Micheal Ray Richardson vs. Franz Wagner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Franz Wagner and Micheal Ray Richardson, 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.

Micheal Ray Richardson played 8 years in the NBA, 5 more than Franz Wagner, who played 3. Micheal Ray Richardson had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Franz Wagner had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
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Rookie Season
	Micheal Ray Richardson	Franz Wagner
Season	1978-79	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Micheal Ray Richardson	72	16.9	6.5	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.0	1.4	0.3	2.0	2.6	2.8	6.7	.414	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.539
Franz Wagner	79	30.7	15.2	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.4	.354	2.4	2.8	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Franz Wagner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Micheal Ray Richardson	Franz Wagner
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	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		%
Micheal Ray Richardson	82	37.3	15.3	1.8	4.7	6.6	10.1	3.2	0.4	4.4	3.2	6.1	13.0	.472	0.3	1.3	.245	2.7	4.1	.660
Franz Wagner	80	32.6	18.6	0.9	3.2	4.1	3.5	1.0	0.2	2.1	2.3	6.8	14.0	.485	1.6	4.5	.361	3.4	4.0	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Franz Wagner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Micheal Ray Richardson	Franz Wagner
Season	1980-81	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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		%
Micheal Ray Richardson	79	40.2	16.4	2.2	4.7	6.9	7.9	2.9	0.4	3.8	3.3	6.6	14.1	.469	0.3	1.3	.225	2.8	4.3	.663
Franz Wagner	72	32.5	19.7	1.0	4.3	5.3	3.7	1.1	0.4	1.9	2.3	7.3	15.2	.482	1.3	4.6	.281	3.8	4.4	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Micheal Ray Richardson	2	43.0	11.5	3.0	6.5	9.5	5.5	3.5	0.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	16.5	.242	0.0	2.0	.000	3.5	6.0	.583
Franz Wagner	7	37.0	18.9	1.4	5.4	6.9	4.4	0.7	1.3	1.3	2.9	6.0	14.7	.408	1.3	4.9	.265	5.6	6.3	.886

Season 4
	Micheal Ray Richardson	Franz Wagner
Season	1981-82	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Micheal Ray Richardson	82	37.1	17.9	2.2	4.7	6.9	7.0	2.6	0.5	3.5	3.9	7.5	16.4	.461	0.2	1.2	.188	2.6	3.7	.700
Franz Wagner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Franz Wagner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Micheal Ray Richardson	Franz Wagner
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Micheal Ray Richardson	64	32.4	12.6	1.8	2.8	4.6	6.8	2.8	0.4	3.8	3.8	5.4	12.7	.425	0.1	0.8	.157	1.7	2.5	.650
Franz Wagner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Micheal Ray Richardson	2	29.0	9.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.5	2.5	0.0	2.0	1.5	4.0	10.5	.381	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	2.5	.600
Franz Wagner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Micheal Ray Richardson	Franz Wagner
Season	1984-85	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Micheal Ray Richardson	82	38.1	20.1	1.9	3.7	5.6	8.2	3.0	0.3	3.0	3.4	8.4	17.9	.469	0.4	1.4	.252	2.9	3.8	.767
Franz Wagner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Micheal Ray Richardson	3	41.7	18.3	1.3	4.7	6.0	11.3	1.3	0.0	2.7	4.0	7.7	19.0	.404	0.0	0.7	.000	3.0	4.7	.643
Franz Wagner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-