Daniel Gafford vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall and Daniel Gafford, 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.

Daniel Gafford played 7 years in the NBA, 4 less than John Wall, who played 11. Daniel Gafford had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while John Wall had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
	Daniel Gafford	John Wall
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Daniel Gafford	43	14.2	5.1	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	0.7	2.3	2.2	3.1	.701	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.533
difference:	+26	+23.6	+11.3	+0.7	+2.8	+2.1	+7.8	+1.5	+0.8	-3.1	-0.2	+3.6	+11.0	+.292	+0.5	+1.7		+3.7	+4.3	+.233
John Wall	69	37.8	16.4	0.5	4.1	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.5	5.8	14.1	.409	0.5	1.7	.296	4.4	5.7	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Daniel Gafford nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Daniel Gafford	John Wall
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Washington Wizards	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Daniel Gafford	78	20.6	9.0	2.1	3.5	5.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.4	3.7	5.1	.732	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.679
difference:	+4	+15.7	+10.3	+1.6	+0.1	+1.5	+7.7	+1.4	+0.8	-2.5	-0.3	+3.4	+11.2	+.299	+1.3	+3.8		+2.3	+2.4	+.126
John Wall	82	36.3	19.3	0.5	3.6	4.1	8.8	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.7	7.1	16.3	.433	1.3	3.8	.351	3.9	4.8	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Daniel Gafford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	11	38.2	16.3	0.5	3.5	4.0	7.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.6	5.5	14.9	.366	0.6	2.9	.219	4.7	6.2	.765

Season 5
	Daniel Gafford	John Wall
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Daniel Gafford	74	24.5	11.0	2.6	5.0	7.6	1.6	0.9	2.1	1.0	3.1	4.7	6.5	.725	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.674
difference:	+5	+11.4	+6.6	+2.1	+0.8	+3.0	+8.4	+0.8	+1.5	-2.8	-0.8	+1.9	+8.3	+.280	+0.8	+2.7		+2.0	+2.2	+.111
John Wall	79	35.9	17.6	0.5	4.2	4.6	10.0	1.7	0.6	3.8	2.3	6.6	14.8	.445	0.8	2.7	.300	3.6	4.6	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Daniel Gafford	22	20.2	9.0	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	5.6	.634	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.631
difference:	+15	+18.8	+8.4	+1.2	+0.4	+0.8	+11.2	+1.1	+0.1	-3.0	-0.2	+2.6	+10.1	+.243	+0.4	+2.4		+2.8	+2.6	+.215
John Wall	7	39.0	17.4	0.7	4.0	4.7	11.9	1.4	1.4	3.9	1.9	6.1	15.7	.391	0.4	2.4	.176	4.7	5.6	.846

Season 6
	Daniel Gafford	John Wall
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Daniel Gafford	57	21.5	12.3	2.7	4.1	6.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	1.2	2.7	5.0	7.1	.702	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.689
difference:	+20	+14.7	+7.6	+2.2	+0.3	+1.9	+8.8	+1.5	+1.0	-2.9	-0.6	+2.4	+10.4	+.278	+1.5	+4.3		+1.1	+1.1	+.102
John Wall	77	36.2	19.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	10.2	1.9	0.8	4.1	2.1	7.4	17.5	.424	1.5	4.3	.351	3.5	4.5	.791
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Daniel Gafford nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Daniel Gafford	John Wall
Season	2025-26	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Daniel Gafford	17	21.9	8.5	2.2	3.9	6.1	1.3	0.9	1.5	1.6	2.8	3.2	5.2	.614	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.8	.787
difference:	+61	+14.5	+14.6	+1.4	+0.5	+1.9	+9.4	+1.1	+0.9	-2.5	-0.9	+5.1	+13.2	+.163	+1.1	+3.5		+3.2	+4.0	+.014
John Wall	78	36.4	23.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1	1.9	8.3	18.4	.451	1.1	3.5	.327	5.4	6.8	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Daniel Gafford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	13	39.0	27.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.3	1.7	1.2	4.2	2.0	9.8	21.6	.452	1.6	4.7	.344	6.0	7.2	.839

Additional Years
* John Wall played 4 seasons more than Daniel Gafford in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 11, from 2018 to 2023—John Wall played in one postseason. In those 4 extra years over Daniel Gafford, John Wall got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game