Alonzo Mourning vs. Wayne Sappleton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wayne Sappleton 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.

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, 14 more than Wayne Sappleton, who played 1. Alonzo Mourning had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Wayne Sappleton had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alonzo Mourning	Wayne Sappleton
Season	1992-93	1984-85
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
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
Wayne Sappleton	33	9.0	2.9	0.8	1.4	2.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.2	2.6	.471	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.412
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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Alonzo Mourning	Wayne Sappleton
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Alonzo Mourning	Wayne Sappleton
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets 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	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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Alonzo Mourning	Wayne Sappleton
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards	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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Alonzo Mourning	Wayne Sappleton
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards	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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Alonzo Mourning	Wayne Sappleton
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
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	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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Alonzo Mourning	Wayne Sappleton
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Alonzo Mourning	Wayne Sappleton
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards	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	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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Alonzo Mourning	Wayne Sappleton
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 13
	Alonzo Mourning	Wayne Sappleton
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
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		%
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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Wayne Sappleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-