Deandre Ayton vs. Tom McMillen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom McMillen and Deandre Ayton, 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.

Deandre Ayton played 6 years in the NBA, 5 less than Tom McMillen, who played 11. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Tom McMillen had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
Deandre Ayton	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24
Tom McMillen	11	8	1975-76 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Deandre Ayton	Tom McMillen
Season	2018-19	1975-76
Team	Phoenix Suns	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Braves 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		%
Deandre Ayton	71	30.7	16.3	3.1	7.1	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.9	7.2	12.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.746
Tom McMillen	50	14.2	4.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.4	0.1	0.1	-	1.7	1.9	4.4	.432	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	1	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Deandre Ayton	Tom McMillen
Season	2019-20	1976-77
Team	Phoenix Suns	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks
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		%
Deandre Ayton	38	32.5	18.2	3.9	7.6	11.5	1.9	0.7	1.5	2.1	3.1	8.2	14.9	.546	0.1	0.3	.231	1.8	2.3	.753
Tom McMillen	76	19.6	8.5	1.5	3.6	5.1	0.9	0.1	0.1	-	2.1	3.6	7.4	.487	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Deandre Ayton	Tom McMillen
Season	2020-21	1977-78
Team	Phoenix Suns	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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		%
Deandre Ayton	69	30.7	14.4	3.3	7.2	10.5	1.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	6.2	10.0	.626	0.1	0.3	.200	1.9	2.5	.769
Tom McMillen	68	24.8	9.9	2.2	3.9	6.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.6	3.4	4.1	8.4	.493	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	22	36.4	15.8	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	2.9	7.0	10.6	.658	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.736
Tom McMillen	2	37.5	13.0	3.5	7.5	11.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	4.5	6.5	11.5	.565	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Deandre Ayton	Tom McMillen
Season	2021-22	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Deandre Ayton	58	29.5	17.2	2.6	7.7	10.2	1.4	0.7	0.7	1.6	2.4	7.6	12.0	.634	0.1	0.3	.368	1.8	2.4	.746
Tom McMillen	82	17.0	7.0	1.6	2.5	4.0	0.8	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.6	2.8	6.1	.466	-	-	-	1.3	1.5	.891

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	13	30.5	17.9	2.5	6.4	8.9	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.6	8.1	12.6	.640	0.2	0.3	.500	1.6	2.5	.636
Tom McMillen	9	18.1	6.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	2.2	5.1	.435	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.842


Season 5
	Deandre Ayton	Tom McMillen
Season	2022-23	1979-80
Team	Phoenix Suns	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Deandre Ayton	67	30.4	18.0	2.6	7.4	10.0	1.7	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.8	7.8	13.2	.589	0.1	0.4	.292	2.3	3.0	.760
Tom McMillen	53	20.2	8.7	1.3	2.8	4.2	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.2	2.4	3.6	7.2	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	10	31.9	13.4	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	3.5	6.1	11.1	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.3	.522
Tom McMillen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Deandre Ayton	Tom McMillen
Season	2023-24	1980-81
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Deandre Ayton	55	32.4	16.7	3.2	7.9	11.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	7.8	13.6	.570	0.0	0.2	.100	1.2	1.4	.823
Tom McMillen	79	19.8	7.4	1.2	2.5	3.7	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.1	3.2	6.6	.487	0.0	0.1	.167	1.0	1.4	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Deandre Ayton	Tom McMillen
Season	-	1981-82
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	73	24.5	9.9	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.8	0.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	4.0	7.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.333	1.9	2.3	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	2	23.5	10.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	6.5	.615	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 8
	Deandre Ayton	Tom McMillen
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	61	22.4	8.3	0.9	2.6	3.6	1.2	0.3	0.4	1.3	2.3	3.2	7.0	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.2	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	3	13.0	3.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.3	4.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 9
	Deandre Ayton	Tom McMillen
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	62	20.9	9.2	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.2	0.3	1.1	2.6	3.6	7.2	.497	0.0	0.1	.167	2.0	2.5	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	4	10.5	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 10
	Deandre Ayton	Tom McMillen
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	69	22.4	8.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.6	2.4	3.7	7.7	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	1	7.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Deandre Ayton	Tom McMillen
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	56	15.4	5.8	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.3	5.1	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	4	13.5	4.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Deandre Ayton vs. Tom McMillen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom McMillen and Deandre Ayton, 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