Kawhi Leonard vs. Ricky Pierce Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Pierce and Kawhi Leonard, 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.

Kawhi Leonard played 12 years in the NBA, 4 less than Ricky Pierce, who played 16. Kawhi Leonard had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Ricky Pierce had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Kawhi Leonard	12	11	2011-12 to 2023-24
Ricky Pierce	16	12	1982-83 to 1997-98

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	2011-12	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773
Ricky Pierce	39	6.8	2.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.3	.375	0.0	0.2	.143	0.5	0.8	.563

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	2012-13	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	58	31.2	11.9	1.1	4.9	6.0	1.6	1.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.5	9.1	.494	1.1	3.0	.374	1.8	2.2	.825
Ricky Pierce	69	18.6	9.9	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.1	3.9	8.3	.470	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.5	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	21	36.9	13.5	2.4	6.7	9.0	1.0	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.9	5.5	10.0	.545	1.1	2.8	.390	1.5	2.3	.633
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	2013-14	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802
Ricky Pierce	44	20.0	9.8	1.1	1.5	2.7	2.1	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.7	3.8	7.0	.537	0.0	0.1	.250	2.3	2.8	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736
Ricky Pierce	8	24.8	9.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.9	0.4	0.1	2.1	3.3	4.5	9.1	.493	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.1	.778


Season 4
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	2014-15	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	31.8	16.5	1.3	5.9	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.0	6.2	12.8	.479	1.0	3.0	.349	3.2	3.9	.802
Ricky Pierce	81	26.5	13.9	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.2	1.0	0.1	1.3	3.1	5.3	9.9	.538	0.0	0.3	.130	3.3	3.8	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	7	35.7	20.3	1.9	5.6	7.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	7.4	15.6	.477	1.6	3.7	.423	3.9	5.0	.771
Ricky Pierce	13	24.8	11.1	1.5	1.2	2.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.2	3.2	4.0	8.7	.460	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	3.5	.889


Season 5
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	2015-16	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	72	33.1	21.2	1.3	5.5	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	1.8	7.7	15.1	.506	1.8	4.0	.443	4.1	4.6	.874
Ricky Pierce	79	31.7	19.5	1.5	1.9	3.4	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.8	7.3	13.6	.534	0.0	0.4	.107	4.9	5.6	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	10	33.9	22.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	2.8	2.6	1.4	1.6	2.1	8.3	16.6	.500	1.7	3.9	.436	4.2	5.1	.824
Ricky Pierce	12	26.4	15.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.6	3.3	5.7	11.8	.479	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.6	.821


Season 6
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	2016-17	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	74	33.4	25.5	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	1.6	8.6	17.7	.485	2.0	5.2	.380	6.3	7.2	.880
Ricky Pierce	37	26.1	16.4	0.8	1.4	2.2	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.5	6.7	13.1	.510	0.1	0.4	.214	2.9	3.3	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	12	35.8	27.7	1.6	6.2	7.8	4.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	1.8	8.8	16.8	.525	2.1	4.6	.455	7.9	8.5	.931
Ricky Pierce	5	21.0	11.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.8	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.0	10.6	.472	0.2	1.0	.200	1.6	1.8	.889


Season 7
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	2017-18	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	9	23.3	16.2	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.3	2.0	1.0	1.8	1.0	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.9	.314	3.4	4.2	.816
Ricky Pierce	75	27.7	17.6	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.6	7.0	13.6	.518	0.1	0.5	.222	3.4	4.0	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	9	32.4	22.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.8	1.2	0.2	1.0	3.4	8.6	15.7	.546	0.7	0.9	.750	4.6	5.2	.872


