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

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall 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 6 years in the NBA, 5 less than John Wall, who played 11. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while John Wall had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	John Wall
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Washington Wizards
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		%
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:	+22	+25.2	+10.7	+0.3	+2.5	+2.8	+6.4	+1.4	+0.3	-2.7	-1.3	+3.7	+8.4	+.041	+0.5	+1.1	+.050	+3.9	+4.9	+.090
John Wall	69	37.8	16.4	0.5	4.1	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.5	5.8	14.1	.409	0.5	1.7	.296	4.4	5.7	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nickeil Alexander-Walker nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	John Wall
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+23	+21.3	+13.1	+0.2	+2.1	+2.4	+7.0	+1.3	+0.1	-2.7	-1.2	+4.9	+11.3	+.011	+0.3	+1.1	+.033	+3.2	+3.8	+.138
John Wall	82	36.3	19.3	0.5	3.6	4.1	8.8	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.7	7.1	16.3	.433	1.3	3.8	.351	3.9	4.8	.805
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:	+6	+8.6	+7.9	+0.3	+1.7	+2.0	+5.7	+1.0	+0.5	-2.5	-0.8	+2.5	+7.9	+.063	+1.4	+2.1	+.181	+4.3	+5.6	+.098
John Wall	11	38.2	16.3	0.5	3.5	4.0	7.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.6	5.5	14.9	.366	0.6	2.9	.219	4.7	6.2	.765

Season 5
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	John Wall
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+12.5	+9.6	+0.1	+2.6	+2.6	+7.5	+0.9	+0.1	-2.9	-0.6	+3.7	+8.2	+.006	+0.8	+1.4	+.091	+3.0	+3.8	+.015
John Wall	79	35.9	17.6	0.5	4.2	4.6	10.0	1.7	0.6	3.8	2.3	6.6	14.8	.445	0.8	2.7	.300	3.6	4.6	.785
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	+15.4	+10.1	+0.4	+2.6	+2.9	+9.6	+0.8	+1.0	-3.0	-0.4	+3.5	+8.7	+.025	+1.1	+2.7	+.120	+4.1	+5.0	+.154
John Wall	7	39.0	17.4	0.7	4.0	4.7	11.9	1.4	1.4	3.9	1.9	6.1	15.7	.391	0.4	2.4	.176	4.7	5.6	.846

Season 6
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	John Wall
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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:	+5	+10.9	+10.5	+0.2	+1.8	+1.7	+7.5	+1.3	+0.4	-2.9	-0.4	+4.1	+10.0	+.014	+0.2	+0.2	+.030	+2.4	+3.1	+.011
John Wall	77	36.2	19.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	10.2	1.9	0.8	4.1	2.1	7.4	17.5	.424	1.5	4.3	.351	3.5	4.5	.791
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
John Wall	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* John Wall played 5 seasons more than Nickeil Alexander-Walker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 11, from 2017 to 2023—John Wall played in two Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Nickeil Alexander-Walker, John Wall got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game