Bruce Bowen vs. Michael Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Jordan and Bruce Bowen, 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.

Bruce Bowen played 13 years in the NBA, 2 less than Michael Jordan, who played 15. Bruce Bowen had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Michael Jordan 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bruce Bowen	13	10	1996-97 to 2008-09
Michael Jordan	15	13	1984-85 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	1996-97	1984-85
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Bruce Bowen	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Michael Jordan	82	38.3	28.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	3.5	3.5	10.2	19.8	.515	0.1	0.6	.173	7.7	9.1	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	4	42.8	29.3	1.8	4.0	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	3.8	3.8	8.5	19.5	.436	0.3	2.0	.125	12.0	14.5	.828


Season 2
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	1997-98	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Bruce Bowen	61	21.4	5.6	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.3	1.4	0.5	0.9	2.9	2.0	4.9	.409	0.3	1.0	.339	1.2	2.0	.623
Michael Jordan	18	25.1	22.7	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	2.5	2.6	8.3	18.2	.457	0.2	1.0	.167	5.8	6.9	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	3	45.0	43.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	5.7	2.3	1.3	4.7	4.3	16.0	31.7	.505	0.3	0.3	1.000	11.3	13.0	.872


Season 3
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	1998-99	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Bruce Bowen	30	16.5	2.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.7	0.9	3.1	.280	0.2	0.9	.269	0.4	0.8	.458
Michael Jordan	82	40.0	37.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	3.3	2.9	13.4	27.8	.482	0.1	0.8	.182	10.2	11.9	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	3	42.7	35.7	2.3	4.7	7.0	6.0	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.7	11.7	28.0	.417	0.7	1.7	.400	11.7	13.0	.897


Season 4
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	1999-00	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
Bruce Bowen	69	12.7	2.8	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.8	.371	0.4	0.8	.466	0.4	0.6	.581
Michael Jordan	82	40.4	35.0	1.7	3.8	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	3.1	3.3	13.0	24.4	.535	0.1	0.6	.132	8.8	10.5	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	10	15.8	3.5	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.7	1.0	2.7	.370	0.5	2.2	.227	1.0	1.6	.625
Michael Jordan	10	42.7	36.3	2.3	4.8	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.1	3.9	3.8	13.8	26.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.333	8.6	9.9	.869


Season 5
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	2000-01	1988-89
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	32.7	7.6	0.5	2.4	3.0	1.6	1.0	0.6	0.9	3.3	2.6	7.1	.363	1.3	3.7	.336	1.2	2.0	.609
Michael Jordan	81	40.2	32.5	1.8	6.2	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	3.6	3.0	11.9	22.2	.538	0.3	1.2	.276	8.3	9.8	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	3	19.3	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	2.7	1.7	5.3	.313	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Michael Jordan	17	42.2	34.8	1.5	5.5	7.0	7.6	2.5	0.8	4.0	3.8	11.7	22.9	.510	0.6	2.1	.286	10.8	13.5	.799


Season 6
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	2001-02	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
Bruce Bowen	59	28.8	7.0	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.5	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.6	6.7	.389	0.9	2.5	.378	0.8	1.6	.479
Michael Jordan	82	39.0	33.6	1.7	5.1	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	3.0	2.9	12.6	24.0	.526	1.1	3.0	.376	7.2	8.5	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	10	34.5	6.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.4	1.1	0.7	0.7	2.8	2.5	6.1	.410	1.1	2.5	.440	0.7	1.4	.500
Michael Jordan	16	42.1	36.7	1.5	5.7	7.2	6.8	2.8	0.9	3.5	3.4	13.7	26.6	.514	1.0	3.1	.320	8.3	9.9	.836


Season 7
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	2002-03	1990-91
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	31.3	7.1	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.4	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.4	2.7	5.8	.466	1.2	2.8	.441	0.4	1.1	.404
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	31.5	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	2.5	2.8	12.1	22.4	.539	0.4	1.1	.312	7.0	8.2	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	24	31.2	6.9	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.6	2.2	2.3	6.0	.372	1.5	3.3	.438	1.0	1.8	.548
Michael Jordan	17	40.5	31.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	2.5	3.1	11.6	22.1	.524	0.6	1.5	.385	7.4	8.7	.845


