Malik Beasley vs. Mike Riordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Riordan and Malik Beasley, 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.

Malik Beasley played 8 years in the NBA, 1 less than Mike Riordan, who played 9. Malik Beasley had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Mike Riordan had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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
Malik Beasley	8	4	2016-17 to 2023-24
Mike Riordan	9	9	1968-69 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Malik Beasley	Mike Riordan
Season	2016-17	1968-69
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Malik Beasley	22	7.5	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.5	3.3	.452	0.4	1.3	.321	0.4	0.5	.800
Mike Riordan	54	7.4	2.3	-	-	1.1	0.9	-	-	-	1.7	0.9	2.7	.340	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	10	10.8	5.2	-	-	1.7	0.3	-	-	-	2.7	2.0	3.9	.513	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.750


Season 2
	Malik Beasley	Mike Riordan
Season	2017-18	1969-70
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Malik Beasley	62	9.4	3.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.9	.410	0.5	1.3	.341	0.4	0.5	.667
Mike Riordan	81	20.7	7.7	-	-	2.4	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	6.8	.464	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	19	15.6	6.9	-	-	2.4	1.4	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	5.7	.486	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.714


Season 3
	Malik Beasley	Mike Riordan
Season	2018-19	1970-71
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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		%
Malik Beasley	81	23.2	11.3	0.4	2.0	2.5	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.4	4.3	9.1	.474	2.0	5.0	.402	0.7	0.8	.848
Mike Riordan	82	16.1	4.8	-	-	2.1	1.5	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	4.7	.418	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.620

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	14	20.1	8.1	0.8	2.6	3.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.6	6.6	.387	1.4	3.4	.404	1.6	2.2	.710
Mike Riordan	12	14.0	3.8	-	-	2.5	0.8	-	-	-	2.2	1.7	4.3	.385	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.750


Season 4
	Malik Beasley	Mike Riordan
Season	2019-20	1971-72
Team	Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Malik Beasley	55	22.0	11.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	5.0	.388	1.0	1.2	.818
Mike Riordan	58	23.7	9.5	-	-	2.2	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	4.0	8.6	.467	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.677

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	6	26.8	13.8	-	-	2.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	9.5	.579	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.810


Season 5
	Malik Beasley	Mike Riordan
Season	2020-21	1972-73
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Malik Beasley	37	32.8	19.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.7	7.1	16.2	.440	3.5	8.7	.399	1.8	2.2	.850
Mike Riordan	82	42.3	18.1	-	-	4.9	5.2	-	-	-	2.6	8.0	15.6	.510	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	5	46.2	15.0	-	-	3.6	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.6	12.4	.452	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.792


Season 6
	Malik Beasley	Mike Riordan
Season	2021-22	1973-74
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Malik Beasley	79	25.0	12.1	0.3	2.5	2.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.1	4.2	10.8	.391	3.0	8.1	.377	0.6	0.8	.817
Mike Riordan	81	39.9	15.9	1.5	3.2	4.7	3.3	1.3	0.2	-	2.9	7.1	15.1	.472	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	19.8	8.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.2	7.3	.432	1.3	4.2	.320	0.8	1.0	.833
Mike Riordan	7	38.1	12.3	1.0	2.4	3.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	-	4.0	5.1	12.4	.414	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.875


Season 7
	Malik Beasley	Mike Riordan
Season	2022-23	1974-75
Team	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Bullets 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		%
Malik Beasley	81	25.8	12.7	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.6	11.6	.395	2.9	8.1	.357	0.6	0.8	.769
Mike Riordan	74	29.6	15.4	1.2	2.6	3.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	-	3.2	7.0	14.3	.492	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	11	8.3	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	3.1	.294	0.6	2.4	.269	0.5	0.5	1.000
Mike Riordan	17	22.2	7.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.6	0.9	0.1	-	2.9	3.5	8.9	.397	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.778


Season 8
	Malik Beasley	Mike Riordan
Season	2023-24	1975-76
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Malik Beasley	79	29.6	11.3	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.0	4.1	9.1	.443	2.8	6.9	.413	0.3	0.4	.714
Mike Riordan	78	24.9	8.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.6	0.7	0.2	-	2.6	3.7	8.5	.440	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	21.8	8.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	6.8	.512	1.8	4.2	.440	0.0	0.0	-
Mike Riordan	6	5.2	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.5	1.3	.375	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Malik Beasley	Mike Riordan
Season	-	1976-77
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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		%
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	49	5.9	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.9	.362	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	2	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Malik Beasley vs. Mike Riordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Riordan and Malik Beasley, 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