A.C. Green vs. Tom Heinsohn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Heinsohn and A.C. Green, 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.

A.C. Green played 16 years in the NBA, 7 more than Tom Heinsohn, who played 9. A.C. Green had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Tom Heinsohn had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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
A.C. Green	16	13	1985-86 to 2000-01
Tom Heinsohn	9	9	1956-57 to 1964-65

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
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1985-86	1956-57
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
A.C. Green	82	18.8	6.4	2.0	2.7	4.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.8	2.5	4.7	.539	0.0	0.1	.167	1.2	2.0	.611
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	9	11.8	2.4	0.3	1.4	1.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.0	1.9	.529	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.444
Tom Heinsohn	10	37.0	22.9	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	23.1	.390	-	-	-	4.9	6.9	.710


Season 2
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1986-87	1957-58
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
A.C. Green	79	28.4	10.8	2.7	5.1	7.8	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.2	4.0	7.4	.538	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	3.6	.780
Tom Heinsohn	69	32.0	17.8	-	-	10.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	17.8	.382	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	18	28.1	11.5	3.0	4.9	7.9	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.6	3.9	7.2	.546	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.8	.747
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.7	17.5	-	-	10.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.7	6.2	17.6	.351	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.778


Season 3
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1987-88	1958-59
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
A.C. Green	82	32.1	11.4	3.0	5.7	8.7	1.1	1.1	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.9	7.8	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.6	.773
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	24	30.3	10.0	2.4	4.9	7.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.5	3.8	7.0	.544	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.753
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.6	19.9	-	-	8.9	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.3	20.0	.414	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.661


Season 4
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1988-89	1959-60
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
A.C. Green	82	30.6	13.3	3.1	5.9	9.0	1.3	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.1	4.9	9.2	.529	0.0	0.2	.235	3.4	4.4	.786
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	15	33.5	10.1	2.5	6.6	9.1	1.2	1.1	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.1	7.6	.412	0.0	0.2	.000	3.9	5.1	.763
Tom Heinsohn	13	32.5	21.8	-	-	9.7	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	8.6	20.5	.419	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.750


Season 5
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1989-90	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
A.C. Green	82	33.0	12.9	3.2	5.5	8.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.5	4.7	9.8	.478	0.2	0.6	.283	3.4	4.5	.751
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	9	28.0	11.8	3.8	5.2	9.0	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.6	8.8	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.750
Tom Heinsohn	10	29.1	19.7	-	-	9.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	20.1	.408	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.767


Season 6
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1990-91	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
A.C. Green	82	26.4	9.1	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.4	3.1	6.6	.476	0.1	0.7	.200	2.7	3.7	.738
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	19	21.1	6.5	2.4	2.9	5.4	0.5	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.9	2.2	5.1	.423	0.2	0.4	.500	2.0	2.8	.704
Tom Heinsohn	14	31.8	20.7	-	-	8.2	2.4	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	20.8	.399	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763


Season 7
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1991-92	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
A.C. Green	82	35.4	13.6	3.7	5.6	9.3	1.4	1.1	0.4	1.4	1.7	4.7	9.8	.476	0.1	0.7	.214	4.1	5.6	.744
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	4	38.3	12.8	3.8	5.3	9.0	1.8	1.8	0.0	1.3	2.5	4.0	9.8	.410	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	5.8	.826
Tom Heinsohn	13	31.8	24.7	-	-	8.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.2	9.5	20.8	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.765


Season 8
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1992-93	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
A.C. Green	82	34.4	12.8	3.5	5.2	8.7	1.4	1.1	0.5	1.4	1.8	4.6	8.6	.537	0.2	0.6	.348	3.4	4.6	.739
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	5	44.0	9.8	5.2	9.4	14.6	2.6	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.8	3.6	8.4	.429	0.0	1.0	.000	2.6	4.2	.619
Tom Heinsohn	10	30.8	17.4	-	-	8.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.810


Season 9
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1993-94	1964-65
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
A.C. Green	82	34.5	14.7	3.4	5.8	9.2	1.7	0.9	0.5	1.2	1.7	5.7	11.3	.502	0.1	0.4	.229	3.2	4.4	.735
Tom Heinsohn	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	10	35.0	12.5	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	2.2	4.0	8.3	.482	0.7	1.7	.412	3.8	6.2	.613
Tom Heinsohn	12	23.0	12.7	-	-	7.0	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	15.1	.365	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625


Season 10
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
A.C. Green	82	32.8	11.2	2.4	5.8	8.2	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.8	7.5	.504	0.5	1.5	.339	3.1	4.2	.732
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	10	36.8	12.8	3.8	8.2	12.0	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.0	2.2	3.6	7.8	.462	0.1	1.2	.083	5.5	6.3	.873
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
A.C. Green	82	25.8	7.5	2.0	4.7	6.8	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.6	5.4	.484	0.2	0.6	.269	2.0	2.9	.709
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	4	21.8	4.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	4.3	.353	0.0	0.8	.000	1.8	2.0	.875
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
A.C. Green	83	30.0	7.2	2.7	5.2	7.9	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.7	2.8	5.8	.483	0.0	0.2	.050	1.5	2.4	.650
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
A.C. Green	82	32.3	7.3	2.7	5.5	8.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.0	6.5	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.716
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
A.C. Green	50	18.5	4.9	1.6	2.9	4.6	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.4	2.2	5.1	.422	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.0	.577
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
A.C. Green	82	23.5	5.0	2.0	4.0	5.9	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.7	.447	0.0	0.0	.250	0.8	1.2	.695
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	23	18.7	3.9	1.9	2.3	4.2	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.4	1.9	1.6	3.9	.411	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.696
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	A.C. Green	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
A.C. Green	82	17.2	4.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.8	4.0	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.712
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	3	7.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A.C. Green vs. Tom Heinsohn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Heinsohn and A.C. Green, 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