Walker Kessler vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks and Walker Kessler, 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.

Walker Kessler played 3 years in the NBA, 10 less than John Starks, who played 13. Walker Kessler had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while John Starks had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
	Walker Kessler	John Starks
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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		%
Walker Kessler	74	23.0	9.2	3.1	5.3	8.4	0.9	0.4	2.3	0.8	2.3	4.0	5.6	.720	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.1	.516
difference:	+38	+14.2	+5.1	+2.7	+4.6	+7.3	+0.1	+0.2	+2.2	-0.3	-1.3	+2.6	+2.1	+.312	+0.3	+0.7		+0.2	+0.7	+.138
John Starks	36	8.8	4.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.5	.408	0.3	0.7	.385	0.9	1.4	.654
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walker Kessler nor John Starks played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.

Additional Years
* John Starks played 10 seasons more than Walker Kessler in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 13, from 1993 to 2002—John Starks played in 7 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Walker Kessler, John Starks got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Sixth Man of the Year 1 All-Star Game