Alonzo Mourning vs. Lee Shaffer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lee Shaffer and Alonzo Mourning, 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.

Alonzo Mourning played 15 years in the NBA, 12 more than Lee Shaffer, who played 3. Alonzo Mourning had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Lee Shaffer had his rookie season in 1961-62. 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
Alonzo Mourning 15 11 1992-93 to 2007-08
Lee Shaffer 3 3 1961-62 to 1963-64

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 1992-931961-62
Team Charlotte HornetsSyracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Hornets Lost East Conf SemisNationals Lost East Div 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 %
Alonzo Mourning 78 33.9 21.0 3.4 6.9 10.3 1.0 0.3 3.5 3.0 3.7 7.3 14.3 .511 0.0 0.0 .000 6.3 8.1 .781
Lee Shaffer 75 27.9 16.9 - - 6.8 1.3 - - - 3.5 6.9 15.7 .436 - - - 3.2 4.1 .771
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 9 40.8 23.8 3.1 6.8 9.9 1.4 0.7 3.4 4.1 4.1 7.9 16.4 .480 0.0 0.2 .000 8.0 10.3 .774
Lee Shaffer 5 34.8 18.8 - - 11.0 1.4 - - - 3.4 7.0 19.8 .354 - - - 4.8 6.2 .774

Season 2

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 1993-941962-63
Team Charlotte HornetsSyracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayNationals Lost East Div 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 %
Alonzo Mourning 60 33.6 21.5 3.0 7.2 10.2 1.4 0.5 3.1 3.3 3.5 7.1 14.1 .505 0.0 0.0 .000 7.2 9.5 .762
Lee Shaffer 80 29.9 18.6 - - 6.6 1.2 - - - 3.1 7.5 17.4 .429 - - - 3.7 4.7 .784
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning ------- --- ----------
Lee Shaffer 5 34.6 27.2 - - 4.6 1.2 - - - 3.8 11.2 23.4 .479 - - - 4.8 6.0 .800

Season 3

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 1994-951963-64
Team Charlotte HornetsPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd76ers Lost East Div 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 %
Alonzo Mourning 77 38.2 21.3 2.6 7.3 9.9 1.4 0.6 2.9 3.1 3.6 7.4 14.3 .519 0.1 0.4 .324 6.4 8.4 .761
Lee Shaffer 41 24.7 13.1 - - 5.0 0.9 - - - 2.8 5.3 14.3 .370 - - - 2.5 3.2 .767
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 4 43.5 22.0 3.5 9.8 13.3 2.8 0.8 3.3 3.5 4.3 6.0 14.3 .421 1.0 2.0 .500 9.0 10.8 .837
Lee Shaffer 3 13.3 5.7 - - 1.3 0.7 - - - 1.7 2.7 7.3 .364 - - - 0.3 0.7 .500

Season 4

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 1995-96-
Team Miami Heat-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
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 %
Alonzo Mourning 70 38.2 23.2 3.1 7.3 10.4 2.3 1.0 2.7 3.7 3.5 8.0 15.4 .523 0.1 0.4 .300 7.0 10.2 .685
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 3 30.7 18.0 1.0 5.0 6.0 1.3 0.7 1.0 5.3 4.3 5.7 11.7 .486 0.0 0.0 - 6.7 9.3 .714
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------

Season 5

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 1996-97-
Team Miami Heat-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 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 %
Alonzo Mourning 66 35.2 19.8 2.9 7.1 9.9 1.6 0.8 2.9 3.4 4.1 7.2 13.4 .534 0.0 0.1 .111 5.5 8.6 .642
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 17 37.1 17.8 2.6 7.6 10.2 1.1 0.6 2.7 4.1 4.3 6.3 12.8 .491 0.2 0.5 .375 5.1 9.1 .555
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------

Season 6

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 1997-98-
Team Miami Heat-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 58 33.4 19.2 3.3 6.3 9.6 0.9 0.7 2.2 3.1 3.6 6.9 12.6 .551 0.0 0.0 - 5.3 8.0 .665
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 4 34.3 19.3 2.5 6.0 8.5 1.3 0.8 2.5 2.0 4.5 7.3 14.0 .518 0.0 0.0 - 4.8 7.3 .655
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------

