Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Walker Kessler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walker Kessler and Giannis Antetokounmpo, 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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 13 years in the NBA, 9 more than Walker Kessler, who played 4. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Walker Kessler had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Walker Kessler
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
difference:	+3	+1.6	+2.4	+2.1	+1.9	+4.0	+1.0	+0.4	+1.5	-0.8	-0.1	+1.8	+0.2	+.306	+0.5	+1.5		+0.7	+0.5	+.167
Walker Kessler	74	23.0	9.2	3.1	5.3	8.4	0.9	0.4	2.3	0.8	2.3	4.0	5.6	.720	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.1	.516
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Giannis Antetokounmpo nor Walker Kessler played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Walker Kessler
Season	2016-17	2025-26
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
difference:	+75	+4.8	+8.5	+2.8	+0.8	+2.0	+2.4	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-1.3	+3.0	+8.3	+.182	+0.6	+0.7	+.478	+3.1	+3.7	+.070
Walker Kessler	5	30.8	14.4	4.6	6.2	10.8	3.0	1.4	1.8	3.2	4.4	5.2	7.4	.703	1.2	1.6	.750	2.8	4.0	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543
Walker Kessler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 9 seasons more than Walker Kessler in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 13, from 2018 to 2026—Giannis Antetokounmpo played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 9 extra years over Walker Kessler, Giannis Antetokounmpo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 Season MVP 7 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Cup MVP 2 Cup All-Tournament Team 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP