Derek Harper vs. Chris Mullin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mullin and Derek Harper, 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.

Derek Harper and Chris Mullin both played 16 years in the NBA. Derek Harper had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Chris Mullin had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Derek Harper	16	10	1983-84 to 1998-99
Chris Mullin	16	8	1985-86 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1983-84	1985-86
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Derek Harper	82	20.9	5.7	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.9	1.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.4	5.5	.443	0.0	0.3	.115	0.8	1.2	.673
Chris Mullin	55	25.3	14.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	0.1	0.5	.185	3.4	3.8	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	10	22.6	5.0	0.8	1.2	2.0	2.8	1.1	0.2	0.6	1.6	2.1	5.4	.389	0.3	0.8	.375	0.5	0.7	.714
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1984-85	1986-87
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
Derek Harper	82	27.0	9.6	0.6	1.9	2.4	4.4	1.8	0.5	1.5	2.4	4.0	7.7	.520	0.3	0.7	.344	1.4	1.9	.721
Chris Mullin	82	29.0	15.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.6	5.8	11.3	.514	0.2	0.8	.302	3.3	4.0	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	4	33.0	6.5	0.3	2.8	3.0	5.0	1.5	0.3	1.0	3.0	2.5	5.3	.476	0.3	0.8	.333	1.3	1.8	.714
Chris Mullin	10	26.2	11.3	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	3.1	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.4	.750	1.2	1.6	.750


Season 3
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1985-86	1987-88
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Derek Harper	79	27.2	12.2	0.9	1.9	2.9	5.3	1.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.9	9.2	.534	0.2	0.6	.235	2.2	2.9	.747
Chris Mullin	60	33.9	20.2	1.0	2.5	3.4	4.8	1.9	0.5	2.6	2.3	7.8	15.4	.508	0.6	1.6	.351	4.0	4.5	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	10	34.8	13.4	1.3	0.6	1.9	7.6	2.3	0.0	2.3	2.7	5.7	10.7	.533	0.8	1.4	.571	1.2	1.6	.750
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1986-87	1988-89
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
Derek Harper	77	33.2	16.0	0.7	1.9	2.6	7.9	2.2	0.3	1.8	2.5	6.5	12.9	.501	1.0	2.8	.358	2.1	3.0	.684
Chris Mullin	82	37.7	26.5	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	3.6	2.2	10.1	19.9	.509	0.3	1.2	.230	6.0	6.7	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	4	30.8	16.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.8	1.8	0.0	1.3	1.8	5.0	10.0	.500	0.5	2.3	.222	6.0	7.5	.800
Chris Mullin	8	42.6	29.4	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.5	1.8	1.4	4.0	2.4	11.0	20.4	.540	0.1	1.0	.125	7.3	8.4	.866


Season 5
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1987-88	1989-90
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Derek Harper	82	37.0	17.0	0.9	2.1	3.0	7.7	2.0	0.4	2.3	2.0	6.5	14.2	.459	0.7	2.3	.313	3.2	4.2	.759
Chris Mullin	78	36.3	25.1	1.7	4.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	3.1	1.8	8.7	16.3	.536	1.1	3.0	.372	6.5	7.3	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	17	35.4	13.5	0.6	1.9	2.5	7.1	1.9	0.3	1.9	2.6	5.2	11.9	.441	0.5	2.1	.250	2.5	3.5	.729
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1988-89	1990-91
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Derek Harper	81	36.6	17.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.0	2.1	0.5	2.5	2.7	6.6	13.9	.477	1.2	3.4	.356	2.8	3.5	.806
Chris Mullin	82	40.4	25.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	4.0	2.1	0.8	3.0	2.1	9.5	17.7	.536	0.5	1.6	.301	6.3	7.1	.884

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	8	45.8	23.8	1.1	6.1	7.3	2.9	1.9	1.5	3.1	2.9	8.6	16.4	.527	1.1	1.6	.692	5.4	6.3	.860


Season 7
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1989-90	1991-92
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
Derek Harper	82	36.7	18.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	7.4	2.3	0.3	2.5	2.7	6.9	14.2	.488	1.1	2.9	.371	3.0	3.8	.794
Chris Mullin	81	41.3	25.6	1.6	4.0	5.6	3.5	2.1	0.8	2.5	2.1	10.2	19.6	.524	0.8	2.2	.366	4.3	5.2	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	3	39.7	19.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	7.7	1.3	0.0	4.0	4.3	7.0	16.0	.438	1.7	5.3	.313	3.7	5.3	.688
Chris Mullin	4	42.0	17.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	3.0	1.3	0.5	2.0	2.0	6.8	15.8	.429	1.0	3.0	.333	3.3	3.5	.929


