Bernard King vs. Kevin Willis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Willis and Bernard King, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Bernard King played 14 years in the NBA, 7 less than Kevin Willis, who played 21. Bernard King had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Kevin Willis 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bernard King	14	5	1977-78 to 1992-93
Kevin Willis	21	11	1984-85 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1977-78	1984-85
Team	New Jersey Nets	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
difference:	+3	+17.3	+14.9	+1.2	+2.0	+3.1	+2.0	+1.1	+0.1	-2.6	-1.0	+6.2	+12.7	+.012				+2.5	+3.6	+.020
Kevin Willis	82	21.8	9.3	2.2	4.2	6.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.8	3.9	8.4	.467	0.0	0.1	.222	1.5	2.2	.657

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bernard King nor Kevin Willis played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1978-79	1985-86
Team	New Jersey Nets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Bernard King	82	34.9	21.6	3.1	5.1	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	3.9	4.0	8.7	16.6	.522	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.564
difference:		+6.9	+9.3	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+3.1	+0.6		-1.7	-0.4	+3.6	+6.7	+.005				+2.2	+4.3	+.090
Kevin Willis	82	28.0	12.3	3.0	5.6	8.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	2.2	3.6	5.1	9.9	.517	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.2	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	2	40.5	26.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	10.5	21.0	.500	-	-	-	5.0	12.0	.417
difference:	+7	+9.4	+12.1	+0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+2.9	+1.2	+0.9	-1.3	-0.8	+4.4	+10.1	+.061				+3.3	+9.4	+.235
Kevin Willis	9	31.1	13.9	3.4	3.8	7.2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.7	4.2	6.1	10.9	.561	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.6	.652


Season 3
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1979-80	1986-87
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Bernard King	19	22.1	9.3	1.3	3.4	4.6	2.7	0.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	3.7	7.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.3	.540
difference:	+62	+10.3	+6.8	+2.7	+3.1	+5.9	+1.9	+0.4	+0.6	-0.5	-0.4	+2.9	+5.2	+.018				+1.0	+0.7	+.169
Kevin Willis	81	32.4	16.1	4.0	6.5	10.5	0.8	0.8	0.8	2.1	3.9	6.6	12.4	.536	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Willis	9	39.6	15.7	3.7	5.6	9.2	0.7	1.0	0.8	1.9	3.7	6.7	12.8	.522	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.677


Season 4
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1980-81	1987-88
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Bernard King	81	36.0	21.9	2.2	4.6	6.8	3.5	0.9	0.4	3.3	3.8	9.0	15.4	.588	0.0	0.1	.333	3.8	5.4	.703
difference:	+6	+8.1	+10.3	+0.9	+0.4	+0.5	+3.1		+0.1	-1.5	-0.6	+4.3	+6.2	+.070		+0.1		+1.7	+2.1	+.054
Kevin Willis	75	27.9	11.6	3.1	4.2	7.3	0.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	3.2	4.7	9.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Willis	12	38.5	16.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	2.1	4.3	6.7	11.5	.580	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	4.2	.680

Note: Kevin Willis didn't play in 1988-89.


Season 5
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1981-82	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
difference:	+2	+8.1	+10.8	+1.3	+0.6	+2.1	+2.9	+0.2	+0.3	-1.6	-0.4	+4.2	+6.6	+.047			+.086	+2.4	+3.3	+.022
Kevin Willis	81	28.1	12.4	3.1	4.8	8.0	0.7	0.8	0.6	1.8	3.2	5.2	9.9	.519	0.0	0.1	.286	2.1	3.0	.683

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bernard King nor Kevin Willis played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1982-83	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	68	32.5	21.9	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	2.9	3.4	8.9	16.8	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.7	.722
difference:	+12	+2.8	+8.8	+1.7	+2.3	+4.0	+1.7	+0.5	+0.3	-1.0	-0.5	+3.3	+5.8	+.024	+0.1		+.400	+2.1	+2.7	+.054
Kevin Willis	80	29.7	13.1	3.2	5.6	8.8	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.9	2.9	5.6	11.0	.504	0.1	0.1	.400	2.0	3.0	.668

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	6	30.7	23.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.2	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.7	9.3	16.2	.577	0.2	0.5	.333	4.7	5.8	.800
difference:	+1	+1.1	+8.1	+2.3	+2.7	+5.0	+1.2	+0.3	+0.2	-1.3	-1.7	+3.9	+2.8	+.174	+0.2	+0.1	+.334	+0.5	+0.2	+.100
Kevin Willis	5	31.8	15.4	3.6	5.4	9.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.4	4.4	5.4	13.4	.403	0.4	0.6	.667	4.2	6.0	.700


Season 7
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1983-84	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
difference:	+4	+2.0	+8.0	+3.6	+6.9	+10.4		+0.1	+0.5	-0.2	-0.7	+3.0	+3.0	+.089	+0.1	+0.4	+.162	+2.1	+2.8	+.025
Kevin Willis	81	36.6	18.3	5.2	10.4	15.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	2.4	2.8	7.3	15.1	.483	0.1	0.5	.162	3.6	4.5	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1984-85	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
difference:	+25	+1.5	+15.0	+2.1	+5.0	+7.1	+1.6	+0.4	+0.2	-1.0	-0.2	+4.9	+8.5	+.024	+0.1	+0.2	+.141	+5.2	+6.2	+.119
Kevin Willis	80	36.0	17.9	4.2	8.7	12.9	2.1	0.9	0.5	2.7	3.3	7.7	15.2	.506	0.1	0.4	.241	2.5	3.8	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Willis	3	34.3	16.7	4.3	4.3	8.7	1.0	0.7	0.0	2.3	4.3	7.0	15.0	.467	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	4.7	.571

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1985-86.


