Boris Diaw vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Boris Diaw, 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.

Boris Diaw played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kevin McHale, who played 13. Boris Diaw had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Kevin McHale had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Boris Diaw	14	10	2003-04 to 2016-17
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93

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


Rookie Season
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2003-04	1980-81
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Boris Diaw	76	25.3	4.5	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.5	1.8	4.1	.447	0.1	0.3	.231	0.7	1.2	.602
Kevin McHale	82	20.1	10.0	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	17	17.4	8.5	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.639


Season 2
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2004-05	1981-82
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Boris Diaw	66	18.2	4.8	0.8	1.8	2.6	2.3	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.9	1.9	4.5	.422	0.1	0.8	.180	0.9	1.2	.740
Kevin McHale	82	28.4	13.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.1	0.4	2.3	1.7	3.2	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	12	28.7	16.2	3.4	3.7	7.1	0.9	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.7	6.4	11.2	.575	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.4	.755


Season 3
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2005-06	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Boris Diaw	81	35.5	13.3	2.0	4.9	6.9	6.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.2	5.5	10.5	.526	0.1	0.4	.267	2.1	2.9	.731
Kevin McHale	82	28.6	14.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	5.9	10.9	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	20	39.8	18.7	2.0	4.7	6.7	5.2	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.2	7.6	14.5	.526	0.2	0.4	.429	3.4	4.4	.761
Kevin McHale	7	25.3	11.1	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.9	8.9	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.6	.556


Season 4
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2006-07	1983-84
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Boris Diaw	73	31.1	9.7	1.2	3.1	4.3	4.8	0.4	0.5	2.1	2.4	4.2	7.8	.538	0.2	0.6	.333	1.1	1.6	.683
Kevin McHale	82	31.4	18.4	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	7.2	12.9	.556	0.0	0.0	.333	4.1	5.4	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	10	23.5	6.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.8	2.8	5.9	.475	0.0	0.6	.000	1.0	1.5	.667
Kevin McHale	23	30.5	14.8	2.7	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.7	3.3	5.3	10.6	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.3	.777


Season 5
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2007-08	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Boris Diaw	82	28.1	8.8	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.9	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.0	3.8	7.9	.477	0.2	0.5	.317	1.2	1.6	.744
Kevin McHale	79	33.6	19.8	2.9	6.1	9.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	3.0	7.7	13.4	.570	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.9	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	5	35.6	14.6	1.4	4.2	5.6	4.6	0.6	0.8	2.2	4.4	7.0	12.8	.547	0.0	1.4	.000	0.6	1.2	.500
Kevin McHale	21	39.9	22.1	3.5	6.4	9.9	1.5	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.5	8.2	14.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	7.1	.807


Season 6
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2008-09	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Boris Diaw	81	34.0	13.2	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.1	0.8	0.7	2.7	2.5	5.5	10.9	.507	0.9	2.2	.414	1.2	1.8	.687
Kevin McHale	68	35.3	21.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	8.3	14.4	.574	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.2	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	18	39.7	24.9	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.7	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.6	9.3	16.1	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.794


Season 7
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2009-10	1986-87
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Boris Diaw	82	35.4	11.3	1.6	3.6	5.2	4.0	0.7	0.7	2.2	2.7	4.5	9.4	.483	0.8	2.5	.320	1.4	1.8	.769
Kevin McHale	77	39.7	26.1	3.2	6.7	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.1	10.3	17.0	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.6	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	4	38.0	7.5	1.8	3.3	5.0	4.0	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.8	3.5	7.0	.500	0.3	2.3	.111	0.3	0.5	.500
Kevin McHale	21	39.4	21.1	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.4	8.3	14.2	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.0	.762


Season 8
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2010-11	1987-88
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Boris Diaw	82	33.9	11.3	1.3	3.8	5.0	4.1	0.9	0.6	2.0	2.3	4.6	9.4	.492	1.0	2.8	.345	1.0	1.5	.683
Kevin McHale	64	37.3	22.6	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.8	8.6	14.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.8	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	17	42.1	25.4	3.2	4.8	8.0	2.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.8	9.3	15.4	.603	0.1	0.1	1.000	6.8	8.1	.839


Season 9
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2011-12	1988-89
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Boris Diaw	57	25.0	6.4	1.2	3.7	4.9	3.6	0.6	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.7	6.2	.444	0.5	1.7	.313	0.4	0.6	.629
Kevin McHale	78	36.9	22.5	2.9	5.3	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.9	8.5	15.5	.546	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.8	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	14	24.7	6.2	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.1	2.6	5.0	.514	0.6	1.3	.500	0.4	0.6	.750
Kevin McHale	3	38.3	19.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3	6.7	13.7	.488	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.7	.739


Season 10
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2012-13	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	Celtics 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		%
Boris Diaw	75	22.8	5.8	0.9	2.5	3.4	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.4	.539	0.4	1.0	.385	0.6	0.9	.723
Kevin McHale	82	33.2	20.9	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.0	7.9	14.4	.549	0.3	0.8	.333	4.8	5.4	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	16	17.1	4.1	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.8	1.5	3.4	.444	0.3	0.8	.385	0.8	0.9	.857
Kevin McHale	5	38.4	22.0	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	3.4	8.4	13.8	.609	0.2	0.6	.333	5.0	5.8	.862


Season 11
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2013-14	1990-91
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Boris Diaw	79	25.0	9.1	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.5	1.8	3.8	7.3	.521	0.6	1.4	.402	0.9	1.2	.739
Kevin McHale	68	30.4	18.4	2.1	4.9	7.1	1.9	0.4	2.1	2.1	2.9	7.4	13.4	.553	0.2	0.5	.405	3.4	4.0	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	23	26.3	9.2	1.1	3.7	4.8	3.4	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.0	.500	0.8	2.0	.400	1.4	2.1	.688
Kevin McHale	11	34.2	20.7	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	3.8	7.1	13.5	.527	0.5	1.0	.545	6.0	7.3	.825


Season 12
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2014-15	1991-92
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Boris Diaw	81	24.5	8.7	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.9	0.4	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.6	7.8	.460	0.7	2.1	.320	0.9	1.1	.774
Kevin McHale	56	25.0	13.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	2.0	5.8	11.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.9	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	7	28.3	11.6	1.9	4.3	6.1	3.6	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.4	4.9	10.1	.479	0.6	2.6	.222	1.3	1.9	.692
Kevin McHale	10	30.6	16.5	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	6.5	12.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.4	.795


Season 13
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2015-16	1992-93
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Boris Diaw	76	18.2	6.4	0.8	2.3	3.1	2.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	5.0	.527	0.3	0.9	.362	0.7	1.0	.737
Kevin McHale	71	23.3	10.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.2	9.1	.459	0.0	0.3	.111	2.3	2.7	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	9	17.7	5.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.3	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.3	5.1	.457	0.2	0.7	.333	0.3	0.4	.750
Kevin McHale	4	28.3	19.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.5	8.0	13.8	.582	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 14
	Boris Diaw	Kevin McHale
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Boris Diaw	73	17.6	4.6	0.6	1.5	2.2	2.3	0.2	0.1	1.2	1.1	2.0	4.5	.446	0.3	1.1	.247	0.4	0.5	.743
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	11	18.5	5.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.2	4.4	.500	0.5	1.3	.429	0.8	0.9	.900
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Boris Diaw vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Boris Diaw, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14