Alex English vs. Anthony Mason Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Mason and Alex English, 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.

Alex English played 15 years in the NBA, 2 more than Anthony Mason, who played 13. Alex English had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Anthony Mason had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Alex English	15	10	1976-77 to 1990-91
Anthony Mason	13	10	1989-90 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1976-77	1989-90
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey 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		%
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767
Anthony Mason	21	5.1	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.0	0.7	1.9	.350	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1977-78	1990-91
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Alex English	82	18.9	9.6	1.8	3.1	4.8	1.6	0.5	0.7	1.7	2.2	4.2	7.7	.542	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.727
Anthony Mason	3	7.0	3.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	9	23.1	13.4	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.2	5.3	8.7	.615	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1978-79	1991-92
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Alex English	81	33.3	16.0	3.1	5.0	8.1	3.3	0.9	1.0	2.4	2.6	7.0	13.6	.511	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.752
Anthony Mason	82	26.8	7.0	2.6	4.4	7.0	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.8	2.5	4.9	.509	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	12	24.0	5.0	2.3	4.0	6.3	0.8	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.8	1.6	3.6	.442	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.3	.786


Season 4
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1979-80	1992-93
Team	Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Alex English	78	30.8	16.9	3.4	4.3	7.8	2.9	0.9	0.8	2.7	2.6	7.1	14.3	.497	0.0	0.1	.333	2.7	3.4	.789
Anthony Mason	81	30.6	10.3	2.9	5.0	7.9	2.1	0.5	0.2	1.7	3.0	3.9	7.8	.502	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.6	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	15	34.0	12.5	3.7	3.6	7.3	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.5	3.3	4.8	8.1	.590	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.5	.632


Season 5
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1980-81	1993-94
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Alex English	81	38.2	23.8	3.4	4.6	8.0	3.6	1.3	1.2	3.0	3.1	9.5	19.2	.494	0.0	0.1	.600	4.8	5.7	.850
Anthony Mason	73	26.1	7.2	2.2	3.7	5.8	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.5	2.6	2.8	5.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	25	26.4	7.6	2.1	3.7	5.8	1.8	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.6	2.7	5.5	.489	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.1	.714


Season 6
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1981-82	1994-95
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Alex English	82	36.8	25.4	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	10.4	18.9	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.4	.840
Anthony Mason	77	32.4	9.9	2.4	6.1	8.4	3.1	0.9	0.3	1.6	3.3	3.7	6.6	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.9	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	3	39.3	19.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857
Anthony Mason	11	32.0	9.5	2.1	4.1	6.2	2.2	0.5	0.5	2.4	2.5	2.8	4.6	.608	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	6.3	.623


Season 7
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1982-83	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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		%
Alex English	82	36.4	28.4	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	11.7	22.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.0	.829
Anthony Mason	82	42.2	14.6	2.7	6.6	9.3	4.4	0.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	5.5	9.7	.563	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.0	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	7	38.6	25.9	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	9.6	21.4	.447	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	7.6	.887
Anthony Mason	8	43.8	12.6	2.1	5.6	7.8	3.3	0.5	0.1	2.5	2.5	5.1	9.8	.526	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.5	.679


Season 8
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1983-84	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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		%
Alex English	82	35.0	26.4	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	11.1	20.9	.529	0.0	0.1	.143	4.3	5.2	.824
Anthony Mason	73	43.1	16.2	2.5	8.8	11.4	5.7	1.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.9	11.3	.525	0.0	0.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	5	40.6	29.0	3.2	4.8	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	12.0	20.4	.588	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	5.6	.893
Anthony Mason	3	44.0	13.0	2.7	9.3	12.0	3.0	0.3	0.3	3.0	2.0	5.3	12.7	.421	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	4.3	.538


Season 9
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1984-85	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Hornets 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		%
Alex English	81	36.1	27.9	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	11.6	22.4	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	5.7	.829
Anthony Mason	81	38.9	12.8	2.2	8.0	10.2	4.2	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.2	4.8	9.4	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	5.0	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	14	38.3	30.2	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	11.6	21.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	7.8	.890
Anthony Mason	9	40.8	15.4	1.9	6.0	7.9	3.4	0.9	0.0	2.4	1.9	6.3	11.0	.576	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	4.7	.595

Note: Anthony Mason didn't play in 1998-99.


Season 10
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1985-86	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets 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		%
Alex English	81	37.3	29.8	2.4	2.6	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	11.7	23.3	.504	0.0	0.1	.200	6.3	7.3	.862
Anthony Mason	82	38.2	11.6	1.8	6.8	8.5	4.5	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.7	3.9	8.1	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.1	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	10	39.4	27.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.9	10.6	22.9	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.1	.859
Anthony Mason	4	44.8	12.5	4.0	5.8	9.8	5.5	1.0	0.0	3.3	3.3	4.5	9.5	.474	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	5.0	.700


Season 11
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1986-87	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Alex English	82	37.6	28.6	1.8	2.4	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.6	11.8	23.4	.503	0.0	0.2	.267	5.0	5.9	.844
Anthony Mason	80	40.7	16.1	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.1	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.9	5.8	11.9	.482	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.9	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	3	25.3	18.7	3.3	1.3	4.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.0	8.3	16.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857
Anthony Mason	3	33.0	5.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.0	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 12
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1987-88	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Alex English	80	35.2	25.0	2.1	2.6	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.4	10.5	21.3	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.7	.828
Anthony Mason	82	38.3	9.6	1.5	6.4	7.9	4.2	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	3.9	7.6	.505	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.9	2.7	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	11	39.8	24.3	2.8	2.5	5.4	4.4	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.1	10.5	23.2	.455	0.0	0.3	.000	3.2	3.9	.814
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1988-89	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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		%
Alex English	82	36.5	26.5	1.8	2.2	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.1	11.3	22.9	.491	0.0	0.1	.250	4.0	4.6	.858
Anthony Mason	65	32.6	7.2	1.4	5.0	6.4	3.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.9	6.0	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	3	36.0	26.0	2.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	4.7	2.0	10.7	20.7	.516	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	5.3	.875
Anthony Mason	6	26.2	3.8	0.7	2.7	3.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.8	1.2	2.8	.412	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.692


Season 14
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Alex English	80	27.6	17.9	1.5	2.1	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.3	1.2	1.6	7.9	16.2	.491	0.0	0.1	.400	2.0	2.3	.880
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	3	25.3	19.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.0	8.3	14.7	.568	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.7	.818
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Alex English	Anthony Mason
Season	1990-91	-
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		%
Alex English	79	22.1	9.7	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	1.8	4.1	9.3	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.8	.850
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Alex English vs. Anthony Mason Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Mason and Alex English, 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