Josh Giddey vs. Wali Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wali Jones and Josh Giddey, 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.

Josh Giddey played 3 years in the NBA, 7 less than Wali Jones, who played 10. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Wali Jones had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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
	Josh Giddey	Wali Jones
Season	2021-22	1964-65
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
Wali Jones	77	16.2	5.3	-	-	1.8	2.6	-	-	-	2.5	2.0	5.3	.375	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.728
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wali Jones	10	16.2	7.3	-	-	2.0	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	2.9	6.3	.460	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.750

Season 3
	Josh Giddey	Wali Jones
Season	2023-24	1966-67
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder TBD	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		%
Josh Giddey	80	25.1	12.3	1.4	5.0	6.4	4.8	0.7	0.6	2.1	1.4	5.0	10.6	.475	1.0	3.0	.337	1.3	1.6	.806
Wali Jones	81	27.8	13.2	-	-	3.3	3.7	-	-	-	3.0	5.2	12.1	.431	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	9	19.0	9.4	0.4	3.1	3.6	2.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.9	3.7	8.0	.458	1.3	3.6	.375	0.8	0.9	.875
Wali Jones	15	31.7	17.5	-	-	2.8	4.1	-	-	-	3.9	7.3	16.3	.447	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.776

Note: Wali Jones didn't play in 1973-74 and 1974-75.