Wally Walker vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Wally Walker, 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.

Wally Walker played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Trae Young, who played 6. Wally Walker had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Wally Walker	Trae Young
Season	1976-77	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wally Walker	66	9.5	5.2	0.7	1.0	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	4.6	.449	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.670
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wally Walker	10	8.3	4.3	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	3.6	.556	-	-	-	0.3	0.7	.429
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Wally Walker	Trae Young
Season	1977-78	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wally Walker	77	14.3	6.3	1.1	1.7	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.6	6.0	.443	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.625
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wally Walker	20	13.1	4.7	1.0	0.9	1.9	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.9	2.6	1.8	4.3	.424	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.808
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Wally Walker	Trae Young
Season	1978-79	2020-21
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Wally Walker	60	16.2	6.6	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.2	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.8	5.7	.490	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.604
Trae Young	63	33.7	25.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	9.4	0.8	0.2	4.1	1.8	7.7	17.7	.438	2.2	6.3	.343	7.7	8.7	.886
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wally Walker	13	6.5	1.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.5	1.2	.375	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.500
Trae Young	16	37.7	28.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	9.5	1.3	0.0	4.0	2.2	9.4	22.4	.418	2.8	9.0	.313	7.3	8.4	.866

Season 4
	Wally Walker	Trae Young
Season	1979-80	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
Wally Walker	70	12.1	4.7	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.5	2.0	3.9	.507	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.750
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		%
Wally Walker	13	12.1	4.2	1.2	1.1	2.2	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.5	1.4	2.7	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.750
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

Season 6
	Wally Walker	Trae Young
Season	1981-82	2023-24
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wally Walker	70	28.1	9.9	1.5	2.8	4.4	3.1	0.5	0.4	1.6	3.1	4.3	9.0	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.672
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wally Walker	8	19.6	4.9	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.9	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.3	2.4	5.6	.422	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.5	.250
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-