John Wall vs. Metta World Peace: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Metta World Peace and John Wall to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that John Wall has better scoring averages both in the regular season and Playoffs while Metta World Peace scored more total points in both stages. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	16.4	+4.4	2011	69
Metta World Peace	12.0		2000	72

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	16.3	+4.4	2012	66
Metta World Peace	11.9		2001	76

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	18.5	+5.3	2013	49
Metta World Peace	13.2		2002	55

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	19.3	+3.8	2014	82
Metta World Peace	15.5		2003	69

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	17.6		2015	79
Metta World Peace	18.3	+0.7	2004	73

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	19.9		2016	77
Metta World Peace	24.6	+4.7	2005	7

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	23.1	+5.5	2017	78
Metta World Peace	17.6		2006	56

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	19.4	+0.6	2018	41
Metta World Peace	18.8		2007	70

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	20.7	+0.2	2019	32
Metta World Peace	20.5		2008	57

Season 10	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	20.6	+3.5	2021	40
Metta World Peace	17.1		2009	69

Season 11	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	11.4	+0.4	2023	34
Metta World Peace	11.0		2010	77

Metta World Peace's additional seasons:

* Metta World Peace played 6 seasons more than John Wall in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 12 to 17, from 2011 to 2017—he averaged 8.0 points in a total of 310 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 12.4 ppg and his lowest 2.3.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	-	DNP	2011	0
Metta World Peace	-	DNP	2000	0

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	-	DNP	2012	0
Metta World Peace	-	DNP	2001	0

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	-	DNP	2013	0
Metta World Peace	11.8	+11.8	2002	5

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	16.3		2014	11
Metta World Peace	19.0	+2.7	2003	6

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	17.4		2015	7
Metta World Peace	18.4	+1.0	2004	15

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	-	DNP	2016	0
Metta World Peace	-	DNP	2005	0

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	27.2	+9.8	2017	13
Metta World Peace	17.4		2006	5

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	26.0	+26.0	2018	6
Metta World Peace	-	DNP	2007	0

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	-	DNP	2019	0
Metta World Peace	-	DNP	2008	0

Season 10	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	-	DNP	2021	0
Metta World Peace	15.6	+15.6	2009	13

Season 11	Points per game		Year	Games
John Wall	-	DNP	2023	0
Metta World Peace	11.2	+11.2	2010	23

Metta World Peace's additional Playoffs:

* During his 6 additional NBA seasons, Metta World Peace played in 3 Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 10.2 points in a total of 18 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 11.7 ppg and his lowest 6.