Kyle Kuzma vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker and Kyle Kuzma, 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.

Kyle Kuzma played 8 years in the NBA, 4 less than Kemba Walker, who played 12. Kyle Kuzma had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Kemba Walker had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
	Kyle Kuzma	Kemba Walker
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Bobcats
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		%
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
difference:	+11	+4.0	+4.0	+0.6	+2.0	+2.8	+2.6	+0.3	+0.1		-0.9	+1.8	+1.9	+.084	+1.1	+2.2	+.061	+0.6	+0.5	+.082
Kemba Walker	66	27.2	12.1	0.5	3.1	3.5	4.4	0.9	0.3	1.8	1.2	4.3	11.6	.366	1.0	3.4	.305	2.5	3.2	.789
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyle Kuzma nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Kyle Kuzma	Kemba Walker
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
difference:	+12	+10.8	+4.9	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+4.8	+0.7		-0.8	-0.3	+1.4	+4.7	+.043	+0.1		+.017	+2.0	+2.1	+.102
Kemba Walker	73	35.8	17.7	0.5	3.7	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	2.3	1.8	6.2	15.7	.393	1.5	4.5	.333	3.9	4.6	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784
difference:	+17	+15.3	+9.5	+0.6	+1.3	+0.7	+5.2	+1.7	+0.5	-2.8	-0.9	+2.8	+5.3	+.043	+1.8	+2.0	+.187	+2.1	+2.7	+.006
Kemba Walker	4	38.3	19.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	6.0	2.0	0.8	3.8	1.5	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	6.0	.500	3.5	4.5	.778

Season 6
	Kyle Kuzma	Kemba Walker
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kyle Kuzma	64	35.0	21.2	0.9	6.4	7.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	3.0	2.3	8.0	17.8	.448	2.5	7.5	.333	2.7	3.7	.730
difference:	+15	+0.3	+2.0	+0.3	+3.1	+3.3	+1.8	+0.5	+0.2	-0.9	-0.8	+0.1	+0.5	+.004	+0.5	+0.1	+.066	+1.1	+0.8	+.117
Kemba Walker	79	34.7	23.2	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.5	8.1	18.3	.444	3.0	7.6	.399	3.8	4.5	.847
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyle Kuzma nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Kyle Kuzma	Kemba Walker
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	70	32.6	22.2	0.9	5.7	6.6	4.2	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.2	8.7	18.8	.463	2.2	6.4	.336	2.7	3.4	.775
difference:	+10	+1.6	+0.1	+0.5	+3.0	+3.5	+1.4	+0.6	+0.4	-0.5	-1.0	+1.3	+1.8	+.032	+0.7	+1.1	+.048	+1.8	+1.9	+.089
Kemba Walker	80	34.2	22.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.2	7.4	17.0	.431	2.9	7.5	.384	4.5	5.3	.864
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyle Kuzma nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Kyle Kuzma	Kemba Walker
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Washington Wizards, Milwaukee Bucks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	65	29.8	14.8	0.8	4.9	5.7	2.3	0.6	0.3	2.2	1.8	5.7	13.0	.436	1.5	4.8	.307	2.0	3.1	.634
difference:	+17	+5.1	+10.8	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+3.6	+0.6	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+3.2	+7.5	+.002	+1.7	+4.1	+.049	+2.6	+2.4	+.210
Kemba Walker	82	34.9	25.6	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.9	1.2	0.4	2.6	1.6	8.9	20.5	.434	3.2	8.9	.356	4.6	5.5	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	5	20.4	5.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.6	2.4	2.4	7.0	.343	0.4	2.0	.200	0.6	1.2	.500
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kemba Walker played 4 seasons more than Kyle Kuzma in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 12, from 2020 to 2023—Kemba Walker played in two Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Kyle Kuzma, Kemba Walker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game