Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young 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, 1 less than Trae Young, who played 8. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Trae Young
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+34	+18.3	+13.4	+0.6	+1.3	+1.9	+6.2	+0.5		-2.7	-0.5	+4.4	+9.8	+.050	+0.9	+3.2	+.022	+3.7	+4.3	+.153
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nickeil Alexander-Walker nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Trae Young
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	46	21.9	11.0	0.3	2.8	3.1	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.9	4.2	10.0	.419	1.7	4.8	.347	1.0	1.4	.727
difference:	+14	+13.4	+18.6	+0.2	+0.9	+1.2	+7.1	+0.1	+0.4	-3.3	-0.2	+4.9	+10.8	+.018	+1.7	+4.7	+.014	+7.0	+7.9	+.133
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nickeil Alexander-Walker nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Trae Young
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East 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:	+17	+19.9	+22.2	+0.4	+1.6	+2.0	+7.9	+0.4	+0.3	-3.1	-0.2	+7.2	+15.3	+.016	+2.1	+5.3	+.002	+5.9	+6.3	+.237
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
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:		+7.6	+7.0	+0.8	+2.2	+3.0	+4.6		+0.2	-5.4	-0.8	+1.4	+6.8	+.110	+0.6	+2.6	+.216	+4.8	+6.0	+.121
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 6
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Trae Young
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+28	+10.7	+16.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.4	+8.1	+0.7	+0.2	-3.2	-0.3	+4.7	+11.2	+.008	+1.5	+4.2	+.008	+5.3	+6.1	+.075
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Trae Young
Season	2025-26	2024-25
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	27	32.7	20.7	0.9	2.9	3.7	3.4	0.9	0.6	2.2	2.2	7.0	15.4	.457	2.9	7.5	.384	3.8	4.4	.864
difference:	+49	+3.3	+3.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.6	+8.2	+0.3	+0.4	-2.5	-0.3	+0.4	+2.7	+.046		+0.9	+.044	+2.7	+3.0	+.011
Trae Young	76	36.0	24.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	11.6	1.2	0.2	4.7	1.9	7.4	18.1	.411	2.9	8.4	.340	6.5	7.4	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nickeil Alexander-Walker nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 7