Season 8
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	2003-04	1991-92
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	32.0	6.9	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.4	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.6	6.1	.420	0.9	2.6	.363	0.8	1.4	.579
Michael Jordan	80	38.8	30.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	2.5	2.5	11.8	22.7	.519	0.3	1.3	.270	6.1	7.4	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	10	29.9	6.0	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.4	2.4	2.3	6.3	.365	1.1	2.9	.379	0.3	1.3	.231
Michael Jordan	22	41.8	34.5	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.8	2.0	0.7	3.7	2.8	13.2	26.4	.499	0.8	2.0	.386	7.4	8.6	.857


Season 9
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	2004-05	1992-93
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	32.0	8.2	0.6	2.9	3.5	1.5	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.1	3.1	7.3	.420	1.2	3.1	.403	0.9	1.4	.634
Michael Jordan	78	39.3	32.6	1.7	5.0	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	2.7	2.4	12.7	25.7	.495	1.0	2.9	.352	6.1	7.3	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	23	35.4	5.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.6	0.5	0.6	0.7	3.3	2.0	5.6	.359	1.3	2.9	.433	0.5	0.7	.647
Michael Jordan	19	41.2	35.1	1.7	5.1	6.7	6.0	2.1	0.9	2.4	3.1	13.2	27.8	.475	1.5	3.8	.389	7.2	8.9	.805

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 10
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	2005-06	1994-95
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	33.6	7.5	0.4	3.5	3.9	1.5	1.0	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.8	6.5	.433	1.3	3.0	.424	0.6	1.0	.607
Michael Jordan	17	39.3	26.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	5.3	1.8	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.8	23.8	.411	0.9	1.9	.500	6.4	8.0	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	13	34.0	6.2	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.2	0.8	0.6	0.7	3.2	2.5	4.7	.525	1.2	2.3	.500	0.1	0.2	.500
Michael Jordan	10	42.0	31.5	2.0	4.5	6.5	4.5	2.3	1.4	4.1	3.0	12.0	24.8	.484	1.1	3.0	.367	6.4	7.9	.810


Season 11
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	2006-07	1995-96
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	30.0	6.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.3	5.7	.405	1.1	2.8	.384	0.5	0.9	.589
Michael Jordan	82	37.7	30.4	1.8	4.8	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	2.4	2.4	11.2	22.6	.495	1.4	3.2	.427	6.7	8.0	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	20	34.5	6.5	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.3	1.4	0.2	0.7	2.7	2.4	6.0	.395	1.7	3.7	.446	0.2	0.3	.500
Michael Jordan	18	40.7	30.7	1.7	3.2	4.9	4.1	1.8	0.3	2.3	2.7	10.4	22.6	.459	1.4	3.4	.403	8.5	10.4	.818


Season 12
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	2007-08	1996-97
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Bruce Bowen	81	30.2	6.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.6	2.2	2.1	5.3	.407	1.1	2.7	.419	0.6	0.9	.652
Michael Jordan	82	37.9	29.6	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.9	11.2	23.1	.486	1.4	3.6	.374	5.9	7.0	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	17	29.9	6.1	0.1	1.8	1.9	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.5	2.4	2.2	5.5	.398	1.3	3.2	.407	0.5	0.6	.727
Michael Jordan	19	42.3	31.1	2.2	5.7	7.9	4.8	1.6	0.9	2.6	2.4	11.9	26.2	.456	0.7	3.5	.194	6.5	7.8	.831


Season 13
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	2008-09	1997-98
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bruce Bowen	80	18.8	2.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.5	1.0	2.3	.422	0.5	1.2	.429	0.2	0.3	.538
Michael Jordan	82	38.8	28.7	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	1.8	10.7	23.1	.465	0.4	1.5	.238	6.9	8.8	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	5	26.0	4.2	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.0	1.4	2.6	.538	1.0	1.8	.556	0.4	0.4	1.000
Michael Jordan	21	41.5	32.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	3.5	1.5	0.6	2.1	2.2	11.6	25.0	.462	0.6	2.0	.302	8.6	10.6	.812

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01.


Season 14
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Washington Wizards
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		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	60	34.9	22.9	0.8	4.8	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	2.7	2.0	9.2	22.1	.416	0.2	0.9	.189	4.4	5.6	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Bruce Bowen	Michael Jordan
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Washington Wizards
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		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	20.0	0.9	5.2	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.1	8.3	18.6	.445	0.2	0.7	.291	3.2	4.0	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bruce Bowen vs. Michael Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Jordan and Bruce Bowen, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 15