Season 7

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 1998-99-
Team Miami Heat-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement Defensive Player of the Year-
Achievement Blocks Leader-
Playoffs Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 46 38.1 20.1 3.6 7.4 11.0 1.6 0.7 3.9 3.0 3.5 7.0 13.8 .511 0.0 0.0 .000 6.0 9.2 .652
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 5 38.8 21.6 1.4 6.8 8.2 0.8 1.6 2.8 2.4 3.8 7.6 14.6 .521 0.0 0.0 - 6.4 9.8 .653
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------

Season 8

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 1999-00-
Team Miami Heat-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement Defensive Player of the Year-
Achievement Blocks Leader-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Heat Lost East Conf Semis-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 79 34.8 21.7 2.7 6.8 9.5 1.6 0.5 3.7 2.7 3.9 8.3 15.0 .551 0.0 0.1 .000 5.2 7.4 .711
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 10 37.5 21.6 3.1 6.9 10.0 1.4 0.2 3.3 2.4 4.0 7.6 15.7 .484 0.0 0.1 .000 6.4 9.6 .667
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------

Season 9

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 2000-01-
Team Miami Heat-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 13 23.5 13.6 2.7 5.1 7.8 0.9 0.3 2.4 2.2 1.8 5.6 10.8 .518 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 4.2 .564
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 3 30.3 11.7 1.0 4.3 5.3 1.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 3.0 4.0 8.3 .480 0.0 0.0 - 3.7 6.3 .579
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------

Season 10

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 2001-02-
Team Miami Heat-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not Play-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 75 32.7 15.7 2.4 6.0 8.4 1.2 0.4 2.5 2.4 3.4 6.0 11.5 .516 0.0 0.0 .333 3.8 5.7 .657
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning ------- --- ----------
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------

Note: Alonzo Mourning didn't play in 2002-03.

Season 11

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 2003-04-
Team New Jersey Nets-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not Play-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 12 17.9 8.0 0.7 1.6 2.3 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.8 2.7 2.8 5.9 .465 0.0 0.0 - 2.5 2.8 .882
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning ------- --- ----------
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------

Season 12

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 2004-05-
Team New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Heat Lost East Conf Finals-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 37 19.0 7.6 1.4 3.9 5.4 0.5 0.2 2.0 1.5 2.2 2.7 5.7 .472 0.0 0.0 - 2.2 3.8 .582
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 15 17.1 6.1 1.4 3.4 4.8 0.3 0.3 2.2 1.5 3.3 2.1 2.9 .705 0.0 0.0 - 1.9 3.5 .558
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------

Season 13

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 2005-06-
Team Miami Heat-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA Champion-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 65 20.0 7.8 1.9 3.6 5.5 0.2 0.2 2.7 1.2 2.7 2.9 4.8 .597 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.4 .594
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 21 10.8 3.8 0.8 2.1 2.9 0.1 0.2 1.1 0.8 2.3 1.2 1.8 .703 0.0 0.0 - 1.3 2.0 .667
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------

Season 14

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 2006-07-
Team Miami Heat-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 77 20.4 8.6 1.6 2.9 4.5 0.2 0.2 2.3 1.7 2.8 3.1 5.5 .560 0.0 0.0 - 2.4 4.0 .601
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 4 13.8 6.3 0.3 1.8 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.3 1.5 2.5 2.8 .909 0.0 0.0 - 1.3 3.3 .385
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------

Season 15

Alonzo Mourning Lee Shaffer
Season 2007-08-
Team Miami Heat-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not Play-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning 25 15.6 6.0 1.4 2.4 3.7 0.3 0.2 1.7 1.0 2.2 2.1 3.8 .547 0.0 0.0 - 1.8 3.0 .592
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Alonzo Mourning ------- --- ----------
Lee Shaffer ------- --- ----------