Al Jefferson vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace and Al Jefferson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Al Jefferson played 14 years in the NBA, 2 less than Rasheed Wallace, who played 16. Al Jefferson had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Rasheed Wallace had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Al Jefferson	14	4	2004-05 to 2017-18
Rasheed Wallace	16	14	1995-96 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2004-05	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Al Jefferson	71	14.8	6.7	1.7	2.7	4.4	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.7	2.7	5.2	.528	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.630
Rasheed Wallace	65	27.5	10.1	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.6	3.2	4.2	8.7	.487	0.4	1.3	.329	1.2	1.8	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	7	19.4	6.1	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.3	0.6	1.1	0.6	2.3	2.4	5.9	.415	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.750
Rasheed Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2005-06	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Al Jefferson	59	18.0	7.9	1.6	3.4	5.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.1	2.8	3.2	6.4	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.3	.642
Rasheed Wallace	62	30.5	15.1	2.0	4.8	6.8	1.2	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.2	6.1	11.0	.558	0.1	0.5	.273	2.7	4.3	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	4	37.3	19.8	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	4.3	8.3	14.0	.589	0.5	1.3	.400	2.8	5.0	.550


Season 3
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2006-07	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Al Jefferson	69	33.6	16.0	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.3	0.7	1.5	2.0	3.4	6.6	12.8	.514	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.3	.681
Rasheed Wallace	77	37.6	14.6	1.7	4.5	6.2	2.5	1.0	1.1	2.2	3.5	6.1	11.4	.533	0.1	0.5	.205	2.4	3.6	.662

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	4	39.5	14.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	4.0	5.8	11.8	.489	1.0	1.3	.800	2.0	4.0	.500


Season 4
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2007-08	1998-99
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Al Jefferson	82	35.6	21.0	3.8	7.4	11.1	1.4	0.9	1.5	2.0	2.7	8.8	17.6	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.8	.721
Rasheed Wallace	49	28.9	12.8	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.6	3.6	4.9	9.7	.508	0.3	0.6	.419	2.7	3.7	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	13	36.0	14.8	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.5	1.5	0.8	1.2	3.8	5.8	11.2	.514	0.1	0.7	.111	3.2	4.5	.724


Season 5
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2008-09	1999-00
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Al Jefferson	50	36.7	23.1	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.6	0.8	1.7	1.8	2.8	9.7	19.5	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.0	.738
Rasheed Wallace	81	35.1	16.4	1.6	5.4	7.0	1.8	1.1	1.3	1.9	2.7	6.7	12.9	.519	0.1	0.6	.160	2.9	4.1	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	16	37.9	17.9	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.8	0.9	1.3	1.4	3.3	6.9	14.1	.489	0.5	0.8	.615	3.6	4.7	.773


Season 6
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2009-10	2000-01
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Al Jefferson	76	32.4	17.1	2.4	6.9	9.3	1.8	0.8	1.3	1.8	2.7	7.4	14.8	.498	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.5	.680
Rasheed Wallace	77	38.2	19.2	1.9	5.9	7.8	2.8	1.2	1.8	2.1	2.7	7.7	15.3	.501	0.7	2.1	.321	3.2	4.2	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	3	42.7	16.7	1.7	6.3	8.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	6.3	17.0	.373	1.3	3.7	.364	2.7	4.7	.571


Season 7
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2010-11	2001-02
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Al Jefferson	82	35.9	18.6	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.8	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.9	8.0	16.1	.496	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.5	.761
Rasheed Wallace	79	37.5	19.3	1.7	6.4	8.2	1.9	1.3	1.3	1.7	2.7	7.6	16.3	.469	1.4	4.0	.360	2.5	3.5	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	3	41.7	25.3	3.3	9.0	12.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	4.0	9.3	23.0	.406	2.3	5.7	.412	4.3	5.3	.813


Season 8
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2011-12	2002-03
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Al Jefferson	61	34.0	19.2	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.2	0.8	1.7	1.0	2.5	8.5	17.2	.492	0.0	0.1	.250	2.2	2.9	.774
Rasheed Wallace	74	36.3	18.1	1.5	5.9	7.4	2.1	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.0	7.0	14.8	.471	1.5	4.1	.358	2.7	3.7	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	4	35.3	18.3	1.8	6.8	8.5	2.5	1.3	0.8	1.3	2.5	9.0	17.0	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	1.0	.250
Rasheed Wallace	7	37.1	17.4	1.4	3.7	5.1	2.6	0.6	0.7	0.9	3.7	6.3	13.9	.454	2.0	5.0	.400	2.9	4.0	.714


