Josh Richardson vs. Dolph Schayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dolph Schayes and Josh 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Josh Richardson played 9 years in the NBA, 6 less than Dolph Schayes, who played 15. Josh Richardson had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Dolph Schayes had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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
Josh Richardson	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24
Dolph Schayes	15	14	1949-50 to 1963-64

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	2015-16	1949-50
Team	Miami Heat	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Nationals 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		%
Josh Richardson	52	21.3	6.6	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.4	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.1	2.4	5.2	.452	1.0	2.2	.461	0.8	1.2	.667
Dolph Schayes	64	-	16.8	-	-	-	4.0	-	-	-	3.5	5.4	14.1	.385	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	14	27.6	6.6	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.6	0.4	0.9	0.9	2.6	2.4	6.4	.371	1.2	3.3	.370	0.7	1.0	.714
Dolph Schayes	11	-	17.1	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	13.5	.385	-	-	-	6.7	9.2	.733


Season 2
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	2016-17	1950-51
Team	Miami Heat	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Josh Richardson	53	30.5	10.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	1.1	0.7	1.2	2.5	3.8	9.7	.394	1.4	4.3	.330	1.1	1.5	.779
Dolph Schayes	66	-	17.0	-	-	16.4	3.8	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	14.1	.357	-	-	-	6.9	9.2	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	7	-	20.4	-	-	14.6	2.9	-	-	-	4.0	6.7	15.0	.448	-	-	-	7.0	9.1	.766


Season 3
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	2017-18	1951-52
Team	Miami Heat	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Josh Richardson	81	33.2	12.9	0.9	2.7	3.5	2.9	1.5	0.9	1.7	2.5	4.9	10.9	.451	1.6	4.1	.378	1.5	1.8	.845
Dolph Schayes	63	31.8	13.8	-	-	12.3	2.9	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	11.7	.355	-	-	-	5.4	6.7	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	5	26.0	8.4	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.8	2.2	1.0	1.0	3.4	3.0	8.0	.375	1.2	3.8	.316	1.2	1.4	.857
Dolph Schayes	7	35.4	20.3	-	-	12.9	2.1	-	-	-	4.9	5.9	13.0	.451	-	-	-	8.6	11.1	.769


Season 4
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	2018-19	1952-53
Team	Miami Heat	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Josh Richardson	73	34.8	16.6	0.7	2.9	3.6	4.1	1.1	0.5	1.5	2.7	5.8	14.1	.412	2.2	6.3	.357	2.7	3.2	.861
Dolph Schayes	71	37.6	17.8	-	-	13.0	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.3	14.4	.367	-	-	-	7.2	8.7	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	2	29.0	9.0	-	-	8.5	0.5	-	-	-	3.5	2.0	8.0	.250	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.769


Season 5
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	2019-20	1953-54
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nationals 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		%
Josh Richardson	55	30.8	13.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	2.9	0.9	0.7	1.9	2.5	5.1	11.7	.430	1.5	4.5	.341	2.1	2.6	.809
Dolph Schayes	72	36.9	17.1	-	-	12.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.1	13.5	.380	-	-	-	6.8	8.2	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	4	36.0	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.3	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	5.0	14.0	.357	2.5	7.0	.357	4.3	4.5	.944
Dolph Schayes	13	28.8	16.0	-	-	10.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.1	4.9	10.8	.457	-	-	-	6.2	8.3	.741


Season 6
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	2020-21	1954-55
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Josh Richardson	59	30.3	12.1	0.9	2.4	3.3	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.3	2.2	4.5	10.5	.427	1.5	4.5	.330	1.7	1.8	.917
Dolph Schayes	72	35.1	18.5	-	-	12.3	3.0	-	-	-	3.4	5.9	15.3	.383	-	-	-	6.8	8.2	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	7	13.4	4.9	0.4	1.1	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.1	1.6	4.0	.393	0.4	1.4	.300	1.3	1.3	1.000
Dolph Schayes	11	33.0	19.0	-	-	12.8	3.6	-	-	-	4.4	5.5	15.2	.359	-	-	-	8.1	9.6	.840


Season 7
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	2021-22	1955-56
Team	Boston Celtics, San Antonio Spurs	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Josh Richardson	65	24.6	10.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.8	3.6	8.2	.438	1.6	3.8	.415	1.5	1.7	.889
Dolph Schayes	72	35.0	20.4	-	-	12.4	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	6.5	16.7	.387	-	-	-	7.5	8.8	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	8	38.8	22.1	-	-	13.9	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.5	17.8	.366	-	-	-	9.1	10.4	.880


Season 8
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	2022-23	1956-57
Team	San Antonio Spurs, New Orleans Pelicans	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Josh Richardson	65	23.5	10.1	0.6	2.1	2.7	2.7	1.1	0.3	1.3	1.8	3.7	8.5	.431	1.6	4.5	.365	1.1	1.2	.852
Dolph Schayes	72	39.6	22.5	-	-	14.0	3.2	-	-	-	3.0	6.9	18.2	.379	-	-	-	8.7	9.6	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	5	43.0	21.4	-	-	18.0	2.8	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	19.0	.305	-	-	-	9.8	11.0	.891


Season 9
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	2023-24	1957-58
Team	Miami Heat	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Josh Richardson	43	25.7	9.9	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.8	3.6	8.1	.444	1.5	4.4	.347	1.2	1.3	.944
Dolph Schayes	72	40.5	24.9	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	8.1	20.3	.398	-	-	-	8.7	9.7	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	3	43.7	26.7	-	-	15.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	21.3	.391	-	-	-	10.0	12.0	.833


Season 10
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	-	1958-59
Team	-	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	72	36.7	21.3	-	-	13.4	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	7.0	18.1	.387	-	-	-	7.3	8.5	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	9	39.0	28.2	-	-	13.0	4.6	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	21.7	.400	-	-	-	10.9	11.9	.916


Season 11
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	-	1959-60
Team	-	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	75	36.5	22.5	-	-	12.8	3.4	-	-	-	3.5	7.7	19.2	.401	-	-	-	7.1	8.0	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	3	42.0	29.3	-	-	16.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.3	10.0	22.0	.455	-	-	-	9.3	10.0	.933


Season 12
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	-	1960-61
Team	-	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	79	38.1	23.6	-	-	12.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.7	7.5	20.2	.372	-	-	-	8.6	9.9	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	8	38.5	20.6	-	-	11.4	2.6	-	-	-	4.0	6.4	19.0	.336	-	-	-	7.9	8.8	.900


Season 13
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	-	1961-62
Team	-	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	56	26.4	14.7	-	-	7.8	2.1	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	13.4	.357	-	-	-	5.1	5.7	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	5	19.0	11.4	-	-	7.0	1.0	-	-	-	4.2	4.8	13.2	.364	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 14
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	-	1962-63
Team	-	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	66	21.8	9.5	-	-	5.7	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	8.7	.388	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	5	21.6	10.2	-	-	5.6	1.4	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	8.8	.455	-	-	-	2.2	2.4	.917


Season 15
	Josh Richardson	Dolph Schayes
Season	-	1963-64
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	24	14.6	5.6	-	-	4.6	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	1.8	6.0	.308	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Josh Richardson vs. Dolph Schayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dolph Schayes and Josh 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.

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