Richard Jefferson vs. Nate McMillan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate McMillan and Richard Jefferson, 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.

Richard Jefferson played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Nate McMillan, who played 12. Richard Jefferson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Nate McMillan had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Richard Jefferson	17	12	2001-02 to 2017-18
Nate McMillan	12	11	1986-87 to 1997-98

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2001-02	1986-87
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713
Nate McMillan	71	27.8	5.3	1.4	3.2	4.7	8.2	1.8	0.6	2.2	3.4	2.0	4.2	.475	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	2.0	.617

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550
Nate McMillan	14	25.4	5.1	0.9	2.9	3.9	8.0	1.0	0.7	1.9	3.0	1.9	4.4	.435	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.708


Season 2
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2002-03	1987-88
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Richard Jefferson	80	36.0	15.5	1.9	4.6	6.4	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	5.7	11.4	.501	0.1	0.3	.250	4.1	5.5	.743
Nate McMillan	82	29.9	7.6	1.4	2.7	4.1	8.6	2.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.9	6.0	.474	0.1	0.3	.375	1.8	2.5	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	35.7	14.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.4	5.5	11.6	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	4.3	.718
Nate McMillan	5	25.4	6.6	1.2	3.0	4.2	6.6	0.4	0.6	1.6	2.2	2.4	7.0	.343	0.0	0.2	.000	1.8	2.8	.643


Season 3
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2003-04	1988-89
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	38.2	18.5	1.3	4.3	5.7	3.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	6.8	13.6	.498	0.6	1.6	.364	4.4	5.7	.763
Nate McMillan	75	31.2	7.1	1.9	3.3	5.2	9.3	2.1	0.6	2.8	3.1	2.7	6.5	.410	0.2	0.9	.214	1.6	2.5	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	11	41.6	19.8	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	3.9	3.2	6.0	14.4	.418	0.8	3.0	.273	7.0	9.8	.713
Nate McMillan	8	25.0	6.8	1.1	2.0	3.1	7.9	1.3	0.6	2.4	2.6	2.4	5.0	.475	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	3.1	.640


Season 4
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2004-05	1989-90
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Richard Jefferson	33	41.1	22.2	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	3.3	7.2	17.1	.422	0.9	2.7	.337	6.9	8.2	.844
Nate McMillan	82	28.5	6.4	1.5	3.4	4.9	7.3	1.7	0.5	2.3	3.5	2.5	5.3	.473	0.1	0.4	.355	1.2	1.9	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	4	35.5	15.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	2.0	3.5	5.0	12.5	.400	0.5	2.5	.200	5.3	7.8	.677
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2005-06	1990-91
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Richard Jefferson	78	39.2	19.5	1.2	5.6	6.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.3	12.9	.493	0.8	2.4	.319	6.0	7.4	.812
Nate McMillan	78	18.4	4.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	4.8	1.3	0.3	1.6	2.7	1.7	3.9	.433	0.2	0.6	.354	0.7	1.2	.613

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	11	39.7	22.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	4.1	0.9	0.4	2.7	2.9	8.2	15.0	.545	1.1	2.6	.414	4.7	5.7	.825
Nate McMillan	5	19.0	2.8	1.2	2.4	3.6	4.4	1.2	0.2	0.6	3.0	1.2	4.6	.261	0.0	0.4	.000	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 6
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2006-07	1991-92
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Richard Jefferson	55	35.6	16.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	12.1	.456	0.9	2.6	.359	4.3	5.9	.733
Nate McMillan	72	22.9	6.0	1.3	2.2	3.5	5.0	1.8	0.4	1.6	3.0	2.5	5.6	.437	0.4	1.4	.276	0.8	1.2	.643

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	12	40.8	19.7	0.3	5.3	5.6	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.3	2.0	6.8	14.0	.482	1.1	3.3	.325	5.1	5.5	.924
Nate McMillan	9	27.3	9.6	1.6	2.1	3.7	7.0	1.8	0.3	2.4	3.9	3.9	9.2	.422	0.7	2.9	.231	1.1	1.6	.714


