Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Carmelo Anthony Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Carmelo Anthony and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, 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.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker played 7 years in the NBA, 12 less than Carmelo Anthony, who played 19. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Carmelo Anthony had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	47	12.6	5.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.1	5.7	.368	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.8	.676
difference:	+35	+23.9	+15.3	+2.0	+2.2	+4.3	+0.9	+0.8	+0.3	-1.9	-1.5	+5.5	+12.2	+.058	+0.2	+0.2	+.024	+4.5	+5.6	+.101
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800

Season 3
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	65	22.6	10.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.9	10.5	.372	1.6	5.2	.311	1.2	1.7	.743
difference:	+15	+14.2	+15.9	+0.9	+1.1	+2.0	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	-1.3	-1.3	+5.6	+9.2	+.109	+1.1	+3.3	+.068	+6.0	+7.2	+.065
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	1	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+4	+33.6	+16.0	+2.4	+3.2	+5.6	+1.8	+0.2	+0.2	-3.0	-4.0	+4.6	+17.8	+.667		+0.8		+6.8	+9.4	+.250
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750

Season 4
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	59	15.0	6.2	0.3	1.5	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.2	5.0	.444	1.0	2.7	.384	0.7	1.0	.667
difference:	+6	+23.2	+22.7	+1.9	+2.3	+4.3	+2.0	+0.7		-2.7	-1.6	+8.4	+17.4	+.032	+0.4	+0.4	+.116	+6.4	+7.7	+.141
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	5	29.6	8.4	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.8	3.0	7.0	.429	2.0	5.0	.400	0.4	0.6	.667
difference:		+12.4	+18.4	+3.4	+3.2	+6.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.2	-3.0	-0.6	+6.4	+12.6	+.051	+0.2	+1.4	+.100	+5.8	+7.2	+.128
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795

Season 5
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	82	23.4	8.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.6	.439	1.6	4.1	.391	0.6	0.8	.800
difference:	+5	+13.0	+17.7	+1.9	+3.5	+5.4	+0.9	+0.5		-2.4	-1.6	+6.6	+12.6	+.053	+0.8	+2.0	+.037	+5.4	+6.9	+.014
Carmelo Anthony	77	36.4	25.7	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.4	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.3	9.5	19.2	.492	0.8	2.1	.354	6.0	7.7	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	16	23.6	7.3	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.6	7.0	.366	1.5	5.1	.296	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:	+12	+12.9	+15.2	+4.5	+3.4	+7.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	-2.1	-2.8	+5.4	+15.0	+.002	+1.0	+3.1	+.046	+5.4	+6.7	+.172
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.5	22.5	4.8	4.8	9.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	22.0	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	6.0	7.3	.828

Season 6
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2024-25	2008-09
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	82	25.3	9.4	0.7	2.6	3.2	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.7	3.3	7.5	.438	1.7	4.5	.381	1.1	1.4	.780
difference:	+16	+9.2	+13.4	+0.9	+2.6	+3.6	+0.7	+0.5		-1.8	-1.3	+4.8	+10.8	+.005	+0.7	+1.9	+.010	+4.5	+5.7	+.013
Carmelo Anthony	66	34.5	22.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	8.1	18.3	.443	1.0	2.6	.371	5.6	7.1	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	15	20.7	8.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.3	0.4	0.3	1.5	1.6	2.9	7.5	.389	1.5	4.2	.349	1.0	1.1	.882
difference:	+1	+17.6	+18.9	+1.1	+2.9	+4.0	+1.8	+1.4	+0.3	-0.8	-2.2	+6.2	+12.6	+.064		+0.1	+.015	+6.4	+7.9	+.056
Carmelo Anthony	16	38.3	27.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	9.1	20.1	.453	1.5	4.1	.364	7.4	9.0	.826

Season 7
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2025-26	2009-10
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	5	30.0	16.2	0.8	2.0	2.8	3.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.2	5.8	14.2	.408	2.2	7.0	.314	2.4	2.8	.857
difference:	+64	+8.2	+12.0	+1.4	+2.4	+3.8		+0.1	+0.6	-2.0	-2.1	+4.2	+7.6	+.050	+1.3	+4.3	+.002	+5.0	+6.1	+.027
Carmelo Anthony	69	38.2	28.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.3	10.0	21.8	.458	0.9	2.7	.316	7.4	8.9	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carmelo Anthony	6	42.3	30.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.3	10.7	23.0	.464	1.0	3.2	.316	8.3	9.5	.877

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 12 seasons more than Nickeil Alexander-Walker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 19, from 2011 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 6 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 7 All-Star Game