Season 9
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2012-13	2003-04
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	78	33.1	17.8	2.0	7.2	9.2	2.1	1.0	1.1	1.3	2.2	7.8	15.8	.494	0.0	0.2	.118	2.1	2.8	.770
Rasheed Wallace	68	35.1	16.0	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.3	0.9	1.8	1.8	2.8	6.3	14.3	.436	1.2	3.6	.331	2.3	3.1	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	23	35.0	13.0	2.0	5.7	7.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	3.4	5.1	12.4	.413	0.7	3.0	.243	2.0	2.6	.767


Season 10
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2013-14	2004-05
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost NBA 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		%
Al Jefferson	73	35.0	21.8	2.1	8.7	10.8	2.1	0.9	1.1	1.7	2.4	9.6	18.8	.509	0.0	0.2	.200	2.6	3.8	.690
Rasheed Wallace	79	34.0	14.5	2.2	5.9	8.2	1.8	0.8	1.5	1.6	3.0	5.9	13.4	.440	0.9	3.0	.318	1.7	2.5	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	3	35.3	18.7	2.0	7.3	9.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	0.3	2.3	8.7	17.7	.491	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.800
Rasheed Wallace	25	33.0	13.6	1.6	5.4	6.9	1.3	1.0	1.8	1.5	3.8	5.4	12.4	.439	1.2	3.4	.337	1.6	2.2	.741


Season 11
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Al Jefferson	65	30.6	16.6	1.5	6.9	8.4	1.7	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.1	7.5	15.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.400	1.7	2.5	.655
Rasheed Wallace	80	34.8	15.1	1.1	5.7	6.8	2.3	1.0	1.6	1.1	2.9	5.7	13.3	.430	1.9	5.4	.357	1.7	2.3	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	18	34.9	14.1	0.9	5.4	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	3.6	5.3	12.4	.430	1.8	4.4	.405	1.6	3.1	.527


Season 12
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Al Jefferson	47	23.3	12.0	1.2	5.2	6.4	1.5	0.6	0.9	0.7	2.5	5.2	10.7	.485	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.4	.649
Rasheed Wallace	75	32.3	12.3	1.2	6.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	1.6	1.3	3.0	4.8	11.2	.423	1.4	3.9	.351	1.4	1.8	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	7	24.0	13.3	2.0	4.1	6.1	1.1	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.7	6.0	11.9	.506	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.692
Rasheed Wallace	16	35.8	14.3	1.2	6.5	7.7	1.8	1.2	1.8	1.2	4.0	5.4	12.3	.437	1.6	4.5	.347	2.0	2.4	.842


Season 13
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Al Jefferson	66	14.1	8.1	1.1	3.1	4.2	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.9	3.6	7.1	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.3	.765
Rasheed Wallace	77	30.5	12.7	1.1	5.5	6.6	1.8	1.2	1.7	1.1	2.8	4.9	11.3	.432	1.5	4.1	.356	1.5	1.9	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	17	34.4	13.2	1.1	5.2	6.4	1.6	1.1	1.9	1.7	3.9	5.1	11.9	.424	1.4	4.4	.320	1.7	2.3	.744


Season 14
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Al Jefferson	36	13.4	7.0	0.8	3.1	4.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.8	3.1	5.8	.534	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.0	.833
Rasheed Wallace	66	32.2	12.0	0.8	6.6	7.4	1.4	0.9	1.3	0.9	3.0	4.6	10.9	.419	1.7	4.8	.354	1.2	1.5	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	4	30.5	6.5	0.5	5.8	6.3	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.8	7.5	.367	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	79	22.5	9.0	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8	2.8	3.4	8.2	.409	1.0	3.7	.283	1.2	1.6	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	24	17.1	6.1	0.2	2.8	3.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	3.4	2.2	5.2	.416	0.8	2.3	.345	1.0	1.2	.828

Note: Rasheed Wallace didn't play in 2010-11 and 2011-12.


Season 16
	Al Jefferson	Rasheed Wallace
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	21	14.1	7.0	0.5	3.4	4.0	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.6	6.8	.387	1.0	3.3	.319	0.7	1.0	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Al Jefferson vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace and Al Jefferson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16