Rory Sparrow vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall and Rory Sparrow, 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.

Rory Sparrow played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than John Wall, who played 11. Rory Sparrow had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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 achivements, 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
Rory Sparrow	12	5	1980-81 to 1991-92
John Wall	11	4	2010-11 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Rory Sparrow	John Wall
Season	1980-81	2010-11
Team	New Jersey Nets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	15	14.1	3.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.1	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.0	1.5	4.2	.349	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.750
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rory Sparrow	John Wall
Season	1981-82	2011-12
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	82	31.8	10.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.2	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.9	4.5	8.9	.501	0.0	0.2	.067	1.5	1.8	.838
John Wall	66	36.2	16.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	8.0	1.4	0.9	3.9	2.1	5.7	13.5	.423	0.0	0.6	.071	4.8	6.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	2	34.5	7.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rory Sparrow	John Wall
Season	1982-83	2012-13
Team	Atlanta Hawks, New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	81	30.0	11.6	0.8	2.1	2.8	4.9	1.3	0.1	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.484	0.1	0.3	.227	1.8	2.5	.739
John Wall	49	32.7	18.5	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.6	1.3	0.8	3.2	2.4	6.6	15.0	.441	0.2	0.9	.267	5.0	6.2	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	6	33.7	13.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	7.0	1.2	0.0	2.2	3.0	5.0	11.8	.423	0.2	0.8	.200	2.8	3.5	.810
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rory Sparrow	John Wall
Season	1983-84	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	79	30.8	10.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	6.8	1.3	0.1	2.7	2.9	4.4	9.3	.474	0.1	0.5	.256	1.4	1.7	.824
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		%
Rory Sparrow	12	32.4	11.2	0.8	1.3	2.2	7.2	1.0	0.1	2.5	3.4	4.5	10.1	.446	0.2	0.5	.333	2.0	2.5	.800
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
	Rory Sparrow	John Wall
Season	1984-85	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	79	29.0	9.9	0.5	1.7	2.1	7.1	1.0	0.1	1.9	2.5	4.1	8.4	.492	0.1	0.4	.226	1.5	1.8	.865
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		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rory Sparrow	John Wall
Season	1985-86	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	74	31.7	10.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.4	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.5	4.7	9.8	.477	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.7	.795
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		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rory Sparrow	John Wall
Season	1986-87	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	80	24.4	7.6	0.4	1.1	1.4	5.4	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.0	3.3	7.4	.446	0.1	0.5	.262	0.9	1.1	.798
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		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rory Sparrow	John Wall
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	58	18.0	4.5	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.9	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	2.0	5.1	.399	0.0	0.2	.154	0.4	0.6	.727
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		%
Rory Sparrow	7	15.1	3.7	0.0	0.4	0.4	2.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.6	1.4	4.6	.313	0.3	0.6	.500	0.6	0.9	.667
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
	Rory Sparrow	John Wall
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	80	32.7	12.5	0.7	2.0	2.7	5.4	1.3	0.2	2.6	2.1	5.6	12.3	.452	0.2	0.9	.243	1.2	1.3	.879
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		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Rory Sparrow	John Wall
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	82	21.4	5.9	0.5	1.2	1.7	3.6	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.7	2.6	6.2	.412	0.1	0.5	.200	0.7	0.9	.766
John Wall	40	32.2	20.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	6.9	1.1	0.8	3.5	1.2	7.3	18.2	.404	2.0	6.2	.317	4.0	5.3	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Rory Sparrow	John Wall
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	80	29.7	10.4	0.6	1.8	2.3	4.5	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.4	4.6	9.5	.491	0.4	1.0	.397	0.7	1.0	.699
John Wall	34	22.2	11.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.2	0.8	0.4	2.4	1.7	4.1	9.9	.408	1.0	3.2	.303	2.3	3.3	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Rory Sparrow	John Wall
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	46	10.6	2.8	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.2	1.3	3.3	.384	0.1	0.3	.200	0.2	0.3	.615
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	3	5.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rory Sparrow vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall and Rory Sparrow, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12