T.J. McConnell vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace and T.J. McConnell, 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.

T.J. McConnell played 11 years in the NBA, 5 less than Rasheed Wallace, who played 16. T.J. McConnell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Rasheed Wallace had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
	T.J. McConnell	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2015-16	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets
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		%
T.J. McConnell	81	19.8	6.1	0.5	2.6	3.1	4.5	1.2	0.1	1.7	1.4	2.7	5.7	.470	0.4	1.1	.348	0.3	0.5	.634
difference:	+16	+7.7	+4.0	+0.9	+0.6	+1.6	+3.2	+0.6	+0.7	-0.1	-1.8	+1.5	+3.0	+.017		+0.2	+.019	+0.9	+1.3	+.016
Rasheed Wallace	65	27.5	10.1	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.6	3.2	4.2	8.7	.487	0.4	1.3	.329	1.2	1.8	.650
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher T.J. McConnell nor Rasheed Wallace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	T.J. McConnell	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2019-20	1999-00
Team	Indiana Pacers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
T.J. McConnell	71	18.7	6.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	5.0	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.0	3.0	5.8	.516	0.1	0.2	.294	0.5	0.6	.833
difference:	+10	+16.4	+9.9	+1.1	+3.3	+4.3	+3.2	+0.3	+1.1	-0.5	-1.7	+3.7	+7.1	+.003		+0.4	+.134	+2.4	+3.5	+.129
Rasheed Wallace	81	35.1	16.4	1.6	5.4	7.0	1.8	1.1	1.3	1.9	2.7	6.7	12.9	.519	0.1	0.6	.160	2.9	4.1	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.J. McConnell	3	9.3	2.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.7	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
difference:	+13	+28.6	+15.6	+1.9	+2.5	+4.4	+0.5	+0.9	+1.3	-0.7	-2.0	+5.9	+11.4	+.114	+0.5	+0.8		+3.3	+4.0	+.273
Rasheed Wallace	16	37.9	17.9	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.8	0.9	1.3	1.4	3.3	6.9	14.1	.489	0.5	0.8	.615	3.6	4.7	.773

Season 6
	T.J. McConnell	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2020-21	2000-01
Team	Indiana Pacers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
T.J. McConnell	69	26.0	8.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	6.6	1.9	0.3	2.0	1.6	4.0	7.1	.559	0.2	0.7	.313	0.5	0.7	.688
difference:	+8	+12.2	+10.6	+1.1	+3.0	+4.1	+3.8	+0.7	+1.5	-0.1	-1.1	+3.7	+8.2	+.058	+0.5	+1.4	+.008	+2.7	+3.5	+.078
Rasheed Wallace	77	38.2	19.2	1.9	5.9	7.8	2.8	1.2	1.8	2.1	2.7	7.7	15.3	.501	0.7	2.1	.321	3.2	4.2	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	3	42.7	16.7	1.7	6.3	8.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	6.3	17.0	.373	1.3	3.7	.364	2.7	4.7	.571

Season 9
	T.J. McConnell	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2023-24	2003-04
Team	Indiana Pacers	Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	NBA 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		%
T.J. McConnell	71	18.2	10.2	0.5	2.2	2.7	5.5	1.0	0.1	1.5	1.1	4.6	8.4	.556	0.3	0.6	.409	0.7	0.9	.790
difference:	+3	+16.9	+5.8	+1.0	+3.1	+4.1	+3.2	+0.1	+1.7	-0.3	-1.7	+1.7	+5.9	+.120	+0.9	+3.0	+.078	+1.6	+2.2	+.054
Rasheed Wallace	68	35.1	16.0	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.3	0.9	1.8	1.8	2.8	6.3	14.3	.436	1.2	3.6	.331	2.3	3.1	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.J. McConnell	17	20.5	11.8	0.6	2.4	3.1	5.1	0.9	0.1	1.2	1.5	5.3	10.9	.486	0.4	1.5	.269	0.8	0.9	.867
difference:	+6	+14.5	+1.2	+1.4	+3.3	+4.7	+3.5	+0.3	+1.9	-0.7	-1.9	+0.2	+1.5	+.073	+0.3	+1.5	+.026	+1.2	+1.7	+.100
Rasheed Wallace	23	35.0	13.0	2.0	5.7	7.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	3.4	5.1	12.4	.413	0.7	3.0	.243	2.0	2.6	.767

Season 11
	T.J. McConnell	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2025-26	2005-06
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.J. McConnell	21	16.8	9.8	0.3	2.2	2.5	4.5	1.1	0.2	1.1	1.1	4.6	8.2	.555	0.3	1.0	.333	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:	+59	+18.0	+5.3	+0.8	+3.5	+4.3	+2.2	+0.1	+1.4		-1.8	+1.1	+5.1	+.125	+1.6	+4.4	+.024	+1.4	+2.0	+.257
Rasheed Wallace	80	34.8	15.1	1.1	5.7	6.8	2.3	1.0	1.6	1.1	2.9	5.7	13.3	.430	1.9	5.4	.357	1.7	2.3	.743
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	18	34.9	14.1	0.9	5.4	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	3.6	5.3	12.4	.430	1.8	4.4	.405	1.6	3.1	.527

Additional Years
* Rasheed Wallace played 5 seasons more than T.J. McConnell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 16, from 2007 to 2013—Rasheed Wallace played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over T.J. McConnell, Rasheed Wallace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game