John Collins vs. Wayne Ellington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wayne Ellington and John Collins, 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.

John Collins played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Wayne Ellington, who played 13. John Collins had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Wayne Ellington had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
John Collins	7	3	2017-18 to 2023-24
Wayne Ellington	13	3	2009-10 to 2021-22

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


Rookie Season
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
John Collins	74	24.1	10.5	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.3	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.9	4.2	7.4	.576	0.2	0.6	.340	1.8	2.5	.715
Wayne Ellington	76	18.2	6.6	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.0	0.9	2.5	5.9	.424	0.8	2.1	.395	0.8	0.9	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
John Collins	61	30.0	19.5	3.6	6.2	9.8	2.0	0.4	0.6	2.0	3.3	7.6	13.6	.560	0.9	2.6	.348	3.3	4.4	.763
Wayne Ellington	62	19.0	6.6	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.4	2.6	6.4	.403	0.8	2.0	.397	0.7	0.9	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
John Collins	41	33.2	21.6	2.8	7.3	10.1	1.5	0.8	1.6	1.8	3.4	8.6	14.8	.583	1.4	3.6	.401	2.9	3.7	.800
Wayne Ellington	51	19.1	6.1	0.3	1.7	1.9	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.1	2.4	5.9	.404	0.7	2.1	.324	0.6	0.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
John Collins	63	29.3	17.6	1.9	5.5	7.4	1.2	0.5	1.0	1.3	3.1	6.8	12.2	.556	1.3	3.3	.399	2.7	3.2	.833
Wayne Ellington	78	21.3	7.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.3	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.9	6.8	.427	1.2	3.1	.392	0.9	1.0	.907

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	18	32.0	13.9	2.0	6.7	8.7	0.9	0.4	0.6	1.3	3.3	5.6	10.1	.549	1.1	3.1	.357	1.7	2.0	.833
Wayne Ellington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
John Collins	54	30.8	16.2	1.7	6.1	7.8	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.0	6.3	11.9	.526	1.2	3.3	.364	2.5	3.1	.793
Wayne Ellington	45	8.7	3.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.8	.437	0.6	1.3	.424	0.2	0.2	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	5	24.4	9.4	0.4	4.2	4.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.4	3.8	7.8	.487	0.8	2.2	.364	1.0	2.0	.500
Wayne Ellington	2	7.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	.333	1.0	3.0	.333	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 6
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
John Collins	71	30.0	13.1	1.1	5.4	6.5	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.1	5.1	10.0	.508	1.0	3.4	.292	2.0	2.5	.803
Wayne Ellington	65	25.8	10.0	0.5	2.8	3.2	1.6	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.2	3.9	9.5	.412	1.4	3.7	.370	0.8	1.0	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	6	27.3	11.3	1.2	3.2	4.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.2	4.3	10.0	.433	1.8	5.3	.344	0.8	1.0	.833
Wayne Ellington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
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		%
John Collins	68	28.0	15.1	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.1	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.8	5.8	11.0	.532	1.3	3.4	.371	2.2	2.7	.795
Wayne Ellington	76	21.3	7.7	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.1	2.9	7.4	.389	1.3	3.5	.358	0.7	0.8	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Miami Heat
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		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	62	24.2	10.5	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.1	3.7	9.0	.416	2.4	6.4	.378	0.6	0.7	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	77	26.5	11.2	0.3	2.5	2.8	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.2	3.7	9.1	.407	2.9	7.5	.392	0.9	1.0	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	5	20.2	7.8	0.2	1.4	1.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	7.0	.343	2.4	6.0	.400	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 10
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	53	24.5	10.3	0.3	1.8	2.0	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.8	1.7	3.5	8.6	.403	2.6	7.0	.371	0.7	0.9	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	4	32.8	7.8	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.3	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.8	8.8	.314	1.8	5.5	.318	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 11
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	-	2019-20
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		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	36	15.5	5.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.7	4.8	.351	1.4	4.0	.350	0.3	0.4	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	-	2020-21
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		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	46	22.0	9.6	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.3	3.2	7.3	.441	2.5	6.0	.422	0.6	0.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	John Collins	Wayne Ellington
Season	-	2021-22
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		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	43	18.8	6.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.0	2.3	5.5	.414	1.9	4.9	.389	0.2	0.3	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Ellington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

John Collins vs. Wayne Ellington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wayne Ellington and John Collins, 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