.304	3.8	4.6	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Carmelo Anthony	Kemba Walker
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	36.4	25.7	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.4	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.3	9.5	19.2	.492	0.8	2.1	.354	6.0	7.7	.786
difference:	+4	+0.8	+4.8	+1.6	+1.4	+3.0	+1.8	+0.3		-1.2	-1.9	+2.5	+2.8	+.065	+1.4	+3.9	+.017	+1.4	+2.3	+.061
Kemba Walker	81	35.6	20.9	0.7	3.7	4.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.4	7.0	16.4	.427	2.2	6.0	.371	4.6	5.4	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.5	22.5	4.8	4.8	9.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	22.0	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	6.0	7.3	.828
difference:	+3	+0.6	+0.2	+4.4	+2.2	+6.5	+2.0	+0.8	+0.3	-1.3	-2.9		+0.1	+.002	+1.5	+4.1	+.076	+1.3	+2.3	+.115
Kemba Walker	7	37.1	22.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	1.3	0.6	1.7	1.4	8.0	21.9	.366	2.0	6.1	.326	4.7	5.0	.943

Season 6
	Carmelo Anthony	Kemba Walker
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	66	34.5	22.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	8.1	18.3	.443	1.0	2.6	.371	5.6	7.1	.793
difference:	+13	+0.2	+0.4	+1.0	+1.9	+2.9	+2.1		+0.1	-0.9	-1.5			+.001	+2.0	+5.0	+.028	+1.8	+2.6	+.054
Kemba Walker	79	34.7	23.2	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.5	8.1	18.3	.444	3.0	7.6	.399	3.8	4.5	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	16	38.3	27.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	9.1	20.1	.453	1.5	4.1	.364	7.4	9.0	.826
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Carmelo Anthony	Kemba Walker
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	69	38.2	28.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.3	10.0	21.8	.458	0.9	2.7	.316	7.4	8.9	.830
difference:	+11	+4.0	+6.1	+1.8	+1.7	+3.5	+2.4	+0.2	+0.1	-0.8	-2.1	+2.6	+4.8	+.027	+2.0	+4.8	+.068	+2.9	+3.6	+.034
Kemba Walker	80	34.2	22.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.2	7.4	17.0	.431	2.9	7.5	.384	4.5	5.3	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	6	42.3	30.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.3	10.7	23.0	.464	1.0	3.2	.316	8.3	9.5	.877
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Carmelo Anthony	Kemba Walker
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	35.7	25.6	1.5	5.8	7.3	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.9	8.9	19.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.378	6.6	7.9	.838
difference:	+5	+0.8		+0.9	+2.0	+2.9	+3.0	+0.3	+0.2	-0.1	-1.3		+1.0	+.021	+2.0	+5.6	+.022	+2.0	+2.4	+.006
Kemba Walker	82	34.9	25.6	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.9	1.2	0.4	2.6	1.6	8.9	20.5	.434	3.2	8.9	.356	4.6	5.5	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	39.0	26.0	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	8.3	22.0	.375	2.3	6.5	.346	7.3	8.5	.853
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Carmelo Anthony	Kemba Walker
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	55	34.1	22.6	1.6	4.7	6.3	3.6	1.1	0.4	2.6	2.8	8.0	18.6	.430	1.2	3.7	.335	5.4	6.7	.804
difference:	+1	+3.0	+2.2	+1.0	+1.5	+2.4	+1.2	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-1.2	+1.2	+2.7	+.005	+2.0	+4.7	+.046	+1.7	+2.4	+.060
Kemba Walker	56	31.1	20.4	0.6	3.2	3.9	4.8	0.9	0.5	2.1	1.6	6.8	15.9	.425	3.2	8.4	.381	3.7	4.3	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	40.8	27.8	2.6	5.6	8.2	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.8	4.2	10.4	24.8	.419	0.8	3.6	.222	6.2	8.2	.756
difference:	+12	+3.9	+8.2	+2.2	+1.9	+4.1	+2.9	+0.3	+0.2	-0.9	-1.7	+3.8	+9.7	+.022	+1.5	+3.8	+.088	+2.1	+3.4	+.096
Kemba Walker	17	36.9	19.6	0.4	3.7	4.1	5.1	0.9	0.4	1.9	2.5	6.6	15.1	.441	2.3	7.4	.310	4.1	4.8	.852

Season 10
	Carmelo Anthony	Kemba Walker
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	67	37.0	28.7	2.0	4.9	6.9	2.6	0.8	0.5	2.6	3.1	10.0	22.2	.449	2.3	6.2	.379	6.3	7.6	.830
difference:	+24	+5.2	+9.4	+1.6	+1.3	+2.9	+2.3	+0.3	+0.2	-0.6	-1.7	+3.4	+6.5	+.029	+0.7	+2.0	+.019	+3.2	+4.1	+.069
Kemba Walker	43	31.8	19.3	0.4	3.6	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.3	2.0	1.4	6.6	15.7	.420	3.0	8.2	.360	3.1	3.5	.899
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	12	40.1	28.8	0.9	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	10.5	25.8	.406	1.4	4.8	.298	6.4	7.3	.885
difference:	+9	+9.8	+16.1	+0.9	+1.7	+2.6	+2.4	+0.8	+0.2	-0.1	-0.5	+6.2	+12.1	+.089	+0.4	+0.9	+.122	+3.4	+4.0	+.015
Kemba Walker	3	30.3	12.7	0.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	3.3	4.3	13.7	.317	1.0	5.7	.176	3.0	3.3	.900

Season 11
	Carmelo Anthony	Kemba Walker
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	38.7	27.4	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.9	9.6	21.3	.452	2.2	5.4	.402	6.0	7.0	.848
difference:	+40	+13.1	+15.8	+1.5	+3.6	+5.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.5	-1.3	-1.9	+5.6	+11.3	+.049	+0.2		+.035	+4.4	+5.1	+.003
Kemba Walker	37	25.6	11.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.0	4.0	10.0	.403	2.0	5.4	.367	1.6	1.9	.845
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carmelo Anthony nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 11

Season 12
	Carmelo Anthony	Kemba Walker
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	40	35.7	24.2	1.8	4.8	6.6	3.1	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.2	9.0	20.2	.444	1.5	4.5	.341	4.7	5.9	.797
difference:	+31	+19.7	+16.2	+1.5	+3.4	+4.8	+1.0	+0.8	+0.2	-1.8	-1.0	+6.3	+13.9	+.023	+0.7	+1.4	+.091	+2.8	+3.6	+.013
Kemba Walker	9	16.0	8.0	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	2.7	6.3	.421	0.8	3.1	.250	1.9	2.3	.810
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carmelo Anthony nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 7 seasons more than Kemba Walker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 19, from 2016 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 3 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Kemba Walker, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game