Al Horford vs. Bennedict Mathurin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bennedict Mathurin and Al Horford, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Al Horford played 18 years in the NBA, 15 more than Bennedict Mathurin, who played 3. Al Horford had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Bennedict Mathurin had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Al Horford	Bennedict Mathurin
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	81	31.4	10.1	3.1	6.6	9.7	1.5	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.3	4.1	8.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.731
difference:	+3	+2.9	+6.6	+2.0	+3.6	+5.6		+0.1	+0.7	-0.2	-1.2	+1.2	+4.0	+.065	+1.3	+3.9	+.323	+2.9	+3.2	+.097
Bennedict Mathurin	78	28.5	16.7	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.3	12.2	.434	1.3	4.0	.323	4.8	5.8	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	7	39.6	12.6	3.1	7.3	10.4	3.6	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.7	4.9	10.3	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741
Bennedict Mathurin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Al Horford	Bennedict Mathurin
Season	2009-10	2024-25
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	81	35.1	14.2	2.9	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.8	5.8	10.5	.551	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.3	.789
difference:	+9	+5.3	+1.9	+1.7	+2.9	+4.6	+0.4		+0.8	-0.4	-0.5	+0.4	+1.3	+.093	+1.4	+4.0		+1.2	+1.3	+.042
Bennedict Mathurin	72	29.8	16.1	1.2	4.1	5.3	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.4	11.8	.458	1.4	4.0	.340	3.8	4.6	.831
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	11	35.3	14.6	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.8	0.7	1.7	1.4	3.2	6.1	11.6	.523	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.4	2.8	.839
difference:	+11	+17.8	+3.6	+1.3	+4.4	+5.7	+0.9	+0.3	+1.4	-0.2	-1.3	+3.0	+4.9	+.064	+0.7	+2.6	+.700	+1.6	+1.9	+.025
Bennedict Mathurin	22	17.5	11.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.9	3.1	6.7	.459	0.8	2.7	.300	4.0	4.7	.864

Additional Years
* Al Horford played 15 seasons more than Bennedict Mathurin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 18, from 2011 to 2025—Al Horford played in 13 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 15 extra years over Bennedict Mathurin, Al Horford got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 4 All-Star Game