Billy Kenville vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Billy Kenville, 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.

Billy Kenville and Trae Young both played 6 years in the NBA. Billy Kenville had the first of his seasons in 1953-54, 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Billy Kenville	Trae Young
Season	1953-54	2018-19
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Billy Kenville	72	19.5	6.0	-	-	3.4	1.7	-	-	-	1.9	2.1	5.4	.384	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.747
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		%
Billy Kenville	13	28.8	8.9	-	-	3.7	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	2.8	5.7	.486	-	-	-	3.4	4.8	.710
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Kenville	Trae Young
Season	1954-55	2019-20
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Billy Kenville	70	19.7	7.1	-	-	3.5	2.1	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	6.9	.357	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.766
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		%
Billy Kenville	11	11.8	6.4	-	-	2.8	1.0	-	-	-	2.1	1.5	4.4	.354	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	.735
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Billy Kenville	Trae Young
Season	1956-57	2021-22
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Billy Kenville	71	24.0	8.2	-	-	4.6	2.4	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	8.6	.336	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.798
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		%
Billy Kenville	2	15.0	2.0	-	-	0.5	2.5	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	6.5	.154	-	-	-	0.0	0.5	.000
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

Note: Billy Kenville didn't play in 1958-59.

Season 6
	Billy Kenville	Trae Young
Season	1959-60	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Billy Kenville	25	14.6	5.1	-	-	2.8	1.8	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	5.2	.359	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.805
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		%
Billy Kenville	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-