Payton Pritchard vs. Dolph Schayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dolph Schayes and Payton Pritchard, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Payton Pritchard played 6 years in the NBA, 9 less than Dolph Schayes, who played 15. Payton Pritchard had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Dolph Schayes had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Payton Pritchard 6 5 2020-21 to 2025-26
Dolph Schayes 15 14 1949-50 to 1963-64

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Payton Pritchard Dolph Schayes
Season 2020-211949-50
Team Boston CelticsSyracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs Celtics Lost East Conf 1st RdNationals Lost NBA Finals
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+2+9.1+2.2-1.9+2.6+7.8+.055+5.3+6.9+.115
Dolph Schayes 64 - 16.8 - - - 4.0 - - - 3.5 5.4 14.1 .385 - - - 5.9 7.6 .774
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+6+13.7+0.1-3.1+4.0+10.1+.032+6.3+8.8+.267
Dolph Schayes 11 - 17.1 - - - 2.5 - - - 3.9 5.2 13.5 .385 - - - 6.7 9.2 .733

Season 2
Payton Pritchard Dolph Schayes
Season 2021-221950-51
Team Boston CelticsSyracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Second Team
-Achievement Rebounds Leader
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Celtics Lost NBA FinalsNationals Lost East Div Finals
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+5+10.8+14.5+1.8-3.2+2.7+8.8+.072+6.6+8.9+.248
Dolph Schayes 66 - 17.0 - - 16.4 3.8 - - - 4.1 5.0 14.1 .357 - - - 6.9 9.2 .752
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+17+15.6+12.7+1.3-3.0+4.9+10.7+.026+6.8+8.8+.099
Dolph Schayes 7 - 20.4 - - 14.6 2.9 - - - 4.0 6.7 15.0 .448 - - - 7.0 9.1 .766

Season 3
Payton Pritchard Dolph Schayes
Season 2022-231951-52
Team Boston CelticsSyracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Celtics Lost East Conf FinalsNationals Lost East Div Finals
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Payton Pritchard 48 13.4 5.6 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.8 2.1 5.1 .412 1.2 3.2 .364 0.3 0.3 .750
difference:+15+18.4+8.2+10.5+1.6-2.6+2.1+6.6+.057+5.1+6.4+.057
Dolph Schayes 63 31.8 13.8 - - 12.3 2.9 - - - 3.4 4.2 11.7 .355 - - - 5.4 6.7 .807
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Payton Pritchard 10 5.7 3.2 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.2 2.2 .545 0.4 1.0 .400 0.4 0.5 .800
difference:+3+29.7+17.1+12.3+1.0-4.6+4.7+10.8+.094+8.2+10.6+.031
Dolph Schayes 7 35.4 20.3 - - 12.9 2.1 - - - 4.9 5.9 13.0 .451 - - - 8.6 11.1 .769

Season 4
Payton Pritchard Dolph Schayes
Season 2023-241952-53
Team Boston CelticsSyracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionNationals Lost East Div Semis
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Payton Pritchard 82 22.3 9.6 0.9 2.4 3.2 3.4 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.3 3.6 7.7 .468 1.8 4.7 .385 0.6 0.7 .821
difference:+11+15.3+8.2+9.8+0.2-2.5+1.7+6.4+.094+6.6+8.0+.006
Dolph Schayes 71 37.6 17.8 - - 13.0 3.2 - - - 3.8 5.3 14.1 .374 - - - 7.2 8.7 .827
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Payton Pritchard 19 18.7 6.4 0.7 1.2 1.9 2.1 0.2 0.0 0.7 1.2 2.3 5.5 .419 1.2 3.2 .383 0.6 0.6 .917
difference:+17+10.3+2.6+6.6+1.6-2.3+0.3+2.5+.169+4.4+5.9+.148
Dolph Schayes 2 29.0 9.0 - - 8.5 0.5 - - - 3.5 2.0 8.0 .250 - - - 5.0 6.5 .769

Season 5
Payton Pritchard Dolph Schayes
Season 2024-251953-54
Team Boston CelticsSyracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA First Team
Achievement Sixth Man of the Year-
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Celtics Lost East Conf SemisNationals Lost NBA Finals
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Payton Pritchard 80 28.4 14.3 1.3 2.6 3.8 3.5 0.9 0.2 1.0 1.5 5.1 10.8 .472 3.2 7.8 .407 0.9 1.1 .845
difference:+8+8.5+2.8+8.3+0.5-1.7+2.7+.092+5.9+7.1+.018
Dolph Schayes 72 36.9 17.1 - - 12.1 3.0 - - - 3.2 5.1 13.5 .380 - - - 6.8 8.2 .827
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Payton Pritchard 11 27.5 11.9 0.8 1.5 2.3 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.8 1.7 4.1 9.0 .455 2.5 6.1 .403 1.3 1.5 .824
difference:+2+1.3+4.1+8.2+0.3-1.4+0.8+1.8+.002+4.9+6.8+.083
Dolph Schayes 13 28.8 16.0 - - 10.5 1.8 - - - 3.1 4.9 10.8 .457 - - - 6.2 8.3 .741

Season 6
Payton Pritchard Dolph Schayes
Season 2025-261954-55
Team Boston CelticsSyracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayNBA Champion NBA Champion
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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Payton Pritchard 18 32.5 16.6 1.1 3.3 4.3 4.9 0.7 0.1 1.3 1.8 6.0 13.4 .448 2.7 7.8 .340 1.9 2.3 .833
difference:+54+2.6+1.9+8.0+1.9-1.6+0.1+1.9+.065+4.9+5.9
Dolph Schayes 72 35.1 18.5 - - 12.3 3.0 - - - 3.4 5.9 15.3 .383 - - - 6.8 8.2 .833
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Payton Pritchard DNP------ --- ----------
Dolph Schayes 11 33.0 19.0 - - 12.8 3.6 - - - 4.4 5.5 15.2 .359 - - - 8.1 9.6 .840

Additional Years

* Dolph Schayes played 9 seasons more than Payton Pritchard in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 7 to 15, from 1956 to 1964—Dolph Schayes played in 8 Playoffs.

In those 9 extra years over Payton Pritchard, Dolph Schayes got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 2 All-NBA First Team
Achievement 4 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 7 All-Star Game
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