Season 8
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1990-91	1992-93
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Derek Harper	77	37.4	19.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	7.1	1.9	0.2	2.3	2.9	7.4	15.9	.467	1.2	3.2	.362	3.7	5.1	.731
Chris Mullin	46	41.3	25.9	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.6	1.5	0.9	3.0	1.7	10.3	20.2	.510	1.3	2.9	.451	4.0	4.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1991-92	1993-94
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Derek Harper	65	34.6	17.7	0.8	1.9	2.6	5.7	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.3	6.9	15.6	.443	0.9	2.9	.312	3.0	4.0	.759
Chris Mullin	62	37.5	16.8	1.0	4.5	5.6	5.1	1.7	0.9	2.9	1.8	6.6	14.0	.472	0.9	2.4	.364	2.7	3.5	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	3	45.0	25.3	1.3	3.3	4.7	3.7	0.0	1.7	2.3	1.3	10.0	17.0	.588	2.0	4.0	.500	3.3	3.7	.909


Season 10
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1992-93	1994-95
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Derek Harper	62	34.0	18.2	0.7	1.3	2.0	5.4	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.3	6.3	15.1	.419	1.6	4.1	.393	3.9	5.1	.756
Chris Mullin	25	35.6	19.0	1.0	3.6	4.6	5.0	1.5	0.8	3.7	2.1	6.8	13.9	.489	1.7	3.7	.452	3.8	4.3	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1993-94	1995-96
Team	Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Derek Harper	82	26.9	9.6	0.2	1.5	1.7	4.1	1.5	0.1	1.6	2.0	3.7	9.1	.407	0.9	2.5	.360	1.4	2.0	.687
Chris Mullin	55	29.4	13.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	3.5	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.3	4.9	9.8	.499	1.1	2.7	.393	2.5	2.9	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	23	32.6	11.4	0.6	1.8	2.3	4.5	1.8	0.0	1.8	2.7	4.3	10.0	.429	1.3	3.7	.341	1.6	2.4	.643
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1994-95	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Derek Harper	80	34.0	11.5	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.7	1.0	0.1	1.9	2.7	4.2	9.5	.446	1.3	3.7	.363	1.7	2.4	.724
Chris Mullin	79	34.6	14.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	4.1	1.6	0.4	2.4	2.0	5.5	10.0	.553	1.1	2.6	.411	2.3	2.7	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	11	35.3	14.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.6	5.1	9.9	.514	2.5	4.3	.574	1.6	2.2	.750
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1995-96	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Derek Harper	82	35.3	14.0	0.4	2.1	2.5	4.3	1.6	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.3	11.5	.464	1.5	4.0	.372	1.9	2.5	.757
Chris Mullin	82	26.5	11.3	0.5	2.6	3.0	2.3	1.2	0.5	1.4	2.3	4.1	8.4	.481	1.3	3.0	.440	1.9	2.0	.939

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	8	36.6	10.0	0.0	2.1	2.1	4.8	1.3	0.1	1.8	3.0	3.6	10.3	.354	1.4	4.4	.314	1.4	1.9	.733
Chris Mullin	16	25.8	8.9	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.3	7.1	.460	1.3	3.3	.385	1.1	1.3	.857


Season 14
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1996-97	1998-99
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derek Harper	75	29.5	10.0	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.3	1.2	0.2	1.8	1.9	4.0	9.0	.444	0.8	2.3	.341	1.3	1.7	.742
Chris Mullin	50	23.6	10.1	0.5	2.7	3.2	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.2	2.0	3.5	7.4	.477	1.5	3.1	.465	1.6	1.8	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	13	21.8	9.5	0.2	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.6	3.2	7.7	.410	1.7	4.2	.400	1.5	1.8	.870


Season 15
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1997-98	1999-00
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Derek Harper	66	26.7	8.6	0.3	1.2	1.6	3.5	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.1	3.4	8.2	.417	0.9	2.5	.360	0.8	1.2	.696
Chris Mullin	47	12.4	5.1	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.3	1.7	4.0	.428	1.0	2.3	.409	0.8	0.9	.902

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	9	10.1	3.4	0.2	1.3	1.6	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.3	.476	0.2	0.9	.250	1.0	1.2	.818


Season 16
	Derek Harper	Chris Mullin
Season	1998-99	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Derek Harper	45	24.9	6.9	0.3	1.2	1.5	4.2	1.0	0.1	1.2	1.5	2.7	6.5	.412	1.0	2.6	.368	0.6	0.7	.813
Chris Mullin	20	18.7	5.8	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.4	1.8	5.3	.340	1.0	2.6	.365	1.2	1.4	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Harper	7	16.0	4.3	0.1	1.3	1.4	2.1	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.3	1.9	4.4	.419	0.1	1.4	.100	0.4	0.9	.500
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Derek Harper vs. Chris Mullin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mullin and Derek Harper, 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

Season 16