Connie Dierking vs. Shawn Kemp Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Kemp and Connie Dierking, 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.

Connie Dierking played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Shawn Kemp, who played 14. Connie Dierking had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Shawn Kemp had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Connie Dierking	10	5	1958-59 to 1970-71
Shawn Kemp	14	10	1989-90 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	1958-59	1989-90
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Connie Dierking	64	11.3	4.6	-	-	3.6	0.5	-	-	-	2.3	1.6	4.5	.362	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.593
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	4	8.5	2.8	-	-	4.3	0.5	-	-	-	1.3	0.5	3.0	.167	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.778
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	1959-60	1990-91
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Connie Dierking	71	15.8	6.9	-	-	6.4	0.8	-	-	-	2.4	2.7	7.4	.365	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.574
Shawn Kemp	81	30.1	15.0	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.9	5.7	11.2	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	5.4	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	3	10.7	4.0	-	-	5.0	0.3	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	6.7	.300	-	-	-	0.0	0.3	.000
Shawn Kemp	5	29.8	13.2	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.2	0.6	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.4	11.4	.386	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.4	.815

Note: Connie Dierking didn't play in 1960-61, 1961-62 and 1962-63.


Season 3
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	1963-64	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Connie Dierking	76	16.9	6.5	-	-	5.6	0.7	-	-	-	2.9	2.5	6.8	.372	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.675
Shawn Kemp	64	28.3	15.5	4.1	6.3	10.4	1.3	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.1	5.7	11.2	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	4.2	5.6	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	5	14.2	6.6	-	-	6.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	6.6	.424	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.556
Shawn Kemp	9	37.6	17.4	5.2	7.0	12.2	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	11.2	.475	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	8.9	.763


Season 4
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	1964-65	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, San Francisco Warriors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Connie Dierking	68	19.0	7.9	-	-	6.4	1.1	-	-	-	2.4	3.2	7.9	.405	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.595
Shawn Kemp	78	33.1	17.8	3.7	7.0	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	2.8	4.2	6.6	13.4	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.4	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	19	34.9	16.5	4.2	5.8	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	4.1	5.8	11.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.1	.809


Season 5
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	1965-66	1993-94
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Connie Dierking	57	13.7	5.6	-	-	4.3	0.8	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	5.6	.416	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.610
Shawn Kemp	79	32.9	18.1	3.9	6.8	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	3.3	3.9	6.7	12.5	.538	0.0	0.1	.250	4.6	6.2	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	4	16.0	6.8	-	-	3.8	0.3	-	-	-	2.8	2.3	4.5	.500	-	-	-	2.3	2.5	.900
Shawn Kemp	5	41.2	14.8	4.0	5.8	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.8	3.6	5.2	14.0	.371	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.6	.667


Season 6
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	1966-67	1994-95
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Connie Dierking	77	24.7	9.3	-	-	7.8	2.1	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	9.5	.399	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.744
Shawn Kemp	82	32.7	18.7	3.9	7.0	10.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	3.2	4.1	6.6	12.2	.547	0.0	0.1	.286	5.3	7.1	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	4	37.8	17.5	-	-	13.0	3.5	-	-	-	3.3	8.0	18.8	.427	-	-	-	1.5	1.5	1.000
Shawn Kemp	4	40.0	24.8	4.3	7.8	12.0	2.8	2.0	1.8	3.8	4.3	8.3	14.3	.579	0.3	0.3	1.000	8.0	9.8	.821


Season 7
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	1967-68	1995-96
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Connie Dierking	81	32.6	16.4	-	-	9.5	2.4	-	-	-	3.9	6.7	14.4	.467	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.765
Shawn Kemp	79	33.3	19.6	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.2	1.2	1.6	4.0	3.8	6.7	11.9	.561	0.1	0.2	.417	6.2	8.4	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	20	36.0	20.9	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.5	1.2	2.0	4.0	4.2	7.4	12.9	.570	0.0	0.2	.000	6.2	7.8	.795


Season 8
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	1968-69	1996-97
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Connie Dierking	82	31.0	16.3	-	-	9.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.7	6.7	15.0	.443	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.762
Shawn Kemp	81	34.0	18.7	3.4	6.6	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5	4.0	6.5	12.7	.510	0.1	0.4	.364	5.6	7.5	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	12	36.8	21.6	4.3	8.0	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.9	4.6	7.1	14.6	.486	0.2	0.8	.200	7.3	8.8	.829


Season 9
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	1969-70	1997-98
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Connie Dierking	76	32.2	16.7	-	-	8.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.752
Shawn Kemp	80	34.6	18.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	3.4	3.9	6.5	14.6	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	5.1	7.0	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	4	38.0	26.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	4.0	3.0	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.844


Season 10
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	1970-71	1998-99
Team	Cincinnati Royals, Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Connie Dierking	54	13.6	5.8	-	-	4.3	1.1	-	-	-	2.1	2.3	6.0	.388	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.685
Shawn Kemp	42	35.1	20.5	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.4	1.1	1.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	13.7	.482	0.0	0.0	.500	7.3	9.3	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	-	1999-00
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		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	82	30.4	17.8	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.7	1.2	1.2	3.5	4.5	5.9	14.1	.417	0.0	0.1	.333	6.0	7.7	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	68	15.9	6.5	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.7	2.5	6.1	.407	0.1	0.2	.364	1.5	1.9	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	75	16.4	6.1	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.1	2.5	2.3	5.4	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	3	12.0	3.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 14
	Connie Dierking	Shawn Kemp
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	79	20.7	6.8	1.9	3.8	5.7	0.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	3.0	2.7	6.4	.418	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	7	10.4	3.0	0.1	2.0	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	1.1	3.0	.381	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.833

Connie Dierking vs. Shawn Kemp Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Kemp and Connie Dierking, 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