Mitch Kupchak vs. Payton Pritchard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Payton Pritchard and Mitch Kupchak, 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.

Mitch Kupchak played 9 years in the NBA, 5 more than Payton Pritchard, who played 4. Mitch Kupchak had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mitch Kupchak	Payton Pritchard
Season	1976-77	2020-21
Team	Washington Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Mitch Kupchak	82	18.5	10.4	2.2	3.8	6.0	0.8	0.3	0.4	-	2.5	4.2	7.3	.572	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.691
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		%
Mitch Kupchak	9	28.0	16.2	3.1	4.4	7.6	1.1	0.2	0.3	-	3.8	5.9	10.0	.589	-	-	-	4.4	6.6	.678
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
	Mitch Kupchak	Payton Pritchard
Season	1977-78	2021-22
Team	Washington Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Mitch Kupchak	67	26.3	15.9	2.4	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.4	0.6	2.7	2.9	5.9	11.5	.512	-	-	-	4.2	6.0	.697
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		%
Mitch Kupchak	21	24.0	10.1	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.0	2.8	4.0	9.5	.422	-	-	-	2.1	3.3	.652
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 6
	Mitch Kupchak	Payton Pritchard
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	26	31.6	14.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.7	3.1	5.9	10.3	.573	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.663
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mitch Kupchak didn't play in 1982-83.

Season 8
	Mitch Kupchak	Payton Pritchard
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	58	12.3	5.3	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	2.1	4.2	.504	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.659
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	16	12.3	4.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.6	1.9	3.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.4	.591
Payton Pritchard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-