Ricky Pierce vs. Max Strus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Strus and Ricky Pierce, 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.

Ricky Pierce played 16 years in the NBA, 11 more than Max Strus, who played 5. Ricky Pierce had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Max Strus had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Ricky Pierce	16	12	1982-83 to 1997-98
Max Strus	5	4	2019-20 to 2023-24

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
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Max Strus	2	3.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000

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


Season 2
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
Season	1983-84	2020-21
Team	San Diego Clippers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
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
Max Strus	39	13.0	6.1	0.1	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.8	.455	1.3	3.8	.338	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
Season	1984-85	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
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
Max Strus	68	23.3	10.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.7	3.7	8.3	.441	2.7	6.5	.410	0.6	0.8	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Max Strus	18	29.1	10.9	0.8	3.2	4.1	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	3.1	3.8	10.1	.374	2.6	7.9	.331	0.7	1.0	.722


Season 4
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Heat 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		%
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
Max Strus	80	28.4	11.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.1	9.9	.410	2.5	7.0	.350	1.0	1.1	.876

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Max Strus	23	28.2	9.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	3.3	8.2	.402	1.9	5.9	.319	0.9	1.1	.800


Season 5
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
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
Max Strus	70	32.0	12.2	0.9	3.9	4.8	4.0	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.3	10.4	.418	2.4	6.8	.351	1.1	1.4	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Max Strus	12	36.2	9.5	0.7	4.7	5.3	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.3	3.4	3.5	8.6	.408	2.1	6.0	.347	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 6
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 7
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 8
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 16
	Ricky Pierce	Max Strus
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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Ricky Pierce vs. Max Strus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Strus and Ricky Pierce, 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