Chris Andersen vs. Tiny Archibald Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tiny Archibald and Chris Andersen, 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.

Chris Andersen played 15 years in the NBA, 2 more than Tiny Archibald, who played 13. Chris Andersen had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Tiny Archibald had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
Chris Andersen	15	7	2001-02 to 2016-17
Tiny Archibald	13	5	1970-71 to 1983-84

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


Rookie Season
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2001-02	1970-71
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chris Andersen	24	10.9	3.0	1.6	1.6	3.2	0.3	0.3	1.2	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.1	.338	0.0	0.2	.000	0.9	1.2	.786
Tiny Archibald	82	35.0	16.0	-	-	3.0	5.5	-	-	-	2.7	5.9	13.4	.444	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2002-03	1971-72
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chris Andersen	59	15.4	5.2	1.8	2.8	4.6	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.9	4.8	.400	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.4	.550
Tiny Archibald	76	43.1	28.2	-	-	2.9	9.2	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.9	.486	-	-	-	8.9	10.8	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2003-04	1972-73
Team	Denver Nuggets	Kansas City-Omaha Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chris Andersen	71	14.5	3.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	0.5	0.5	1.6	0.7	1.7	1.3	2.9	.443	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.589
Tiny Archibald	80	46.0	34.0	-	-	2.8	11.4	-	-	-	2.6	12.9	26.3	.488	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	5	6.6	1.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2004-05	1973-74
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Kansas City-Omaha Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chris Andersen	67	21.3	7.7	2.0	4.1	6.1	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.0	2.1	2.9	5.3	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.8	.689
Tiny Archibald	35	36.3	17.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	7.6	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	6.3	14.1	.451	-	-	-	4.9	6.0	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2005-06	1974-75
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Kansas City-Omaha Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Chris Andersen	32	17.8	5.0	1.9	2.9	4.8	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.8	2.6	1.8	3.1	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	3.2	.476
Tiny Archibald	82	39.6	26.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.8	1.5	0.1	-	2.3	9.3	20.3	.456	-	-	-	8.0	9.1	.872

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiny Archibald	6	40.3	20.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	0.7	0.0	-	3.0	7.2	19.7	.364	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.814

Note: Chris Andersen didn't play in 2006-07.


Season 6
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2007-08	1975-76
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chris Andersen	5	6.8	1.2	0.4	1.4	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.2	1.2	0.4	1.4	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
Tiny Archibald	78	40.8	24.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	7.9	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	9.2	20.3	.453	-	-	-	6.4	8.0	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2008-09	1976-77
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Chris Andersen	71	20.6	6.4	2.3	3.9	6.2	0.4	0.6	2.5	1.0	2.5	2.3	4.1	.548	0.0	0.1	.200	1.8	2.5	.718
Tiny Archibald	34	37.6	20.5	0.6	1.7	2.4	7.5	1.7	0.3	-	2.3	7.4	16.5	.446	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	15	21.9	6.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	0.6	0.3	2.1	0.5	2.8	2.3	3.6	.630	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.9	.659
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Tiny Archibald didn't play in 1977-78.


Season 8
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2009-10	1978-79
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chris Andersen	76	22.3	5.9	1.9	4.4	6.4	0.4	0.6	1.9	0.8	2.3	1.9	3.3	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.1	.695
Tiny Archibald	69	24.1	11.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.9	1.9	3.8	8.3	.452	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	6	19.3	4.5	1.2	3.3	4.5	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.7	2.3	1.5	2.8	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.643
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2010-11	1979-80
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chris Andersen	45	16.3	5.6	1.7	3.2	4.9	0.4	0.5	1.3	0.6	1.8	1.8	3.0	.599	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.0	.637
Tiny Archibald	80	35.8	14.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.7	4.8	9.9	.482	0.1	0.2	.222	4.5	5.4	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	5	14.6	4.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.6	0.6	1.4	0.6	1.6	1.4	2.2	.636	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.8	.714
Tiny Archibald	9	36.9	14.2	0.3	0.9	1.2	7.9	1.1	0.0	4.2	3.1	5.0	9.9	.506	0.1	0.2	.500	4.1	4.7	.881


Season 10
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2011-12	1980-81
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Chris Andersen	32	15.2	5.3	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.5	1.6	1.8	3.4	.546	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.610
Tiny Archibald	80	35.3	13.8	0.5	1.8	2.2	7.7	0.9	0.2	3.3	2.5	4.8	9.6	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.2	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiny Archibald	17	37.1	15.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	6.3	0.8	0.0	2.9	2.3	5.6	12.4	.450	0.0	0.3	.000	4.5	5.5	.809


Season 11
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2012-13	1981-82
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Chris Andersen	42	14.9	4.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.6	2.1	1.7	2.9	.577	0.0	0.1	.667	1.5	2.2	.677
Tiny Archibald	68	31.9	12.6	0.4	1.3	1.7	8.0	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.9	4.5	9.6	.472	0.1	0.2	.375	3.5	4.6	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	20	15.2	6.4	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.2	0.5	1.1	0.6	2.7	2.3	2.9	.807	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.735
Tiny Archibald	8	34.6	10.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.5	0.6	0.3	2.9	2.6	3.8	8.8	.429	0.0	0.5	.000	3.1	3.5	.893


Season 12
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2013-14	1982-83
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Chris Andersen	72	19.4	6.6	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.3	0.4	1.3	0.7	2.3	2.5	3.8	.644	0.0	0.2	.250	1.7	2.3	.710
Tiny Archibald	66	27.4	10.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	6.2	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.7	3.6	8.4	.425	0.1	0.4	.208	3.3	4.5	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	18	17.6	5.1	1.4	4.5	5.9	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.5	1.9	1.8	3.2	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.1	.684
Tiny Archibald	7	23.0	9.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	6.3	0.3	0.0	1.6	1.7	3.1	9.7	.324	0.1	0.9	.167	3.1	4.1	.759


Season 13
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2014-15	1983-84
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chris Andersen	60	18.9	5.3	1.3	3.7	5.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.5	2.0	3.5	.580	0.1	0.2	.308	1.3	1.9	.667
Tiny Archibald	46	22.6	7.4	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.5	0.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.0	6.1	.487	0.1	0.4	.222	1.4	2.2	.634

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Chris Andersen	27	14.9	3.9	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.7	.528	0.1	0.5	.286	0.9	1.3	.694
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	4	19.8	3.8	3.3	4.5	7.8	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.625
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Chris Andersen	Tiny Archibald
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Chris Andersen	12	9.5	2.3	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.7	0.8	1.8	.409	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	1.2	.714
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Chris Andersen vs. Tiny Archibald Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tiny Archibald and Chris Andersen, 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

Season 15