Dan Majerle vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Dan Majerle, 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.

Dan Majerle played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kevin McHale, who played 13. Dan Majerle had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Kevin McHale had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Dan Majerle	14	13	1988-89 to 2001-02
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	1988-89	1980-81
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Dan Majerle	54	25.1	8.6	1.1	2.7	3.9	2.4	1.2	0.3	0.9	2.6	3.4	8.0	.419	0.5	1.5	.329	1.4	2.4	.614
Kevin McHale	82	20.1	10.0	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	12	29.3	14.3	1.8	2.9	4.8	1.2	1.1	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.3	12.0	.438	0.7	2.3	.286	3.2	4.0	.792
Kevin McHale	17	17.4	8.5	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.639


Season 2
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	1989-90	1981-82
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Dan Majerle	73	30.7	11.1	2.0	3.9	5.9	2.6	1.4	0.4	1.1	2.4	4.1	9.6	.424	0.3	1.1	.238	2.7	3.6	.762
Kevin McHale	82	28.4	13.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.1	0.4	2.3	1.7	3.2	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	16	29.9	12.6	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.1	1.3	0.1	1.1	2.1	4.6	9.4	.487	0.3	0.8	.333	3.2	4.1	.785
Kevin McHale	12	28.7	16.2	3.4	3.7	7.1	0.9	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.7	6.4	11.2	.575	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.4	.755


Season 3
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	1990-91	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Dan Majerle	77	29.6	13.6	2.2	3.2	5.4	2.8	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.1	5.2	10.7	.484	0.4	1.1	.349	2.9	3.9	.762
Kevin McHale	82	28.6	14.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	5.9	10.9	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	4	27.5	10.5	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	3.0	3.0	8.0	.375	1.0	2.8	.364	3.5	4.8	.737
Kevin McHale	7	25.3	11.1	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.9	8.9	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.6	.556


Season 4
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	1991-92	1983-84
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dan Majerle	82	34.8	17.3	1.8	4.1	5.9	3.3	1.6	0.5	1.2	1.9	6.7	14.1	.478	1.1	2.8	.382	2.8	3.7	.756
Kevin McHale	82	31.4	18.4	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	7.2	12.9	.556	0.0	0.0	.333	4.1	5.4	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	7	38.0	18.6	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.9	1.4	0.0	1.3	1.6	6.9	15.9	.432	1.3	4.7	.273	3.6	3.7	.962
Kevin McHale	23	30.5	14.8	2.7	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.7	3.3	5.3	10.6	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.3	.777


Season 5
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	1992-93	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Celtics 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		%
Dan Majerle	82	39.0	16.9	1.5	3.2	4.7	3.8	1.7	0.4	1.6	2.2	6.2	13.4	.464	2.0	5.3	.381	2.5	3.2	.778
Kevin McHale	79	33.6	19.8	2.9	6.1	9.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	3.0	7.7	13.4	.570	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.9	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	24	44.6	15.4	1.2	4.6	5.8	3.7	1.4	1.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	13.0	.431	2.3	5.7	.394	2.0	2.9	.696
Kevin McHale	21	39.9	22.1	3.5	6.4	9.9	1.5	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.5	8.2	14.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	7.1	.807


Season 6
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	1993-94	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dan Majerle	80	40.1	16.5	1.5	2.9	4.4	3.4	1.6	0.5	1.7	1.9	6.0	14.2	.418	2.4	6.3	.382	2.2	3.0	.739
Kevin McHale	68	35.3	21.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	8.3	14.4	.574	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.2	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	10	41.0	12.3	1.5	2.8	4.3	2.4	1.1	0.4	1.0	2.3	4.6	12.7	.362	2.0	5.9	.339	1.1	1.6	.688
Kevin McHale	18	39.7	24.9	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.7	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.6	9.3	16.1	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.794


Season 7
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	1994-95	1986-87
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Dan Majerle	82	37.7	15.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	4.1	1.2	0.5	1.3	1.9	5.3	12.6	.425	2.4	6.7	.363	2.5	3.4	.730
Kevin McHale	77	39.7	26.1	3.2	6.7	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.1	10.3	17.0	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.6	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	10	30.7	8.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.7	1.4	0.3	0.9	2.4	2.7	7.3	.370	1.6	4.4	.364	1.2	1.7	.706
Kevin McHale	21	39.4	21.1	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.4	8.3	14.2	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.0	.762


