Ken Charles vs. Payton Pritchard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Payton Pritchard and Ken Charles, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Ken Charles played 5 years in the NBA, 1 more than Payton Pritchard, who played 4. Ken Charles had the first of his seasons in 1973-74, while Payton Pritchard had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Ken Charles 5 3 1973-74 to 1977-78
Payton Pritchard 4 4 2020-21 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Ken Charles Payton Pritchard
Season 1973-742020-21
Team Buffalo BravesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Braves Lost East Conf SemisCeltics 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 %
Ken Charles 59 11.7 3.9 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.2 - 1.5 1.5 3.1 .476 - - - 0.9 1.3 .671
Payton Pritchard 66 19.2 7.7 0.5 1.9 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.6 2.8 6.3 .440 1.5 3.8 .411 0.6 0.7 .889
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Ken Charles 2 5.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 1.5 2.0 .750 - - - 0.0 0.0 -
Payton Pritchard 5 13.4 3.4 0.4 1.4 1.8 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.8 1.2 3.4 .353 0.6 2.0 .300 0.4 0.4 1.000

Season 2
Ken Charles Payton Pritchard
Season 1974-752021-22
Team Buffalo BravesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Braves Lost East Conf SemisCeltics Lost NBA 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 %
Ken Charles 79 21.4 7.6 0.9 1.2 2.1 2.2 1.1 0.3 - 2.1 3.0 6.5 .466 - - - 1.5 1.8 .822
Payton Pritchard 71 14.1 6.2 0.5 1.4 1.9 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.9 2.3 5.3 .429 1.4 3.5 .412 0.3 0.3 1.000
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Ken Charles 7 29.7 7.4 0.4 1.4 1.9 2.6 0.9 0.7 - 3.9 3.1 7.9 .400 - - - 1.1 1.6 .727
Payton Pritchard 24 12.9 4.8 0.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.8 4.3 .422 1.0 3.0 .333 0.2 0.3 .667

Season 3
Ken Charles Payton Pritchard
Season 1975-762022-23
Team Buffalo BravesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Braves Lost East Conf SemisCeltics Lost East Conf 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 %
Ken Charles 81 27.7 10.1 0.7 2.0 2.7 2.5 1.5 0.6 - 3.2 4.0 8.9 .456 - - - 2.0 2.5 .785
Payton Pritchard 48 13.4 5.6 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.8 2.1 5.1 .412 1.2 3.2 .364 0.3 0.3 .750
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Ken Charles 9 26.4 5.9 0.7 2.2 2.9 1.6 0.8 0.7 - 3.4 2.4 6.1 .400 - - - 1.0 1.4 .692
Payton Pritchard 10 5.7 3.2 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.2 2.2 .545 0.4 1.0 .400 0.4 0.5 .800

Season 4
Ken Charles Payton Pritchard
Season 1976-772023-24
Team Atlanta HawksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics TBD
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Ken Charles 82 30.3 11.1 0.5 1.5 2.0 3.6 1.7 0.5 - 2.9 4.3 10.4 .414 - - - 2.5 3.1 .801
Payton Pritchard 82 22.3 9.6 0.9 2.4 3.2 3.4 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.3 3.6 7.7 .468 1.8 4.7 .385 0.6 0.7 .821
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Ken Charles ------- --- ----------
Payton Pritchard 10 22.8 7.8 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5 0.3 0.0 0.9 1.2 2.8 6.2 .452 1.5 3.5 .429 0.7 0.8 .875

Season 5
Ken Charles Payton Pritchard
Season 1977-78-
Team Atlanta Hawks-
Honors & Awards
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 %
Ken Charles 21 24.8 9.0 0.3 0.9 1.1 3.9 1.2 0.2 1.8 2.5 3.5 8.8 .397 - - - 2.0 2.4 .840
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Ken Charles ------- --- ----------
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------
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