Kyle Kuzma vs. Kermit Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kermit Washington 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 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Kermit Washington, who played 10. Kyle Kuzma had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Kermit Washington had his rookie season in 1973-74. 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
	Kyle Kuzma	Kermit Washington
Season	2017-18	1973-74
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Kermit Washington	45	8.9	3.8	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	-	1.7	1.6	3.4	.483	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	.531
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kermit Washington	3	4.7	5.0	3.0	0.3	3.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-	0.0	1.7	3.7	.455	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.714

Season 3
	Kyle Kuzma	Kermit Washington
Season	2019-20	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Kermit Washington	36	13.7	3.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	0.6	0.3	0.7	-	2.1	1.1	2.5	.433	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.682
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
Kermit Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Kyle Kuzma	Kermit Washington
Season	2023-24	1979-80
Team	Washington Wizards	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
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
Kermit Washington	80	33.2	13.4	4.1	6.5	10.5	2.1	0.9	1.6	2.1	3.8	5.3	9.5	.553	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.5	.642
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kermit Washington	3	40.3	10.3	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	8.7	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	1.7	2.7	.625

Season 8
	Kyle Kuzma	Kermit Washington
Season	-	1980-81
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kermit Washington	73	29.0	11.4	3.2	6.2	9.4	2.0	1.2	1.2	2.0	3.5	4.5	7.8	.569	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.9	.628
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kermit Washington	3	42.7	8.7	4.7	12.7	17.3	2.3	2.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.0	7.7	.522	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000

Note: Kermit Washington didn't play in 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86 and 1986-87.