Season 8
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	1995-96	1987-88
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Dan Majerle	82	28.9	10.6	0.9	2.9	3.7	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.6	3.7	9.1	.405	1.8	5.0	.353	1.5	2.1	.710
Kevin McHale	64	37.3	22.6	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.8	8.6	14.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.8	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	3	30.3	16.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	5.3	12.0	.444	3.3	7.7	.435	2.7	3.0	.889
Kevin McHale	17	42.1	25.4	3.2	4.8	8.0	2.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.8	9.3	15.4	.603	0.1	0.1	1.000	6.8	8.1	.839


Season 9
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	1996-97	1988-89
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Dan Majerle	36	35.1	10.8	1.3	3.3	4.5	3.2	1.5	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.9	9.6	.406	1.9	5.6	.338	1.1	1.6	.678
Kevin McHale	78	36.9	22.5	2.9	5.3	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.9	8.5	15.5	.546	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.8	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	17	29.2	8.0	0.9	3.3	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.7	6.9	.393	1.5	4.4	.338	1.1	1.6	.679
Kevin McHale	3	38.3	19.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3	6.7	13.7	.488	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.7	.739


Season 10
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	1997-98	1989-90
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Dan Majerle	72	26.8	7.2	0.7	3.1	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.6	6.1	.419	1.5	4.1	.376	0.6	0.7	.784
Kevin McHale	82	33.2	20.9	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.0	7.9	14.4	.549	0.3	0.8	.333	4.8	5.4	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	2	31.0	4.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	4.0	.375	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	1.0	.500
Kevin McHale	5	38.4	22.0	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	3.4	8.4	13.8	.609	0.2	0.6	.333	5.0	5.8	.862


Season 11
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	1998-99	1990-91
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Dan Majerle	48	33.8	7.0	0.4	3.9	4.3	3.1	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.1	2.5	6.2	.396	1.4	4.2	.335	0.7	1.0	.717
Kevin McHale	68	30.4	18.4	2.1	4.9	7.1	1.9	0.4	2.1	2.1	2.9	7.4	13.4	.553	0.2	0.5	.405	3.4	4.0	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	5	30.2	4.0	0.6	5.2	5.8	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	3.0	1.0	5.2	.192	1.0	4.4	.227	1.0	1.4	.714
Kevin McHale	11	34.2	20.7	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	3.8	7.1	13.5	.527	0.5	1.0	.545	6.0	7.3	.825


Season 12
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	1999-00	1991-92
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Dan Majerle	69	33.4	7.3	0.4	4.4	4.8	3.0	1.3	0.2	0.9	2.3	2.5	6.1	.403	1.6	4.4	.362	0.8	1.0	.812
Kevin McHale	56	25.0	13.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	2.0	5.8	11.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.9	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	10	37.0	9.0	0.5	6.5	7.0	3.2	2.1	0.1	1.1	3.4	3.0	7.1	.423	2.0	5.0	.400	1.0	1.4	.714
Kevin McHale	10	30.6	16.5	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	6.5	12.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.4	.795


Season 13
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	2000-01	1992-93
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Dan Majerle	53	24.6	5.0	0.4	2.8	3.1	1.7	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.8	1.6	4.9	.336	1.1	3.4	.315	0.7	0.8	.818
Kevin McHale	71	23.3	10.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.2	9.1	.459	0.0	0.3	.111	2.3	2.7	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	3	23.7	5.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.7	1.0	0.0	0.7	2.3	1.7	5.3	.313	1.3	4.7	.286	0.7	1.3	.500
Kevin McHale	4	28.3	19.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.5	8.0	13.8	.582	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 14
	Dan Majerle	Kevin McHale
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
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		%
Dan Majerle	65	18.2	4.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.5	4.4	.343	1.2	3.6	.336	0.4	0.6	.590
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dan Majerle vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Dan Majerle, 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