Spencer Haywood vs. Tayshaun Prince Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tayshaun Prince and Spencer Haywood, 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.

Spencer Haywood played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Tayshaun Prince, who played 14. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Tayshaun Prince had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
Spencer Haywood	12	4	1970-71 to 1982-83
Tayshaun Prince	14	9	2002-03 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	1970-71	2002-03
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
Tayshaun Prince	42	10.4	3.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.8	.449	0.5	1.1	.426	0.3	0.4	.647

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	15	25.4	9.4	0.7	3.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.3	3.3	7.7	.426	0.9	3.2	.292	1.9	2.5	.763


Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	1971-72	2003-04
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.9	10.3	1.1	3.6	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	4.1	8.8	.467	0.7	1.9	.363	1.3	1.7	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	23	34.8	9.9	1.8	4.2	6.0	2.3	1.1	1.3	0.8	2.7	3.8	9.2	.410	0.6	2.1	.265	1.8	2.4	.745


Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	1972-73	2004-05
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Tayshaun Prince	82	37.1	14.7	1.6	3.7	5.3	3.0	0.7	0.9	1.6	2.0	5.7	11.7	.487	0.6	1.7	.341	2.7	3.3	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	25	40.8	13.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	3.3	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.0	5.3	12.3	.433	0.9	2.4	.367	1.9	2.4	.800


Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	1973-74	2005-06
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
Tayshaun Prince	82	35.3	14.1	1.3	3.0	4.2	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.2	5.5	12.2	.455	0.8	2.2	.350	2.2	2.9	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	18	41.4	16.4	2.4	3.3	5.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	1.7	1.3	5.9	12.8	.459	1.2	2.6	.457	3.5	4.2	.829


Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	1974-75	2006-07
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
Tayshaun Prince	82	36.6	14.3	1.8	3.5	5.2	2.8	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.4	5.6	12.2	.460	1.0	2.6	.386	2.1	2.7	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770
Tayshaun Prince	16	41.6	14.1	1.7	4.8	6.4	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	1.9	5.2	12.5	.415	1.1	2.8	.409	2.6	3.4	.759


Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	1975-76	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.9	13.2	1.3	3.5	4.9	3.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	1.1	5.1	11.5	.448	0.6	1.8	.363	2.3	2.9	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	17	39.5	13.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	3.2	0.8	0.5	1.9	1.8	5.9	12.2	.481	0.5	1.5	.320	1.6	2.0	.794


Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	1976-77	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Spencer Haywood	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832
Tayshaun Prince	82	37.3	14.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.1	0.5	0.6	1.2	1.3	5.6	12.4	.450	0.7	1.7	.397	2.3	3.0	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	4	32.3	3.8	0.3	3.3	3.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	1.8	6.8	.259	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	1977-78	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Spencer Haywood	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711
Tayshaun Prince	49	34.0	13.5	1.4	3.6	5.1	3.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	5.8	11.8	.486	0.6	1.5	.370	1.4	2.0	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	1978-79	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	34.7	20.9	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.5	8.8	17.7	.494	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.791
Tayshaun Prince	78	32.8	14.1	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.8	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.2	6.1	12.8	.473	0.4	1.3	.347	1.5	2.2	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	1979-80	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772
Tayshaun Prince	63	33.1	12.7	1.1	3.3	4.5	2.4	0.4	0.5	1.2	1.2	5.3	12.7	.421	0.6	1.7	.356	1.4	1.8	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.


Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	1981-82	2012-13
Team	Washington Bullets	Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Grizzlies 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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	27.4	13.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.3	3.3	5.2	10.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.4	.842
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.1	10.4	0.9	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.0	4.4	10.0	.438	0.5	1.1	.404	1.2	1.6	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	7	33.0	20.0	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.1	4.0	8.1	16.4	.496	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743
Tayshaun Prince	15	30.3	7.0	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.9	8.1	.355	0.3	1.3	.263	0.9	1.5	.609


Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	1982-83	2013-14
Team	Washington Bullets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Spencer Haywood	38	20.4	8.2	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.3	8.2	.401	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.724
Tayshaun Prince	76	25.6	6.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.6	6.5	.407	0.3	0.9	.290	0.4	0.8	.567

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	7	16.1	3.0	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.1	1.4	3.7	.385	0.1	0.6	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons
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		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	58	24.1	7.5	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	3.1	6.9	.440	0.5	1.2	.463	0.8	1.1	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Spencer Haywood	Tayshaun Prince
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	77	19.0	2.9	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.3	3.0	.445	0.1	0.3	.174	0.2	0.2	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Spencer Haywood vs. Tayshaun Prince Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tayshaun Prince and Spencer Haywood, 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