Payton Pritchard vs. Wes Unseld Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Unseld 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 5 years in the NBA, 8 less than Wes Unseld, who played 13. Payton Pritchard had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Wes Unseld had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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
	Payton Pritchard	Wes Unseld
Season	2020-21	1968-69
Team	Boston Celtics	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost East Div Semis

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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		%
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:	+16	+17.0	+6.1			+15.8	+0.8				-1.8	+2.4	+4.6	+.036				+2.8	+4.9	+.284
Wes Unseld	82	36.2	13.8	-	-	18.2	2.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	10.9	.476	-	-	-	3.4	5.6	.605
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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:	+1	+27.9	+15.4			+16.7	+1.1				-2.7	+6.3	+10.9	+.173				+3.4	+4.4	+.211
Wes Unseld	4	41.3	18.8	-	-	18.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	14.3	.526	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.789

Season 3
	Payton Pritchard	Wes Unseld
Season	2022-23	1970-71
Team	Boston Celtics	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bullets Lost NBA Finals

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3rd 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	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:	+26	+25.8	+8.5			+15.1	+2.7				-2.4	+3.6	+6.3	+.089				+2.4	+3.8	+.093
Wes Unseld	74	39.2	14.1	-	-	16.9	4.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.7	11.4	.501	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.657
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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:	+8	+36.5	+10.0			+18.2	+2.7				-3.0	+4.1	+9.4	+.083				+2.2	+4.0	+.232
Wes Unseld	18	42.2	13.2	-	-	18.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	11.6	.462	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.568

Season 4
	Payton Pritchard	Wes Unseld
Season	2023-24	1971-72
Team	Boston Celtics	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bullets 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		%
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:	+6	+19.4	+3.4			+14.4	+0.3				-1.6	+1.8	+3.1	+.030				+1.7	+2.9	+.192
Wes Unseld	76	41.7	13.0	-	-	17.6	3.7	-	-	-	2.9	5.4	10.8	.498	-	-	-	2.3	3.6	.629
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
difference:	+13	+25.6	+5.9			+10.6	+2.1				-2.5	+3.0	+5.3	+.073				+1.1	+2.6	+.391
Wes Unseld	6	44.3	12.3	-	-	12.5	4.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	10.8	.492	-	-	-	1.7	3.2	.526

Season 5
	Payton Pritchard	Wes Unseld
Season	2024-25	1972-73
Team	Boston Celtics	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Bullets 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		%
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	+10.7	+1.8			+12.1	+0.9				-0.6	+0.2		+.021				+1.0	+1.6	+.142
Wes Unseld	79	39.1	12.5	-	-	15.9	4.4	-	-	-	2.1	5.3	10.8	.493	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	.703
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:	+6	+12.7	+2.1			+12.9	+1.9				-0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+.038				+0.5	+2.3	+.350
Wes Unseld	5	40.2	9.8	-	-	15.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	4.0	9.6	.417	-	-	-	1.8	3.8	.474

Additional Years
* Wes Unseld played 8 seasons more than Payton Pritchard in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 1974 to 1981—Wes Unseld played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Payton Pritchard, Wes Unseld got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Rebounds Leader 1 All-Star Game