Rui Hachimura vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker and Rui Hachimura, 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.

Rui Hachimura played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Kemba Walker, who played 12. Rui Hachimura had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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.

Rookie Season
	Rui Hachimura	Kemba Walker
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Rui Hachimura	48	30.1	13.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.3	11.4	.466	0.5	1.8	.287	2.4	2.9	.829
difference:	+18	+2.9	+1.4	+1.1	+1.4	+2.6	+2.6	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-1.0	+1.0	+0.2	+.100	+0.5	+1.6	+.018	+0.1	+0.3	+.040
Kemba Walker	66	27.2	12.1	0.5	3.1	3.5	4.4	0.9	0.3	1.8	1.2	4.3	11.6	.366	1.0	3.4	.305	2.5	3.2	.789
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rui Hachimura nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Rui Hachimura	Kemba Walker
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Rui Hachimura	68	26.9	13.6	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	5.3	9.9	.537	1.4	3.4	.422	1.5	2.0	.739
difference:	+13	+8.7	+7.3	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	+4.0	+1.0	+0.1	-1.4	-0.1	+1.7	+6.5	+.110	+0.8	+2.6	+.051	+3.1	+3.4	+.108
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		%
Rui Hachimura	5	30.4	7.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.395	1.0	2.8	.357	0.8	1.6	.500
difference:	+2	+6.7	+14.9	+0.8		+0.8	+3.2	+1.3	+0.6	-1.3	-0.2	+5.0	+14.3	+.029	+1.0	+3.3	+.031	+3.9	+3.4	+.443
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
	Rui Hachimura	Kemba Walker
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rui Hachimura	59	31.7	13.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.0	9.8	.509	1.7	4.2	.413	1.5	1.9	.770
difference:	+20	+3.0	+10.1	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+4.1	+0.3	+0.1	-1.3	-0.3	+3.1	+8.5	+.065	+1.3	+3.4	+.014	+2.3	+2.6	+.077
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	5	36.4	14.8	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.4	5.6	11.4	.491	3.0	6.2	.484	0.6	0.6	1.000
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Rui Hachimura	Kemba Walker
Season	2025-26	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Rui Hachimura	24	32.9	13.3	0.8	3.0	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.8	5.1	9.6	.532	1.9	4.2	.460	1.1	1.5	.750
difference:	+56	+1.3	+8.8	+0.4	+0.3	+0.8	+4.8	+0.6	+0.1	-1.3	-0.6	+2.3	+7.4	+.101	+1.0	+3.3	+.076	+3.4	+3.8	+.114
Kemba Walker	80	34.2	22.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.2	7.4	17.0	.431	2.9	7.5	.384	4.5	5.3	.864
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rui Hachimura nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years
* Kemba Walker played 5 seasons more than Rui Hachimura in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 12, from 2019 to 2023—Kemba Walker played in two Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Rui Hachimura, Kemba Walker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game