Kevin Garnett vs. P.J. Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Washington and Kevin Garnett, 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.

Kevin Garnett played 21 years in the NBA, 15 more than P.J. Washington, who played 6. Kevin Garnett had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, 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
	Kevin Garnett	P.J. Washington
Season	1995-96	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Kevin Garnett	80	28.7	10.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.4	.286	1.3	1.9	.705
difference:	+22	+1.6	+1.8	+1.2	+0.3	+0.9	+0.3	+0.2	+0.8	-0.2	-0.3	+0.1	+1.0	+.036	+1.4	+3.6	+.088	+0.2	+0.4	+.058
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 Kevin Garnett nor P.J. Washington played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Kevin Garnett	P.J. Washington
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	77	38.9	17.0	2.5	5.6	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	7.1	14.3	.499	0.1	0.3	.286	2.7	3.5	.754
difference:	+13	+8.4	+4.1	+1.0	+0.5	+1.5	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	-0.3	-0.1	+2.4	+3.6	+.059	+1.7	+4.2	+.100	+1.0	+1.2	+.009
P.J. Washington	64	30.5	12.9	1.5	5.1	6.5	2.5	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.7	4.7	10.7	.440	1.8	4.5	.386	1.7	2.3	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	3	41.7	17.3	4.7	4.7	9.3	3.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	17.0	.471	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kevin Garnett	P.J. Washington
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	39.3	18.5	2.7	6.9	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	2.3	2.7	7.7	15.8	.491	0.0	0.2	.188	3.0	4.0	.738
difference:	+17	+12.1	+8.2	+1.4	+3.0	+4.4	+1.9	+0.8	+0.9	-1.0	-0.4	+3.9	+7.6	+.021	+1.7	+4.4	+.177	+2.1	+2.8	+.022
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		%
Kevin Garnett	5	38.6	15.8	3.4	6.2	9.6	4.0	0.8	2.4	4.4	3.4	7.2	15.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Kevin Garnett	P.J. Washington
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Kevin Garnett	47	37.9	20.8	3.5	6.9	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	2.9	3.2	8.8	19.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.286	3.1	4.4	.704
difference:	+26	+5.3	+5.1	+2.5	+3.0	+5.5	+1.9	+0.8	+0.7	-1.4	-0.6	+2.9	+5.7	+.016	+1.9	+5.6	+.062	+1.4	+2.0	+.026
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		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	21.8	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.8	1.8	2.0	3.3	2.5	8.8	19.8	.443	0.0	0.5	.000	4.3	5.8	.739
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kevin Garnett	P.J. Washington
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Charlotte Hornets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	40.0	22.9	2.8	9.0	11.8	5.0	1.5	1.6	3.3	2.5	9.4	18.8	.497	0.4	1.0	.370	3.8	5.0	.765
difference:	+8	+9.6	+10.0	+1.6	+4.5	+6.2	+3.1	+0.5	+0.8	-2.0	-0.2	+4.6	+7.7	+.061	+1.4	+4.7	+.050	+2.4	+3.0	+.082
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		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	18.8	3.3	7.5	10.8	8.8	1.3	0.8	2.8	3.0	7.5	19.5	.385	0.5	0.8	.667	3.3	4.0	.813
difference:	+18	+6.8	+5.8	+1.8	+2.4	+4.2	+7.4	+0.6		-1.3		+3.0	+8.9	+.042	+1.6	+5.3	+.319	+1.5	+1.5	+.104
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
	Kevin Garnett	P.J. Washington
Season	2000-01	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	39.5	22.0	2.7	8.7	11.4	5.0	1.4	1.8	2.8	2.5	8.7	18.2	.477	0.2	0.8	.288	4.4	5.8	.764
difference:	+24	+7.3	+7.3	+1.3	+2.4	+3.6	+2.7	+0.3	+0.7	-0.7	-0.2	+3.4	+6.5	+.024	+1.4	+3.4	+.093	+1.9	+2.3	+.042
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		%
Kevin Garnett	4	41.3	21.0	2.5	9.5	12.0	4.3	1.0	1.5	1.5	3.3	6.8	14.5	.466	0.0	0.8	.000	7.5	9.0	.833
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kevin Garnett played 15 seasons more than P.J. Washington in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 21, from 2002 to 2016—Kevin Garnett played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 15 extra years over P.J. Washington, Kevin Garnett got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 4 Rebounds Leader 11 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP