Toby Knight vs. Payton Pritchard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Payton Pritchard and Toby Knight, 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.

Toby Knight and Payton Pritchard both played 4 years in the NBA. Toby Knight had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Payton Pritchard had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
Toby Knight 4 1 1977-78 to 1981-82
Payton Pritchard 4 4 2020-21 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Toby Knight Payton Pritchard
Season 1977-782020-21
Team New York KnicksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Conf SemisCeltics 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 %
Toby Knight 80 14.6 6.3 1.5 2.5 4.0 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.2 2.6 2.8 5.8 .477 - - - 0.8 1.2 .649
Payton Pritchard 66 19.2 7.7 0.5 1.9 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.6 2.8 6.3 .440 1.5 3.8 .411 0.6 0.7 .889
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Toby Knight 6 8.0 2.7 1.5 1.7 3.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.5 1.5 1.0 3.3 .300 - - - 0.7 1.3 .500
Payton Pritchard 5 13.4 3.4 0.4 1.4 1.8 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.8 1.2 3.4 .353 0.6 2.0 .300 0.4 0.4 1.000

Season 2
Toby Knight Payton Pritchard
Season 1978-792021-22
Team New York KnicksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics Lost NBA Finals
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Toby Knight 82 32.5 16.6 2.5 4.2 6.7 1.5 0.7 0.7 2.0 3.8 7.4 14.3 .519 - - - 1.8 2.5 .704
Payton Pritchard 71 14.1 6.2 0.5 1.4 1.9 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.9 2.3 5.3 .429 1.4 3.5 .412 0.3 0.3 1.000
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Toby Knight ------- --- ----------
Payton Pritchard 24 12.9 4.8 0.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.8 4.3 .422 1.0 3.0 .333 0.2 0.3 .667

Season 3
Toby Knight Payton Pritchard
Season 1979-802022-23
Team New York KnicksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics Lost East Conf Finals
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Toby Knight 81 36.4 19.1 2.5 3.6 6.1 1.9 1.4 1.1 2.0 3.7 8.3 15.6 .529 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.2 .808
Payton Pritchard 48 13.4 5.6 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.8 2.1 5.1 .412 1.2 3.2 .364 0.3 0.3 .750
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Toby Knight ------- --- ----------
Payton Pritchard 10 5.7 3.2 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.2 2.2 .545 0.4 1.0 .400 0.4 0.5 .800

Note: Toby Knight didn't play in 1980-81.

Season 4
Toby Knight Payton Pritchard
Season 1981-822023-24
Team New York KnicksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics TBD
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Toby Knight 40 13.8 5.5 0.8 1.2 2.1 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.9 2.6 4.6 .557 0.0 0.0 - 0.4 0.6 .680
Payton Pritchard 82 22.3 9.6 0.9 2.4 3.2 3.4 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.3 3.6 7.7 .468 1.8 4.7 .385 0.6 0.7 .821
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Toby Knight ------- --- ----------
Payton Pritchard 14 20.9 7.5 0.9 1.3 2.1 2.3 0.2 0.0 0.8 1.1 2.6 5.5 .481 1.4 3.1 .455 0.8 0.9 .917
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