Jim Davis vs. Payton Pritchard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Payton Pritchard and Jim Davis, 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

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.

Jim Davis played 8 years in the NBA, 4 more than Payton Pritchard, who played 4. Jim Davis had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Payton Pritchard had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
Jim Davis 8 6 1967-68 to 1974-75
Payton Pritchard 4 4 2020-21 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Jim Davis Payton Pritchard
Season 1967-682020-21
Team St. Louis HawksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div SemisCeltics 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 %
Jim Davis 50 7.9 2.9 - - 2.5 0.3 - - - 1.7 1.2 2.8 .439 - - - 0.5 1.3 .391
Payton Pritchard 66 19.2 7.7 0.5 1.9 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.6 2.8 6.3 .440 1.5 3.8 .411 0.6 0.7 .889
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Davis 2 4.5 1.0 - - 1.5 0.0 - - - 1.0 0.5 1.5 .333 - - - 0.0 0.0 -
Payton Pritchard 5 13.4 3.4 0.4 1.4 1.8 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.8 1.2 3.4 .353 0.6 2.0 .300 0.4 0.4 1.000

Season 2
Jim Davis Payton Pritchard
Season 1968-692021-22
Team Atlanta HawksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsCeltics 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 %
Jim Davis 78 17.5 8.8 - - 6.8 1.2 - - - 3.1 3.4 7.3 .467 - - - 2.0 3.0 .667
Payton Pritchard 71 14.1 6.2 0.5 1.4 1.9 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.9 2.3 5.3 .429 1.4 3.5 .412 0.3 0.3 1.000
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Davis 8 6.5 1.6 - - 2.1 0.1 - - - 0.9 0.5 1.9 .267 - - - 0.6 1.0 .625
Payton Pritchard 24 12.9 4.8 0.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.8 4.3 .422 1.0 3.0 .333 0.2 0.3 .667

Season 3
Jim Davis Payton Pritchard
Season 1969-702022-23
Team Atlanta HawksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsCeltics 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 %
Jim Davis 82 32.0 13.6 - - 9.7 2.9 - - - 4.1 5.3 11.5 .464 - - - 2.9 3.9 .755
Payton Pritchard 48 13.4 5.6 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.8 2.1 5.1 .412 1.2 3.2 .364 0.3 0.3 .750
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Davis 9 13.0 4.2 - - 3.3 0.7 - - - 2.7 1.6 4.1 .378 - - - 1.1 1.9 .588
Payton Pritchard 10 5.7 3.2 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.2 2.2 .545 0.4 1.0 .400 0.4 0.5 .800

Season 4
Jim Davis Payton Pritchard
Season 1970-712023-24
Team Atlanta HawksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost East Conf SemisCeltics TBD
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Davis 82 22.7 8.3 - - 6.7 1.3 - - - 3.1 2.9 6.1 .479 - - - 2.4 3.5 .677
Payton Pritchard 82 22.3 9.6 0.9 2.4 3.2 3.4 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.3 3.6 7.7 .468 1.8 4.7 .385 0.6 0.7 .821
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Davis 5 23.8 11.2 - - 4.4 0.8 - - - 3.4 3.4 7.2 .472 - - - 4.4 5.4 .815
Payton Pritchard 10 22.8 7.8 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5 0.3 0.0 0.9 1.2 2.8 6.2 .452 1.5 3.5 .429 0.7 0.8 .875

Season 5
Jim Davis Payton Pritchard
Season 1971-72-
Team Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons-
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 %
Jim Davis 75 13.1 5.3 - - 3.7 0.7 - - - 1.8 2.0 4.5 .435 - - - 1.3 2.1 .649
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Davis ------- --- ----------
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Jim Davis Payton Pritchard
Season 1972-73-
Team Detroit Pistons-
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 %
Jim Davis 73 10.6 4.6 - - 3.6 0.8 - - - 1.7 1.8 3.5 .510 - - - 1.0 1.6 .632
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Davis ------- --- ----------
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------

Season 7
Jim Davis Payton Pritchard
Season 1973-74-
Team Detroit Pistons-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pistons 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 %
Jim Davis 78 12.1 4.2 1.3 2.4 3.8 1.1 0.5 0.4 - 2.0 1.5 3.6 .413 - - - 1.2 1.8 .647
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Davis 7 9.9 3.7 0.6 1.7 2.3 0.7 0.3 0.1 - 1.6 1.6 2.7 .579 - - - 0.6 0.9 .667
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Jim Davis Payton Pritchard
Season 1974-75-
Team Detroit Pistons-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pistons 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 %
Jim Davis 79 13.6 4.1 1.2 2.4 3.6 1.1 0.6 0.5 - 1.6 1.5 3.3 .454 - - - 1.1 1.5 .726
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Davis 2 8.0 3.5 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 - 0.5 1.0 2.0 .500 - - - 1.5 2.5 .600
Payton Pritchard ------- --- ----------
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