Richard Jefferson vs. Kon Knueppel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kon Knueppel and Richard Jefferson, 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 Jefferson played 17 years in the NBA, 16 more than Kon Knueppel, who played 1. Richard Jefferson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Kon Knueppel had his rookie season in 2025-26. 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 Jefferson	Kon Knueppel
Season	2001-02	2025-26
Team	New Jersey Nets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	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 Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713
difference:	+62	+9.3	+10.0		+2.1	+2.1	+1.1		+0.4	-1.0	-0.3	+3.4	+6.3	+.034	+3.5	+7.8	+.206	+0.3	+1.0	+.187
Kon Knueppel	17	33.6	19.4	1.1	4.7	5.8	2.9	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.4	6.8	13.8	.491	3.7	8.5	.438	2.1	2.4	.900
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550
Kon Knueppel	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-