Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks 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, 6 less than John Starks, who played 13. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while John Starks had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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.

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.

Season 4
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	John Starks
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+21	+16.0	+11.3	+0.4	+0.4	+0.9	+3.3	+0.6	+0.2	-1.3	-1.4	+4.2	+10.0	+.016	+0.4	+1.5	+.063	+2.6	+3.1	+.128
John Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795
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:	+10	+8.7	+8.1	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+5.0	+0.4		-2.9	-2.0	+2.9	+6.3	+.011	+0.1		+.027	+2.5	+3.4	+.050
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717

Season 5
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	John Starks
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+23	+11.5	+11.0	+0.2	+0.9	+1.1	+3.4	+0.8	+0.4	-2.2	-1.5	+4.0	+10.0	+.019	+0.3	+1.6	+.056	+2.6	+3.4	+.046
John Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754
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:	+9	+10.0	+7.3	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+2.3	+0.8	+0.3	-1.4	-1.9	+1.8	+4.6	+.015	+0.4	+0.2	+.060	+3.3	+4.4	+.230
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770

Additional Years
* John Starks played 6 seasons more than Nickeil Alexander-Walker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 1997 to 2002—John Starks played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Nickeil Alexander-Walker, John Starks got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year