Richard Hamilton vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall and Richard Hamilton, 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.

Richard Hamilton played 14 years in the NBA, 3 more than John Wall, who played 11. Richard Hamilton had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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
	Richard Hamilton	John Wall
Season	1999-00	2010-11
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Richard Hamilton	71	19.3	9.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.0	3.6	8.5	.420	0.4	1.1	.364	1.5	1.9	.774
difference:	+2	+18.5	+7.4		+2.8	+2.8	+6.8	+1.4	+0.4	-2.6	-0.5	+2.2	+5.6	+.011	+0.1	+0.6	+.068	+2.9	+3.8	+.008
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 Richard Hamilton nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Richard Hamilton	John Wall
Season	2002-03	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Richard Hamilton	82	32.2	19.7	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.5	0.8	0.2	2.4	3.0	7.0	15.7	.443	0.4	1.5	.269	5.4	6.4	.833
difference:		+4.1	+0.4	+0.6	+0.8	+0.2	+6.3	+1.0	+0.3	-1.2	-0.3	+0.1	+0.6	+.010	+0.9	+2.3	+.082	+1.5	+1.6	+.028
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		%
Richard Hamilton	17	38.7	22.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.1	3.4	3.0	7.9	17.8	.442	0.5	1.6	.333	6.2	6.9	.906
difference:	+6	+0.5	+6.2	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+4.5	+0.8	+0.6	-0.1	-0.4	+2.4	+2.9	+.076	+0.1	+1.3	+.114	+1.5	+0.7	+.141
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
	Richard Hamilton	John Wall
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Richard Hamilton	78	35.5	17.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.8	6.8	14.9	.455	0.2	0.9	.265	3.8	4.4	.868
difference:	+1	+0.4		+0.5	+1.6	+1.0	+6.0	+0.4	+0.4	-1.1	-0.5	+0.2	+0.1	+.010	+0.6	+1.8	+.035	+0.2	+0.2	+.083
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		%
Richard Hamilton	23	40.6	21.5	1.4	3.2	4.6	4.2	1.2	0.0	3.1	3.1	7.9	17.6	.447	0.7	1.7	.385	5.1	6.0	.848
difference:	+16	+1.6	+4.1	+0.7	+0.8	+0.1	+7.7	+0.2	+1.4	-0.8	-1.2	+1.8	+1.9	+.056	+0.3	+0.7	+.209	+0.4	+0.4	+.002
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
	Richard Hamilton	John Wall
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA 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		%
Richard Hamilton	76	38.5	18.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	4.9	1.0	0.2	2.9	3.1	6.7	15.3	.440	0.5	1.6	.305	4.8	5.6	.858
difference:	+1	+2.3	+1.2	+0.5	+1.5	+1.0	+5.3	+0.9	+0.6	-1.2	-1.0	+0.7	+2.2	+.016	+1.0	+2.7	+.046	+1.3	+1.1	+.067
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		%
Richard Hamilton	25	43.2	20.0	1.2	3.1	4.3	4.3	0.8	0.1	3.1	3.2	7.9	17.5	.453	0.4	1.4	.294	3.8	4.8	.798
John Wall	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Richard Hamilton	John Wall
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Richard Hamilton	80	35.3	20.1	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.6	8.1	16.5	.491	0.7	1.5	.458	3.2	3.8	.845
difference:	+2	+1.1	+3.0	+0.3	+1.2	+1.0	+7.3	+1.3	+0.4	-1.9	-0.7	+0.2	+1.9	+.040	+0.4	+2.0	+.131	+2.2	+3.0	+.044
John Wall	78	36.4	23.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1	1.9	8.3	18.4	.451	1.1	3.5	.327	5.4	6.8	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Hamilton	18	38.3	20.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	2.7	0.9	0.3	2.2	3.3	7.1	17.2	.413	0.8	2.2	.350	5.4	6.3	.851
difference:	+5	+0.7	+6.8	+0.4	+1.2	+0.8	+7.6	+0.8	+0.9	-2.0	-1.3	+2.7	+4.4	+.039	+0.8	+2.5	+.006	+0.6	+0.9	+.012
John Wall	13	39.0	27.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.3	1.7	1.2	4.2	2.0	9.8	21.6	.452	1.6	4.7	.344	6.0	7.2	.839

Season 8
	Richard Hamilton	John Wall
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Hamilton	75	36.8	19.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.1	3.1	7.3	15.6	.468	0.6	1.7	.341	4.6	5.4	.861
difference:	+34	+2.4	+0.4	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	+5.8	+0.6	+0.9	-1.8	-1.1	+0.5	+0.7	+.048	+0.9	+2.4	+.030	+0.3	+0.5	+.135
John Wall	41	34.4	19.4	0.5	3.1	3.7	9.6	1.4	1.1	3.9	2.0	6.8	16.3	.420	1.5	4.1	.371	4.3	5.9	.726
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Hamilton	16	39.9	18.8	2.0	2.3	4.3	3.8	0.9	0.1	1.9	3.8	6.8	15.8	.429	0.5	1.3	.400	4.8	5.6	.865
difference:	+10	+0.9	+7.2	+1.5	+2.9	+1.4	+7.7	+1.4	+1.2	-2.6	-1.1	+2.5	+5.4	+.012	+0.2	+2.2	+.210	+1.9	+2.2	+.014
John Wall	6	39.0	26.0	0.5	5.2	5.7	11.5	2.3	1.3	4.5	2.7	9.3	21.2	.441	0.7	3.5	.190	6.7	7.8	.851

Season 9
	Richard Hamilton	John Wall
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Hamilton	72	33.7	17.3	1.0	2.2	3.3	4.2	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.4	6.9	14.3	.484	0.9	2.0	.440	2.6	3.1	.833
difference:	+40	+0.8	+3.4	+0.5	+1.0	+0.3	+4.5	+0.5	+0.8	-2.0	-0.2	+0.8	+3.0	+.040	+0.7	+3.3	+.138	+1.2	+2.4	+.136
John Wall	32	34.5	20.7	0.5	3.2	3.6	8.7	1.5	0.9	3.8	2.2	7.7	17.3	.444	1.6	5.3	.302	3.8	5.5	.697
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Hamilton	17	38.6	21.6	1.1	3.1	4.2	3.9	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.8	7.9	16.8	.470	0.5	1.5	.308	5.4	5.9	.911
John Wall	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2019-20.

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2021-22.