Payton Pritchard vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker 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.

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, 6 less than Kemba Walker, who played 12. Payton Pritchard had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Kemba Walker had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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.

Season 4
	Payton Pritchard	Kemba Walker
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
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:	+20	+11.9	+7.7	+0.3	+0.6	+0.3	+1.7	+0.9	+0.4	-0.9	-0.2	+2.5	+8.1	+.083	+0.4	+0.2	+.081	+3.2	+3.9	+.006
Kemba Walker	62	34.2	17.3	0.6	3.0	3.5	5.1	1.4	0.5	1.6	1.5	6.1	15.8	.385	1.4	4.5	.304	3.8	4.6	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Payton Pritchard	Kemba Walker
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Hornets Lost East 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		%
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:	+1	+7.2	+6.6	+0.6	+1.1	+0.6	+1.7	+0.7	+0.3	-1.1	-0.1	+1.9	+5.6	+.045	+1.0	+1.8	+.036	+3.7	+4.3	+.002
Kemba Walker	81	35.6	20.9	0.7	3.7	4.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.4	7.0	16.4	.427	2.2	6.0	.371	4.6	5.4	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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:	+4	+9.6	+10.8	+0.4	+1.1	+0.7	+2.5	+0.8	+0.6	-0.9	-0.3	+3.9	+12.9	+.089	+0.5		+.077	+3.4	+3.5	+.119
Kemba Walker	7	37.1	22.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	1.3	0.6	1.7	1.4	8.0	21.9	.366	2.0	6.1	.326	4.7	5.0	.943

Season 6
	Payton Pritchard	Kemba Walker
Season	2025-26	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Payton Pritchard	23	32.1	17.2	1.1	3.2	4.3	4.9	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.8	6.3	14.1	.448	2.7	8.0	.339	1.9	2.2	.860
difference:	+56	+2.6	+6.0	+0.5	+0.1	+0.4	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	-0.8	-0.3	+1.8	+4.2	+.004	+0.3	+0.4	+.060	+1.9	+2.3	+.013
Kemba Walker	79	34.7	23.2	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.5	8.1	18.3	.444	3.0	7.6	.399	3.8	4.5	.847
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Payton Pritchard nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Kemba Walker played 6 seasons more than Payton Pritchard in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 12, from 2018 to 2023—Kemba Walker played in two Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Payton Pritchard, Kemba Walker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game