Dwight Howard vs. P.J. Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Washington and Dwight Howard, 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.

Dwight Howard played 18 years in the NBA, 11 more than P.J. Washington, who played 7. Dwight Howard had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while P.J. Washington had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Dwight Howard	P.J. Washington
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Dwight Howard	82	32.6	12.0	3.5	6.5	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.671
difference:	+24	+2.3	+0.2	+2.5	+2.1	+4.6	+1.2		+0.9	-0.4	-0.1	+0.3	+1.9	+.065	+1.5	+4.0		+1.9	+2.7	+.024
P.J. Washington	58	30.3	12.2	1.0	4.4	5.4	2.1	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.7	4.6	10.2	.455	1.5	4.0	.374	1.5	2.3	.647
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dwight Howard nor P.J. Washington played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Dwight Howard	P.J. Washington
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dwight Howard	82	36.9	17.6	3.5	8.8	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	3.9	3.0	6.4	10.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	8.1	.586
difference:	+17	+9.7	+7.3	+2.2	+4.9	+7.1	+0.4		+1.0	-2.6	-0.7	+2.6	+2.4	+.133	+1.7	+4.6		+3.9	+6.9	+.130
P.J. Washington	65	27.2	10.3	1.3	3.9	5.2	2.3	0.9	0.9	1.3	2.3	3.8	8.2	.470	1.7	4.6	.365	0.9	1.2	.716
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	4	41.8	15.3	4.0	10.8	14.8	1.8	0.5	1.0	4.3	3.3	5.8	10.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.3	.455
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dwight Howard	P.J. Washington
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Dwight Howard	82	37.7	20.7	3.4	10.8	14.2	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.2	3.3	7.1	11.9	.599	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	10.9	.590
difference:	+9	+5.1	+5.0	+2.4	+6.9	+9.3	+1.1		+1.0	-1.7	-0.7	+1.2	+1.5	+.155	+2.0	+5.9		+4.8	+8.5	+.140
P.J. Washington	73	32.6	15.7	1.0	3.9	4.9	2.4	0.9	1.1	1.5	2.6	5.9	13.4	.444	2.0	5.9	.348	1.7	2.4	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	10	42.1	18.9	6.0	9.8	15.8	0.9	0.8	3.4	3.2	3.8	7.2	12.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	8.3	.542
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dwight Howard	P.J. Washington
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Charlotte Hornets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Dwight Howard	79	35.7	20.6	4.3	9.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	3.4	7.1	12.4	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	10.7	.594
difference:	+6	+5.3	+7.7	+3.1	+5.1	+8.2	+0.5		+2.1	-1.7	-1.1	+2.3	+1.3	+.136	+1.8	+5.7		+5.0	+8.7	+.089
P.J. Washington	73	30.4	12.9	1.2	4.5	5.6	1.9	1.0	0.8	1.3	2.3	4.8	11.1	.436	1.8	5.7	.320	1.4	2.0	.683
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	23	39.3	20.3	4.3	11.0	15.3	1.9	0.9	2.6	2.9	4.4	7.0	11.7	.601	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	9.9	.636
difference:	+1	+3.6	+7.3	+2.8	+5.9	+8.7	+0.5	+0.2	+1.8	-1.4	-1.4	+2.5	+1.1	+.174	+2.1	+6.0	+.348	+4.5	+7.4	+.073
P.J. Washington	22	35.7	13.0	1.5	5.1	6.6	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	10.6	.427	2.1	6.1	.348	1.8	2.5	.709

Season 6
	Dwight Howard	P.J. Washington
Season	2009-10	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Dwight Howard	82	34.7	18.3	3.5	9.7	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	3.3	3.5	6.2	10.2	.612	0.0	0.1	.000	5.9	10.0	.592
difference:	+25	+2.5	+3.6	+2.1	+3.4	+5.4	+0.5	+0.2	+1.7	-1.2	-1.2	+0.9	+1.5	+.159	+1.6	+4.1	+.381	+3.4	+6.5	+.130
P.J. Washington	57	32.2	14.7	1.4	6.3	7.8	2.3	1.1	1.1	2.1	2.3	5.3	11.7	.453	1.6	4.2	.381	2.5	3.5	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	14	35.5	18.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	1.4	0.8	3.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	10.0	.614	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	11.3	.519
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dwight Howard	P.J. Washington
Season	2010-11	2025-26
Team	Orlando Magic	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
Dwight Howard	78	37.6	22.9	4.0	10.1	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	3.6	3.3	7.9	13.4	.593	0.0	0.1	.000	7.0	11.7	.596
difference:	+50	+5.6	+7.5	+2.5	+3.8	+6.3	+0.6	+0.4	+0.9	-1.3	-0.9	+2.1	+0.8	+.133	+1.4	+4.2	+.322	+4.6	+8.3	+.092
P.J. Washington	28	32.0	15.4	1.5	6.3	7.8	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.3	2.4	5.8	12.6	.460	1.4	4.3	.322	2.4	3.4	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	6	43.0	27.0	4.5	11.0	15.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	5.5	4.2	8.5	13.5	.630	0.0	0.2	.000	10.0	14.7	.682
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Dwight Howard played 11 seasons more than P.J. Washington in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2012 to 2022—Dwight Howard played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over P.J. Washington, Dwight Howard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 2 Rebounds Leader 3 All-Star Game