Season 8
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	2018-19	1989-90
Team	Toronto Raptors	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	60	34.0	26.6	1.3	6.0	7.3	3.3	1.8	0.4	2.0	1.5	9.3	18.8	.496	1.9	5.0	.371	6.1	7.1	.854
Ricky Pierce	59	29.0	23.0	1.1	1.7	2.8	2.3	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.7	8.5	16.7	.510	0.8	2.3	.346	5.2	6.2	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	24	39.1	30.5	2.3	6.8	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	3.1	2.3	10.1	20.7	.490	2.3	6.0	.379	8.0	9.0	.884
Ricky Pierce	4	30.5	22.3	1.5	0.8	2.3	1.5	1.3	0.0	0.8	3.5	7.0	15.0	.467	1.3	2.5	.500	7.0	7.8	.903


Season 9
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	2019-20	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	57	32.4	27.1	0.9	6.1	7.1	4.9	1.8	0.6	2.6	2.0	9.3	19.9	.470	2.2	5.7	.378	6.2	7.1	.886
Ricky Pierce	78	27.8	20.5	0.9	1.6	2.4	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.2	7.2	14.8	.485	0.6	1.5	.397	5.5	6.0	.913

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	13	39.3	28.2	1.8	7.5	9.3	5.5	2.3	0.8	2.5	2.2	10.1	20.6	.489	1.8	5.6	.329	6.2	7.2	.862
Ricky Pierce	5	22.4	11.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	3.8	11.4	.333	0.6	2.0	.300	3.2	3.4	.941


Season 10
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	2020-21	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	Supersonics 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	52	34.1	24.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	5.2	1.6	0.4	2.0	1.6	8.9	17.5	.512	1.9	4.9	.398	5.0	5.7	.885
Ricky Pierce	78	34.1	21.7	1.2	1.8	3.0	3.1	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.9	16.7	.475	0.4	1.6	.268	5.3	5.8	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	11	39.3	30.4	2.0	5.7	7.7	4.4	2.1	0.8	2.2	2.6	11.1	19.4	.573	2.2	5.5	.393	6.0	6.8	.880
Ricky Pierce	9	35.1	19.6	1.0	1.4	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.1	2.7	2.7	7.0	14.6	.481	0.3	1.2	.273	5.2	6.0	.870

Note: Kawhi Leonard didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 11
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	52	33.6	23.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	3.9	1.4	0.5	1.7	1.6	8.6	16.8	.512	2.0	4.8	.416	4.7	5.4	.871
Ricky Pierce	77	28.8	18.2	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.9	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.2	6.8	13.9	.489	0.5	1.5	.372	4.1	4.6	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	2	40.0	34.5	1.5	5.0	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.5	3.0	2.5	12.0	22.0	.545	3.0	5.0	.600	7.5	8.5	.882
Ricky Pierce	19	30.4	17.7	0.9	1.5	2.4	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.1	6.5	14.2	.456	0.6	1.6	.400	4.2	4.6	.898


Season 12
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	68	34.3	23.7	1.2	4.9	6.1	3.6	1.6	0.9	1.8	1.4	9.0	17.1	.525	2.1	4.9	.417	3.7	4.2	.885
Ricky Pierce	51	20.0	14.5	0.6	1.1	1.6	1.8	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.6	5.3	11.3	.471	0.1	0.6	.188	3.7	4.1	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	2	29.5	12.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	5.5	12.0	.458	0.0	2.5	.000	1.0	1.5	.667
Ricky Pierce	5	14.8	8.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.8	1.6	2.8	6.2	.452	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706


Season 13
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	27	24.9	12.5	0.4	1.9	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.4	4.1	9.4	.437	0.9	2.6	.329	3.4	3.9	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	76	18.5	9.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.5	3.5	7.8	.447	0.5	1.4	.337	2.3	2.7	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	5	26.6	10.2	0.6	0.2	0.8	3.0	1.6	0.2	2.4	2.6	3.2	9.4	.340	0.4	1.6	.250	3.4	4.0	.850


Season 15
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	60	20.8	11.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.6	4.0	8.3	.481	0.7	1.6	.442	2.3	2.6	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	3	29.0	7.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-


Season 16
	Kawhi Leonard	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	39	11.3	3.9	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	3.7	.364	0.1	0.3	.308	1.1	1.3	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kawhi Leonard vs. Ricky Pierce Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Pierce and Kawhi Leonard, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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