Season 9
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1986-87	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	6	35.7	22.7	2.2	3.2	5.3	3.2	0.3	0.0	2.5	2.3	8.7	17.5	.495	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	7.2	.744
difference:	+74	+0.1	+3.6	+2.0	+4.7	+6.7	+1.3	+0.7	+0.5	-0.1	-0.8	+0.9	+1.8	+.004	+0.1	+0.3		+1.9	+2.5	+.031
Kevin Willis	80	35.8	19.1	4.2	7.9	12.0	1.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	3.1	7.8	15.7	.499	0.1	0.3	.375	3.4	4.7	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Willis	11	32.9	12.2	3.5	7.4	10.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.7	3.4	5.4	11.7	.457	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	1.9	.762


Season 10
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1987-88	1994-95
Team	Washington Bullets	Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	69	29.6	17.2	1.2	2.8	4.1	2.8	0.7	0.1	3.1	2.9	6.8	13.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	4.7	.762
difference:	+2	+6.1		+2.2	+4.7	+6.8	+1.5	+0.2	+0.4	-0.7	-0.3	+0.3	+1.5	+.035		+0.1	+.033	+0.5	+0.3	+.072
Kevin Willis	67	35.7	17.2	3.4	7.5	10.9	1.3	0.9	0.5	2.4	3.2	7.1	15.1	.466	0.0	0.2	.200	3.1	4.4	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	5	33.6	13.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.8	0.6	0.0	2.8	3.4	5.2	10.6	.491	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.2	.810
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1988-89	1995-96
Team	Washington Bullets	Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	81	31.6	20.7	1.6	3.1	4.7	3.6	0.8	0.2	2.8	2.7	8.1	16.9	.477	0.1	0.4	.167	4.5	5.4	.819
difference:	+6	+3.1	+10.1	+1.2	+2.6	+3.8	+2.9	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-0.7	+3.8	+7.4	+.021	+0.1	+0.3	+.056	+2.6	+2.7	+.111
Kevin Willis	75	28.5	10.6	2.8	5.7	8.5	0.7	0.4	0.5	2.1	3.4	4.3	9.5	.456	0.0	0.1	.111	1.9	2.7	.708

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bernard King nor Kevin Willis played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1989-90	1996-97
Team	Washington Bullets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	82	32.8	22.4	1.6	3.4	4.9	4.6	0.6	0.1	3.0	2.8	8.7	17.8	.487	0.0	0.3	.130	5.0	6.3	.803
difference:	+7	+6.6	+11.2	+0.3	+2.1	+2.6	+3.7		+0.3	-1.4	-0.1	+4.0	+8.1	+.006		+0.1	+.013	+3.1	+3.6	+.110
Kevin Willis	75	26.2	11.2	1.9	5.5	7.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.9	4.7	9.7	.481	0.0	0.2	.143	1.9	2.7	.693

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Willis	16	18.3	6.4	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	2.4	5.9	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.4	.684


Season 13
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1990-91	1997-98
Team	Washington Bullets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	64	37.5	28.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	4.0	2.9	11.1	23.6	.472	0.1	0.6	.216	6.0	7.6	.790
difference:	+17	+6.3	+12.3	+1.1	+2.3	+3.4	+3.6	+0.2	+0.2	-1.9		+4.5	+10.7	+.038	+0.1	+0.5	+.073	+3.0	+3.8	+.003
Kevin Willis	81	31.2	16.1	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.0	0.7	0.5	2.1	2.9	6.6	12.9	.510	0.0	0.1	.143	3.0	3.8	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Willis	5	33.6	11.2	3.6	7.0	10.6	1.0	1.6	0.6	2.4	4.2	4.4	11.0	.400	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.2	.750

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1991-92.


Season 14
	Bernard King	Kevin Willis
Season	1992-93	1998-99
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	32	13.4	7.0	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.8	5.5	.514	0.1	0.2	.286	1.2	1.8	.684
difference:	+10	+15.6	+5.0	+1.5	+4.4	+5.9	+1.0	+0.4	+0.6	-1.3	-1.5	+1.7	+5.1	+.096	+0.1	+0.2		+1.9	+1.9	+.155
Kevin Willis	42	29.0	12.0	2.6	5.7	8.3	1.6	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.2	4.5	10.6	.418	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	3.7	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	3	8.0	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Kevin Willis played 7 seasons more than Bernard King in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 15 to 21, from 2000 to 2007—Kevin Willis played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Bernard King vs. Kevin Willis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Willis and Bernard King, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

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Season 3

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Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

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Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

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Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

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