JaVale McGee vs. Wally Szczerbiak Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wally Szczerbiak and JaVale McGee, 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.

JaVale McGee played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Wally Szczerbiak, who played 10. JaVale McGee had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Wally Szczerbiak had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
JaVale McGee	16	8	2008-09 to 2023-24
Wally Szczerbiak	10	7	1999-00 to 2008-09

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
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2008-09	1999-00
Team	Washington Wizards	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves 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		%
JaVale McGee	75	15.2	6.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.5	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660
Wally Szczerbiak	73	29.7	11.6	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.4	4.7	9.2	.511	0.4	1.1	.359	1.8	2.2	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Szczerbiak	4	23.5	6.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.8	3.0	7.5	.400	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2009-10	2000-01
Team	Washington Wizards	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves 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		%
JaVale McGee	60	16.1	6.4	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.2	0.3	1.7	0.9	2.0	2.6	5.1	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.638
Wally Szczerbiak	82	34.8	14.0	1.6	3.8	5.5	3.2	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.8	5.7	11.2	.510	0.3	0.9	.338	2.2	2.5	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Szczerbiak	4	35.8	14.0	1.0	3.5	4.5	2.5	1.3	0.8	3.0	1.5	4.5	9.3	.486	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.3	.800


Season 3
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2010-11	2001-02
Team	Washington Wizards	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves 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		%
JaVale McGee	79	27.8	10.1	2.8	5.2	8.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.6	.550	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.9	.583
Wally Szczerbiak	82	38.0	18.7	1.5	3.3	4.8	3.1	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.3	7.4	14.6	.508	1.1	2.3	.455	2.8	3.3	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Szczerbiak	3	43.3	20.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	7.0	14.7	.477	0.7	3.0	.222	5.3	6.0	.889


Season 4
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2011-12	2002-03
Team	Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves 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		%
JaVale McGee	61	25.2	11.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.5	0.6	2.2	1.4	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.7	.461
Wally Szczerbiak	52	35.3	17.6	1.0	3.6	4.6	2.6	0.8	0.4	1.7	2.4	6.8	14.0	.481	1.2	2.8	.421	2.9	3.3	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	7	25.9	8.6	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.7	0.7	3.1	0.6	3.0	3.3	7.6	.434	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.538
Wally Szczerbiak	6	42.0	14.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.2	1.0	0.2	3.0	3.2	4.8	10.2	.475	0.5	2.3	.214	4.3	5.0	.867


Season 5
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2012-13	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves 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		%
JaVale McGee	79	18.1	9.1	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.8	6.7	.575	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.4	2.4	.591
Wally Szczerbiak	28	22.2	10.2	0.9	2.3	3.1	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.5	3.8	8.4	.449	0.7	1.6	.435	1.9	2.3	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	6	18.7	7.2	2.8	2.3	5.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	3.0	5.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.389
Wally Szczerbiak	12	24.8	11.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.7	0.5	0.2	2.0	2.6	3.9	9.3	.420	0.8	2.4	.345	3.2	3.4	.927


Season 6
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2013-14	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
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		%
JaVale McGee	5	15.8	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Wally Szczerbiak	81	31.6	15.5	1.0	2.7	3.7	2.4	0.5	0.2	1.6	2.2	5.7	11.3	.506	0.8	2.1	.373	3.2	3.8	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
JaVale McGee	23	11.1	4.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.667
Wally Szczerbiak	72	37.9	19.0	1.1	3.3	4.3	3.0	0.6	0.3	1.9	2.1	6.8	14.1	.487	1.4	3.5	.400	3.9	4.3	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
JaVale McGee	34	10.9	5.1	1.6	2.4	3.9	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.9	.575	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.500
Wally Szczerbiak	32	28.1	15.0	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.7	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.0	5.0	12.1	.415	1.4	3.3	.415	3.5	3.9	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	2	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Seattle Supersonics, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	77	9.6	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	.652	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.4	.505
Wally Szczerbiak	75	23.1	11.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.4	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.4	4.1	9.6	.431	1.2	2.9	.413	2.0	2.3	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	16	9.3	5.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.5	.732	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.722
Wally Szczerbiak	13	28.8	10.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.5	0.2	0.1	0.8	2.5	3.6	9.6	.376	1.5	4.8	.323	2.0	2.2	.929


Season 10
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
JaVale McGee	65	9.5	4.8	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	.621	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.731
Wally Szczerbiak	74	20.6	7.0	0.6	2.6	3.1	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.8	2.4	5.4	.450	0.9	2.3	.411	1.2	1.4	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	13	12.2	6.5	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	.672	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.667
Wally Szczerbiak	12	12.8	3.6	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.6	1.3	3.0	.444	0.2	1.0	.167	0.8	0.9	.818


Season 11
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
JaVale McGee	75	22.3	12.0	2.6	4.9	7.5	0.7	0.6	2.0	1.4	2.8	5.3	8.5	.624	0.0	0.2	.083	1.3	2.0	.632
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
JaVale McGee	68	16.6	6.6	1.8	3.9	5.7	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.5	.637	0.0	0.1	.500	0.8	1.2	.646
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	14	9.6	2.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.6	1.4	2.3	.625	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.1	.500
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	46	14.7	7.3	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.1	6.1	.511	0.1	0.5	.208	1.0	1.5	.657
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	4	8.5	2.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.5	.333
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	74	15.8	9.2	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.4	3.9	6.2	.629	0.0	0.1	.222	1.4	2.0	.699
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	12	11.1	6.8	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.2	.700	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.846
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
JaVale McGee	42	8.5	4.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.3	1.9	3.0	.640	0.0	0.1	.400	0.6	1.0	.585
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	JaVale McGee	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
JaVale McGee	46	7.4	4.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.9	.598	0.0	0.2	.143	0.6	1.0	.578
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

JaVale McGee vs. Wally Szczerbiak Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wally Szczerbiak and JaVale McGee, 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