Kon Knueppel vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Kon Knueppel, 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.

Kon Knueppel played 1 year in the NBA, 7 less than Trae Young, who played 8. Kon Knueppel had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Kon Knueppel	Trae Young
Season	2025-26	2018-19
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Kon Knueppel	23	33.4	18.2	1.0	4.6	5.5	3.2	0.7	0.2	2.4	2.2	6.3	13.7	.462	3.4	8.3	.414	2.1	2.3	.906
difference:	+58	+2.5	+0.9	+0.2	+1.7	+1.8	+4.9	+0.2		-1.4	-0.5	+0.2	+1.8	+.044	+1.5	+2.3	+.090	+2.1	+2.8	+.077
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kon Knueppel nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Trae Young played 7 seasons more than Kon Knueppel in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 8, from 2020 to 2026—Trae Young played in 3 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Kon Knueppel, Trae Young got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 4 All-Star Game