Deandre Ayton vs. Wes Matthews Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Matthews and Deandre Ayton, 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.

Deandre Ayton played 6 years in the NBA, 3 less than Wes Matthews, who played 9. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Wes Matthews had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Deandre Ayton	Wes Matthews
Season	2018-19	1980-81
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Deandre Ayton	71	30.7	16.3	3.1	7.1	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.9	7.2	12.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.746
Wes Matthews	79	28.7	12.4	0.6	1.2	1.8	5.2	1.4	0.2	3.3	3.1	4.9	9.9	.494	0.1	0.3	.238	2.6	3.2	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Deandre Ayton	Wes Matthews
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Matthews	50	10.6	4.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.8	3.7	.476	0.0	0.1	.333	0.6	0.7	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Matthews	12	5.1	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.9	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.6	.857

Season 8
	Deandre Ayton	Wes Matthews
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Matthews	51	13.8	5.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.7	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.3	2.2	4.9	.460	0.1	0.6	.233	1.1	1.3	.831
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Matthews	10	2.7	1.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.5	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.0	.800

Note: Wes Matthews didn't play in 1988-89.