John Shumate vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

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

John Shumate played 5 years in the NBA, 6 less than John Wall, who played 11. John Shumate had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, 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 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	John Shumate	John Wall
Season	1975-76	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns, Buffalo Braves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
John Shumate	75	26.3	11.7	1.9	5.5	7.4	1.7	1.1	0.5	-	2.1	4.4	7.9	.561	-	-	-	2.8	4.3	.650
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Shumate	9	40.2	14.1	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.8	1.0	1.4	-	3.2	6.0	10.2	.587	-	-	-	2.1	4.2	.500
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Shumate didn't play in 1978-79.

Season 4
	John Shumate	John Wall
Season	1979-80	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Shumate	65	20.6	8.9	1.7	3.9	5.6	1.3	0.6	0.7	1.4	1.9	3.2	6.0	.528	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.3	.764
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		%
John Shumate	3	26.0	7.0	2.3	2.0	4.3	1.7	1.3	1.3	1.7	3.0	3.0	6.7	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
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
	John Shumate	John Wall
Season	1980-81	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Seattle Supersonics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Shumate	24	22.0	7.0	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.0	0.9	0.4	1.8	2.0	2.3	5.5	.427	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.724
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		%
John Shumate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	John Shumate	John Wall
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
John Shumate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Shumate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	John Shumate	John Wall
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Shumate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
John Shumate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 8
	John Shumate	John Wall
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Shumate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	41	34.4	19.4	0.5	3.1	3.7	9.6	1.4	1.1	3.9	2.0	6.8	16.3	.420	1.5	4.1	.371	4.3	5.9	.726
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Shumate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	6	39.0	26.0	0.5	5.2	5.7	11.5	2.3	1.3	4.5	2.7	9.3	21.2	.441	0.7	3.5	.190	6.7	7.8	.851

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2019-20.

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2021-22.