Kevin McHale vs. Zaza Pachulia Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zaza Pachulia and Kevin McHale, 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.

Kevin McHale played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than Zaza Pachulia, who played 16. Kevin McHale had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Zaza Pachulia had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93
Zaza Pachulia	16	9	2003-04 to 2018-19

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
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1980-81	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	59	11.3	3.3	1.2	1.8	2.9	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.5	1.2	3.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1981-82	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	74	18.9	6.2	1.8	3.3	5.1	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.9	2.2	2.2	4.8	.452	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.5	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1982-83	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	78	31.4	11.7	3.4	4.5	7.9	1.7	1.1	0.5	2.3	3.7	3.9	8.7	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.2	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1983-84	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	72	28.1	12.2	2.8	4.2	6.9	1.5	1.1	0.5	2.3	3.7	4.0	8.5	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.2	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1984-85	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	62	15.2	5.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.3	1.7	4.0	.437	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.5	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	7	15.0	4.1	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.1	1.0	3.6	.280	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.0	.714


Season 6
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1985-86	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	77	19.1	6.2	2.2	3.4	5.7	0.7	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.7	2.1	4.2	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.0	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	11	23.6	6.9	2.5	4.4	6.9	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	3.6	2.0	4.8	.415	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.8	.762


Season 7
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1986-87	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	78	14.0	4.3	1.5	2.3	3.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.4	1.5	3.2	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	11	14.6	4.6	1.7	1.7	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.8	3.1	1.6	3.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.625


Season 8
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1987-88	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	79	15.7	4.4	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.4	2.9	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	11	17.7	3.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.8	3.4	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.773


Season 9
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1988-89	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	58	28.3	7.8	2.7	5.2	7.9	1.4	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.0	2.9	5.8	.499	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1989-90	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	52	21.8	5.9	2.5	3.9	6.5	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.2	4.6	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1990-91	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	53	25.0	7.7	2.7	3.6	6.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.3	2.8	6.6	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.5	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	73	23.7	8.3	2.7	4.2	6.8	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.8	2.3	3.3	7.2	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	6	21.5	6.7	1.8	4.8	6.7	1.5	1.7	0.5	0.8	2.5	2.7	6.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.2	.615


Season 13
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	76	26.4	8.6	3.3	6.2	9.4	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.4	2.9	6.2	.466	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.6	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	5	22.4	6.6	2.0	3.4	5.4	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.4	2.6	1.8	4.8	.375	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.4	.882


Season 14
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	70	18.1	6.1	2.0	3.9	5.9	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.4	2.3	4.4	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.8	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	15	14.1	5.1	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.1	2.1	4.0	.533	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.765


Season 15
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	69	14.1	5.4	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.2	3.8	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.3	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	7	3.7	2.4	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.750


Season 16
	Kevin McHale	Zaza Pachulia
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	68	12.9	3.9	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.2	1.3	2.8	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	2	11.0	2.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500

Kevin McHale vs. Zaza Pachulia Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zaza Pachulia and Kevin McHale, 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