Austin Reaves vs. Mitch Richmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mitch Richmond and Austin Reaves, 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.

Austin Reaves played 4 years in the NBA, 10 less than Mitch Richmond, who played 14. Austin Reaves had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Mitch Richmond had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
	Austin Reaves	Mitch Richmond
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Austin Reaves	61	23.2	7.3	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.2	.459	0.9	2.7	.317	1.6	1.9	.839
difference:	+18	+11.2	+14.7	+1.3	+1.5	+2.7	+2.4	+0.5	+0.1	-2.7	-1.4	+5.8	+12.3	+.009	+0.5	+1.6	+.050	+3.6	+4.5	+.029
Mitch Richmond	79	34.4	22.0	2.0	3.9	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	3.4	2.8	8.2	17.5	.468	0.4	1.1	.367	5.2	6.4	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Reaves	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mitch Richmond	8	39.3	20.1	1.3	6.0	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.1	3.0	3.1	7.8	16.9	.459	0.4	2.0	.188	4.3	4.8	.895

Season 3
	Austin Reaves	Mitch Richmond
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Austin Reaves	82	32.1	15.9	0.7	3.6	4.3	5.5	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	1.9	5.1	.367	2.8	3.3	.853
difference:	+5	+7.2	+8.0	+1.2	+0.4	+1.6	+2.4	+0.8	+0.1	-0.9	-0.8	+3.5	+7.0	+.008	+1.4	+3.6	+.019	+2.3	+2.7	+.006
Mitch Richmond	77	39.3	23.9	1.9	4.0	5.9	3.1	1.6	0.4	3.0	2.7	9.1	18.5	.494	0.5	1.5	.348	5.1	6.0	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Reaves	5	34.8	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.6	6.0	12.6	.476	1.4	5.2	.269	3.4	3.8	.895
difference:	+4	+6.5	+5.5	+0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+1.2	+0.8	+0.1	-1.1	-1.5	+3.4	+6.2	+.027	+0.5	+2.5	+.064	+0.8	+1.1	+.063
Mitch Richmond	9	41.3	22.3	1.1	4.1	5.2	2.4	0.6	0.7	1.9	3.1	9.4	18.8	.503	0.9	2.7	.333	2.6	2.7	.958

Additional Years
* Mitch Richmond played 10 seasons more than Austin Reaves in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 1993 to 2002—Mitch Richmond played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Austin Reaves, Mitch Richmond got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP