Alex English vs. Evan Mobley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Evan Mobley and Alex English, 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.

Alex English played 15 years in the NBA, 11 more than Evan Mobley, who played 4. Alex English had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Evan Mobley had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Alex English	Evan Mobley
Season	1976-77	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767
difference:	+9	+23.0	+9.8	+1.0	+4.5	+5.5	+2.1	+0.5	+1.4		-0.8	+3.9	+7.4	+.031				+1.6	+2.7	+.104
Evan Mobley	69	33.8	15.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.1	12.0	.508	0.3	1.3	.250	2.4	3.7	.663
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex English nor Evan Mobley played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Alex English	Evan Mobley
Season	1977-78	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	18.9	9.6	1.8	3.1	4.8	1.6	0.5	0.7	1.7	2.2	4.2	7.7	.542	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.727
difference:	+3	+15.5	+6.6	+0.6	+3.5	+4.2	+1.2	+0.3	+0.8	-0.1	-0.6	+2.4	+4.3	+.012				+1.3	+2.1	+.053
Evan Mobley	79	34.4	16.2	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	2.8	6.6	12.0	.554	0.3	1.3	.216	2.6	3.8	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	9	23.1	13.4	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.2	5.3	8.7	.615	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781
difference:	+4	+14.5	+3.6	+1.2	+4.1	+5.3	+0.6	+0.1	+0.4	-1.1	-0.4	+0.9	+0.9	+.157				+1.8	+2.0	+.156
Evan Mobley	5	37.6	9.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.6	.625

Season 4
	Alex English	Evan Mobley
Season	1979-80	2024-25
Team	Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	78	30.8	16.9	3.4	4.3	7.8	2.9	0.9	0.8	2.7	2.6	7.1	14.3	.497	0.0	0.1	.333	2.7	3.4	.789
difference:	+7	+0.3	+1.6	+1.1	+2.7	+1.5	+0.3		+0.8	-0.7	-0.6		+1.5	+.060	+1.2	+3.1	+.037	+0.4	+0.9	+.064
Evan Mobley	71	30.5	18.5	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.0	7.1	12.8	.557	1.2	3.2	.370	3.1	4.3	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Mobley	8	32.1	17.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	6.4	10.9	.586	1.8	3.9	.452	2.6	3.1	.840

Additional Years
* Alex English played 11 seasons more than Evan Mobley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 15, from 1981 to 1991—Alex English played in 9 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Evan Mobley, Alex English got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 8 All-Star Game