Connie Hawkins vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace and Connie Hawkins, 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.

Connie Hawkins played 7 years in the NBA, 10 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Connie Hawkins had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, while Metta World Peace 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Connie Hawkins	Metta World Peace
Season	1969-70	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Div 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		%
Connie Hawkins	81	40.9	24.6	-	-	10.4	4.8	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	17.9	.490	-	-	-	7.1	9.1	.779
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Hawkins	7	46.9	25.4	-	-	13.9	5.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.9	21.4	.413	-	-	-	7.7	9.4	.818
Metta World Peace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Connie Hawkins	Metta World Peace
Season	1970-71	2000-01
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	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		%
Connie Hawkins	71	37.5	20.9	-	-	9.1	4.5	-	-	-	2.8	7.2	16.6	.434	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.816
Metta World Peace	76	31.1	11.9	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.0	2.0	0.6	2.1	3.3	4.3	10.7	.401	0.6	1.9	.291	2.8	3.7	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Connie Hawkins	Metta World Peace
Season	1971-72	2001-02
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Connie Hawkins	76	36.8	21.0	-	-	8.3	3.9	-	-	-	3.1	7.5	16.4	.459	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.807
Metta World Peace	55	29.9	13.2	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	2.1	3.9	4.9	11.6	.423	1.0	3.1	.312	2.5	3.7	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	5	33.2	11.8	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.2	2.6	0.6	1.8	3.8	4.4	10.8	.407	1.2	2.6	.462	1.8	2.6	.692

Season 4
	Connie Hawkins	Metta World Peace
Season	1972-73	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Connie Hawkins	75	36.9	16.1	-	-	8.5	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	5.9	12.3	.479	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.797
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800

Season 5
	Connie Hawkins	Metta World Peace
Season	1973-74	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Connie Hawkins	79	34.9	12.6	2.2	4.9	7.2	5.2	1.4	1.0	-	2.8	5.1	10.2	.501	-	-	-	2.4	3.2	.761
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Hawkins	5	34.4	10.8	2.8	5.2	8.0	3.2	1.4	0.2	-	2.6	4.2	12.0	.350	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.800
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718

Season 7
	Connie Hawkins	Metta World Peace
Season	1975-76	2005-06
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Connie Hawkins	74	25.8	8.2	1.4	4.6	6.0	2.9	1.1	0.6	-	2.3	3.2	7.2	.447	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.712
Metta World Peace	56	39.4	17.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	15.5	.404	1.4	4.5	.308	3.7	5.4	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	5	39.6	17.4	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	3.0	6.2	16.2	.383	1.8	5.4	.333	3.2	4.6	.696

Season 10
	Connie Hawkins	Metta World Peace
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Connie Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	69	35.5	17.1	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.3	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.0	15.0	.401	2.2	5.6	.399	2.8	3.8	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	13	37.5	15.6	0.9	3.4	4.3	4.2	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.1	6.2	15.6	.394	1.8	6.4	.277	1.5	2.2	.714

Season 11
	Connie Hawkins	Metta World Peace
Season	-	2009-10
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		%
Connie Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	77	33.8	11.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	3.0	1.4	0.3	1.6	2.1	4.0	9.6	.414	1.4	3.8	.355	1.7	2.4	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	23	36.5	11.2	1.4	2.5	4.0	2.1	1.5	0.5	1.1	2.9	4.4	11.0	.398	1.5	5.1	.291	1.0	1.7	.579

Note: Metta World Peace didn't play in 2014-15.