Kyle Anderson vs. Tiny Archibald Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tiny Archibald and Kyle Anderson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Kyle Anderson played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Tiny Archibald, who played 13. Kyle Anderson had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Tiny Archibald had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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.

Season 2
	Kyle Anderson	Tiny Archibald
Season	2015-16	1971-72
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Kyle Anderson	78	16.0	4.5	0.3	2.8	3.1	1.6	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	3.8	.468	0.2	0.5	.324	0.8	1.1	.747
Tiny Archibald	76	43.1	28.2	-	-	2.9	9.2	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.9	.486	-	-	-	8.9	10.8	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	10	12.9	2.3	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.1	0.8	2.5	.320	0.1	0.3	.333	0.6	0.7	.857
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kyle Anderson	Tiny Archibald
Season	2016-17	1972-73
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Kansas City-Omaha Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Kyle Anderson	72	14.2	3.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.9	.445	0.2	0.6	.375	0.6	0.8	.789
Tiny Archibald	80	46.0	34.0	-	-	2.8	11.4	-	-	-	2.6	12.9	26.3	.488	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	15	13.0	5.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.5	2.4	4.3	.563	0.2	0.7	.300	0.5	0.7	.727
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kyle Anderson	Tiny Archibald
Season	2018-19	1974-75
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Kansas City-Omaha Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Kyle Anderson	43	29.8	8.0	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.0	1.3	0.9	1.3	2.6	3.5	6.4	.543	0.2	0.8	.265	0.9	1.5	.578
Tiny Archibald	82	39.6	26.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.8	1.5	0.1	-	2.3	9.3	20.3	.456	-	-	-	8.0	9.1	.872
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiny Archibald	6	40.3	20.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	0.7	0.0	-	3.0	7.2	19.7	.364	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.814

Season 6
	Kyle Anderson	Tiny Archibald
Season	2019-20	1975-76
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Kyle Anderson	67	19.9	5.8	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.8	0.6	1.0	1.7	2.3	4.9	.474	0.4	1.3	.282	0.8	1.2	.667
Tiny Archibald	78	40.8	24.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	7.9	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	9.2	20.3	.453	-	-	-	6.4	8.0	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Tiny Archibald didn't play in 1977-78.

Season 9
	Kyle Anderson	Tiny Archibald
Season	2022-23	1979-80
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Kyle Anderson	69	28.4	9.4	1.0	4.4	5.3	4.9	1.1	0.9	1.5	2.1	3.7	7.2	.509	0.6	1.5	.410	1.4	2.0	.735
Tiny Archibald	80	35.8	14.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.7	4.8	9.9	.482	0.1	0.2	.222	4.5	5.4	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	4	26.0	8.5	0.8	3.3	4.0	4.5	1.8	0.5	1.5	3.3	3.8	7.5	.500	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000
Tiny Archibald	9	36.9	14.2	0.3	0.9	1.2	7.9	1.1	0.0	4.2	3.1	5.0	9.9	.506	0.1	0.2	.500	4.1	4.7	.881

Season 10
	Kyle Anderson	Tiny Archibald
Season	2023-24	1980-81
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	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		%
Kyle Anderson	79	22.6	6.4	0.8	2.7	3.5	4.2	0.9	0.6	1.2	1.6	2.5	5.5	.460	0.1	0.6	.229	1.2	1.7	.708
Tiny Archibald	80	35.3	13.8	0.5	1.8	2.2	7.7	0.9	0.2	3.3	2.5	4.8	9.6	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.2	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	9	12.8	2.8	1.4	1.4	2.9	2.2	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.4	1.1	2.8	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.7	.833
Tiny Archibald	17	37.1	15.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	6.3	0.8	0.0	2.9	2.3	5.6	12.4	.450	0.0	0.3	.000	4.5	5.5	.809

Season 11
	Kyle Anderson	Tiny Archibald
Season	-	1981-82
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiny Archibald	68	31.9	12.6	0.4	1.3	1.7	8.0	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.9	4.5	9.6	.472	0.1	0.2	.375	3.5	4.6	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiny Archibald	8	34.6	10.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.5	0.6	0.3	2.9	2.6	3.8	8.8	.429	0.0	0.5	.000	3.1	3.5	.893