Season 7
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2007-08	1992-93
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	39.0	22.6	1.1	3.0	4.2	3.1	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.5	16.2	.466	0.9	2.6	.362	6.6	8.3	.798
Nate McMillan	73	27.1	7.5	1.2	3.0	4.2	5.3	2.4	0.5	1.9	3.3	2.9	6.3	.464	0.3	0.9	.385	1.3	1.8	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate McMillan	19	21.8	4.8	1.1	2.4	3.5	5.4	2.1	0.6	1.3	2.8	1.8	5.4	.340	0.3	1.3	.208	0.8	1.6	.533


Season 8
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2008-09	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	35.8	19.6	0.7	3.9	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.1	6.5	14.9	.439	1.4	3.6	.397	5.1	6.3	.805
Nate McMillan	73	25.8	6.0	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.3	3.0	0.3	1.7	2.8	2.4	5.4	.447	0.7	1.8	.391	0.4	0.8	.564

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate McMillan	5	21.8	4.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	2.0	1.2	0.2	1.0	3.6	1.6	5.0	.320	0.8	2.2	.364	0.2	0.8	.250


Season 9
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2009-10	1994-95
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Richard Jefferson	81	31.1	12.3	0.7	3.7	4.4	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.5	9.6	.467	0.7	2.3	.316	2.6	3.5	.735
Nate McMillan	80	25.9	5.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	5.3	2.1	0.7	1.6	3.4	2.1	5.0	.418	0.7	1.9	.342	0.4	0.7	.586

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	10	33.4	9.4	0.8	4.5	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.4	7.0	.486	0.1	0.5	.200	2.5	3.3	.758
Nate McMillan	4	28.3	4.8	1.8	2.8	4.5	7.3	2.5	0.5	1.8	3.3	2.0	5.8	.348	0.3	2.0	.125	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 10
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2010-11	1995-96
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Richard Jefferson	81	30.4	11.0	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.8	7.9	.474	1.7	3.8	.440	1.8	2.4	.759
Nate McMillan	55	22.9	5.0	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.6	1.7	0.3	1.4	2.6	1.8	4.3	.420	0.8	2.2	.380	0.5	0.7	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	6	29.3	6.5	0.3	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.8	.353	1.5	1.8	.818
Nate McMillan	19	20.3	4.4	0.7	3.0	3.7	2.7	1.2	0.3	1.1	1.8	1.5	3.6	.406	1.0	2.1	.475	0.5	0.7	.643


Season 11
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2011-12	1996-97
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Richard Jefferson	63	27.7	9.2	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.2	7.7	.416	1.8	4.3	.420	0.9	1.3	.694
Nate McMillan	37	21.6	4.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	3.8	1.6	0.2	0.9	2.1	1.6	4.0	.409	0.8	2.3	.333	0.5	0.8	.655

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate McMillan	3	13.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	3.7	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2012-13	1997-98
Team	Golden State Warriors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Richard Jefferson	56	10.1	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.4	.456	0.3	0.8	.311	0.7	0.9	.717
Nate McMillan	18	15.5	3.4	0.7	1.5	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.2	0.7	2.3	1.3	3.7	.343	0.8	1.9	.441	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	7	5.6	1.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.3	.444	0.3	0.4	.667	0.4	1.3	.333
Nate McMillan	7	14.1	2.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	2.4	0.9	2.6	.333	0.3	1.7	.167	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 13
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	27.0	10.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.0	3.6	8.0	.450	1.5	3.7	.409	1.5	2.0	.741
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Richard Jefferson	74	16.8	5.8	0.3	2.1	2.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.9	4.4	.444	0.9	2.1	.426	1.1	1.5	.684
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	4	12.8	3.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.5	.357	0.8	2.0	.375	0.5	0.5	1.000
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
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		%
Richard Jefferson	74	17.9	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.9	4.2	.458	0.9	2.3	.382	0.8	1.2	.667
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	21	18.1	5.4	0.8	2.8	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.1	4.0	.524	0.5	1.3	.393	0.7	1.0	.750
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Richard Jefferson	79	20.4	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.9	1.9	4.3	.446	0.8	2.4	.333	1.0	1.4	.741
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	14	12.8	3.9	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.6	2.1	1.1	2.7	.421	0.4	1.4	.263	1.3	2.0	.643
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Richard Jefferson	Nate McMillan
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Richard Jefferson	20	8.2	1.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.4	.444	0.1	0.4	.286	0.2	0.4	.571
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Richard Jefferson vs. Nate McMillan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate McMillan and Richard Jefferson, 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

Season 16

Season 17