Taurean Prince vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Taurean Prince, 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.

Taurean Prince played 9 years in the NBA, 3 less than James Worthy, who played 12. Taurean Prince had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
	Taurean Prince	James Worthy
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Taurean Prince	59	16.6	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.7	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.0	1.6	1.9	4.8	.400	0.6	1.7	.324	1.3	1.6	.787
difference:	+18	+9.0	+7.7	+1.6	+0.9	+2.5	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	-1.3	-1.3	+3.9	+5.2	+.179	+0.6	+1.6	+.074	+0.5	+1.3	+.163
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	6	31.2	11.2	1.2	4.2	5.3	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	4.8	8.7	.558	0.7	2.3	.286	0.8	0.8	1.000
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Taurean Prince	James Worthy
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Taurean Prince	55	28.2	13.5	0.4	3.2	3.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.8	2.6	4.8	10.8	.441	2.2	5.7	.390	1.7	2.1	.819
difference:	+25	+5.5	+4.1	+1.7	+1.1	+2.8	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-0.1	+2.8	+2.5	+.131	+2.2	+5.6	+.390	+0.7	+1.0	+.043
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Season 4
	Taurean Prince	James Worthy
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Taurean Prince	64	29.0	12.1	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.8	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.5	4.3	11.5	.376	2.3	6.7	.339	1.1	1.4	.798
difference:	+11	+3.7	+7.9	+1.0	+1.9	+0.8	+0.9	+0.2	+0.6		-0.1	+4.1	+3.0	+.203	+2.3	+6.5	+.339	+2.1	+2.8	+.027
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 5
	Taurean Prince	James Worthy
Season	2020-21	1986-87
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Taurean Prince	41	22.1	9.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.9	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	3.2	8.0	.401	1.5	3.8	.400	1.6	1.9	.855
difference:	+41	+12.3	+9.9	+1.4	+0.8	+2.2	+0.9	+0.6	+0.4	-0.9	-0.7	+4.7	+6.7	+.138	+1.5	+3.6	+.400	+2.0	+2.8	+.104
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753

Season 6
	Taurean Prince	James Worthy
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Taurean Prince	69	17.1	7.3	0.4	2.1	2.5	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.6	5.7	.454	1.2	3.3	.376	0.9	1.2	.756
difference:	+6	+18.3	+12.4	+1.3	+1.2	+2.5	+2.9	+0.3	+0.4	-1.3	-0.6	+5.6	+9.8	+.077	+1.2	+3.1	+.251	+2.3	+2.9	+.040
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	5	13.0	6.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.0	5.4	.370	0.8	2.8	.286	1.2	1.4	.857
difference:	+19	+24.3	+15.1	+2.0	+2.2	+4.2	+3.2	+1.0	+0.6	-1.5	-1.4	+6.5	+10.9	+.153	+0.8	+2.4	+.175	+2.8	+3.9	+.099
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758

Season 7
	Taurean Prince	James Worthy
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Taurean Prince	54	22.1	9.1	0.3	2.2	2.4	1.6	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	.467	1.4	3.6	.381	1.2	1.4	.844
difference:	+27	+14.4	+11.4	+1.8	+1.8	+3.6	+2.0	+0.8	+0.4	-0.9	-0.1	+5.4	+8.8	+.081	+1.4	+3.3	+.294	+1.9	+2.6	+.062
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	5	20.0	7.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.4	6.6	.364	1.6	4.2	.381	1.4	1.8	.778
difference:	+10	+20.0	+17.0	+1.9	+3.5	+5.3	+2.0	+0.6	+0.9	-1.2	-0.6	+7.8	+11.4	+.203	+1.4	+3.7	+.006	+2.8	+3.5	+.010
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788

Season 8
	Taurean Prince	James Worthy
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Taurean Prince	78	27.0	8.9	0.3	2.7	2.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.2	7.3	.442	1.8	4.6	.396	0.6	0.9	.735
difference:	+2	+10.0	+12.2	+1.7	+1.3	+3.1	+2.1	+0.5	+0.2	-1.1	-0.5	+5.7	+8.9	+.106	+1.6	+4.0	+.090	+2.5	+3.1	+.047
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	5	22.2	7.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.8	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	3.4	.294	1.6	1.6	1.000
difference:	+4	+18.5	+16.8	+1.0	+2.1	+3.2	+2.4	+1.4	+0.1	-2.2	-0.2	+7.6	+14.3	+.083	+0.8	+2.5	+.044	+2.4	+3.2	+.163
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837

Season 9
	Taurean Prince	James Worthy
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Taurean Prince	80	27.1	8.2	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.1	2.9	6.4	.457	1.8	4.2	.439	0.5	0.6	.813
difference:	+2	+11.5	+13.2	+1.0		+1.0	+1.6	+0.3	+0.2	-0.6	-0.6	+6.3	+12.3	+.035	+1.5	+3.0	+.150	+2.2	+2.8	+.016
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	5	12.2	1.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.4	2.0	.200	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+13	+28.5	+19.9	+1.4	+1.7	+3.1	+2.3	+0.7	+0.1	-1.2	-1.3	+8.5	+17.2	+.265	+0.2	+0.5	+.055	+2.9	+4.0
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736

Additional Years
* James Worthy played 3 seasons more than Taurean Prince in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 12, from 1992 to 1994—James Worthy played in one postseason. In those 3 extra years over Taurean Prince, James Worthy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game