Walker Kessler vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young 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 4 years in the NBA, 4 less than Trae Young, who played 8. Walker Kessler had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Trae Young
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+7	+7.9	+9.9	+2.3	+2.4	+4.7	+7.2	+0.5	+2.1	-3.0	-0.6	+2.5	+9.9	+.302	+1.9	+6.0		+3.1	+3.0	+.313
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walker Kessler nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Walker Kessler	Trae Young
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	64	23.3	8.1	2.6	4.9	7.5	0.9	0.5	2.4	1.0	2.1	3.6	5.5	.654	0.1	0.3	.211	0.9	1.5	.602
difference:	+4	+12.0	+21.5	+2.1	+1.2	+3.2	+8.4	+0.6	+2.3	-3.8	-0.4	+5.5	+15.3	+.217	+3.3	+9.2	+.150	+7.1	+7.8	+.258
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walker Kessler nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Walker Kessler	Trae Young
Season	2025-26	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Walker Kessler	5	30.8	14.4	4.6	6.2	10.8	3.0	1.4	1.8	3.2	4.4	5.2	7.4	.703	1.2	1.6	.750	2.8	4.0	.700
difference:	+71	+4.1	+14.0	+3.9	+3.1	+7.1	+6.7	+0.5	+1.7	-0.8	-2.7	+4.2	+12.9	+.243	+1.9	+6.4	+.368	+3.8	+3.3	+.204
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walker Kessler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Additional Years
* Trae Young played 4 seasons more than Walker Kessler in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 8, from 2023 to 2026—Trae Young played in one postseason. In those 4 extra years over Walker Kessler, Trae Young got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Assists Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 2 All-Star Game