Walt Frazier vs. Jalen Suggs Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Suggs and Walt Frazier, 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.

Walt Frazier played 13 years in the NBA, 9 more than Jalen Suggs, who played 4. Walt Frazier had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Jalen Suggs had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Walt Frazier	Jalen Suggs
Season	1967-68	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Walt Frazier	74	21.5	9.0	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.7	.451	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.655
difference:	+26	+5.7	+2.8			+0.6	+0.3				-0.3	+0.6	+3.7	+.090				+0.5	+0.2	+.118
Jalen Suggs	48	27.2	11.8	0.5	3.0	3.6	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.0	3.0	4.1	11.4	.361	0.9	4.1	.214	2.6	3.4	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	4	29.8	9.5	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	8.3	.364	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.778
Jalen Suggs	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Walt Frazier	Jalen Suggs
Season	1968-69	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Walt Frazier	80	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
difference:	+27	+13.4	+7.6			+3.2	+5.0				-0.8	+3.1	+4.8	+.086				+2.7	+3.5	+.023
Jalen Suggs	53	23.5	9.9	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.5	8.4	.419	1.2	3.8	.327	1.6	2.2	.723
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	10	41.5	21.2	-	-	7.4	9.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.9	17.7	.503	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	.596
Jalen Suggs	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Frazier	Jalen Suggs
Season	1969-70	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	77	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748
difference:	+2	+12.5	+8.3			+2.9	+5.5				-0.1	+3.3	+5.5	+.047				+3.7	+5.0	+.008
Jalen Suggs	75	27.0	12.6	0.6	2.4	3.1	2.7	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.7	4.5	9.5	.471	2.0	5.1	.397	1.6	2.1	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	19	43.9	16.0	-	-	7.8	8.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.2	13.0	.478	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.764
difference:	+12	+10.8	+1.3			+2.7	+4.9				-0.2	+1.5	+1.3	+.076				+0.3	+0.4	+.003
Jalen Suggs	7	33.1	14.7	1.6	3.6	5.1	3.3	1.3	0.4	2.9	2.6	4.7	11.7	.402	2.0	6.9	.292	3.3	4.3	.767

Season 4
	Walt Frazier	Jalen Suggs
Season	1970-71	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Walt Frazier	80	43.2	21.7	-	-	6.8	6.7	-	-	-	3.0	8.1	16.5	.494	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.779
difference:	+45	+14.6	+5.5			+2.8	+3.0				-0.2	+2.5	+2.8	+.084				+2.6	+3.9	+.103
Jalen Suggs	35	28.6	16.2	0.7	3.4	4.0	3.7	1.5	0.9	2.9	2.8	5.6	13.7	.410	2.2	6.9	.314	2.8	3.1	.882
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	12	41.8	22.6	-	-	5.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	17.0	.529	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.733
Jalen Suggs	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Walt Frazier played 9 seasons more than Jalen Suggs in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 13, from 1972 to 1980—Walt Frazier played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Jalen Suggs, Walt Frazier got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP