Clint Capela vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Clint Capela, 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.

Clint Capela played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Kevin McHale, who played 13. Clint Capela had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, 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
Clint Capela	10	8	2014-15 to 2023-24
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	2014-15	1980-81
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Clint Capela	12	7.5	2.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.2	0.1	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.2	2.4	.483	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.9	.174
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		%
Clint Capela	17	7.5	3.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.2	1.8	.677	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.517
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
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	2015-16	1981-82
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Clint Capela	77	19.1	7.0	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.8	2.5	3.0	5.2	.582	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.7	.379
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		%
Clint Capela	5	8.6	1.6	1.6	2.4	4.0	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.6	1.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.400
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
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Clint Capela	65	23.9	12.6	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.3	2.8	5.6	8.7	.643	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.7	.531
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		%
Clint Capela	11	26.0	10.5	2.4	6.4	8.7	1.1	0.7	2.5	0.7	2.5	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.5	.615
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
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	2017-18	1983-84
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Clint Capela	74	27.5	13.9	3.3	7.6	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	1.4	2.5	6.0	9.1	.652	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.5	.560
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		%
Clint Capela	17	30.6	12.7	3.6	8.0	11.6	1.3	0.8	2.1	0.9	2.2	5.6	8.5	.660	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	3.2	.473
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
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Clint Capela	67	33.6	16.6	4.4	8.2	12.7	1.4	0.7	1.5	1.4	2.5	7.1	10.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.9	.636
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		%
Clint Capela	11	30.1	9.7	3.7	6.5	10.3	1.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.4	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	3.2	.429
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
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Clint Capela	39	32.8	13.9	4.3	9.5	13.8	1.2	0.8	1.8	1.6	2.6	6.3	9.9	.629	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.7	.529
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		%
Clint Capela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	2020-21	1986-87
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Clint Capela	63	30.1	15.2	4.7	9.6	14.3	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.2	2.3	6.6	11.0	.594	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	.573
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		%
Clint Capela	18	31.6	10.1	3.4	7.8	11.2	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.0	2.6	4.6	7.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.2	.436
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
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Clint Capela	74	27.6	11.1	3.8	8.1	11.9	1.2	0.7	1.3	0.6	2.2	5.0	8.2	.613	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.3	.473
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		%
Clint Capela	2	20.0	2.0	2.0	5.5	7.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Clint Capela	65	26.6	12.0	4.0	7.1	11.0	0.9	0.7	1.2	0.8	2.1	5.4	8.2	.653	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.0	.603
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		%
Clint Capela	6	25.2	8.3	2.5	5.8	8.3	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.7	0.8	3.8	6.3	.605	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667
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
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Clint Capela	73	25.8	11.5	4.6	6.0	10.6	1.2	0.6	1.5	1.0	2.2	4.8	8.5	.571	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.8	.631
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		%
Clint Capela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Clint Capela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Clint Capela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Clint Capela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Clint Capela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Clint Capela	Kevin McHale
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Clint Capela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Clint Capela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Clint Capela vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Clint Capela, 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